0469 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—turn over a new leaf

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Self-improvement, Language Learning, Education

4.7 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2015

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Today’s expression and dialog: turn over a new leaf Is that tea? Yeah. No more coffee for me. You stopped drinking beer, too! Did you turn over a new leaf? Yeah! I’m trying to be more healthy. So, if you want to start OR stop something...when is the best time? January first? On the first day of the month? The first day of the week? Well, yesterday was my ONE YEAR anniversary of QUITTING SMOKING! Yes! I had tried quitting MANY times. And several times I made a "New Year's Resolution" to quit...but I failed. However, I did not let my failure BLOCK me from my future success. I knew I would try to quit again, and eventually I did. Not on January First. Not on a Monday. Not on the beginning of the month. But on Saturday, August 30th, 2014. That's a date that I will remember for...as long as I live! Today's expression will get YOU to "start or stop" something today! Do it! Have a super week, Coach Shane! PS. Don't forget--today is a GREAT day to join DDM--we start a new show today! Please subscribe on iTunes and get this podcast EVERY DAY! Support Coach Shane by giving $1 a month! On PayPal: Send to parmyproductions@gmail.com Or you can go here: www.patreon.com/coachshane Our sponsors: www.letsmasterenglish.com Click on JOIN CLASSES and get ALL the information! www.audibletrial.com/lme (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) Our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/DailyEasyEnglish Today's Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST is UP and READY for YOU!! #LME #LearnEnglish #ESL #Twinglish

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, my name is Coach Shane and welcome to easy English expressions.
0:11.0	You and me every day, come on, let's master English.
0:26.2	Hello, everybody.
0:29.4	Welcome back to Daily Easy English expression.
0:31.4	I like today's expression.
0:32.6	It's a great one.
0:57.0	It is to turn over a new leaf. To turn over, T-R-n-o-v----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- L-E-A-F, they think of a tree. So on one side, the tree leaf is very green, and then if we turn it over to the other side,
1:06.0	it seems to be a lighter green and not as pretty, right?
1:12.0	I don't know.
1:12.8	But anyway, that's actually not the leaf this expression refers to.
1:21.0	Did you know that if you have a book, the pages in a book, each page can be called a leaf. Yes, that piece of paper is a leaf,
1:32.7	a leaf of paper. So to turn over a new leaf means to turn over a new page. And it's easy to think
1:43.4	of it this way.
1:45.5	To turn over a new leaf means to start a new page or even to start a new chapter in your life.
1:59.0	Turn over a new leaf.
2:06.4	So the idea is you stop something old that was no good,
2:14.6	or you start something new that will be good. Maybe you are graduating from high school,
2:20.8	graduating from college, and you're about to begin a job or something like that, you are turning over a new leaf. You're starting new. You're starting fresh. It's a great expression.
2:30.2	It gives inspiration to many people. Let's check out the dialogue.
2:35.9	Is that tea?
2:37.7	Yeah, no more coffee for me.
2:40.1	Oh, you stopped drinking beer, too?
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