Welcome to the English we Speak with.
Me Beth and me Ja Ying, we're.
Going to look at an expression that is all about doing hard work with your brain.
Mental gymnastics.
Mental gymnastics.
So gymnastics, that's showing off your flexibility and strength,
doing different exercises with bars and ropes and other equipment.
But what are mental gymnastics?
Well.
Well, it can be the effort we spend trying to work out something difficult.
This weekend I need to go to three different places at more or less the same time,
and I'm doing mental gymnastics to try to find a way I can do it.
So you're thinking about the different possibilities and coming up with a plan that's mental gymnastics.
Yes, because my brain has got to do a lot of hard work.
So when I try to speak a new language,
one that has lots of complicated rules, that would involve a lot of mental gymnastics.
Yes, exactly.
Let's hear some more examples.
To get a good score in a math exam, you need to be good at mental gymnastics.
This plan is too complicated and I'm too tired for the kind of mental gymnastics I'd need to work it out.