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0A: 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.
