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English as a Second Language (ESL) Podcast - Learn English Online: Episodes

<p>Learn about buying a hat in English in this episode.</p>

<p>Slow dialogue: 1:20
<br />Explanations: 3:15
<br />Fast dialogue: 16:16</p>

<p>Christine: What do you think of this one? </p>

<p>Eric: We’re here to buy hats to protect us from the sun while we’re on vacation. Do you think a ...
<p>Topics: Hip Hop Culture; The New York Stock Exchange; effectiveness versus efficiency; jilted; hence versus thus</p>

<p>Words:
<br />hip hop
<br />DJ
<br />to rap
<br />graffiti
<br />breakdancing / breaking
<br />oppressive
<br />stock exchange
<br />stock
<br />trading floor
<br />NYSE Composite ...
<p>Slow dialogue: 1:43
<br />Explanations: 4:07
<br />Fast dialogue: 18:39</p>

<p>Kyoko: We’re not supposed to be here. I think we should leave and let our real estate agent hold the open house without us looking over her shoulder.</p>

<p>Ernie: We’re not looking over her shoulder. I just ...
<p>Slow dialogue: 1:30
<br />Explanations: 3:17
<br />Fast dialogue: 15:28</p>

<p>Caitland: How are you planning on getting to school and to your job without a car?</p>

<p>Bruno: I’ve got it covered. I have my skateboard. </p>

<p>Caitland: Your skateboard won’t be any use on those dirt ...
<p>Topics: Social networking; government-run lotteries; the use of “on” with the days of the week; to travel in/by; individual versus personal</p>

<p>Words:
<br />social networking
<br />application
<br />post
<br />to keep in touch
<br />privacy
<br />discreet
<br />lottery
<br />scratcher / scratch-it ...
<p>Slow dialogue: 1:20
<br />Explanations: 3:27
<br />Fast dialogue: 13:58</p>

<p>Adrina: So this is your new home office. It’s nice.</p>

<p>Victor: It’s functional, and I like it. When my company decided to lower its overhead by decentralizing, it gave employees the option to work from ...
<p>Slow dialogue: 1:12
<br />Explanations: 3:05
<br />Fast dialogue: 14:52</p>

<p>Giles: Do you really think we’ll be able to renovate this place and turn it into a restaurant?</p>

<p>Julia: It’s not so bad. I know it smells a little stale and musty in here, but all we need to do is air it ...
<p>Topics: The Mormon/LDS Church; school lunches; using “in” or “on” with body parts; fall off versus fall down; a dollar down and a dollar a week</p>

<p>Words:
<br />denomination
<br />angel
<br />revelation
<br />polygamy
<br />mob
<br />to distance (oneself) from
<br />afterlife
<br />tithe
<br ...
<p>Slow dialogue: 1:18
<br />Explanations: 3:26
<br />Fast dialogue: 16:12</p>

<p>Brenda: I have to return these movies in the drop box today or I’ll have late fees. Can I get you anything while I’m out? </p>

<p>Jang: Are you still renting movies from the video store? I use a service that ...
<p>Slow dialogue: 1:07
<br />Explanations: 2:52
<br />Fast dialogue: 15:09</p>

<p>I have always wanted to be a news reporter. When I was about 10 years old, I would write my own news stories and publish them in my own newspaper. In reality, the newspaper was just a piece of paper on which I’d ...
<p>Topics: Ask an American: Watching TV on the Internet; to search versus to look for versus to seek; pushing up daisies; do you have any idea?</p>

<p>Words:
<br />dominant
<br />programming
<br />to turn to (something)
<br />as opposed to
<br />to cut across generational lines
<br />tech-savvy
<br ...
<p>Slow dialogue: 1:36
<br />Explanations: 3:52
<br />Fast dialogue: 16:24</p>

<p>Zoila: I haven’t seen you around lately. What have you been up to?</p>

<p>Leo: My business partners and I have been putting the final touches on our new line of energy drinks. </p>

<p>Zoila: Really? I didn’t ...
<p>Slow dialogue: 1:22
<br />Explanations: 2:52
<br />Fast dialogue: 12:53</p>

<p>Claus: Go home. You need to spend more time with your loved ones before they report you missing. </p>

<p>Marcia: This is the busy season. Do you think I have time to stop to smell the roses when I have work coming ...
<p>Disneyland; government property seizures and auctions; state; on the prowl; pronouncing the vowel “i” and the vowel combinations “ee” and “ea”; time after time</p>

<p>Words:
<br />theme park
<br />ride
<br />fantasy
<br />frontier
<br />to seize
<br />property
<br />tied to
<br />to ...
<p>Slow dialogue: 1:07
<br />Explanations: 2:40
<br />Fast dialogue: 12:00</p>

<p>Fae: Help! I still need to buy a gift for my mother and I can’t seem to think of the perfect present, something that’ll really knock her socks off. </p>

<p>Pablo: Why don’t you just get her a gift certificate ...
<p>Slow dialogue: 1:24
<br />Explanations: 3:30
<br />Fast dialogue: 17:56</p>

<p>Luiz: Where are you going?</p>

<p>Iona: I’m going to the bank to open an account.</p>

<p>Luiz: What kind of account: a savings account, a checking account, or a CD?</p>

<p>Iona: Um, I’m not sure, but I’m ...
<p>Topics: The medical marijuana controversy; Famous Americans: Woody Allen; sky versus skies; meltdown and crack down; less is more/more is less; pronunciations of live</p>

<p>Words:
<br />medical properties
<br />chemotherapy
<br />nausea
<br />appetite
<br />to prescribe
<br />dispensary
<br />cannabis ...
<p>Slow dialogue: 1:32
<br />Explanations: 3:17
<br />Fast dialogue: 15:16</p>

<p>Leslie: This keyboard is so hard to use. I can’t find where anything is!</p>

<p>Dave: It’s a standard QWERTY keyboard. The layout may be a little different, with the function keys on the right-hand side instead ...
<p>Slow dialogue: 1:33
<br />Explanations: 3:06
<br />Fast dialogue: 14:16</p>

<p>Chiu: Come on, slowpoke, hurry up! We’ll never get to the top of the hill if you don’t get a move on.</p>

<p>Sarah: There’s no way you’re going to get me to move at breakneck speed. I’ve gone up at least ...
<p>Topics: Explaining TV show names; Mount McKinley and mountaineering; highest versus tallest; CEO versus CFO versus CIO</p>

<p>Words:
<br />sitcom
<br />scrubs
<br />on the fringe
<br />widow
<br />weed
<br />trek
<br />mountaineering
<br />to climb
<br />peak
<br />route
<br />summit
<br />to stretch
<br ...
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