Simplified Speech #161 – Do you practice self-care?
Posted by Andrew Bates
15 Dec, 2022
Self-care is a term that has been around for a long time. However, it has become more popular...
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Simplified Speech #162 – What do your facial expressions say about you?
Do you consider yourself an expressive person? Can you usually tell how someone feels by looking at their face? In this Simplified Speech episode, Andrew and Kassy chat about how people communicate with facial expressions.
Simplified Speech is a Culips series designed to help beginner and intermediate English language learners improve their listening skills. In this series, you can listen to native speakers having natural conversations about everyday topics using language that is clear and easy to understand.
Fun facts
According to the Guinness World Records, Gary Pearlman from the USA set a world record for the largest outdoor free floating soap bubble on July 20, 2015. That bubble had a volume of 96.27 m³!
Expressions included in the study guide
- To be written all over (one’s) face
- Ticked off
- Seething
- RBF (resting bitch face)
- To save face
- To suck up to (someone)
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Hello Andrew ! I loved this episode.. I must say I listened to it three times and I laughed at the same punch lines.I was cooking while I was listening to you and I had a fun time. You could be a great therapist as you are good at speaking and conversations flow easily with you. I liked the questions you proposed as follow -up activitites to improve our writing skills.
Way to go 😉
Maribel
Thanks Maribel! Glad you liked this episode.
Hey, I’m Amy. Really love this talk!
I have some questions. Why do you say “I’m seething on the inside” but not “in the inside”? I’m confused about the preposition here.
And one more, “stress out”. Is there any difference between “stress” and “stress out”? I also usually hear people say “help out”. I’m glad if you could touch on this use of prepositions.
Always thank you for your great job!
Hi Amy,
Great questions! “I’m seething on the inside” is an idiomatic expression and it means that a person is extremely angry or upset, but they are not showing it on the outside. The preposition “on” is used to indicate that the person is experiencing the feeling internally, rather than externally. English speakers use a lot of expressions like this, including: “laughing on the inside” or “crying on the inside.” It creates a strong contrast between how a person feels inside and what kinds of emotions they show on the outside.
“In the inside” would not be used in this context because it doesn’t convey the same meaning. The phrase “in the inside” is not a commonly used phrase in English and it doesn’t have a clear meaning.
In the case of “stress out” and “help out”, the preposition “out” is used as an intensifier to add emphasis.
Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Thank you Andrew. You’ve made it clear for me!
Thanks again for answering my question 🙂
Hello!!Andrew & Kassy. I’m Afra 🙂
I totally agree yours in this episode,yes,in Taiwan we also do save face for boss,supervisor and co-worker，especially if they’re elder.
sometimes it feels sucks!!
we’ve been taught to “save face “for other people because that a polite way respect to someone not close of ourself.
In episode you took about how difficult to recognize people’s emotions when they’re wearing mask,that’s not a problem at all to a Empath or a HSP(Highly sensitive person),we really good at picking up other people’s mood swings.:D
Thank you made these episodes,it really helps me to improve my English listening skill and keep looking forward to speaking practice course launch.
bless you have a great day.
Thanks for sharing the perspective from your country. In this era of mask wearing, being an HSP must be like a superpower. Unfortunately, I’m not very observant and have a difficult time picking up on facial expressions when talking with someone who’s wearing a mask. Especially if it’s combined with other accessories like hoodies, hats, or glasses. Glad you enjoyed this episode, Afra!