hello and welcome back to english with
Lucy today I want to talk to you about
programs but do you know what proverbs
our programs are usually short level
sentences that natives will use in
conversation without even realizing it
they often offer good arguably arguably
good life advice today I'm going to talk
to you about five proverbs and their
meaning and what we would use them the
first probe that I'd like to talk to you
about is the grass is always greener
this means that you shouldn't be jealous
of what other people may have or may
appear to have because they could also
be looking at what you have and feeling
jealous as well so quite literally this
is probably talking about a neighbor
looking at his neighbor's garden and
thinking his grass is greener that my
grass but it could just be his point of
view his neighbor may be looking in his
garden and thinking oh god his grass is
greener than mine so basically means
don't be jealous because it might not be
what it seems the next proverb is don't
judge a book by it's cover
this is another proverb that teaches us
that things are not always as they seem
the probe tells us to not judge someone
by their appearance or the way they
dress or just generally how they look or
act a really old dirty book could have
an amazing story to tell inside or a
really beautiful book could be really
boring inside and so this proverb is
talking about books but relating it to
people
somebody might have a mohawk and
lots of scary makeup and spikes all over
them but they might also have a kitten
fan page or Instagram you never know so
don't judge a book by it's cover the
next proverb is when in Rome do as the
Romans do
and this means that when you are
visiting somewhere you should try and
act as a local person is considered
respectful and polite i love this one it
means that when you travel you need to
adapt to the culture whether that's
covering your skin or adapting to their
meal times I think it's really important
to respect and adapt to culture a lot of
people could learn from that one
actually the next proverb is practice
makes perfect and this one sort of
speaks for itself
you're not going to pick up a violin and
play like velde you need to practice the
more you practice the closer you are to
achieving perfection and the same goes
for your English practice makes perfect
the last proverb is actually my personal
favorite and it's about determination it
is where there's a will there's a way
it means that if you want to do
something enough then you will find a
way of doing it
nothing is impossible there is always a
way I used to say this one to myself a
lot because when i started the English
with Lucy youtube channel i had no idea
how to work a camera a funny story is
that my dad let me a small amount of
money to buy a camera and a tripod so i
bought the boat secondhand and when they
arrived they didn't work so I found out
the company and I said look you've sent
me the camera you've sent me the tripod
but it's not feeling anything and they
told me that I haven't bought a lens but
I went from not knowing anything about
cameras photography video production
anything to being able to make videos
three times a week and every time I come
across a problem whether it be with
filming lighting editing noise
a lot of obstacles in my way I always
say to myself well as well as a way if
you want to do this Lucy you will find a
way of doing it so I hope that motivated
to a little bit right guys that's it for
today's lesson
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