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M: Hello English learners! And welcome back to another episode of EnglishPod! My name is

Marco.

E: And I'm Erica.

M: And today with Erica we are getting married.

E: Well, we're not getting married.

M: Hehe. We're not, but our actors in the podcast are.

E: That's right, so, we've got a lesson today about weddings. And you know what, a lot of

the language in this lesson is about weddings and marriages and maybe you don't need to

use this language everyday, but…

M: Learning this vocabulary will definitely help you understand or learn a lot more about

Anglo culture.

E: Okay, great point, Marco, I think now we can look at our “vocabulary preview”.

Voice: Vocabulary preview.

E: So, two simple words in this vocabulary preview; the first one is groom.

M: Groom.

E: Groom.

M: Groom.

E: So, who is the groom?

M: He's the man, the man that's getting married.

E: Okay, and our second word is…

M: Bride.

E: Bride.

M: Bride.

E: And obviously the bride is…

M: The woman getting married.E: Perfect.

M: Hehe.

E: Now we have our bride and our groom, so, it's time to listen to our dialogue the first

time.

DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME

Elementary ‐ Here Comes the Bride (B0017)

A: I can't believe that Anthony is finally getting married!

B: Yeah well it's about time! He's been living with his

parents for 40 years!

A: Don't be mean. Look here come the bridesmaids!

Their dresses look beautiful!

B: Who are those kids walking down the aisle?

A: That's the flower girl and the ring bearer. I'm pretty

sure they're the groom's niece and nephew. Oh, they look

so cute!

B: I just hope the priest makes it quick. I'm starving. I

hope the food's good at the reception.

A: That's all you ever think about, food! Oh, I think the

bride's coming now! She looks gorgeous. Wait, what's she

doing? Where's she going? 5

B: Oh great! Does this mean that the reception is

canceled?

E: Oh, Marco, that sounds sad.

M: Yeah, I know the reception is cancelled now.

E: Marco!

M: Well…

E: They're not getting married!

M: Uh, well, I mean… the best part is when you go and eat and drink at a reception.

E: Okay. Well, there's some great language in this dialogue and now let's look at our

“language takeaway”.

Voice: Language takeaway.

M: Great, our first word on the language takeaway today is it's about time.

E: It's about time.

M: It's about time.

E: It's about time.

M: So, now we are going to listen to some examples on how we use this great phrase.

Voice: Example one.

A: Dinners' ready.

B: It's about time! I'm starving!

Voice: Example two.

C: Guess what? I finally got a job.D: It's about time! You've been unemployed for two years!

Voice: Example three.

E: We're almost there. Just a couple more minutes.

F: It's about time. We've been driving for twelve hours.

E: So, this phrase means „finally'.

M: Finally! At last.

E: We've been waiting a long time for this.

M: Exactly.

E: Okay, so, it's about time.

M: Great, let's take a look at our second word now – aisle.

E: Aisle.

M: A-I-S-L-E.

E: Aisle.

M: Aisle. It's a tricky word, it sounds like the contraction of „I will'.

E: Yeah, but it's spelled so strangely.

M: Right, we don't pronounce the S, the S is silent, it's…

E: That's true.

M: Ai-le.

E: So, what is an aisle?

M: In a big room where you have a lot chairs that space in the middle that allows people to

walk through, that's the aisle.

E: So, the aisle is the part where you walk.

M: Yes.

E: In a big room.

M: In a big room, wh…E: With many chairs.

M: With many chairs. Hehe.

E: Okay.

M: So, in the church…

E: The bride and groom…

M: Walk down the aisle.

E: Exactly.

M: Great.

E: Let's move to our third word…

M: Bridesmaid.

E: Bridesmaid.

M: Bridesmaid.

E: So, who are the bridesmaids? Or wait, maybe you ask me that.

M: Yeah, cause I… I… we don't get bridesmaids.

E: Okay, so, the bridesmaids are the women who are friends of the bride who stand next to

her when she's getting married. Usually, they're her best friends.

M: Right, okay. Okay, so, we have our bridesmaids, now we have our flower girl.

E: Flower girl.

M: Flower girl.

E: Again, I'll explain this one.

M: Please, please.

E: The flower girl is the cute little girl who walks down the aisle and who throws flowers.

M: That's the flower girl. And with the flower girl we have our ring bearer.

E: Ring bearer.

M: Ring bearer.E: So, the ring bearer is the cute little boy who walks down the aisle carrying the…

M: Rings.

E: Yep.

M: Okay, so, a lot of useful vocabulary for a wedding ceremony.

E: That's true.

M: Now, let's look at our last word – gorgeous.

E: Gorgeous.

M: Gorgeous.

E: Gorgeous means beautiful.

M: Very beautiful.

E: Yeah, i… you know, beautiful you can only use with a woman.

M: Uhu.

E: Can you use gorgeous with a woman or with a man?

M: Yes, gorgeous is unisex.

E: So, both men and women are gorgeous.

M: Right, you can say “Oh, that girl is gorgeous”.

E: That guy is gorgeous.

M: Right, or you can say even “This house is gorgeous”.

E: Okay, so, men, women, objects.

M: Yes, yes.

E: Alright, well, we've learned some really interesting vocabulary that will help us to

understand an Anglo wedding, so, why don't we listen to the dialogue slow down?

DIALOGUE, SECOND TIME (slow)

Elementary ‐ Here Comes the Bride (B0017)

A: I can't believe that Anthony is finally getting married!

B: Yeah well it's about time! He's been living with his

parents for 40 years!

A: Don't be mean. Look here come the bridesmaids!

Their dresses look beautiful!

B: Who are those kids walking down the aisle?

A: That's the flower girl and the ring bearer. I'm pretty

sure they're the groom's niece and nephew. Oh, they look

so cute!

B: I just hope the priest makes it quick. I'm starving. I

hope the food's good at the reception.

A: That's all you ever think about, food! Oh, I think the

bride's coming now! She looks gorgeous. Wait, what's she

doing? Where's she going? 5

B: Oh great! Does this mean that the reception is

canceled?

M: Now, in this dialogue we have a word that many students often make mistakes on.E: So, this is a word that causes a lot of problems.

M: Yes, the word marry.

E: Marry.

M: Marry, right? So, we are going to listen now to some common mistakes on how English

learners use this word.

E: Right, so, these are wrong examples.

Voice: Example one.

A: Honey, let's marry.

Voice: Example two.

B: We married four years ago.

Voice: Example three.

C: When I marry I wanna huge wedding.

E: These are great examples of mistakes students make with the word marry. They're

missing a word. Let's listen to these right examples to see what word is missing.

Voice: Example one.

A: Honey, let's get married.

Voice: Example two.

B: We got married four years ago.

Voice: Example three.

C: When I get married I wanna huge wedding.

M: Great, so, we can see that when we use the word marry, we say to get married.

E: Exactly right! Get married.

M: To get married, right?

E: Okay, don't forget that.

M: Yes, get married. I will get married.E: We got married.

M: Right, so, now you know exactly how to use this word, we are ready to listen to our

dialogue again for a third time and this time it's gonna be at a normal speed.

DIALOGUE, THIRD TIME

Elementary ‐ Here Comes the Bride (B0017)

A: I can't believe that Anthony is finally getting married!

B: Yeah well it's about time! He's been living with his

parents for 40 years!

A: Don't be mean. Look here come the bridesmaids!

Their dresses look beautiful!

B: Who are those kids walking down the aisle?

A: That's the flower girl and the ring bearer. I'm pretty

sure they're the groom's niece and nephew. Oh, they look

so cute!

B: I just hope the priest makes it quick. I'm starving. I

hope the food's good at the reception.

A: That's all you ever think about, food! Oh, I think the

bride's coming now! She looks gorgeous. Wait, what's she

doing? Where's she going? 5

B: Oh great! Does this mean that the reception is

canceled?

M: Okay, well, I'm gonna be honest with you, I don't know too much about marriages,

because, first of all, I'm not married and I've never really been too many marriages, so,

Erica, some questions for you.

E: Okay.

M: What are these bridesmaids do… I mean… What are they… what are they about?

E: What do the bridesmaids do?

M: Yeah, what are they… what are they doing there?

E: Well, like I said earlier, the bridesmaids are the friends of the bride, but the most

important people besides the bride and groom are the best man and the maid of honor.

M: Okay, and what do they do there, in the ceremony?

E: Well, what they do is they sign the marriage license.

M: Okay, so, they're like witnesses.

E: Exactly.

M: Okay, so, but wait a minute, they sign the marriage license there in the church?

E: Yeah, of course, right inside the church you sign the marriage license.

M: Wow, that's strange, because from what I know, in other countries usually you will

sign the marriage license before the ceremony.

E: So, you get married twice.

M: Yeah, you have like the civil marriage and then you have like the church wedding or

whatever.

E: That's so complicated.M: Hehe. Well, yeah, I mean the church wedding is just a ceremony; it's not really anything

official.

E: Oh, in Canada it's the official part as well.

M: I guess maybe it's just more efficient.

E: Maybe.

M: Hehe.

E: Well, this is a really fascinating, a really interesting subject, isn't it?

M: Yeah, because there're so many countries that have different marriage ceremonies. I

know that marriages in India last around seven days.

E: Yeah, yeah. I wanna know more about how our users get married in their country[s].

M: Yeah, so, please go to our website at englishpod and tell us how you get married

in your countries.

E: Yeah, I can't wait to hear your stories.

M: Yeah, it should be interesting, right?

E: Okay, well, everyone thanks for listening and until next time… Good bye!

M: Bye!

18

M: Hello everyone! Welcome to EnglishPod! My name is Marco.

E: And I’m Erica.

M: And today with Erica we have a very aggressive lesson for you today.

E: That’s true. We’ve got a revolutionary lesson.

M: Yes, today at EnglishPod we’re protesting. So, Erica, why don’t you tell us what a

protest is?

E: Well, uh, when you protest something, you go into the streets and show your

disagreement.

M: Right. And you yell and you have signs and everyone’s just protesting.

E: And the news comes and if it… if it’s not clear now, it’ll be clearer after the dialogue, I’m

sure.

M: Definitely, definitely. So, why don’t we start with our “vocabulary preview”?

Voice: Vocabulary preview.

E: We heave two words in our vocabulary preview today. The first is bankrupt.

M: Bankrupt.

E: Bankrupt.

M: Bankrupt.

E: So, if a company goes bankrupt, what happens?

M: It means that company doesn’t have any more money.

E: So, it can’t pay salaries.

M: It can’t pay anything.

E: Can’t pay its bills. Yeah, uh, so, basically, if it’s bankrupts, it’s probably going to close.

M: Exactly.

E: Okay, our second word today is bailout.

M: Bailout.E: Bailout.

M: Bailout.

E: B-A-I-L, bailout.

M: So, bailout is when the government gives money to a company that is about to go

bankrupt.

E: That’s true. It’s emergency money that will help save the company. Well, these two

words are taken directly from our dialogue. And in today’s dialogue we’re going to bring you

live to a newscast.

M: Right, so, why don’t we just listen to the dialogue?

DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME

Elementary  ‐  Upper‐Intermediate  ‐  Protest! (D0018)

A: This is Action 5 News reporter Sarah O’Connell

reporting live from Washington, D. C. where a protest has

broken out. Thousands of angry citizens are protesting

against the proposed bailout of the auto manufacturing

industry! Sir, sir, Sarah O’Connell, Action 5 news. Can

you tell us what’s happening?

B: Yeah, yeah, we’re here because we feel this is an

injustice! The financial irresponsibility of big business has

to stop! We’re there to show the government that we don’t

like the way that they’re spending our tax dollars!

A: Sir but what exactly is making everyone so angry?

B: It’s an absolute outrage, Sarah, the US government

wants to give 25 billion dollars of taxpayers’ money to the

auto industry. These are companies that have been

mismanaged and are now nearly bankrupt.

A: I see. But, many supporters of the bailout argue that it

could help save the jobs of millions of hardworking

Americans.

B: That maybe true, and I for one don’t want to see anyone

lose their job, but how can these CEOs ask for a bailout

when they’re making millions of dollars? And then, they

have the nerve to fly to Washington in private jets! This

costs hundreds of thousands of dollars! And they’re asking

for money! That is just not right!

A: Good point. This is Sarah O’Connell reporting live

from Washington D. C., back to you, Tom.

M: Wow, these people are really angry.

E: I think they’re furious.

M: Hehe. Well, I think they have some good points and we’ll talk about that later, but now…

E: It’s time for “language takeaway”.

Voice: Language takeaway.

E: There’s some great language in this dialogue. A lot of language we use to express our

anger.

M: Right. And one of those words and the first one for language takeaway is injustice.

E: Injustice.

M: Injustice.

E: An injustice.

M: So, an injustice is something that isn’t fair.

E: It’s totally unfair.

M: It’s unfair, yeah.

E: Uhu.

M: This is an injustice. Let’s look at our second word - outrage.E: Outrage.

M: Outrage.

E: An outrage.

M: So, Erica, why don’t you give us an example on how you would use outrage?

E: There’s no more coffee! This is an outrage!

M: Yeah, that ???. That’s an outrage! Okay.

E: Let’s go to our next word now.

M: Break out.

E: Break out.

M: Break out.

E: Break out.

M: So, we have some great examples on how we use break out, so, let’s listen.

Voice: Example one.

A: War is broken out in the Antarctica as countries of the world fight for control of the icy

continent.

Voice: Example two.

B: Officials are warning that fight ??? could break out in the water regions.

Voice: Example three.

C: A forest fire broke out last night.

E: Well, this is a wonderful phrasal verb that means…

M: To begin suddenly.

E: Okay, so, I think that’s pretty clear.

M: Yeah.

E: Yeah.

M: Break out.E: Let’s go to our next word now.

M: Mismanaged.

E: Mismanaged.

M: Mismanaged.

E: So, when something is mismanaged, it’s…

M: Not managed properly.

E: Managed poorly.

M: Poorly, right.

E: Yeah. Our final word today is…

M: Have the nerve to.

E: Have the nerve to.

M: Have the nerve to.

E: I think this one also is a little bit difficult to understand.

M: Yeah, but we have some great examples prepared for you, so, let’s listen to them.

Voice: Example one.

A: I’ve been in love with you since the third grade, but I didn’t have the nerve to tell you.

Voice: Example two.

B: I don’t believe it! You have the nerve to ask me for money when you know I’ve just lost

my job.

Voice: Example three.

C: What?! You have the nerve to bring your new girlfriend to visit my mother!

E: So, have the nerve to is like dare to do something, right?

M: Yeah, how dare you.

E: Yeah.

M: Have the nerve to. It’s like I can’t believe you would do that.E: Uh-Yeah, I think that’s quicklier. [NOTE: it sounds like quickly + quicker; it’s kind of a

casual but a bit controversial way of saying more quickly; sometimes quicklier means

“faster than quickly”]

M: Uhu.

E: Yeah.

M: Okay.

E: A lot of great words in our dialogue today, um, and also we have some really interesting

grammar in today’s dialogue.

M: Right, so, today let’s look at some “grammar breakdown”.

Voice: Grammar breakdown.

E: In this section, grammar breakdown, uh, we show you a particular grammar structure

and explain a little bit about how that structure affects meaning. So, it’s not really about

getting the grammar perfectly right; it’s about understanding the meaning.

M: Right. And in today’s lesson we saw some really great examples on how we used the

present perfect tense.

E: Let’s listen to an example from the dialogue.

Example 1: where a protest has broken out; where a protest has broken out.

E: See the verb here break out like “a protest has broken out” - happened in the past,

right?

M: Right.

E: And it’s still going on now.

M: Exactly.

E: So, present perfect is used when we’re talking at… about event that happened in the

past…

M: Uhu.

E: And it’s continuing on now.

M: Exactly.E: Or is continuing to affect now.

M: Exactly.

E: Okay, I think that’s pretty clear.

M: Yeah, but now, if you want to indicate or if you want to demonstrate that the action has

finished, the event is over, then you would say it like this…

Example 2: a protest broke out; a protest broke out.

M: This form… you see that the protest is over; it happened yesterday already.

E: Right. And I think it’s really emphasizing the fact that it is no longer affecting the present

moment.

M: Exactly. So, remember the difference between present perfect and simple past. Now,

if you want to know more about these tenses: present perfect and simple past, be sure

to go to our website at englishpod; in the grammar section you can find some more

great examples and a really clear explanation on how these tenses are formed. But now we

are ready to listen to our dialogue a second time.

DIALOGUE, SECOND TIME

Elementary  ‐  Upper‐Intermediate  ‐  Protest! (D0018)

A: This is Action 5 News reporter Sarah O’Connell

reporting live from Washington, D. C. where a protest has

broken out. Thousands of angry citizens are protesting

against the proposed bailout of the auto manufacturing

industry! Sir, sir, Sarah O’Connell, Action 5 news. Can

you tell us what’s happening?

B: Yeah, yeah, we’re here because we feel this is an

injustice! The financial irresponsibility of big business has

to stop! We’re there to show the government that we don’t

like the way that they’re spending our tax dollars!

A: Sir but what exactly is making everyone so angry?

B: It’s an absolute outrage, Sarah, the US government

wants to give 25 billion dollars of taxpayers’ money to the

auto industry. These are companies that have been

mismanaged and are now nearly bankrupt.

A: I see. But, many supporters of the bailout argue that it

could help save the jobs of millions of hardworking

Americans.

B: That maybe true, and I for one don’t want to see anyone

lose their job, but how can these CEOs ask for a bailout

when they’re making millions of dollars? And then, they

have the nerve to fly to Washington in private jets! This

costs hundreds of thousands of dollars! And they’re asking

for money! That is just not right!

A: Good point. This is Sarah O’Connell reporting live

from Washington D. C., back to you, Tom.

M: Okay, Erica, so, what do you think about this situation?

E: About the bailout of the auto industry.

M: Yes.

E: I think it’s a bad idea.

M: Why?

E: There’re so many reasons, I mean… I don’t think it’s fair for us as taxpayers. Well, I

guess I’m not really an American taxpayer.

M: Hehe.

E: But I don’t think it’s fair for the taxpayers to have to pay for the mismanagement of

these companies. I mean they’ve got so much debt; they’ve produced cars that nobody

really wants to buy and now they are in trouble and it’s not our money that should be spend

on saving them.

M: Yeah, I would agree with you on that, but you do have to take into consideration the fact

that if these companies go bankrupt, thousands of people will lose their jobs. And not only the people that work at the factories, but also the people that work for other companies

that supply these factories.

E: Yeah, I… I mean I see what you’re saying, Marco, but at the same time we can't support

an industry that isn't working properly. I mean if one of… of these companies goes

bankrupt, it’s… it’s gonna be terrible, but it will force the other two companies, perhaps, to

manage themselves better, to streamline and become more efficient. I just think it will be

better in the future.

M: Uhu, well, it could be, but also maybe all three companies can go bankrupt. It would be

sad, because the American car… the American auto industry is a symbol of prosperity.

It’s…

E: Yeah.

M: It’s also the symbol of like… the American culture in general.

E: I guess it’s true.

M: So… so it would be a shame for it to go bankrupt, because everyone owns a car in the

United States or most people. And it’s just something that we can’t lose. But it is an

interesting topic and we also want to know your opinions about this.

E: Yeah, listeners, please come to our website at englishpod and tell us what you

think about this bailout and about this lesson.

M: On the website we’ll post a link to the news article, where you can read a little bit more

about this, because this is actually going on now.

E: That’s true. Well, everyone, thanks for listening and until next time… Good bye!

M: Bye!

19

M: Hello English learners and welcome to another lesson with EnglishPod! My name is

Marco.

E: And I’m Erica.

M: And today we’re bringing you a great Christmas lesson.

E: That’s right, we’ve got a lot of Christmas vocabulary in today’s lesson for you.

M: Yeah, it’s almost Christmas time, so, everyone is getting into this spirit, especially here

at EnglishPod, so, we’re gonna teach you a little bit more about this.

E: Speaking of the spirit, I think it’s time for us to look at our “vocabulary preview”.

Voice: Vocabulary preview.

E: So, in this part of our show we’ll look at some key language in the dialogue that you’ll

need to know to understand the dialogue and, actually, today we only have one word.

M: Eggnog.

E: Eggnog.

M: Eggnog.

E: E-G-G-N-O-G, eggnog.

M: So, eggnog is a really popular Christmas drink.

E: It’s a traditional Christmas drink.

M: Right, what does it made of?

E: Um, eggs, um, cream, sugar and usually rum.

M: Rum! Oh, so, it has alcohol.

E: Yep, normally, it has alcohol.

M: Okay, alright, that’s interesting. There’s actually a drink very similar to this in, um, Chili.

E: Really?

M: Yep, they call it Monkey Tail.

E: So, in Spanish that would be…M: Cola de Mono.

E: Very nice. Hehe.

M: Hehe. Yeah, so, it’s actually really, really good. And it’s really similar to Eggnog.

E: Okay, well, with that in mind, uh, let’s take a listen to our dialogue for the first time.

DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME

Elementary ‐ The Weekend ‐ Christmas Chronicles I (C0019)

A: I hate working on Christmas Eve! Whoa! Get a load of  this guy! Come in central, I think we’ve got ourselves a situation here.

B: License and registration please. Have you been drinking tonight, sir?

A: I had one or two glasses of eggnog, but nothing else.

B: Step out of the vehicle, please. Sir, what do you have in the back?

A: Just a few Christmas gifts, ’tis the season, after all!

B: Don’t take that tone with me. Do you have an invoice for these items?

A: Umm...no...I make these in my workshop in the North Pole!

B: You are under arrest, sir. You have the right to remain silent. You better not pout, you better not cry. Anything you say can and will be used against you. You have the right to an attorney; if you cannot afford one, the state will appoint

A: You can’t take me to jail! What about my sleigh? It’s Christmas Eve! I have Presents to deliver! Rudolph! Prancer! Dancer! Get help!

E: Well, I did not see that one coming.

M: Yeah, that was interesting. Santa Clause is being taken to jail.

E: What’s gonna happen next, Marco?

M: I don’t know, let’s talk about that in a little while. Let’s take a look at some language

from this dialogue.

Voice: Language takeaway.

M: So, the first word that we have on our language takeaway today is vehicle.

E: Vehicle.

M: Vehicle.

E: Vehicle. So, this is a vehicle.

Sound 1.

E: And this is a vehicle.

Sound 2.

E: And this is a vehicle.

Sound 3.

M: So, all of those are vehicles. Now, I thought that a vehicle was a car, specifically.

E: No, any machine that carries people from one place to another is a vehicle.

M: Great, alright. Let’s take a look now at our second word – attorney.

E: Attorney.M: Attorney.

E: So, what is an attorney?

M: A lawyer.

E: Well, that’s simple enough?

M: Yeah, a lawyer.

E: Let’s move to our third word, which is…

M: Appoint.

E: Appoint.

M: Appoint.

E: Appoint.

M: So, appoint means choose.

E: Okay, so, the President of a country might appoint his Chief of staff.

M: Right, or I can appoint my attorney.

E: True, so, can you appoint a thing? Can I appoint my coffee cup?

M: No… Hehe. No, no, you only use it for people. You choose someone.

E: Okay, appoint…

M: You can’t choose something.

E: So, I appoint someone.

M: Exactly.

E: Alright, let’s move to our final word.

M: Sleigh.

E: Sleigh.

M: Sleigh.

E: Sleigh.M: So, Erica, you’re from Canada, you can tell us about sleighs.

E: Alright, a sleigh is a vehicle that is pulled by a horse and travels over snow or ice.

M: Okay.

E: So, you know like Santa drives a sleigh.

M: He drives a sleigh. So, do you drive a sleigh or ride a sleigh?

E: Um, good question…

M: Hehe.

E: Well, the song says “you ride in a one horse open sleigh”.

M: Right, okay.

E: Well, you know what, I think it’s time for us to look at some interesting phrases that we

found in this dialogue, so, let’s look at “putting it together”.

Voice: Putting it together.

M: Today on putting it together we have two great phrases for you and let’s take a look at

the first one – step out.

E: Step out.

M: Step out.

E: So, step out means to go out of a place for a short period of time.

M: Right, so, in our dialogue, for example, the police officer said “Step out of the vehicle”.

E: Get out of your vehicle.

M: You can also say “Step out of the office”.

E: You can say “I just stepped out of the shower”.

M: Right, now we can also say step in.

E: It’s the opposite.

M: The opposite, right?

E: I can ask “Marco, step in to my office for a moment”M: Oh-oh, okay. So, that’s step out and step in, great phrases! Let’s take a look at our

final phrase – get a load of.

E: Get a load of.

M: Get a load of.

E: So, when I say “Get a load of something”, I mean look at, right.

M: Right, look at this guy – get a load of this guy.

E: Yeah, that’s what we herd in the dialogue. Now you can use this phrase in a number of

different ways and we have some examples for you.

Voice: Example one.

A: Get a load of this! A war has started in Antarctica.

Voice: Example two.

B: Get a load of that house! It’s so big!

Voice: Example three.

C: Get a load of him. He’s wearing a pink suit!

M: Okay, I think we’ve covered a lot of interesting words and phrases, so, we are ready to

listen to our dialogue a second time. But this time it’s gonna be a little slower, so, we can

pick up all these great words.

DIALOGUE, SECOND TIME (slow)

Elementary ‐ The Weekend ‐ Christmas Chronicles I (C0019)

A: I hate working on Christmas Eve! Whoa! Get a load of  this guy! Come in central, I think we’ve got ourselves a situation here.

B: License and registration please. Have you been drinking tonight, sir?

A: I had one or two glasses of eggnog, but nothing else.

B: Step out of the vehicle, please. Sir, what do you have in the back?

A: Just a few Christmas gifts, ’tis the season, after all!

B: Don’t take that tone with me. Do you have an invoice for these items?

A: Umm...no...I make these in my workshop in the North Pole!

B: You are under arrest, sir. You have the right to remain silent. You better not pout, you better not cry. Anything you say can and will be used against you. You have the right to an attorney; if you cannot afford one, the state will appoint

A: You can’t take me to jail! What about my sleigh? It’s Christmas Eve! I have Presents to deliver! Rudolph! Prancer! Dancer! Get help!

M: Okay, so, we noticed some really great words and phrases, and with this, now we can

start with some “fluency builder”.

Voice: Fluency builder.

M: Today on fluency builder we have two great phrases that you can use to sound a little bit

more natural when you speak.

E: That’s right, our first phrase you can use if you want to say “Don’t speak to me like that”.

Phrase 1: Don’t take that tone with me. Don’t take that tone with me.

E: So, you often hear this phrase, uh, coming out of the mouth of a mother or a father.M: Yeah, when their children are maybe talking back.

E: Yeah.

M: “Don’t take that tone with me, young man!” I used to get that a lot.

E: Really?

M: Hehe. Yeah.

E: Sorry about that.

M: Hehe. Okay, our second phrase… We use it when we have a problem.

E: The phrase we heard in the dialogue was “I think we’ve got ourselves a situation

here”. Let’s listen to another example.

Phrase 2: Houston, we’ve… got ourselves a situation here. Houston, we’ve… got ourselves a

situation here.

E: Sometimes I use this phrase when I wanna tell my boss that I have a problem. Uh, I

might say “Boss, I’ve got a bit of a situation, can you help me with it?”

M: Okay, yeah.

E: Yeah.

M: I have a little bit of a problem.

E: Yeah, useful phrases, hey?

M: Really useful phrases, great stuff, so, now we can listen to our dialogue a final time and

this time we can understand everything that’s in it.

DIALOGUE, THIRD TIME

Elementary ‐ The Weekend ‐ Christmas Chronicles I (C0019)

A: I hate working on Christmas Eve! Whoa! Get a load of  this guy! Come in central, I think we’ve got ourselves a situation here.

B: License and registration please. Have you been drinking tonight, sir?

A: I had one or two glasses of eggnog, but nothing else.

B: Step out of the vehicle, please. Sir, what do you have in the back?

A: Just a few Christmas gifts, ’tis the season, after all!

B: Don’t take that tone with me. Do you have an invoice for these items?

A: Umm...no...I make these in my workshop in the North Pole!

B: You are under arrest, sir. You have the right to remain silent. You better not pout, you better not cry. Anything you say can and will be used against you. You have the right to an attorney; if you cannot afford one, the state will appoint

A: You can’t take me to jail! What about my sleigh? It’s Christmas Eve! I have Presents to deliver! Rudolph! Prancer! Dancer! Get help!

E: So, when the police officer was arresting Santa Clause, uh, he said something a little bit

strange, hey?

M: Yeah, he said “You’d better not pout, you’d better not cry”.

E: Now, are those part of the normal, uh, rights that a police officer reads?

M: Hehe. No, no, they’re not part of the normal rights, but it’s actually from a Christmas

song, so, lets’ listen to how it goes in the song.Song: You’d better watch out, you’d better not cry, better not pout, I’m telling you why,

Santa Clause is coming to town.

E: I’m pretty happy we had a song to play there instead of us having to sing.

M: Hehe. Yeah, but that’s great, because if the children cry or if they are not good kids,

then Santa Clause will not give them presents.

E: Oh-oh.

M: So, that’s why.

E: Okay, listeners, I hope that you’re not pouting, I hope you’re not crying, um, but it’s for

us to go, so…

M: Be sure to go to our website at englishpod and be sure to leave all your questions

and comments and maybe some of your Christmas stories.

E: Alright, thanks for listening and until next time…

M: Bye!

E: Good bye!

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E: Well, hello everyone! And welcome to EnglishPod! My name‟s Erica.

M: And I‟m Marco.

E: So, Marco, how‟re you doing today?

M: I‟m doing great and I‟m really looking forward to our lesson, because we‟re going to the

eye doctor today.

E: Okay, so, we‟ve got an elementary lesson about going to the eye doctor.

M: Yes!

E: Well, let‟s get started then with our “vocabulary preview”.

Voice: Vocabulary preview.

E: We have three words today in our vocabulary preview. All three words come from our

dialogue. Our first word is struggle.

M: Struggle.

E: Struggle.

M: Struggle.

E: So, Marco, when I struggle to do something, what does that mean?

M: It means it‟s difficult, it means that you have a hard time, so you can‟t really do it very

quickly.

E: So, what you have to try really hard.

M: You have to try really hard.

E: Yeah, to do something that‟s difficult.

M: Yes.

E: Okay, our next word is…

M: Blurry.

E: Blurry.

M: Blurry.E: Blurry. B-L-U-R-R-Y.

M: Blurry. Whenever something is blurry, you can‟t really see it well.

E: It‟s not clear.

M: Right.

E: That‟s right, everything will be blurry.

M: Uhu.

E: Okay. And our final word is…

M: Prescription.

E: Prescription.

M: Prescription.

E: Often when you go to the doctor and you need some medicine, he writes out a

prescription.

M: Right, a little paper that says all the medicine that you need and then you can go to the

drug store and buy it.

E: Exactly.

M: Uhu.

E: Okay, so, those three words you‟ll hear in today‟s dialogue and I think it‟s time we listen

to the dialogue.

DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME

Elementary ‐ I Can See Clearly Now (B0020)

A: Hello, Arthur. What seems to be the problem?

B: Hey doc. Well, I think I might need glasses. I’m getting headaches, and I really struggle to see things that are far away. But I have always had 20/20 vision.

A: Sounds like you may be far-sighted. OK, then, cover your left eye and read the chart in front of you.

B: Mmm.. . X, E, R, 3, a question mark, and I can’t quite make out the other symbol but I think it’s the peace sign.

A: Wow, Arthur! You’re as blind as a bat!

B: Yeah, I know, my vision is really blurry at times.

A: Ok then, head on over to the other room and pick out some frames while I fill out your prescription.

B: Thanks doc!

A: Arthur, that’s the bathroom.

E: Well, this guy really has poor vision, hey?

M: Hehe.

E: Well, actually, you know what, I‟ve walked in to the bathroom, the men‟s bathroom,

actually, instead of the women‟s bathroom. And that‟s not „cause I wasn‟t wearing my

glasses.

M: It‟s because you weren‟t paying attention.E: That‟s true.

M: Hehe. Okay, let‟s take a look today at out “language takeaway”.

Voice: Language takeaway.

M: The first word on our language takeaway for today is twenty/twenty (20/20) vision.

E: 20/20 vision.

M: 20/20 vision.

E: If I have 20/20 vision…

M: It means that you have perfect vision.

E: Which I do not have.

M: Hehe. No, me neither, so, I… I usually wear glasses as well.

E: Yeah.

M: But, yeah, people that have 20/20 vision don‟t need glasses, they can see clearly with…

E: And perfectly.

M: And perfectly.

E: Yeah. Next word is far-sighted.

M: Far-sighted.

E: Far-sighted.

M: Far-sighted.

E: So, if I‟m far-sighted, I can‟t see very well, right?

M: So, if you‟re far-sighted, you can‟t see things that are near.

E: So, you can see things that are faraway.

M: Right.

E: But thing that are close are blurry. Okay.

M: And the opposite would be…E: Near-sighted.

M: And which is…

E: You can see things that are close well…

M: But not far.

E: Yeah.

M: Hehe.

E: Okay.

M: Far-sighted and near-sighted.

E: Okay, so, our next word is make out.

M: Make out.

E: Make out.

M: Make out.

E: Make out, that‟s kind of a funny little phrase. And let‟s listen to a few examples of this

phrase, so we can understand how it‟s used.

Voice: Example one.

A: I can’t make out what this says. The writing is too small.

Voice: Example two.

B: If you look carefully, you can almost make out a few of the stars in the sky.

Voice: Example three.

C: Can you see what’s written on the sign there?

D: No, I can’t quite make it out.

M: Okay, so, basically, make out is to see clearly.

E: Exactly.

M: Uhu, make out.

E: To see.M: Okay. And our last word for language takeaway today is blind as a bat.

E: Blind as a bat.

M: Blind as a bat.

E: So, this is a really funny sounding expression, one of these weird English idioms.

M: Yeah, it‟s a really common expression that just means that you can‟t see.

E: Exactly, so, it‟s not like you actually are blind, right?

M: But you just really can‟t see very well.

E: Okay. Alright, we saw four great words today in our language takeaway, now I think we

can listen to our dialogue another time.

M: But this time it‟s gonna be slower, so we can pick up all these great words that we just

talked about.

DIALOGUE, SECOND TIME (slow)

Elementary ‐ I Can See Clearly Now (B0020)

A: Hello, Arthur. What seems to be the problem?

B: Hey doc. Well, I think I might need glasses. I’m getting headaches, and I really struggle to see things that are far away. But I have always had 20/20 vision.

A: Sounds like you may be far-sighted. OK, then, cover your left eye and read the chart in front of you.

B: Mmm.. . X, E, R, 3, a question mark, and I can’t quite make out the other symbol but I think it’s the peace sign.

A: Wow, Arthur! You’re as blind as a bat!

B: Yeah, I know, my vision is really blurry at times.

A: Ok then, head on over to the other room and pick out some frames while I fill out your prescription.

B: Thanks doc!

A: Arthur, that’s the bathroom.

M: Alright, great stuff on our dialogue and with this we can start now with “Putting it

together”.

Voice: Putting it together.

E: So, we saw a couple of useful phrases in this dialogue and I think we can show you how

to use these phrases in a few different ways.

M: Right, um, the first one that we have today is what seems to be.

E: So, we heard in the dialogue the doctor said…

M: “What seems to be the problem?”

E: We can use this same expression in a number of different ways. Let‟s listen.

Voice: Example one.

A: What seems to be the problem?

Voice: Example two.

B: What seems to be the matter?Voice: Example three.

C: What seems to be the trouble?

M: Okay, so, with these examples we can see how we can use the phrase what seems to

be in many different ways.

E: Yeah, it‟s a great way of asking “What‟s the problem?”

M: So, now let‟s take a look at another phrase.

E: We heard in the dialogue the doctor said “Head on over to the other room”.

M: Right, and with this phrase head on we can combine it with other prepositions to

indicate another place.

E: Exactly, let‟s hear three examples.

Voice: Example one.

A: Head on in.

Voice: Example two.

B: Head on out.

Voice: Example three.

C: Head on up.

M: Okay, so, for example, we can say “Head on into the house, it‟s gonna rain soon”.

E: Or we can say “Hey guys, let‟s head on out to the park”.

M: Uhu, or I can also say “Head on up to my room, I’ll be there in a second”.

E: Great! Those are some cool phrases.

M: Right, and they‟re really useful.

E: So, why don‟t we listen to our dialogue and maybe we‟ll hear them again.

DIALOGUE, THIRD TIME

Elementary ‐ I Can See Clearly Now (B0020)

A: Hello, Arthur. What seems to be the problem?

B: Hey doc. Well, I think I might need glasses. I’m getting headaches, and I really struggle to see things that are far away. But I have always had 20/20 vision.

A: Sounds like you may be far-sighted. OK, then, cover your left eye and read the chart in front of you.

B: Mmm.. . X, E, R, 3, a question mark, and I can’t quite make out the other symbol but I think it’s the peace sign.

A: Wow, Arthur! You’re as blind as a bat!

B: Yeah, I know, my vision is really blurry at times.

A: Ok then, head on over to the other room and pick out some frames while I fill out your prescription.

B: Thanks doc!

A: Arthur, that’s the bathroom.

M: Okay, so, talking about going to the eye doctor today, I have a question for our

listeners.E: A challenge for our listeners.

M: A challenge. What‟s it called when you can‟t distinguish colors?

E: So, like when you can‟t tell the difference between read and blue and green.

M: Right, so, what is that condition called? So…

E: There‟s like a technical term, we want the technical term.

M: Hehe. We want the technical term. So, we‟ll be looking for it on our comments‟ page and

be sure to… if you know the answer, post it.

E: At englishpod, also if you have questions about today‟s lesson or any other lesson,

please come and visit our website and, uh, ask us.

M: Yeah, we hope to see you there, but until then it‟s…

E: Good bye!

M: Bye!

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M: Hello English learners and welcome back to another great lesson with EnglishPod! My

name is Marco.

E: And I’m Erica.

M: And today we’re bringing you a great intermediate lesson with some really useful

vocabulary.

E: Some vocabulary you can use to describe your job.

M: Yes, this is a really common situation when you… someone asks you what you do and

you have to tell them.

E: Exactly, so, today’s lesson is all about that.

M: So, before we jump into our dialogue, let’s start with our “vocabulary preview”.

Voice: Vocabulary preview.

E: We have two simple phrases today that you’ll hear in our dialogue for our vocabulary

preview. The first one is VP.

M: VP.

E: VP.

M: So, the VP of a company is…

E: The Vice-President.

M: The Vice-President, exactly.

E: Yeah, simple little acronym.

M: Right.

E: And the next word is Fortune 500 (five hundred) company.

M: Fortune Five 500 company.

E: Fortune Five 500 company.

M: So, a Fortune 500 company is…

E: I’ll let you explain.M: Hehe. Well, Fortune Magazine ranks the five hundred biggest companies in the U.S.

E: So, a Fortune 500 company basically is…

M: One of the five hundred biggest companies in the U.S.

E: Okay, that’s simple.

M: Yep.

E: Alright, well, with those words it sounds like we’re going to be talking to some important

people today.

M: Yes, we are gonna be talking to some important people, so, let’s listen to our dialogue

for the first time. Now, it’s gonna be a little bit fast, but you don’t have to worry about it.

E: Cause we’ll come back and explain all of the important vocabulary.

DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME

Elementary  ‐The Office  ‐  What Do You Do? (C0021)

A: Oh, look, there’s Veronica and her boyfriend. She’s always going on about him at the office. Oh, great, they saw us. They’re coming this way.

B: Oh, man...

C: Jessica! Arthur! Hi! I’d like you to meet my boyfriend Greg, he’s the V. P. of quality and safety for a top Fortune 500 food company.

A: Nice to meet you. This is my husband, Arthur.

B: Hey, how’s it going?

D: Hello.

A: Veronica talks about you all the time. I guess you 6 must be pretty busy at work.

D: Well, yeah, a V. P. position is not easy, you know! I implement policies and procedures nationwide. of various departments, as well as train junior managers in FDA and EPA regulations. I also have to oversee daily ope

B: Wow, yeah... that sounds exciting.

D: And what about you, Arthur? What do you do for a living?

B: Oh, I’m a Top Gun pilot!

M: Alright, great music for our dialogue again, ha?

E: Chosen by…

M: By moi. Hehe.

E: Of course.

M: Yeah, Top Gun is one of my old time favorite movies and Top Gun pilot, what a cool

profession?

E: An excellent profession, much cooler than being like a VP.

M: A VP.

E: Yeah.

M: How boring is it?

E: Yeah, anyway, this guy was a bit of a jerk, don’t you think?

M: Yeah, you can tell a little bit of, uh, the sarcastic tone he had in his voice.

E: Definitely, but he did use some interesting phrases and we can talk about those now.

M: Right, so, let’s take a look at “language takeaway”.Voice: Language takeaway.

E: Our first word for language takeaway is implement.

M: Implement.

E: Implement.

M: Implement.

E: Let’s listen to some examples of this word to help us understand its meaning.

Voice: Example one.

A: Our company has to implement this sales strategy.

Voice: Example two.

B: Sarah will be responsible for implementing the plan.

Voice: Example three.

C: I implemented several new policies.

M: Okay, great examples, and just in case to implement means to…

E: Put into action

M: To put into action, great.

E: Exactly.

M: Our second word for language takeaway – policies.

E: Policies.

M: Policies.

E: Policies.

M: So, policies are basically rules and regulations.

E: Exactly, formal rules.

M: For a company or an organization.

E: Exactly.M: Policies, great.

E: Third word…

M: Oversee.

E: Oversee.

M: Oversee.

E: Oversee.

M: So, when you oversee operations, it means…

E: Like you watch it to make sure it’s okay.

M: You supervise it.

E: This is an excellent word to use when you wanna talk about your job responsibilities.

M: Right.

E: Oversee.

M: Uhu, great. And our last word for language takeaway. It’s kind of tricky, so, let’s listen

to how it was used in our dialogue.

Example: That alone means I have fifteen hundred employees under me. Hehe. That alone

means I have fifteen hundred employees under me. Hehe.

E: So, this guy has fifteen hundred (1500) employees under him meaning he supervises

fifteen hundred employees.

M: Right, he manages fifteen hundred employees.

E: He must be a busy man.

M: Yes! For fifteen hundred employees… How many employees do you have under you,

Erica?

E: Uh, two.

M: Yeah, not quite as much as fifteen hundred.

E: Yeah, because I’m not a VP ???… for yet, hey?

M: Hehe. Not yet, but you will.E: Okay.

M: Alright, so, with this in mind, we are ready to listen to our dialogue for a second time

and this time it’s gonna be slower.

DIALOGUE, SECOND TIME (slow)

Elementary  ‐The Office  ‐  What Do You Do? (C0021)

A: Oh, look, there’s Veronica and her boyfriend. She’s always going on about him at the office. Oh, great, they saw us. They’re coming this way.

B: Oh, man...

C: Jessica! Arthur! Hi! I’d like you to meet my boyfriend Greg, he’s the V. P. of quality and safety for a top Fortune 500 food company.

A: Nice to meet you. This is my husband, Arthur.

B: Hey, how’s it going?

D: Hello.

A: Veronica talks about you all the time. I guess you 6 must be pretty busy at work.

D: Well, yeah, a V. P. position is not easy, you know! I implement policies and procedures nationwide. of various departments, as well as train junior managers in FDA and EPA regulations. I also have to oversee daily ope

B: Wow, yeah... that sounds exciting.

D: And what about you, Arthur? What do you do for a living?

B: Oh, I’m a Top Gun pilot!

M: Okay, great stuff! With this, now we can start with our “fluency builder” for today.

Voice: Fluency builder.

E: We heard some excellent phrases in this dialogue, some phrases that sound really

natural, hey?

M: Yes! Especially the first one that we have today is… Whenever someone talks and talks

and talks and just… and continuously talks without stopping, you would say…

Phrase 1: She’s always going on about him at the office. She’s always going on about

him at the office.

E: This is a really natural way of saying “keeps talking about”.

M: Right, keeps talking about him.

E: Yep, so, we have a few examples of how this phrase works. Let’s listen.

Voice: Example one.

A: My boss is always going on about how we need to save money; it’s all he talks about.

Voice: Example two.

B: Gary is always going on about his kids; he’s always talking about how smart they are.

Voice: Example three.

C: My mom is always going on about how I should get married.

M: Okay, excellent! It’s clear now.

E: Yes.

M: Okay, so, let’s move on to our second phrase for today and this is a great one to use

whenever you meet someone for the first time.E: Or when you start to talk to someone for the first time.

M: Great.

Phrase 2: Hey, how’s it going? Hello. Hey, how’s it going? Hello.

E: So, this is a really relaxed and natural way of saying “How are you”.

M: How are you?

E: Yeah.

M: So, yeah, you can just say “Hey, how’s it going?”

E: Yep!

M: Great.

E: Really natural sounding.

M: Now, our third phrase is the most important one of our dialogue.

E: Yes!

M: And it’s a really common situation.

E: When someone asks you about your job, they might say this.

Phrase 3: Arthur, what do you do for a living? Arthur, what do you do for a living?

M: So, this is a really great way of asking “What work do you do?” or “What is your job?”

E: Yes, and now… I know a lot of students sometimes say “What is your job?”

M: Yeah, and that is… well, it’s kind of correct, but not really.

E: It doesn’t sound very natural.

M: Right.

E: So, you wanna use “What do you do?” or…

M: “What do you do for a living?”

E: Sounds great.

M: That’s the way you ask someone what is their job.E: And that’s how you sound supper natural.

M: Hehe. Okay, so, we’re ready now to listen to our dialogue a last time and now you are

ready to understand everything.

DIALOGUE, THIRD TIME

Elementary  ‐The Office  ‐  What Do You Do? (C0021)

A: Oh, look, there’s Veronica and her boyfriend. She’s always going on about him at the office. Oh, great, they saw us. They’re coming this way.

B: Oh, man...

C: Jessica! Arthur! Hi! I’d like you to meet my boyfriend Greg, he’s the V. P. of quality and safety for a top Fortune 500 food company.

A: Nice to meet you. This is my husband, Arthur.

B: Hey, how’s it going?

D: Hello.

A: Veronica talks about you all the time. I guess you 6 must be pretty busy at work.

D: Well, yeah, a V. P. position is not easy, you know! I implement policies and procedures nationwide. of various departments, as well as train junior managers in FDA and EPA regulations. I also have to oversee daily ope

B: Wow, yeah... that sounds exciting.

D: And what about you, Arthur? What do you do for a living?

B: Oh, I’m a Top Gun pilot!

M: Okay, so, I have a little challenge for our listeners today. I have…

E: What is it?

M: Two challenges, actually.

E: Okay.

M: The first one – who performs the song that you heard and what is the song called?

E: Okay, I don’t know the answer, so, I’m looking forward to seeing what users do.

M: And the second one is what is the number one company in the Fortune 500?

E: Oh, I also don’t know this answer.

M: Hehe. Two great questions, so, I expect to see your answers on the comments page, but

also we want to know about your profession.

E: Yes! Tell us about your job, tell us what you do and use some of the great phrases you

learned today to describe your answer.

M: Great! So, we hope to see you there, but we’re out of time now. So, we’ll see everyone

at englishpod, leave all your questions and, of course, all the comments.

E: And Marco and I are always around to answer your questions.

M: Well, until then it’s…

E: Good bye!

M: Bye!

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