- Audio Lessons 151 - 200
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Tacos
Views #200 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Colors
Views #199 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Spain and Japan
Views #198 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
The Commute
Views #197 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Twins
Views #196 | Mid-Intermediate 5 -
Boxing Day
Views #195 | Mid-Intermediate 5 -
Lost and Found
Views #194 | High-Beginner 3 -
The Perfect Day
Views #193 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Traveling
Views #192 | High-Beginner 3 -
Turkiye
Views #191 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
The Gift
Views #190 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
The Date
Views #189 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Hiking
Views #188 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
The Spider
Views #187 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
The Accident
Views #186 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Memories of Grandfather
Views #185 | High-Beginner 3 -
Likes, Interests, and Abilities
Views #184 | High-Beginner 3 -
Cooking
Views #183 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Girl Scouts
Views #182 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Ghosts
Views #181 | High-Beginner 3 -
Newspapers
Views #180 | Mid-Intermediate 5 -
Lawyers
Views #179 | Mid-Intermediate 5 -
Life Overseas
Views #178 | Mid-Intermediate 5 -
Abilities
Views #177 | Mid-Beginner 2 -
Giving Blood
Views #176 | Mid-Intermediate 5 -
Hurricane Andrew
Views #175 | Low Intermediate 4 -
Adjectives - Opposites
Views #174 | Mid Intermediate 5 -
Reading Strategy
Views #173 | Low Intermediate 4 -
Airplane Job
Views #172 | Mid Intermediate 5 -
The Big Change
Views #171 | Low Intermediate 4 -
Meet Nanju
Views #170 | High-Beginner 3 -
Good English
Views #169 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Cricket
Views #168 | High-Beginner 3 -
Reading
Views #167 | High-Beginner 3 -
Norway
Views #166 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Fruit
Views #165 | High-Beginner 3 -
Teen Years
Views #164 | High-Beginner 3 -
Dream Job
Views #163 | High-Intermediate 6 -
Post Office
Views #162 | High-Beginner 3 -
Recipe
Views #161 | High-Beginner 3 -
Norwegian Summer
Views #160 | High-Beginner 3 -
Favorite Fruit
Views #159 | Mid-Beginner 2 -
Favorite Place
Views #158 | High-Beginner 3 -
Fears
Views #157 | Mid-Beginner 2 -
Winter Sports
Views #156 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Adelaide
Views #155 | High-Beginner 3 -
Handy Man
Views #154 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Manchester
Views #153 | High-Beginner 3 -
House Description
Views #152 | High-Beginner 3 -
Hong Kong
Views #151 | High-Beginner 3
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Abilities
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Sophie
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Todd
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Todd: Hello!
Sophie: Hello!
Todd: OK. We're going to talk about things you can do.
Sophie: OK.
Todd: Can you cook?
Sophie: Yes, I can cook.
Todd: OK. What can you cook?
Sophie: I cooked. I can cook cakes. I cooked fish last night with vegetables.
Todd: Oh, nice! Was it good?
Sophie: Yeah, it was nice. It was good.
Todd: OK. Can you speak any foreign languages?
Sophie: No I can't.
Todd: No! Did you study any in high school or anything?
Sophie: I did for a few years but I need to study more.
Todd: OK, well, what, what did you study?
Sophie: I did French for awhile, and German, but that was about it.
Todd: Yeah, those are tough. that's tough pronunciation. Yeah. Can you fix things?
Sophie: Yeah I'm quite practical. I can fix things?
Todd: OK. What can you fix?
Sophie: I can fix, I can change a car tire.
Todd: Wow! That's good.
Sophie: Fix a flat tire. Um..I can fix a bike.
Todd: OK, nice. And you're a farmer girl.
Sophie: Yeah.
Todd: Now, you're Australian so I have to ask. Can you surf?
Sophie: No, I can't.
Todd: Really!
Sophie: No, I can't.
Todd: Oh, wow! That's, that's rare.
Sophie: I know. I've tried. It's actually more difficult that it looks.
Todd: Yeah. I'm from California. I know it's..I know. It's tough. OK. Thanks.
for awhile
I did French for awhile.
When you do soemthing for awhile, you do it for a short period of time. Notice the following:
- After you boil the pasta, you should let them cool for awhile.
- I visited for awhile, and then we went home.
that was about it
but that was about it.
Here, when you say 'that was about it' it means that is all, or there is nothing else to say.
- Last night I stayed home and cleaned, and that was about it.
- I can sing a few songs, and that is about it.
tough
Yeah, those are tough.
When something is tough, it is difficult or hard. Notice the following.
- It was tough growing up poor.
- The math class was very tough.
so I have to ask
You're Australian so I have to ask. Can you surf?
We sometimes say 'I have to ask' to show that the question is either silly or slightly impolite. Notice the following:
- You are Japanese, so I have to ask, do you like sushi?
- You are American, so I have to ask, who did you vote for, Trump or Biden?
more difficult that it looks
It's actually more difficult that it looks.
When something is more difficult that it looks, it is not easy to do, even though it looks easy.
- Riding a skateboard is more difficult that it looks.
- Juggling is a lot more difficult that it looks.
Vocabulary Quiz
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