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welcome to my beautiful apartment here
in chiang mai thailand today i'm going
to teach you all the english you need to
give an apartment tour in english now
yesterday i told you how you could use
this idea to make money okay so if you
haven't seen that video I'll post it
right up here at the end of this video
giving an apartment tour is so easy you
just need to remember these five things
okay introduction descriptions
transitions personal opinions and the
ending so your introduction how are you
going to start the video well you could
say something simple like welcome to
this beautiful apartment here in Chiang
Mai Thailand today I'm going to give you
a tour of this apartment just something
easy like that okay and you're going to
need description you're gonna be
describing everything right okay what
does it look like you know you're gonna
be using words like cute and cozy you
know large beautiful those kind of
description words right that the
bathroom is cute or the kitchen is nice
and cozy it's it's not good to use the
word small when you're giving an
apartment tour the words cute and cozy
are much nicer they're sort of more
positive and more friendly than if you
if you describe something as small okay
also transitions okay what's a
transition well what are you going to
say when you move from one room to the
next room you're gonna say something
like this
alright now let's move into the kitchen
okay alright you're you're you're going
from one thing to another that's what
the word transition means okay also
you're going to give some personal
opinions let me ask you a question what
kind of mood do you want to have in your
video what kind of feeling do you want
your viewers to get do you want your
video to be sad
I hate this apartment it's it's not a
good apartment it's it's really small
you know if I were you I wouldn't live
here in this apartment it really sucks
no you don't want your video to be set
do you want your video to be funny well
probably not I mean you could make it
funny if you want but people probably
aren't you know wanting to watch a funny
video
what about professional do you want your
video to be professional yeah that would
probably be good and one of the problems
with being professional is sometimes
people are too serious today I'm going
to show you this apartment let's start
in the bedroom and move into the living
room and the kitchen you know it's just
it's a bit cold and you know a bit
impersonal okay so you want to make the
video personal you want it to be
professional and personal I would say
that's the best kind of feeling to have
so I think it's a great idea to give it
a sort of a personal touch
okay for example you could say I think
you're gonna love this kitchen or you
know my favorite thing about this condo
is this huge bedroom window which lets
in a lot of natural light you're sort of
giving your your personal feeling you
know what what you like or what you
think the other person is going to like
I think you're gonna love I think you're
gonna love this this king-sized bed
something like that right you're just
trying to make it a bit a bit more
personal instead of just having it like
really professional and sort of cold
just imagine you're inviting someone
into your own house and and you're
giving them a tour right it should be a
sort of a nice friendly atmosphere okay
so then the ending how are you going to
end the video you could say something
like well thank you so much for joining
me in today's tour if you have any
questions about this apartment you can
let me know right down there in the
comments hope you're having a wonderful
day I'll see you next time bye bye okay
so that's it
and reduc
descriptions transitions personal
opinions and the ending now here you can
see a root variety variety now this is
really important because when you're
giving a tour of a house or an apartment
you know sometimes you just end up
saying the same thing over and over
again right in your descriptions you
might say the word nice or the word
beautiful all the time or for the
transitions you know you want to have
some variety you don't just want to say
alright now let's go into the bedroom
alright now let's go to the living room
alright now let's go to the bathroom you
know you're saying the same thing over
and over again so it's good to have some
variety now I've posted a lot of sample
sentences for you down there in the
description so you're welcome to use
those in your own video or you can just
use those as sort of a guideline
and make up your own words and phrases
but I just want to make it as simple as
I can for you so just take a look at all
those sentences there's a lot of
examples in all of these areas right
some sample introductions sample
description sample transitions personal
opinions and ending well I hear a plane
flying over my apartment right now so I
think that's my cue to start the tour
all right
let's go welcome to this beautiful
apartment here in Chiang Mai Thailand
now this apartment costs nine thousand
baht per month which is roughly three
hundred US dollars per month and it
comes fully furnished okay so it's ready
to move in you don't need to buy
anything now as you can see the living
room is fairly large and it comes with a
nice sofa a white coffee table and white
dining table to match the bright tone of
this apartment now if you would like to
add some artwork to the walls too to
suit your taste you're more than welcome
to do that all right now the living room
is separated from the
bedroom by these beautiful sliding glass
doors and as you enter the bedroom the
first thing you'll notice is this huge
bedroom window which lets in a lot of
natural light you have a gorgeous view
of some lush green trees and tropical
type plants it's really a beautiful
place to live now if you want some
privacy or if you want to block the
light there are some nice thick drapes
here would you block the light
completely so it gets really nice and
dark now well the bed is a nice
king-size bed with a very comfortable
mattress so I'm sure you'll sleep deeply
every night here also the room has a
wardrobe which provides more than enough
space for all your clothing and other
personal belongings welcome to the
kitchen it's a very simple design but
it'll meet all your needs some nice
shelves here a microwave also some
shelves under here and a sink and a dish
rack dishes more than enough for you to
just move in like I said it's fully
furnished you can just come and you
don't have to buy anything and enjoy
your stay here in Chiangmai also a nice
modern fridge fridge and freezer to
store all your perishable foods now my
favorite part of this apartment is this
really cozy balcony it's it's so cute
just a personal sized balcony you can
have a chair out here if you want there
you have a washing machine which also
works as a dryer as well so or if you
want to air dry your clothes you can use
these hangers and hang them here on this
nice rack to dry now the big the cooking
is out here on the balcony you have a
little stove here to do your cooking
most apartments in Thailand don't have a
stove in the kitchen so we have this set
up here for you to do cooking and so you
can just enjoy the outdoors cooking
outdoors again the bathroom is very
simple and clean you have all the
essentials
a very nice shower a toilet
sinc well that's just been a quick look
at the other rooms in this apartment the
living room the bedroom the kitchen the
balcony and now the bathroom thank you
so much for joining me in this tour
today here in marks real estate company
we look forward to doing business with
you in the future if you have any
questions or comments leave them down
there below this video I'll see you guys
next time bye bye alright how did I do
did I do okay I probably didn't look
very professional maybe if you make a
video like that you should wear a nice
shirt and some nice pants but anyway I
just wanted to talk a little bit more
about the English that you could use in
your video now you might be wondering
what's the difference between a condo
and an apartment
well basically nothing you could you
could use whichever word you want okay
condo or apartment
now one thing you you might need to know
is the names of the rooms now for a
condo like this it's really simple right
there's just a living room bathroom a
kitchen a balcony and a bedroom but in a
house like if you're giving a tour of a
house back in Canada let's say you know
the house might have an entryway or it
might have a hallway might have a hall
with some rooms on the side it might
have a might have a basement or an attic
get the very top of the house that is
usually used for storage that's called
the Attic so yeah I could have different
different places like that also with the
furniture you'll remember that I use the
word wardrobe what's the difference
between a closet and a wardrobe well
usually when I think of a closet I think
of something that is built into the
house like back in Canada most of the
houses have closets it's like something
in the wall whereas here in Asia they
don't build closets into the walls
you have to buy you have to buy a piece
of furniture called a wardrobe okay so
it depends on you know like like if
you're giving this tour back in Canada
or in the u.s. you know the names of
furniture might be a little bit
different you know is it a sofa or a
coach you know you have to decide which
it probably doesn't really matter but
just those small things the names of
furniture the names of the rooms you
might just need to to look up
specifically what a certain thing is
called you know you should practice I
didn't really practice before I made
this video so I'm sure you could make a
better video than I did if you practice
a little bit and think you know about
what you want to say okay now let's talk
about descriptions what are some good
descriptive words you can use well the
word bright is really good bright or
well-lit and if you talk about natural
light that's always good people like
natural light you know a big window or
something like that also brand-new
you know maybe then maybe the apartment
is brand new
or maybe the floor is brand new or you
know maybe the the kitchen is newly
renovated okay so the word newly
renovated or brand new those are really
good words if it's true if it's not true
well then don't lie but if it is true
you should probably mention those things
now there are different words we can use
to describe the size of a room you could
say it's large or it's roomy or it's
spacious if it's small you could say
cute or cozy or simple you know like I
described the I described the kitchen
and the bathroom I think is simple now
in my opinion the word simple is a good
thing you know I like simple things if
something is too fancy I mean I don't
know it depends on the person what do
you think in your opinion is the word
simple a good thing or a bad thing
I don't know I like the word simple so
you can decide you could talk about
other things you could talk about like
the smell of the apartment you know you
could you could say that it has a lot of
fresh air actually I was gonna mention
that I was gonna say if you open the
window the
big bedroom window and open the balcony
there then there's lots of fresh air in
here so that's great so you might want
to talk about the air flow an apartment
has good air flow fresh air
maybe it's non-smoking you know maybe
there's never been any smokers in the
condo you know you could talk about
different conveniences that the condo
has does it have hot water you know not
every apartment in the world has hot
water so that's a good thing does the
apartment to have Wi-Fi that would be
good to know you know does it have
conveniences like Wi-Fi what about a
supermarket a grocery store is there is
there a place to go shopping near the
apartment you know if there's a if
there's a store nearby hey you should
you should talk about that people like
those kinds of conveniences you know
maybe the maybe there's a swimming pool
near the condo or maybe the condo
building has its own swimming pool you
know stuff like that would be would be
great to talk about you know you could
talk about other things like if if the
washing machine is eco-friendly or maybe
the fridge is eco-friendly
you know some people like those kinds of
things you know maybe the building has
24-hour security maybe you have some new
smart locks on the door key those kinds
of things you know especially if you
want to make a longer video like I would
say if it's going to be about ten
minutes or longer you know you might
want to add some more details like that
you know people like details especially
if you really want to get someone to
rent your condo long-term or you know if
you're working for a real estate company
and you want to sell a condo well if
someone's gonna buy a condo they want to
know about all those things so you can
decide if you want to make sort of a
just a brief video like I did just sort
of giving a brief tour or if you want to
make a more in-depth video you know that
would be great all right let's talk
about transitions now I think the two
words that you use the most in
transitions are alright and okay alright
let's move into this room okay
let's go here you know it's just those
are very common words I think it's okay
to you
but just like I said try try not to say
the same word too many times in the tour
okay so here are some transitions when
you enter the you'll notice the okay so
I've posted some some sample sentences
down there in the description if you
want to just copy and paste them or if
if you want to just think about them for
a little bit okay so when you enter the
the kitchen you'll notice the okay or
when you enter the the first thing
you'll notice is the okay now the first
thing you'll notice when you enter the
is the okay so all of these are sort of
the same but I just want to give you I
just want to give you some other ways of
saying the same thing now let's move
into the let's move into the bedroom
okay or next I'll show you the kitchen
next let's move into the living room
okay so those are some some sample
sentences there for transitions now what
about what about personal opinions you
know it's just nice to add something
personal just a to spice up your video a
little bit so you could say one thing
that's great about this apartment
is that it has lots of storage space
okay or the thing I like most about this
apartment is the nice view or I think
you'll enjoy the fresh air I think
you'll appreciate the new hardwood floor
okay or my favorite thing about this
apartment is the south-facing balcony
okay so those are some some ideas for
some personal opinions some different
sample sentences you know the grammar is
sometimes in English it's it's hard to
make it's hard to know you know what the
right grammar is if you change one part
of the sentence then sometimes the other
part needs to change too so these sent
these sentences are are correct you can
use them you can change them however you
want to do it's up to you but I just
want it to give you some options that
you can use okay so when it comes to the
introduction you know sometimes
sometimes the introduction
and the ending are the hardest even
though they're the simplest they're
there sometimes the hardest if you make
this video for the first time and I hope
some of you guys make a video like this
and post your link down in the comments
so that I can watch your video I'd love
to watch your video if you really make a
video like this I'll be the first to
give you a thumbs up okay so for the
introduction you know you could just say
something simple like welcome to mark's
real estate company in this video i'm
going to give you a tour of this
beautiful condo in calgary alberta right
just a really simple sentence like that
and for closing you could say alright
thank you so much for joining me in this
tour if you have any questions don't
hesitate to ask you can get in touch
with me in the comments or by email my
email is in the description something
like that you know just just keep it
simple and and yeah i hope that helps
you guys i hope that's that gives you
some some english you know sentences
structure that you can use if you make a
video like i said i would love it if you
guys make a video and and send me the
link so I can see so I can see how you
know how this is benefiting you I would
love that it makes a teacher happy when
a teacher can see you know the students
actually doing something and and seeing
you know how it turns out so I hope you
guys do that remember post the link down
in the comments and I hope you're having
a wonderful day thank you so much for
joining me in this episode of mad
English TV and I'll see you guys over in
the next episode of mad English TV take
care
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