Name: 🎧 Learning English with Podcasts | Episode 029 Silence Please! | Elementary Level
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Hello, English learners, and welcome to English Pod.

Erica, today we are really excited, right?

Yeah, we've got a great lesson today, all about real English.

Exactly, English that you hear in movies and TV shows.

Yeah, speaking of movies, today's podcast takes place at the movies.

Exactly, and that's why it's so fun today.

Okay, great, so before we listen to our dialogue, let's take a look at our vocabulary preview.

In today's vocabulary preview, we have two words, and the first word is "inconsiderate." Inconsiderate.

So Erica, what is it when someone is inconsiderate?

If someone's inconsiderate, they're not thinking about the feelings of other people.

Right, so for example, yesterday I was on the subway and it was full.

And an old lady was standing there and no one got up to give her their seat.

Great, so now let's take a look at our second word,

So why don't we listen to some examples on how we use "keep it down" so we can understand?

I used to hear this one all the time from my mother.

I think we all did when we were children.

Okay, so now let's listen to the dialogue for the first time.

But don't worry about it if you can't understand everything.

By the end of today's lesson, you will understand this dialogue.

Those people in front of us are making so much noise.

Don't worry about it, it's not such a big deal.

Well, I hate it when people's phones ring when I'm watching a movie.

I think everyone gets kind of angry, but we're going to talk about this a little bit later.

Why don't we take a look now at our language takeaway?

So the language takeaway is our most important words for today's lesson,

and our first word today is "not such a big deal." Not such a big deal.

So when something is not a big deal, it's.

I can't get these files to you by tomorrow.

I'm going to be 10 minutes late for the meeting.

Now let's look at our second word, and it's "switch it off." Switch it off.

Now, we can use it in three different ways.

Yeah, this one is a little bit complicated because it changes a little bit depending on how you use it.

So Marco, I think you've got some examples for us.

Right, so for example, I can say, "Did you switch off your phone?" Or you could say, "Did you switch your phone off?" Right, or simply you can ask, "Did you switch it off?" I think this one is a little bit hard.

Okay, so I can say, for example, "Switch off the TV." Switch the TV off.

Yeah, I think that's a little bit more clear.

We even had trouble with that one, didn't we?

Okay, now let's look at our last word, and it's "can't hear a thing." Can't hear a thing.

Okay, we have some examples for this phrase, so let's listen.

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🎧 Learning English with Podcasts | Episode 029 Silence Please! | Elementary Level

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