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Sometimes doing business can be fun, like when your company pays for your food and drinks. Learn more in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:18
Explanations: 2:38
Fast dialogue: 15:51
Georgia: Do you know what the best part is of my new promotion? The expense account! I can?t wait to wine and din...
Datum: 23.04.2012 07:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Whether you?re a capitalist, a socialist, or a communist, you will love this episode about political philosophies.
Slow dialogue: 1:20
Explanations: 3:26
Fast dialogue: 15:03
Carla: Our government should do more to help people who can?t find jobs.
Adam: Be careful. You?re starting to sound l...
Datum: 20.04.2012 07:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Topics: Movie: Apocalypse Now; getting your child into a private school, K-12; relating to versus related to; down with (the king); to qualify
Words:
apocalypse
to be set in
renegade
to command
mission
horror
napalm
triumphant
ambitious
transcript
prestigious
reference
relating to
...
Datum: 18.04.2012 07:00 •
Größe: 13 MB
Sometimes the person you love is the person you hate. Learn how things get that way in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:10
Explanations: 3:01
Fast dialogue: 13:03
Laurent: I?m done with women! They?re liars and manipulators.
Julie: Let me guess. You?ve had a bad breakup?
Laurent: It wasn?...
Datum: 16.04.2012 07:00 •
Größe: 6.9 MB
Making movies, like making sausages, isn?t always a pretty sight. Learn how we do it in Hollywood in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:03
Explanations: 2:35
Fast dialogue: 15:25
Martin: Okay, quiet on the set! What are the extras doing over there? They?re not in the scene.
Stephanie: Sorry, I?...
Datum: 13.04.2012 07:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Historic court case on gender equal rights; incident versus accident; to throw good money after bad; adding shm- before another word
Words:
just
to have faith in
to right the wrong
trial court
appeals court
Supreme Court
pernicious
prediction
in the wake of
p...
Datum: 11.04.2012 07:00 •
Größe: 13.9 MB
The world is full of lawyers, and they need something to do with their time. Learn what happens when they sue you in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:21
Explanations: 3:33
Fast dialogue: 16:15
Ally: Hello, Ally McNeal.
Jerry: Ally, this is Jerry Mason. I need to talk to you right away. We?...
Datum: 09.04.2012 07:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
It?s good to know what do in in case of a medical emergency, like when someone has a heart attack or stops breathing. Learn more about it in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:13
Explanations: 2:39
Fast dialogue: 14:48
Joyce: Lie down on the floor.
Steve: Why?
Joyce: I have to practice for my...
Datum: 06.04.2012 07:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Topics: Rodney King Trial and the 1992 Riots; Dick Tracy detective stories; third world; from versus out of; to pull (oneself) together versus to get a hold of (oneself)
Words:
to beat
bystander
excessive force
baton
outraged
to acquit
riot
mob
curfew
detective
villain
cartoon
...
Datum: 04.04.2012 07:00 •
Größe: 13.7 MB
Be careful of thieves and robbers when you are in a busy place. Learn more in this episode about how not to get your wallet stolen.
Slow dialogue: 1:18
Explanations: 2:45
Fast dialogue: 15:00
Lenny: Wait a second. Where's my wallet?
Anita: It?s not in your back pocket?
Lenny: No, it?s i...
Datum: 02.04.2012 07:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Going for a long hike? Be sure to bring the right things with you. Learn how to talk about them in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:20
Explanations: 3:05
Fast dialogue: 14:04
Jim: I shouldn't have let my brother pack my supplies for this trip. I was running late and he offered to do ...
Datum: 30.03.2012 07:00 •
Größe: 7.2 MB
Topics: American Presidents: Herbert Hoover; knock-knock jokes; awful versus terrible versus terrific; initials in nicknames; that ship has sailed
Words:
starvation
Great Depression
to backfire
tariff
relief effort
to memorialize
dam
lighthearted
knock
punch line
pun
to bear with (s...
Datum: 28.03.2012 07:00 •
Größe: 13.6 MB
I have not come to praise this episode, but to tell you about it. Learn all about recognitions and honors, then tell everyone how great it is!
Slow dialogue: 1:10
Explanations: 2:28
Fast dialogue: 13:26
Rene: Hey, look who's here. It's the company's golden boy.
Bruno: Very funny.
Rene: ...
Datum: 26.03.2012 07:00 •
Größe: 6.9 MB
Things fall apart, especially on an old house. Learn how to fix them on this episode.
Slow dialogue: 0:57
Explanations: 2:26
Fast dialogue: 14:31
Maggie: Watch out! Are you okay?
Conrad: I'm fine, but I almost tripped over that crack in the driveway. We've got to get that fixed.
Maggie...
Datum: 23.03.2012 07:00 •
Größe: 7.4 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Ansel Adams; Ben & Jerry's; to find out versus to figure out versus to seek; "too" constructions; dummy versus idiot
Words:
from that point on
to develop
portfolio
inspiring
gift shop
yummy
correspondence course
ice cream parlor
pint
to sell out
cone
scoo...
Datum: 21.03.2012 07:00 •
Größe: 15.9 MB
Learn how to describe someone's height and weight in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:19
Explanations: 3:05
Fast dialogue: 15:31
Gwen: Do you see that heavyset guy over there, the one towering over everyone else?
Denzel: Yeah, what about him?
Gwen: He's my ex-boyfriend. I haven'...
Datum: 19.03.2012 07:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Neither a borrower nor a lender be, Shakespeare said. Ah, but he never had a credit card! Learn how to talk about debt in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:37
Explanations: 3:40
Fast dialogue: 18:03
Kristin: Let?s go shopping!
Ed: Wait a second. What are all these?
Kristin: They?re...
Datum: 16.03.2012 07:00 •
Größe: 9.2 MB
Topics: Famous Authors: Stan and Jan Berenstain and the Berenstain Bears; getting married; to stand for versus to refer to (as); the past simple and the present perfect tenses; especially
Words:
illustrator
anthropomorphic
bumbling
to backfire
franchise
civil ceremony
to ordain
to propo...
Datum: 14.03.2012 07:00 •
Größe: 15.5 MB
How would you describe the people you work with? Learn how to do it in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:06
Explanations: 2:51
Fast dialogue: 15:16
Raul: Thanks for showing me around on my first day.
Ursula: It?s no problem. I want to give you the lay of the land and tell you abou...
Datum: 12.03.2012 07:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Take the last train to Los Angeles and I?ll meet you at the station. But first, learn how to get to work and back on a train in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:13
Explanations: 3:15
Fast dialogue: 12:36
Lisa: Can you tell me if this is the right platform for the train to Arlington?
Omar: Yes, ...
Datum: 09.03.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 6.6 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Self-publishing; intrinsic versus native versus innate versus congenital; recently versus currently; soccer
Words:
route
agent
to reject
courtesy
outrageous
to fulfill
tiresome
fraught with
distribution
editorial support
credibility
movement
trend
democ...
Datum: 07.03.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 14.2 MB
Let?s go on vacation with a bunch of people we don?t know and may not like! Find out about taking a tour in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:05
Explanations: 2:52
Fast dialogue: 14:05
Darrel: What are you looking at?
Alice: Tours for our vacation. I was thinking that it?d be hard for us to get...
Datum: 05.03.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Free your mind, and your mouth will follow. Try some unusual foods in this episode.
Slow dialog: 1:04
Explanations: 2:25
Fast dialog: 13:08
Antonio: What is that smell?! It stinks!
Candace: This is a dish my roommate taught me to make. It?s really good. Want a bite?
Antonio: You?ve go...
Datum: 02.03.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 6.7 MB
Topics: Spy trials of the 40s/50s: Alger Hiss & Julius and Ethel Rosenberg; Johnny Appleseed; feeling versus emotion; expression versus term; drop dead
Words:
spy
espionage
trial
to denounce
perjury
statute of limitations
execution
cause célèbre
orchard
mosquito
barefoot
to say ...
Datum: 29.02.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 14.1 MB
Everyone wants to buy low and sell high. Find out about negotiating prices in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:11
Explanations: 3:14
Fast dialogue: 16:34
Justin: Hello.
Rachel: Hi, Justin. It?s Rachel from McQ Corp.
Justin: Oh hi, Rachel. Did you get our bid for the job?
Rach...
Datum: 27.02.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 8.5 MB
Ignore your teeth, and they?ll go away. Find out how to keep your dental bills down by listening to this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:20
Explanations: 3:17
Fast dialogue: 16:10
Martha: Oh, I have a toothache!
George: It sounds like you?re in for a visit to the dentist.
Martha: That would be ...
Datum: 24.02.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
Topics: Grand Teton National Park; Famous Songs: "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain"; congratulations versus thanks versus kudos; literally; to take the time
Words:
range
intact
stunning
glacier
lodge
snowshoeing
to come around
spiritual
second coming
chariot
howdy
rooster
...
Datum: 22.02.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 13.7 MB
Looking to change the look of your living room? Find out what not to do in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:14
Explanations: 3:16
Fast dialogue: 16:19
Carson: Your apartment is going to look fabulous once I?m finished decorating it!
Brooke: I really appreciate you taking the time to help me cho...
Datum: 20.02.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
Marriage is forever, except when it isn?t a marriage at all. Learn how to get unmarried in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:05
Explanations: 2:51
Fast dialogue: 16:41
Courtney: Did you hear? Kate and Christopher are trying to annul their marriage.
Ray: What?! They?ve only been married fo...
Datum: 17.02.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 8.5 MB
Topics: Movie: Star Wars; the Security and Exchange Commission; shame versus pity; reading numbers aloud; to be left cold
Words:
trilogy
prequel
outer space
extraterrestrial
droid
to harness
box office
security
commission
broker
scope
disclosure
shame
pity
to be left cold
Datum: 15.02.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 14.2 MB
Are you always prepared? If not, listen to this episode to learn how to explain to your boss why you haven?t finished your work yet.
Slow dialogue: 1:11
Explanations: 2:57
Fast dialogue: 14:35
Aida: When our bigwigs from the Cleveland office arrive next week, I think we?ll have a lot to show th...
Datum: 13.02.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Renting an apartment can be so much fun when something stops working! Learn how to talk about getting things fixed in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:14
Explanations: 3:12
Fast dialogue: 15:17
George: Did you call the super about fixing the leaky faucet?
Louise: I called him on Monday, but I h...
Datum: 10.02.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Michael Jordan; the Quakers; tag questions; the derivation of ?okay?; to learn versus to study
Words:
draft
fan
slam dunk
to leap
MVP
to be inducted
to endorse
to be traced back to
to persecute
to swear
to generalize
worship
okay / ok
to learn
to ...
Datum: 08.02.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 14.2 MB
Join the fun at a big family dinner in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:04
Explanations: 3:16
Fast dialogue: 16:24
My roommate, Jim, invited me over to his house for a family meal. I?m an only child, so I?m not used to a big family dinner. I felt like a fish out of water.
...
Jim?s mother: Si...
Datum: 06.02.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
Are zoos are a good idea or a bad one? Don?t feed the animals while you listen to this episode trying to answer that question.
Slow dialogue: 0:59
Explanations: 2:39
Fast dialogue: 16:18
Deborah: I can?t wait to see the elephants at the zoo. I wish I could see them in their natural habitat, b...
Datum: 03.02.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Online money management; don?t worry versus don?t bother; not only; to move/get past a feeling; pronouncing wool versus wall
Words:
to calculate
to allocate
to withdraw
to accrue interest
infographic
personal finances
to pay off
to partner
legitimate
savvy
...
Datum: 01.02.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 15.8 MB
The only two things we can be certain of in this life are death and taxes. Learn about one of them in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:11
Explanations: 3:12
Fast dialogue: 17:32
Bill: It?s about time! I?ve been waiting for my first paycheck and now it?s finally here. I?m ready to party this wee...
Datum: 30.01.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 8.9 MB
Will your children grow up to be responsible adults or the kind of people you don?t want living next to you? Learn how to worry about this and more in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:01
Explanations: 3:05
Fast dialogue: 16:10
Pavel: I?m really worried about Hanna. She?s been hanging around with...
Datum: 27.01.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
Topics: American Authors: Toni Morrison; Homeboy/Homegirl Industries and Father Greg Boyle; screw versus bolt versus nut; to kidnap versus to abduct; to sharpen (one?s) axe
Words:
African American experience
to long
social convention
homeboy
gang
priest
gang intervention
rival
budget
...
Datum: 25.01.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 12.4 MB
If you?ve got it, you might as well let everyone see it. That?s the philosophy of the people in this dialogue, but you can decide whether you agree or not.
Slow dialogue: 1:08
Explanations: 2:51
Fast dialogue: 15:58
Monica: Wow, check you out! When did you buy a new car?
Kevin: This isn?t j...
Datum: 23.01.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Politicians don?t get their money for nothing or their votes for free. Learn all about the world of getting political support in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:21
Explanations: 2:55
Fast dialogue: 16:14
Helen: Okay, your schedule today is very busy. First, you?re meeting with a group of const...
Datum: 20.01.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Topics: American Presidents: Jimmy Carter; The Lost Ship of the Desert Legend; phrases used to ask for status updates; to start off for; likely versus probable
Words:
peanut
board
name recognition
stagflation
to be taken hostage
inept
accord
diplomat
legend
desert
ship
treasure
...
Datum: 18.01.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 15.2 MB
Success in business isn?t always about following the rules. Learn how to have a more open, informal meeting by listening to this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 3:16
Fast dialogue: 14:20
Diego: Okay, why don?t you brief me on what you?ve planned for the meeting tomorrow?
Maya: Sur...
Datum: 16.01.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Put away that Commodore 64 computer you?re using long enough to listen to this episode on new technology.
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 3:17
Fast dialogue: 16:30
Darlene: Thanks for agreeing to take a look at my computer. It?s been acting up lately.
Chris: Sure, I don?t mind. Is this it...
Datum: 13.01.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 8.5 MB
Topics: The Scopes Trial; American Cities: Aspen and Vail, Colorado; The City of New York versus New York City; verge versus brink; to compliment versus to complement
Words:
trial
v.
prosecutor
defendant
merit
to deliberate
to appeal
technicality
to overturn
resort
to ski
upscale...
Datum: 11.01.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 15.3 MB
Don?t get caught in a flood, but if you do, learn how to talk about it in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:07
Explanations: 2:34
Fast dialogue: 14:48
Cherise: Well, that was a rude awakening at 2:00 in the morning!
Don: At least we got out of our room before it flooded. It serves us...
Datum: 09.01.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Sometimes joining a club is not worth it. Learn about one example of that in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:23
Explanations: 3:38
Fast dialogue: 17:06
Rafael: Go away and stop following us. Our club is for boys only.
Hannah: But I want to join.
Rafael: You do, huh? Did you know that to j...
Datum: 06.01.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 8.8 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Lucille Ball; The Great Depression; hermit versus loner versus introvert; other than versus rather than; Et tu, Brute?
Words:
to have no future as
B-movie
stardom
rerun
pioneering
fondly
look-alike
depression
crash
to stimulate
drought
manual labor
herm...
Datum: 04.01.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 13.1 MB
Working together is great until someone doesn?t do her job. Find out how to talk about working with unreliable people in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:10
Explanations: 3:16
Fast dialogue: 16:18
Paul: What time is it?
Jackie: It?s 2:30. The Cleveland office report should have been emailed t...
Datum: 02.01.2012 08:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
People have different likes and dislikes when it comes to music. Learn how to talk about them in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:31
Explanations: 3:15
Fast dialogue: 16:38
Arturo: What are you listening to?
Ling: Some new music. You want to hear it?
Arturo: All right. That?s pr...
Datum: 30.12.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
Topics: Ask an American: U.S. Families Adjust to Life Overseas; outpatient; to gulp versus to gobble; swell
Words:
corporate culture
to behave
workplace
personal space
area of concern
consultant
adjustment
far and away
in excess of
to mitigate
productive
outpatient
to gulp
to g...
Datum: 28.12.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 13.6 MB
Christmas is over. Let?s go buy some more presents in this episode!
Slow dialogue: 1:19
Explanations: 2:47
Fast dialogue: 16:12
Roxana: Get up! We?re going to miss out on the best deals if we don?t get to the stores when they open.
Kurt: What? I?m sleeping. Leave me alone.
Roxana: You ne...
Datum: 26.12.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Stay healthy by going to the doctor on a regular basis. When you do, be sure to pay attention to your test results. Learn how to talk about them in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:30
Explanations: 2:59
Fast dialogue: 15:35
Judith: I had my annual physical two weeks ago and I just got...
Datum: 23.12.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Topics: Movie: Bonnie and Clyde; Community Supported Agriculture (CSA); to cut (someone) loose versus to set (someone) free versus unrestrained; adjectives versus ?who? phrases; words used to describe computer touch screens
Words:
to take liberties
taboo
partner in crime
small-time
holdup
...
Datum: 21.12.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 14.8 MB
Don?t just sit there waiting for someone to offer you a job. Write a letter of inquiry today. Learn how to do it in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:29
Explanations: 3:40
Fast dialogue: 16:38
I was laid off from my job three months ago. Since then, I?ve been pounding the pavement look...
Datum: 19.12.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 8.5 MB
If you like cowboys and Westerns, you?ll love this episode about going to a ranch.
Slow dialogue: 1:24
Explanations: 3:18
Fast dialogue: 16:18
Piero: What?s all this?
Annie: I?m visiting my sister and brother-in-law?s new ranch next month and I?m getting ready for it. I know I?m a city gir...
Datum: 16.12.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
Topics: Stephen Foster and his songs; ?ish? suffix; California casual; ?If it be your will?
Words:
preeminent
minstrel
camptown
to bet
nonsense
rendition
posthumously
dewdrop
to lull
dreary
weary
copyright
California casual
if it be
(one?s) will
Datum: 14.12.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 15.8 MB
Traveling for the holidays? Get ready by listening to this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:22
Explanations: 3:12
Fast dialogue: 17:11
Sabrina: You look like you?re getting ready for battle.
Ying: In a way, I am. I?m flying home next week to be with my family over the holidays and you know what hol...
Datum: 12.12.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 8.7 MB
Old socks and visitors staying at your house can both be unpleasant after three days. Find out how to get rid of one of these in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:23
Explanations: 3:30
Fast dialogue: 14:46
Yousef: Why are you rearranging the furniture?
Rachel: My Aunt Susan called and she?s c...
Datum: 09.12.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
Topics: American Presidents: John Adams; the Boy/Girl Scouts; What time is it? versus What is the time?; to rock; for all intents and purposes
Words:
Puritan
colonies
to have any say
to deport
to correspond
miniseries
scout
motto
uniform
community service
badge
old-fashioned
to rock...
Datum: 07.12.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 15.5 MB
Most mistakes aren?t serious, but you need to know how to deal with them when you make them. Find out how in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:16
Explanations: 3:09
Fast dialogue: 16:11
Boss: What is going on here?!
Jenny: There was a miscommunication.
Boss: A miscommunication?! There are ...
Datum: 05.12.2011 08:50 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Ready to write your first novel? Find out what not to do in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:08
Explanations: 2:50
Fast dialogue: 15:09
Xavier: How?s your novel coming along?
Sara: It?s not. I abandoned it for now. I think I bit off more than I can chew. Now, I?m working on a short story.
X...
Datum: 02.12.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Topics: No-Tuition Colleges; the Sacco-Vanzetti Trial; crazy versus mad versus psycho versus mentally ill; using ?ed words as adjectives; lo and behold
Words:
tuition
a handful of
on campus
ranch
endowment
philanthropy
class
trial
anarchist
to convict
to appeal
to execute
cr...
Datum: 30.11.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 15.3 MB
Some guys will do anything for a date with a beautiful woman. Find out how to do it in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:07
Explanations: 3:18
Fast dialogue: 15:29
Perry: Look at her! What I wouldn?t give to get a date with her.
Lynn: You should go talk to her and ask her for her number.
Perry...
Datum: 28.11.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
When I was growing up, my family had a tournament for every game you can imagine. That?s why I?m able to explain about playing in competitions in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:09
Explanations: 2:48
Fast dialogue: 15:32
Irene: How is your team doing in the standings?
Kent: They?re seeded...
Datum: 25.11.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Topics: Ask an American: National Jukebox; using "to" with to give and to send; a dime a dozen; complimenting doctors and nurses
Words:
catalogue
to trace the roots
recording
to look back on
to depict
taboo
firsthand
vehicle
imperative
to applaud
dynamic
archive
evolving
to gi...
Datum: 23.11.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 15.6 MB
Companies have feelings, too, you know, so don?t forget to give a holiday gift to your clients this year. Learn all about corporate gifts in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:03
Explanations: 3:57
Fast dialogue: 18:03
Michelle: Why did I get stuck with buying corporate gifts for our clients thi...
Datum: 21.11.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 9.4 MB
Addiction to anything can cause problems in your life. Learn how to help someone in this situation in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 3:26
Fast dialogue: 16:38
Petra: Hey, what?s going on here? Why are all of you here in my apartment?
Johann: Your family and close friends ...
Datum: 18.11.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
Topics: American Cities: Columbus, Ohio; Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII; limit versus limitation; for X person to undercut set targets; to sponge off (someone)
Words:
to thrive
arch
diversified
to make it to
to touch on
allegedly
mistress
besotted
scandalous
to abdicate the ...
Datum: 16.11.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 14.3 MB
Getting your car fixed is one of the necessary evils in life. Learn how to talk to a mechanic in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:03
Explanations: 3:13
Fast dialogue: 15:32
Mechanic: Hi, I?m the mechanic. What can I do for you?
Amy: My car is making a very weird noise. It sounds ...
Datum: 14.11.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
If you like to cook, you want to have the right equipment in your kitchen. Learn how to talk about kitchen appliances in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 2:55
Fast dialogue: 16:42
Victoria: As you can see, this executive apartment is fully equipped. When you called and asked fo...
Datum: 11.11.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 8.5 MB
Topics: T.S. Eliot; log and log in/log on; explanation versus interpretation; pronouncing consonant clusters
Words:
distinguished
disillusionment
New England
to break from
pedantic
vulgar
erudite
to breed
essay
critic
a product of (something)
insane
log
to log in / to log on
expla...
Datum: 09.11.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 14.3 MB
Find out how to follow your dreams and still have time for a coffee break on this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:22
Explanations: 2:53
Fast dialogue: 15:05
Cassandra: I?ve had it! I?m quitting and I?m not coming back. I was meant for greater things than working in this pathetic place. Life is pas...
Datum: 07.11.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
Traveling to another country sometimes requires getting a visa. Find out more in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:17
Explanations: 3:52
Fast dialogue: 18:06
Yesenia: I have a great idea. Let?s plan a big party for your mother?s 70th birthday. We?ll invite all of your relatives from all over the...
Datum: 04.11.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 9.3 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Warren Buffet; The Chicken Soup book series; few versus little; only so many; to be due
Words:
share
partnership
sage
to endorse
philanthropy
inspirational
chicken soup
soul
to nourish
compilation
motivational speaker
few
little
only so many
to be d...
Datum: 02.11.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 14.2 MB
Do you believe in ghosts? Listen to this episodes and find out if there is something scary waiting for you today.
Slow dialogue: 1:23
Explanations: 3:05
Fast dialogue: 16:08
Ella: No matter what you say, I am not going out tonight. It?s Halloween and evil things are lurking everywhere.
Jimmy:...
Datum: 31.10.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Vote early and vote often in this episode that?s all about elections.
Slow dialogue: 1:18
Explanations: 3:27
Fast dialogue: 16:37
Khaled: Are you going to the polling place or are you voting by absentee ballot again?
Bernice: I always vote with an absentee ballot so I can vote in the comfort ...
Datum: 28.10.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.5 MB
Topics: Movie: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; Detroit and the Rust Belt; to knead versus to mash; the infinitive versus gerund form of a verb (to look for versus looking for); bona fide
Words:
to name a replacement
naive
to manipulate
to propose a bill
dam
corrupt
to turn against
to fain...
Datum: 26.10.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 13.3 MB
Do you like to work with others or by yourself? Find out about different work styles in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:40
Explanations: 3:31
Fast dialogue: 15:39
Hugo: How do you like working with Leo? Is it working out?
Melissa: No, it?s not. Our work styles completely clash and we butt h...
Datum: 24.10.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
I love eating chocolate. Did you know that Christmas is coming up soon? Yeah, I LOVE chocolate. If you don?t get the hint, listen to this episode. (Did I mention Christmas will soon be here?)
Slow dialogue: 1:09
Explanations: 3:07
Fast dialogue: 15:12
Roberta: You know, my birthday is comin...
Datum: 21.10.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Libraries Using Ad Campaigns to Improve Image and Funding; making introductions; stack versus stock
Words:
to light up
to click
deficit
geek
mental synapse
to get (one?s) geek on
billboard
poster
reaction
hip
to hit
to introduce
stack
stock
Datum: 19.10.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 16.1 MB
Are you waiting to hear if you passed an exam or test? Find out how to describe your misery in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:21
Explanations: 3:46
Fast dialogue: 18:30
Joel: Did it come?
Susanne: No, it?s not in today?s mail. Why do I bother, anyway? I know it?s a foregone conclusion. I?...
Datum: 17.10.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 9.5 MB
Say what you mean and mean what you say. Find out about how to talk about blunt people in this episode.
Slow dialog: 1:15
Explanations: 2:56
Fast dialog: 17:43
Simone: So, what did you think of Bruce? Isn?t he great?
Dirk: Well, he?s certainly direct and forthright with his opinions. I don...
Datum: 14.10.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.9 MB
Topics: American Presidents: John F. Kennedy; Great Britain versus Britain versus England versus United Kingdom; hot shot
Words:
to become embroiled
to ram
war hero
convalescence
stillborn
retrospect
close
inaugural address
to depose
abrupt
assassination
fondly
Great Britain
Br...
Datum: 12.10.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 15 MB
Are you terrible at writing descriptions? Me, too! Learn how to describe my low skill level in this episode.
Slow dialog: 1:21
Explanations: 3:15
Fast dialog: 14:58
Elaine: Welcome to your first day as an intern in our company office. Let me show you around. This is the main office area with...
Datum: 10.10.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Sometimes bigger is not always better when it comes to houses. Learn about different architectural styles in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:19
Explanations: 3:03
Fast dialogue: 19:45
Ralph: I just talked to our new real estate agent and she?s going to show us some houses tomorrow. I told her ...
Datum: 07.10.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 9.8 MB
Topics: Famous Songs: ?Kumbaya?; Crater Lake National Park; free time versus spare time; at the end versus in the end; booking versus reservation
Words:
spiritual
to pass down
campfire
calming effect
to sway
crater
volcano
lodge
rim trail
indigenous
picturesque
impassable
f...
Datum: 05.10.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 14.8 MB
Learning to drive can be scary ? for you, and the teacher. Learn about taking a driving test in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:12
Explanations: 3:27
Fast dialogue: 18:12
Cesar: I just took the driving test. See this? That?s my new license.
May: You have to give me the play-by-play. I?m ta...
Datum: 03.10.2011 07:10 •
Größe: 9.2 MB
Kids come down with all sorts of illnesses. Learn how to talk about some of them in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:19
Explanations: 3:05
Fast dialogue: 15:55
Rebecca: You look exhausted! Another tough day at the daycare center?
Puneet: Yeah, it was. This is a record year for the kids getti...
Datum: 30.09.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Topics: Salem Witch Trials; National Endowment for the Arts; in fact versus as a matter of fact; even versus even though; to look at
Words:
witch
supernatural
trial
fit
to afflict
outcast
to hang
mass hysteria
endowment
grant
subjective
to abolish
in fact
as a matter of fac...
Datum: 28.09.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 13.4 MB
Can?t we all just get along? Learn what not to do to be polite in conversation.
Slow dialogue: 1:24
Explanations: 3:17
Fast dialogue: 17:35
Angela: Ugh! I hate talking to Rebecca. Every time I ask her a question, she ignores me or sneers at me.
Ronny: Are you sure it?s not your imaginatio...
Datum: 26.09.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.9 MB
It?s time to change seasons again. Get ready for autumn by listening to this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:17
Explanations: 3:22
Fast dialogue: 18:43
Erin: Smell that!
Sean: Smell what?
Erin: Can?t you smell the changing of the seasons? I love autumn. The fall colors are out and there?s a ...
Datum: 23.09.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 9.5 MB
Topics: Jimmy Hoffa and the Teamsters; The National Geographic Society; shade versus shadow; rarely versus seldom; every cloud has a silver lining
Words:
union
management
Teamsters
mob
to convict
fraud
bribery
sentence
to follow up on a lead
to diffuse
atlas
dying language
shad...
Datum: 21.09.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 14.3 MB
Don?t change the channel! It?s time for the new television shows to eat away at your time and soul.
Slow dialogue: 1:09
Explanations: 2:58
Fast dialogue: 16:32
Cleo: The new TV season is starting this week and I can?t wait. I?ve been watching reruns all summer and I?m ready for the premiers o...
Datum: 19.09.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
Some diseases can move very quickly from one person to another. Learn more about how to describe epidemics in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:18
Explanations: 2:55
Fast dialogue: 13:37
Alan: Did you see today?s news? There?s been an outbreak of Podcaster?s Disease in the city.
Katja: Oh, my...
Datum: 16.09.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 7 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Concussions Affect U.S. Teen Athletes; customer versus client; overwhelming; exciting; discussion on/about
Words:
ref
time out
trainer
concussion
face down
to work (someone)
match
whistle
fogginess
to think straight
nausea
dizziness
off balance
custome...
Datum: 14.09.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 13.7 MB
Moving into a new office, or just want a new desk? Go shopping for office furniture in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:14
Explanations: 3:06
Fast dialogue: 15:58
Natalia: Is that the Office Shop catalogue?
Kei: Yeah, I?m in charge of furnishing the new offices on the second floor. They nee...
Datum: 12.09.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Some say McDonald?s has the world?s healthiest food. These people are, of course, crazy. Find out how to eat better food in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:13
Explanations: 3:01
Fast dialogue: 14:25
Helen: So, what?s for lunch?
Gabe: Since you were nice enough to spend your Saturday morning ...
Datum: 09.09.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Clara Barton; The California Gold Rush; problem versus issue versus concern; cordless versus wireless; brothers and sisters
Words:
medical supplies
front lines
angel
in charge of
to advance
victim
to rush
word spread
to pan for gold
influx
saloon
probl...
Datum: 07.09.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 15.3 MB
This episode is, beyond a reasonable doubt, innocent of any wrongdoing. Listen to find out why.
Slow dialogue: 1:11
Explanations: 3:09
Fast dialogue: 15:55
Samantha: How was your first day on a jury?
Jinho: It was okay. The judge swore us in and then we listened to the beginning of the pros...
Datum: 05.09.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
A new school year! For students, it's a time of sadness to see the summer end. For me, it's a time of joy when all of the screaming neighbor children leave me in peace for a few hours. In either case, learn about how to start the school year off right in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:20
Explana...
Datum: 02.09.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.9 MB
Topics: Movie: West Side Story; Uncle Sam; ?ship? and other suffixes; grab a spoon/fork; to take the big game down
Words:
to thwart
gang
rival
poignant
musical
catchy
to depict
goatee
chin
to recruit
counterpart
stout
grab a spoon/fork
to take the big game down
Datum: 31.08.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 15.2 MB
Some people think life would be better if there were no bosses. Bosses don't agree. Find out why in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:12
Explanations: 3:09
Fast dialogue: 16:17
Veronica: Where?s Stan?
Kyle: He?s not here.
Veronica: When will he be back?
Kyle: I?m not sure. He hasn?t bee...
Datum: 29.08.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
Who are all of those new people in your neighborhood? Learn in this episode about what happens when the population begins to change.
Slow dialogue: 1:09
Explanations: 2:27
Fast dialogue: 15:46
Leti: I am sick and tired of people coming from the big cities into our small town and buying up all ...
Datum: 26.08.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Topics: Famous Authors: Herman Melville; the Ku Klux Klan; to locate versus to position versus to localize; to keep on your toes; to roll with the punches; to suffer from versus to die of/from
Words:
whaling ship
revival
to seek revenge
canon
terrorist
white supremacy
anti-Semitic
rob...
Datum: 24.08.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 14.7 MB
Think you have good taste in restaurants? Think again as you spend this episode with a self-proclaimed expert.
Slow dialogue: 1:22
Explanations: 2:59
Fast dialogue: 16:46
I invited my friend Nick to try a new restaurant with me. This restaurant was the latest thing, and since Nick was a foodi...
Datum: 22.08.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.5 MB
You need to be strong to move large pieces of furniture. Learn how to talk about it in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:11
Explanations: 2:35
Fast dialogue: 13:52
Takeshi: What do you want me to do with this piano?
Paula: I want you to move it from the living room to the family room. You?re ...
Datum: 19.08.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 7.1 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Booker T. Washington; things Americans believe are lucky; horribly versus terribly versus awfully; full tuition reimbursement; carbon copy
Words:
freedmen
peer
activism
accommodating
desegregation
historically black university
lucky
keychain
horseshoe
clov...
Datum: 17.08.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 16.3 MB
If you are starting a new business, you want to make sure you do it right. Learn about how businesses can be organized in this episode
Slow dialogue: 1:17
Explanations: 3:06
Fast dialogue: 16:57
Ron: I?m only your tax accountant, but let me give you a piece of advice. If you?re planning to s...
Datum: 15.08.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
Sometimes a map is enough. Learn how to find somewhere difficult to find in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:08
Explanations: 2:49
Fast dialogue: 16:08
Ricardo: I?m making one more pass and if we don?t see a sign for the hotel, I?m heading back into town. I?m tired and I want a shower.
Marsha...
Datum: 12.08.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Health effects of city living; how do you say versus what do you call; résumé; too
Words:
to play out
urban
well-being
poverty
incidence
bottom line
in-house
depressed
substance abuse
return on investment
bike lane
to think outside of the box
landscape
...
Datum: 10.08.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 13.9 MB
Not sure how to say what you?re not sure how to say? Listen to this episode and find out how to express your doubts in English.
Slow dialogue: 1:23
Explanations: 3:24
Fast dialogue: 17:23
Flora: Can you help me? I?m working on this email to Emil and I?m having trouble coming up with the right...
Datum: 08.08.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.9 MB
Does your boyfriend appreciate you? Does your girlfriend ever thank you for all you do for her? If not, then find a new love by listening to this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:24
Explanations: 2:47
Fast dialogue: 14:29
Phil: Did you hear that Melissa has finally left Eric? It?s about time!
Came...
Datum: 05.08.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 7.4 MB
Topics: Famous Songs: I?ve Been Working on the Railroad; Burning Man; irony versus sarcasm versus satire; agreement versus contract; to fall for (someone) versus to fall for (something)
Words:
folk song
to date back
railroad
to pass the time away
whistle
to rise
radical
self-reliance
...
Datum: 03.08.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 15.1 MB
Think different. Make money the old-fashioned way: Earn it by improving your knowledge of trademarks and logos in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 0:59
Explanations: 2:32
Fast dialogue: 14:40
Bianca: Look at this logo I designed for our new line of products.
Vien: That?s really nice, but it look...
Datum: 01.08.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Are you satisfied with your life so far? Learn how to be a little happier by listening to this episode.
Slow dialogue: 0:58
Explanations: 2:32
Fast dialogue: 16:12
Nick: I?m turning 40 this year and what do I have to show for it?
Danielle: Actually, you?ve accomplished a lot. Do you know wh...
Datum: 29.07.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Topics: American Presidents: Bill Clinton; Louisiana Voodoo; articulation versus enunciation versus pronunciation; to start versus commence; I believe you versus I believe in you
Words:
governor
fiscal responsibility
to mar
affair
to impeach
to lie under oath
pardon
Voodoo
to trace (...
Datum: 27.07.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 14.7 MB
Don?t drink the water, and be careful what you eat when you?re traveling! Find out how not to get sick on this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:07
Explanations: 2:24
Fast dialogue: 14:58
Rumi: I?m as sick as a dog!
Hugo: It serves you right. I warned you not to eat food sold by food vendors on the...
Datum: 25.07.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
ESL Podcast's Sixth Anniversary Video Podcast: The (Really) Serious Episode
Datum: 22.07.2011 23:00 •
Größe: 13.4 MB
ESL Podcast's Sixth Anniversary Video Podcast: The (Really) Serious Episode
Datum: 22.07.2011 23:00 •
Größe: 13.4 MB
Did you get invited to our exclusive party? If not, find out why on this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:29
Explanations: 3:12
Fast dialogue: 16:04
Catherine: Do you have a draft of the guest list? We need to get the invitations out next week.
Ralph: It?s not quite done yet. I keep going back an...
Datum: 22.07.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Topics: Jaws; The Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Star, and the Medal of Honor; to go in versus to go into versus to get in versus to get into; overwhelming; off-kilter
Words:
jaw
shark
resort town
breakthrough
score
suspense
sequel
medal
civilian
to commemorate...
Datum: 20.07.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 15.6 MB
If you have to have the latest electronic device, you may have to pay extra for it. Find out why in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:13
Explanations: 3:18
Fast dialogue: 17:04
Jessie: Where are you going?
Masa: I?m going to stand in line to get one of the first iDopes. They go on sale this mo...
Datum: 18.07.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.7 MB
Want to experience an exciting way to shop? Go to an auction in this episode and learn the English you?ll need to buy that Monet you?ve always wanted.
Slow dialogue: 1:14
Explanations: 3:09
Fast dialogue: 17:11
Diane: This is so exciting! I?ve never been to an auction before.
Martin: Sit do...
Datum: 15.07.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Thomas Edison; Liberia; symposium versus workshop versus seminar; to account for; "Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate."
Words:
inventor
prodigious
practical
phonograph
patent
entrepreneur
telegraph
wizard
perspiration
to r...
Datum: 13.07.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 14.4 MB
If you?re looking for the love of your life, get some advice on this episode, and soon you will either no longer be single.
Slow dialogue: 1:11
Explanations: 3:23
Fast dialogue: 17:00
I was tired of being single. All of my friends had paired up and I was left hanging. Like everybody else these...
Datum: 11.07.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.7 MB
They say real beauty is on the inside. Find out what to do when that isn?t good enough in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:09
Explanations: 3:10
Fast dialogue: 18:39
Leo: Where have you been?
Mai: I?ve been meeting with an agent. You know I?ve wanted to pursue a career in acting for a long t...
Datum: 08.07.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 9.5 MB
Topics: Ask an American: The value of church services; outbreak versus break out; to pull off versus to pull over versus to pull in; to act silly
Words:
invest
church
synagogue
to overlook
value
pastor
to commit suicide
halo
sacred
demonstrable
impact
local
outbreak
to break ou...
Datum: 06.07.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 13.6 MB
Everybody?s working for the weekend ? or so I?ve heard. Find out how not to start a new week at work in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:12
Explanations: 2:34
Fast dialogue: 13:41
Naomi: Wow, you look like you had a rough weekend. A little too much partying, huh?
Aaron: You said it. I?m plan...
Datum: 04.07.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 7 MB
Do you have photographers following you around wherever you go? If you do, then this episode will tell you what you need to know to talk about being so famous.
Slow dialogue: 1:06
Explanations: 2:39
Fast dialogue: 15:56
Fredo: I feel like a prisoner in my own home! I can?t step outside withou...
Datum: 01.07.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Topics: American Presidents: Theodore Roosevelt; The Folk Tales of Uncle Remus; drug versus pill versus tablet; pronouncing ½; engagement versus commitment
Words:
sickly
disillusioned
spoils system
to declare
rough
trust
canal
at odds with
folk tale
fictional
dialect
tar
drug
...
Datum: 29.06.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 15.1 MB
Learn about racial and ethnic slurs in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:01
Explanations: 2:32
Fast dialogue: 15:47
Mike: Did you hear what Dan said? He called me a mick. What decade is he living in?
Patti: He?s just ignorant. I?m sure he wasn?t trying to be offensive.
Mike: Well, I take ...
Datum: 27.06.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
Are you between the ages of 6 and 18? Do you feel hungry? If so, then try eating a school lunch in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 2:56
Fast dialogue: 15:11
Chris: What are you doing? Let?s get into the hot lunch line.
Sybil: See this lunchbox? My mom made me brown-bag it...
Datum: 24.06.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Topics: McCarthyism and the House Committee on Un-American Activities; Famous Songs: Dixie; to overrate versus to overestimate; that versus so; the stakes are too high
Words:
McCarthyism
Red Scare
to play on
demagogue
hearing
to blacklist
to change (one?s) story
to gauge
sense of decenc...
Datum: 22.06.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 16.8 MB
Get rich slowly by investing your money for your retirement. Find out how in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:24
Explanations: 3:28
Fast dialogue: 18:39
Karen: My company offers a 401(k) plan. Do you think I should have one?
Jimmy: Yes, definitely. I had a 401(k) account when I worked for Mc...
Datum: 20.06.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 9.5 MB
You?re late! You?re late for a very important date! Hurry up and listen to this episode to find out how to talk about being late.
Slow dialogue: 1:05
Explanations: 2:24
Fast dialogue: 13:30
Eric: Let?s get a move on or we?ll be late ? again!
Carmen: Hold your horses. I?m on the verge of be...
Datum: 17.06.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 6.9 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Jesse Owens; National Science Foundation; plea versus appeal versus petition; somewhat versus somehow; Is that all?
Words:
track and field
Jim Crow law
segregation
obstacle
world record
to boycott
autograph
ticker-tape parade
to snub
grant
independent
meri...
Datum: 15.06.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 14.3 MB
If you have an accident and need to go to the hospital, you?ll probably go to the emergency room. Learn more in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:11
Explanations: 3:38
Fast dialogue: 19:19
Saturday, 9:35 p.m.
I arrive in the emergency room. I had been at a party earlier in the evening when I acci...
Datum: 13.06.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 9.8 MB
Sometimes a vacation seems like work. Learn about following rules for dressing in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:16
Explanations: 3:11
Fast dialogue: 16:39
Tae: What are you doing? Why are you taking all of my clothes out of my suitcase? I just finished packing that.
Nicole: You?ve packed ...
Datum: 10.06.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.5 MB
Topics: The Lewis and Clark Expedition; Famous Authors: Anne Rice; to generate versus to create versus to make; a tad off target; run-on sentence
Words:
expedition
corps
to lay claim to
navigable
fur trapper
to split up
journal
manifest destiny
bicentennial
vampire
off-and-on relati...
Datum: 08.06.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 16.4 MB
Be careful who you recommend for a job. Learn more in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:05
Explanations: 2:41
Fast dialogue: 16:26
Harry: I?ve put in a good word for you with my boss. He said to stop by the store at 4:00 today and he?ll interview you for the job.
Judy: Okay, I think I can make...
Datum: 06.06.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
Look out for that crazy driver! Learn how to end your life by driving dangerously on this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:16
Explanations: 3:12
Fast dialogue: 18:01
I do a lot of driving in my job. You would think that driving several hours each way would get old really fast, but I have ways of maki...
Datum: 03.06.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 9.1 MB
Topics: Ask an American: driving while texting; ground versus soil versus land; as such; pupil versus people
Words:
eyewitness report
to lose control
apparent
median
to clip
to flip
distraction
visual
to glance
manual
cognitive
to take (one?s) mind off
ground
soil
land
a...
Datum: 01.06.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 14.4 MB
Hotel rooms are often more expensive when you have a good view. Find out about the different kinds of views and how to talk about them in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:09
Explanations: 3:04
Fast dialogue: 15:05
Andrea: Help me decide on which type of hotel room to book.
George: ...
Datum: 30.05.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Tired of the same nonsense from politicians? Learn how to complain about in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:18
Explanations: 3:12
Fast dialogue: 16:56
Kylie: Can you understand a word he?s saying?
Ramis: I doubt if anyone can. He?s talking out of both sides of his mouth. First...
Datum: 27.05.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
Topics: Movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey; Bozo the Clown; kind of versus so-so versus more or less; firm versus company; to get + participle
Words:
odyssey
concurrently
plot
extra-terrestrial
cryogenically frozen
to read lips
to sneak
to coincide with
clown
wig
comedy sketch
kind ...
Datum: 25.05.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 15.5 MB
If something isn?t working in any relationship, sometimes the best thing is just to end it. Learn more about how this might work for businesses in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:22
Explanations: 3:16
Fast dialogue: 18:26
Jerry: Who?s going to break the news to Tech Experts?
Camila: You mean ...
Datum: 23.05.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 9.3 MB
Televisions are getting bigger and bigger each year. Learn how and why to buy a HUGE TV in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:09
Explanations: 2:33
Fast dialogue: 13:26
Byung: This is what I?m talking about! It?s time to upgrade to a big-screen TV and this is the perfect place to buy one.
Nelly:...
Datum: 20.05.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 6.9 MB
Topics: American Presidents: Abraham Lincoln; to rise versus to raise versus to arise; rather than versus prefer; to tender (one?s) resignation
Words:
humble origins
log cabin
itinerant teacher
to fall into debt
oratorical
abolitionist
debate
to secede
reconstruction
to rise
to ...
Datum: 18.05.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 16 MB
Meeting your loved one?s family for the first time? Make sure you know who is who by listening first to this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:07
Explanations: 3:15
Fast dialogue: 18:18
Larissa: I?m really nervous about meeting your family.
Vince: You don?t need to be. They?ll love you and you?ll f...
Datum: 16.05.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 9.3 MB
Don?t worry if your writing in English isn?t perfect. Learn to understand a teacher?s comments on how to improve it in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 3:08
Fast dialogue: 17:33
Xica: I just got my paper back from Professor Rodriguez and it?s all marked up.
Lucas: Let me see. ...
Datum: 13.05.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.9 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Al Capone; The U.S. Military Academy at West Point; to crash versus to shatter versus to smash; how about you? versus what about you?; bite me
Words:
odd job
gang
mentor
scar
to bribe
to culminate
massacre
to lock (someone) up
tax evasion
notorious
nominated...
Datum: 11.05.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 14.6 MB
Do you want to know about the new man or woman at your work? Find out how to ask in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:29
Explanations: 3:13
Fast dialogue: 17:38
Amina: What?s the lowdown on the new guy?
Earl: Which new guy?
Amina: You know, the cute one. Fill me in. Is he single?
Earl: ...
Datum: 09.05.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.9 MB
Now everyone can be famous for 15 minutes. Learn how in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 0:58
Explanations: 2:48
Fast dialogue: 16:29
Melissa: You?re looking at the next overnight sensation. I?m uploading my video right now, and by this time tomorrow, I wouldn?t be surprised if it?s had over 100,...
Datum: 06.05.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
Topics: Buffalo Soldiers; Famous Songs: Oh My Darling, Clementine; to be concerned about/in/with; to erase versus to delete; ?how do you say...? for written English
Words:
buffalo
regiment
park ranger
prejudice
to disband
darling
miner
to drown
to excavate
alas
dreadful
to be ...
Datum: 04.05.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 14.4 MB
Ouch! If you often hurt yourself, you can learn how to describe all of your injuries in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:12
Explanations: 3:21
Fast dialogue: 17:12
Cherise: Rise and shine! Isn?t it a lovely day? I love getting back to nature. There?s nothing like going camping. How did you s...
Datum: 02.05.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.8 MB
Talking about someone?s religion can sometimes cause controversy. Learn what not to say in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 0:59
Explanations: 2:32
Fast dialogue: 16:26
Jim: You know that religion is a taboo subject, especially with Paul. Why were you baiting him all through dinner?
Tammy: I wa...
Datum: 29.04.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Artists as ambassadors; log versus timber versus lumber; to bump into
Words:
concept
narrative
partner
to realize
spiteful
collaboration
like-minded
creative
to sponsor
vision
to engage
propaganda
lasting
log
timber
lumber
to bump into
Datum: 27.04.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 14.9 MB
Sometimes the most important people in a project are the ones you never see or hear about. Learn about them in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:00
Explanations: 2:25
Fast dialogue: 15:42
Fumi: You may have everyone else fooled, but I know the real reason for the success of this project.
Issac: ...
Datum: 25.04.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Are you feeling like you need a new look? Then you need a makeover! Learn how to get one on this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:08
Explanations: 2:40
Fast dialogue: 15:32
Kurt: Come with me.
Ellie: Where are you taking me?
Kurt: I?m giving you a makeover and you have no say about it.
Elli...
Datum: 22.04.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Topics: Charles Manson and the Tate murders; air marshals; to reach versus to arrive; to go off; to be out of (one?s) league
Words:
troubled
armed robbery
following
conspiracy
death sentence
cult
air marshal
undercover
to disarm
in pairs
background investigation
to bump
to reach...
Datum: 20.04.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 16.2 MB
One of the risks of traveling is that your suitcases can get damaged. Find out what to do when that happens in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:08
Explanations: 3:02
Fast dialogue: 16:42
I picked up my luggage off of the baggage carousel and noticed that the handle was broken and some of my cloth...
Datum: 18.04.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.5 MB
Are you difficult to please when it comes to food? Don?t come to my house! Instead, listen to this episode to learn how to talk about yourself as an eater.
Slow dialogue: 1:24
Explanations: 2:44
Fast dialogue: 14:34
Jeremy: It?s really nice of you to make dinner for me tonight.
Keeley: I...
Datum: 15.04.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Topics: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Joshua Tree National Park; to the extent that versus in light of versus in the face of; I?m going versus I?m going to; adverb placement - accidentally
Words:
cuckoo
asylum
to fake
to serve (one's) sentence
to antagonize
ward
deinstitutionalizatio...
Datum: 13.04.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 13.6 MB
Most Americans have the opportunity to change their health insurance plans once a year. Learn more in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 0.52
Explanations: 2.22
Fast dialogue: 19.35
Mikhail: What?s all this?
Carol: It?s open enrollment at my company and I?m thinking of switching health plans. I ...
Datum: 11.04.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 9.7 MB
If you don?t have a big car or truck, you sometimes need the store to bring the things you bought to your house. Learn all about furniture delivery in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:21
Explanations: 3:20
Fast dialogue: 17:18
I was waiting patiently for the furniture store to deliver my new bed....
Datum: 08.04.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.9 MB
Topics: Prohibition; Famous Americans: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.; I?m sorry versus I apologize; green thumb; elbow grease; to be screwed
Words:
Prohibition
temperance
to ban
underground
to bootleg
moonshine
speakeasy
legal realism
to defer
to dissent
pithy
to step down
to be sor...
Datum: 07.04.2011 15:47 •
Größe: 15.4 MB
Will Canada and the United States soon be at war against each other? Find out in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:13
Explanations: 2:39
Fast dialogue: 15:47
Tania: Did you see the news today? Canada has been doing military exercises near the Canada-U.S. border. I think they?re trying to send u...
Datum: 04.04.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
Exercise does the body good. Learn all about walking and running in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:13
Explanations: 2:52
Fast dialogue: 16:08
Reina: Okay, I?m ready to walk my way to better fitness!
Lars: I?m glad you?re so enthusiastic about starting to exercise.
Reina: I?m totally psyc...
Datum: 01.04.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Topics: Famous Authors: Edgar Allen Poe; women?s colleges; business versus commerce versus trade; thank goodness; to be keen on
Words:
tale
macabre
to lament
narrator
knock
raven
nevermore
descent into madness
calculated
model
co-educational
to question the relevancy
business...
Datum: 30.03.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 15.1 MB
Are you late finishing your project at work? Did you not have time to complete your homework at school? No problem! You can ask for more time after listening to this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:13
Explanations: 2:33
Fast dialogue: 17:13
Dan: Hello.
Marcia: Hi, Dan. What?s the status on the ...
Datum: 28.03.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
Thinking about your next vacation? Consider going to an island for some rest and relaxation. Learn all about it in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:04
Explanations: 2:39
Fast dialogue: 16:20
Mohsen: I need to get off this island. I?m getting island fever.
Ella: We?ve only been here two days....
Datum: 25.03.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Louisville Slugger; globe versus sphere versus orb; on/by horseback; to hit one?s funny bone; to stub one?s toe
Words:
on average
peak production
spring training
butter churn
to prevail
Hall of Famer
to say it best
Louisville Slugger
anywhere from
season
batt...
Datum: 23.03.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 16.1 MB
We all make mistakes. Learn how to talk about forgiving someone who has done you wrong in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:09
Explanations: 3:03
Fast dialogue: 19:42
Luc: You?ll never guess who called and left a voicemail message today.
Angela: Who?
Luc: Barbara!
Angela: Oh, really? What ...
Datum: 22.03.2011 14:45 •
Größe: 9.9 MB
Americans avoid talking about politics and religion with strangers. Find out what happens when a husband and wife discuss such controversial topics in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 2:36
Fast dialogue: 17:30
Vivian: That news commentator should be fired for making such inflamm...
Datum: 18.03.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.7 MB
Topics: American Presidents: Thomas Jefferson; celebrity roasts; to splash versus to spray versus to sprinkle; hearing; to be of
Words:
swivel chair
mansion
colonist
delegate
alien
sedition
elective
epitaph
celebrity
roast
sense of humor
insult comic
to splash
to spray
to sp...
Datum: 16.03.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 15.8 MB
Running a small business isn?t always easy. Learn about what happens when the money is gone in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:23
Explanations: 2:45
Fast dialogue: 17:11
Kylie: I?ve just crunched the numbers and we?re not going to be able to meet payroll next month because of cash flow problems...
Datum: 14.03.2011 07:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
This episode is all about?what?s the topic again? I can?t remember it. Listen and find out for yourself.
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 2:58
Fast dialogue: 15:09
Randal: Hurry up. Rob will be here any minute.
Marjorie: I can?t remember the combination to this lock.
Randal: I thought...
Datum: 11.03.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Topics: John Audubon and the Audubon Society; Famous Songs: ?On Top of Old Smokey?; sign versus signal; figure out versus find out; to beat a dead horse
Words:
ornithologist
to sketch
naturalist
to illustrate
bird-banding
taxidermy
to become extinct
to court
grief
parody
spaghett...
Datum: 09.03.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 14.2 MB
Planning a nice vacation this year? Learn how to make it a bit more exciting in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:30
Explanations: 3:12
Fast dialogue: 16:39
Vanessa: Put away that guidebook. I want our vacation to be exciting and unique, not cookie cutter. Tourists all visit the same sites. I ...
Datum: 07.03.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 8.5 MB
What kind of sandwiches do you like? Learn how to talk about them in English on this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:07
Explanations: 2:32
Fast dialogue: 20:21
Geraldo: I am so hungry. When can we go eat?
Natasha: Just another minute and I?ll be finished here. What do you have a craving for?
Ge...
Datum: 04.03.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 10 MB
Topics: The FBI; Famous Americans: Margaret Mead; shall versus should versus supposed to; beneath versus underneath; fo? shizzle my nizzle
Words:
investigation
threat
to cross state lines
mail fraud
wiretapping
counterterrorism
g-men
anthropologist
to come of age
casual sex
to o...
Datum: 02.03.2011 08:10 •
Größe: 15.2 MB
Learn about making a video resume for your next job application in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:20
Explanations: 3:45
Fast dialogue: 18:43
Katrina: Okay, I?m ready to hear all of your advice about what to put into a video resume.
Raj: All right. The first thing to remember is that your vid...
Datum: 28.02.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 9.6 MB
Stop tweeting, texting, and talking long enough to listen to this episode on focus and concentration. Pay attention!
Slow dialogue: 1:16
Explanations: 2:52
Fast dialogue: 16:01
Vagner: Aren?t you supposed to be studying for the driver?s test?
Liesl: I?m supposed to be, but I keep getting d...
Datum: 25.02.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Stop tweeting, texting, and talking long enough to listen to this episode on focus and concentration. Pay attention!
Slow dialogue: 1:16
Explanations: 2:52
Fast dialogue: 16:01
Vagner: Aren?t you supposed to be studying for the driver?s test?
Liesl: I?m supposed to be, but I keep getting d...
Datum: 25.02.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Topics: The Graduate; Patty Hearst; embarrassed versus ashamed versus awkward; people versus persons; talk to the hand
Words:
to give (someone) a ride
to seduce
to have an affair
to set (someone) up with
magnate
notorious
to kidnap
urban guerrilla
fringe
hostage
to brainwash
to pard...
Datum: 23.02.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 16.2 MB
Can you trust your doctor to keep a secret? Find out in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:26
Explanations: 3:32
Fast dialogue: 18:27
Dr. Green: Can I consult you on a case of medical ethics?
Dr. Hause: Sure, I?m not a lawyer, but I can give you my opinion as another doctor.
Dr. Green: That?s ...
Datum: 21.02.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 9.4 MB
Can you trust your doctor to keep a secret? Find out in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:26
Explanations: 3:32
Fast dialogue: 18:27
Dr. Green: Can I consult you on a case of medical ethics?
Dr. Hause: Sure, I?m not a lawyer, but I can give you my opinion as another doctor.
Dr. Green: That?s ...
Datum: 21.02.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 9.4 MB
It?s not too late to apologize for the things you did wrong in life. Find out what happens when you don?t in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:32
Explanations: 2:54
Fast dialogue: 13:09
Vera: That was uncalled for. You owe me an apology!
Alvaro: Chill out. It was a joke!
Vera: It wasn?t fun...
Datum: 18.02.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 6.7 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Sleep-deprived teenagers; to buy versus to purchase versus to acquire; to burn the candle at both ends; Let?s versus shall we? versus why don?t we?
Words:
out of it
period
to stay awake
sleep-deprived
cranky
depression
astonishing
health center
admission
fatig...
Datum: 16.02.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 14.6 MB
Be careful not to hurt yourself at work. If you do, then listen to this episode to find out how to talk about it in English.
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 3:22
Fast dialogue: 17:50
Darrelle: I just went to a seminar about work-related injuries. I really have to rethink my workspace.
Kim:...
Datum: 14.02.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 9.1 MB
Don?t let your love?s labors be lost! Keep searching for that special someone and contribute to the profits of candy companies by celebrating Valentine?s Day.
Slow dialogue: 1:12
Explanations: 2:41
Fast dialogue: 14:33
Tony: Another Valentine?s Day! I really hate Valentine?s Day.
Chelsea: ...
Datum: 11.02.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Topics: American Presidents: Richard Nixon; off-the-grid; on-the-spot
Words:
partner
combat
speculation
close
inauguration ceremony
peacemaker
to overshadow
to cover up
crook
impeachment hearings
pardon
comeback
off-the-grid
on-the-spot
Datum: 09.02.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 15 MB
If you enjoy writing, then you?ll probably enjoy it a little less after having your work judged by a group of strangers. Learn more in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:06
Explanations: 2:39
Fast dialogue: 14:22
Adelia: When I created this writing contest, I had no idea that we would get so many ...
Datum: 07.02.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Learn about writing checks and having a checking account at a bank in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:04
Explanations: 3:20
Fast dialogue: 15:32
Marianne: I don?t understand it. I got a notice from the bank that two of my checks bounced. I?ve never had an overdraft in my life.
Jae: That does...
Datum: 04.02.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Topics: Famous Authors: Harriet Beecher Stowe; Death Valley National Park; idiom versus slang; a chunk of rural wilderness; the rest of (something)
Words:
abolitionist
slavery
livelihood
fugitive
to prompt
cabin
stereotype
to set aside
valley
arid
harsh
geological formation
idio...
Datum: 02.02.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 14.8 MB
If image is more important than substance, then today?s episode will give you all you need to be successful.
Slow dialogue: 1:11
Explanations: 3:04
Fast dialogue: 18:26
Jermaine: How did the investor meeting go?
Teresa: That meeting has been postponed until next week. One of the potential...
Datum: 31.01.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 9.3 MB
You don?t always need to stay in a hotel when you go on vacation. Learn about renting someone else?s house instead in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 3:04
Fast dialogue: 17:36
George: I?m kind of nervous staying in a vacation rental for the first time.
Marnie: Don?t worry. B...
Datum: 28.01.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 8.9 MB
Topics: The English-Only Movement; Famous Songs: ?The Yellow Rose of Texas?; kinda; to drink the Kool-Aid
Words:
movement
to date back to
to assimilate
cohesive
blow
symbolic
folk song
mulatto
to seduce
soldier
to break (one?s) heart
to march
kinda
to drink the Kool-Aid
Datum: 26.01.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 14.4 MB
Turn up your MP3 player so you can learn how to talk about sound and volume in English.
Slow dialogue: 1:00
Explanations: 2:33
Fast dialogue: 14:24
Delilah: Could you turn that down?
Josh: What?
Delilah: Could you turn your music down?
Josh: Oh, sure. Is there a problem?
Delilah: No,...
Datum: 24.01.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 7.4 MB
Try it before you buy it ? or, if you can?t try it, at least read what other people think about that new TV you want to buy. Learn all about product reviews in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:23
Explanations: 2:57
Fast dialogue: 14:36
Dominic: Do you want some help with that box?
Andrea: Sure...
Datum: 21.01.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: John Dewey; the X Games; phrases used to talk about people?s jobs; for the lack of; be that as it may
Words:
reform
progressive education
theoretical
posthumously
medal
extreme sport
parachute
to snowmobile
steep
to flip
spectator
sponsor
for lack of
be...
Datum: 19.01.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 14.9 MB
The world needs more advertising, don?t you think? No? Well, find out about it anyway in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:06
Explanations: 2:54
Fast dialogue: 17:19
Kam: Okay, the purpose of our meeting today is to listen to some ideas for our new advertising campaign. Gina, take it away.
Gin...
Datum: 17.01.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 8.8 MB
No one needs therapy more than a psychologist...I mean, a psychologist's patient. Learn how to talk about common psychological disorders in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:17
Explanations: 3:42
Fast dialogue: 16:05
Brett: Hi, Dr. Mollie. Could I speak to you for a few minutes?
Dr. ...
Datum: 14.01.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Commuting; start versus begin versus start off versus start on; a place to live versus a place to live in; might-have-been
Words:
congestion
central
public transportation
to switch over to
gradually
rush hour
peak
in excess
air pollution
fuel
emissions
...
Datum: 12.01.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 15.2 MB
Why go to the movie theater when you can watch it all in your own home? Find out how in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 3:07
Fast dialogue: 16:50
Cameron: What did you get for Christmas?
James: I got a box set of my favorite TV show of all time, the McQ Files. It contains al...
Datum: 10.01.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
I never liked my brother?s girlfriend. Find out why in this episode. (And, no, I won?t say which of my eight brothers I?m talking about!)
Slow dialogue: 1:22
Explanations: 3:16
Fast dialogue: 17:28
Georgia: So I thought Carla was nice.
Andy: You did? I didn?t get that impression at all. I...
Datum: 07.01.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 8.9 MB
Topics: American Presidents: George Washington; SeaWorld; power versus force; The Hurt Locker and Inglorious Basterds; How bad can it get?
Words:
colonel
to resign
to boycott
unanimously
to set precedent
hatchet
dentures
sea
ride
roller coaster
attraction
in captivity
power
fo...
Datum: 05.01.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 15.3 MB
Dennis thinks he is a great salesman. Find out if you are buying what he?s selling in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:17
Explanations: 3:00
Fast dialogue: 16:04
Dennis: I just got a new sales job and I?m going to be making a bundle.
Irene: What kind of job is it?
Dennis: I?ll be working s...
Datum: 03.01.2011 08:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
All the cool kids are getting smartphones. Find out if you should get one, too, by listening to this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 2:52
Fast dialogue: 16:11
Hitomi: What are you unboxing?
Jason: This is my new smartphone. It has every feature under the sun!
Hitomi: Every feat...
Datum: 31.12.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Topics: Famous Authors: Emily Dickinson; the Lindbergh Kidnapping; sure versus of course versus certainly; either; Imma be
Words:
poet
to rhyme
prolific
recluse
eccentric
ahead of (one?s) time
to kidnap
ransom
sensational
fingerprint
to be sentenced to death
to confess
sure ...
Datum: 29.12.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 14.3 MB
Learn to talk about disabilities and serious medical injuries in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:26
Explanations: 3:12
Fast dialogue: 15:59
Elena: How do you like your new job at the Veteran?s Hospital?
Wieland: I like it a lot. It?s really rewarding.
Elena: What do you do ther...
Datum: 27.12.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Shaving is one of the things most men have to do every day. Find out how to talk about it in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:09
Explanations: 3:25
Fast dialogue: 16:53
I forgot to set my alarm last night and I woke up later than usual. I was tempted to skip my morning shave, but I ha...
Datum: 24.12.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
Topics: It's a Wonderful Life; Cape Cod; backward versus backwards; to agree with versus to agree to versus to agree on; howdy
Words:
unselfishness
fraud
to take (one's) anger out on (someone)
to commit suicide
guardian angel
inspirational
cape
year-round
bed and breakfast
vineyard
t...
Datum: 22.12.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 14.9 MB
Don?t be nervous about giving a presentation. Learn what happens when you are successful in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:06
Explanations: 2:35
Fast dialogue: 14:14
Event organizer: Do you hear that? It?s a packed house and your presentation was a hit. People are clamoring for more.
Herman...
Datum: 20.12.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 7.2 MB
Right, left, or center? Whatever your political opinions, you?ll learn how to talk about them in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:23
Explanations: 3:15
Fast dialogue: 15:49
Bill: Why are you reading that rag?
Rachel: I enjoy reading it. I like its news coverage and its incisive commentaries....
Datum: 17.12.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Topics: Famous Songs: God Bless America and Kate Smith; The American Girl Dolls; provided that versus as long as; ?g? as in ?gansta?; to suck
Words:
patriotic
to set (something) aside
prayer
to bless
to stand beside
foam
rendition
seventh-inning stretch
line
doll
child labor
...
Datum: 15.12.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 16 MB
Learn to talk about everyone?s favorite topic, windows and doors, in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:21
Explanations: 3:47
Fast dialogue: 18:22
Vern: I really think we?ve bitten off more than we can chew. I like do-it-yourself projects, but installing a new window and a new door isn?t as easy a...
Datum: 13.12.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 9.5 MB
It?s always nice to share. Learn how to talk about it in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:04
Explanations: 2:45
Fast dialogue: 16:31
Benny: Mom says we?re supposed to share.
Julia: I know. I?m divvying up the candy right now. Just hold your horses.
Benny: I want to do it. I wan...
Datum: 10.12.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Latinos in Higher Education; per se; it pays to (be)
Words:
role model
to look up to (someone)
to drop out
to hit the exit doors
to retire
to follow in (one?s) footsteps
vacuum
scholarship
to integrate
mentor
to keep in touch
constantly
per se
it pays...
Datum: 08.12.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 14.7 MB
Don?t trust everyone who says they want to help you. Find out why in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:36
Explanations: 3:03
Fast dialogue: 15:37
Javier: I saw Terry cozying up to you this morning. What was that about?
Floriane: He was just offering me some advice on my first proposal.
Javi...
Datum: 06.12.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
No soup for you! Oh, just kidding. Learn how to talk about soups and salads in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:34
Explanations: 3:30
Fast dialogue: 18:19
After a long tiring day at work, I stopped at a restaurant nearby for a quick meal.
Server: Hi, I?m Ursula. Can I get you somet...
Datum: 03.12.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 9.2 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Eleanor Roosevelt; Renaissance fairs; admit versus confess; mix versus blend; chick flick
Words:
paralyzed
to stick by (one?s) side
First Lady
role
newspaper column
press conference
civil rights
delegate
instrumental
period costume
reign
living history
...
Datum: 01.12.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 15.5 MB
Where there?s smoke, there?s fire. Learn all about both in this episode on fire and firefighters.
Slow dialogue: 1:30
Explanations: 3:20
Fast dialogue: 17:19
Rebecca: Look, there?s smoke coming from six stories up.
Hugh: Yes, I know. Didn?t you hear the fire alarm go off upstairs a few m...
Datum: 29.11.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 8.8 MB
If you are good at gardening, we say you have a green thumb. Get your green thumb on in this episode that will explain how we talk about flowers and trees.
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 3:15
Fast dialogue: 16:47
Zuly: Hurry up! Mom will be home any minute and we?re not done planting.
Er...
Datum: 26.11.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 8.7 MB
Topics: Minimum wage; cyber crime; I will want to versus I would want to; except for; conversely
Words:
wages
subject to
indexed to inflation
consumer price index
opponent
to nickel and dime
cyber
to hack
identity theft
copyright infringement
handle
victim
I will want to?
I woul...
Datum: 24.11.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 15.8 MB
Are you feeling tired from working all day? So am I! But before I fall to sleep, let me tell you that this episode is about being tired and energetic. Okay, now let me sleep?
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 2:54
Fast dialogue: 14:16
Carmen: Wake up! You?re supposed to be working.
Elias...
Datum: 22.11.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
You have your airplane ticket. You have your hotel reservation. Now how are you going to get from the airport to the hotel? Learn how to find out in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:07
Explanations: 3:30
Fast dialogue: 17:39
My wife and I bought a vacation package and we thought that...
Datum: 19.11.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 9.1 MB
Topics: Famous Authors: Stephen King; Traffic School; cost versus charge versus fee; in a New York minute; couple
Words:
horror
psychic
clown
series
to follow the book
lifetime achievement
traffic school
driver?s ed
to speed
to lose (one?s) driver?s license
driving record
corres...
Datum: 17.11.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 14.7 MB
Do you have your father?s chin and your mother?s nose? Then you need to learn how to talk in English about looking like your parents with the help of this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 3:34
Fast dialogue: 17:06
Khaled: Hi, what are you looking at?
Susanna: Your photo albums. Yo...
Datum: 15.11.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 8.8 MB
Are you moving in or moving out? Either way, learn how to talk about moving to a new place in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:29
Explanations: 3:21
Fast dialogue: 16:13
[A knock on door.]
Andre: Hello. Is anyone here?
Ellie: Yes, can I help you?
Andre: I saw your door open and I just want...
Datum: 12.11.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
Topics: Video-game violence; ROTC; should have done versus should have to do; just versus only; to learn as (one) goes
Words:
realism
insensitive
arcade
minor
rating system
console
officer
branch
ranking
Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell
gay
should have done
should have to do
just / onl...
Datum: 10.11.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 14.9 MB
Learn how to talk about negotiating a business deal in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:19
Explanations: 2:50
Fast dialogue: 15:29
Gia: Why are the negotiations on this deal taking so long? I thought we would be putting the finishing touches on it by now.
Logan: The other side is ...
Datum: 08.11.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Make sure your website is unique - just like everybody else! Learn how to talk about it in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:21
Explanations: 3:14
Fast dialogue: 19:22
Keiko: The layout of your webpage is so lame. Why don?t you customize it?
Al: Why bother? I don?t want to spend th...
Datum: 05.11.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 9.7 MB
Topics: Ask an American: minority doctors; if I were; I wish I were; near versus close; to hold (something) against (someone)
Words:
study
to establish
practice
outcome
credibility
health professional
to result
compliance
prescription
exchange
truly
makeup
culturally competen...
Datum: 03.11.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 15.5 MB
If you?re feeling sick, you should go see a doctor. Learn how to understand what the doctor says to you in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:21
Explanations: 2:45
Fast dialogue: 15:39
Terrell: Where have you been?
Sally: At the hospital, again. My doctor is putting me through anoth...
Datum: 01.11.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
How do you handle a hungry man? Find out in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:28
Explanations: 3:00
Fast dialogue: 14:54
Steve: I?m finally home and I?m hungry. What?s for dinner?
Brandy: I?m making a new dish. I think you?re really going to like it.
Steve: Oh, good. Bring it on.
Bran...
Datum: 29.10.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
Topics: The Extension Courses System; Famous Americans: Lizzie Borden; Boston accent/dialect and the Boston Brahmin; to speak out of turn
Words:
to be enrolled
hobby
offbeat
palm reading
certificate
step-
hatchet
prime suspect
sensational
to speculate
detective
motive
to convict ...
Datum: 27.10.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 16.2 MB
Did you hear about the latest, greatest products being developed by America?s most famous companies? Neither did we, but find out how to describe new products in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:07
Explanations: 2:48
Fast dialogue: 16:13
Augie: Today?s the day. I?m giving you the heads up. Our...
Datum: 25.10.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
Plan ahead for just about anything, including your love life. Impossible, you say? Not after you listen to this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:16
Explanations: 3:18
Fast dialogue: 16:57
Mariela: Wow, it looks like you?re working on a big project. What are all these pages and pages of notes for?
...
Datum: 22.10.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.8 MB
Topics: On the Waterfront; Famous Songs: ?Swing Low, Sweet Chariot?; bet versus wager versus gamble; U.S. versus U.S.A.; can?t help (doing something)
Words:
waterfront
mob
union
deed
whistleblower
to give away the ending
uplifting
slave
to do (something) justice
chariot
to swing
boun...
Datum: 20.10.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 16.1 MB
Learn how to send someone money internationally in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:19
Explanations: 4:16
Fast dialogue: 21:30
Mahmoud: My brother emailed about an emergency situation. He needs $300 by tomorrow, but how can I get cash to him within 24 hours if I?m here in Mexico City and he?s in...
Datum: 18.10.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 11.1 MB
A lot of people nowadays want to become famous. Become famous yourself by listening to this episode!
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 2:45
Fast dialogue: 16:07
Erik: Why are you wearing that getup?
Juliana: I?m trying to stay under the radar. I don?t want to create a mob by going outside w...
Datum: 15.10.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Topics: American Cities: Albuquerque; Survivor Reality TV Show; yet; differentiation versus distinction; so near and yet so far
Words:
desert
to settle
to occupy
Old West
outlaw
folklore
hot-air balloon
reality television
stranger
shelter
reward
alliance
yet
differentiation
...
Datum: 13.10.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 14.6 MB
Being born into a rich family can have many benefits. Find out more in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:26
Explanations: 3:14
Fast dialogue: 19:19
Andy: Doesn?t it make you sick? We bust our butts around here and the boss brings in his nephew to be the new manager.
Nia: You never know. He ma...
Datum: 11.10.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 9.7 MB
Some people drive too fast, and some people don?t take responsibility for their mistakes. Learn the result of combining those two things in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:22
Explanations: 3:43
Fast dialogue: 20:06
Flora: What happened to my car?!
Saul: I saw it happen. A car came around th...
Datum: 08.10.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 10.2 MB
Topics: Famous authors: Maya Angelou; Universal Studios; wise versus savvy versus clever; delicatessen; to end up versus to wind up
Words:
cage
racism
highly acclaimed
to ban
honorary degree
ritual
lecture circuit
studio
theme park
ride
set
façade
wise
clever
savvy
delicates...
Datum: 06.10.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 15 MB
This episode is dedicated to my neighbor?s screaming children. Learn how to describe the little monsters in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:28
Explanations: 3:31
Fast dialogue: 17:32
Josephine: Hello.
Ray: Hi, Josephine, it?s Ray. We have a meeting today at 10 a.m. and I was wondering if yo...
Datum: 04.10.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.9 MB
If you?re looking to fight, you?ve come to the right episode. Learn how to get yourself involved in physical violence ? in English!
Slow dialogue: 1:08
Explanations: 3:58
Fast dialogue: 18:35
I was sitting at my local bar waiting for my friends to arrive to watch the game. Two guys sitting a f...
Datum: 01.10.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 9.6 MB
Topics: Yelp; Book Review: The Road; advocate versus lawyer versus attorney; any; salmon and count/mass nouns
Words:
yelp
social networking
profile
review
recourse
escapism
spare
apocalypse
deserted
dog-eat-dog
to grip
quotation mark
advocate
lawyer
attorney
any
salmon
Datum: 29.09.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 14.5 MB
If you make a decision quickly, you may spend a lot of time regretting it. Learn to describe making decisions in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:24
Explanations: 3:05
Fast dialogue: 16:13
Courteney: Which of these vendors do you think we should go with?
Dante: I?m really hesitant t...
Datum: 27.09.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
If you?re leaving on a jet plane, and don?t know when you?ll be back again, then you better bring a lot of clothing. Learn all about it on this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:49
Explanations: 3:17
Fast dialogue: 17:43
Nick: Aren?t you done packing yet? We need to leave for the airport in 15 minut...
Datum: 24.09.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.9 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Evel Knievel; Colonial Williamsburg; to devote versus to dedicate; the title ?Dr.?; between now and then
Words:
daredevil
stunt
to pop a wheelie
odd jobs
to clear
to go south
exhibit
authentic
era
living history
firearm
street theater
to devote
to dedic...
Datum: 22.09.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 15.7 MB
Sometimes where you eat is as important as what you eat. Learn how to tell the difference in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:23
Explanations: 3:26
Fast dialogue: 19:09
Russell: Why aren?t you eating? Is there something the matter with your food?
Nadia: No, the food is fine.
Russell: What...
Datum: 20.09.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 9.7 MB
Is your bathroom missing something? Find out what it might be in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:14
Explanations: 2:57
Fast dialogue: 15:49
Jan: We?re almost done. We just need to get some bathroom supplies for Kimberly.
Tim: Okay, here are some towels, a bathmat and a bathroom scale. Don?t...
Datum: 17.09.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Topics: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Famous Songs: Oh! Susanna; whichever versus whatever; tar-and-feather; mutually exclusive
Words:
smoke
old-growth forest
salamander
settler
log cabin
banjo
true love
still
nonsensical
dialect
from memory
whichever
whatever
tar-a...
Datum: 15.09.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 16.5 MB
If you want to become successful in business, there?s no better place to start than talking to someone who has already achieved success. Learn more about mentoring in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:16
Explanations: 3:15
Fast dialogue: 19:00
Alex: Where are you going?
Kenya: I?m going to mee...
Datum: 13.09.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 9.6 MB
If you have nothing to live for, then you must be watching a daytime talk show. Learn how to describe it all in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:27
Explanations: 2:46
Fast dialogue: 18:32
Sally: Why are wasting your time on your day off watching these daytime talk shows?
Jerry: I t...
Datum: 10.09.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 9.2 MB
Topics: Singing in the Rain; the Federal Reserve; among versus between; of no use
Words:
musical
silent film
talking picture
leading lady
to dub
exclusive
branch
board of directors
turbulent
to stave off
criticism
accountability
among
between
of no use
Datum: 08.09.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 15.5 MB
Do you feel the earth move under your feet? You may be experiencing an earthquake. Learn how to talk about it in English before it?s too late.
Slow dialogue: 1:28
Explanations: 3:34
Fast dialogue: 19:24
Jamal: Did you feel that?
Keisha: Was that an earthquake?
Jamal: Yes, I think so. ...
Datum: 06.09.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 9.8 MB
Having your first child can be hard on parents. Learn how to talk about all the things you have to do in English on this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:35
Explanations: 3:28
Fast dialogue: 19:21
Zuly: Hello.
Ricardo: Hi, Zuly. How are you?
Zuly: Oh, Ricardo, it?s you. I?m doing okay. How are...
Datum: 03.09.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 9.7 MB
Topics: Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus; New York Fashion Week; predict versus forecast; foretell versus remind versus recall; polite phrases used before meals
Words:
circus
acrobat
clown
ringmaster
clean
reach
collection
what?s in/out
star-studded
invitation-only
to spon...
Datum: 01.09.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 16.2 MB
Introducing someone who is giving a speech is always easier than actually giving the talk. Learn how to do it in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:37
Explanations: 3:07
Fast dialogue: 16:53
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I have your attention, please?
It is my great honor to introduce our...
Datum: 30.08.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.5 MB
Parents want to protect their children, even when they grow older. Sometimes the children, however, don?t want the protection. Learn more in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:39
Explanations: 3:29
Fast dialogue: 18:18
Dad: Where are you going?
Eva: Out.
Dad: Out where?
Eva: Dad, I?m nearly...
Datum: 27.08.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 9.2 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Chocolate; dispute versus disagreement versus conflict; using ?times? in comparing amounts; use of infinitive ?to? phrases as adjective, adverb, or noun
Words:
comfort food
to melt in (one?s) mouth
sensation
hot off the presses
to tend to
refrigeration
prevalent
to...
Datum: 25.08.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 16 MB
There are lots of things you must do before you are ready to travel. Learn how to talk about them in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:29
Explanations: 3:50
Fast dialogue: 17:54
Shannon: It looks like you?re ready for your trip. You must be psyched.
Ignacio: Yeah, I am. I?m almost ...
Datum: 23.08.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 9.1 MB
Looking to buy a new car? Find out what different types of cars are called in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:10
Explanations: 2:46
Fast dialogue: 16:15
Robert: Hi, I?m Robert. What are you in the market for today?
Mary: I want to buy a new car, but I?m not sure what I want.
Robe...
Datum: 20.08.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Topics: Famous Authors: Laura Ingalls Wilder; college secret societies; no one versus nobody versus anybody; Do you feel as though...?; rent versus lease
Words:
pioneer
homesteader
deed
to draw on (one?s) experiences
prairie
drought
rerun
skull
to tap (someone)
old-boy network
rumor ...
Datum: 18.08.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 15.2 MB
Learn how to format your documents in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:30
Explanations: 3:20
Fast dialogue: 20:11
Chad: Okay, this report is finally finished.
Pamela: Oh, not quite. I?m still working on the formatting.
Chad: We used the standard formatting for this type of report. I don?t ...
Datum: 16.08.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 10.1 MB
Getting too many phone calls? Learn how to fix the problem in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:35
Explanations: 3:24
Fast dialogue: 19:19
Gisele: Our phone has been ringing off the hook all weekend. What?s the deal?
Nobu: I think it?s Jeanine.
Gisele: Jeanine?Jeanine?Is that the woman you...
Datum: 13.08.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 9.7 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Scott Joplin; American Cities: Memphis; picture versus image versus photo; a versus an
Words:
composer
ragtime
talent
to be well-received
largely
posthumous
lumber
mule
these days
cargo
to be associated with
barbecue
picture
image
photo
Datum: 11.08.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 15.6 MB
Learn how to read a bus schedule in English on this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:18
Explanations: 3:59
Fast dialogue: 18:56
This was my first visit to McQuillanville. I wanted to avoid driving, so I decided to take the bus around the city. However, I was having some trouble figuring out the bus s...
Datum: 09.08.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 9.8 MB
Keep reaching for the stars in this episode, while keeping your feet on the ground.
Slow dialogue: 1:23
Explanations: 2:52
Fast dialogue: 13:24
Dad: What are you working on, honey?
Mariko: It?s a project for school about the Earth and its place in the universe. I have to write a report and b...
Datum: 06.08.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 6.9 MB
Topics: Chinatown; famous songs: "Home on the Range"; that way versus in that way versus in such a way; neither here nor there; suffer versus suffer from
Words:
to be inspired by (something
conspiracy
corruption
to reveal
to flee
warrant for (someone?s) arrest
range
antelope
seldom ...
Datum: 04.08.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 14 MB
Learn how to protect your good reputation, or fix your bad one, in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:23
Explanations: 3:07
Fast dialogue: 14:57
Alex: Good morning. What?s with the gloom and doom?
Paige: Have you seen this morning?s newspaper?
Alex: No, I haven?t.
Paige: You?d better read ...
Datum: 02.08.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Learn how to talk about a great performance in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:18
Explanations: 2:39
Fast dialogue: 14:39
Claudia: Oh, that was so good. I?ve never seen anything better. Bravo! Bravo!
Javier: There?s no need for a standing ovation and stop gushing. The performers...
Datum: 30.07.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Topics: Famous Authors: Raymond Chandler; the Pony Express; to be involved in versus to be involved with; to make sense; hard on its heels
Words:
genre
free time
hobby
to make ends meet
screenwriter
unsentimental
cynical
relay
wiry
orphan
can-do
trademark
to be involved in
to be ...
Datum: 28.07.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 16.1 MB
If you have a medical emergency, you may need to call an ambulance. Learn more in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:20
Explanations: 3:22
Fast dialogue: 14:11
Brad: Are you all right?
Lydia: What...what happened?
Brad: You lost consciousness and someone called 911. My name is Brad and I?m a ...
Datum: 26.07.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 7.4 MB
Most people call or write before they visit their friends and family, but some like to go unannounced. Find out why that can be a bad idea in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:24
Explanations: 3:22
Fast dialogue: 15:46
Lorraine: Hi, this is a surprise. To what do I owe this pleasure?
Terrance:...
Datum: 23.07.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
ESL Podcast's Fifth Anniversary Video Podcast! See a complete transcript at ESLPod.com.
Datum: 22.07.2010 23:00 •
Größe: 16.6 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Obsolete; regarding versus concerning versus as for; can't be bothered; How you doing?
Words:
block
soundtrack
to tote
ghetto blaster
forefinger
knob
cultural reference
next door
otherwise
to Tweet
terse
to water down
regarding
concerning
as for
...
Datum: 21.07.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 15.6 MB
If you can?t read this, then put on your glasses and listen to this episode on having bad eyes.
Slow dialogue: 1:07
Explanations: 2:45
Fast dialogue: 15:19
Sue: This medication I?m taking is messing with my vision. Everything is blurry.
Hamed: That?s a good reason for you to stay home from...
Datum: 19.07.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Learn to talk about summertime clothing in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:35
Explanations: 3:01
Fast dialogue: 13:14
Spencer: I would love to see you in this outfit: a tank top and a miniskirt.
Lauren: No way! I wouldn?t look anything like that mannequin. I?m too shy and I?d make a fool of ...
Datum: 16.07.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 6.8 MB
Topics: Comic-Con; Famous Americans: Houdini; I just versus I have just; suit versus match versus fit; levity
Words:
convention
comic book
animation
autograph
fan
magician
escape artist
handcuffs
to debunk
supernatural
medium
séance
to suit
to match
to fit
levity
Datum: 14.07.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 15.2 MB
How do you end a date that isn?t going well? Find out what to do - and not to do - in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 3:15
Fast dialogue: 15:48
Brittany: [slurring her speech] I had a really nice time.
Tri: I?m glad to hear it. It was nice of Marie to set us up.
Brittany:...
Datum: 12.07.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Have you ever wanted to describe the way something feels when you touch it? Learn how to do it in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:17
Explanations: 2:58
Fast dialogue: 14:31
Tommy: It?s just our luck that there?s a major power failure while we?re shopping in this outdoor bazaar.
Lou...
Datum: 09.07.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 7.4 MB
Topics: Hate Crime Legislation; State Fairs; shop versus store versus department store; relative to versus related to; Down Under
Words:
hate crime
prejudice
criminal offense
sexual orientation
brutality
to trigger
state fair
livestock
ride
funhouse
ribbon
textile
shop
store
de...
Datum: 07.07.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 13.8 MB
Many governments give money to people who lose their jobs. Learn how to get some in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:38
Explanations: 2:50
Fast dialogue: 13:54
Agency Employee: Hello, state unemployment agency.
George: Hello, I?d like to apply for unemployment benefits.
Agency Employee: Ok...
Datum: 05.07.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 7.1 MB
Allergies are no fun, but this episode is! Learn how to talk about this medical condition in English.
Slow dialogue: 1:27
Explanations: 2:55
Fast dialogue: 14:40
Victor: Oh, doctor, you?ve got to help me!
Doctor: Try to relax. What seems to be the problem?
Victor: I?m sneezing all the tim...
Datum: 02.07.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Topics: Area 51 and Roswell; American Cities: Baltimore; that versus which; right away versus straightaway
Words:
conspiracy theory
civilian
tight-lipped
UFO
extraterrestrial
to recover
cultural center
Midwest
philanthropist
refurbished
black history
Super Bowl
that
which
right...
Datum: 30.06.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 13.5 MB
Learn how to talk about the true nature of competition and games in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 2:22
Fast dialogue: 14:22
Olga: Are you going to take me on, or are you chicken?
Apollo: Me chicken? No way! Bring it on!
Olga: Okay, but get ready to get troun...
Datum: 28.06.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Most children have to go to school, but some find clever ways to avoid it on certain days. Learn more about it on this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 3:06
Fast dialogue: 16:01
Carin: We?re going to be late for school. Hurry up!
Hwan: I?m not going to school today. I?m sick.
Ca...
Datum: 25.06.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Topics: Psycho and Alfred Hitchcock; The Gettysburg Address; to get the most out of versus to take advantage of; who versus whom; status quo
Words:
thriller
to adapt
proprietor
swamp
to trace
turning point
cemetery
dedication
to keep (one?s) spirits up
founding fathers
to prevail
patri...
Datum: 23.06.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 16.6 MB
You can?t run. You can?t hide. There are thieves even on the Internet. Learn how to talk about hackers in English on this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:02
Explanations: 2:26
Fast dialogue: 13:08
Valerie: You?ll never guess what happened over the weekend.
Bill: What?
Valerie: Our website was ...
Datum: 21.06.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 6.7 MB
Drive carefully, or you may get a ticket from the police. Find out what to say in English if it happens to you.
Slow dialogue: 1:08
Explanations: 3:01
Fast dialogue: 16:16
I was having a great day until I saw the police car behind me with its loud siren and lights flashing. I pulled off the ro...
Datum: 18.06.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Father Damien and leprosy; bring versus take; And you?; trustworthy versus honest
Words:
beacon
to despair
faith
to exile
to shun
legacy
affection
on (one?s) behalf
bottom line
to bring
to take
trustworthy
honest
Datum: 16.06.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 15 MB
Flying in an airplane is getting more and more expensive. Find out why in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:14
Explanations: 3:35
Fast dialogue: 15:37
Justine: So that?s the plan. We drive to San Francisco, then to Portland, then to Seattle, and then to Vancouver.
Howie: What? Why are we driv...
Datum: 14.06.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
The skin is the largest organ in the human body. Find out how to talk about it in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 2:54
Fast dialogue: 15:08
Mother: Doctor, this is my son Danny. I brought him in so you could look at his rash.
Doctor: Okay, Danny. Have a seat on the exam tab...
Datum: 11.06.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Topics: The Grand Canyon; Famous Americans: Georgia O?Keefe; shanty versus apartment versus tenement; alert the media; now what?
Words:
canyon
steep
to erode
outdoorsman
livestock grazing
sightseeing
boundary
discouraged
exhibit
magnifying glass
landscape
desert
shanty
apartment...
Datum: 09.06.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 13.7 MB
Need some extra work done for your business? Learn how to talk about hiring an independent contractor in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:22
Explanations: 3:20
Fast dialogue: 16:31
Erica: So your suggestion is to hire outside consultants to handle the extra work associated with the expansion.
S...
Datum: 07.06.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
Not everything is what is seems to be. Learn to express your inevitable disappointment in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:20
Explanations: 3:14
Fast dialogue: 16:39
Daniela: I did it. I finally met Mandy Timpkin.
Tony: Mandy Timpkin, your idol?
Daniela: Yeah, I stood in line f...
Datum: 04.06.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.5 MB
Topics: Ellis Island; The Rat Pack; lots of versus a lot of; sleep versus asleep, wake versus awake, rise versus arise; alpha male
Words:
immigration
to undergo
inspection
unsanitary
family tree
pop culture
desegregation
impromptu
to sell out
to rule
brat
coming-of-age
lots of / a...
Datum: 02.06.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 15.6 MB
Dreaming of an old love? Find out if she (or he) will ever take you back in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:27
Explanations: 2:58
Fast dialogue: 15:56
Grace: What are you doing?
Yuji: I?m working on a plan to get April back.
Grace: I think that?s a lost cause. You guys broke up three mon...
Datum: 31.05.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
So I was telling my friend about this thing but then I thought of something else so I?what was I saying? Anyway, learn how to tell a story clearly in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:27
Explanations: 3:03
Fast dialogue: 14:05
Laurent: So I?m confused. Who?s David again?
Bethany: David is my r...
Datum: 28.05.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Topics: Famous TV Animals; Niagara Falls; closed caption versus subtitle; meanwhile versus meantime; using the colon (:)
Words:
to capture (one's) heart
storyline
courage
stunt
warden
hydroelectric power
honeymoon
barrel
mist
chapel
luxury hotel
aphrodisiac
closed caption
subtitle
...
Datum: 26.05.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 15.5 MB
If you?re sick, you need to take a day off from work. Find out how to tell your boss in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:06
Explanations: 2:51
Fast dialogue: 12:50
I was fed up with work and wanted the day off. I decided to call in sick. I wasn?t prepared, though, to be peppered with...
Datum: 24.05.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 6.7 MB
It?s time to relax, and there?s no better place than a spa. Learn how to talk about it in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:12
Explanations: 2:59
Fast dialogue: 13:58
Jan: This is the life! Spending the day at a spa is my idea of paradise.
Tim: Yeah, it?s great.
Jan: Aren?t you ...
Datum: 21.05.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 7.2 MB
Topics: Preventing Violence in Schools Post Columbine; American Territories: U.S. Virgin Islands; although versus even though; lite; rate versus rank
Words:
campus
massacre
outcast
bullied
minor
to claim
clique
to retaliate
Caribbean
inhabitant
exotic
diving
destination wedding
cru...
Datum: 19.05.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 13.6 MB
Go to a parent-teacher conference to talk about your child?s performance in school in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:29
Explanations: 3:35
Fast dialogue: 15:46
Ms. Vasquez: Hello, Mr. Polo. I?m Ms. Vasquez. Please have a seat.
Mr. Polo: Thank you.
Ms. Vasquez: In this parent-teacher confe...
Datum: 17.05.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
It helps to be able to read a map if you?re going to travel. Learn how in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:30
Explanations: 3:30
Fast dialogue: 15:34
Greg: What are you doing with that map and that globe?
Julianna: I?m trying to keep track of Carmen as she travels from country to c...
Datum: 14.05.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
Topics: Ask an American: The Princess and the Frog; pronouncing ?address?; to cut the bull/ bullshit; outspoken versus vocal
Words:
fairy tale
extension of (one?s) disbelief
dreamland
hand-drawn
down here
to break (someone?s) heart
merger
to bring back
the norm
period
Americana
to open...
Datum: 12.05.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 14.9 MB
Learn how to talk about retirement in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:21
Explanations: 3:12
Fast dialogue: 15:53
Meredith: Are you going to Stanley?s retirement party?
Oscar: Sure, I want a glimpse of the future. I can?t wait to retire.
Meredith: It?ll be a long time before you g...
Datum: 10.05.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Learn how to ask in English where someone is from, and to introduce yourself in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:36
Explanations: 3:14
Fast dialogue: 16:23
Cora: Hi, I?m Cora.
Antonio: I?m Antonio. Nice to meet you.
Cora: Same here. Are you from around here?
Antonio: No, I?m origina...
Datum: 07.05.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
Topics: DUIs and Mothers Against Drunk Drivers; Famous Americans: Martha Stewart; traffic versus transit; at all versus not at all; describing someone who works from home
Words:
influence
impaired
sobriety
penalty
to lobby
non-profit
fatality
business magnate
empire
homemaking
insider i...
Datum: 05.05.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 15.7 MB
Eat some good food made by Chef Mom in this episode. It?s delicious!
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 3:26
Fast dialogue: 16:36
Louise: What?s the matter with you?
Gil: I just got off the phone with my mom and she says they?re planning a welcome-home party for me next week ? at a restaurant...
Datum: 03.05.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.5 MB
Let?s go to a magic show and talk about it in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:18
Explanations: 2:47
Fast dialogue: 13:18
Patricia: This is the best magic show I?ve ever seen. Have you ever seen so many amazing magic tricks in your life? They?re blowing my mind!
Sergio: They?re all...
Datum: 30.04.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 6.8 MB
Topics: The CIA; The Wizard of Oz; deliverable; stress versus pressure; ?you had me at ?hello??
Words:
intelligence
peacetime
secretive
speculation
espionage
covert
torture
regime change
wizard
tornado
scarecrow
plot
deliverable
stress
pressure
?you had me at ?hello??
Datum: 28.04.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 14.9 MB
Corruption is a fact of life in some places. Learn about how to avoid it in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:26
Explanations: 3:30
Fast dialogue: 15:10
Josey: Hello, I?m Josey Kim.
Curt: Hi, I?m Curt West. Thanks for agreeing to meet with me.
Josey: You mentioned on the phone that you can...
Datum: 26.04.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Do you get up early in the morning or do you prefer to stay up late at night? Learn how to talk about both in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:32
Explanations: 3:20
Fast dialogue: 15:21
Spiro: Hey, watch out!
Nancy: Oh, I?m sorry. I didn?t see you there. I thought I would be the onl...
Datum: 23.04.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Topics: Yosemite National Park; PETA and animal rights; to rebuild versus to reshape; to mind your P?s and Q?s; tag questions
Words:
national park
developed
valley
striking
cliff
animal rights
suffering
factory farm
tactic
fur
undercover
arson
to rebuild
to reshape
to mind yo...
Datum: 21.04.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 14.6 MB
Eat healthy by getting lots of fruits and vegetables. Go shopping for produce in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:16
Explanations: 4:03
Fast dialogue: 19:28
On my way home from work, I stopped at the supermarket. My doctor has been telling me to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, s...
Datum: 19.04.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 10 MB
Every country has rich people and poor people. Learn how to talk about your family?s economic background in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:26
Explanations: 3:21
Fast dialogue: 18:55
Hector: Can you believe James? All evening, he tried to tell me how this country would be better if w...
Datum: 16.04.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 9.5 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Tyler Perry; NASA; to think on (one?s) feet; plural for iPod Touch and other proper nouns; recognition versus acknowledgement
Words:
musical
adapted
uninhibited
recurring
to cross-dress
no-nonsense
to be nominated
space
in orbit
shuttle
launch
unmanned
...
Datum: 14.04.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 14.5 MB
If you discover something illegal or unethical at your workplace, what should you do? Find out in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:48
Explanations: 3:35
Fast dialogue: 15:40
Becky: What are we going to do?
Saeed: I don't know. I need time to think about the ramifications of blowing the whistle...
Datum: 12.04.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
Be careful when you drive or you might get into an accident. Find out how to blame the other driver in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 3:04
Fast dialogue: 16:16
Tarik: Are you okay?
Stacey: Yeah, I think so. I?m just a little shaken up, but look at my car!
Tarik: Mine is...
Datum: 09.04.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Topics: Ask an American: The Cherokee Language; regard versus consider; remember versus memorize; knock on wood
Words:
tense
tone
inflection
bits and pieces
from the heart
to provide for
trustworthy
foster
as if
to regard
to consider
to remember
to memorize
knock on wood
Datum: 07.04.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 15.2 MB
How many fish are in the ocean? Find out how to guess in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:19
Explanations: 3:08
Fast dialogue: 15:32
Angela: Hey, look at this. This restaurant is holding a contest. If you can guess the number of marbles in this bowl, you?ll get a free meal every day for one ye...
Datum: 05.04.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
Thinking of traveling? Explore the good and not so good things about taking a singles vacation in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:18
Explanations: 3:30
Fast dialogue: 18:44
Ray: I have a great idea for your next vacation. You should go on a singles cruise.
Samantha: I?m not going on a sing...
Datum: 02.04.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 9.5 MB
Topics: Types of prisons and the parole system; American cities: Austin; using prepositions with the days of the week; for the world to owe (one) something; late/early morning, afternoon, and evening
Words:
prison
to pose a threat
solitary confinement
cell
incarceration
probation
overcrowded...
Datum: 31.03.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 14.7 MB
Learn how to talk about good and bad business climates in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:29
Explanations: 3:19
Fast dialogue: 16:42
Clint: Anya! Long time no see. Let me buy you a drink. I?m celebrating.
Anya: Oh, yeah? What?s the good news?
Clint: My company has had a banner month. ...
Datum: 29.03.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.5 MB
Learn how to talk about visiting someone in the hospital in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 3:03
Fast dialogue: 13:02
George: You?re just in time. There?s only another 20 minutes until the end of visiting hours.
Inez: I got here as soon as I could. How is Uncle Peter?
Georg...
Datum: 26.03.2010 07:20 •
Größe: 6.8 MB
Topics: Classic game shows; the sister cities program; beyond a reasonable doubt; infinite versus permanent versus eternal; forward versus forwards
Words:
game show
classic
on the air
to make a comeback
contestant
showcase
deal
newlywed
to make whoopee
sister city
ties
waste
beyond a ...
Datum: 24.03.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 13.4 MB
Where?s the best place to have a wild party? At someone else?s house, as you?ll learn in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:11
Explanations: 3:05
Fast dialogue: 16:15
Paula: Okay, let?s get this party started!
Mitch: I really don?t think having a party is such a good idea. We?re supposed to be ...
Datum: 22.03.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
What happens when a woman dates her best friend?s ex-boyfriend? You?ll want to find out by listening to this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:26
Explanations: 3:31
Fast dialogue: 20:02
Fareed: Where are you going?
Amber: I?m going to meet Peter.
Fareed: When are you going to tell Lily?
Amber: T...
Datum: 19.03.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 10.1 MB
Topics: Apollo Theater; Famous Americans: Susan B. Anthony; to talk down to; to bail on; had better versus would rather
Words:
talent
to make (one?s) debut
jazz legend
to bill (oneself)
executioner
to revive
landmark status
to play a pivotal role
suffrage
wage equality
temperance movem...
Datum: 17.03.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 13.5 MB
A laboratory is no place for a young child. Learn why in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:17
Explanations: 3:00
Fast dialogue: 17:20
I was working in the lab, as usual, when my colleague brought his three-year-old son into work.
...
Tony: Hi, Gale. This is my son, Philippe. There was a probl...
Datum: 15.03.2010 07:00 •
Größe: 8.7 MB
Financial planning can be painful but necessary. Learn more in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 3:30
Fast dialogue: 15:16
Roland: If we want to save enough money to buy a house, we need to get serious about our finances and do some financial planning. I think the first step is ...
Datum: 12.03.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Topics: The Godfather; Graceland and Elvis; to hinder versus to hamper versus to impede; the hunt is on; quick and dirty tips
Words:
godparent
mafia
bribery
corruption
brutal
to legitimize
stillborn
sideburns
the rest is history
mansion
recording studio
artifact
to hinder
to hamper
t...
Datum: 10.03.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 13.6 MB
Be careful when you buy things that you are actually getting what you think you?re getting. Learn more in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:22
Explanations: 2:53
Fast dialogue: 15:28
Lindsay: Look at this designer bag I bought. It was such a steal!
Rafael: Let me see that. You do know that th...
Datum: 08.03.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
I would tell you what this episode is about, but I forgot. Learn more about being forgetful in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:13
Explanations: 3:16
Fast dialogue: 15:25
Charlize: You won?t forget that we?re going over to the Wong?s for dinner tomorrow night, will you?
Pete: It?s etched in my...
Datum: 05.03.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
Topics: Ask an American: social media and job searches; go ahead, make my day; years old versus year old
Words:
to scratch the surface
there?s no telling
wild, wild west
tremendous
social media
to enhance
credibility
thought leadership
buddy
to dictate
to come back
permanency
immediac...
Datum: 03.03.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 14 MB
Sometimes our jobs don?t give us much independence, but require following the rules exactly. Learn more in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:27
Explanations: 3:30
Fast dialogue: 16:53
I was happy to finally get a job, but I wasn?t ready for a first day of work like this one.
...
Boss: This is y...
Datum: 01.03.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
Learn how to end your meal in a restaurant in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:20
Explanations: 3:20
Fast dialogue: 15:11
Server: Can I clear these plates and get them out of your way?
Alvin: Sure, we?re all done. Can I get the rest of that in a doggie bag?
Server: No problem. ...
Datum: 26.02.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Topics: Woodstock; Walter Reed Army Medical Center; a lot versus a load of; indicate versus signify; Hispanic versus Spanish
Words:
to be billed as
concert-goer
hippy
mud
bell-bottoms
documentary
flagship
veteran
wounded
in battle
rehabilitation
neglect
a lot
a load
to indicate
to ...
Datum: 24.02.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 14 MB
Your mother is telling you to be quiet and listen to this episode about parental discipline, so listen up!
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 3:39
Fast dialogue: 18:03
Allison: I?m almost ready for my granddaughter?s visit. She?ll be here tomorrow and I want everything to be perfect.
Ola: Wha...
Datum: 22.02.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 9.2 MB
Getting a passport is more work than you think. Learn more in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:14
Explanations: 3:15
Fast dialogue: 16:45
Clerk: Yes, can I help you?
Orlando: I want to get a passport.
Clerk: Have you filled out the application?
Orlando: No, I haven?t.
Clerk: Come back ...
Datum: 19.02.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
Topics: American Cities: Milwaukee; Neighborhood Watch/Citizen?s Arrest; to look versus to look like; not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin; pretty + (adjective)
Words:
brewery
on the shores of
waterway
per-capita
violent
crime
suspicious
to intervene
citizen?s arrest
felony
sign
to d...
Datum: 17.02.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 13.9 MB
You don?t need to make an appointment to listen to this episode, which tells you how to make an appointment in English.
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 3:33
Fast dialogue: 15:45
Ann: Hello.
Serge: Hi, Ann. It?s Serge. I?m calling to make an appointment for LeeAnn. She wants to meet with...
Datum: 15.02.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
This episode is about how to win a million dollars. Would I lie to you?
Slow dialogue: 1:19
Explanations: 2:50
Fast dialogue: 14:22
Elizabeth: You?re full of it!
Leo: I?m telling you the God?s honest truth. Why would I eat the last piece of cake when I know that you had your heart set on i...
Datum: 12.02.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Topics: Patriotic songs; Carnegie Hall; grande versus venti (at Starbucks); troop versus troops; (something) is ghostwritten
Words:
patriotic
to bless
prayer
national anthem
prairie
foam
ocean current
hall
to seat
acoustics
to be lined with
to be engaged in
grande
venti
troop
troo...
Datum: 10.02.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 14.6 MB
Bad news: There may be a plane crash in this episode. Worse news: You?ll be able to understand what?s going to happen after listening to it.
Slow dialogue: 1:10
Explanations: 3:18
Fast dialogue: 16:22
I was nearly asleep in my seat when I heard this announcement:
?Folks, this is the captai...
Datum: 08.02.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
Being the leader of a homeowners? association can result in a lot of headaches. Learn more in this episode.
Slow dialog: 1:19
Explanations: 2:33
Fast dialog: 14:19
Cuca: What possessed you to agree to become the head of the homeowners? association?
Emiliano: I?m just tired of all of the wast...
Datum: 05.02.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 7.2 MB
Topics: Vampires; The Second City (comedy group); to sway versus to persuade versus to convince; get a life!; to ramp up
Words:
vampire
to suck
stake
genre
trilogy
to be torn between
to slay
craze
to crave
improv
to rehearse
scripted
to sway
to persuade
to convince
get a life!
...
Datum: 03.02.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 11.6 MB
Get off your couch and get a job! Learn about how employers review job applications in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:33
Explanations: 3:08
Fast dialogue: 14:56
Missy: Okay, let?s sort this stack of applications into three piles: good candidates, those worth a second look, and definite ?no?s.?...
Datum: 01.02.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
Learn how to make an appointment to see the doctor in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:36
Explanations: 3:57
Fast dialogue: 15:33
I needed to make an appointment with a doctor so I called my health plan?s phone number for new patients. Before I could schedule my appointment, I had t...
Datum: 29.01.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Topics: Ask an American: The meaning of work; apart from versus in terms of; off the cuff; also versus as well
Words:
to earn a living
to come down to
paycheck
hustle
greatly
debt
to pay off
chain
defined
imaginative
apart from
in terms of
off the cuff
also
as well
Datum: 27.01.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 13.8 MB
Men and women differ in many ways, including in their friendships. Learn more in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:22
Explanations: 3:41
Fast dialogue: 17:00
Lauren: Did you see what Stephanie was wearing? She looked like a wet dog!
Quentin: Why do women do that?
Lauren: Do what?
Quentin:...
Datum: 25.01.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 8.7 MB
Not familiar with the new digital cameras? Learn all about them in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:17
Explanations: 2:49
Fast dialogue: 12:32
Ingrid: I don?t mind lending you my camera for the trip, but first, let me show you how to use it.
Deng: No need to do that. I took a ph...
Datum: 22.01.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 6.5 MB
Topics: Gay Rights Issues: Gay Marriage and ?"Don't Ask, Don't Tell?"; Famous Americans: Oprah Winfrey; sneak preview; instead of versus rather than; a lot versus lots
Words:
gay
rights
spouse
civil union
to object
military
sexual orientation
media personality
talk show
influential
to e...
Datum: 20.01.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 11.6 MB
Is your boss impossible to work with? I know mine is. Learn how to fight back in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:46
Explanations: 3:55
Fast dialogue: 18:09
Mr. Mann: Why are all these people milling around doing no work? Laura! You?re in charge when I?m out of the office and you?re incomp...
Datum: 18.01.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 9.3 MB
Learn about buying a hat in English in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:20
Explanations: 3:15
Fast dialogue: 16:16
Christine: What do you think of this one?
Eric: We?re here to buy hats to protect us from the sun while we?re on vacation. Do you think a beret will do that?
Christine: No,...
Datum: 15.01.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
Topics: Hip Hop Culture; The New York Stock Exchange; effectiveness versus efficiency; jilted; hence versus thus
Words:
hip hop
DJ
to rap
graffiti
breakdancing / breaking
oppressive
stock exchange
stock
trading floor
NYSE Composite Index
base value
panic
effectiveness
efficiency
jil...
Datum: 13.01.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 12.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:43
Explanations: 4:07
Fast dialogue: 18:39
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.
Ernie: We?re not looking over her shoulder. I just want to sit in this car to s...
Datum: 11.01.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 9.5 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:30
Explanations: 3:17
Fast dialogue: 15:28
Caitland: How are you planning on getting to school and to your job without a car?
Bruno: I?ve got it covered. I have my skateboard.
Caitland: Your skateboard won?t be any use on those dirt roads.
Bruno: No big thing. I?l...
Datum: 08.01.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Topics: Social networking; government-run lotteries; the use of ?on? with the days of the week; to travel in/by; individual versus personal
Words:
social networking
application
post
to keep in touch
privacy
discreet
lottery
scratcher / scratch-it ticket / scratch card
chance
jackpot
l...
Datum: 06.01.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 13.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:20
Explanations: 3:27
Fast dialogue: 13:58
Adrina: So this is your new home office. It?s nice.
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 home. When I heard that, I di...
Datum: 04.01.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:12
Explanations: 3:05
Fast dialogue: 14:52
Giles: Do you really think we?ll be able to renovate this place and turn it into a restaurant?
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 out.
Giles: Air it out? T...
Datum: 01.01.2010 08:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
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
Words:
denomination
angel
revelation
polygamy
mob
to distance (oneself) from
afterlife
tithe
missionary
to go hungry
surplus
corndog
to punc...
Datum: 30.12.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 15.3 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:18
Explanations: 3:26
Fast dialogue: 16:12
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?
Jang: Are you still renting movies from the video store? I use a service that delivers the movies to my m...
Datum: 28.12.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:07
Explanations: 2:52
Fast dialogue: 15:09
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 written my stories a...
Datum: 25.12.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
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?
Words:
dominant
programming
to turn to (something)
as opposed to
to cut across generational lines
tech-savvy
I can?t say
probability
indestructible
...
Datum: 23.12.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 15 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:36
Explanations: 3:52
Fast dialogue: 16:24
Zoila: I haven?t seen you around lately. What have you been up to?
Leo: My business partners and I have been putting the final touches on our new line of energy drinks.
Zoila: Really? I didn?t even know that you were in the ...
Datum: 21.12.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:22
Explanations: 2:52
Fast dialogue: 12:53
Claus: Go home. You need to spend more time with your loved ones before they report you missing.
Marcia: This is the busy season. Do you think I have time to stop to smell the roses when I have work coming out of my ears?
Claus...
Datum: 18.12.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 6.7 MB
Disneyland; government property seizures and auctions; state; on the prowl; pronouncing the vowel ?i? and the vowel combinations ?ee? and ?ea?; time after time
Words:
theme park
ride
fantasy
frontier
to seize
property
tied to
to make way for
auction
bid
surplus goods
proceeds
state
t...
Datum: 16.12.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 13.7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:07
Explanations: 2:40
Fast dialogue: 12:00
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.
Pablo: Why don?t you just get her a gift certificate or a gift card? That way, ...
Datum: 14.12.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 6.2 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:24
Explanations: 3:30
Fast dialogue: 17:56
Luiz: Where are you going?
Iona: I?m going to the bank to open an account.
Luiz: What kind of account: a savings account, a checking account, or a CD?
Iona: Um, I?m not sure, but I?m sure someone at the bank can help me decide.
...
Datum: 11.12.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 9.1 MB
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
Words:
medical properties
chemotherapy
nausea
appetite
to prescribe
dispensary
cannabis club
screenwriter
one-liner
s...
Datum: 09.12.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 13.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:32
Explanations: 3:17
Fast dialogue: 15:16
Leslie: This keyboard is so hard to use. I can?t find where anything is!
Dave: It?s a standard QWERTY keyboard. The layout may be a little different, with the function keys on the right-hand side instead of on the top, but you?ll ...
Datum: 07.12.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:33
Explanations: 3:06
Fast dialogue: 14:16
Chiu: Come on, slowpoke, hurry up! We?ll never get to the top of the hill if you don?t get a move on.
Sarah: There?s no way you?re going to get me to move at breakneck speed. I?ve gone up at least 500 steps already, and my legs are...
Datum: 04.12.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Topics: Explaining TV show names; Mount McKinley and mountaineering; highest versus tallest; CEO versus CFO versus CIO
Words:
sitcom
scrubs
on the fringe
widow
weed
trek
mountaineering
to climb
peak
route
summit
to stretch
highest
tallest
CEO
CFO
CIO
Datum: 02.12.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 13.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:16
Explanations: 2:45
Fast dialogue: 15:33
Bobbie: I?ve always pegged you as the non-violent type. What?s with your fascination with guns and that sort of thing?
Emmanuel: I come from a long line of military officers and I grew up with all of it. Believe it or not, I learn...
Datum: 30.11.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:24
Explanations: 3:02
Fast dialogue: 15:44
Reiko: When I die, I want a big funeral. The more mourners the better!
Lucas: Not me. I?m just the opposite. I don?t want any kind of funeral or wake. I just want to be cremated and have my ashes scattered.
Reiko: What? You d...
Datum: 27.11.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
Topics: Ask an American: sleep and weight gain; to slip through (one's) fingers; drink versus beverage; individually versus separately versus independently
Words:
pretty much
anecdotally
largely
half-eaten
buffet
to shift
to graze
shift worker
disruption
metabolic change
to slip through...
Datum: 25.11.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 15.5 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:29
Explanations: 3:35
Fast dialogue: 15:58
Luigi: What do you think of this new email program?
Selma: I don?t know yet. I just started using it. The interface is pretty intuitive, but I haven?t figured out how to sort my inbox by date.
Luigi: That?s easy. Let me show ...
Datum: 23.11.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:20
Explanations: 2:48
Fast dialogue: 13:59
Ruth: Now that we?ve picked out a new couch, we need to pick out an upholstery fabric. What do you think of this checkered one?
Gerry: That?s an eyesore. I prefer something a little more subtle.
Ruth: Subtle? What?s fun abou...
Datum: 20.11.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 7.1 MB
Topics: Steroid use and other doping in professional sports; The Juilliard School; shell-shocked; way to go; be good
Words:
performance-enhancing drug
steroid
bodybuilder
dose
acne
to cheat
to dope
prestigious
audition
humanities
to rehearse
composer
shell-shocked
way to go
be good
Datum: 18.11.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 14 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:14
Explanations: 3:05
Fast dialogue: 14:10
Ethan: You missed a spot.
Marie: Hold on. When we made our bet for the loser to wash the winner?s car, it didn?t include the other person being there and being a pain in the neck.
Ethan: I?m just here to make sure everything gets...
Datum: 16.11.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:16
Explanations: 3:08
Fast dialogue: 14:49
Lourdes: Do you see those teenagers over there? They?re making trouble again.
Nick: Those kids are just messing around. When they get bored, they?ll pipe down and go home.
Lourdes: They?re really getting on my nerves, playing ...
Datum: 13.11.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
Topics: American Cities: Houston; how to become a police officer; incredible versus unbelievable; to rule the roost; to sort out
Words:
to be named after
oilfield
cultural offering
urban sprawl
lot size
low/high urban density
forensics
ride-along
endurance
drug test
background check
p...
Datum: 11.11.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 13.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 4:19
Fast dialogue: 16:09
Renaldo: Hello, may I speak to Simone Otto?
Simone: This is Simone. May I ask who?s calling?
Renaldo: This is Renaldo Garcia at Cinetect. You interviewed for a position with me last week.
Simone: Oh, yes, of course. How a...
Datum: 09.11.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 8.5 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:13
Explanations: 2:32
Fast dialogue: 16:11
Justin: What are you ogling at?
Katrina: I?m watching those guys working across the street.
Justin: Those construction workers?
Katrina: Yeah, those prime examples of manhood. There?s not a flabby gut in the bunch.
Jus...
Datum: 06.11.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Topics: Psychological pricing; daytime soap operas; target versus objective versus purpose; the silent ?b?: slumber versus plumber; there, there
Words:
whole number
to make change
to round up/down
chain
soap opera
longest-running
bizarre
plot twist
clone
to come back from the dead
of ...
Datum: 04.11.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 13.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:17
Explanations: 3:18
Fast dialogue: 13:12
Gabby: Another birthday! I?m going to stop celebrating. What?s there to celebrate ? getting old and decrepit?
Cherif: Are you kidding me? We?re in the prime of our lives. Who?s decrepit? I?m not.
Gabby: If I?m in my prime...
Datum: 02.11.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 6.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:12
Explanations: 2:52
Fast dialogue: 14:02
Maya: What are those?
Jorge: They?re pictures from our ski trip last weekend.
Maya: Is there any reason you?re staring at the ones with Jessica in them? I think you?ve got a crush on her.
Jorge: I?m not 10 years old. I don?t...
Datum: 30.10.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.2 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Janis Joplin; compulsory education and truancy laws; to bask; to brace; to palm off; to follow one?s hunch(es)
Words:
blues
to catch the attention of
lead singer
solo artist
to struggle with
to relapse
compulsory
to play hooky
to skip school
truancy
detention
...
Datum: 28.10.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 14.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:22
Explanations: 3:04
Fast dialogue: 15:06
Akiko: How did your presentation go over this morning at the meeting?
Gerry: It was a complete flop!
Akiko: I don?t believe it. You spent weeks working on that presentation.
Gerry: It wasn?t the presentation that bombed. I...
Datum: 26.10.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:21
Explanations: 3:33
Fast dialogue: 13:44
Lorenzo: Have you bought a new television yet?
Katia: No, I?m still looking at consumer reviews and weighing my options. I?m not sure yet what size I want or what features I need. I?m keeping my options open for now.
Lorenzo: I...
Datum: 23.10.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.1 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Bartering; waiting versus awaiting; use of the infinitive; answering ?yes? to a negative question
Words:
marketing
produce
to establish
brand
in turn
down
agriculture
to barter
quaint
charming
initiative
to wait
to await
Datum: 21.10.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 14 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:21
Explanations: 2:59
Fast dialogue: 15:01
Lorelai: I just finished reading a book about how to get the most out of life. Starting today, I?m going to live life to its fullest.
Luke: Oh no, not another one of your fads. Weren?t you eating only blue- and red-colored foods a...
Datum: 19.10.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:34
Explanations: 3:32
Fast dialogue: 16:31
Blaire: Do you have any idea what he?s saying?
Antonio: It?s Greek to me. You?re supposed to be the one who?s fluent. Can?t you make out what he?s saying?
Blaire: I never said I was fluent. I said I could get by in the language...
Datum: 16.10.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
Topics: U.S. government reparations; TV home shopping networks/shows; neither do I versus so do I versus either I; to talk with versus to talk to; to put the cart before the horse (to put the horse before the cart)
Words:
reparations
to make up for (something)
descent
to disburse
heir
slave
...
Datum: 14.10.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 13.2 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:29
Explanations: 3:32
Fast dialogue: 15:09
Receptionist: So the meeting is set for 2:00 on Thursday. Do you know how to get to our offices?
Asha: No, I don?t. Could you give me directions?
Receptionist: Certainly. We?re located on Main Street. The cross street is Udall...
Datum: 12.10.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:24
Explanations: 3:28
Fast dialogue: 15:29
Eri: What?s that?
James: It?s an invitation to a family reunion. Once every five years or so, someone in the family organizes one.
Eri: Are you going?
James: I?m not sure. It?s always a little awkward seeing extended family. ...
Datum: 09.10.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Topics: American Cities (Territories): Puerto Rico; People Who Work for Celebrities; cooperation versus collaboration; instance versus instantaneous versus instant; pronouncing won?t and want
Words:
appointed
resident
mainland
diaspora
celebrity
in the spotlight
to work behind the scenes
...
Datum: 07.10.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 14.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:14
Explanations: 3:10
Fast dialogue: 13:55
Teacher: Welcome, everybody, to this self-defense class. Today, you?ll learn how to size up a situation and how to tell the difference between a harmless situation and a threatening one. You?ll also begin to learn some hand-to-hand...
Datum: 05.10.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.2 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 3:14
Fast dialogue: 14:20
Bruno: Hey, what are you doing? Give me back that remote!
Tamara: The movie I want to watch is on right now. Do you mind?
Bruno: Of course I mind! I?m watching the playoffs. Can?t you see that?
Tamara: The playoffs? Oh, I...
Datum: 02.10.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.4 MB
Topics: The Golden Age of Hollywood and the studio system; the busing controversy of the 1970s; as well versus also versus too; to take into account; ?why? as an interjection
Words:
cinema
silent movie
of all time
classic
studio
to have (someone) on salary
controversy
desegregated
predomi...
Datum: 30.09.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 14.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 3:02
Fast dialogue: 15:21
Goran: Who do you think will be appointed to succeed Ramon on the board?
Anne: I don?t know whom they?ll pick to fill the position, but I know who the candidates are. The higher ups have been quietly vetting three people to make ...
Datum: 28.09.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 3:01
Fast dialogue: 13:06
I?ve been thinking about starting a blog for a long time now, and after talking to my friend Traver, a popular blogger, I?ve decided to take the leap.
Traver got me started with a basic template, but I wanted to customize the blog ...
Datum: 25.09.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 6.7 MB
Topics: Beauty pageants and controversies; the National Weather Service; like versus same as; how do you do?; what?s up; have a good one
Words:
beauty pageant
to be judged
contestant
articulate
talent
poise
crown
sash
demeaning
forecast
warning
to disseminate
like
same as
How do you...
Datum: 23.09.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 12.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:33
Explanations: 3:09
Fast dialogue: 14:27
Ellen: What are you wearing to the party?
Hiro: Your guess is as good as mine.
Ellen: Let?s look through your closet and I?ll help you pick something out.
Hiro: Okay, but I have to warn you. I have a pretty limited wardrobe.
El...
Datum: 21.09.2009 07:40 •
Größe: 7.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:31
Explanations: 2:58
Fast dialogue: 12:38
Enrique: I don?t know how you talked me into coming with you to Dan?s apartment to rifle through his papers. This snooping is stupid! If you have suspicions, you should just talk to him.
Stella: Confront him without any evidence?...
Datum: 18.09.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 6.5 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Nursing; responsible versus accountable; -wise; to double back
Words:
handmaiden
keystone
interaction
consistently
to give care
to pull (someone) through
to come up to (someone)
to proceed
to measure
to specialize
out in
acute-care
responsible
accountable
-w...
Datum: 16.09.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 12.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 3:46
Fast dialogue: 15:50
Laura: I think that?s all we need to talk about regarding last month?s report. Let?s turn to this month?s report, shall we? I didn?t get a copy of it. Could someone hand me one?
Gaius: By the way, I have just one last comment b...
Datum: 14.09.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:24
Explanations: 3:43
Fast dialogue: 15:51
George: What are you doing?
Joan: I?m looking through these magazines to try and decide which plastic surgery procedures I should have next year.
George: You?re not thinking of going under the knife.
Joan: Yes, I am. I?ve alw...
Datum: 11.09.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Topics: NASA; Famous Americans: Jackie Robinson; conference versus meeting versus session; second to none; narrative versus story
Words:
outer space
to spur on
space race
advocate
to orbit
height of (something)
league
segregated
fan
racial slur
to unify
prestigious
meeting
conference
...
Datum: 09.09.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 12.7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:19
Explanations: 3:12
Fast dialogue: 14:44
I spent the day helping my friend, Babbit, on his farm. When I got home, my wife said, ?You stink!? I headed straight for the shower.
I ran the water, closed the shower curtain, and adjusted the showerhead. I worked the soap into a...
Datum: 07.09.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:19
Explanations: 2:59
Fast dialogue: 13:07
Connie: I?m so excited! We?re finally taking a cruise. Are you sure this is the embarkation area?
Robert: Yes, I?m sure. We go on board right here, see? Come on, let?s find our cabin.
Connie: Okay, but I want to go up on deck...
Datum: 04.09.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 6.9 MB
Topics: Alcatraz; The Simpsons; using negation with an infinitive; heaven versus heavens; kind of versus sort of versus type of
Words:
to escape
guard
jailbreak
cover-up
cell
haunted
animated
dysfunctional family
troublemaker
pacifier
merchandise
lexicon
heaven
heavens
kind of
sort...
Datum: 02.09.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 13.7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:14
Explanations: 2:50
Fast dialogue: 12:43
Dennis: Oh, why did I let my temper get the best of me? I never should have said those things to the new client!
Nora: Don?t freak out. I?m sure you didn?t do any damage that can?t be rectified. It?s true that, in retrospect, you...
Datum: 31.08.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 6.7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:19
Explanations: 3:51
Fast dialogue: 15:33
I went to visit my old friend, Mina, whom I hadn?t seen in several years. It was one of the strangest afternoons of my life!
Dan: Hi, Mina, it?s really good to see you.
Mina: Dan, come in. Hurry!
Dan: Uh, okay. Why do you ha...
Datum: 28.08.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Topics: Fraternities and sororities; the foster care and adoption system; scholarship versus grant; commie
Words:
fraternity
sorority
rush
to pledge
initiation ceremony
service organization
hazing
exclusionary
to take (someone) in
foster care
to adopt
to get stuck in
scholarship
gran...
Datum: 26.08.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 13 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:12
Explanations: 2:56
Fast dialogue: 13:32
Britney: I was thinking of hitting up Jane for a little loan. You know her better than I do. What are the chances she?ll spot me a couple hundred dollars until next month?
Salvador: I think that?s a pipe dream. I wouldn?t exactly...
Datum: 24.08.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:05
Explanations: 2:44
Fast dialogue: 13:30
Ms. Sanchez: Okay, kids. I?m Ms. Sanchez, your substitute for this week. I?m taking all of you on the field trip tomorrow. Listen up. There are some ground rules we need to go over. First, each of you will have a partner and you...
Datum: 21.08.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7 MB
Topics: The Red Cross; Casablanca; to estimate versus to evaluate versus to appreciate; to let (someone/something) be; aim versus goal
Words:
cross
crescent
humanitarian
victim
natural disaster
blood drive
first aid
shelter
to be set in
to be wanted by
to admit
plot
to estimate
to eva...
Datum: 19.08.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 12.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:14
Explanations: 2:42
Fast dialogue: 12:26
Kazuko: I really appreciate you helping with the training of the newbies. I couldn?t have done it without you.
Martin: Don?t mention it. I remember when I was still wet behind the ears and the veterans in the company gave me the b...
Datum: 17.08.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 6.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:20
Explanations: 3:01
Fast dialogue: 14:13
Dr. Chung: Hello, Luis, I?m Dr. Chung. You?re here for a check-up and a cleaning, is that right?
Luis: Yes, that?s right.
Dr. Chung: Okay, let?s take a look. Have you had your wisdom teeth taken out?
Luis: No, I haven?t. ...
Datum: 14.08.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Topics: Ask an American: civility; sour versus tart; (something) is king; thorough versus comprehensive
Words:
to get out in front
tone of voice
on the go
slower-paced
courtesy
detrimental
put off by
captive audience
to take up
to give way to
analogue
sour
tart
(something) is king
t...
Datum: 12.08.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 14 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:08
Explanations: 3:05
Fast dialogue: 16:12
Yoshi: Can you hold my jacket while I try to get my roller bag down the aisle?
Tatiana: All right, but I have to roll my own bag down the aisle, you know.
Yoshi: Fine, give it back to me. All of these overhead bins are full. Wh...
Datum: 10.08.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 3:25
Fast dialogue: 16:48
Alice: Ooh, look at these! Don?t I look great? I?ve always wanted sunglasses like these.
Pierre: You?re supposed to be here helping me pick out frames for my new bifocals.
Alice: I don?t know why you won?t get progressives. ...
Datum: 07.08.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 8.5 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Flannery O?Connor; 60 Minutes; well-(something); red and blue states
Words:
misfit
fanatic
devout
grotesque
posthumous
on the air
prime time
investigative journalism
to catch (someone) off guard
to go too far
libel
theme music
red state
blue state
Datum: 05.08.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 13.5 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:23
Explanations: 3:50
Fast dialogue: 15:59
I was absent at last month?s meeting, so imagine my surprise when I found out that I had been elected the committee?s secretary! As part of my duties, I have to take minutes at each meeting. Taking minutes means I have to pay attention...
Datum: 03.08.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:29
Explanations: 3:30
Fast dialogue: 16:48
Liza: Isn?t Jesse wonderful? I?m so glad you got to meet him last night.
Sinobu: Uh, he?s a little young for you, don?t you think? I know you?ve had boy toys in the past, but he takes the cake.
Liza: He?s no boy toy! It?s true th...
Datum: 31.07.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
ESL Podcast's Fourth Anniversary Video Podcast: The World Tour! See a complete transcript at ESLPod.com
Datum: 29.07.2009 23:00 •
Größe: 9.3 MB
Topics: The White House; noises made by animals, humans, and machines; document versus documentation; to have to do with; gawd-awfully (god-awfully)
Words:
renovation
wing
head of state
press briefing room
china set
to bark
pow
bam
thud
splat
clank
ding
document
documentation
to have...
Datum: 29.07.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 13.5 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 2:48
Fast dialogue: 13:49
Dmitry: Stan is really miffed at you. All of that teasing at lunch really upset him.
Charlene: What? I was just poking fun at him for trying to hit on the new, young receptionist.
Dmitry: You called him an old goat.
Charlene: I...
Datum: 27.07.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.1 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:27
Explanations: 3:03
Fast dialogue: 15:33
Xavier: Thanks for helping me decorate my new apartment. Hey, where are you going?
Crystal: I?m going to the bedding department. Now that you have a new bed, you?ll need new bedding.
Xavier: Right, okay, but can?t I just get so...
Datum: 24.07.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Topics: The Rocky Horror Picture Show; civil disobedience; night versus evening; starring; force versus enforce versus reinforce
Words:
musical
parody
cult film
costume
squirt gun
fraudulent
demonstration
march
crack
nonviolent
repression
civil
disobedience
evening
nigh...
Datum: 22.07.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 13.5 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:11
Explanations: 3:12
Fast dialogue: 15:26
Michael: Shall we?
Robin: Oh, this is nice. Did you get a new car?
Michael: No, this is a company car. Getting to drive one is one of the perks of my new job.
Robin: Does your new position call for a lot of driving?
Michael: I...
Datum: 20.07.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:27
Explanations: 3:11
Fast dialogue: 13:37
Ali: It?s just our luck that as soon as we arrive here for our island vacation, there?s a hurricane warning!
Mariela: It?s uncanny, isn?t it? On last year?s vacation, we crossed paths with a tornado and now this.
Ali: Yeah, that t...
Datum: 17.07.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.1 MB
Topics: The Secret Service; tween culture; on versus upon; exclamations ?My God? and ?Jesus Christ?; evidence versus proof
Words:
currency
to counterfeit
agent
to shield
assassination
bravery
to lay (one's) life on the line
tween
buying power
controversial
distinct
clothing line
upon...
Datum: 15.07.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 14.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:40
Explanations: 3:46
Fast dialogue: 15:07
Hamid: I just finished a really good book. I thought the characters were headed toward a tragic ending, but there was a twist near the end, and everything turned out well. It was so satisfying!
Rachel: It sounds sappy to me.
Hamid...
Datum: 13.07.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:20
Explanations: 3:51
Fast dialogue: 15:55
Employee: Welcome to Grubway. What can I get for you?
Jared: I?m still deciding. I?m trying to lose weight and I hear that eating a sandwich for lunch every day will help me do that. Do you guys have a BLT or a club?
Employee: We...
Datum: 10.07.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
Topics: Ask an American: segregation; paradise lost; to go off; trip versus journey versus voyage versus travel
Words:
to come in
standard
to acclimate
captain
representation
apparent
to work against
to evolve
to defy
paradise lost
to go off
trip
journey
voyage
to travel
Datum: 08.07.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 13.3 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:23
Explanations: 3:37
Fast dialogue: 14:58
Giselle: Good morning, Brian. This is Giselle calling from Intergroup in Kansas City.
Brian: Hi, Giselle. How are you?
Giselle: I?m great, thanks. Listen, the reason I?m calling is that I wanted to touch base with you about the n...
Datum: 06.07.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:20
Explanations: 3:22
Fast dialogue: 14:03
Alberto: What was that ear-splitting scream?!
Melissa: That little girl over there is having a temper tantrum.
Alberto: Oh, great! The movie hasn?t even started and that kid is already acting up.
Melissa: I hope she?s okay. ...
Datum: 03.07.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Topics: American Cities: Indianapolis; Malcolm Gladwell and his books; to brush up on versus to polish up; to come off; a matter of
Words:
to observe
spectacle
to count (something) as (something)
racetrack
lap
canal
second only to
based in
implication
fake
outlier
influential
to brus...
Datum: 01.07.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 13.6 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:19
Explanations: 3:55
Fast dialogue: 15:25
Ryan: It?s really nice of you to make dinner for me. It?s been a long time since I?ve had a home-cooked meal.
Corrie: I?m happy to do it. First, though, let?s see what you have in your fridge.
Ryan: I have tons of food in there....
Datum: 29.06.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:17
Explanations: 3:07
Fast dialogue: 14:01
Anton: Look at that guy. He?s been in town two weeks and he?s already throwing his money around.
Vanessa: You know as well as I do that money talks. He?s just trying to make a splash in the business community.
Anton: If that wer...
Datum: 26.06.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.2 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Orville and Wilbur Wright; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; each day versus every day versus everyday; split infinitives; to spare (someone) (something)
Words:
to credited (someone) with (something)
to spark
aviation
glider
kite
hall of fame
to induct
controversial
cr...
Datum: 24.06.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 14 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:11
Explanations: 3:05
Fast dialogue: 15:49
Michael: I have some qualms about how we?re handling these accounts.
Leona: What do you mean?
Michael: There are strict regulations governing what we can and cannot do, and I think we?re violating those regulations.
Leona: Liste...
Datum: 22.06.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:08
Explanations: 2:55
Fast dialogue: 15:15
Sheila: Where are you going?
Rudy: I?m going to the video store to rent a movie for tonight. Do you want to come?
Sheila: You don?t need to do that. We can watch nearly any movie you want online.
Rudy: Oh, you mean we can pay ...
Datum: 19.06.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Topics: Author/artist royalties & ASCAP; house swapping; hop in versus pop in versus drop in; compound nouns
Words:
royalties
intellectual property
copyright
cause
estate
to enforce
to swap
stranger
to match up
arrangement
housing market
desperate
to hop in
to pop in
to drop in
Datum: 17.06.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 12.5 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:28
Explanations: 3:07
Fast dialogue: 14:41
Gail: Oh!
Mike: Are you okay?
Gail: Yeah, I?m just not used to these crutches yet. The doctor said I should start using them if I ever want to get out of this wheelchair, but I don?t have the strength to stand up.
Mike: You?ll ge...
Datum: 15.06.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:28
Explanations: 3:10
Fast dialogue: 12:23
Edward: Would you dance with me?
Bella: Me? I?d like to, but I don?t dance.
Edward: Why?
Bella: I have two left feet. I?m so clumsy, first I?d step all over your feet, and then I?d stumble all over the dance floor.
Edward: I ...
Datum: 12.06.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 6.4 MB
Topics: Classic comic strips with a political/social commentary bent; child protection laws; uncalled for; state versus status; as though
Words:
comic strip
bent
commentary
wry
editorial pages
registry
sex-offender
parental consent
abused
neglected
suspicion
uncalled for
status
state
...
Datum: 10.06.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 12.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:13
Explanations: 3:27
Fast dialogue: 14:21
Emil: Have a seat. As you know, we need to talk about your annual performance evaluation. Is there anything you?d like to say before we get started?
Sandra: Yes, there is. I?ve tried really hard this year to improve on some of the ...
Datum: 08.06.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:29
Explanations: 2:55
Fast dialogue: 14:58
Danny: You?re going to the prom. How exciting! How should we style you hair?
Clarissa: I?m really not sure. I was hoping you would have some ideas.
Danny: I do, but first we need to see if we have the right tools. Let?s look ...
Datum: 05.06.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
Topics: Ask an American: private gun ownership; north of; compulsory versus mandatory versus obligatory; mayday
Words:
semiautomatic
round
to ban
outlawed
to arm
social issue
law-abiding
hunting
high heels
part of the equation
north of
compulsory
mandatory
obligatory
mayday
Datum: 03.06.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 13.6 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:27
Explanations: 3:27
Fast dialogue: 16:09
Iktinos: I can?t believe we?re in one of the world?s most famous structures. Look at this architecture!
Pinda: Yeah, great, another old building. I?m going to sit in that bay window and rest my feet while you walk around.
Iktinos: ...
Datum: 01.06.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:22
Explanations: 3:02
Fast dialogue: 13:29
Victoria: I see that you have a really extensive music collection.
J.D.: Yeah, I like a lot of different genres of music.
Victoria: Do you have the new J.McQ album? He?s my favorite artist. I just got it and I like all of the tr...
Datum: 29.05.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7 MB
Topics: American Cities: Dallas; conservative Christian/fundamentalist universities; to wear (someone) out; shrink; already
Words:
convention center
trade show
barbeque
Bible Belt
evangelicalism
vocal
fundamentalist
conservative
Christian right
strict
code of conduct
dress code
to wear...
Datum: 27.05.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 14.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 0:57
Explanations: 2:47
Fast dialogue: 15:02
Roberto: Hey, Loreto. Got a minute?
Loreto: I?m going to a meeting off-site, but we can talk if you don?t mind walking me to my car.
Roberto: Sure, okay. I just wanted to ask if you?re interested in carpooling to work. We only l...
Datum: 25.05.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:32
Explanations: 4:08
Fast dialogue: 17:59
Anne: Where were you this past weekend? I tried calling you on Friday to see if you wanted to go to the movies with me.
Jurgen: I was in Chicago for a long weekend.
Anne: Chicago? I didn?t know you were planning a trip. I thought...
Datum: 22.05.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 9.3 MB
Topics: The U.S. Supreme Court; microloans/microcredit; less than (X) days versus up to (X) days; mainstream account; words ending in ?ic versus ?ical
Words:
to appeal
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Justices
to take (one?s) place
to appoint
to bork
credit
borrower
collateral
to pioneer
entr...
Datum: 20.05.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 15.2 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:06
Explanations: 3:16
Fast dialogue: 14:57
Mickey: Hello, McQuillan Plumbing.
Colleen: Hi, I?m having a lot of plumbing problems. Can you send a plumber out to my house right away?
Mickey: Yes, we can. But first, let?s find out what the problems are.
Colleen: Well, to st...
Datum: 18.05.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:16
Explanations: 3:29
Fast dialogue: 14:00
Hung: I can?t believe that the famous food critic, Julia Schilds, will be eating in my restaurant tomorrow night. I need to prepare a gourmet menu that?s going to be mind-blowing.
Padma: She wouldn?t be coming here if she didn?t alr...
Datum: 15.05.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Helen Keller; The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing; opposable thumbs; due to versus because of; the prefix ?Mc?
Words:
deaf
blind
sign language
palm
Braille
magna cum laude
companion
advocate
thoroughbred
rare
derby
to sponsor
opposable thumb
due to
becau...
Datum: 13.05.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 12.1 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:10
Explanations: 2:46
Fast dialogue: 14:48
I?ve always been a pretty cautious investor. I like my investments to be conservative and I usually invest only in sure things. Recently, though, I?ve been tempted to take more risk.
My friend, Bernie, is a very successful fund manag...
Datum: 11.05.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:10
Explanations: 3:00
Fast dialogue: 15:16
Gus: Are you Shirley?
Shirley: Yeah, thanks for agreeing to meet me here. I?m told you?re the best sniper in the business and you can be discreet. I need a hitman who can do a job, then make himself scarce.
Gus: I?m your man. ...
Datum: 08.05.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Topics: Regulating monopolies and antitrust laws; American songs: Happy Birthday; whilst versus while; to blow away (something); using ?do? for emphasis
Words:
monopoly
competitor
antitrust law
sanctioned
to break up
to appeal
lyrics
kindergarten
to catch on
copyrighted
royalties
...
Datum: 06.05.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 11.7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:30
Explanations: 3:14
Fast dialogue: 13:57
Luis: So, how are the newlyweds doing?
Stevie: Oh, we?re great. I?m just a little tired.
Luis: Well, that goes with the territory, right?
Stevie: No, that?s not what I mean. Patrick has been keeping me up with his snoring. ...
Datum: 04.05.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.2 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:24
Explanations: 3:07
Fast dialogue: 12:41
Kadir: Stop that! Stop snickering! Gabriel Voltaire is an author of great acclaim. You should show a little reverence.
Melissa: Yes, but he seems to have a bad case of stage fright. I know it?s an honor to hear him speak, but i...
Datum: 01.05.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 6.6 MB
Topics: Ask an American: student exchange programs; begs the question; face value; at the time versus then
Words:
to test (one's) limits
TV production
wrestling
choir
to come down here
to host (someone)
famine
drought
to take (one?s) place
unity
begs the question
face value
at the time...
Datum: 29.04.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 12.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:26
Explanations: 2:53
Fast dialogue: 11:49
Simone: They?re about to introduce you. You?re on next. Are you ready?
Gabriel: No...yes...no!
Simone: You don?t look so well. Are you all right?
Gabriel: I don?t know. My palms are clammy, I?m breaking out into a cold swe...
Datum: 27.04.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 6.1 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:23
Explanations: 3:26
Fast dialogue: 14:37
Erin: So I told Joey that I had no intention of letting him use my car again. Can you believe the nerve of that guy, after what he did?
Curran: That?s terrible, but I?m going to have to let you go. I have an appointment...
Erin: ...
Datum: 24.04.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
Topics: American Cities: San Diego; tabloid press and U.S. libel/slander laws; under (someone?s) thumb; precision versus accuracy; coming to you from
Words:
moderate climate
urban renewal
defense
pharmaceutical
press
tabloids
headlines
shocking
slander
libel
to sue
to go over the line
...
Datum: 22.04.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 12.2 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:27
Explanations: 2:57
Fast dialogue: 13:41
Lee: I?m reading this article about the new season of our favorite show. It?s premiering next week.
Kira: Don?t tell me anything about it, especially spoilers.
Lee: But don't you want to know which guest stars will be making appe...
Datum: 20.04.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:42
Explanations: 3:35
Fast dialogue: 14:35
Amy: I think rearranging the furniture will make the living room look more spacious. Don?t you?
Jacob: Uh, sure.
Amy: Can you help me move this couch against this wall?
Jacob: Okay, but are you sure you want it over there? ...
Datum: 17.04.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Topics: Taxes Americans pay; wedding/baby showers and gift registries; leverage, to dig, to guess versus to think versus to believe
Words:
property tax
appraised value
due
utility
sales tax
income tax
to throw (someone) a party
wedding/bridal shower
baby shower
gift registry
scanner
ba...
Datum: 15.04.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 12.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:17
Explanations: 3:36
Fast dialogue: 14:10
I have a very disorganized office. My co-workers have been making jokes about my office for a long time, and my boss finally cracked down on me. He told me: ?Get the office organized by Friday ? no excuses!? What choice did I have?
...
Datum: 13.04.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:20
Explanations: 3:18
Fast dialogue: 13:04
Francesca: Hurry up! Come out of that fitting room so I can see how the dress shirt fits.
Eddie: The first one didn?t fit at all. The sleeves were too short and it was too form fitting. I like my shirts to be on the roomy side. ...
Datum: 10.04.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 6.8 MB
Topics: Native American casinos; YouTube; impact versus influence, created in/on/by; so far versus to date
Words:
to gamble
casino
autonomy
reservation
income
heritage
to upload
excerpt
to be copyrighted
to sue
offensive content
to flag
impact
influence
created by
created in
crea...
Datum: 08.04.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 11.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:30
Explanations: 3:12
Fast dialogue: 14:35
Cho: I?m not sure I?m cut out to be a doctor.
Joy: I think you?ll be great. I?ve seen you with patients and you have a great bedside manner ? not like Gregory.
Cho: Why? What?s wrong with his bedside manner?
Joy: I?ve seen h...
Datum: 06.04.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 2:58
Fast dialogue: 12:32
Ina: It was a great idea to split up to go see different movies. I really liked The McQuillanator!
Paco: I?m glad to hear it. You made a better choice than I did. The biopic I saw was mind-numbing. I was bored to death!
Ina: Rea...
Datum: 03.04.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 6.5 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Langston Hughes; childcare options in the U.S.; to totally own(ed) (someone); bad news
Words:
collectively
to be offended
ancient
soul
homemaker
dual-income
childcare
mobile
nanny
daycare
stimulation
babysitter
totally
to own (someone)
to owned (someone)
ba...
Datum: 01.04.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 11.5 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:27
Explanations: 3:45
Fast dialogue: 15:50
Foreman: Okay, people. Listen up.
This is your first day on the job in this warehouse and you need to know what we do here. This warehouse keeps all of the stock for the 10 stores in this region. We get merchandise from the supp...
Datum: 30.03.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:17
Explanations: 3:15
Fast dialogue: 13:44
I was driving down the road when I saw a group of teenagers holding up signs for a fundraising car wash for their school. My car was very dirty, so I pulled over and paid for a car wash and a wax.
I think that the students had more en...
Datum: 27.03.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.1 MB
Topics: Ask an American: corruption in U.S. politics; have to versus must; what about versus how about; worthy versus necessary
Words:
public service
wheeling and dealing
to trade
campaign contribution
in exchange
bribe
extortion
conflict of interest
to pursue
public interest
to shape
...
Datum: 25.03.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 13.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:27
Explanations: 3:15
Fast dialogue: 3:14
Charlotte: What are you doing in here? The entire wedding party is looking for you.
Chris: Yeah, I know.
Charlotte: Well, what?s the matter? You?re not getting cold feet, are you?
Chris: That?s just it. I?m really having doubt...
Datum: 23.03.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 6.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:17
Explanations: 3:19
Fast dialogue: 13:48
Nicki: Wow, did you buy out the bookstore?!
Tony: Very funny. I just got a few guidebooks for our trip to Vancouver. I want to study up on what the must-see sights are, and then decide whether we can do some self-guided tours or ...
Datum: 20.03.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 7.1 MB
Topics: American Cities (Territories): American Samoa; how to become a pilot in the U.S.; objective versus subjective, to be flanked by, power versus empowerment; to delegate versus to defer
Words:
territory
southern hemisphere
indigenous
to occupy
remote
cannery
solo
maneuvers
endorseme...
Datum: 18.03.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 10.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:10
Explanations: 2:48
Fast dialogue: 13:35
Shivon: This bad economy is really taking its toll.
Lex: Tell me about it! My company has already laid off 20% of its workforce, and now the management is talking about cutting salaries. It goes without saying that there won?t be a...
Datum: 16.03.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 6.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:41
Explanations: 3:30
Fast dialogue: 12:44
Laura: I really don?t like these political commentary shows. They purportedly present both sides of an issue, but the commentator is always biased.
Joon: Oh, I don?t think so. Each show invites pundits on each side of the politica...
Datum: 13.03.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 6.6 MB
Topics: Medical/dental tourism; warehouse club stores; yell versus shout; to be depended on; to last; kind versus kindly
Words:
health insurance
to give rise to
to be treated
regulated
inferior
warehouse
to pass the savings on
to afford
to carry
in bulk
unit price
pantry
to
to yell
...
Datum: 11.03.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 11 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:24
Explanations: 3:40
Fast dialogue: 17:57
My wife was out of town on business and our nanny was sick, so I took the day off from work to take care of our two kids: Livia, who is two, and Augustus, who is three and a half. I thought that going to the playground would be a good t...
Datum: 09.03.2009 07:00 •
Größe: 9.1 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:20
Explanations: 4:44
Fast dialogue: 17:21
I really blew it last night. I finally asked my neighbor, Fatima, out on a date and she walked out on me in the middle of it.
I didn?t blame her. I wanted to make a good impression on her, but I felt I was floundering a half an ho...
Datum: 06.03.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 9.1 MB
Topics: Anti-miscegenation laws; Silicon Valley and the Research Triangle; freeway, highway, and expressway; to sport; dosey doe
Words:
miscegenation
to frown upon
interracial marriage
slavery
to abolish
to repeal
high-tech
headquarters
venture capitalist
triangle
to recruit
affordable...
Datum: 04.03.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 11.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:29
Explanations: 3:46
Fast dialogue: 14:16
Maria: I need this package to arrive in Tulsa by next Wednesday.
Sam: Sure, I?ll send it UPS or FedEx using their ground service. It?ll be cheaper than sending it using their overnight service and we can still track it. Is it go...
Datum: 02.03.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 7.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:18
Explanations: 3:40
Fast dialogue: 16:09
I was on a date from hell.
I agreed to go out with this guy who lives in the same apartment building as I do, but he?s turned out to be a real creep. He was nice enough at the start of the date, but then he started drinking. Now he...
Datum: 27.02.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Sacagawea; NASCAR racing; to take its toll (on someone); you are/is; whatever versus whatsoever
Words:
to leave your mark on (something)
expedition
uncharted territory
trapper
to negotiate
racetrack
ratings
to sanction
series
prize money
trophy
collision
to ...
Datum: 25.02.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 11.2 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:32
Explanations: 4:06
Fast dialogue: 16:49
My company sent me on my first business trip, and I was supposed to travel around the city in taxis. Having never ridden in a taxi before, I had problems from start to finish.
First, I had trouble hailing a cab. I didn?t realize th...
Datum: 23.02.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:29
Explanations: 3:09
Fast dialogue: 14:12
Operator: Emergency operator. State your emergency.
Dirk: We need an ambulance right away.
Operator: What is your name?
Dirk: Dirk, Dirk Omora.
Operator: Can you tell me what happened?
Dirk: There was a car accident.
Operat...
Datum: 20.02.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 7.2 MB
Topics: Ask an American: living in a tiny home; volume versus issue versus version
Words:
first and foremost
to free up
housework
to come in
to speak to (something)
to wonder
excess
to shift
to downsize
china
thought process
global warming
fluorescent
rethinking
volume
issue
versi...
Datum: 18.02.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 11.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:20
Explanations: 3:25
Fast dialogue: 13:48
Asa: I don?t know how we got stuck with reviewing employee complaints. This has got to be the worst job ever.
Samantha: This is important work, and somebody has to do it. Come on, let?s get started.
Asa: I think it?s bad for mo...
Datum: 16.02.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 7.1 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 4:04
Fast dialogue: 16:26
Agent: Hello, Krashit Insurance.
Jackie: Hi, I wanted to get a quote for car insurance.
Agent: Sure, I can help you with that. I assume you want liability insurance, but what other coverage would you like to get?
Jackie: Umm...
Datum: 13.02.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
Topics: The Innocence Project; Craigslist; percent versus percentage; the ?in? crowd/place; to swear in
Words:
innocence
criminal
convicted
to exonerate
DNA testing
evidence
classified ad
personals
carpool
resource
to swear by
?in?
to swear in
Datum: 11.02.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 11.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:19
Explanations: 3:20
Fast dialogue: 13:27
Lance: Did you see Kim at the party last Saturday?
Paulina: Yeah, I saw her. Why?
Lance: She was wearing a skimpy dress and all of the men were leering at her all night. I used to think she was a nice girl. Isn?t she worried...
Datum: 09.02.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:23
Explanations: 2:57
Fast dialogue: 14:21
Aretha: Oh, here?s the instruction manual. I?ll read you the section on ?getting started.?
Carl: No, you don?t need to do that. I know how to do the installation.
Aretha: But don?t you want to hear about the different functio...
Datum: 06.02.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Topics: Appalachia; family arrangements in the U.S.; pain, ache, and sore; diehard; fruitcake
Words:
folk music
coal
mine
isolated
poverty
hillbilly
family arrangement
nuclear family
extended family
generation
empty-nester
DINK
label
pain
ache
sore
diehard (or die-hard)
fruitcake
Datum: 04.02.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 12.7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:38
Explanations: 4:13
Fast dialogue: 16:34
Phan: Hi, Montel. Thanks for agreeing to meet with me.
Montel: It?s my pleasure.
Phan: Since I?m new here, I was hoping you might be willing to give me some pointers on how to get new clients. To be honest, I?ve never been ...
Datum: 02.02.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:22
Explanations: 3:08
Fast dialogue: 13:20
Carla: It?s freezing in here! Why is the air conditioner on?
Trent: I just finished exercising and I?m sweating like a pig.
Carla: That?s no reason to turn the A/C on full blast! I?m cold. I?m turning on the heat for a littl...
Datum: 30.01.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 6.8 MB
Topics: The song Amazing Grace; specialty cable/satellite channels; to slay, to kill, to murder, to slaughter; I love it versus I?m loving it; dollar versus buck
Words:
amazing
grace
sin
verse
wretch
channel
cable
satellite
specialty
cartoon
package
to slay
to kill
to murder
to slau...
Datum: 28.01.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 12 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:27
Explanations: 3:27
Fast dialogue: 14:08
Paige: I think we can get everything we need to fix up the house in one trip. What do you think?
Vern: We can try. It seems like everybody had the same thought when they woke up this morning: Go to the home improvement store!
...
Datum: 26.01.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:31
Explanations: 4:03
Fast dialogue: 14:37
Suzanne: Don?t take that! I?m reading an article in the newspaper about all of the drugs and medical devices that have been recalled in the past year and you wouldn?t believe how long this list is.
Abdul: I?m just taking something f...
Datum: 23.01.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Barack Obama; presidential inaugurations; common versus ordinary versus normal; darling and dear; full-fledged
Words:
president-elect
prestigious
achievement
remarkable
race relations
public speaker
campaign
optimistic
inauguration
oath
address
parade
common
...
Datum: 21.01.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 12.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:12
Explanations: 3:11
Fast dialogue: 15:30
Paulina: Did you get your Social Security statement? I just got mine in the mail. If I keep working at this rate for the next 20 years, between Social Security and my savings, I should be sitting pretty for retirement.
Carlos: Yeah...
Datum: 19.01.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:17
Explanations: 3:19
Fast dialogue: 15:35
Russ: Mom says you?re having a slumber party next Saturday.
Irene: I?m just having a few friends over for a sleepover and it?s none of your business.
Russ: Don?t be like that. How many people did you invite?
Irene: I?m not tell...
Datum: 16.01.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
ESLPod.com and the Center for Educational Development present to you, Introduction to the United States, a 100 episode course that will teach you about life in the United States, including its government and history. This course is based upon the 100 questions used by the U.S. government in its ci...
Datum: 16.01.2009 00:00 •
Größe: 10.5 MB
Topics: Ask an American: forecasting the future; offhand; off the top of one?s head; out with the old, in with the new; using ?more? versus ?-er? to form the comparative
Words:
desalination
shortage
nanotechnology
to associate (something) with (something)
water-stressed
to thrive
ideally
l...
Datum: 14.01.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 13.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:26
Explanations: 3:17
Fast dialogue: 14:51
Sue: I just made airline reservations for our trip. Do you want to look over the itinerary before I purchase the tickets?
Alex: Which airline is it?
Sue: It?s McTse Air.
Alex: Oh, no, I don?t want to fly on that low-cost airline...
Datum: 12.01.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 3:05
Fast dialogue: 16:02
Marissa: How can I help?
Juan Carlos: Um...why don?t you iron the tablecloth and set the table?
Marissa: I already did that. I want to help with the cooking.
Juan Carlos: Okay, you can scrub these potatoes, peel the carrots,...
Datum: 09.01.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Topics: America's Most Wanted; buying a first home; similar to but distinct from; on the side; a fair extent
Words:
wanted
criminals
to reenact
tip
resources
grants
down payment
mortgage
tax credits
to shop around for
real estate agent
to make an offer
similar
distinct
on the side
a...
Datum: 07.01.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 13.2 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 3:30
Fast dialogue: 15:43
Edgar: What a crock!
Ann: What is it?
Edgar: I?m reading an article about successful business people who were self-made men and women. I don?t believe a word of it.
Ann: What don?t you believe?
Edgar: These people didn?t ...
Datum: 05.01.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:37
Explanations: 3:53
Fast dialogue: 14:00
The school that my daughter attends is trying to decide whether or not to ban certain books, which some parents think are inappropriate. The school called a parents meeting to talk over the issue.
At the meeting, one woman said: ?Th...
Datum: 02.01.2009 08:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Weird Al Yankovic; Alcoholics Anonymous; figure out versus realize; kind of; noun + --ee and --er
Words:
weird
parody
to make light of
relevant
alcoholic
addicted
anonymous
to break an addiction
sober
support group
to abstain
mentor
to figure out
kind of
Datum: 31.12.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 11.7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:17
Explanations: 3:37
Fast dialogue: 15:22
Heather: Hi, are you the apartment manager? I saw the vacancy sign outside and I?m looking for an apartment.
Sam: Yes, I?m Sam. We have one unit available right now. When are you looking to move in?
Heather: The lease on my a...
Datum: 29.12.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:08
Explanations: 3:24
Fast dialogue: 15:59
Lucy: I?m so excited! My friend, Marlene, is coming to town for a visit.
Buddy: Have I met Marlene?
Lucy: No, I don?t think so. We grew up together and we were always joined at the hip.
Buddy: When I was little, I had a frien...
Datum: 26.12.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Topics: Alternative energy; Monticello; criticize versus chastise versus chasten; please inform versus please be informed; to denominate
Words:
alternative
nonrenewable resources
environmentally friendly
documentary
political spectrum
to advocate for
estate
on display
to waste
plantatio...
Datum: 24.12.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 12.5 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:38
Explanations: 3:52
Fast dialogue: 12:49
Shawna: Hello, Shawna Davis.
Monty: Hello, Shawna. This is Monty Lofti at BMC. I need to talk to you about our ad that ran in your newspaper yesterday.
Shawna: Sure, Monty. Was there a problem?
Monty: Yes, there certainly...
Datum: 22.12.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 6.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:16
Explanations: 3:22
Fast dialogue: 15:04
Nivia: Why are you walking funny?
Michael: Oh, I pulled a muscle in my right leg while playing with my kids last weekend. It?s hard to walk without feeling a twinge of pain.
Nivia: I?m sorry to hear that. Why are you sitting in...
Datum: 19.12.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Topics: American Cities: Detroit; wills, living wills, and advance healthcare directives; solution and solve vs. resolution and resolve; family vs. household
Words:
waterfront property
synonymous
unemployment rate
to cross racial lines
last will and testament
beneficiaries
minor
trust
asse...
Datum: 17.12.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 12.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:12
Explanations: 3:51
Fast dialogue: 17:00
Torsten: What are you doing, clipping coupons? That?s a waste of time.
Cindy: You can think what you like, but these days, we have to cut corners wherever we can.
Torsten: No one actually saves much money using coupons.
Cindy...
Datum: 15.12.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 8.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:31
Explanations: 3:12
Fast dialogue: 13:20
Adriana: Shhh, I?m trying to listen to the radio.
Ralph: How can you listen to that radio station? All of their deejays have such funny voices.
Adriana: That?s precisely why I like it. Take this guy, Kevin. He has a deep, husk...
Datum: 12.12.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 6.8 MB
Topics: Ask an American: underage drinking; to chalk (something) up to; fluke; quite; ain?t; domino effect and chain reaction
Words:
access
consistency
rebellious
binge drinking
DUI
DWI
assault
date rape
to model
sexually transmitted disease
unintended
addiction
go ahead
to lower
to...
Datum: 10.12.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 14.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 3:00
Fast dialogue: 14:23
Tim: Damn it!
Pam: What?s the matter?
Tim: It?s this copier. My original didn?t come out of the feeder and there?s a paper jam.
Pam: Let me see if I can clear it. This machine is really temperamental.
Tim: Tell me abo...
Datum: 08.12.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:26
Explanations: 3:13
Fast dialogue: 10:54
Silvia: What are you watching?
Hermann: I?m watching a show about the health problems in developing countries.
Silvia: Don?t we have enough healthcare problems here, in this country?
Hermann: We do, but there are countries th...
Datum: 05.12.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 5.7 MB
Topics: Brown v. Board of Education; yearbooks in American schools; indeed; none of them is/are; down to the wire
Words:
case
party
landmark decision
inferior
to rule
to enroll
to desegregate
yearbook
keepsake
peers
hairdos
autograph
indeed
none of them is/are
down to the wire
Datum: 03.12.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 13.6 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:10
Explanations: 2:39
Fast dialogue: 14:12
Maggie: What did you think of the book you started last week?
Kurt: Oh, I liked it well enough.
Maggie: Wow, that?s a glowing recommendation.
Kurt: Well, it started off with a bang and the suspense in the first half was great. ...
Datum: 01.12.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 7.1 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:14
Explanations: 3:07
Fast dialogue: 12:35
Part of my job as school principal is to hand out awards and scholarships to students. We recently had a ceremony to do just that.
_________
Principal: Miguel, I want to commend you for your work this year and congratulate you for...
Datum: 28.11.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 6.6 MB
Topics: U.S. Mint; how auctions work; cache versus cash; listen to versus listen for
Words:
mint
coins
circulation
worn out
to melt down
to deface
pennies
auction
high-end
antique
bid
cash
cache
cachet
to listen to
to listen for
Datum: 26.11.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 12.6 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:30
Explanations: 3:17
Fast dialogue: 12:11
Tandia: Do you want these want ads after I?m finished with them?
Hank: No, I?m not going to find my dream job in the classifieds. I?m going to have to get more creative with my job search.
Tandia: What are you looking for?
Ha...
Datum: 24.11.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 6.3 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:35
Explanations: 3:42
Fast dialogue: 14:04
Becky: I want to thank all of you for coming today. I think we all agree that we need to organize a protest...
Pedro: Hold on, Becky. We all want to voice our opinion that we oppose what is going on here, but I?m not sure a prote...
Datum: 21.11.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Topics: Naming Rights; Famous Americans: Cesar Chavez; Why Americans have middle names; future perfect tense; American versus U.S. as an adjective
Words:
naming rights
donation
connotations
deal
civil rights leaders
migrant farm worker
charismatic
to protest
pesticide
boycott
to fast
...
Datum: 19.11.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 13.2 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:17
Explanations: 2:53
Fast dialogue: 13:54
Brenda: It?s fun shopping for a new cell phone, don?t you think?
Yoji: Sure, but I just need one with the bare basics.
Brenda: Not me. I want one that?s top-of-the-line. My old phone was cheap and flimsy, and it started acting ...
Datum: 17.11.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 7.1 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:19
Explanations: 3:32
Fast dialogue: 14:27
Spencer: I?m practicing making drinks for the party tonight. Do you want to try one?
Heidi: You?re the bartender? I didn?t know you knew how to mix drinks.
Spencer: I can hold my own. Okay, name it and I?ll make it ? any mi...
Datum: 14.11.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Topics: Make-a-Wish Foundation; American Cities: Key West and the Florida Keys; must versus ought to versus need to; nuts and bolts; to buy
Words:
foundation
wish
to come true
to grant
to be (something) when one grows up
honorary
archipelago
hurricane
ecotourism
scuba diving
cruise s...
Datum: 12.11.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 12.7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 4:18
Fast dialogue: 15:50
Chang: I don?t mean to be nosey, but all of those bills are red or pink. Are you behind on all of those bills?
Ilya: I am, but it?s no big deal. I can catch up on them next month.
Chang: You know that being late on bills is bad...
Datum: 10.11.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:36
Explanations: 3:40
Fast dialogue: 15:02
I never read food labels until I started going out with Wendy. She?s studying to be a nutritionist. When we go grocery shopping, she reads every label.
_____________
Wendy: You?re not buying that, are you?
Ichirou: Well, I wa...
Datum: 07.11.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Topics: Ask an American: cults; can versus could; will versus would; freedom versus liberty
Words:
cult
imaginary
satanic
to spread
to brainwash
megalomaniacal
deluded
to impose
connotation
sect
at a crossroads
structure
unpaid bill
mainstream
predominant
wide open
constraint
inno...
Datum: 05.11.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 11.7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:35
Explanations: 3:53
Fast dialogue: 19:19
Kerry: We?re almost done with the shopping. We just need some underwear for you and some unmentionables for me.
Russell: It?s perfectly acceptable for women to buy men?s underwear, but do I have to go into the lingerie store? All...
Datum: 03.11.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 9.7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:24
Explanations: 3:33
Fast dialogue: 16:59
Kevin: I know a lot of people are doing it, but I?m not so sure about trying an Internet dating service.
Eun: What do you have to lose? This website says that it screens all of its members. Let?s look at some of the profiles.
Kev...
Datum: 31.10.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
Special Announcement from ESL Podcast: A New Course - Simple English Stories for Kids (and Adults). See our ESL Podcast Store for more details on this exiting new course to help you and your children learn English faster.
Datum: 29.10.2008 23:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Topics: Registering to vote and efforts to get out the vote; the G.I. Bill; growl, groan, and mutter; personnel and other collective nouns; to be fond of
Words:
election
mandatory
to register to vote
to fill out
democracy
to get out the vote
voter drives
soldier
veteran
benefits
economy...
Datum: 29.10.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 14 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:27
Explanations: 3:25
Fast dialogue: 14:20
Lon: What?s this?
Abigail: It?s a memo about a safety inspection scheduled for next week.
Lon: A safety inspection? How are we ever going to pass a safety inspection?
Abigail: What do you mean? This isn?t an unsafe workplace. ...
Datum: 27.10.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:14
Explanations: 3:03
Fast dialogue : 12:52
Joni: Smell that!
Giuseppe: Smell what?
Joni: Smell that fresh air. Aren?t you glad I got you to help me plant this garden? We?re going to have so much fun today.
Giuseppe: Uh huh. I?m glad to help, but I don?t exactl...
Datum: 24.10.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 6.7 MB
Topics: Cook-offs and bake-offs; public health codes; a software evangelist; to look forward to; sandwich versus hamburger
Words:
to grill
competition
judge
chili
recipe
to sample
sponsor
code
sanitary
inspection
grade
to revoke
evangelist
to look forward to
sandwich
hamburger
Datum: 22.10.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 11 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:23
Explanations: 4:20
Fast dialogue: 16:33
Buck: I?m never going to that coffee house again!
Star: Why? What happened?
Buck: It?s the third time in a week that I?ve had lousy service. I don?t expect five-star treatment, but I do expect service industry employees to be ...
Datum: 20.10.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:29
Explanations: 3:27
Fast dialogue: 16:18
Joyce: We need to apply for our passports now if we want to have them in time for our trip to McQuillanland.
Steven: I have a passport.
Joyce: Yes, but it expired last year. You need to renew it before you can get a visa. McQuil...
Datum: 17.10.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: William Randolph Hearst; what to call people from the top five cities/states in the U.S.; please as the magic word; using an apostrophe (?) for possessive cases, remember versus remind
Words:
magnate
publisher
to put a lot of something into something
municipal
corrup...
Datum: 15.10.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 12.5 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:18
Explanations: 3:25
Fast dialogue: 14:20
Hello, business students. I?m here today at your professor?s request to talk to you about the importance of finding your own niche in business. Conventional wisdom says that people in business need to diversify their skill sets so t...
Datum: 13.10.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:26
Explanations: 2:58
Fast dialogue: 15:09
Ray: My mother is coming for a visit, which means we need to do some spring cleaning this weekend.
Debra: I?ll get the duster, if you?ll get the broom.
Ray: I?m serious. You know how nit-picky my mother is and I want our house t...
Datum: 10.10.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Topics: American Cities: Salt Lake City; university admissions; within versus inside versus interior; so much for; to want out
Words:
to persecute
temple
canyon
to be home to
admissions
to get a feel for
due
rank
top-tier school
back-up school
to enroll
deferred admission
interior
so ...
Datum: 08.10.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 13.2 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:27
Explanations: 3:20
Fast dialogue: 17:04
Ben: Why are you squinting like that?
Lauren: I left my glasses at the office.
Ben: You mean you can?t see?!
Lauren: I can see pretty well. What was that yellow sign we just passed?
Ben: It said, ?Dead End.? Stop! Turn a...
Datum: 06.10.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:17
Explanations: 3:15
Fast dialogue: 13:55
Andre: Mom, I can?t believe I got stuck with Matt as my lab partner in school.
Josephine: Matt? Do I know Matt?
Andre: He lives down the street. He?s Mr. and Mrs. Kemp?s son. He?s a total airhead.
Josephine: Oh, I remember...
Datum: 03.10.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.2 MB
Topics: Ask an American: childhood obesity; besides vs. furthermore vs. moreover; wink-wink; thrill
Words:
to be doing
veggie
grass-fed
organic
salad bar
to line up
to segue
processed food
refined
high fructose corn syrup
whole food
with an eye in the long run toward...
furthermore
m...
Datum: 01.10.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 13.7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:40
Explanations: 3:55
Fast dialogue: 17:38
Joachim: I?m really having second thoughts about hiring a firm to do corporate spying for us. I don?t want to do anything that?s ethically questionable.
Dawn: We have no choice but to do it. All of our competitors conduct corpora...
Datum: 29.09.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:31
Explanations: 3:03
Fast dialogue: 13:36
Frank: Hand me that bag of potato chips.
Katie: Here. You mean you?re still hungry after two burgers and French fries?
Frank: Yeah, I am. I?m a growing boy. Where?s the popcorn?
Katie: I can?t believe we?re eating all of thi...
Datum: 26.09.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 6.9 MB
Topics: The Chinese Exclusion Act; Library of Congress and the public library system; I thought versus I think; anyway versus however; to make (someone) earn (something)
Words:
Immigration
to resent
act
to exclude
citizen
ethnic
to repeal
library
to check out books
Congress
collection
s...
Datum: 24.09.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 12.9 MB
Jeff: Hello and welcome to ESL Podcast?s third anniversary video podcast. We are now three years old, and as we do every year we are recording a short video podcast for you. This year, we asked you to send us some questions to answer, and in this podcast I and Lucy will be answering some of your ...
Datum: 23.09.2008 23:00 •
Größe: 13.3 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:21
Explanations: 3:18
Fast dialogue: 14:53
Olivia: Dad, can I ask you a question?
Dad: You just did.
Olivia: I mean, can I ask you another question?
Dad: Ask away.
Olivia: Where do babies come from?
Dad: What? Where did you come up with that one?
Olivia: I don?t ...
Datum: 22.09.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:46
Explanations: 3:55
Fast dialogue: 15:28
Janine: Okay, we need to find one more act for this year?s show. How many more people are waiting to audition?
Calvin: There are two more. Should I call in the first one?
Janine: Yup. Let?s get this over with.
...
Calvin: W...
Datum: 19.09.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
Topics: The CIA; how to become a court interpreter and/or an interpreter for the U.N.; haunting versus haunted; completion versus completeness; to take (somebody) on
Words:
intelligence
foreign
advisor
clandestine
to tap a phone
to bug
to infiltrate
espionage
implication
interpreter
cour...
Datum: 17.09.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 11.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:38
Explanations: 3:47
Fast dialogue: 15.25
Candace: Hello.
Mehdi: Hello, may I speak to Candace Cho, please?
Candace: Speaking.
Mehdi: Oh, hello Ms. Cho. My name is Mehdi and I?m interested in applying for the job as assistant manager. Your name was listed as the con...
Datum: 15.09.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:27
Explanations: 3:43
Fast dialogue: 15:06
Lyla: Okay, here?s a hypothetical. You ask a girl for her number, but wait two weeks to call her. What gives?
George: Well, that depends. Why?
Lyla: Well, I met this guy two weeks ago at a party. We spent the entire evening...
Datum: 12.09.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Amy Tan; Americans with Disabilities Act; to take convincing, full-fledged, dude
Words:
descent
to fight
to give (someone) the silent treatment
promise
life-changing event
expectation
act
disability
to enact
discrimination
accessibility
wheelchair
elevator
ra...
Datum: 10.09.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 12.6 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:32
Explanations: 3:29
Fast dialogue: 15:00
Dale: I didn?t know you read that forum. What?s your screen name?
Jessie: It?s ?jessiegirl,? but I don?t post very often. I like to lurk and follow the different threads, but I prefer to keep a low profile.
Dale: Really? I ...
Datum: 08.09.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:37
Explanations: 3:51
Fast dialogue: 14:19
Ginger: It?s really nice of you to come with me to buy my computer. This is the desktop I?m thinking about.
Kevin: This is okay, but if I were you, I?d buy a laptop. It?s more versatile. You can travel with it.
Ginger: I?m not...
Datum: 05.09.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Topics: American Cities: Chicago; The Star-Spangled Banner; just versus only versus mere; to kick butt
Words:
windy
magnificent
skyscraper
public transportation system
gangster
Prohibition
league
anthem
dawn
twilight
patriotic
mere
to kick butt
Datum: 03.09.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 13.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:13
Explanations: 3:03
Fast dialogue: 12:58
Anya: I don?t know how I?m going to get all of this work done before I go on vacation.
Estevan: What you need to do is to delegate. Stop being a control freak and get other people to help you with your work.
Anya: I?ve tried to ...
Datum: 01.09.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 6.7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:30
Explanations: 3:35
Fast dialogue: 15:23
Bernie: Oh, I?m in so much pain! Where is the medication we got from the pharmacy?
Gloria: It?s right here, but we need to read the label first. Okay, these are the active ingredients and they seem okay. This warning says that w...
Datum: 29.08.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Tattoos; to cover up, talk versus say versus speak, pronouncing certain consonants in the middle of words
Words:
buzz
tattoo parlor
tough guys
broken heart
to commemorate
new born
angst
to put out there
to hop in/into
intricate
to cover up
to speak
to say
...
Datum: 27.08.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 13 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:21
Explanations: 3:11
Fast dialogue: 15:48
Svetlana: Tomorrow is the first day of junior high. Are you ready?
Quinn: Sure, it?s not that big a deal. I already put some supplies in my new backpack.
Svetlana: Let?s see. You have some folders, a three-ring binder, and a p...
Datum: 25.08.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:44
Explanations: 4:34
Fast dialogue: 16:25
Brett: Hi, Mom. Come in. Welcome to my new place. My roommates aren?t here right now or I?d introduce you.
Mom: Hi, dear. This is...uh...nice.
Brett: It is, isn?t it? I know you were a little worried about me moving out an...
Datum: 22.08.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
Topics: D.B. Cooper; the Underground Railroad; extend versus expand; God forbid; brown-bag lunch
Words:
to hijack
threat
unsolved mystery
flight attendant
bomb
parachute
in exchange for
frayed
unconvinced
slave
to escape
to be sympathetic toward
to extend
to expand
God forbid
brown...
Datum: 20.08.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 12.7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:13
Explanations: 3:19
Fast dialogue: 14:01
Agency employee: Tell me why you?d like to sign up with our employment agency.
Kurt: Well, right now I?m working in a dead end job. There are no opportunities for advancement. I?m already at the top of the pay scale, so there?s n...
Datum: 18.08.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
This is Jeff McQuillan with an important message to our ESL Podcast listeners and members. Our website is not working right now. Someone ? we don?t know who - is attacking our server (the computer where our website files are stored) and we and the hosting company are doing everything we can to ge...
Datum: 17.08.2008 23:00 •
Größe: 525.1 KB
Slow dialogue: 1:11
Explanations: 3:04
Fast dialogue: 16:15
My best friend, Saul, is getting married. As the best man, it was up to me to plan a bachelor party he?d never forget. All of the groomsmen were chipping in, so we went all out.
I invited everybody over to my apartment. Instead ...
Datum: 15.08.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Great Jazz Artists Josephine Baker and Ella Fitzgerald; the Amish; to be honest versus as a matter of fact; why don?t you versus let?s
Words:
jazz
pearl
world-famous
to drop out
civil rights movement
first lady
improv
postage stamp
buggy
suspenders
strict
to pr...
Datum: 13.08.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 11.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:23
Explanations: 3:08
Fast dialogue: 15:15
Tanya: We?ve been here for three days and I?m still getting lost.
Darren: Here?s a map. These are the residential neighborhoods. See? This is where we?re staying.
Tanya: I know, I know. But where were we today? The tour bus ...
Datum: 11.08.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 2:00
Explanations: 3:53
Fast dialogue: 16:00
Oscar: How are you adjusting to being a single parent?
Penny: It hasn?t been easy, but Paul and I are trying to be as civil as possible. We worked out joint custody so that Mina will get quality time with both of us. Still, it?s ...
Datum: 08.08.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Topics: U.S. zoning laws; how to become a TV or movie screenwriter; unless versus if, in versus at for locations, persecute versus prosecute
Words:
zoning law
urban sprawl
mixed-use zoning
high-density neighborhood
exclusionary
affordable housing
strip club
adult shop
screenwriter
show bu...
Datum: 06.08.2008 19:00 •
Größe: 13.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:23
Explanations: 3:08
Fast dialogue: 14:41
Jasinda: Was that your friend Mitch?
Thomas: Yeah, he and I had lunch today to talk about some business opportunities.
Jasinda: What line of work is he in?
Thomas: Well, I guess you could say he?s in the import/export business....
Datum: 04.08.2008 04:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:35
Explanations: 3:15
Fast dialogue: 14:27
Mary Lou: Am I too late for the opening ceremony?
Jesse: No, it?s just starting. The runner is just coming into Olympic Village with the torch.
Mary Lou: Oh, this is so exciting! I love the summer Olympics. Track and field,...
Datum: 01.08.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Topics: American Cities: San Francisco/Bay Area; the ACLU; using ?back? to refer to the past; failure versus error versus mistake
Words:
image
strait
bay
living expenses
steep
cable car
liberal
costume
civil liberties
litigation
to lobby
to infringe upon
back
failure
error
mistake
Datum: 30.07.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 12.5 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:24
Explanations: 3:22
Fast dialogue: 15:04
Danica: Calm down! Stop throwing things! Have you gone berserk?
Neil: Calm down?! Calm down?! You don?t know what just happened.
Danica: I?ve never seen you lose your temper like this before. Take a deep breath and tell m...
Datum: 28.07.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:34
Explanations: 3:43
Fast dialogue: 15:24
Rajid: What are you doing?
Nicole: I?m putting my garbage into the garbage can. Why?
Rajid: Don?t you recycle? You?re supposed to separate out your recyclables and put them in a separate bin.
Nicole: I know, I know, but who...
Datum: 25.07.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Drive-in Theaters
to wind someone up, you don?t say, how about you versus what about you
Words:
to wedge
talkative
to block someone?s view
to be in the comfort of
sprawling
cranky
to disrupt
passion
family fare
second-rate
tinny
concession stand
fattening
ris...
Datum: 23.07.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 13.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:08
Explanations: 2:54
Fast dialogue: 12:31
Vicky: Did I imagine it or did you just give Gavin the cold shoulder?
Gerard: You didn?t imagine it. I?m not too happy with him.
Vicky: Why? What did he do?
Gerard: He?s two-faced, that?s why. Last week, he told me he was go...
Datum: 21.07.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 6.5 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:08
Explanations: 2:46
Fast dialogue: 14:27
Delia: Oh, my feet hurt! We must have walked for four hours straight today. I have blisters on my heels and bruises on my toes. Where are my band-aids?
Yoshi: Yeah, your feet look bad. I told you not to wear new shoes on vacat...
Datum: 18.07.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.4 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Annie Leibovitz; home shopping cable channels and celebrity product lines; come versus go; via versus through
Words:
portrait
the arts
big break
to be named
chief
celebrity
channel
cable
host
product line
affiliated with
name recognition
via
through
Datum: 16.07.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 12.6 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:23
Explanations: 3:32
Fast dialogue: 15:33
Tony: Who did you invite over for dinner Saturday?
Carmela: I invited Keith, Sung, Stephanie, and Luis.
Tony: You didn?t!
Carmela: I did. Why?
Tony: You?re going to have a hard time cooking for them. Keith is a vegan and ...
Datum: 14.07.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:27
Explanations: 3:02
Fast dialogue: 14:26
Walt: What?s the matter with you?
Irene: I have a bad cold.
Walt: Why didn?t you stay home from work? You?re probably contagious!
Irene: I had no choice. I have an important presentation this afternoon and I can?t play ho...
Datum: 11.07.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Topics: Advanced Placement courses and tests; Legos/Legoland and Hot Wheels; might versus maybe; judgment call; no-brainer
Words:
placement
college-level
subject area
to gear up
financial aid
college credit
interlocking
kit
theme park
replicate
track
to collect
maybe
might
judgment ...
Datum: 09.07.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 11.5 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:31
Explanations: 3:00
Fast dialogue: 14:13
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Thank you for coming to today?s seminar. We?re going to talk about how to invest your money and how to maximize those holdings.
First, we?ll talk about market trends and where to find the best opportunities ri...
Datum: 07.07.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.2 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:23
Explanations: 3:07
Fast dialogue: 13:22
Kathy: Thanks for inviting me to see your team. Who?s your best player?
Brad: That would be Sarah. She?s a natural. No one comes close to her speed and dexterity. She has good instincts and a flair for getting out of difficult ...
Datum: 04.07.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 6.9 MB
Topics: Saturday Night Live; Howard Stern and shock jocks; using ?to? in who, what, where, when, why questions; state of the art; ways to say ?good job!?
Words:
live
cast
celebrity
sketch
news anchor
current events
big break
controversial
shock jock
offend
fine
on the air
state of the ...
Datum: 02.07.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 11.5 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:21
Explanations: 2:58
Fast dialogue: 15:56
Xavier: Look out! Put your foot on the brake!
Brandy: I am braking.
Xavier: No, your foot is on the gas pedal!
Brandy: Oh. There?s the brake.
Xavier: You just took 10 years off my life. I was sure you were going to hit t...
Datum: 30.06.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:06
Explanations: 2:50
Fast dialogue: 12:38
Jae: Hi, are you done with this weight machine?
Sally: Yeah, I am. I was just trying it out. I think I must be doing something wrong. My muscles are aching already.
Jae: Maybe I can help. I?ve been working out on these mac...
Datum: 27.06.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 6.6 MB
Topics: Harley Davidson; Famous Americans: Jesse Jackson; because versus since, yikes, speaking of which
Words:
loyal
logo
engine
reputation
pejorative
mid-life crisis
reverend
civil rights
activist
segregated
march
shadow senator
because
since
yikes
speaking of which
Datum: 25.06.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 12.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 4:03
Fast dialogue: 15:30
Danny: Are you sure we should start accepting credit cards from our customers? We?ve always been a cash-only business.
Katy: I think we need to for the convenience of our customers. It won?t be as big a nuisance as you think, w...
Datum: 23.06.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:30
Explanations: 3:20
Fast dialogue: 12:44
David: Why has Joyce been moping around all week? What?s wrong with her?
Victoria: She?s suffering from a broken heart. Her boyfriend broke up with her over the weekend. They had been together for two years.
David: Did she t...
Datum: 20.06.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 6.6 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Getting Old
brethren versus brothers, would versus used to, I can?t wait anymore versus I can?t wait any longer
Words:
hip
fracture
balance
to stub
to go flying
to fall flat
incompetent
nursing home
to keep something to oneself
emergency room
acute care
rehab
...
Datum: 18.06.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 10 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:45
Explanations: 3:32
Fast dialogue: 15:35
Jamal: Have you found a place for us to stay in Chicago?
Erin: I?m still exploring the options. Instead of a run-of-the-mill chain hotel, I thought we could do something different.
Jamal: How different?
Erin: I thought we migh...
Datum: 16.06.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:45
Explanations: 3:32
Fast dialogue: 15:35
Jamal: Have you found a place for us to stay in Chicago?
Erin: I?m still exploring the options. Instead of a run-of-the-mill chain hotel, I thought we could do something different.
Jamal: How different?
Erin: I thought we migh...
Datum: 13.06.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Topics: Classic children?s television: Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers? Neighborhood; American Cities: Washington, D.C.; mix, combine, stir, and beat; stock photography
Words:
series
episode
animation
puppet
make-believe
values
founding fathers
Congress
free and open to the public
monument
...
Datum: 11.06.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 12.8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:08
Explanations: 3:51
Fast dialogue: 15:17
Bethany: I just talked to Steve about hiring replacements for Cyril, who quit last month and for Megan, who is leaving at the end of this week. Do you know what he told me? He doesn?t want to hire permanent replacements. He wants ...
Datum: 09.06.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:26
Explanations: 3:07
Fast dialogue: 13:24
Julia: Aren?t you nervous about your surgery next week?
Hugh: No, it?s a routine procedure. I don?t even need to be admitted overnight.
Julia: But aren?t you going under general anesthesia? It?s not the same as local anesthes...
Datum: 06.06.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 6.9 MB
Topics: New York Theater District/Broadway shows; Barbie dolls/G.I. Joe; I don?t have versus I have no, in the street versus on the street, identifying yourself on the phone
Words:
district
mainstream
controversial
cutting-edge
lucrative
figurine
infant
voluptuous
to distort
accessory
...
Datum: 04.06.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 13.7 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 3:05
Fast dialogue: 12:38
Juanita: What time is it?
Chuck: It?s a quarter to 12. Why?
Juanita: At noon, on the dot, I?m supposed to meet James.
Chuck: On the dot? What if you don?t get there until a few minutes past four? Will you turn into a pumpkin...
Datum: 02.06.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 6.6 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 2:58
Fast dialogue: 12:35
Kenji: Hello, my car was stolen and I want to report it.
Officer: Where was it when it was stolen?
Kenji: It was parked outside of my apartment building. I went outside this morning to drive to work, and it was gone.
Officer: ...
Datum: 30.05.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 6.5 MB
Topics: Native American reservations/Trail of Tears; retirement communities, the possessive ?s,? to be subject to, to be subjected to, hedge trimming
Words:
ancestor
settler
reservation
forced relocation
trail
tribe
retirement
Social Security benefits
retirement community
clubhouse
t...
Datum: 28.05.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 11.1 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:34
Explanations: 3:45
Fast dialogue: 12:04
Store owner: Hello.
Karin: Hello, is this Joe?s Shoe Repair?
Store owner: Yes, how can I help you?
Karin: I?m calling to find out your business hours.
Store owner: We?re open 24/7.
Karin: Really? You?re open 24 hours a day...
Datum: 26.05.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 6.4 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:07
Explanations: 3:11
Fast dialogue: 12:08
Doris: Hello.
Telemarketer: Hello, may I speak to the lady of the house?
Doris: What is this regarding?
Telemarketer: I?m calling from Cheetam Cable Company and we have a very special offer. This month only, you can get a bund...
Datum: 23.05.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 6.4 MB
Topics: Monster truck shows and races; blue jeans and Levi Strauss, to be up against the wall, liability versus responsibility, pronouncing ?either?
Words:
monster
pickup truck
destructive
to crush
track
obstacle
freestyle
to root
blue jeans (or jeans)
denim
ranch
Gold Rush
miner
dura...
Datum: 21.05.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 10.5 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:27
Explanations: 3:30
Fast dialogue: 15:43
Rafael: They?re playing Pomp and Circumstance and the graduates are filing in. Do you see your daughter? I don?t see my son.
April: No, we?re too far from the field and everybody is wearing a cap and gown. It?s hard to see who?s...
Datum: 19.05.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:16
Explanations: 3:17
Fast dialogue: 12:03
Order clerk: Hello, Torino?s Restaurant.
Nancy: Hello, I?d like to place a delivery order.
Order clerk: Can I have your address and the major cross streets, please?
Nancy: It?s 1212 Main Street, and the nearest cross streets ...
Datum: 16.05.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 6.4 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Bluegrass music; résumé versus curriculum vitae, the number 0 versus the letter O, one over the other
Words:
to bring over
to pass down something
to flatten
bridge
basically
roots
origins
melody
acoustic
fiddle
banjo
bass
résumé
curriculum vitae
Datum: 14.05.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 11 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:20
Explanations: 4:28
Fast dialogue: 15:36
Wanda: I can?t take it anymore. I try to put up with Robert, but I?ve had enough!
Dana: I?m not surprised. That guy is a big bully and it?s time somebody stood up to him. What has he done now?
Wanda: This was the last straw. ...
Datum: 12.05.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
Slow dialogue: 1:34
Explanations: 3:23
Fast dialogue: 13:31
Caridad: Look at this! The president of McQuillan University is stepping down. He submitted his resignation this morning after an undergraduate student made allegations that they had an affair and that she?s pregnant with his baby....
Datum: 09.05.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7 MB
Topics: The Betty Ford Center; poker; to be short on time versus time is running out, past year versus last year, supervisor versus manager
Words:
addiction
rehab
painkiller
intervention
residential
counselor
hand
tournament
champion
endorsement
to show (one?s) hand
poker face
to raise...
Datum: 07.05.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 11.8 MB
Not everything can go perfectly. Find out about how to describe bad experiences in English in this episode.Slow dialogue: 1:14
Explanations: 3:12
Fast dialogue: 15:36
Caterina: I can?t believe I let you rope me into seeing this performance. It was so lame!
Oliver: Okay, you?re right, it w...
Datum: 05.05.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
Working 9 to 5? What a way to make a living! Relax after a long day at work at your local bar?s happy hour in this episode.
Datum: 02.05.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Topics: Types of vocational education in the U.S.; American Cities: Miami; to have a monkey on (one?s) back; to administer; to execute; to be off
Datum: 30.04.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 12.2 MB
You never know when someone may decide to buy your company. Be prepared to talk about it in English by listening to this episode.
Datum: 28.04.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7 MB
Find out about how to talk about the military services in this episode.Slow dialog: 1:23
Explanations: 2:52
Fast dialog: 14:30
Chantelle: Attention! Aren?t you supposed to salute?
Robert: You?re not my superior officer. Stop goofing around. I?m busy.
Chantelle: You?re packing already? ...
Datum: 25.04.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.4 MB
Topics: American Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald; cigarette and alcohol advertising; pronouncing -ed, someone?s John Hancock
Datum: 23.04.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 12.4 MB
When the economy is bad, everyone complains. Learn to talk about prices in English in this episode.
Datum: 21.04.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.1 MB
If you have young children, you know how difficult it is to get them to go to bed. Learn about one way to do it in English in this episode.
Datum: 18.04.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 6.6 MB
Topics: dishonest political strategies; the Black Dahlia; treatment versus therapy; ending intimate letters and emails; you?re entitled to your opinion
Datum: 16.04.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 12.3 MB
Benjamin Franklin said the only things certain in life are death and taxes. Learn some vocabulary related to paying your taxes in this episode.
Datum: 14.04.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Learn how to talk about telephones in English in this episode.
Datum: 11.04.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 6.7 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Working as an actor in Los Angeles
nevertheless versus despite versus even though, to screw up
Datum: 09.04.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 11.8 MB
Learn how to ask for things on an airplane in English in this episode.
Datum: 07.04.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 11.8 MB
Make some new friends in English in this episode.
Datum: 04.04.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.1 MB
Topics: FBI history, structure, and duties; Reader?s Digest contents, history and readership; consent versus assent, concord versus accord, the long and the short of it
Datum: 02.04.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 11.8 MB
Try not to get involved in any disagreements at work. Learn how in this episode.
Datum: 31.03.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 8.5 MB
Fighting is not a good way to solve your problems. Learn more in this episode.
Datum: 28.03.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
Topics: Becoming a lawyer in the U.S., famous lines from American movies, proper versus appropriate
Datum: 26.03.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 11.7 MB
Learn how to talk about using the Internet at work in this episode.
Datum: 24.03.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Learn how to describe the expressions on people?s faces in English in this episode.
Datum: 21.03.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 8.9 MB
Topics: Norman Vincent Peale, Japanese internment camps, straightforward, to tap into, made by versus made of versus made in
Datum: 19.03.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 13.1 MB
Get rich while learning some business English in this episode about franchises.
Datum: 17.03.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 9 MB
Learn how to describe getting a good price at the store in English in this episode.
Datum: 14.03.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 6.1 MB
Topics: American cities: Portland, Oregon; Take Me Out to the Ballgame; ocean versus sea, ability versus capability
Datum: 12.03.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 13 MB
Are you afraid of the dark? Learn how to talk about being scared in this episode.
Datum: 10.03.2008 07:00 •
Größe: 7.1 MB
Cooking can show another person you love them, even when it tastes bad. Learn how to describe the taste of food in English in this episode.
Datum: 07.03.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Starving Artists
as a matter of fact, process versus procedure, to haggle
Datum: 05.03.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 11.7 MB
If you need borrow, you may want to get a loan from the bank. Find out how to talk about interest rates in English in this episode.
Datum: 03.03.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Ah, true love! See the beginnings of a beautiful relationship as you learn how to ask the woman of your dreams on a date.
Datum: 29.02.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 6 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Grandma Moses
GED Tests, since versus from, is to do (something), calligraphy versus penmanship
Datum: 27.02.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 10.3 MB
Learn how to talk about movies in English in this episode.
Datum: 25.02.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 6.3 MB
An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but what about just taking a pill? Learn more in this episode.
Datum: 22.02.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Topics: Celebrity chefs, Americans and personal space, generic versus general, expressing height in feet and meters, prophecy versus prediction
Datum: 20.02.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 11.9 MB
If there is something that you don?t like or you feel sorry for someone and you want to express yourself in a polite way in English, listen to this episode.
Datum: 18.02.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
Tell everyone about your great vacation by sending them a postcard in this episode.
Datum: 15.02.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 6.8 MB
Topics: Cities: New Orleans
9-1-1 emergency services, his or her, you don?t need to know versus you need not know, incident versus accident
Datum: 13.02.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 13 MB
Learn how to talk about what?s inside a restroom in English in this episode.
Datum: 11.02.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 6.6 MB
Some men think women are like cars: When you get tired of the one you have, you go get a new one. Find out why that may not be a good idea in this episode.
Datum: 08.02.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 7.2 MB
Topics: Charles Schultz and Peanuts, how to become a police officer, you and I versus you and me, yippikaiye, to call dibs
Datum: 06.02.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 12.9 MB
Learn about going to conferences and conventions in this episode.
Datum: 04.02.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
Learn to describe differences and similarities in personality in this episode.
Datum: 01.02.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 6.9 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Endangered languages
rednecks, dictionary versus thesaurus
Datum: 30.01.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 12.2 MB
Learn how to buy meat at a butcher?s shop in English in this episode.
Datum: 28.01.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Welcome to the annoying world of public cell phone use! Find out why how not to use your mobile phone in this episode.
Datum: 25.01.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Topics: Convenience stores, eating and drinking noises, colleague versus associate versus fellow, to sign in versus to sign off versus to sign on versus to sign up
Datum: 23.01.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 11.3 MB
A contest can sometimes motivate employees to work harder. Learn more in this episode.
Datum: 21.01.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Forget about Shakespeare. Read all about the love between Romeo and Juliette in this episode.
Datum: 18.01.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 7.2 MB
Topics: Men and ?dumb blondes,? the Rotary Club, grade versus score, how do I get to versus where do I find, my friend versus a friend of mine
Datum: 16.01.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 9.8 MB
Learn how to say no to an invitation politely in English in this episode.
Datum: 14.01.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
They?re not just for kids anymore. Learn all about graphic novels and comic books in this episode.
Datum: 11.01.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Topics: Cities: Anchorage, Alaska
John Henry, you might as well, to hit the ground running, the ?café? in English Café, what goes around comes around, breaking news
Datum: 10.01.2008 02:00 •
Größe: 11.8 MB
When a business is doing poorly, sometimes it has to close. Find out more in this episode.
Datum: 07.01.2008 08:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Take a trip to the mechanic to have your car looked at in this episode.
Datum: 05.01.2008 02:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Topics: How to become the president of the United States, tailgating parties, seize versus arrest versus detain, pronouncing ?the,? expressions for showing sympathy
Datum: 03.01.2008 02:00 •
Größe: 12.4 MB
If you fought the law and the law won, then listen to this episode where you?ll learn all about crime vocabulary in English.
Datum: 01.01.2008 02:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Smoke, anyone? Learn about how to end your addiction on this episode.
Datum: 29.12.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Business travel in the U.S.
bang for your buck, original versus initial, the longest word in English
Datum: 27.12.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 13.2 MB
Find out how to read a profit and loss statement in English on this episode.
Datum: 25.12.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Learn about how to talk about washing your clothes in English in this episode.
Datum: 22.12.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Topics: Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, progress versus process, would in the past tense, to be on the chunky side
Datum: 20.12.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 12.6 MB
Going somewhere? Learn how to take a bus in this episode.
Datum: 18.12.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
Want to date my sister? Let me persuade you in this episode.
Datum: 15.12.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 7.4 MB
Topics: Professional wrestling, National Geographic, would-be versus wannabe, be my guest, why not?
Datum: 13.12.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 11.4 MB
Honesty is the best policy, as we learn in this episode.
Datum: 11.12.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Learn expressions related to the rain in this episode.
Datum: 08.12.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 6.9 MB
Topics: Cities: Boston
Vanity license plates, to make a difference versus to make the difference, lame, devil?s advocate
Datum: 06.12.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 12.8 MB
In wine there is truth, the Romans said. Find out how to select a good one in this episode.
Datum: 04.12.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
Whether you are happy or sad, you?ll enjoy learning about describing people?s moods in this episode.
Datum: 01.12.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 5.7 MB
Topics: Gallaudet University, U.S. call signs for radio and TV stations, outfit versus gear versus equipment, pronouncing law and low, so versus very
Datum: 29.11.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 13.2 MB
Learn about companies that pay for sponsorships in this episode.
Datum: 27.11.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
Don?t get lost in your own house! Learn the names of the different rooms of a house in this episode.
Datum: 24.11.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 6.8 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Roswell, New Mexico
holiday versus vacation, arbitrator versus referee versus umpire, Ay, caramba!
Datum: 22.11.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 10.8 MB
Learn how to rent a car in the US in English in this episode.
Datum: 20.11.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
When it gets cold, you need to get a warm coat. Go shopping for one in English in this episode.
Datum: 17.11.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Yo Yo Ma
Popular books in the US, pronouncing contractions, to figure out versus it figures, there will be no versus there will not be, if you will
Datum: 15.11.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 10.8 MB
Every boss has a different style of managing. Learn how to talk about these styles in English in this episode.
Datum: 13.11.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Having a bad day? Learn how to talk about being overworked in this episode.
Datum: 09.11.2007 08:00 •
Größe: 6.6 MB
Topics: How to become a teacher in the US, steps in ordering food in a restaurant, to walk the walk and talk the talk, constraint versus restraint, monkey business, on a regular basis
Datum: 08.11.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 12 MB
Music is the language of the heart, so find out about writing a love song in this episode.
Datum: 06.11.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 7.1 MB
Get your table ready for dinner in this episode, where you?ll learn the names for common items used in eating.
Datum: 03.11.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
Topics: Cities: Tucscon, Arizona (Interview with Dr. Lucy Tse)
Harper?s Index, to get a kick out of something, to commute, to not stand for something, ?Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise?
Datum: 01.11.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 11.7 MB
Learn about common English abbreviations used in emails and letters in this episode.
Datum: 30.10.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8.7 MB
Take a pleasant walk in the park and make new friends in this episode.
Datum: 27.10.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Topics: Route 66, playground games for children, on time versus in time, counting seconds using Mississippi, to knock yourself out
Datum: 25.10.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 10.7 MB
Confused about which portable MP3 player to buy? Learn what questions to ask in English in this episode.
Datum: 23.10.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
What do you really know about your neighbor? Find out more in this episode.
Datum: 20.10.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Socially Responsible Companies
case study, to be at sea, to knock someone?s socks off, to take one?s time
Datum: 18.10.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 11.5 MB
What kind of employee are you at your job? Find out how to describe different work styles in this episode.
Datum: 16.10.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8.7 MB
Getting older is not always the same as getting wiser. Learn about a man?s mid-life crisis.
Datum: 13.10.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.4 MB
Topics: American folklore: Bigfoot
Who?s on First?, to tear apart, Cliff Notes, to fall out of love
Datum: 11.10.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 10.8 MB
Learn the names of different types of furniture for your house in this episode.
Datum: 09.10.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Feeling a little lost? Learn how to ask for directions in English in this episode.
Datum: 06.10.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Topics: Why Americans don?t use the metric system, how to dress in Los Angeles versus New York, yutz, to go back to square one, what to call your cousin?s son, I?m done with you
Datum: 04.10.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 12 MB
Learn how to make your documents look the way you want in this episode.
Datum: 02.10.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Special Announcement: New Blog, Memberships, and Premium Course Now Available on ESLPod.com!
Datum: 30.09.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 2.2 MB
Do you like watching TV? You?ll find out about cable and satellite television in this episode.
Datum: 29.09.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
Topics: American cities: Nashville
Grand Ole Opry, school fund-raisers, to hold on to your hat, to be put inside, a blow-by-blow account
Datum: 27.09.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 10.9 MB
Help! You?ll find out how to describe common medical emergencies in English in this episode.
Datum: 25.09.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 9 MB
Learn how to describe people?s physical shape in English in this episode.
Datum: 22.09.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Raising children
one of those, reply versus answer, customer versus purchaser
Datum: 20.09.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 14 MB
Working with another company can be difficult. Learn about forming a business partnership in this episode.
Datum: 18.09.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Here comes the bride! Find out what the happy couple says when they get married in this episode.
Datum: 15.09.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 9.2 MB
Topics: the Pledge of Allegiance, tomato as fruit versus vegetable, to be raised versus to grow up, buy versus purchase, to take the bull by the horns, can versus may versus could when asking for permission
Datum: 13.09.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 12 MB
Learn how to talk about problems with your restaurant bill in this episode.
Datum: 11.09.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 6.7 MB
Buying a formal business suit requires knowing some special terms in English. Learn more in this episode.
Datum: 08.09.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8.5 MB
Topics: American cities: Honolulu
fantasy sports camps, to freeze a bra, coupon versus voucher, illicit versus illegal
Datum: 06.09.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 12.9 MB
What should you say when you arrive for a business appointment? Find out in this episode.
Datum: 04.09.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
What do you do when an old love calls you? Find out in this episode.
Datum: 01.09.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.4 MB
Topics: Traveling in the US, gimmick versus trick, to call ?em like you see ?em, spite versus respite, in demand versus on demand
Datum: 30.08.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 11.3 MB
See great art at the museum in this episode.
Datum: 28.08.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8.8 MB
Learn about how to talk about being rich and poor in this episode.
Datum: 25.08.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Losing weight in America
99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall, to be someone?s man through and through, doggone, to see one?s share of something, to say something ten times fast
Datum: 23.08.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 11.9 MB
Learn how not to act at a business meeting in this episode.
Datum: 21.08.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
Learn about how to talk about videogames in English in this episode.
Datum: 18.08.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.1 MB
Topics: McJobs; Robert?s Rules of Order; in for a dime, in for a dollar; a police officer?s beat, could versus would, center versus centre
Datum: 16.08.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 11.9 MB
Learn how to talk about living in a condominium or co-op in this episode.
Datum: 14.08.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.2 MB
Everyone has a different idea about how people in love should act in public. Learn more in this episode.
Datum: 11.08.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 6.2 MB
Topics: Atlanta, Famous Americans: Michael Moore, to have versus to have got, singular versus plural verbs with percentages, sort of versus kind of
Datum: 09.08.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 11.6 MB
Protect yourself against problems by getting insurance. Find out more in this episode.
Datum: 07.08.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8.2 MB
Get ready to loose a few pounds (and kilos) in this episode.
Datum: 04.08.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
ESL Podcast's 2nd Anniversary: The Rock Video. Special thanks to our members, donors, and listeners! Enjoy this musical "thank you" from ESL Podcast.
Datum: 03.08.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 6.8 MB
Topics: How to become a doctor, how much Americans earn, using from, between, and during, fire versus arson, town hall meetings
Datum: 02.08.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 13.1 MB
Learn how to take the subway in this episode.
Datum: 31.07.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
What we have here is a failure to communicate. Learn about talking to your spouse in this episode.
Datum: 28.07.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Getting into an MBA program
to spell out something, about to break, breakdown, conscience versus conscious
Datum: 26.07.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 11 MB
Find out how to discuss contracts in English in this episode.
Datum: 24.07.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 6.9 MB
Nobody likes a traffic jam. Find out how to describe getting stuck on the freeway in this episode.
Datum: 21.07.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Katie Couric
Payday loans, pronouncing listen, stepbrother versus half-brother, godmothers and godfathers
Datum: 19.07.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 11.4 MB
Learn how to describe people?s faces in English in this episode.
Datum: 17.07.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Learn how to talk about DVD movies in this episode.
Datum: 14.07.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Topics: American cities: Las Vegas, Google and privacy on the Internet, red tape, to catch lightening in a bottle, pronouncing ordinal numbers
Datum: 12.07.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 10.7 MB
Some men are very competitive. Find out about how they compete in this episode.
Datum: 10.07.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
Feeling hungry but don?t have a lot of time? Find out how to order at a fast-food restaurant in this episode.
Datum: 07.07.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
Topics: Fourth of July, Preamble to the US Constitution, Schoolhouse Rock, will versus shall, to come off
Datum: 05.07.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 11.4 MB
You have to be careful about telling certain kinds of jokes at work. Learn more in this episode.
Datum: 03.07.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8.8 MB
It?s time to relax and enjoy your vacation in this episode.
Datum: 30.06.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.2 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Interpreters, pronouncing years and punctuation marks, school leavers and drop outs
Datum: 28.06.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 10.3 MB
Learn how to talk about selling in English in this episode.
Datum: 26.06.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
Learn how to say goodbye in English in this episode.
Datum: 23.06.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 5.2 MB
Topics: State and county fairs, Stan Lee and Spider-Man, Miss versus Mrs. versu Ms., to be in bloom, in order to
Datum: 21.06.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 10.5 MB
Worried about meeting your future in-laws? Find out what to do in this episode.
Datum: 19.06.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Looking for a good price on something? Go to a garage sale in this episode.
Datum: 16.06.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
Topics: Airport X-ray machines, Guinness Book of World Records, to be under siege, to run like butter, girlfriends, to trade up
Datum: 14.06.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 10.7 MB
Learn how not to get rich in the US stock market in this episode.
Datum: 12.06.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 9.5 MB
Goal! Score points at a soccer game in this episode.
Datum: 09.06.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Topics: Yellowstone National Park, summer jobs for teenagers, I?ll be in later versus I?ll be in late, loudly versus aloud versus loud, pronouncing lounge, lunch, and launch
Datum: 07.06.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 11.6 MB
Need to mail a letter? Find out how to order stamps in English in this episode.
Datum: 05.06.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
Keeping secrets from your parents can sometimes get you in trouble. Find out how in this episode.
Datum: 02.06.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Topics: Trouble with my car, Ask an American: Home Schooling, breakthrough versus to break through, to ride shotgun
Datum: 31.05.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 10.7 MB
So much to do, so little time! Learn how to manage your time better in this episode.
Datum: 29.05.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
An ATM is supposed to save you time in getting money from your bank. Learn how to use one in this episode.
Datum: 26.05.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.1 MB
Topics: Famous Americans: Frank Gehry, Memorial Day, odd one out, as good as it gets. film versus movie
Datum: 24.05.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 11.5 MB
Learn about airport announcements in English in this episode.
Datum: 22.05.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Learn how to get better service from your doctor in this episode.
Datum: 19.05.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 9 MB
Topics: US Census, Driving While Texting, as well as versus as long as, change versus alter versus modify versus transform
Datum: 17.05.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 10.7 MB
Getting rich quickly is the dream of many people. Find out more in this episode.
Datum: 15.05.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 9.2 MB
Be careful when you drive or you may get a ticket. Find out how to talk about it in English in this episode.
Datum: 12.05.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Topics: Homelessness in the US; prenups and postnups; ?Smith?s the name, oil?s the game?; to weep versus to cry, to see someone smile
Datum: 10.05.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 10.5 MB
She loves me, she loves me not. Who knows? Find out in the episode.
Datum: 08.05.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 9.9 MB
Radio is old technology, but it can still be good to listen to. Find out more in this episode.
Datum: 05.05.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8.5 MB
Topics: Ask an American: International students in the US; don?t versus doesn?t; ain?t; you singular versus you plural
Datum: 03.05.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 11.3 MB
Save time and money by using video conference. Learn more in this episode.
Datum: 01.05.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 6.7 MB
Not everything changes when you get older. Find out about aging in this episode.
Datum: 28.04.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
Topics: US advertising in other countries; Habitat for Humanity; bad-tempered vs. short-tempered; no pun intended; to be raining cats and dogs
Datum: 26.04.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 10.4 MB
Taking a tour can be fun and relaxing, except when you miss your tour bus! Find out more in this episode.
Datum: 24.04.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.3 MB
Learn how to describe different personalities in English in this episode.
Datum: 21.04.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Topics: Earth Day, Dr. Seuss books, pronouncing sin, sing, hit, heat, and hate; about six o?clock vs. around six o?clock; What I wouldn?t give vs. What I would give; I couldn?t care less vs. I could care less
Datum: 19.04.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 9.9 MB
What will happen to your business in the future? Find out how to talk about it in English in this episode.
Datum: 17.04.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 6.7 MB
Learn how to make a restaurant reservation in English in this episode.
Datum: 14.04.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
Topics: Google Book Search, Clint Eastwood, village vs. neighborhood, to retrieve vs. to recover, cooking vs. cuisine
Datum: 12.04.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 12 MB
Sometimes couples don?t agree on how to continue their romantic relationship. Find out more in this episode.
Datum: 10.04.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
Learn how to ask for the book you want at a bookstore in this episode.
Datum: 07.04.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Working, quote vs. offer, Something?s Gotta Give
Datum: 05.04.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 11.9 MB
Need a new idea at work? Listen to this episode for some helpful advice.
Datum: 03.04.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8.7 MB
Learn how to ask questions in English about something you want to buy in this episode.
Datum: 31.03.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 9 MB
Topics: Daylight Saving Time, March Madness, to solve vs. to resolve, She smells good vs. She smells well
Datum: 29.03.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 12.1 MB
Being clean can prevent you from getting sick. Learn more in this episode.
Datum: 27.03.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 9.1 MB
All aboard! Find out how to take a train in this episode.
Datum: 24.03.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 6.8 MB
Topics: American houses, what Americans think they need, using ?the? before a country?s name, either vs. neither
Datum: 22.03.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 11.6 MB
Not happy at your work? Maybe you should go on a strike. Find out more in this episode.
Datum: 20.03.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8.6 MB
Airplanes can sometimes be a good place to meet new people. Find out if romance is in the air in this episode.
Datum: 17.03.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Topics: Scientology, Wikipedia, establishment figures, to not have a clue, at that time, Pardon my French!, Right on!
Datum: 15.03.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 12 MB
It?s a bad idea to cheat on a test. Find out why in this episode.
Datum: 13.03.2007 01:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
Feeling lucky? Try your luck at the casino in this episode.
Datum: 10.03.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 8.5 MB
Topics: American Songs: Sound of Silence, Good for you! and Good for him!, realize vs. recognize vs. notice, farther vs. further
Datum: 08.03.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 11.5 MB
Setting up a website is hard work. Learn how to do it in English in this episode.
Datum: 06.03.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 9.2 MB
Learn how to ask for recommendations in English in this episode.
Datum: 03.03.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
Topics: Ask an American: Being a single woman in the US, obviously vs. apparently, sorrow, to delay vs. to postpone vs. to defer
Datum: 01.03.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 11 MB
Sending a letter to the US? Learn about American addresses in this episode.
Datum: 27.02.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 9.6 MB
Laugh out loud at the comedy club in this episode.
Datum: 13.02.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 8.8 MB
Feeling hungry? Learn how to order desserts from a bakery in English in this episode.
Datum: 10.02.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
Topics: How to ruin your computer, how much things cost in the US, secret vs. confidential vs. private, cliché vs. touché
Datum: 08.02.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 12.3 MB
Working too much can cause problems in the family. Find out more in this episode.
Datum: 06.02.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 6.9 MB
Planning a party is hard work. Planning a party for children is even harder. Find out more in this episode.
Datum: 03.02.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Topics: Current Movies: Stomp the Yard and Dreamgirls, vibe, sick vs. ill. vs. cold, to hold someone?s hand vs. to hold onto someone
Datum: 01.02.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 10.4 MB
Need a vacation? Find out how to travel for cheap in this episode.
Datum: 30.01.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 6.8 MB
Looking for love in all the wrong places? Learn how to ask someone out on a date in English in this episode.
Datum: 13.01.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
Topics: In the News: pretexting, ?stay the course,? The Colbert Report, ?if that?s anything to go by,? color vs. hue, contribute vs. attribute, ?the die is cast?
Datum: 11.01.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 11.4 MB
Have a business requires that you know how much you spend and how much you earn? Find out how to talk about it in English on this episode.
Datum: 09.01.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 7.9 MB
Learn how to pay for your food at a grocery store in English in this episode.
Datum: 06.01.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 7.2 MB
Topics: Ask an American: College Life in the US, all but, specialty vs. speciality, to cut someone off, Don?t be a?, moonshine
Datum: 04.01.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 12.7 MB
Nothing is better than a little cruise on the water on a holiday. Find out more in this episode.
Datum: 02.01.2007 02:00 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once said: ?Hell is other people.? Find out why on this episode.
Datum: 29.12.2006 08:00 •
Größe: 7.1 MB
Moving to a new city can be difficult. Learn more about how to adjust in this episode.
Datum: 16.12.2006 02:00 •
Größe: 7.2 MB
Topics: Dates for dogs, ?Me, too!?, Something 101, I?m game, to hover over, travel vs. trip vs. journey, up to vs. until, ?Word up!?
Datum: 14.12.2006 02:00 •
Größe: 10.5 MB
The great holiday shopping season is here! Learn about getting a good deal in this episode.
Datum: 12.12.2006 02:00 •
Größe: 7.6 MB
Hotels sometimes make mistakes. Find out how to get better service in English in this episode.
Datum: 09.12.2006 02:00 •
Größe: 6.2 MB
Topics: New York City, abbreviations after a name (Ph.D., MD, RN, DDS, Esq.), say vs. talk vs. speak vs. tell, towel vs. napkin, what to say when you?re shopping
Datum: 07.12.2006 02:00 •
Größe: 11.7 MB
Some people want to try different types of medicine. Learn more about it in this episode.
Datum: 05.12.2006 02:00 •
Größe: 8.4 MB
Ah, long distance love! Find out about the problems of having a girlfriend on the other side of the country.
Datum: 02.12.2006 02:00 •
Größe: 8.3 MB
Topics: How to work in the United States, interracial dating and marriage, to lean on someone?s shoulder, pronouncing math expressions, rather
Datum: 30.11.2006 02:00 •
Größe: 11.7 MB
Outsourcing is popular with many US businesses. Learn more about it in this podcast.
Datum: 14.11.2006 02:00 •
Größe: 7.8 MB
Do you want to get your haircut? Find out how to do it in English in this episode.
Datum: 11.11.2006 02:00 •
Größe: 8.7 MB
Topics: Table manners in the U.S., Washington, D.C., easygoing, down to earth, to put someone in harm?s way, to take a shot at someone, inquiry
Datum: 09.11.2006 02:00 •
Größe: 11.9 MB
Learn about the problems of having a jealous girlfriend on this podcast.
Datum: 07.11.2006 02:00 •
Größe: 8.9 MB
Get some exercise by going biking in this podcast.
Datum: 04.11.2006 02:00 •
Größe: 7.7 MB
Topics: Woodstock Music Festival, Affirmative Action, hands-on vs. hand-off, to struggle, how to ask for a taxi, May I vs. Can I, to carpool
Datum: 02.11.2006 02:00 •
Größe: 11.9 MB
You can?t get a raise unless you ask for it. Find out how in this podcast.
Datum: 31.10.2006 02:00 •
Größe: 7.5 MB
A video podcast to celebrate our 1 year anniversary! Happy Birthday, ESL Podcast!
Datum: 23.07.2006 01:00 •
Größe: 9.1 MB
Be careful playing practical jokes on your coworkers. Learn more in this podcast.
Datum: 20.05.2006 01:00 •
Größe: 8 MB
Begin with this introduction to ESLPod.com's English as a Second Language Podcast.
Datum: 22.07.2005 19:00 •
Größe: 1.3 MB
Begin with this introduction to ESLPod.com's English as a Second Language Podcast.
Datum: 22.07.2005 19:00 •
Größe: 1.3 MB
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