The expression that Neil and i will talk about today is out of the count. This the expression comes form the sport of boxing. And it describes a boxer who has been knocked down unconscious who can’t stand up within a count of ten seconds. The boxer is said to be out for the count and loses the match.

Yes,but the expression can also be used in another way.

Oh, really? How.

I had a really active weekend. I went hiking in Wales with my wife and our two children.

Hiking in wales. Ha, it sounds like hard work.

Well, it not for my kids. They love it. They were racing each other, running up and down the hills. Then we went into the zoo where they had even more fun.

So you had a nice day out then.

Definitely. The evening was even nicer for us,me and my wife. There was no reading bed-time stories and no computer games. By seven o’clock, the kids were in beds. And the next thing we knew they were out for the count.

Oh, i think i have got it.

Yes, that’s right. Let’s hear some expressions of how this expression is used

Jack had so much to drink last night, when he got home he was out for the count.

There was some trouble outside my house last night, but i didn’t hear it . I was so tired that i was out for the count.

Oh, how i wish i could fall asleep quickly.

You should try doing some exercises to make you tired. How about jogging

Oh, no,no. It’s boring. It’s too monotonous.

What about about relaxing exercise, like Yoga

No, I’m not very flexible, i never had been

Well, how about boxing.It is exerting. you can be knocked unconscious. Out for the count

Very funny

Anyway, you’ve learned a good expression. And it’s time to say Goodbye.

Bye.

课时3 Mind-blowing  or  to blow your mind

Hello, and the expression we are going to look at in this program is mind- blowing or to blow your mind.

So, harry i heard that you really like traveling?

Me? Yes ,i love to travel, to be free. Yeah of travel

All over, Europe, south-east Asia, north Africa, central America

So which was the best trip?

had to say they all great in there one way. But i think my trip to Cambodia really stands out.

Well it’s got scenery beeches, nice food and all the stuff. But the temples at Angkor wat they just blew my mind.

Yea, it’s an amazing place. it’ got incredible statues, roads, waterways all abandoned in the forest. Truly mind blowing

So what else can be mind blowing?

Anything amazing, a painting, a film, a story.

Yes, those things are all totally mind blowing, if you stop and think about them.

The latest tablet computer has incredible camera and loads of other mind blowing features.

One of the most mind blowing things about the universe is the distance between the planets

The battle scenes in the film were amazing. They just blew my mind

So to finish off i though I’d give you the mind blowing fact about the space and the universe. Something that will really blow your mind.

Did you know that every hour the universe expands by a billion miles in all direction.

That is mind blowing.

Another just mind blowing.

Cockroaches can live several weeks without their heads

They can live without their heads. Well that just blow my mind.

Join us again for more mind blowing English on Authentic Real English.

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