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I'm delighted to hear that 😄

Well done 👍 Keep going 😄

There are two main ways to chunk: meaning and feeling. The best way to chunk is to take small bits of meaning and break sentences up like that. If a chunk is too long, then break it where it feels natural. Most native speakers chunk slightly differently, depending on what feels good for them. The more you play with chunking, the more you'll develop an intuitive sense of where to chunk. It takes time.

This is a great opportunity for you. Instead of analyzing grammar or being afraid of it, just mimic sentence structures, just like you did when you were a kid learning Chinese. Use this method, and you'll improve out of sight.

You're welcome 🤗 Great sentence, too

謝謝老師，學到新的東西了

"Get past" is just like 跨過 or 越過 or 打破 or 突破 something.

@ 謝謝您的詳解，我們的確需要大量類似的片語用法，也謝謝老師很生活化的舉例，讓我很好理解及記憶^_^

I'm happy to help 😊 I hope you have a ton of fun working on English and learning lots.

Thank you 😊

I'm not surprised! That's a huge decision ☺️

The easiest way is to practice saying the numbers in English. You have to understand the conversion to say it. When I learned Chinese numbers, I spent a few months only saying (or thinking) numbers in Chinese. I also did some basic math in Chinese to really learn the numbers. It takes quite a bit of effort, but it's worth it.

Thank you 😊 I've lived in Taiwan for over 25 years now.

Thanks 😊 I'm still working on it 😁

This type of 朗跟讀 is separate from the audio for the book. Over the coming months, I'll be releasing 10 such videos on my RUclips channel. 10 videos will be sufficient for you to familiarize yourself with this form of practice.

@ Now I got it and thanks for your quick reply.

No problem. I'm glad you're finding the videos so helpful. The more you use them, the easier it'll be to apply to the other audio files.

You have the correct audio files. They are not broken into chunks. I'll be breaking 10 of them into chunks and posting them on RUclips for everyone to use.

That's hard to get past 😂😂😂

After "thinking about" you need a v-ing. How about "I haven't gotten past thinking about living abroad yet."

@@BrettLEnglish thanks for your help!

Glad you like it 😊

Well done 👍

No problem 👍 You'll get past it

I'm glad you're finding the videos helpful. 50 years is a great age! I'm 50 now, too 😄

That's exactly how I felt about Chinese in the beginning 😂 The important thing in learning connected speech is to speak slowly until your mouth gets used to the pronunciation. Then you'll automatically start speeding up. Just don't rush it.

I'm glad you like it 😊

Thanks 😊

That's great! Hope you had a wonderful trip, too 😁

Well done!

I was stuck there for ages, too 😂

Nicely done 👍

That's quite polite 😂

Awesome! Get on it 😆

How about "I haven't gotten past thinking about starting spring cleaning yet."

spring cleaning! 謝謝林熙老師！

That's a good sentence 😁 It's definitely time to start, though 😄

Great! Those sentences mean the same thing.

It's a grammatically correct sentence, but we use "get past ... yet" when we're talking about things you can actually do.

Great sentences 👍 I certainly understand you procrastinating on the second one 😂😂😂

It's a good word, isn't it 😁

You won't have to wait long. There'll be a large discount in January 2025.

Great sentence! Time to get past it, too 😄

Thank you 😊 I'm so glad you like the video 😄

You're welcome 🤗 I'm glad you like the video 😊

That's a pretty good sentence, but native speakers would say, "putting together my resume" much more.

@@BrettLEnglish Got it! I'm so grateful! ❤

You're welcome 😁 Great sentence, too 👍

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Yes, or "that" or "this". Well done for noticing 👍

@@BrettLEnglish Thanks a lot😊

That's easy to solve! Use the 2-minute rule from Atomic Habits to start. All you do is to decide to do the first step of your TOEFL study every single day. Be sure that the first step can be completed in 2 minutes. Once you've done that, see if you want to continue your study. If you do, just keep going. If you don't, don't feel bad about it - you're building a positive habit, and you'll start doing more in no time. Good luck with it 💪💪💪

Well done ☺️ It should be "hanging up the clothes to dry yet" or "hanging the clothes up to dry yet"