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Lights! Camera! Action! We’re off to the movies. Learn how to talk about seeing a good film in this episode.


Slow dialogue: 0:57

Explanations: 2:37

Fast dialogue: 15:35


Martin: What did you think of that movie?


Joanna: It was okay, but I’m not really into big-budget movies with a lot of special effects and big-name stars.


Martin: Oh, you’re a film snob. I bet you only watch indie films made on a shoestring budget with low production values.


Joanna: No, that’s not true. I just don’t like crowd-pleasers that are predictable. I like movies that stretch the imagination and have some artistic value.


Martin: You mean you like those weird movies with no plot and a lot of strange characters. They’re artsy, but leave you totally confused.


Joanna: I don’t mind some ambiguity, if that’s what you mean.


Martin: Well, I’m going to see the new Spiderboy movie next week. I don’t suppose you want to come?


Joanna: Spiderboy? I’ve been looking forward to seeing that movie.


Martin: But it’s a big-budget blockbuster.


Joanna: I can’t watch artsy films all the time. Variety is the spice of life, don’t you think?


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

Take a look in the mirror and see if you recognize yourself in these descriptions of the beautiful people.


Slow dialog: 1:30

Explanations: 3:18

Fast dialog: 17:55


Pamela: You know that your tongue is hanging out of your mouth, right?


David: That’s because I’ve never seen so many beautiful women in one place before. Why have I never been to this beach before? Look at her! She’s a hottie!


Pamela: Isn’t that what you said about that woman over there?


David: No, I said she’s a babe. Look at the way she sways when she walks.


Pamela: Stop ogling her or her boyfriend or husband is going to come over here.


David: I’m not ogling. I’m admiring the perfection of the female body.


Pamela: You’re undressing her with your eyes. Avert your gaze before you regret it. Oh, wow!


David: What?


Pamela: Check out that guy over there. Hello, Mr. Tall, Dark, and Handsome!


David: That pretty boy over there? He’s too into himself. Look at the way he’s posing so every woman on this beach can get a look at him. He’s nothing but an exhibitionist.


Pamela: And the women you’ve been ogling in the teeny tiny bikinis?


David: Those women? They’re just showing off what God gave them!


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

Do you ever go to the supermarket without finding what you’re looking for? Learn more about it in this episode.


Slow dialog: 1:11

Explanations: 3:17

Fast dialog: 16:18


Stocker: Can I help you find something?


Meg: Yes, I’m looking for coffee.


Stocker: That’s on aisle 3. Let me show you where it is.


Meg: Thanks. Hmm, I don’t see the Jitters brand that I normally buy.


Stocker: It looks like we’re out of stock. We should get another shipment next week.


Meg: Okay, I’ll check back. I’m also looking for the Fructose brand soda, but I didn’t see it in the soda aisle.


Stocker: I’m afraid that’s been discontinued. Their parent company no longer makes soda.


Meg: Really? I love Fructose soda. How about the Mushy brand bread? I didn’t see it when I checked the bread aisle.


Stocker: We no longer stock the Mushy brand. There were so quality control issues at the company, so we’ve pulled all of their products from the shelves. Can I help you find anything else?


Meg: No, I guess I’ll just have to try some new brands. Oh, yes, do you carry Worm organic apples?


Stocker: We normally do, but they’re out of season right now. We won’t have any until early summer.


Meg: All of this shopping and I have nothing to show for it. I guess I’m going home empty-handed.


Stocker: We do have chocolate cakes and cookies on sale.


Meg: I’m there!


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

Topics: Famous Americans – Charles Schultz and Peanuts; The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve; to be pleased to versus to be happy to versus it’s (one’s) pleasure to; to sit versus to seat; willy-nilly


Words:


cartoon

freelance

folks

memoir

tomboy

national park

national preserve

glacier

mine

to designate

volcano

to be pleased to

to be happy to

It’s (one’s) pleasure to

to sit

to seat

willy-nilly

Topics: Famous Americans – Muhammad Ali; The Golden Gate Bridge; valuable versus invaluable; north/south versus northern/southern; common ground and universal experience


Words:

to take up

professionally

agile

to reign

nationalist

social activist

to be drafted

to indict

bridge

strait

fog

precaution

dizziness

valuable

invaluable

north / south

northern / southern

common ground

universal

Topics: Movies – Die Hard; American Authors – Emma Lazarus; in front of versus ahead of versus before; as if versus as though versus as for; to take stock


Words:

to be separated

to give (something) another try

to freshen up

hostage

safe

cowboy

to be descend from

to be well received

to dedicate

to persecute

to huddle

to yearn

in front of

ahead of

before

as if

as though

as for

to take stock