style="font-size:15px;"> Next we see “Let’s face the music” or simply “face the music” or “let’s face it”. It all means the same. Let’s face the music means accept criticism or simply see the truth. See the truth that you are a boring teacher. Face the music you are a boring teacher. Just accept it as a truth. Let’s face the music! You are a boring teacher, Gabriela.
You have no passion for teaching. It means you don’t love teaching. Teaching is not for you. You are not interested in teaching. You are not a passionate teacher. You are not passionate about teaching.
You must be passionate about teaching. You must be passionate about means you must love doing something, teaching. You must have love for teaching. You must be passionate about teaching. Well, I think you get the idea.
So what does Gabriela do next?
Of course, she thanks Alberto. “Thank you. Thank you”. And she decisively goes to the college library.
We see a very nice word to know – decisively. Decisively means to decide what to do quickly and confidently. Gabriela decides quickly and confidently to go to the college library. She decisively goes there. She doesn’t think much about it. She decides quickly and confidently in her head to go to the college library and she does it. Gabriela decisively goes to the college library.
She reads books, each book about passion. After two months of reading, Gabriela changes her attitude to teaching. She becomes a very passionate Spanish teacher.
To change one’s attitude to something simply means to change your mind or to change your feelings or opinions about something. Gabriela changes her feelings, her opinion about teaching. She changes her attitude to teaching. She becomes a very passionate Spanish teacher. She becomes a very emotional Spanish teacher.
Every day she often smiles in her classes. Every day she yells and jumps. She is excited and enthusiastic in her classes.
And our next word is enthusiastic. When you are enthusiastic it means you are passionate about something or interested in something. Gabriela is passionate about her lessons. She is excited and interested in her classes. She is excited and enthusiastic in her classes.
And of course, now Gabriela becomes quite popular with students. She is not going to quit her job. No, no, no.
And our final word for today is quite. Here quite means very. Now Gabriela is very popular with students. Gabriela becomes quite popular with students. The students like her very much. And of course, she is not going to quit her job. She is going to continue working for the school. She is passionate about teaching. She becomes successful and popular. Now she wants to continue being a teacher.
That’s all. Listen to the vocabulary lesson one or two times a day. It will help you to understand the story better. It will help you to use the words correctly and accurately. The next lesson is the mini-story lesson.
As you know, the mini-story lesson is the most powerful and the most exciting one. See you there!
The Mini-Story Lesson
Hello, my superstar English learner! This is Alex. Welcome to our mini-story for “Passion”.
Before we begin I have something to say. I don’t know whether it is the good news for you or the bad news but when you’re listening to these lessons do not study them. Don’t struggle to memorize. Just relax and listen. If necessary, you can read as well, if you need to. But relax, you’re not trying to memorize anything. Just let it come in. Let the English come into your ears and into your eyes. Don’t think about it. Don’t analyze it. Do not think about grammar. The mini-story lessons will help you learn grammar like native speakers do. Don’t analyze it. Don’t think about grammar rules.
Agreed? Let’s do it then.
Gabriela was a Spanish teacher,
but students didn’t like her.
Was Gabriela a truck driver?
No, she wasn’t a truck driver. She was a Spanish teacher.
Was Gabriela a good Spanish teacher?
No, she wasn’t a good Spanish teacher.
Why?
Because students didn’t like her. Gabriela was a Spanish
teacher, but her students didn’t like her.
Who didn’t like Gabriela? Her mother?
Her students. Her students didn’t like her.
Did Gabriela like her students?
No, she didn’t. Gabriela didn’t like them, either.
She never smiled in classes. She never listened to
her students. She never looked at her students
when they talked. Mhm.
Did Gabriela smile in her classes?
No, she didn’t. Gabriela didn’t smile in her classes.
Did Gabriela ever listen to her students?
No, not Gabriela. Gabriela never listened to her students.
Did Gabriela ever look at her students when
they talked?
No, no, no. Not Gabriela. Gabriela never looked at her
students when they talked. It seemed like she hated her
job. It seemed like she wanted to quit the school.
Did it seem like Gabriela loved her job?
No, it didn’t. It didn’t seem like she loved her job. No.
It seemed like she hated her job.
Did it seem like Gabriela wanted to continue
working for school?
No, it didn’t seem like that. It seemed like she wanted to
quit the school. Gabriela didn’t want to work at school.
She wanted to quit the school.
She wanted to leave the school. Bye-bye.
Was Gabriela the only Spanish teacher in school?
No, she wasn’t. Luckily, happily Gabriela was not the only
Spanish teacher in school.
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