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Interdependence - VIP POV

Okay, welcome to the point-of-view stories this month. This month we’re gonna be very simple. We’re gonna use the past, the present and the future. I mixed it in the mini story a little bit. In fact, I didn’t show you on the camera, but I actually made several mistakes during that mini story because I was switching back and forth to present and past.

You know I make mistakes too, you just relax. Just relax and speak and don’t worry about being perfect. That is a very important part of the Effortless English System. If you’re thinking too much about the grammar, you actually will cause yourself to speak more slowly, to make more mistakes, to hesitate, so you don’t want to do that. So let’s tell this whole story in the past as if the whole story we’re just looking back, okay?

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So there was a dog named Heva and there was a monkey named Chim-chim and they were rich and they were successful business guys, business dogs and monkeys, and they decided one day to return to school. They decided they wanted to go back to school because though they were successful they did not have college degrees. So Heva and Chim-chim enrolled in a community college. They enrolled in a community college.

The first step of the enrollment was that they had to take a standardized test to determine their level. So they took a standardized test. They each took a standardized test and, unfortunately, they both got low scores in English. Because of this, the school officials said that they had to take a remedial English course and so they registered for a remedial English course and they went to the English class.

Now, during the English class Chim-chim got very antsy during the class. He was very bored sitting still for one hour listening to a lecture about English grammar. Heva also was bored, but he got kind of sleepy and he fell asleep. Well, unfortunately, this happened day after day after day so, of course, at the end of the course they both failed. They both failed. They both got Fs, but luckily for them they were both still rich and successful. They both still had a company, so they just returned to their company and they were still happy. So it’s still a happy story.

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That’s our first version told in the past as if we’re looking back. Our next point of view would be the present as if it’s happening right now, as if we’re there with them.

So Chim-chim and Heva want to return to school. They decide that even though they’re rich they both also want to get college degrees. So they go to a community college and they enroll in the college. As part of the enrollment process they take a standardized test. They both take a standardized test. Unfortunately, they both get very low scores in English so they both must register for remedial English classes or a remedial English class. They both register for the remedial English class and they both go to class.

Now, on the first day of class Chim-chim gets very, very antsy. He starts moving. He’s fidgeting. He’s very distracted. He can’t sit still for one hour just listening to someone lecture. Heva does not get antsy, but Heva also gets bored and he gets kind of sleepy and he falls asleep. Now, this continues every class. Day after day they go to class, the same pattern. Chim-chim gets very antsy and distracted. Heva gets bored and sleepy.

This continues, this continues, until finally, of course, on the final day of class they take the final exam and they both fail it and, of course, they both fail the course. Now, luckily they’re still successful and rich, so they both return to their company and they’re fine.

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And that’s our version told as if it’s happening now, as if we’re there with them. Now let’s imagine that it’s happening in the future. That somehow we can see into the future or we’re predicting what will happen. Either way we’re telling this from the point of view of the event happening in the future or these events happening in the future.

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So there will be a dog named Heva, there will be a monkey named Chim-chim and in the future they’ll decide to return to school. They’ll decide that even though they’re rich and famous and successful that they want to go back to school and get college degrees so they will enroll at a community college. They’re both gonna enroll at the same community college.

Of course, ‘gonna’ means going to. We use it casually in the future. Don’t use it in writing, but when you speak it’s fine and very common.

So they’re gonna both enroll in the same community college. They’re going to both enroll in the same community college or at the same community college. Now, as part of the enrollment process they’ll have to take a standardized test. They’re both gonna take the same standardized test, of course, and they’re both going to do badly on the English section. Because of this, the school will require them to take a remedial English class.

So they’ll both enroll in a remedial English class and they’ll both take the same remedial English class.

So Heva and Chim-chim they’ll go to their remedial English class. Well, unfortunately, Chim-chim is gonna get very antsy during the class. He’s gonna be very fidgety.

‘Fidgety’ means lots of little movements with your hands, kind of repetitive movements.

Chim-chim is gonna get distracted, in general very antsy, very distracted. Heva is not gonna be antsy, but Heva is gonna get quite sleepy and tried and this is gonna happen again and again and again every single class that they go to.

Until, finally, they’ll get to the last class, they’ll take the final exam and, unfortunately and of course, they’ll both fail the final exam, but happily they’ll still be rich. They’ll still have their company and they’ll both return to their company and they’ll be okay.

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And that is the end of our final version. All you need to do is just listen to these versions each day. Ten days during the month is ideal, if you can do more that that, that’s great.

All you need to do is listen. Don’t think too much about the grammar. It will start to become natural for you the more you listen each month.

All right, I will see you again. Have a great day, bye-bye.