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baggage English, baby! Video Lesson

Date: Apr 08 2010

Themes: Family, Romance

Quote

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“It’s my baggage, it goes everywhere I go and it makes my life a little hard sometimes.”

- Jason on his EXTREME amount of emotional baggage.

2. Video - Watch the video before learning the definition.

Definition

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ideas and memories from the past that are difficult to forget and make life harder

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

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You’re probably used to talking about baggage when you travel. But in addition to the suitcases and backpacks you bring with you when you go, you are also carrying another kind of baggage, emotional baggage.

Baggage is a slang term that refers to ideas and memories from the past that weigh you down. When you experienced something hard in life, it can leave you with some baggage. People often have baggage from heartbreaking relationships or disagreements with their family.

Just as it’s hard to walk through an airport with a lot of bags, it’s hard to go through life with a lot of baggage. Mason tells Jason that he should give up his baggage and have fun with his friends. Jason’s baggage is pretty extreme—some of it dates back to his childhood. The photo Jason carries of his ex-girlfriend and the feelings he carries for her in his heart are not going to help him on dates. He needs to unload his baggage and start fresh.

Have you ever had to let go of some emotional baggage? How did you do it?

Examples

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“He came back from the war with a lot of baggage. He saw a lot of terrible stuff there.”

“She still has a lot of baggage from her last relationship. It might not be a good idea to date her yet.”

“Even though I’m in my 30s, I’m still working through a lot of childhood baggage from my troubled youth.”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

_Sasha_ burden
by _Sasha_
past experience that have negative effect to oneself
by periwinkle.chic
panda123 some kind of hardship or burden.
by panda123
nour_2 baggage=sensetive emotions
by nour_2
Aneet It´s something which drag us down and which is only a problem for us.
by Aneet

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jiuwilliam

China

I think there are a lot of baggage in one's life. The important thing is

03:03 AM Apr 08 2010 |

jiuwilliam

China

I think there are a lot of baggage in one's life. The important thing

03:03 AM Apr 08 2010 |

jiuwilliam

China

I think there are a lot of baggage in one's life. The important

03:02 AM Apr 08 2010 |

jiuwilliam

China

I think there are a lot of baggage in one's life. The

03:02 AM Apr 08 2010 |

jiuwilliam

China

I think there are a lot of baggage in one's life. THE

03:02 AM Apr 08 2010 |

aleksolivar

Mexico

It's a bad feelings

02:52 AM Apr 08 2010 |

velo

velo

Germany

The video is a funny metaphor. It's is true that people usually bring too many sorrow and sadness in their life. But it's too heavy to live a normal life, just like the boy in the video who carry too much so that he couldn't even play basketball. So how about you? Do you have a lot of ''baggage''in your life?

12:46 AM Apr 08 2010 |

julywidiawati

Indonesia

Yes I have, just let the time passes them by… and try to find someone else who you can lean on to help.

07:17 AM Apr 01 2010 |

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