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Hustle - President Barack Obama
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Hustle - President Barack Obama English, baby! Video Lesson
总统巴拉克·奥巴马 - 全力以赴

Learn the present progressive tense

Date: Feb 25 2011

Themes: Celebrity, News

Grammar: Present Progressive Tense

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You don’t become the first black President of the United States at age 47 without a lot of hard work. Barack Obama was a community organizer, a law professor and a US Senator before being elected President. He is anything but lazy. He clearly knows how to hustle.

Someone who hustles always gives their best effort, especially when it is not easy to do so. An athlete who hustles will dive on the ground to catch the ball and put himself at risk to help his team. If you hustle on a project at work, it means you get it done quickly, but still do it well.

Recently, President Barack Obama gave a speech to a small group of Intel employees. We were among the media at the event, where Obama talked about the need to hustle.

如果未经历过大量艰苦工作,年仅47岁的奥巴马不可能成为美国历史上第一位黑人总统。巴拉克·奥巴马在竞选总统前担任过社区干事、法学教授和美国参议员。他是一个十分勤奋的人。他清楚地知道如何全力以赴。
全力以赴的人始终尽全力做事,尤其是在面对困难的时候。一个全力以赴的运动员会不惜一切地接住球,即使让自己置身于危险之中,也要帮助团队。如果你全力以赴进行一项工作,意味着你可以迅速并且出色地完成任务。
最近,巴拉克·奥巴马总统为一组英特尔员工做了一次演讲。我们是参加该演讲的媒体之一。演讲中奥巴马谈论了全力以赴的必要性。

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Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Jason

Jason

Otellini

Otellini

Obama

Obama

Jason:  Welcome to English, baby! My name is Jason, and we are here at the Intel Corporation, about to see President Barack Obama speak. He’s going to be talking about a topic that’s very near and dear to our hearts, technology.

Otellini:  Ladies and gentlemen, I’m pleased to introduce the President of the United States.

Obama:  Thank you. Thank you so much. It’s not just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated, but also the winner of science fairs. And since the Packers beat my Bears, I am reserving all of my celebrating for the winners of the science fairs. They deserve applause! They deserve our applause and our praise and they make me optimistic about America’s future. Basically, if we want to win the future, America has to out-build and out-innovate and out-educate and out-hustle the rest of the world. That’s what we’ve got to do.

Jason:  “Hustle,” that’s an interesting word. Let’s hear that again.

Obama:  ...out-hustle the rest of the world.

Jason:  President Obama said we need to hustle. “Hustle” means move quickly and be aggressive. It’s no surprise that Obama said it, since it’s commonly used in sports, and he is a sports fan. You can hustle in business, in a game or even to pack up your things and catch a train. Many people had to hustle to set up the room for Obama’s speech.

Obama:  ...that’s what America will prove in the months and years ahead. Thank you, guys, God bless you.

Jason:  After the speech, everyone had to stay in the room until Obama left the building. No amount of hustle could get you out.

 

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After being introduced by Intel CEO Paul Otellini, President Obama says that young scientists as well as young athletes should be celebrated for their achievments. He says that, in order for American technology businesses like Intel to succeed, they need to out-hustle the competition.

If you can out-run someone, it means you are the faster runner. A better musician can out-play a less experienced one. So to out-hustle means to try harder and give a stronger effort.

You could also say that out-hustle means to have more hustle. Hustle is primarily a verb, but it can also be a noun. Can you find the place in the video where “hustle” is used as a noun? When do you think it’s important to hustle?

To learn more about the President’s speech and see behind-the-scenes photos, visit our blog.

 

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wishtolearn

El Salvador

 i like the lesson and the way you guys teach us…... i hustle to get to memorize as many idioms and phrasal verbs as i can.

03:42 PM Mar 19 2011 |

aminian

aminian

Australia

Americans have proved that they are able to out-hustle other nations in technology. If you study technology gap between America and Europe you will find out that US is about few decades ahead of it. Most of new technologies and innovations originate US.

02:09 AM Mar 19 2011 |

Arminka28

Arminka28

Armenia

I think i;s a good lesson to understand what mean "hustle" 

 

06:59 AM Mar 15 2011 |

akram mohammadi

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

tank you

i try to hustel learn english

06:54 PM Mar 12 2011 |

_Kate_

_Kate_

Ukraine

I remember and believe that he doesn`t worth to be a president in any country. This is one of the reasons…

08:58 PM Mar 07 2011 |

sami.adeel

Pakistan

I didnt get it

05:59 PM Mar 07 2011 |

sellma

Bosnia and Herzegovina

It is important to be hustle in life. if you want to success in business,sport or even love you must be aggressive, never give up slack  

02:42 PM Mar 05 2011 |

quick to pardon

Mali

Obama ia native speaker

I like to listen to him

03:28 PM Mar 04 2011 |

makifd

makifd

Turkey

Firstly we need peace on the world. But I've seen most of power countries to exploit poor countries. If you beleive in god, If you  want to equal all of humans we have to do something, we have to hustle to our future. But we should so much carefull which way true, which way false. 

 

 

09:31 AM Mar 04 2011 |

nekgkb

nekgkb

Saudi Arabia

it is my first lesson i enigoed itWink

03:09 PM Mar 03 2011 |

_Kate_

_Kate_

Ukraine

I want those people who agree with Obama to understand that people and countries shouldn`t compete with each other, but to help become more prosperous. We all the one nation, that live on the one planet, aren`t we? Only in such way we`ll do our world better. Think more about it…

10:22 AM Mar 03 2011 |

blessiemaye

Philippines

i agree that we need to hustle in everything we do but we also have to take into considerations all the consequences of our actions….

02:08 AM Mar 03 2011 |

sally1978

Germany

My first lesson, and I enjoyed it.

Out-hustle – what funky word.

12:14 AM Mar 03 2011 |

_Kate_

_Kate_

Ukraine

Thank`s Wala`a,

I knew there are people that can see the real situation.

09:20 PM Mar 02 2011 |

Wala'a

Wala'a

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

Hey Kate !!!! you’re right , I think you send the message that I want to send

09:04 PM Mar 02 2011 |

westilo

westilo

Namibia

Mr.obama what ur tlkng s vry interesting even if im nt from America..i really heard alot from ur words.

09:02 PM Mar 02 2011 |

Wala'a

Wala'a

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

I think Mr. Obama knows exactly what he means , however I dislike this word , I don’t know why ?!!!!!!mmmmmmmmm

08:59 PM Mar 02 2011 |

_Kate_

_Kate_

Ukraine

Such agressive word was said by Obama towards other countries side with such likable smile…  I think it doesn`t matter if he likes sport or not. It`s not a justification. People, be alert.

08:43 PM Mar 02 2011 |

wishtolearn

El Salvador

sometimes you need to hustle no matter what, i mean, some other guys might one to get on your nerves in the office and they struggle to be the best…. but still we need to hustle

04:14 PM Mar 01 2011 |

miss_eos

miss_eos

Viet Nam

I don;t like it but this competitive world does make us to hustle in almost everything we do. Not being left behind means always outdoing other people to be ahead of the game. It's really tiring sometimes but it seems that we've got few choice.

03:07 PM Mar 01 2011 |

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