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The Weekend-Boxing(C0120)A:Welcome back,boxing fans!My name is Rick Fields,and here with me is the man with an iron jaw,Bob Copeland.B:Thank you,Rick!We are coming to you live from Las Vegas!We’re in the beautiful MGM Grand Hotel and Casino where the world heavyweight championship is about to get under way!A:That’s right Bob!We are about to witness the legendary Italian Stallion himself,Rocky Balboa, square off against his lifetime rival,Apollo Creed!This will be a gruesome match for sure.B:Bothﬁghters are in the ring,and we are about to begin.C:In the blue corner,weighing in at two hundred and twenty pounds,the former heavyweight cham-pion of the world,”The Master of Disaster”,the one and only,Apollo Creed!In the red corner, weighing two hundred and eighteen pounds and with a record of forty-seven wins and thirty-seven knockouts,the undefeated,undisputed,heavy-weight champion of the world,the”Italian Stal-lion”,Rocky Balboa!A:There is the bell and thisﬁght is underway!Apollo quickly attacks Rocky with quick strong jabs!Rocky dodges successfully and counterat-tacks with a strong right hook!B:Apollo is cut!Rocky landed a strong blow to his right eyebrow and cut him!A:This is his chance!Rocky quickly throws a left, right,another left!Apollo is getting pounded!B:Apollo recovers with a powerful haymaker and catches Rocky off guard!He’s down!the ref starts the count!C:1,2,3,4,5,.....Key Vocabularygruesome Adjective causes horror or disgust square off principleverb,presentsimpleto prepare toﬁghtland principleverb,presentsimplelanddodges principleverb,presentsimple avoid being hit by somethingpounded principleverb,pastsimplehit hard multiple times Supplementary Vocabularymouth guard commonnoun,sin-gular a plastic protective piece placed inside the mouth to protect the teethtrunks commonnoun,plu-ral shorts worn for swim-ming or athleticsjock strap commonnoun,sin-gular an elasticated belt with a pouch to support the genitals,worn by male athleteshead butt commonnoun,sin-gular a quick strong blow with the headlow blow commonnoun,sin-gular an ilegal blow below the waist。

englishpod C0013 中英文翻译版带关键词汇

The Office - Out Of Control Spending (C0013)A: OK, so now the last point on our agenda. Jill, let’s go over the profit and loss statement.B: Great. Well, the main issue here, as you can see, is that our expenses are through the roof.A: Let’s see... These numbers are off the charts!What’s going on here!B: Well, um, sir, the company expenditures on en- tertainment and travel are out of control. Look at these bills for example. Just this month we’ve paid over twenty thousand dollars for hotel charges!A: OK, thank you. I’ll look into it.B: The list goes on and on. Here, this is a bill for five thousand dollars for spa treatments!A: Thank you; that will be all. I’ll take care of it.B: Look at this one sir, eight thousand dollars were spent in one night at a place called ”WildThings”?!A: OK, I get it!! Thank you for your very thorough analysis!Key Vocabularygo over phrase revise, checkthrough theroofphrase suddenly very highoff the charts phrase very highexpenditures commonnoun, plu-ral amount of money spent on somethingout of control phrase not in controllook into principleverb, WillFuture investigate, try to get information about somethinggo on and on phrase continuestake care of principleverb, WillFuturedo something about Supplementary Vocabularyrevenue commonnoun, non-variable cash flow commonnoun, non-variable amount of money paid to a businessthe movement of money into and out of a busi- nessthe bottom line phrase the net profit; theamount of money abusiness m akes a fter e x-pensesfinances commonnoun, non-variable the amount of money you have and how well it is organizedincome commonnoun, non-variable assets commonnoun, plu-ral the amount of money a person or a company makesthings of value that are owned by a companyA：好的，所以现在是我们最后一项议程。

englishpod_C0010中英文翻译版带关键词汇

englishpod_C0010中英⽂翻译版带关键词汇The Office - Driving Sales (C0010)A: All right, people. We’re holding this meeting to- day because we’ve got to do something about oursales, and we need to do it NOW! I want concretesolutions. How do you plan/intend to drive sales...Roger?B: Well, in fact, we’re the most expensive in the mar- ket, so maybe we need to lower our prices tomatch the competitors?A: Lower our prices? Not very creative. It’ll never fly with Swan. What kind of thinking is that? Geez. Anybody else have a better plan? Natalie?C: Um, perhaps, um, a sales promotion. Maybe a two-for-one offer, or something like that!A: What? That’s the same thing. Bad idea. Really bad idea. Dammit people come on! Think! TheCEO will be here any minute.D: Do we have any ideas yet?C: Yes Mr. Swan, we were kind of considering a two- for-one offer to get more competitive.D: A two-for-one promotion? Hmm. I kind of like the sound of that. It sounds like something we should consider. A: Yeah, exactly. Just what I was thinking! In fact, that’s a brillia nt idea! I’m glad we thought of that.Very creative.Key Vocabularyconcrete solu- tions phrase a real or specific solu-tion to a problemdrive sales Preposition increase sales in the market phrase in the industryto match the competitors principleverb, infini-tivebe the as good as orbetter than others com-panies in the same in-dustrywill never fly phrase will not work, will notbe approved promotion phrase something done tomake people aware of aproductbe here anyminutephrase will arrive very soonto consider principleverb, infini-tivethinking about brilliant Adjective excellent Supplementary Vocabularycompetitive Adjective as good as or betterthan others of the sametypewin sales phrase make sales sucessfullysales strategy phrase plans for a company’ssales activitiessales cycle phrase the process a customergoes though when de-ciding to buy a productto outsell principleverb, infini-tiveto sell more than otherscustomer loy- alty phrase when a customer buysthe same brand overand overA：好了，各位。

Englishpod 脚本_文本_讲解_主持人对话 0001

0001 - Difficult Customer***M:EnglishPod! My name is Marco.A:I’m Amira.M:And Amira and I are here today with a great,A: Fantastic.M:Great. Okay, it’s clear.A:M:Coke and fries.great lesson for you.A:Yes, we are.M:Todaywe’regonnabetalkingabouta restaurant. Amira, why don’t you give us a little bit more details?A:Well,we’retalkingaboutasituationina restaurantandtwopeopleareinvolved–the waiterandthecustomer.AndIdon’twannasay anymore.M:Okay, don’t say anymore, let’s just listen to this dialogue and we’ll be back later to explain it.DIALOGUE, FIRST TIMEA:Oh-oh, what a waiter?M:Whatawaiter?Heisreallyangryatthis customerandIcan’tbla mehim,Iwouldbeangry too.A:Yeah,so,I’veseenMarcoyouhavechosensome interesting expressions for us here. What is the first one?M:Well, the first one is I’m still working on it. A:I’m still working on it.M:I’m still working on it.A:I’m still working on it.M:Whydon’twelistentosomeother examplesonhowyoucanusethiswordand Example one.A:Did you finish reading the magazine? B:I’m still working it.Example two.C:Did you fix my car?D:I’m still working on it.M:Hm.A:Uh, so, you could say “I’m still working on it”means…M:I still need more time.A:Coke and fries.M:Cokeandfries.It’sashortwayofsaying“Coca-Cola and French fries”. A:So, that’s basically America’s fast food.M:Yeah. Burger, coke and fries.A:Okay.M:Hehe.A:What’s next on the menu?M:A:Complimentary glass of wine.M:Complimentary glass of wine.A:Complimentary means…M:That it’s free.A:Free.M:Yes.A:We love that, ha?M:Yeah, we definitely like free things.A:Well,um,Ihaveanotheroneforushere,another interesting phrase–I’ll go with.M: I’ll go with.A:I’ll gowith.M:I’ll go with.A:So, basically, it’s another way of saying “I’mchoosing”.M:Yeah, I’ll choose or I’ll take.A:I’ll take.M:Uhu.A:Okay, very good.M:Alright, the next word that I wanna take alook at is grab. A:Grab.M:Grab.A:Grab.M:Example one.A:On your way home can you grab some milk? Example two.B:Wait for me please, I need to grab my coat.Example two.C:Let’s grab a cup of coffee.A:Alright,well,Iwouldunderstandthatgofrequencyandthatmeansthatyoucanusethe m everyday in your practical life.M:A:So, thank you very much for listening, we’llgrab means go get quickly.M:To go get quickly, yeah.A:Yeah. Alright everyone, so, now it’s time tolisten one more time to the dialogue and listencarefully and try to understand why the waiterdoesn’t like the customer. Let’s listen.DIALOGUE, SECOND TIMEA:Marco, why did this waiter get angry at thecustomer?M:Well, he basically wasted the waiter’s time.notverypoliteandhe’saskingallthesequestions, in the end he just gets up and says“Uh, I’ll just go grab a burger across the street”. A:Yeah, and I also think that this guy was a lot more casual than the place he was in, right? M:Yeah, yeah, I think it was a nice, uh, fancy restaurant,so,Ithinkhewasinthewrong place.A:Yeah, so, how many times, Marco, tell me do you really have fast food a week?M:Fastfood,let’ssee,uh,Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday… no, I’m just kidding.A:Oh my God.M:No,no,um,IthinkIgetfastfoodmaybe onceaweek…onceortwiceaweek.Alright, talkingabout fast food mademe hungry,so,I thinkI’mgonnagograbsomethingtoeatmyself.A:Yeah, me too.M:Alright, I hope you guys enjoyed the lessontoday and rember that all of this vocabularyis useful for your everyday needs.A:Yes,well,actuallyhereinEnglishPodwefocusonphrasesandwordsthatarehighbebacktomorrowwithanothergreatlessonfo r you, so, until then…Bye!M:Bye!。

Englishpod脚本_文本_讲解_主持人对话0001

Englishpod脚本_文本_讲解_主持人对话00010001 - Difficult Customer***M: Hello English learners and welcome to EnglishPod! My name is Marco.A: I’m Amira.M: And Amira and I are here today with a great, great lesson for you.A: Yes, we are.M: Today we’re gonna be talking about a restaurant. Ami ra, why don’t you give us a little bit more details?A: Well, we’re talking about a situation in a restaurant and two people are involved –the waiter and the customer. And I don’t wanna say anymore.M: Okay, don’t say anymore, let’s just listen to this di alogue and we’ll be back later to explain it.DIALOGUE, FIRST TIMEA: Oh-oh, what a waiter?M: What a waiter? He is really angry at this customer and I can’t blame him, I would be angry too.A: Yeah, so, I’ve seen Marco you have chosen some interesting expressions for us here. What is the first one?M: Well, the first one is I’m still working on it. A: I’m still working on it.M: I’m still working on it.A: I’m still working on it.M: Why don’t we listen to some other examples on how you can use this word and then we’ll come back and explain it?Example one.A: Did you finish reading the magazine?B: I’m still working it.Example two.C: Did you fix my car?D: I’m still working on it.M: Hm.A: Uh, so, you could say “I’m still working on it” means…M: I still need more time. A: Fantastic.M: Great. Okay, it’s clear.A: I have another one for you guys, it’s a phrase commonly used and you’ll hear it all the tim e – coke and fries.M: Coke and fries.A: Coke and fries.M: Coke and fries. It’s a short way of sayin g “Coca-Cola and French fries”.A: So, that’s basically America’s fast food.M: Yeah. Burger, coke and fries.A: Okay.M: Hehe.A: What’s next on the men u?M: On the menu we have a complimentary glass of wine.A: Complimentary glass of wine.M: Complimentary glass of wine.A: Compli mentary means…M: That it’s free.A: Free.M: Yes.A: We love that, ha?M: Yeah, we definitely like free things.A: Well, um, I have another one for us here, anotherinteresting phrase –I’ll go with.M: I’ll go with.A: I’ll go with.M: I’ll go with.A: So, basically, it’s another way of saying “I’m choosing”.M: Yeah, I’ll choose or I’ll take.A: I’ll take.M: Uhu.A: Okay, very good.M: Alright, the next word that I wanna take a look at is grab.A: Grab.M: Grab.A: Grab.M: Ok ay, now let’s listen to some other examples of how we could use grab in different situations and then we’ll come back andexplain it.Example one.A: On your way home can you grab some milk? Example two.B: Wait for me please, I need to grab my coat. Example two.C: Let’s grab a cup of coffee.A: Alright, well, I would understand that go grab means go get quickly.M: To go get quickly, yeah.A: Yeah. Alri ght everyone, so, now it’s time to listen one more time to the dialogue and listen carefully and try to understand why the waiter doesn’t like the customer. Let’s listen. DIALOGUE, SECOND TIMEA: Marco, why did this waiter get angry at the customer?M: Wel l, he basically wasted the waiter’s time.I mean this guy comes into the restaurant, he is not very poli te and he’s asking all these questions, in the end he just gets up and says “Uh, I’ll just go grab a burger across the street”. A: Yeah, and I also think that this guy was a lot more casual than the place he was in, right? M: Yeah, yeah, I think it was a nice, uh, fancy restaurant, so, I think he was in the wrong place.A: Yeah, so, how many times, Marco, tell me do you really have fast food a week?M: Fast food, let’s see, uh, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday… no, I’m just kidding.A: Oh my God.M: No, no, um, I think I get fast food maybe once a week… once or twice a week. Alright, talking about fast food made me hungry, so, I think I’m gonna go grab somethi ng to eat myself.A: Yeah, me too.M: Alright, I hope you guys enjoyed the lesson today and remember that all of this vocabulary is useful for your everyday needs.A: Yes, well, actually here in EnglishPod we focus on phrases and words that are high frequency and that means that you can use them everyday in your practical life.M: Exactly, and be sure to go to our website at /doc/f4f2fbbcfab069dc502201e7.html where you can find many other resources and you can leave your questions and comment at our community forum.A: So, thank you very much for listening, we’ll be back tomorrow with another great lesson for you, so, until then… Bye!M: Bye!。

Big English Book3 Unit2

Big English Book3 Unit2----In our communityLesson 1 Teaching PlanTheme:communityContent objective(s):Students will acquire information about what are different kinds of workplaces like in our community and related occupations.Language objective(s):Students will learn to talk about occupations and workplaces.21st century skills:Social SkillsMedia LiteracyThe Grateful MouseA lion was sleeping in the field. Suddenly, something fell on the lion's body."who dares to wake me up from my sleep?"The lion jumped up and looked around. However, there was only a small mouse trembling.The lion held the mouse with his paw."You little mouse, you dare to wake me. I'll swallow you up."The mouse trembled and said,"Mr.lion, please forgive me . I slipped......""quiet!""If you spare me ,l'll repay you. The lion was surprised."ha, ha,ha,how will a little mouse like you repay me?""I meant it, I'll repay you.""ha, ha, ha, what a funny fellow. Fine, I'll forgive you.But,don't talk about repaying me,or l'll eat you up."The lion was so amazed at what the mouse said,he let the mouse go.One day, a large cry was heard in the woods. The lion was caught in a hunter's net."oh, I'm going to die now. I can't believe I'm going to die like this. "The mouse appeared in front of the lion. The mouse began gnawing at the net.The net broke and the lion was free."Are you alright,Mr.lion?""Hey,you are that mouse.""I told you, I would definitely repay you. You should not look down on me because I am small. The lion shamefully hung his head.The story implies that we should appreciate what we’ve got in our life no matter how ordinary they are.Have students learn that each profession has its value and we should appreciate their hard work ,which can build trust and good feelings among members of the community.Teaching Procedure。

englishpod_C0112

Daily Life-Dr.Plumber(C0112)A:Good afternoon!Did you call for a plumber?B:Y es,yes I did.Please come in!I’m so glad you came!This old house is falling apart!Come on into the bathroom.See,here,there’s water leak-ing everywhere!A:I see.Let me have a look.It seems that your toilet is clogged,and that’s why it won’tﬂush.Let me just get my plunger.No,that’s not working either.I suspect that there’s some sort of foreign object in the pipes that’s causing a blockage.That’s what’s making your toilet overﬂow.B:Oh,that must be because of my four-year-old daughter.She is alwaysﬂushing things down the toilet.Y ou know how kids are.A:Y eah,I have a little one myself.Anyway,these water pipes are really rusty,so they also should be changed.That could be causing water to not drain completely;that might lead to more prob-lems in the future.I would also suggestﬁxing this faucet that isn’t shutting off properly.I could have it allﬁnished by today if it’s urgent.B:That would be great!Is it expensive?A:Let’s see...I would say about eight hundred dol-lars.B:What?That’s more than I make in a day and I’ma heart surgeon!Key Vocabularyclog verb slowly forming a blockin somethingblockage commonnoun,sin-gular something that stops another thing from passing throughshut off verb to cause a machine tostop operatingfalling apart phrase slowly breakleak verb liquid or gas escap-ing from its containterthroughplumber commonnoun,sin-gularplumberﬂush verb to cause water to cleana toiletplunger commonnoun,sin-gular a tool for unclogging toiletssuspect verb have an idea about thereason for something foreign Adjective something that doesn’tbelongoverﬂow verb toﬂow over the edge ofsomethingrusty Adjective covered with a reddishbrown colordrain verb to remove liquid fromsomething by letting itﬂowfaucet commonnoun,sin-gular a device that controls theﬂow that comes out ofshutting off verb to cause a machine tostop operating Supplementary Vocabularypump commonnoun,sin-gular a machine that moves liquid from one place to anotherburst verb break apart suddenlytap commonnoun,sin-gular the part of the sink that water comes out ofappliance commonnoun,sin-gular an electric machine with a special purposeﬂood verb water coming into aplace where it shouldn’t。

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Elementary ‐Daily Life ‐Cleaning the House (C0012)M: Hello everyone! And welcome back to EnglishPod! My name is Marco.E: I‟m Erica.M: And today we have a great intermediate lesson for you.E: That‟s right, we‟ve got some excellent real English for you all about cleaning the house.M: Cleaning the house, that‟s a real life situation, so, we‟re gonna give you real English.E: Exactly, so, on today‟s lesson we‟re gonna look at language about cleaning the house. We‟r e also going to learn a few phrases that you can use if you wanna ask someone for help and maybe if you‟re a little bit lazy like me…M: Hehe.E: A phrase or two to avoid doing work. Okay, well, let‟s get started then with our “vocabulary preview”.Voice: Vocabulary preview.M: Alright, great, we have two great words for you today. Erica, why don‟t tell us the first one?E: The first word is such a mess.M: Such a mess.E: Such a mess.M: So, when something is a mess…E: It‟s dirty.M: Yeah, or things are everywhere.E: Disorganized.M: Yeah, so, you know, you have your clothes on the floor and your shoes on…E: Okay, so, that sounds a lot like my desk at work.M: Hehe. Your shoes on your desk, yeah, I‟ve seen that; I‟ve been wanting to ask you about that.E: Hehe. Okay, such a mess – really, really dirty.M: Okay, now let‟s take a look at our second word – chores.E: Chores.M: Chores.E: Chores.M: Chores is a really common word for…E: Things you have to do around the house.M: Like, for example, laundry…E: Or making the bed.M: Or when you have to take out the garbage.E: Those are all examples of chores.M: Chores, yeah. I guess everyone can remember when they were kids, they had chores to do.E: Yeah, when I was a kid, it was my chore to chop wood.M: Chop wood?E: Yeah!M: That‟s a great chore. Playing with an axe.E: Hehe. Maybe if you‟re a boy, but for a girl it was not so great.M: Uh, that‟s why you‟re so strong and fit.E: Yeah. Hehe.M: Alright, so, let‟s listen to our dialogue for the first time.It‟s gonna be kind of fast.E: But don‟t worry if you miss something, because we‟ll explain all of the important language afterwards.DIALOGUE, FIRST TIMEE: Oh my God, Marco, what happened there?M: An explosion.E: We love a good explosion here at EnglishPod.M: We‟re gonna give you as many explosions as possible. Hehe.E: Okay.M: Alright, so, let‟s take a look at our “language takeaway”.Voice: Language takeaway.E: So, …language takeaway‟ is the part of our lesson where we teach you what we think are some really important words that are found in the dialogue.M: Exactly, and we have three really important words in our dialogue today, so, let‟s start with the first one.E: Tidy up.M: Tidy up.E: Tidy up.M: So, to tidy up means to…E: Put things in their correct spot.M: Right, so, put the shoes on the floor.E: Yeah.M: Take them off…E: Get the shoes off my desk.M: Exactly, so, tidy up – organize things a little bit.E: Yeah, put things away.M: Okay, let‟s take a look at our second word now – spotless.E: Spotless.M: Spotless.E: Spotless.M: So, when you want something to be spotless…E: You want it to be really clean.M: Really clean, not a spot of dirt on it.E: Like your desk.M: Exactly, my desk is spotless.E: My desk is not spotless.M: He he. Alright, great word. Now let‟s take a look at our last word for language takeaway – mall.E: Mall.M: Mall.E: M-A-L-L, mall.M: Mall, yeah. It‟s a strange sounding word.E: It is a little bit funny sounding, but it basically means a large building with many shops inside, many different stores inside.M: Right. Now, in British English you would say shopping center.E: Yeah, I think that‟s a little bit more common, but in American English we say mall.M: Mall. Great, so, now it‟s time in our show to look at “putting it together”. Voice: Putting it together.E: Okay, so, in …putting it together‟ we take a word from the dialogue and we show you how to use this word in real English, so, we give you a couple of examples of how this particular word can be used.M: Exactly, so, the word that we have for today is groceries.E: Groceries.M: Groceries.E: Groceries.M: Erica, why don‟t you tell us what groceries are all about?E: So, groceries are all of the food items that you need to buy at the supermarket, so, like your bread and milk and meat and…M: Vegetables.E: Exactly.M: All that stuff.E: Those are all groceries.M: Okay, so, let‟s listen to some examples on how we use this phrase. Voice: Example one.A: There’s no milk. Can you go to the grocery stor e?Voice: Example two.B: Here’s the grocery list. I need all of these things, so that I can cook dinner tonight. Don’t forget anything.Voice: Example three.C: I hate grocery shopping. I can never find what I’m looking for.M: Okay, great examples. We heard some really interesting combinations, right? E: Yeah, we hard grocery store.M: Which is where you buy your groceries.E: Exactly, grocery shopping.M: Buying all your groceries. Hehe.E: Hehe. And grocery list.M: Um, where you have all the items that you need to buy.E: A list of everything you need to buy.M: Exactly.E: You know, grocery store, I think this is quite a common word in Canada. M: Probably in North America.E: Yeah, do you say grocery store in America?M: Well, if it‟s a small one.E: Really, so…M: Like a small store.E: In Canada I say grocery store for even like a supermarket.M: Really?E: Yeah.M: I guess, mm, I would say supermarket for a large one and grocery store for a little corner shop.E: All of these little differences in American and Canadian English.M: Hehe.E: Okay, I think it‟s time for us to listen to our dialogue another time, this time it‟ll be a little bit slower.DIALOGUE, SECOND TIME (slow)M: Okay, great stuff. Love hearing that explosion, that vacuum just is a bomb. E: Yeah.M: Hehe.E: In this dialogue there was some really interesting language that you can use if you don‟t wanna do any chores in a house.M: Exactly, so, it‟s time now for “fluency builder”.Voice: Fluency builder.E: You know, …fluency builder‟ is a part of our show that we use to take a common phrase or a word that you already know and show you how to express that idea more fluently and more naturally.M: Exactly, so, let‟s take a look at our first idea that we want to explain.E: Let’s say you‟re watching TV like the woman in this dialogue and your husband wants you to help him do the chores and you say “No, I‟m busy”. M: Right, or “I‟m doing something”.E: Those are two great expressions, but we heard something a little bit different in the dialogue.Phrase 1: I’m in the middle of something right now. I’m in the middle of something right now.M: Yeah, that phrase is great. It means she‟s busy, she‟s doing something.E: Yeah, I’m in the middle of something.M: Yeah.E: And so, Marco, you can tell us about our next phrase.M: Okay, well, now suppose that you want to say, you‟ll be there soon.E: You might say “I‟ll be there soon” or…M: “I‟m coming”.E: Exactly.M: But in our dialogue we heard something a little bit different, let‟s listen. Phrase 2: I’ll be there in a second. I’ll be there in a second.M: So, this is a more natural way of saying “I‟ll be there very soon”.E: Yeah, you know what, I think I use this phrase almost every day, I’ll be there in a second.M: Yeah, yeah, it‟s really common.E: Yeah, it means I‟ll be there really fast.M: Yes.E: Okay, so, our final item today in fluency builder, um, is a great phrase that helps you say the idea “Could you” or “Would you”.M: Right or “Can you”.E: Yeah, so, “Can you sweep the floor”, “Could you sweep the floor”.M: But in the dialogue we heard something that‟s a little bit different.Phrase 3: Why don’t you clean the floors and I’ll go to the supermarket? Why don’t you clean the floors and I’ll go to the supermarket?M: Great, so, this is mor e natural and it‟s giving a suggestion.E: Yeah, it‟s sort of a polite way of asking someone to clean the floors.M: Right, it‟s a really good and polite way of saying it, yeah, I would agree on that. This was fluency builder, now we are ready to listen to our dialogue again at its normal speed.E: And this time you‟ll understand a lot better.DIALOGUE, THIRD TIMEE: Um, has… has this ever happened to you as your vacuum cleaner exploded in your house?M: Well, not a big explosion like this one.E: Not so dramatically.M: Yeah, not so dramatically, but, ah, I‟ve had this happen to me before, yeah. And dust everywhere and it‟s just… it‟s a mess. You don‟t wanna have…E: You know, this word vacuum, um, is really… a very American word.M: Yeah, vacuum. Vacuum the rug, vacuum the carpet.E: Yeah, vacuum cleaner. In the UK what do they say?M: Hoover.E: Hoover.M: Yeah, hoover.E: Hoover the rug.M: Hoover the rug. Which is interesting, because it‟s actually a brand.E: Yeah?M: So, I guess it‟s kind of like American English you say “Pass me a kleenex”. E: Oh, that‟s true.M: That would be like a tissue.E: Yeah.M: So, I guess they say “Hoover the rug” or “Hoover the house”, yeah.E: Wow.M: Hehe.E: You know, I really love these small differences in meaning that we have between American English and British English.M: Yeah, it‟s… it‟s fun, okay.Well, another interesting thing about this is that the man was doing the house work.E: I know.M: He‟s a househusband.E: Yeah, so, he‟s the one doing all the chores in the house.M: Yeah, that‟s… well, that‟s the new trend now. Now it‟s more popular for men to stay home and take care of the babies and clean the house.E: Yeah, like when I was growing up, my dad would take out the garbage and that was it.M: Hehe.E: Hehe. My mom had to do everything else, but now I think it‟s becoming a lot more common in… especially in North America for the household chores to be divided between the man and the wife equally.M: Yeah, I think it‟s fair, it‟s fair.E: Me too, yeah.M: Yeah.E: You‟d make a good husband, Marco.M: Hehe. That‟s what they say, but they haven‟t married me yet.E: Hehe. Okay.M: Alright, well, we‟re out of time folks, be sure to log on to our community website and you can leave all your comments and maybe all the househusbands out there can give us their feedback on what they think about this.E: Yeah, so, check us out at and thanks for listening today, everyone, until next time, this Marco and Erica saying…。

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Global View-Forex(C0233)
A:Hey John!I haven’t seen you in ages!What’s new?What have you been up to?
B:Pete!Nice to see you Well,on top the norm,you know,wife and kids and work,I’ve actually gotten into doing some trading.
A:Trading?Y ou,big guy?What are you trading? B:Currencies.
A:Currencies?As in Euros,Dollars,Pounds and Rupees?
B:It’s called Forex.Foreign Exchange.The great thing about it is that I don’t have to invest a huge amount.I put in a margin deposit and then I can buy and sell up to100times that much!
A:I don’t understand.Y ou’re buying and selling money?
B:Y ou got it!Just last night I made USD150!
A:Last night?
B:Y eah!It’s a24hour market!I had bought some RMB earlier at a low asking price but last night it
appreciated drastically so I made a split second
decision and sold all my RMB at an amazing bid!
I’ve also done some trading with CHF and AUD
and HKD.I’ve made some good proﬁts but I’ve
also suffered some losses.It depends on a lot
of factors just like any other market.In total I’ve
made about USD500in the past few months.
A:Y ou’re kidding!I’m on!Where do I sign up?
Key Vocabulary
norm N something is usual or
expected
Currency N the money that a coun-
try uses
margin deposit P he sum of money re-
quired to reinstate
drastically R taking eﬀect rapidly
split sec-ond A very quickly;just a sec-
ond
bid N an oﬀer to pay a partic-
ular amount of money Supplementary Vocabulary
depreciate V decrease in the value of
a currency in response
to market demands spread N the diﬀerence between
the bid and the ask for
a given currency pair
OTC (over the counter) market P a market that has no
central exchange so ex-
changes are done inter-
bank between two par-
ties
speculative A buying and selling in
the hope of making a
proﬁt,rather than for
some business-related
need
base cur-rency N the currency in which
the investor buys or
sells。