Englishpod 008 What’s your name again?白纸黑字

Englishpod 008 What’s your name again?

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A: Nick! How’s it going?

B: Oh, hey...

A: What are you doing in this neighbourhood? Do

you live around here?

B: Actually, my office is right around the corner.

A: It was great to meet you last week at the conference. I really enjoyed our conversation about foreign investment.

B: Yeah, yeah, it was really interesting. You know,

I’m in a bit of a hurry, but here’s my card. We

should definitely meet up again and continue our

discussion.

A: Sure, you still have my contact details, right ?B: You know what, this is really embarrassing, butyour name has just slipped my mind. Can youremind me?A: Sure, my name is Ana Ferris. Don’t worry aboutit; it happens to me all the time. I’m terrible withnames too.

M: Hello English learners! And welcome to EnglishPod! My name is Marco.

E: And I’m Erica.

M: Erica, today we are really excited, right?

E: Yeah. We’ve got a great lesson today all about real English. 

M: Exactly, English that you hear in movies and TV shows.

E: Yeah, speaking of movies, today’s podcast takes place at the movies.

M: Exactly. And that’s why it’s so fun today.

E: Aha.

M: Okay, great. So, before we listen to our dialogue let’s take a look at our “vocabulary 

preview”.

Voice: Vocabulary preview.

E: In today’s vocabulary preview we have two words. And the first word is inconsiderate.

M: Inconsiderate.

E: Inconsiderate.

M: So, Erica, what is it when someone is inconsiderate?

E: If someone’s inconsiderate, they’re not thinking about the feelings of other people.

M: Right. So, for example, yesterday I was on the subway and it was full.

E: Right.

M: And an old lady was standing there and no one got up to give her their seat.

E: That was pretty inconsiderate.

M: Yeah, great. So, now let’s take a look at our second word. And it’s keep it down.

E: Keep it down.

M: Keep it down.

E: Keep it down.

M: So, why don’t we listen to some examples on how we use keep it down, so we can 

understand?

Voice: Example one.

A: Excuse me, do you mind keeping it down? It’s after midnight.

B: Okay, I’m sorry.

Voice: Example two.

C: I’m trying study! Do you mind keeping it down?

Voice: Example three.

D: Do you mind keeping it down? I’m trying to watch the game.

E: So, that means be quiet.

M: Yes, don’t make so much noise.

E: I used to hear this one all the time from my mother.

M: Hehe. I think we all did when we were children.

E: Yeah.

M: Okay. So, now let’s listen to the dialogue for a first time. It’s gonna be kind of fast.

E: But don’t worry about it if you can’t understand everything. By the end of today’s lesson 

you will understand this dialogue.

DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME

E: Well, I hate it when people’s phones ring when I’m watching a movie.

M: Hehe. I think everyone… gets kind of, uh, angry, but we’re gonna talk about this a little 

bit later. Why don’t we take a look now at our “language takeaway”? 

Voice: Language takeaway.

E: So, the language takeaway is our most important words for today’s lesson. And our first 

word today is not such a big deal.

M: Not such a big deal.

E: Not such a big deal.

M: So, when something is not a big deal it’s…

E: Not a big problem.

M: It’s not important, right?

E: Exactly.

M: Okay, let’s listen to some examples.

Voice: Example one.

A: I can’t get these files due by tomorrow.

B: It’s Okay. It’s not such a big deal.

Voice: Example two.

C: Uh, I’m really sorry, I’m gonna be ten minutes late for the meeting.

D: It’s not such a big deal; Peter and ??? are late too.

M: Now let’s look at our second word. And it’s switch it off.

E: Switch it off.

M: Switch it off.

E: Switch it off.

M: So, this word means to turn it off.

E: To turn something off.

M: Now, we can use it in three different ways.

E: Yeah, this one… it’s a little bit complicated, because it changes a little bit depending on 

how you use it. So, Marco, I think you’ve got some examples for us.

M: Right, so, for example, I can say “did you switch off your phone?”

E: Or you could say “did you switch your phone off?”

M: Right, or simply you can ask “did you switch it off?”

E: I think this one is a little bit hard; let’s look at a couple more examples.

M: Okay, so, I can say, for example, “Switch off the TV”.

E: Switch the TV off.

M: Or switch it off.

E: Yeah, I think that’s a little bit more clear.

M: Yeah.

E: But, you know what? We even had trouble with that one, didn’t we?

M: Hehe. Yeah, we had to do it a couple of times. Okay, now let’s look at our last word and 

it’s can’t hear a thing.

E: Can’t hear a thing.

M: I can’t hear a thing.

E: Can’t hear a thing.

M: Okay, we have some examples for this phrase, so let’s listen.

Voice: Example one.

A: What’s going on in there?

B: I don’t know; I can’t hear a thing.

Voice: Example two.

C: What? I’m sorry, this music is too loud; I can’t hear a thing.

E: So, that’s like saying “I can’t hear”.

M: Exactly. I can’t hear anything.

E: It’s too loud.

M: Right, so now we are ready to listen to our dialogue a second time. It’s gonna be slower.

E: This time listen for some of the key words we were explaining.