Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 32

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• 00:10

  Hi there.

• 00:10

  This is Harry, and welcome back to the podcasts.

• 00:13

  These are the podcasts aimed at you people out there wanting to improve your english levels.

• 00:18

  And this is for people in or around the intermediate level, where we look at aspects of english grammar, pronunciation expressions, and other aspects of English that I think are important for you to learn.

• 00:32

  I have an announcement at the end of the podcast, so you can listen carefully to that.

• 00:36

  I think you'll find it interesting, or at least I hope you will.

• 00:39

  As always, what I'm going to do, I'm going to read a sentence for you.

• 00:43

  I'm going to read it twice.

• 00:44

  First time for general understanding, and the second one where I will explain the meaning behind it.

• 00:52

  Okay?

• 00:52

  So if you're comfortable and ready, then we will begin.

• 00:55

  First reading, my parents brought me up in a house full of pets.

• 01:03

  Second reading, my parents brought me up in a house full of pets.

• 01:10

  Okay, so not so difficult when you read it or listen to it.

• 01:15

  So what are the particular grammar points?

• 01:17

  Well, we start off with my parents, so we're using this possessive pronoun my.

• 01:22

  It's not your, or his or her, it's my.

• 01:26

  My parents.

• 01:28

  Okay, and parents mean mother and father.

• 01:31

  My parents brought me up.

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