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Unexpected English!
02/21/20
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(Ep 42) Another interview episode with a transcription to help you. I spoke too fast in this episode, I know, because I got agitated! That’s because "you know who" is still in the White House, and I'm sick of it! 🤮Please support the podcast by telling your friends and sharing this link --> https://linktr.ee/unexpectedenglish
[INTRO]
All right, so I was sitting at home and somebody rang my front doorbell, two young people. Can I say young people? Yes. OK, two young people. So tell me, young people, what is it that you're doing? We are protecting our oceans with Greenpeace. You're... wait a minute.. you're knocking on my door, I'm 7 miles from the ocean. I'm confused. Yeah, totally, so right now we're in the middle.... Yeah she's right, I'm totally confused! Yes you are! She got me! I’m totally confused No, no, c'mon, now seriously, you are representing... Yeah, Greenpeace. So a lot of people in the neighborhood support Greenpeace in our awesome campaigns. Today we're working on plastic pollution in the ocean. It's become a huge epidemic, I'm sure it's been on your radar lately. On my radar? On my radar? I mean, the oceans, at this point... What? What’s the problem with the ocean to this point? You don’t know? I do know! Oh, OK. That’s why we’re here. I was asking you! Oh, you don’t have to ask me, you don’t have to ask anybody, we all know. OK, good! We know. Yeah we definitely know. We all should be aware about the issues in the ocean. 🌊 So right now, every 60 seconds we’re seeing the equivalent of a garbage truck load of plastic enter our oceans. (music) Hear that again people? Every... could you said again slowly? Every 60 seconds we're seeing the equivalent of a dump truck load of plastic enter our oceans. A dump truck load of plastic into our oceans every 60 seconds. (music) Yep, it's horrible because then the whales eat it 🐳 and the turtles eat it and then they're not having a good time. It’s messed up! It's really messed up! But no need to fear, you know, Greenpeace is here! (laughter) All right, so what is... what is what is Greenpeace doing.... So we need to make Greenpeace a priority and the environment a priority. So how are we going to get that assh*le out of the White House? (YEAH, he's garbage!) That's our number one issue, isn’t it? Uh, so Greenpeace is non-partisan, we don't... Well, I’m partisan! I'm partisan! Aren’t you partisan? I’mm... working for Greenpeace Oh, he’s working for Greenpeace, so he can not say. Well there you go. I guess, uhh, that being the case, we can't uhhh get too political even though... well, no! Saving the planet, is that political?? No! I would say everybody should want to save the planet, everybody has a live on the planet.🌍 So what is wrong with the damn Republicans that they don't wanna save the planet? They just wanna keep on pollutin’ and pollutin’!!! 💀 Umm... "I can't say I’m working for Greenpeace." OK thanks we’ll cut it right there. Thanks everybody for listening, ciao ciao!
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Song snippets: Fresh Garbage by Spirit, 1968. Yes I am that old!
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January 25, 2020
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(EP 41) Your favorite English podcast finally brings you a new episode! [see Transcription below!] Please support the podcast by telling your friends and sharing this link --> https://linktr.ee/unexpectedenglish Thank you! OK so here I am with one of my neighbors and I thought I would ask him a question, basically because I was walking by his garage and I saw that he has a boat in there. So tell me, why do you have a boat in your garage? Because my entire life I have always enjoyed small boats. When I was about seven years old my brother and I bought a very poor little wooden boat that was about seven foot long. It cost us $15, but it was my own little vessel, and I was the captain over my own little ship. OK so he loves boats, you love boats but... how did this boat end up in your garage? I built this boat. About... Uhh, excuse me, let me make sure I understand. You're saying YOU built this boat? Every stick of it, yes sir. Wow! OK, well umm we're talking to a man then who built a boat and it's now housed in his garage. How long did it take you to make, I mean to build a boat? I don't know I can't even build a model car, so building a boat seems to me kind of an incredible thing. How long did that take it? It took about three years to build this one I had built two other boats in the past... OK, wait a minute now... three years to build a boat, it's his third boat that he’s built, so I guess you could say I'm talking to a boat-building guy here! OK thanks, I guess we're gonna cut, cut it right there. I hope you enjoyed it, and stay tuned for more. Bye! ****************** You listened, you liked it... so now you have to share it! 😂 You maybe know about the podcast because I personally invited you to listen, right? That's the way it works best - word of mouth! Please tell ONE FRIEND so they start listening too. Thanks! 🙏🏼
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Postal Podcast
March 3, 2020
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(EP 43) Listen to real American English! Improve your listening skills with this Interview episode, complete with transcription to help you! Please support the podcast by telling your friends and sharing this link --> https://linktr.ee/unexpectedenglish
[Transcript] OK so I was walking down the street and I saw a United States Postal Service truck with a uhh uhh “postal carrier” inside. I that’s what we call, do we call “postal carrier” A “letter carrier,” yeah. Letter carrier -- it used to be mailman back in the day, but as you can tell from the voice I'm not talking to a mailman, I'm talking to uhhh.... uhhh... we don’t say “mail lady” that sounds funny! Yeah, no, a mail lady is about right, yeah, about right. OK mail man, mail lady, LETTER CARRIER, ok! So how long have you been a letter carrier? Since 2014. Since 2014 and ... how about walking, do have any idea how far you walk every day? It depends on the route. Um, I actually have a route over down the street from here. It's about 14 point something miles. Wait a minute, that's a long route... but you don't walk 14 miles. Well, no because, you know, you cover one side of the street and then you do the other side. So it's a good.. yeah it's a lot, it's a lot. Definitely more than 20,000 steps. So do you have a pedometer, I mean, do you ever check it out to see, it’s on your phone. Yeah, on the health app, on the iPhone. OK, and you said more than... It's definitely more than 20,000 steps. Right, so she does more than 20,000 steps uh, five days a week. Yeah, oh yeah, for sure. So, so OK that's why she know she's in shape because that’s 20,000 steps, five days a week delivering the mail. Umm, I'm thinking you must really hate Christmas time! Oh for sure, for sure! That's like, 12 hours plus every freaking day. For the whole season, it's so bad! And so can you tell people why, if they can't put two and two together, why a letter carrier would not like Christmas. Because of that, it's not only just packages but everything, always has to go out and that's like, every day. And it's ... it's a lot, it's a lot! It's just a lot of mail, a lotta Christmas cards, a lotta packages, a lotta presents, a lot of work! A lot of presents, for sure! OK, well that's about it, I guess I ran out of questions, but thanks for taking the time to talk to us. Yes of course, you’re welcome. Bye!
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