Episode 0045
Summary
The audio features a conversation between two women, one of whom is deeply distressed about a relationship break. Speaker 1 is anxious that her partner hasn't called and suspects he might be seeing someone else or cheating, blaming herself for their situation. Speaker 2 attempts to reassure her and suggests she make the first move. Towards the end, a man, identified as Speaker 1's firefighter partner, is heard singing outside.
Transcript (Click timestamp to jump)
So, so I said, let's take a break.
And since that night, I've been waiting for him to call, but I still haven't heard from him.
You don't think he's seeing someone else, do you?
Come on, don't be so dramatic. I'm sure everything is going to work out just fine.
You think so? Oh no. How could he do this to me?
I'm sure he's cheating on me. Why else wouldn't he call?
But you two are on a break. Theoretically, he can do whatever he likes.
He's the love of my life! I really messed this up.
Come on, hon, pull yourself together. It's going to be all right.
Hmm hmm.
But I, I still love him, and it's all my fault. I can't believe how immature and selfish I was being.
I mean, he is a firefighter. It's not like he can just leave someone in a burning building and meet me for dinner.
I totally messed this up!
You know what, Veronica, I think you should make the first step. I'm sure he'll forgive you.
No! This is not going to happen. I, I've ruined everything.
Hey, do you hear something?
through my tears.
Guess what? It's your lovely firefighter!
Don't you know I sit around with my head hanging down.
And I wonder, who
Summary
The audio features a segment from an English learning podcast, focusing on a romantic drama. The main dialogue depicts a woman, Veronica (Speaker 1), who is distraught because her boyfriend hasn't contacted her since they decided to "take a break." Her friend (Speaker 2) tries to comfort her, but Veronica remains distressed, fearing he might be cheating and regretting her own perceived immaturity and selfishness. Just as Veronica despairs, her boyfriend appears, serenading her in the street. The hosts, Marco and Erica, then analyze key phrases from the dialogue, including "seeing someone," "cheating on," "messed this up," "immature," "selfish," and comforting expressions like "everything is going to work out just fine," "pull yourself together," and "it's going to be alright." They also engage the audience by asking for predictions on the couple's future.
Transcript (Click timestamp to jump)
Hello English learners. Welcome back to English Pod. My name is Marco.
And I'm Erica.
And today we're bringing you part four of our romantic series called I'm Sorry I Love You.
Yeah, and today we've got some drama, don't we?
We got a lot of drama and we got a lot of useful language.
Yeah, we're going to learn some phrases we can use to describe a mistake. And we're also going to learn how we can comfort someone. We can make them feel better.
Okay. Exactly. So, in our dialogue today, Veronica and her boyfriend are on a break.
Right.
So what does it mean to be on a break?
Well, it means you stop having a romantic relationship for a short time.
So you can say we are on a break.
So we're not dating.
We're not dating.
But we don't date. Oh right.
Or we could say, let's take a break.
Right. So we've got the state on a break and the action, take a break.
Take a break. Okay, let's take a break.
Okay, so let's listen to our dialogue and it's going to be a little bit fast and the girl, I think she's crying. So it'll be a little bit difficult to understand.
But Marco and I will come back in a minute and we'll talk about some of the difficult language here.
So, so I said, let's take a break. And since that night, I've been waiting for him to call, but I still haven't heard from him.
You don't think he's seeing someone else, do you?
Come on. Don't be so dramatic. I'm sure everything is going to work out just fine.
You think so? Oh no. How could he do this to me? I'm sure he's cheating on me. Why else wouldn't he call?
But you two are on a break. Theoretically, he can do whatever he likes.
He's the love of my life! I really messed this up.
Come on, hon. Pull yourself together. It's going to be all right.
But I, I still love him, and it's all my fault. I can't believe how immature and selfish I was being. I mean, he is a firefighter. It's not like he can just leave someone in a burning building and meet me for dinner. I've totally messed this up!
You know what, Veronica, I think you should make the first step. I'm sure he'll forgive you.
No. This is not going to happen. I, I've ruined everything!
Hey, do you hear something?
Guess what? It's your lovely firefighter.
Don't you know I sit around with my head hanging down, and I wonder who...
Wow, that's a romantic boyfriend singing in the street.
Yeah, yeah, that's amazing. Have you, have you ever done that for a girl?
Um, no.
Well, have you, have you ever sung to a girl at KTV?
I've sung to a girl in KTV.
In karaoke.
Karaoke, yeah. So, but not so much as on the street with all the neighbors coming out to see me.
Wow. Okay. Well, I don't blame you.
All right, let's take a look at the language that we saw in our dialogue on language takeaway.
All right, so let's take a look at our first word. Seeing someone.
Seeing someone.
Seeing someone.
Seeing someone.
So if I'm seeing someone,
You're dating them.
I'm dating them. I'm frequently going out with that person.
Right.
So, but it's not very serious.
No, it is serious.
But not really, it's more of a casual thing. It's not very exclusive.
So, so if you are seeing someone, then you can also see another person.
Maybe.
Well, I think sometimes seeing someone can mean actually they're your boyfriend or girlfriend. Like, I'm seeing John, he's my boyfriend.
Okay. Yeah, see this is the difficult thing about seeing someone is that for some people it means it's really serious, while for other people it means it's more casual.
I guess it's important that you and your boyfriend or girlfriend share the same view on the meaning of this word.
Have to agree on what seeing someone means. Okay. Well what's our next word, Marco?
Cheating on.
Cheating on someone.
Cheating on me.
Cheating on someone.
Okay, so if you're cheating on someone,
Then you are like kissing or even having sex with someone who's not your boyfriend or your husband or your girlfriend or your wife.
Exactly. So if I say she cheated on me, that means that my girlfriend kissed or had sex with another guy.
Right.
But if I say she cheated me,
Yeah, that's different.
That's different, right?
It's different. Maybe she sold you something for a really high price.
She cheated me.
Yeah.
Or maybe she sold me something that was fake.
Or yeah, or broken or something.
Or broken. Okay.
So cheated on is really different from cheated.
Okay. Let's take a look at our next word. Messed this up.
Messed this up.
Messed this up.
Messed this up. So, Marco, this is a phrasal verb. Um, and that means we can sort of switch it around a little bit, right?
Exactly. Why don't we listen to some examples and then we can come back and talk some more?
I messed up on the exam and now I went past my class.
When I'm cooking, I always mess up and burn the rice.
Okay, so messed up. It's pretty clear, I think.
Yeah.
All right, let's take a look at our next word. Immature.
Immature.
Immature.
Immature.
So when someone is immature,
They're acting really young.
Really young, right? But it's not a very good thing to be immature.
No, it has a negative meaning.
Right. It's normal for children to be immature.
Because they're children.
Right. But not an adult.
Yes. Okay. So we've got some examples that will help you to understand this word a little bit better.
Your toilet jokes are not funny. Stop being so immature.
Genie acts like she's 16. She's so immature.
God, you and your friends always act so immature.
All right, so immature. Now let's take a look at our next word. Selfish.
Selfish.
Selfish.
Selfish.
So a selfish person,
Is a person who only thinks about themselves.
Okay, so I only think about me.
Mhm.
No one else.
Yeah, you don't care about other people's feelings.
Okay. So it's not a good thing to be immature or selfish.
Exactly.
Okay, so I think it's time for us to listen to our dialogue again. We're going to slow it down a little bit.
And this will help you to understand these phrases a little bit more clearly.
So I said, let's take a break. And since that night, I've been waiting for him to call, but I still haven't heard from him.
You don't think he's seeing someone else, do you?
Come on. Don't be so dramatic. I'm sure everything is going to work out just fine.
You think so? Oh no. How can he do this to me? I'm sure he's cheating on me. Why else wouldn't he call?
But you two are on a break. Theoretically, he can do whatever he likes.
He's the love of my life! I've really messed this up.
Come on, hon. Pull yourself together. It's going to be all right.
But I, I still love him, and it's all my fault. I can't believe how immature and selfish I was being. I mean, he is a firefighter. It's not like he can just leave someone in a burning building and meet me for dinner. I've totally messed this up.
You know what, Veronica, I think you should make the first step. I'm sure he'll forgive you.
No. This is not going to happen. I, I've ruined everything.
Hey, do you hear something? Guess what? It's your lovely firefighter.
Okay, so we saw Veronica's friend trying to calm her down.
Yeah, trying to comfort her.
Okay, to make her feel better.
Mhm.
Let's take a look at some of the phrases she used, fluency builder.
Okay, so what was the first phrase that she said?
Everything is going to work out just fine.
Everything is going to work out just fine.
Everything is going to work out just fine.
What does that mean?
It's going to be okay.
It's going to be okay, right?
Yeah, the problem will be solved.
Okay. So if somebody's worried or somebody is crying, you can say, ah, don't worry, everything is going to work out just fine.
Mhm.
Okay. Okay, let's look at the next one. Pull yourself together.
Pull yourself together.
Pull yourself together.
Pull yourself together.
So what does that mean exactly? It sounds kind of weird.
I know. I guess it just means stop crying, relax, and, you know, take a deep breath.
Okay. Just like calm down.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
Get organized when your ideas and your thoughts.
Yeah. So you can think of maybe somebody who's got tears down their face and everything is sort of in a mess. If you pull it together, they clean up and they they sort of relax, right?
Okay. Pull yourself together.
Mhm.
All right. And the last phrase that we saw, it's going to be all right.
It's going to be all right.
It's going to be all right.
It's going to be all right.
So it's going to be all right means everything is going to be okay.
Yeah, it's going to be fine.
It's going to be fine.
The problem will go away.
You'll feel better.
Maybe you could even say it'll be all right.
Yeah, yeah.
It'll be all right. Yeah.
These are three really helpful phrases that you can use when you want to say something nice to a friend or a colleague who who has a problem.
Okay. Exactly, very useful language. So let's listen to some more examples.
Don't worry, everything is going to work out just fine. I'm sure he still loves you.
Everything's going to be all right. We'll find your puppy. Don't worry.
Okay, great examples and I think it's clear now.
Mhm.
So let's listen to our dialogue again and then we'll come back and talk some more.
So, so I said, let's take a break. And since that night, I've been waiting for him to call, but I still haven't heard from him.
You don't think he's seeing someone else, do you?
Come on. Don't be so dramatic. I'm sure everything is going to work out just fine.
You think so? Oh no. How could he do this to me? I'm sure he's cheating on me. Why else wouldn't he call?
But you two are on a break. Theoretically, he can do whatever he likes.
He's the love of my life! I really messed this up.
Come on, hon. Pull yourself together. It's going to be all right.
But I, I still love him, and it's all my fault. I can't believe how immature and selfish I was being. I mean, he is a firefighter. It's not like he can just leave someone in a burning building and meet me for dinner. I've totally messed this up!
You know what, Veronica, I think you should make the first step. I'm sure he'll forgive you.
No. This is not going to happen. I, I've ruined everything!
Hey, do you hear something?
Guess what? It's your lovely firefighter.
Don't you know I sit around with my head hanging down, and I wonder who...
Okay, I really like this dialogue. It's so romantic. It's drama, but at the same time romantic.
Mhm.
So we want to know what you think will happen next.
Yeah, will they get back together?
Will they get married?
Will they have a baby?
Maybe they'll break up forever.
Maybe she'll move halfway across the world.
Anything could happen. So let us know what you think will happen.
Mhm. Come to our website at englishpod.com and leave your comments on the lesson page.
Exactly, and maybe you'll be right.
Yeah. You never know.
Okay. So we're out of time for today. I hope you guys had fun and we'll see you next time. Until then, it's
Goodbye.
Summary
The audio is an English vocabulary learning exercise. It features a male speaker providing instructions, vocabulary words, and example sentences, while a female speaker provides the definitions. The words covered are related to relationships and personal conduct, such as "dating", "seeing someone", "cheating", "on a break", "pull yourself together", "immature", "selfish", "ruin", "break up", "dump someone", "partner", "ex", and "love life". The exercise includes a section where words and definitions are read at a faster pace, followed by a section providing contextual example sentences for some of the vocabulary.
Transcript (Click timestamp to jump)
The English pod audio review.
Listen to the meaning, then say the vocabulary word.
Dating or going out with someone.
Seeing someone.
Having a romantic relationship with someone else, not your husband or wife, or boyfriend or girlfriend.
Cheat on someone.
A relationship that is temporarily on hold.
On a break.
Calm down, relax, organize your thoughts.
Pull yourself together.
Acting in a childish way.
Immature.
Having or showing concern only for yourself and not the needs or feelings of other people.
Selfish.
Damage, destroy something.
Ruin.
End a relationship.
Break up.
End a relationship when the other person does not want to.
Dump someone.
Serious, long-term boyfriend or girlfriend.
Partner.
Former boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, or wife.
Ex.
Romantic social life.
Love life.
Don't worry, it's not so serious.
It's not the end of the world.
Let's try that faster.
Having a romantic relationship with someone else, not your husband or wife, or boyfriend or girlfriend.
Cheat on someone.
Calm down, relax, organize your thoughts.
Pull yourself together.
Romantic social life.
Love life.
Damage, destroy something.
Ruin.
Former boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, or wife.
Ex.
Don't worry, it's not so serious.
It's not the end of the world.
Acting in a childish way.
Immature.
A relationship that is temporarily on hold.
On a break.
End a relationship.
Break up.
Dating or going out with someone.
Seeing someone.
End a relationship when the other person does not want to.
Dump someone.
Serious, long-term boyfriend or girlfriend.
Partner.
Having or showing concern only for yourself and not the needs or feelings of other people.
Selfish.
Now say the word and hear it in a sentence.
Seeing someone.
I think that Carl is seeing someone from the office.
Seeing someone.
Peter asked me to be his girlfriend, but I'm seeing someone so I had to say no.
Seeing someone.
If you are not seeing anyone, I would like to ask you out to dinner.
Cheat on someone.
They got a divorce because Mary cheated on her husband.
Cheat on someone.
My friend went to the cinema yesterday and found his girlfriend there cheating on him with another guy.
Cheat on someone.
I cheated on my girlfriend one time, but she never found out about it.
Pull yourself together.
This is no time to panic. Pull yourself together!
Pull yourself together.
You have to pull yourself together and solve your problem.
Pull yourself together.
Calm down, pull yourself together, get out there and score a goal!
It's not like I can just leave my office whenever I want. My boss will fire me.
It's not like you can just insult me and then expect me to not feel bad.
It's not like we can just use all our savings on this trip. We have to think about the future.
Ruin.
You spilled red wine on my shirt. You've ruined it!
Ruin.
We were having such a nice day at the park and then you ruined it by arguing with me.
Ruin.
I accidentally ruined the turkey by leaving it in the oven too long.