Six Verbs in Five Minutes
Unexpected English!
06/25/20
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(EP 51) This is a social-distancing, non-interview episode: it features oral practice of five irregular verbs. Are you ready?
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Fast, furious... and pink!
June 13, 2020
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(EP 50) Listen to real American English! Improve your listening skills with another Unexpected English interview episode, complete with transcription to help you! I apologize for the sound quality in some sections: it was a windy day at the dog park! See links at the bottom of the transcription for more. Spoken intro... and then... [Transcript] OK so here we are at the dog park and I found a young man here who volunteered to be interviewed. What's your name and how old are you? Hi, my name is Adrian and I'm 12 years old. Twelve years old, what grade are you in? I'm in 7th grade. Seventh grade... and what's your favorite class at school? My favorite class is Math because I love decimals and I also love geometry. Oh cool, and what other subjects do you have? I have a model building class and I have a PE class... Hold up, let me ask you a question: a model building class: what is that? Umm, so basically, you buy a model from the store and it's like a plastic model and you can glue the pieces together and it builds a model. So, like, it could be... like I built a Skyline GTR-R34. Wait, wait, hold it a minute! You built a what? And what is that? I built a Skyline GTR-R34. Is that a car? Yes. Ok I guessed it! It was a car, I'm good! It was a car, ok good! And, umm, it can’t... it's not in America and it's only in Japan. But I love the car because it's in the Fast and the Furious. Because it's a what? It's in the Fast and the Furious. Fast.. The fast and the furious.. it's a movie, alright, because I don’t, I don't know ... and what was that movie about? It's about cars basically racing, people racing each other. So I'm guessing that's like your favorite movie. Yes. OK so, we've got your favorite class, we got your favorite movie ... and what about your favorite food? My favorite food is probably pizza. Pizza, yeah pizza is everybody's favorite food, I think that's true. Anything else you want to tell anybody before we go? Oh my favorite color is pink because it stands up for breast cancer. Oh, that's fantastic, pink for breast cancer! OK thanks very much. Again we were talking to... Adrian Jones. Adrian, here in San Diego at the dog park and we hope you enjoy this podcast, and could understand it, and we hope you join us again next time! Bye! (outro music from fast and furious) *** Thats it! Please, if you like the show, please support my efforts by telling your friends and sharing this link --> https://linktr.ee/unexpectedenglish Follow on Spotify, message me on Instagram so I know you are listening, and leave a good review on Apple Podcasts This is a non-commercial project, so thank you for your support!
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Unexpected Sauna!
July 10, 2020
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(EP 52) Unexpected English has an interview episode for you: we visit the House of Finland. Use the transcription below for help!
So, here we are at the House of Finland in beautiful Balboa Park. Uh, tell us what should we know about Finland? You should know that sauna is very, very important part of the Finnish culture. Every family has a sauna and it is very relaxing and very wonderful experience to go into the sauna, to get yourself totally hot and then jump into the water in the summertime. OK, wait a minute now, we have to explain the slowly, because this is for people learning English so... OH! Yeah, so, you said there’s, so... so saunas are very important. Could you tell us what a sauna is? Originally, sauna was the bath place for families, you know, because you didn't have running water, uh, in the house. You had a separate house where you heated the water, heated the rocks to throw some water on to get the steam kind of heat going on. OK, so it's a hot room with steam, right? Yes, it is. And it's very enjoyable! And I understand they do that even in the winter. Of course, in the winter especially! (laughter) Really, so tell me how that works in the winter. Uh, you have the wood cut, and you... you put the fire underneath the rocks that are heated for the heat in the sauna. And you have another place where you heat the water in the big, huge pot. And, uhm, in the winter time, you get yourself really warm in the sauna first... OK, how long will you be in the sauna? Uh, that depends how much you can take! And how hot it is, but for ten minutes at a time definitely, and then you do it several times. OK, ten minutes and then...? You go outside, and you roll yourself in that wonderful soft snow. OK... you roll yourself in the snow, and that I suppose feels really.... Invigorating! Oh there's the word, it feels invigorating! OK, so everybody who's listening: next time you're in Finland, make sure to go to a sauna, especially in the winter, so you can then go and run out and roll in the snow, right? Yes, that's that's what we do. Thank you! You’re welcome.
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