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C005

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Elementary ‐Daily Life ‐ Cut In Line (C0005)

A: I can』t believe it took us two hours to get here.The traffic in New York is unbelievable.

B: Yeah, but just relax honey, we』re here and we』re going on vacation. In a few hours we』ll be in Hawaii, and you』ll be on the golf course.

A: Oh no!Look at that line! It must be a mile long!There’s no way I』m waiting for another two hours.

B: Honey... don』t...

C: Hey man, the end of the line is over there.

A: Yeah...

C: No seriously, I was here first, and you can』t cut in line like this.

A: Says who?

C: I do!

A: So sue me!

C: Alright...that’s it....

【注釋1】

• (1)unbelievable 令人難以置信的
• (2)relax 放鬆，休息，鬆弛，修養
• (3)honey 蜂蜜，寶貝，甜蜜，奉承
• (4)vacation 假期，休假，度假
• (5)seriously 認真地，嚴肅地

PB

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

A: I』m Amira.

M: Alright, Amira is here today and she’s going to tell us about the wonderful lesson she has prepared this time.

A: Well, thank you, Marco. Well, today we have a very interesting lesson prepared for you. It’s about someone cutting in line.

M: Cutting in line, okay.

A: Yeah, it happens all the time and we all get very upset about it, but you know, it happens.

M: Right, right. Well, I imagine that everyone is wondering what cutting in line is. Why don』t we just listen to the dialogue one time and then when we come back, Amira and I will gladly explain all the vocabulary in this dialogue.

A: Let’s listen.

DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME

A: Whoa, I think there’s punching.

M: Yeah. Yeah, I guess this guy was as just a crazy… I don』t know, impatient man, ha?

A: Yes, yes, but we don』t wanna talk about this now, but for now we will treat some of the vocabulary and very useful phrases in the dialogue, so…

M: Great.

A: Marco, do you wanna start?

M: Yes, let’s take a look at our first word, it would be unbelievable.

A: Unbelievable.

M: Unbelievable.

A: Unbelievable.

M: Exactly, and just how you say it, it’s something incredible, something amazing.

A: Yeah, but I would like to point out that unbelievable was used here to describe the man’s frustration. He’s not happy about the traffic in New York.

M: Exactly, perfect. Okay, in the next part the woman, she’s trying to calm and relax her husband and she says that they, um… they』ll be in Hawaii in a few hours and, um… you』ll be on the golf course.

A: Right, so, we』ll be in Hawaii and you』ll be on the golf course.

M: Yes, we』ll be in Hawaii and you』ll be on the golf course.

A: So, this is a great way of talking about your physical location in the future.

M: Right, so, for example, Amira, tomorrow where will you be?

A: Don』t worry, Marco, I』ll be in the office tomorrow.

M: Perfect. Right, that’s where I need you to be.

A: Yes.

M: Okay, s…

A: Alright, well, I have another interesting phrase here for you – must be a mile long.

M: A mile long.

A: A mile long.

M: A mile long.

A: Now, that’s basically not a mile, it’s not a kilometer long, but it’s another way of saying that this line is really, really long.

M: Right, it’s just an exaggeration. Um, now let’s li… take a look at there’s no way.

A: There’s no way.

M: There’s no way.

A: There’s no way.

M: Perfect, let’s, uh, listen to some other examples on how, uh, we use there’s no way in a different situation and then we can come back and talk about it a little bit more.

【注釋2】

• (6)punch 刺，拳打
• (7)treat 治療，對待，請客，協商
• (8)incredible 不能相信的，難以置信的，極好的，極大的
• (9)trustration 挫折
• (10)exaggeration 誇張，誇大其詞，誇張的手法

Example one.

A: There’s no way I can have those reports finished today.

Example two.

B: The stadium is so crowded that there’s now way we』ll find a seat.

Example three.

C: Do you think Michael’s gonna buy that house?

D: There’s no way he has enough money to buy it.

A: Alright everyone, so, there’s no way is another way of saying 「It is impossible」.

M: Exactly, there’s no way you should miss this podcast, right?

A: Yes. Well, I have another phrase for you as well – cut in line.

M: Cut in line.

A: Cut in line.

M: Cut in line.

A: Cut in line.

M: So, again, we have some really good examples on how you could use this phrase in different situations. Let’s listen to the examples and then we can come back and talk about it some more.

Example one.

A: Excuse me, I』m really late. Can I cut in line, please?

Example two.

B: I hate it when people cut in line at the bank. It’s so rude.

C: I think it’s okay when a pregnant woman cuts in line.

A: Alright, everyone, cut in line.

M: Right, so, from the examples we can understand that it means when you are standing in line somewhere and somebody gets in front of you.

A: Right. I have another phrase for you here – sue me.

M: Sue me.

A: Sue me.

M: Sue me.

A: Okay, now, sue me is not a nice phrase. If you hear that you know you』re in trouble.

M: Yeah, it’s, uh… it’s kind of rude I guess to say 「Sue me」.

A: Right. Well, it actually means like taking someone to court and asking for money, because someone has harmed you in a way. I think that we should listen to the dialogue one more time and try to figure out why he used that phrase and if he’s really going to take him to court.

DIALOGUE, SECOND TIME

M: Alright, we』re back. Now, this guy when he says 「Sue me」 he’s just being rude, I mean he’s just being, uh, kind of…

A: Impolite.

M: Impolite and telling him 「I don』t care」.

A: Right.

M: Right.

A: Exactly, like…

M: Do… like you can』t do anything about it.

A: Yeah, yeah.

M: Okay, today in the studio we have a guest. Uh, her name is Sarah and she’s form England.

S: Hi there.

A: Hello.

M: Alright, so, um, we』re gonna be asking her a couple of questions and she』ll be a frequent guest on our shows, so, you can expect to hear from her a lot.

A: Well, she didn』t know that.

S: It’s a… Yes, it’s a surprise, but…

M: She knows now.

A: Well, Sarah, uh, our topic today is about jumping the queue.

M: Okay, Amira, wait. What is this, uh, jump the queue?

A: It’s the same as cut in line, but in British English.

M: Uh, okay.

S: Yes, queuing is very important in England. We』re very proud of our queues.

M: Hehe.

A: Hehe.

S: It’s true, it’s true.

A: So… so, what would be the reaction of people if they like, you know, cut in line?

S: I think we… do take it very seriously, I』m laughing now, but it’s… it’s quite… it’s quite serious, so, you don』t jump the queue. If people, you know, uh, jump in front of you it’s… uh, you』ll get a little tuts 「Oh」, you know, 「Shouldn』t… shouldn』t be doing that」 and then… then we make it very obvious and…

A: So, you say it out loud.

S: We… we would, uh, you know, perhaps say something. And we have systems, you know, in London on the, um, on the metro, um, on… on the underground. You have to stand on the… the escalators on the right and… and queue… and you can』t jump in front, you have to walk on the left and queue on the right.

M: Wow!

S: It's all very serious as those rules and regulations.

M: Hehe.

A: Hehe. Wow.

M: Is there like a queue handbook?

S: Well…

M: You have to read in high school and kind of take a test on?

S: Perhaps that should be, that should be, yeah.

M: Wow.

A: What about New York, Marco?

M: Well, no, definitely, I guess this, um, dialogue is similar to, ah, reality of New York. If somebody gets in front of you, cuts the line, somebody’s gonna say something and probably end up in a fight…

A: Oh-oh.

M: If the guy is rude. Yeah.

A: Oh my God.

M: Yeah. Well, ah, Sarah, why don』t you tell us is there a line or a queue for almost everything in England?

S: It seems like we do… just like to form a queue.

M: Hehe.

A: Yeah, so, um… you know…

M: Can you think of some other examples of where you would… normally you wouldn』t queue, but you do?

S: Oh, gosh… um, things like in the supermarket when you』re trying to find some vegetables or something… I』d never push… I』d never… reach around or…

M: Oh really?

S: I』d just wait until that person had finished picking out my stuff and then… and then go in.

M: Uh.

S: So, it’s just… just trying…

M: So, if like five people want to buy oranges at the supermarket, then you have a little mini queue of five people.

S: Maybe, maybe, a little bit, just…

M: Waiting.

S: There’s no… there’s no sort… just shoving through to the front, you just don』t do that.

A: You don』t stick your hand out and grab the… like a tomato.

S: Well, if you do, again, you would make sure that person knows 「Oh, I』m sorry, um, you know, just… I』m… uh… in a hurry…" or so. But, yeah, it’s just letting someone go before you is… I think…

M: Okay.

S: It’s quite important to us.

M: Alright.

A: Right.

M: Great stuff.

A: Thank you so much, Sarah.

S: It was a pleasure.

M: Yeah, we』ll have you back very soon, so…

S: Ouh.

M: Alright, we』re out of time, but we』ll be back tomorrow with another lesson and be sure to visit our website. Don』t forget that englishpod.com has many, many resources and also a community of users and teachers that can help you, answer questions and interact with you.

A: Yes, and you should definitely view suggestion, but for now I wish you all well and… Bye!

M: Bye!

S: Bye!

【注釋3】

• (11)queue 隊列，長隊，辮子
• (12)regulation 管理，規則，校準
• (13)stuff 東西，材料，填充物

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C006

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Elementary ‐ The Weekend ‐ Road Trip (C0006)

A: So, are we all ready to go?

B: Yup, I think so. The car’s packed,we have munchies and music, and the map’s in the car.

A: Did you get the camera?

B: Got it! Did you fill up the tank?

A: Yup, it’s all set.

B: You』re sure we』re not forgetting anything?

A: I』m sure... we』ve got all our bases covered.

B: Well & let’s get going then! I love road trips!

B: Um... do you think we can make a pit stop?

A: But we』ve only been on the road for ten minutes.

B: I know, but I forgot to go to the bathroom before we left.

PB

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

E: And I』m Erica.

M: How are you, Erica?

E: Marco, I』m doing really well! How about you?

M: I』m doing great! I』m really excited, because today we』re talking about travel.

E: That’s right, we』re gonna give you some real English to talk about travel.

M: Exactly, English that you would use in everyday life, that you hear in movies, it TV shows.

E: English people actually use.

M: Exactly, so, why don』t you tell us a little bit about this lesson for today?

E: Okay, so, today we are going to listen as a husband and wife get ready to go on a trip.

M: Alright, that sounds a little bit complicated.

E: Aha.

M: Hehe.

E: Well, let’s look at our two preview words.

Voice: Vocabulary preview.

M: Okay, so, the first word that we have is road trip.

E: Road trip.

M: Road trip.

E: Road trip.

M: Okay, so, road trips are really fun and interesting, right?

E: Road trips are great. You get to get in a car with your family and drive on a vacation.

M: Yeah, that was a really fun and they』re really popular in North America.

E: Really popular. I』ve been on a million road trips.

M: Hehe, Alright, we』ll talk about that a little bit later on, but now let’s take a look at our second word and it’s the car’s packed.

E: The car is packed.

M: The car’s packed.

E: The car is packed.

M: So, when your car is packed it means that…

E: Everything you need is inside the car.

M:Alright, so, your bags, your food, everything that you need for your trip.

E: Exactly.

M: Perfect! Okay, so, those were our two preview words and now we are ready to listen tothe dialogue for the first time.

E: Okay, this dialogue will be at normal speed, it will be fast, but don』t worry if you don』t understand everything.

M: After ten minutes we promise you will understand everything in this lesson.

【注釋4】

• (14)complicate 複雜化
• (15)preview 預覽，預演，試映，事先查看
• (16)pack 包裝

DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME

E: Well, she forgot to go to the bathroom.

M: Yeah, I hate it when this happens.

E:This happens to me on almost every road trip.

M: Hehe. Okay, great, so, now it’s time for our 「language takeaway」. We have three words for our language takeaway today.

Voice: Language takeaway.

E: And the first word is munchies.

M: Munchies.

E: Munchies.

M: So, munchies are…

E: Snacks.

M: Snacks, food.

E: Food, chips.

M: Chips, cookies.

E: Chocolate bars.

M: All that good stuff.

E: I love munchies.

M: Hehe. And they』re really good when you』re taking a road trip.

E: Indeed.

M: Okay, so, let’s take a look at our second language takeaway word for today and it is fill up the tank.

E: Fill up the tank.

M: Fill up the tank.

E: Fill up the tank. So, this is to…

M: Put gas in your car.

E: Put gas in the gas tank.

M: In the gas tank, exactly.

E:Alright, our last language takeaway today is…

M: Pit stop.

E: Pit stop.

M: Pit stop.

E: Make a pit stop.

M: It’s a quick stop for you to get some gas, food, go to the bathroom.

E: Yeah, a pit stop, a quick stop.

M: Great, so, now it’s time for 「Putting it together」.

【注釋5】

• (17)tank 坦克，水槽，池塘
• (18)pit 坑，礦井，陷阱，深坑

Voice: Putting it together.

M: Okay, so, we have two great phrases for you today. Let’s take a look at the first one.

E: We』ve got all our bases covered.

M: We』ve got all our bases covered.

E: We』ve got all our bases covered.

M: This is a really great phrase and it’s really useful, right?

E:Yeah, let’s listen to a couple of examples.

Voice: Example one.

A: We』ve got all our bases covered in case the hurricane（颶風） hits.

Voice: Example two.

B:Okay, I have my keys, wallet and passport. Looks like I have all my bases covered.

M: Okay, it’s clear now, but you can use this in a lot of different situations, right?

E: You can use this in many situations. If I』m at work I could say 「Alright, we』ve got a really good marketing plan, we』ve got all our bases covered」.

M: Exactly, you have everything ready.

E: You』re all prepared.

M: Perfect! Alright, now let’s take a look at our second phrase and it’s let’s get going.

E: Let’s get going.

M: Let’s get going.

E: Let’s get going.

M: Alright, so, when you say 「Let’s get going」 it just means…

E: Let’s start.

M: Let’s start, let’s go.

E: Yeah.

M: Okay, but the interesting thing about this phrase is you can change it a little bit and it means something different.

E: Aha, let’s listen to a couple of examples.

Voice: Example one.

A: I have the chicken, so, let’s get cooking.

Voice: Example two.

B: This house is really scary. Let’s get out of here!

Voice: Example three.

C: I have another meeting in twenty minutes, so, let’s get down to business.

E: So, let’s get down to business, Marco.

M: Let’s get down to business, let’s listen to the dialogue one more time, but this time…

E: It』ll be a little bit slower and you』ll understand much better.

DIALOGUE, SECOND TIME (slow)

E: So, that was a little more clear this time, wasn』t it?

M: Yeah, you can definitely understand better about… what we』ve been talking about.

E: Yep.

M: Okay, so, now it’s time to look at 「fluency builder」. Erica, why don』t you explain what fluency builder is?

E: In fluency builder we give you some great useful phrases to help you express your ideas clearly.

M: Okay, great, so, let’s look at fluency builder.

Voice: Fluency builder.

E: Alright, so, we all know how to ask the question 「Are we ready to go?」

M: That’s right, you can say 「Can we go now?」

E: Or you can say 「Are we ready to go?」

M: Exactly, but there’s another way that we can say this and we heard it in our dialogue, so, let’s listen.

Phrase 1: So, are we all ready to go? So, are we all ready to go?

E: Wow! That sounds really good, it sounds a lot more fluent.

M: Fluent, exactly.

E: Yeah. Okay, so, another simple phrase that we all know how to say is 「It is ready」.

M: It is prepared.

E: It is ready.

M: Right.

E: So, these examples are fine, they』re right.

M: Uhu. Yeah, they』re correct English, no problem.

E: But there’s another way to say this that we heard in the dialogue and it sounds a lot more fluent.

Phrase 1: Yep, it’s all set. Yep, it’s all set.

E: It’s all set, that sounds much better.

M: Yes, and we』re all set to listen to this dialogue for a third time and this time it’s gonna be at its normal speed.

【注釋6】

• (19)hurricane 颶風
• (20)fluency 流利，流暢，嫻熟
• (21)fluent 流利的

DIALOGUE, THIRD TIME

M: So, Erica, you said you』ve been on a million road trips, what was that all about? Where have you been?

E: Okay, well, maybe not a million road trips.

M: Hehe.

E: But many road trips. Every summer I used to go on a road trip with my family and we would drive many many hours, probably eight hours in one day up to Northern Canada.

M: Oh, wow! Nice.

E: Yeah, and then we would go camping and we would sleep outside and we would have a campfire at night, it was great.

M: Oh, family road trip.

E: Yeah, but maybe eight hours in a car is a little too long.

M: Well, yeah. Well, I』ve been on a different kind of road trip with some, uh, buddies of mine, some friends. We would drive to Las Vegas.

E: Really?

M: Yeah, so, that’s really fun – a bunch of crazy guys in a car going to Las Vegas and then just having fun and talking about everything, so, that’s a much different experience than a family road trip.

E: Maybe that sounds a little bit more fun.

M: Hehe. Yeah, eight hours in a car is not really that boring with all your friends. Alright,folks, we』re out of time for today, but be sure to visit our website at englishpod.com and leave all your questions and comments.

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

M: Bye!

【注釋7】

• (22)camping 露營，宿營
• (23)bunch 串，扎，束

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