Lesson 1-English Vocabulary-Idioms Related to Outdoors - By eHow
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| 00:0-1 | Hello . I'm Jennifer . I'm standing in the woods | |
| 00:03 | behind my home here in Massachusetts because I'd like to | |
| 00:05 | share a few expressions that have to do with the | |
| 00:08 | outdoors . What better place , right ? Let's start | |
| 00:11 | with the first expression to be out of the woods | |
| 00:15 | . If you're out of the woods , you've just | |
| 00:17 | come out of a difficult situation . Your problems have | |
| 00:20 | ended , and if someone says to you you're not | |
| 00:23 | out of the woods yet , it means that difficulties | |
| 00:27 | will continue or you have more challenges that lie ahead | |
| 00:31 | . Come this way . There's another spot I want | |
| 00:33 | to show you . This is my neighbour's garden . | |
| 00:38 | You can see lots of plants and flowers , and | |
| 00:40 | they've grown quite well . That's because she has a | |
| 00:43 | green thumb . If you have a green thumb , | |
| 00:46 | it means that you have a talent for gardening . | |
| 00:49 | You can make things grow well , like my neighbor | |
| 00:52 | . Now these flowers are pretty , but truthfully , | |
| 00:55 | I prefer roses , and that makes me think of | |
| 00:58 | our last expression . A bed of roses . If | |
| 01:01 | your life is a bed of roses , you have | |
| 01:03 | a life of ease and comfort , even luxury . | |
| 01:07 | And if life is no bed of roses , well | |
| 01:09 | , you have a lot of hardship to deal with | |
| 01:12 | . Understand ? Let's review . We've had three expressions | |
| 01:18 | . The first was out of the woods or to | |
| 01:21 | be out of the woods , which means to come | |
| 01:24 | out of a difficult situation . Then we had a | |
| 01:29 | green thumb or to have a green thumb , a | |
| 01:32 | talent for gardening . Or you can make things grow | |
| 01:34 | well . And the last a bed of roses , | |
| 01:39 | a life of ease and comfort . Got it . | |
| 01:42 | Let's see . I have three statements . I'm going | |
| 01:45 | to read them to you , and I want you | |
| 01:47 | to tell me which expression completes each one . Okay | |
| 01:52 | , here's the first . My mother's garden is the | |
| 01:56 | biggest and most colorful in the neighborhood . She really | |
| 01:59 | has answer a green thumb . Next , a fisherman's | |
| 02:07 | life is no . The sea can be rough , | |
| 02:10 | and fishermen often sleep for only a few hours a | |
| 02:13 | day . What completes it ? No bed of roses | |
| 02:18 | . And the last one . Charlie's business , stopped | |
| 02:22 | losing money , but he's not yet . He still | |
| 02:26 | has a large debt to pay . Answer . Not | |
| 02:30 | out of the woods yet . How did you dio | |
| 02:33 | ? I'm sure you did just fine . You know | |
| 02:35 | , if you have a request for a different topic | |
| 02:38 | . Send it to me by email . My address | |
| 02:40 | is English with jennifer at gmail dot com . Thank | |
| 02:46 | you and goodbye . |
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DESCRIPTION:
This video explains the origin and meaning of idioms related to outdoors. This video was designed for the advanced English language learner. Lesson 1. "out of the woods", "no bed of roses", and "to have a green thumb" (2:48).
OVERVIEW:
Lesson 1-English Vocabulary-Idioms Related to Outdoors is a free educational video by eHow.It helps students in grades 4 practice the following standards L.4.5.b.
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GRADES:
4
STANDARDS:
L.4.5.b
