- 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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The Gift
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Anna
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Todd
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Todd: OK, Now, Anna, you were telling a cute story about a special gift you gave your husband.
Anna: Yes. Well, our first Valentine's day, I wanted to give John a very unique gift. So I remembered that he used to have an iguana, so I thought he liked reptiles, and I found a cute Pac Man Frog at the pet store and actually one of my students told me about Pac Man Frogs and I thought, "Oh, that's so cute!" and so I bought the frog for John and I surprised him with it. And I made him close his eyes and I brought the frog out and the look on John's face was so funny. He was so terrified because he didn't like reptiles. I was wrong.
Todd: Oh, no!
Anna: Yeah, so he had to keep the frog for maybe one year. And he didn't like it. He thought it smelled bad, and the worst thing was the frog had to eat baby mice, so once a week John had to go to the pet store and buy a baby mouse and feed it to the frog, so!
Todd: Wow! The frog ate mice?
Anna: Yeah, it ate once a week, it ate a mouse.
Todd: How much did it weigh?
Anna: Maybe 8 ounces. I don't know. It was big. It could sit in your hand. It was the same size as your hand. Yeah, it was really big.
Todd: Wow, that's a cool story. A Pac Man frog.
Anna: Yeah, Pac Man, cause it looks like the Pac Man character.
used to
He used to have an iguana.
The phrase 'used to' refers to things people did before, but do not do anymore. Notice the following:
- I used to go to the store with my Mom.
- I used to watch that show when I was little.
make him close his eyes
I made him close his eyes.
Here, the verb 'make' is a causative verb. It shows that someone causes another person to do something. Notice the following:
- I made him go back to get my cellphone.
- I made my kids clean the house.
the look on his face
The look on John's face was so funny.
Here, 'the look on his face' refers to the persons facial expression at the time. Notice the following:
- I will never forget the look on my Dad's face.
- The look on her face scared me.
to have to
He had to keep the frog for maybe one year.
The verb phrase 'have to' means must. It is more common in spoken English. Notice the following:
- I have to get these chores done today.
- We had to go to the store yesterday.
the worst thing was
The worst thing was the frog had to eat baby miice.
The phrase 'the worst thing' or ' the best thing' are commonly used to highlight good and bad points. Notice the following:
- The worst part of that movie was the end.
- The worst part of working in the city is the traffic.
Vocabulary Quiz
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