AEE 2611: How to Direct Someone's Attention With Enthusiasm

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Lindsay McMahon 0:00

This is an All Ears English podcast, episode 2611. How to direct someone's attention with enthusiasm. Welcome to the All Ears English podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection. With your American hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl. coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA. To get real-time transcripts right on your phone and create your personalized vocabulary list, try the All Ears English app for iOS and Android. Start your seven-day free trial at allearsenglish.com forward slash app.

Michelle Kaplan 1:00

Enthusiasm is a key piece needed for connection, especially when you see something you are excited about. In today's episode learn how to bring people in on the excitement in English. Hey, Michelle, how's it going? Hi, Lindsay. Check it out. I got new earrings. Very impressive. Very impressive. Guys, if you are watching on YouTube, you will see that I am not wearing any earrings. But for the purpose of the roleplay, I am. We were just kidding. Just joking around here.

Lindsay McMahon 1:34

Just joking. Just joking. But what's interesting here is what you said before you showed me your earrings. What did you say, Michelle? I said, check it out. Check it out. It's kind of fun to say that, right? It is.

Michelle Kaplan 1:48

Yep. Yeah. So today we're going to focus on how to tell someone to look at something in a very enthusiastic way to draw their attention to something.

Lindsay McMahon 1:58

Yes, totally. So this could be drawing their attention to something visual or even something you're listening to. I mean, maybe check it out and then you hand them a headphone could be, right? Or you turn up the volume on something. And it could just be saying, you know, please pay attention to this. This is interesting. Yeah. Directing someone's attention to something. Right, Michelle?

Michelle Kaplan 2:19

Yeah. Yeah, exactly. And this is, I mean, you hear this all the time. This is extremely common. I use it. Lindsay, I'm sure you use it.

Lindsay McMahon 2:29

Yeah. Even in work emails, I would use it to send you, like if we got new reviews, I might actually forward them to you. We love reviews, by the way, guys. Leave your review wherever you listen. I would forward them to you. I say, check it out. We got four new listener reviews, right?

Michelle Kaplan 2:45

Exactly. Yes, exactly. Or here's another example. Check it out. The dress is on sale now. So maybe I've been waiting.

How can enthusiasm improve communication in English?

Michelle Kaplan 2:53

We're shopping together and I'm like, oh, wait.

Lindsay McMahon 2:56

It's on sale. But the key piece that I think is really important for our listeners to know about this phrase is that you have to be in the presence of the thing. right right you have to be in the presence of the thing the dress maybe you're walking past the store and you see it on display or it can't just be like talking about a dress and you want to go to the mall and unless you like see it in a catalog and say oh it's online do you know what i mean it has to be around somewhere so someone can actually right you want to just say that

Michelle Kaplan 3:26

conceptually exactly yeah yeah um or check it out there's a new restaurant opening down the street so again the restaurant we would either maybe um it's possible maybe you're scrolling instagram and you see an ad for it or you're actually walking right you know either one yeah exactly why do you think this is good for connection michelle I think this shows enthusiasm and it shows that you know the person will be interested in some way in what you have to show them. So it actually, to me, it shows a little bit of confidence, right? I think you'll be excited too. Yeah, I think you're right.

Lindsay McMahon 4:08

Or interested.

4:08

Mm-hmm.

Lindsay McMahon 4:09

Like you have the confidence to say, hey, look at this thing. This is interesting to me. It probably will be to you too, right? Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yep.

Michelle Kaplan 4:17

Yep. Yep. And you can also say check out something, right? Instead of just check it out, you can say check out something. So for example, check out this guitar solo. It's incredible, right? We're listening to a song together and I'm excited to have you hear it.