WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:07.120 [Sings] What the #*$%! Jesus Christ. This place has been -- E! You trashed the place 2 00:00:12.490 --> 00:00:19.490 again! It's a disaster area! I'm going to get FEMA in here. Damn it. Oh, hi. James from 3 00:00:21.550 --> 00:00:28.550 EngVid. Yeah. A little mess here. E! Excuse me. What the hell. This is my chess set. He's 4 00:00:30.420 --> 00:00:37.399 been having -- oh, Arabic coffee. It's the good stuff. E! You've got my Arabic coffee? 5 00:00:37.399 --> 00:00:43.469 You made a mess of everything. Oh, God. Listen. This place is a mess. I'm very sorry. It's 6 00:00:43.469 --> 00:00:48.789 a pigsty, literally, a pigsty in here. It's totally trashed. I mean, there's no tidying 7 00:00:48.789 --> 00:00:54.519 this up. There's no way you can tidy something like -- E, I'm tired of picking up after you, 8 00:00:54.519 --> 00:00:56.280 man! I'm tired! Guys, we're going to go to the board. This was going to be about spring 9 00:00:56.280 --> 00:01:03.280 cleaning. No. No. It's going to be about clean up after yourself, okay? Let's go to the board. 10 00:01:03.429 --> 00:01:07.140 Jesus Christ. 11 00:01:07.140 --> 00:01:14.140 Hi. Welcome to the EngVid disaster area, area, area. I'm not happy. I might seem to be happy, 12 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:20.790 but I'm not. I mean, I just came into work to start. I thought I might do a little bit 13 00:01:20.790 --> 00:01:27.120 of spring cleaning, you know? It's getting to be spring. Flowers are coming out and whatnot. 14 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:31.600 And I walk into this pigsty. Let's get started. 15 00:01:31.600 --> 00:01:37.090 Today's lesson is going to be on cleaning -- something you should do at home regularly. 16 00:01:37.090 --> 00:01:43.840 Okay? E, clean this crap up. "Crap" means "stuff" -- not a nice word to use, but "stuff". 17 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:48.570 It's actually another word, but you get the idea. Clean this crap up. So we're going to 18 00:01:48.570 --> 00:01:52.620 work on eight different phrases for cleaning your house. 19 00:01:52.620 --> 00:01:57.210 We're going to start off with a negative because right now I'm in a negative mood. Then, we'll 20 00:01:57.210 --> 00:02:01.420 move to a more positive frame of mind, okay? So let's clean up a little bit. 21 00:02:01.420 --> 00:02:08.420 So the first one we're going to start with, okay, is a "pigsty". A "pigsty". Oink! Oink! 22 00:02:08.679 --> 00:02:15.200 Oink! It's where pigs live. If you know anything about pigs, pork, bacon -- Mmm! Delicious! 23 00:02:15.200 --> 00:02:20.319 They don't live in a very nice environment. There's lots of mud. "Mud" is earth and water 24 00:02:20.319 --> 00:02:27.319 mixed together. Okay? It's very dirty. When we say, "Your room is a pigsty", we're saying, 25 00:02:27.629 --> 00:02:34.629 "Your room is messy." Right? Not organized and dirty. You go, "Ew! It's dirty." Okay? 26 00:02:42.290 --> 00:02:48.090 And messy. Everything is everywhere. That's a pigsty. Think of a pig -- oink! Oink -- -or 27 00:02:48.090 --> 00:02:53.700 your local policeman, and that's what you've got. Okay? 28 00:02:53.700 --> 00:02:59.730 "Trashed", I like this word. You can hear lots of noise because I'm really stepping 29 00:02:59.730 --> 00:03:06.659 on things. "Trash", in North America means "garbage". It means "garbage". When somebody 30 00:03:06.659 --> 00:03:13.659 has "trashed" your house, it means they -- like, throwing everything everywhere. Usually, a 31 00:03:14.790 --> 00:03:21.790 house gets "trashed" for two reasons. That's why it's on the negative clean list. No. 1, 32 00:03:24.060 --> 00:03:31.060 "Party man! Woo! Party!" People are drinking. They get drunk. They drop things. They break 33 00:03:32.189 --> 00:03:39.189 things. They kick things. You come home. "My house is trashed! My house is garbage because 34 00:03:39.579 --> 00:03:44.499 people have put everything on the floor like it's garbage." It's terrible. 35 00:03:44.499 --> 00:03:50.590 "Pigsty", by the way, is usually for a room. We usually say a room is a "pigsty". "Trashed" 36 00:03:50.590 --> 00:03:57.590 could be your whole house. Right? The whole house. They trashed my house or my office. 37 00:03:58.230 --> 00:04:05.230 Now, another reason something may be trashed is a break-in. What? If somebody comes into 38 00:04:05.359 --> 00:04:11.029 your house to steal, usually they will throw everything down looking for things. Okay? 39 00:04:11.029 --> 00:04:16.839 So they will trash your house and throw everything everywhere. Now, remember: "Trash" and "pigsty" 40 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:21.969 are similar, but a little different. "Pigsty", we're talking about dirt. There has to be 41 00:04:21.970 --> 00:04:28.190 dirt everywhere. It's dirty. "Trashed" means disorganized, but seriously disorganized. 42 00:04:28.190 --> 00:04:32.818 Maybe dirty, but mostly things are everywhere. Okay? 43 00:04:32.819 --> 00:04:39.800 So a break-in, which is a criminal comes into your house. Or you can just trash your office 44 00:04:39.800 --> 00:04:44.199 or apartment looking for things. "He trashed it looking." It means you threw everything 45 00:04:44.199 --> 00:04:49.039 everywhere. Okay? So maybe you're searching for something. You might end up trashing your 46 00:04:49.039 --> 00:04:50.800 room or your files. 47 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:57.800 "Disaster area" -- what's a "disaster"? Let's put it this way. A "disaster area" -- think 48 00:04:58.069 --> 00:05:03.949 of your desk or your office environment, working environment. Okay. We talked about a house, 49 00:05:03.949 --> 00:05:08.589 and we talked about a room. Let's talk about your desk or working environment. When you 50 00:05:08.589 --> 00:05:15.589 say that, we usually say it's "disorganized". Okay? It's "disorganized". Everything is everywhere. 51 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:24.560 So when something is a "disaster area", think of tornados, earthquakes, tsunamis, snow storms 52 00:05:24.949 --> 00:05:30.449 -- everything gets disorganized, thrown about in a messy way. And that's what we talk about 53 00:05:30.449 --> 00:05:37.449 here. So we talk about your desk is disorganized. Look. What is all this stuff doing here? Right? 54 00:05:38.750 --> 00:05:42.300 You can use it for a house, but then, the house should be, what we say, "pulled down". 55 00:05:42.300 --> 00:05:46.870 You should get rid of the house. It's terrible. But usually, we go from here. A "pigsty" for 56 00:05:46.870 --> 00:05:50.479 a localized room. Your room. Right? 57 00:05:50.479 --> 00:05:55.259 The house gets trashed" -- it means things are thrown all over the place. As I said also 58 00:05:55.259 --> 00:06:00.789 from a break-in, right? Or you could trash things while looking for it. And when we say 59 00:06:00.789 --> 00:06:05.319 "disaster area", usually used in the office. You'll say, "This is a disaster area. Clean 60 00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:11.169 it up." Your boss might say that to you. Right? Or your wife, millions and millions of times 61 00:06:11.169 --> 00:06:14.849 every day." Just joking. Okay. Anyway. Where were we? 62 00:06:14.849 --> 00:06:19.099 Okay. So we're going to go from here, which is negative. People are never happy when they 63 00:06:19.099 --> 00:06:24.779 say -- if you hear these words and they're used in your environment, this is not a happy 64 00:06:24.779 --> 00:06:25.938 situation. Okay? 65 00:06:25.939 --> 00:06:31.699 Now, let's go to neutral. Neutral -- kind of, you know, we're going to step over here. 66 00:06:31.699 --> 00:06:38.699 Blue. "Blue" is usually for sadness, but today, it's better than red. Okay? [Makes farting 67 00:06:40.779 --> 00:06:47.779 sound] E! Damn! That smells. We need to air out the room. What that means is there's a 68 00:06:51.189 --> 00:06:58.189 bad smell or maybe the room hasn't been used in a while. So you let fresh air in. If somebody, 69 00:06:58.599 --> 00:07:05.599 [makes farting sound] you know -- E! Air out the room, brother! It means you have to let 70 00:07:07.779 --> 00:07:14.468 new air in. So let the air -- bad air out. Let good air in. Or if you have a room that 71 00:07:14.469 --> 00:07:19.150 you haven't used in a long time and you have clothes there and it's a little stuffy, a 72 00:07:19.150 --> 00:07:26.129 little hot. Air it out. Let air out meaning let the bad air out. Okay? 73 00:07:26.129 --> 00:07:32.780 "Clean out" -- this is an interesting one. Because "clean" -- you know "clean" -- make 74 00:07:32.780 --> 00:07:37.569 better -- out. What that means is -- when you "clean out" something, it means to take 75 00:07:37.569 --> 00:07:42.409 everything out of it. But we really mean to clean out all of the bad things. Get rid of 76 00:07:42.409 --> 00:07:47.749 things. Throw it in the garbage. Because you can organize things once, twice, three times. 77 00:07:47.749 --> 00:07:53.219 But sometimes, you just need to throw it in the garbage. You know what I mean? So we're 78 00:07:53.219 --> 00:08:00.219 going to clean out the room. Excuse me. We're going to clean out the room. You see what 79 00:08:04.979 --> 00:08:09.379 I'm saying! It's got to go. Okay? So when we "clean out", it means "empty". You clean 80 00:08:09.379 --> 00:08:14.039 out your closets. Maybe you have too many old blankets, too many old towels, too many 81 00:08:14.039 --> 00:08:21.039 old cans of soup. Clean it out, and throw them away. You don't want them anymore. All 82 00:08:21.389 --> 00:08:24.729 right? "Clean out". 83 00:08:24.729 --> 00:08:30.360 "Chores". "Chore" -- a "chore" is a job that you have to do. So when you have "chores", 84 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:37.360 you have jobs. But your chores are usually -- we say household in nature. I have one 85 00:08:37.469 --> 00:08:44.469 chore -- washing the dishes. Washing the clothes. Sweeping the floor. If you're crying, I am, 86 00:08:46.059 --> 00:08:52.879 too. All right? Making dinner can be a chore. Usually, when we say "chore", it's not a job 87 00:08:52.880 --> 00:08:59.320 you want to do. Okay? If you enjoy making dinner, then, it's not a chore. You go, "What? 88 00:08:59.320 --> 00:09:04.929 You just told me cooking is a chore." Nope. Some people like to cook. I like to cook. 89 00:09:04.929 --> 00:09:10.059 I don't think of it as a chore. It's a joy. But if you have work you have to do in your 90 00:09:10.059 --> 00:09:16.119 house and you don't like doing it, then it's called a "chore". Okay? Cool. Because you 91 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:20.610 don't get paid for it, and it must be done. Usually, we tell children they have chores 92 00:09:20.610 --> 00:09:25.500 to do. "When you get home, do your chores. Take out the garbage. Sweep the floor. Pick 93 00:09:25.500 --> 00:09:27.679 up your clothes." Okay? 94 00:09:27.679 --> 00:09:34.679 And now, last one -- you'll like this one. For the neutral one, "pick up after somebody". 95 00:09:36.790 --> 00:09:43.790 When you're "picking up after somebody" -- "s/b" means "somebody" here. Sorry. "Else's". You're 96 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:53.120 usually cleaning up after somebody else. What that means is Mr. E takes this and drops it 97 00:09:54.458 --> 00:10:00.939 and then walks away. Then you have to pick it up. And that's what we mean by "pick up 98 00:10:00.940 --> 00:10:07.699 after somebody". Literally, they drop it. They walk away. You have to clean it. Right? 99 00:10:07.699 --> 00:10:13.510 Washing the dishes. Picking up their clothes. These are forms of "picking up after somebody". 100 00:10:13.510 --> 00:10:19.100 Right? Doing somebody else's chores. "I don't want to pick up after you. Your clothes, your 101 00:10:19.100 --> 00:10:23.619 socks, your papers, your books." All right? 102 00:10:23.620 --> 00:10:30.620 Now, finally, the piece de resistance. All right. This is a happy, smiley face. "Spring 103 00:10:32.470 --> 00:10:37.850 cleaning". Why? Because, well, to be honest, when I came here, I wanted to do a bit of 104 00:10:37.850 --> 00:10:44.589 spring cleaning, and I was really happy. Because usually, spring cleaning, it's seasonal. "Seasonal" 105 00:10:44.589 --> 00:10:51.589 -- it happens once a year. The sun a coming out after a long, cold winter. You want to 106 00:10:51.610 --> 00:10:57.449 air out your rooms, right? Let fresh air in. Let the sun in. And you take things out. [Sings 107 00:10:57.449 --> 00:11:03.690 Smurfs theme song] Smurfs! You clean up the place, okay? You clean up because it's happy. 108 00:11:03.690 --> 00:11:08.540 You like the new season coming of growth and living. So spring cleaning is always a good 109 00:11:08.540 --> 00:11:14.029 thing. It makes people happy, believe it or not. Even though we're talking about cleaning, 110 00:11:14.029 --> 00:11:20.729 we're talking about sunshine and flowers and rainbows. You get the point. Okay? So people 111 00:11:20.730 --> 00:11:22.019 like a little spring cleaning. 112 00:11:22.019 --> 00:11:29.019 And the last one, "tidy up". When you're "tidying up", I know it's cleaning, but it's different. 113 00:11:29.490 --> 00:11:35.529 "Tidying up" means there's not much work to do. Move a paper here. Move a book there, 114 00:11:35.529 --> 00:11:41.470 you know, close your computer. It's not so bad. If you have to tidy up, it's not a disaster 115 00:11:41.470 --> 00:11:46.559 area. Okay? The government's not coming to clean your room. Right? Nor are you picking 116 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:51.099 up after someone else usually. It means, "I'm going to organize my things to make it a little 117 00:11:51.100 --> 00:11:54.708 neater or nicer for other people to look at." 118 00:11:54.708 --> 00:12:01.708 Now, E, are you going to do this pigsty? Because I've got other lessons to do. My friends, 119 00:12:03.110 --> 00:12:08.379 I'm sure after this lesson, you'll not be in the red. Right? No pigsties, no trashing 120 00:12:08.380 --> 00:12:13.820 rooms, no disaster areas. If you have done this or caused this mess, you need to do some 121 00:12:13.820 --> 00:12:18.300 chores and pick up after yourself, okay? Air out the room a little bit, because after you've 122 00:12:18.300 --> 00:12:24.990 trashed it, it smells like, well, cigarettes and beer, E. Right? Clean out your closets 123 00:12:24.990 --> 00:12:25.949 and whatnot. 124 00:12:25.949 --> 00:12:31.160 Now, in Canada right now, it's springtime. I'm enjoying the sun. So I've got to get going. 125 00:12:31.160 --> 00:12:37.290 I'm stepping out. I hope you enjoyed this lesson. And I'd like you to go to www.engvid.com, 126 00:12:37.290 --> 00:12:43.870 "eng" as in "English", "vid" as in "video". All right? Clean out that other old English 127 00:12:43.870 --> 00:12:47.730 stuff that wasn't working for you. You know? Time to spruce up, some spring cleaning. Get 128 00:12:47.730 --> 00:12:52.240 some new stuff. Every week, we have it for you. All right? Don't forget to click "like" 129 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:57.889 and "subscribe". Have a good one. Damn you, E. Trash this place one more time, I swear 130 00:12:57.889 --> 00:12:59.510 I'm getting me another worm. Jesus.