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look out English, baby! Video Lesson
当心

Date: Feb 02 2012

Themes: Sports

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

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“I told you to look out, man.”

- Mason after hitting Dale with a ball.

“哥们儿,我告诉过你要当心。”
- 梅森用球击到德尔后说。

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

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

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be careful, be aware

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

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Sometimes knowing the right idiom can be a matter of life or death. If something is about to hit someone, or something dangerous is about to happen, you have less than a second to say the right thing and save that person from harm. The short and useful phrase you need is look out!

When you say look out to someone, it makes them stop what they are doing and look around and be careful. If someone is about to walk in front of a bus, you would shout look out to stop them.

Of course, look out can be used in less serious situations too. For instance, if you throw a ball at your friend and it’s about to hit him in the head, you could say look out and he might notice the ball in time to catch it.

Can you think of another time it would be helpful to say look out?

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

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Look out! That painting behind you is about to fall.”

“Hey, look out! You almost ran into me.”

Look out, ma’am! You could get hit by a car in that street.”

Winners

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

'Look out' is a prior notice to be watchful or careful.
by candycandice
-Tiago- Caution, Take care about something that happen quickly...
by -Tiago-
Manu4 be careful, watch out
by Manu4
hennee you'll get burned if you don't look out; Syn:; beware, watch out, be on (one's) guard
by hennee
Garshasp Look out means=be careful
by Garshasp
cubi1604 Pay attention to something
by cubi1604
babar1010 be watchfull
by babar1010
murdoc87 pay attention, like saying "watch out" I guess
by murdoc87
Means that you've to pay attention to something, stay alert
by thiagomateng
Gellerke be careful
by Gellerke
 julito To be careful , be cautious,
by julito

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snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

“ohhh, I’m an Alien, I’m a legal Alien , I’m an Alien man on this earth ” : )

04:18 PM Feb 02 2012 |

snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

I’m so silly!


 I saw the photo of today’s lesson, and turned around to look in the direction the man was pointing. : )...anyways


 “Look out” is a cautionary expression all the way, it’s a phrase one shouldn’t look over when it’s written, or ignore when it’s uttered. These two words can be very useful in so many ways, from a simple suggestion to a life-threatening situation. Here’s what I could think of so far:  Look out : )


Scenario 1) A suggestion, a piece of advice (a teacher to Snoopy)


(written/verbal) “Look out for any possible grammatical mistake, Snoopy”


In this case Snoopy is advised to be careful not to make any mistake when he writes, but the level of urgency is not too high, Snoopy can choose to ignore this suggestion : )


Scenario 2) A cautionary advice or suggestion (Snoopy is driving on a winding road; he sees a traffic sign that reads…)


(Written)“LOOK OUT! , Dangerous curves ahead”


In this case, Snoopy would instantly slow down, or even stop the car to read the whole advice and proceed more carefully and at a lower speed.


Scenario 3 ) Hunker Down ! : ) You are exposed to something dangerous, imminent danger, your life might even be at risk, Run for your liiiiife  : )   


(written/verbal) “LOOK OUT!”


This is the most frightening of all, in this case Snoopy has no idea about what is going on, but he knows it must be avoided. This is a shout he mustn’t ignore. He must look around very quickly to spot the potential threat and react rationally to it.


Note: in a verbal situation, the tone of the voice works as an “Emergency Gauge”. The higher the pitch in which   “look out” is voiced, the more cynical a situation is. (I really wish we had a way to record our voices as comments, I would have elaborated even further:  )


Also, physical gestures can prompt us to react accordingly to a “Look out” utterance: a finger pointing, a pair of googly eyes, a dropped jaw, a trembling body, a funny face. ( I really wish we had a way to videotape ourselves as comments, I would have elaborated even further ; )

03:43 PM Feb 02 2012 |

Mexican Curious

Mexico

oh wow Oh! I thought you were a native english talking, your comment it is very good done.

03:40 PM Feb 02 2012 |

rose 99

rose 99

Saudi Arabia

pay attention,be carfull

02:33 PM Feb 02 2012 |

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AUL

AUL

Azerbaijan

yeah we learnt this phrase from lesson this year conversational models of english and i prepared very funny dialogue with a lot of roles :)  i had this phrase at my exam


02:12 PM Feb 02 2012 |

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CatcheR

CatcheR

Iceland

” Look out ! I told you Look out man  ” Foot in mouth

01:18 PM Feb 02 2012 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

 LESYA   As a Mom you know   that  with your kids  to be off-duty   would be  unthinkable.

01:17 PM Feb 02 2012 |

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kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

“Look out!” becomes a daily phrase for me. You will ask why? Because kids literally compel  their parents to repeat : “Be careful”, “Stop and think before you do that”, “Look out!”, “It is dangerous” etc. 


I’m on guard dutyLaughing

12:34 PM Feb 02 2012 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

Absolutely !!!!Wink

11:35 AM Feb 02 2012 |

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manu_wj

manu_wj

Italy

it looks like an instinct sentence to make someone or something sure.


The same should be shouting “be careful”, shouldn’t it?

10:15 AM Feb 02 2012 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

MNAL—  HELLO—  you may fall in love or….. in a hole .  hehehe. I see your humour, I like itWink

10:06 AM Feb 02 2012 |

nfrtary

nfrtary

Egypt

take care or be attention

09:34 AM Feb 02 2012 |

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jorda_de

jorda_de

Jordan

be careful

08:48 AM Feb 02 2012 |

Renoo

Renoo

China

take noticed when you acrossed the street .and when you gave something to somebaby,told him take care.

01:34 AM Feb 02 2012 |

ola33

ola33

Japan

No, I’m Russian :)

12:41 AM Feb 02 2012 |

Mexican Curious

Mexico

Ola, is english your native lenguaje?

12:39 AM Feb 02 2012 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

OLA33 . And thanks to your “restless” father you are sharing this story with us.  Your father is your  angel guardian.

12:33 AM Feb 02 2012 |

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Mexican Curious

Mexico

Oh my Godness!!!


Would be better say “GET OUT OF HERE”...





12:31 AM Feb 02 2012 |

ola33

ola33

Japan


I remember we were peacefully having a picnic just at the foot of the cliff. The weather was beautiful and the last thing you would expect was something dangerous and sudden coming to you. Plus, we were so hungry and tired from hiking that the only thought that was creeping into our heads was devouring food in cans—the staple dinner of a hiker. The only person who was missing was my Dad who as usual was restless climbing the cliff besides which we were sitting. All of sudden I heard my Dad yelling at us with that terrifying voice, – “moooove”, I know, “look out” would be good too, but, honestly, I don’t remember, only a loud sound of danger. The action was taken immediately and right after the last tourist’s heel flashed out of the picnic scene, the place was taken over by a big boulder able to crush us all with one blow. We stayed hungry that night, but alive.



 


12:24 AM Feb 02 2012 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

Mexican curious.      We read from the lesson :Can you think of another time  it would be helpful to say look out ?   I have chosen two examples   on the use of these    words.  I am not a teacher ,so I can not object  your comment. Anyway , let´s wait,  probably  someone may  come along  and  give another opinion.

12:01 AM Feb 02 2012 |

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