As many of you know, I'm a high school teacher here in Canada, and in about a week or two, maybe three actually, it will be summer, and I am excited about summer.

In the summer, I don't have to go to work.

So it's something that I'm really excited about.

So I thought today I should make an English lesson for you about how to talk about the future.

Sometimes you're excited about the future, sometimes you're not excited about the future, and in this English lesson, I'll teach you about 10 English phrases that you can use to express those feelings.

The first two phrases are it's just around the corner or it's right around the corner.

We use this when we're talking about something that's going to be happening soon, something that we're usually excited about.

For me, as you can see, I'm wearing a jacket.

It's kind of the end of spring, but summer is just around the corner.

Summer is right around the corner, and I'm pretty excited about it for reasons I explained earlier.

I don't know why, but it's a lot cooler than it normally is right now.

But when the sun comes out, it really feels like summer is just around the corner or summer is right around the corner.

The next phrase is the phrase, it's so close that I can taste it.

Now, usually we use the word taste when we're talking about food, but sometimes something that you're going to do is so close that you can taste it.

Maybe you're going to a concert this coming weekend and someone on a Tuesday or Wednesday says, are you excited for the concert?

You can say, oh, it's so close, I can taste it.

So yeah, you don't actually taste it, right?

Like it's not like there's a flavor that you are able to taste when something exciting is coming up, but it's definitely a phrase that we use.

Hey, are you excited for the concert?

Oh, I'm so excited, it's so close, I can taste it.

The next phrase is the phrase, I can see the finish line.

This is a phrase we use when we're about to finish something that was maybe really hard and took a long time.

You could use this when you're almost done school.

Maybe you're almost done high school or you're almost done university and it's about a week to go.

You could say to someone, oh, I can see the finish line.

You talk about it as if it's a race.

Maybe you're working on a huge project at work.

Maybe it took months to finish the project and you know in a few days you're going to be done.

You could say to your boss, oh, I can see the finish line.

So it's a way to express the happiness you feel when you're almost done something that was really hard and maybe took a really long time.

I can see the finish line.

The next phrase is the phrase, I'm counting the days.

Sometimes there's something really exciting that's going to happen in a week or two and you're starting to count how many days it is before that thing happens.

Maybe you're getting married.

Maybe you're getting married in 10 days and you say to someone, I'm so excited.

I'm counting the days.

So sometimes there's something in the future and you're so excited.

You want to know exactly how many days there are between now and when that event happens and you would use the phrase, I'm counting the days.

The next two phrases are the phrases, I can't wait or I can hardly wait and these are phrases you use when you're excited about something that's going to happen.

When Jen and I were expecting our first child, that's what I would say to people.

I would say, I can't wait or I can hardly wait.

I was so excited for the arrival of our first child that that's how I described it.

It was really hard to wait.

So I would say, I can't wait or I can hardly wait to express that excitement.

So we have a few phrases that we use when we want to tell people to enjoy today even though they're excited about something in the future.

One of those phrases is, it will be here before you know it.

Sometimes people talk about retirement and people who are already retired, who are sad because they aren't working anymore might say, hey, enjoy today, it will be here before you know it.

Retirement will be here before you know it.

So take the time now to enjoy what you're doing.

So it's not a phrase we use when we're excited about the future.

It's more of a phrase we use to tell people, hey, don't get too anxious or excited about something that's going to happen soon.

Instead, enjoy what's happening now.

It will be here before you know it.

And sometimes we'll just say to people, enjoy the moment.

We'll tell them directly that they should be enjoying what's happening right now instead of always thinking about something that's going to happen in the future.

Sometimes you can kind of lose yourself in thinking about something that's going to happen in the future.

You forget to enjoy the moment.

You forget to enjoy the day you're currently in.

So someone might say something like this to you.

Hey, I know you've been thinking about your graduation, but enjoy the moment right now.

Enjoy time with friends.

Enjoy your time in class.

Because once graduation comes and you get a job, life might be a little bit harder.

So enjoy the moment right now.

So in English, we like to use the phrase soon enough sometimes when we talk about a future event.

We might say something like this.

That day will come soon enough.

I keep talking about summer vacation, but that day will come soon enough.

It's important for me to do my job well right now.

In fact, if I kept talking to Jen about how excited I am about summer vacation, she might eventually say that to me.

She might say, hey, that will come soon enough.

Let's get this work done.

Or that will come soon enough.

Let's talk about something else.

I do tend to talk about summer vacation a lot right now.

As you can see by watching this video, I think this is the third time I've mentioned it.

But that day will come soon enough.

Right now, I just need to focus on finishing this English lesson.

So for this next phrase, I'm going to teach you the positive and negative versions of the phrase right away.

You can say, I'm looking forward to it, or I'm not looking forward to it.

We use this to talk about an event that we're excited about and an event in the future that we're not excited about.

I'm looking forward to harvesting these sunflowers.

There's a beautiful row of sunflowers here.

They're going to bloom in a few days.

I'm looking forward to harvesting them.

I'm excited about harvesting them.

I'm not looking forward to cleaning out the chicken coop.

The chickens have been living in this chicken tractor.

A chicken tractor is something you can move, by the way.

A coop stays in one spot, but they're kind of the same thing.

I'm not looking forward to cleaning this out because chicken manure kind of smells, but they've been in there for about three weeks.

It's time to clean it out.

So I'm looking forward to harvesting these sunflowers.

They're going to be beautiful.

I'm not looking forward to cleaning out the chicken coop.

The next phrase is the phrase, I hope that day never comes.

We use this phrase to talk about something that we don't want to experience.

Jen and I sometimes talk about the fact that someday, it might be hard for me to make YouTube videos.

I hope that day never comes.

Eventually, I'm going to be old, and it might be hard for me to think clearly enough to make videos for you.

Jen loves growing flowers, but it's very physically demanding.

In 20 or 30 years, it might be hard for her to grow flowers, but I hope that day never comes.

I hope Jen and I can keep doing the things we like doing forever.

I know that's not possible, but when you talk about something in the future that you don't want to have happen, we often use that phrase.

I hope that day never comes.

Well, hey, thank you so much for watching this English lesson, where I hope you were able to learn some phrases you can use to talk about future events that you're excited about, or future events that you're not excited about.

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