Nir Shamir – Work stress and daily routines – 2026-08-12

1. overwhelming - מוצף
2. overwhelmed - מוצף
3. substance - חומר
4. flammable - דליק
5. resistance - התנגדות
6. fire hydrant - ברז כיבוי אש
7. fire extinguisher - מטף אש
8. variable - משתנה
9. individual - אדם

• a fire broke out - פרצה שריפה
• keep moving - להמשיך לזוז
• I'm the kind of guy that needs to keep moving all the time - אני מסוג האנשים שצריך לזוז כל הזמן
• You have no idea - אין לך מושג
• a week later - שבוע לאחר מכן

SIMPLE PRESENT FOR HABITUAL PROCESSES

Pattern: [Present simple verb] ... and then [present simple verb] ...

• First you heat the water, then you add the tea.
• When you go to the gym, you warm up first.

Use simple present to describe a general process that is always true.

• hear you well (not- hear you good)
• I'll explain it to you (not- I explain you)
• up the stairs (not- in the stairs)
• you come to a concrete roof (not- you coming to concrete roof)
• There is a fire extinguisher. (not- There has a fire extinguisher.)
• the children are on vacation (not- the children is in vacation)
• she tries (not- she try)
• to take three more days (not- to take more three)
• needs to keep moving (not- needs keep moving)

MODEL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

How are you?

I'm good, but very busy. I have many projects at the same time, and each one has its own challenges.

SELF-INTRODUCTION / INTERVIEW SPEECH

Explaining personal style of staying active.:

I'm the kind of guy that needs to keep moving all the time. I can't sit still for long.

SITUATIONAL MODEL SPEECH

Describing a work incident at the roof.:

We had a small incident on the roof. A fire broke out because a worker didn't pay attention and used glue near a flame. Fortunately, we had a fire extinguisher. Glue is a very flammable substance.

Plans for next week.:

Next week, we're going to another guest house in the north with eight families from our community. And a week later, we're going to Poland on vacation.

TRANSLATION REQUESTS

Student wanted to say: What is variable?

Target English: A variable is something that can change and affect the outcome. For example, the weather is a variable we can't control.

REFORMULATIONS

In the lesson you said: The children is in vacation now.

Natural version: The children are on vacation now, so we have to take care of them more.

Corrects agreement and preposition.

• flammable - stress: FLAM-ma-ble
• substance - stress: SUB-stance
• overwhelming - stress: o-ver-WHEL-ming
• resistance - stress: re-SIS-tance