- Audio Lessons 801 - 850
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After the Wedding
Views #850 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
His Wedding
Views #849 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Her Wedding
Views #848 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
New Year's Resolutions
Views #847 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Shibika's Year
Views #846 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Fred's Year
Views #845 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
New Outlook
Views #844 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Christmas Day
Views #843 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Fred's Gifts
Views #842 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Anja's Gifts
Views #841 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Christmas Tree
Views #840 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Canadian Santa
Views #839 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Swiss Santa
Views 838 | Free PDF / MP3 / PDF -
Tourism
Views #837 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Language Worries
Views #836 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Study in Mexico
Views #835 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Nutrition
Views #834 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Yoga
Views #833 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Health
Views #832 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Tennis
Views #831 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Fun Elsewhere
Views #830 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
House Party
Views #829 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Spiders
Views #828 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Creepy Crawlies
Views #827 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Stray Cats Part 2
Views #826 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Stray Cats Part 1
Views #825 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Hotel Costs
Views #824 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Bargains
Views #823 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Sri Lanka
Views #822 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Culture Contrast
Views #821 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
City vs Country
Views #820 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Bad Day
Views #819 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Fan Base
Views #818 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
After the Gig
Views #817 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Band Routine
Views #816 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
The Gig
Views #815 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Off to Osaka
Views #814 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
The Rock Band
Views #813 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Dance Teachers
Views #812 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Salsa Dancing
Views #811 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
The Belly Dance
Views #810 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Bears and Beasts
Views #809 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Wild Life
Views #808 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Alaska
Views #807 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Prague Vacation
Views #806 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
San Francisco
Views #805 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Prague
Views #804 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Jeans - Part 2
Views #803 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Jeans Part 1
Views #802 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Finland
Views #801 | Low-Intermediate 4
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Sri Lanka
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Mini | Todd |
Mini: Hello.
Todd: Now, Mini, you are from Sri Lanka.
Mini: Yes.
Todd: If somebody is going to your country, can you recommend three things they should do or three things they should see?
Mini: OK, the first thing is you can go and see the ancient things that all the Kings and Queens built, like castles. We have a castle called... it's called the Rock Castle. It's called Sigirya, so it's very beautiful.
Todd: This is the Rock Castle.
Mini: Yeah, it's... the castle is on the rock itself, so you can see the ruins there. It's really beautiful, with pictures, paintings, arts and stuff.
Todd: Oh, really. That's really cool, so this rock castle, how old is it?
Mini: I'm not sure, but maybe around two thousand. I'm not sure. Sorry.
Todd: What else should people you see?
Mini: The second thing should be beaches. We have beautiful beaches all over the place, blue, clean. You can swim. You can surf. It's very beautiful. That's the second thing.
Todd: Surfing is popular in Sri Lanka?
Mini: M-hm. I mean, not popular amongst Sri Lankans but most of the... many tourists come, especially the Germans, they come to my country and surf because the hotels near the beaches are very cheap and it's very beautiful hotels and very cheap. Food is cheap. It's nice.
Todd: OK. So, we've got the Rock Castle, surfing on the beach. Anything else?
Mini: And then a third thing should be the Tooth Temple. It's like the tooth of a Buddha, so we got it from I guess India, King Ashoka, so it's one of the things that you can see there. It's a really beautiful temple.
Todd: OK, I'm sorry. Can you say the name of that again?
Mini: Temple of Tooth Relic.
Todd: The Temple of Tooth Relic.
Mini: Yeah.
Todd: OK.
Mini: It's in Kandy. A place called Kandy.
Todd: Kandy. OK. Well, thanks for the tips Mini.
ancient things
You can see ancient things.
'Ancient' things have been around for thousands of years or are really really old. Notice the following:
- It's an ancient castle.
- The great wall is an amazing example of ancient Chinese history.
a castle
We have a castle called the Rock Castle.
A 'castle; is a large stone building from past history that we can still visit, especially in Europe. Notice the following:
- I loved the castle in Lord of the Rings.
- The castle tour was cool!
ruins
You can see the ruins there.
'Ruins' are parts of old buildings that remain after hundreds or even thousands of years. Notice the following:
- The ruins were interesting to see.
- The castle ruins are in quite good condition.
all over the place
We have beaches all over the place.
The phrase 'all over the place' means in many different places. Notice the following:
- There are 7-11 stores all over the place.
- We walked all over the place trying to find it.
amongst
It's not popular amongst Sri Lankans.
In modern usage we use 'among'. Here 'amongst' is used to describe the feelings within a group of people. Notice the following:
- Rap music is popular amongst American college students.
- English is widely spoken amongst the staff.
Vocabulary Quiz
all over • amongst
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