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Free English Lesson! Topic: Personal Hygiene 🧼🧴
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Free English Lesson! Topic: Personal Hygiene 🧼🧴

Personal Hygiene: Importance and Practices

Introduction to Personal Hygiene

  • The lesson introduces personal hygiene, emphasizing the importance of cleanliness for social interactions and self-presentation.
  • Personal hygiene encompasses actions taken to maintain cleanliness, including grooming and using appropriate products.

Key Terms in Personal Hygiene

Toiletries

  • "Toiletries" refers to items used for personal care, particularly those taken on trips such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, combs, shampoo, and deodorant.
  • These items are essential for maintaining cleanliness while traveling; a special bag is often designated for toiletries.

Importance of Personal Hygiene

  • Maintaining personal hygiene involves regular bathing or showering and ensuring one smells pleasant.
  • Cultural norms may vary regarding hygiene practices; however, in North America, it is generally expected to uphold good personal hygiene standards.

Products Used in Personal Hygiene

Deodorants and Antiperspirants

  • Deodorants are applied to armpits daily to mask body odor caused by sweating.
  • Antiperspirants prevent sweating altogether; both products come in various scents allowing for personal preference.

Fragrances: Perfume and Cologne

  • Perfumes (for women) and colognes (for men) are worn during special occasions or outings to enhance scent.
  • There is a trend towards fragrance-free environments at workplaces due to sensitivity issues with strong scents.

Body Spray

  • Body spray is another product that provides a pleasant scent but differs from traditional perfumes or colognes in application style.

Additional Skin Care Products

Hand Lotion and Hairspray

  • Hand lotion or cream is used especially in dry climates like Canada to keep skin soft.

Feminine Hygiene Products and Personal Care Essentials

Feminine Hygiene Products

  • The speaker acknowledges the importance of feminine hygiene products but admits they are not the right person to provide a detailed lesson on the topic. They suggest that Ronnie is more qualified to discuss it.
  • Emphasizing the significance of feminine hygiene, the speaker notes that women require these products monthly during their periods and recommends watching Ronnie's video for comprehensive information.

Oral Hygiene

  • The speaker transitions to discussing oral hygiene, highlighting the use of a toothbrush for brushing teeth multiple times daily to prevent bad breath and cavities.
  • A step-by-step explanation is provided: applying toothpaste on a toothbrush, brushing teeth, using dental floss or flossers for cleaning between teeth, and finishing with mouthwash for fresh breath.
  • The speaker shares personal preferences regarding dental care tools like flossers and mouthwash, emphasizing their role in maintaining oral health.

Hair Care

  • Shampoo is introduced as a primary product for hair care, designed specifically to clean hair rather than using regular soap. Conditioner is mentioned as an optional product used after shampooing.
  • The speaker discusses their own hair care routine, noting that they sometimes use soap instead of shampoo due to having short hair and rarely use conditioner.

Q-tips Usage

  • Q-tips (or cotton swabs) are discussed; however, the speaker warns against using them in ears despite acknowledging some personal usage. They highlight alternative uses such as makeup removal or cleaning around the face.
  • The common misconception about Q-tips being safe for ear cleaning is addressed; they should only be used externally.

Nail Care

  • Nail clippers are described as essential tools for maintaining nail length. The speaker emphasizes regular trimming when nails grow long and mentions proper disposal of nail clippings.

Personal Grooming and Hygiene Practices

Nail Care

  • The speaker mentions the importance of nail care, indicating plans to clip or trim nails soon.
  • Tweezers are introduced as tools for plucking unwanted hairs, particularly "wild hairs" that grow in unusual directions.

Soap and Body Wash

  • Bar soap is described as a solid form used for washing hands and body, creating lather when mixed with water.
  • Liquid hand soap is explained as an alternative to bar soap, emphasizing its ease of use with a pump mechanism.
  • Body wash is discussed as a liquid soap option often used in showers, typically applied with a loofah for effective cleaning.

Makeup Essentials

  • The speaker provides insights into makeup usage, noting that it is primarily associated with women but can also be worn by men in some cultures.
  • Key makeup products mentioned include mascara (for eyelashes), eyeshadow (for eyelids), and lipstick (for lips).
  • While acknowledging the variety of makeup products available, the speaker focuses on these three common items.

Facial Hair Grooming

  • The speaker discusses facial hair terminology: beard refers to all facial hair while mustache specifies hair above the lip.
  • Various shaving tools are mentioned including razors and electric shavers; shaving cream may be used for smoother results.
Video description

In this English lesson I'll help you learn words and phrases that you can use to talk about personal hygiene. Specifically I'll teach you about the products we use to look good and smell nice. Afterall, when you go out, you want to look good. You want to be presentable! In this English lesson you'll learn words and phrases like: toiletries, antiperspirant, deodorant, eye shadow, mascara, nail clippers, tweezers, body spray, cologne, perfume, feminine hygiene products, hair spray, flosser, and many more. I hope you enjoy this free English lesson about personal hygiene! ⌛ Remember: Always watch the video three times. Twice today with English subtitles on, and once tomorrow with the English subtitles off. This will reinforce the English you have learned! -- ✅ Support Me and Get These Members Only Perks: 😀💲 If you would like to become a member of my channel here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZJJTxA36ZPNTJ1WFIByaeA/join Becoming a member at every level has these benefits and perks: 1) For 10 minutes during each live stream you will be able to participate in the "Members Only" chat. 2) A cool crown beside your name during live streams and when making comments on videos. 3) Your name in green during live stream lesson chat. 4) You will have access to a members only video each Wednesday called, "Wednesdays with Bob". These are behind the scenes bonus videos with full English transcripts for your listening practice. 5) A full transcript for every Tuesday video. ✅ Join now to receive these perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZJJTxA36ZPNTJ1WFIByaeA/join I really appreciate those you that have chosen to thank me in this way! Please only support me if you can afford it! If you prefer to support me via Patreon, here is a link to that page: https://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadian Thank you for your generosity! -- ✅SEND ME A POSTCARD: Bob the Canadian P.O. Box 419 Smithville, Ontario Canada L0R2A0 -- TAKE YOUR ENGLISH CONVERSATIONS TO THE NEXT LEVEL: ✅Talk to a real English tutor / teacher at preply: http://tracking.preply.com/SH2X (This is an affiliate, signing up for this service helps support my channel). -- FOLLOW ME: ✅ I have a second Youtube channel right here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmW5tmKIBrryNf5n-_A6Fmw ✅ P.S. If you are interested I have created a podcast of my shorter English lessons. It is right here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1310116 -- #englishlesson #learnenglish #bobthecanadian **Note: All images used under: CC0 License ✓ Free for personal and commercial use ✓ No attribution required From pexels.com or pixabay.com