- Audio Lessons 1301 - 1350
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In the Club
Views #1450 | Intermediate (B2) -
In the Tropics
Views #1349 | Intermediate (B2) -
Single's Day
Views #1348 | Intermediate (B1) -
Commercial Christmas
Views #1347 | Intermediate (B1) -
Living in Melbourne
Views #1346 | Intermediate (B1) -
Weekend Work, Wildlife, and Art
Views #1345 | Intermediate (B1) -
Dallas Buyers Club
Views #1343 | Intermediate (B1) -
Dialed In vs Unplugged
Views #1342 | Intermediate (B2) -
E-Mail Habits
Views #1341 | Intermediate (B2) -
Pet Peeves on the Bus
Views #1339 | Intermediate (B2) -
Brotherly Love
Views #1338 | Intermediate (B2) -
Big Family
Views #1337 | Intermediate (B2) -
Portugal in Comparison
Views #1333 | Intermediate (B1) -
Morning Routine
Views #1331 | Intermediate (B2) -
Student vs Teacher
Views #1329 | Intermediate (B2) -
Living on the Cheap
Views #1326 | Advanced (C1) -
The Gilded Cage
Views #1344 | Intermediate (B1) -
Life Without Cars
Views #1340 | Intermediate (B2) -
Do you play music?
Views #1336 | Intermediate (B1) -
Tacoma is home
Views #1335 | Intermediate (B1) -
Big Neighbor
Views #1334 | Intermediate (B1) -
Family Routine
Views #1322 | Intermediate (B2) -
Best Teacher
Views #1330 | Intermediate (B2) -
Ocean Encounters
Views #1328 | Intermediate (B1) -
Paddle Board
Views #1327 | Intermediate (B2) -
Slow Travel
Views #1325 | Advanced (C1) -
Where to work in Asia
Views #1324 | Advanced (C1) -
Business in Bali
Views #1323 | Advanced (C1) -
The Stubborn Recovery
Views #1322 | Intermediate (B2) -
Car Smash Ups
Views #1321 | Intermediate (B2) -
Shockingly Different
Views #1320 | Intermediate (B2) -
First Memories of Canada
Views #1319 | Intermediate (B2) -
Island Beauty vs City Fun
Views #1318 | Intermediate (B2) -
You know a good place?
Views #1315 | Intermediate (B1) -
The Big Five
Views #1314 | Intermediate (B1) -
The Zoologist
Views #1313 | Intermediate (B1) -
Sun, Sea, and Skin
Views #1312 | Advanced (C1) -
Sun vs Snow
Views #1311 | Advanced (C1) -
Homegrown Foreigner
Views #1310 | Intermediate (B2) -
Going Home
Views #1309 | Intermediate (B2) -
Saving for the Future
Views #1308 | Intermediate (B2) -
Money Matters
Views #1307 | Intermediate (B2) -
Surving the Wild
Views #1306 | Intermediate (B2) -
Vision Quest
Views #1305 | Intermediate (B2) -
Travel Tips For Portugal
Views #1304 | Intermediate (B1) -
Life in Portugal
Views #1303 | Intermediate (B1) -
Change Climage Change
Views #1302 | Advanced (C1) -
Climate Change
Views #1301 | Advanced (C1)
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The Zoologist
Michael talks about his mother and why they had lots of animals around the house.
Ana: Hey, Michael. I heard your mom is a zoologist. What is it exactly?
Mike: A zoologist. Well, that's true. She is a zoologist. So a zoologist is someone who studies animals.
Ana: Oh, interesting. So does she study all animals or does she focus on a specific animal?
Mike: Well, she's worked at universities studying animals for a long time. So she's worked on many different kinds of animals. But at the moment, she is studying South African tortoises.
Ana: Oh, interesting. Do you have any tortoises in your house?
Mike: Yeah. Actually, we have more than 40 tortoises in our garden.
Ana: More than 40. Wow.
Mike: Yes. People are always very surprised when they visit and they see all our tortoises.
Ana: So, do you know a lot about tortoises as well?
Mike: I don't know very much about them but I mean, my mom has always got them around at the house or she's often busy with some sort of tortoise's related activity. And so sometimes, as a high school kid, I got home and she would have a tortoise that – a pregnant tortoise, a female tortoise with eggs inside. And in order to monitor these eggs, she would have it in a bath of water with an ultrasound scanner and a screen up on the dining room table.
Ana: Wow. That is really interesting.
Mike: I had a very interesting childhood with all of these animals and things around the house.
Ana: Oh, that's great. Did you have any other pets?
Mike: Yes. We've always had a couple of dogs and I like cats. So I've got my pet cat at home.
Ana: Wow. That's really interesting.
zoologist
I heard your mom is a zoologist.
A zoologist is a scientist that studies and cares for animals. Notice the following:
- As a child I wanted to be a zoologist.
- Not all zoologists work in a zoo.
focus on
Does she focus on a specific animal?
When you focus on something, you attend to it more closely than other things. Notice the following:
- This term we will focus on Eurepean History.
- He needs to focus more on his work than partying.
tortoise
Do you have any tortoises in your house?
A tortoise is a reptile similar to a turtle. Notice the following:
- A famous fable is the tortoise and the hare.
- We saw sea tortoises on our dive.
monitor
We need to monitor these eggs.
When you monitor something, you watch it carefully. Notice the following:
- My job is to monitor the students as they take tests.
- All babies are monitored closely by the nurses.
ultrasound scanner
She would monitor it with an ultrasound scanner
An ultrasound is an image created by sound waves. A scanner is a device that captures information. Notice the following:
- All pregnant woman get an ultrasound scan.
- An ultrasound scanner lets you see inside a person.
Vocabulary Quiz
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