The New Kitchen
Unexpected English!
09/24/19
•6m
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(EP 27) My neighbor has a new kitchen! I made a podcast! I promise it won't be too... BORING... UNINTERESTING... UNEXCITING... MUNDANE...TIRESOME...HO-HUM... or HUMDRUM Let me know what you think on Instagram! Now....... let's listen!
** TRANSCRIPT**
OK so I'm at my neighbors house and he invited me in because he just redid his kitchen and I wanna tell you it's beautiful, it looks beautiful. But I thought maybe you could tell us what was involved. Well, good question. What was involved is uh, a complete demolition of the kitchen area and living room. So, so so you mean you took out a wall. I took out a few walls and some supporting beams that supported the roof. Uh-huh, and now it's all wide-open. Well, I’ll have to get a picture of this too and I can see this, and that looks beautiful. What else we got? Well, then we started on remodeling the kitchen taking everything out that was originally here for the past 65 years and, umm... 65 years? 65 years it was here. Because the house was built in what year? 1963. OK, so it was the original, and he said “Enough is enough, time for a new kitchen!” Very true, because we remodeled the whole house except for the kitchen! So the kitchen was last, but the kitchen is now the best! It is! It flows into one large room, a very open concept, so that you can be here, cook and entertain with everybody in the living room and the dining room area. And we had all new cabinets put in. New cabinets. Well, we put in. And new appliances. New appliances –appliances means what? A stove, an oven, sinks, dishwasher. microwave and a very large refrigerator. Oh so that must've cost you a lot of money! Appliances alone were $9500. OK, so $9500 for new appliances, wow, alright, but it looks nice! Thank you very much! Yeah, so, it, it was just a work in progress -- new tile new -- tile. tile on the floor -- yeah, and the countertops which are quartz countertops, which were $6000 for just the countertops. $6000 of countertops! Are you, like, uh uh a rich guy? I mean, it seem like... I just work hard and save money. OK, so he works hard, saves money, and now he spent it all on a fabulous new kitchen and I'm gonna stop the podcast here so I can take a picture, so you can see the beautiful result. OK, thank you. Alright, thank you very much! ====================
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Unexpected Driver!
September 19, 2019
•4m
(EP 26) This is Unexpected English! She's 15 and 1⁄2! She's learning to drive! [Transcript, including the intro, below]
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**** INTRO Hey everybody and welcome back to another episode of Unexpected English! Your favorite English podcast! That's right! You know what, uhh I don't even believe that myself to be honest. But anyway, this podcast is about driving as maybe you could tell from the intro music, Maybe? I can tell you this about driving in the United States there is no national drivers license every state is different, and so every state has different regulations. For example the age that you can drive or the conditions. For example, who's in the car or what hours of the day can you drive when you are a learner. When you finally get a full license will depend again on the state, because in some states you can get a full driver's license at age 16 1/2 other states you have to be 18. The same for beginning to learn. You can begin to learn to drive as young as 14 1/2 in some states, 15 1/2 in some states... Anyway, if you're interested you can look in Wikipedia. But I think right now we should get right to the podcast. What do you say? OK, here we go! INTERVIEW OK so I was walking through the parking lot and I saw a car with a sign on the side that says student driver. So I thought I would see what was going on. Are you a student driver? Yes. And tell me about this experience. Umm, so I'm 15 1/2 right now I just got my permit the other day, and so... Permit means what? Umm, I... am permitted to drive with an adult who is over 25 years of age with me in the car for six months until I can get my drivers license. OK, so a permit is not like a driver’s license, it's like a first step for as long as there's an adult in the car then you can drive. Yes. And so, who's your teacher here? This is my dad. Actually I have my first driving lesson on September 15 with the teacher. OK so we've got a student driver and we got dad in the car making sure everything is going OK. Are you excited about learning to drive? Umm, I am quite scared but I am really excited. I think driving is really fun, so yeah. I'm really excited. OK well that sounds sounds great I know you're going to have a great... great experience learning to drive and you'll be a great driver, right? Yes! And drive safely, OK? Thank you. Thank you Bye! Follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts to listen to ALL the episodes of your favorite English podcast, Unexpected English!
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Amnesty International
September 30, 2019
•3m
(EP 28) Yes, It's another episode of Unexpected English, the podcast for English learners who want something DIFFERENT!
Short, fun, and totally unexpected!
** Transcript below **
OK so I was walking down the street and I see this dude wearing a yellow vest and it says Amnesty International. So I thought I'd stop and ask him what's going on. Yeah thanks, I really appreciate it. Amnesty International is a for-profit, or a NON-profit organization that’s been operation for 57 years to combat human rights abuses around the world. And we’ve actually got a new program right now that we're running 150 countries... But wait a minute, wait a minute what are YOU doing right now? Oh, I'm canvassing! I'm going door-to-door to get people engaged. it's a grassroots efforts so we can get donors on board to make sure our seven million member strong number gets even bigger, cuz it's gonna take a lot of people to help make that. So, you're saying there are 7 million members now? Yeah, in Amnesty International; we’ve been running for a really long time, so that number has been building for decades. And you're going door-to-door to get more people to sign up? That is correct. And, briefly, what does Amnesty International do? Well, we are the largest human rights organization in the world. We’re fully nonprofit with a seat at the United Nations and our biggest goal right now is to stop human rights abuses for refugees. Refugees... so where... where do we see the biggest problem of the abuse of refugees worldwide. Right now the biggest problem is that I've seen personally are in Venezuela, Israel, Syria. and right here on our southern border. I've seen the southern border stuff, we're right here about 20 minutes away. I've seen border patrol separate kids from their families of my own eyes. And it doesn't look good, does it? It does not, no sir! And that's why we’re out here trying to make a change, because someone's got to look out for them. OK well I appreciate it, I appreciate your time and I wish you the best of luck with your project. Thank you very much!
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