Episode 0054
Summary
The audio clip portrays a couple's journey from reconciliation to shock. Initially, the woman expresses forgiveness and love, followed by the man's apology for his absence due to work. The woman then shares exciting news: she's pregnant, which delights the man. They visit a doctor who confirms the pregnancy and its estimated conception date. This confirmation, however, leads the man to question the results, revealing he was away during the conception period, implying the baby is not his. The audio ends with the woman's shocked reaction.
Transcript (Click timestamp to jump)
Honey, of course I forgive you. I love you so much. I've really missed you. I was wrong to get upset over nothing.
I'm sorry I haven't called or anything, but right after you decided you wanted a break, I was up north to put out some major forest fires. I was in the middle of nowhere working day and night trying to prevent the blaze from spreading. It was pretty intense.
Oh, honey. I'm glad you're okay, but I have some exciting news.
I think I'm pregnant.
Really? Wow, that's amazing. This is great news. I've always wanted to be a father.
We'll go to the doctor first thing in the morning.
We have your test results back and, indeed, you are pregnant. Let's see here. Everything seems to be in order. Your approximate due date is October 27th, 2009. So that means the baby was conceived on February 3rd, 2009.
Are you sure? Are these things accurate?
Well, yes sir, they are.
What's wrong? Why are you asking these questions?
This baby isn't mine. I was away the first week of February at a training seminar.
I I No, it can't be.
Summary
This audio features a podcast episode where hosts Marco and Erica introduce the fifth part of their love story drama. The story reveals Veronica telling Steven she's pregnant, leading to initial joy. However, Steven questions the paternity after learning the conception date, stating he was away at a training seminar during that time. The podcast then delves into vocabulary and phrases from the dialogue, including 'blaze', 'conceived', 'due date', 'accurate', 'middle of nowhere', 'first thing in the morning', and 'seems to be in order'. Finally, the hosts encourage listeners to provide their theories on what happens next in the dramatic love story.
Transcript (Click timestamp to jump)
Hello English learners, welcome back to English Pod. My name is Marco.
And I'm Erica.
And we're gonna be looking at our fifth episode of our famous love story.
Yes, I'm sorry, I love you.
Part five. So if you haven't listened to the first four, I suggest you go do that first because
You're gonna be a little bit lost. But it's getting really good.
Yeah.
And so, so good that I don't think we can even say
What's gonna happen next? No, we can't.
It's a key language. Oh.
Yeah, we can't preview anything because it's uh, we want to surprise you.
Yes.
But we can tell you this, what what's going on?
Last time we saw Veronica and Steven, um, they broke up, right?
Right.
And Veronica was with her friend and feeling really terrible, and then Steven suddenly came to sing a beautiful song.
So this is continuing on that. Right.
Okay.
So let's listen to the dialogue and then we'll come back and talk about some of the difficult vocabulary we might find.
Honey, of course I forgive you. I love you so much. I've really missed you. I was wrong to get upset over nothing.
I'm sorry I haven't called or anything, but right after you decided you wanted to break, I was up north to put out some major forest fires. I was in the middle of nowhere working day and night trying to prevent the blaze from spreading. It was pretty intense.
Oh, honey, I'm glad you're okay, but I have some exciting news.
I think I'm pregnant.
Really? Wow, that's amazing. This is great news. I've always wanted to be a father. We'll go to the doctor first thing in the morning.
We have your test results back and indeed, you are pregnant.
Let's see here. Everything seems to be in order. Your approximate due date is October 27th, 2009, so that means the baby was conceived on February 3rd, 2009.
Are you sure? Are these things accurate?
Well, yes, sir, they are.
What's wrong? Why are you asking these questions?
This baby isn't mine. I was away the first week of February at a training seminar.
I, I, no, it can't be.
All right, so more drama in our love story.
Oh my God.
Things were going well and now more bad news.
Yeah. Or good news. Or good news. We're not sure yet. Yeah.
Okay, let's take a look at the vocabulary first in language take away.
Well, we're gonna look at four words now. Um, the first one, blaze.
Blaze.
Blaze.
Blaze.
So this noun is um, another word for a fire, right?
For a fire.
Yeah, a really big fire.
The blaze.
So basically it's like the flame of the fire.
Yes. This one is a little bit difficult, so I think we can use some examples to show us how to use this word.
The blaze is spreading quickly. We need to evacuate these people!
We have to go in there and save those people from the blaze!
Okay, so it's clear now, blaze.
Mhm.
Let's look at our next word, conceived.
Conceived.
The past of conceive.
Right. Conceive.
Conceive is a nice fancy word.
Yes. And what does it mean, Marco?
To create.
Oh. Like how you side stepped around that one.
So it means to create. You can conceive a baby.
Yes.
You can conceive an idea.
Yes.
So it basically means to create.
Yes. Um, most commonly with the baby though, right?
Yeah. Yeah, conceive. So after the baby was conceived, yep. We have a due date.
Yes.
We all know that it's nine months later.
Approximately. Yep. Due date.
So the due date is the date of birth, basically.
It's the doctor's guess when the birth would be.
Would be, okay.
When you go to the doctor and say, when will my baby be born? He'll he'll say, well, your due date is blah, blah, blah.
Nine months later. Yeah.
Okay.
And our last word in language takeaway, accurate.
Accurate.
Accurate.
Accurate.
Now, the due dates aren't accurate.
Right.
That means they're not 100% sure.
Mhm. Or precise. Yes.
So when something is accurate, it's absolutely certain.
Absolutely precise.
Yes.
100%. Okay, so accurate. Let's listen to some more examples of how we can use accurate.
A blood test is the most accurate way of finding out if you're pregnant.
These reports are not accurate, John. We checked and discovered a lot of mistakes.
This new software helps us calculate costs in a very accurate way.
With those examples, I think we're ready to listen to this dialogue again. This time we're gonna slow it down, right?
Yeah, in case you, um, were so shocked by what happened that you couldn't follow.
Honey, of course I forgive you. I love you so much. I've really missed you. Please forgive me. I was wrong to get upset over nothing.
I am sorry I haven't called or anything, but right after you decided you wanted to break, I was called up north to put out some major forest fires. I was in the middle of nowhere working day and night trying to prevent the blaze from spreading. It was pretty intense.
Oh, honey, I'm glad you're okay, but I have some exciting news. I think I'm pregnant.
Really? Wow, that's amazing. This is great news. I've always wanted to be a father. We'll go to the doctor first thing in the morning.
We have your test results back and indeed, you are pregnant.
Let's see here. Everything seems to be in order. Your approximate due date is October 27th, 2009. So that means the baby was conceived on February 3rd, 2009.
Are you sure? Are these things accurate?
Well, yes, sir, they are.
What's wrong? Why are you asking these questions?
This baby isn't mine. I was away the first week of February at a training seminar.
I, I, no, it can't be.
All right. So continuing on with our drama, let's take a look at some interesting phrases in fluency builder.
Well, we've got three phrases for you. Um, the first one is the middle of nowhere.
Middle of nowhere.
Middle of nowhere.
Middle of nowhere.
This is a kind of a funny one, but um, I think if we listen to some examples, it will help us to understand the meaning of this phrase.
We are in the middle of nowhere. How can we find our way back home?
I was in the middle of nowhere, so I couldn't even use my mobile phone.
It takes me two hours to drive to your house. It's in the middle of nowhere.
All right, so middle of nowhere, it means that you are lost.
Yeah, you're in a in a place with no cities or people or anything nearby.
Okay. So just imagine yourself in a desert, that would be the middle of nowhere.
Yes, or uh, in Canada.
Canada.
That would be in the middle of nowhere.
All right, let's take a look at our next phrase.
First thing in the morning.
First thing in the morning.
First thing in the morning.
First thing in the morning.
So when we talk about the first thing, it means
Really, really early in the morning.
Really early. So I can change it a little bit and say first thing in the afternoon.
Early in the afternoon.
Or first thing tomorrow morning.
Right. Right. So really early tomorrow.
Okay. So it's a very common way of referring to very early.
Yeah, it's not like first thing in the morning is like 6 o'clock in the morning, right? But if you say, okay, I'll take care of that first thing in the morning, you'll do it right away in the morning.
Right away. Mhm. Right when you get to the office, for example.
Right. Yeah. Okay.
Let's look at our last phrase.
Seems to be in order.
Seems to be in order.
Everything seems to be in order.
Mhm. So everything is okay, everything's normal.
Everything seems to be normal. Yeah. Everything looks okay.
Yes.
So this is a very common phrase when people check your documents or a report.
Uh huh, yeah, true.
Uh, they'll say, okay, all the papers seem to be in order.
Mhm. Very common. Yes. Good news when you're pregnant that everything seems to be in order.
Exactly. Everything is normal.
All right, so let's listen to this dramatic dialogue one more time and we'll come back and talk some more.
Honey, of course I forgive you. I love you so much. I've really missed you. I was wrong to get upset over nothing.
I'm sorry I haven't called or anything, but right after you decided you wanted to break, I was up north to put out some major forest fires. I was in the middle of nowhere working day and night trying to prevent the blaze from spreading. It was pretty intense.
Oh, honey, I'm glad you're okay, but I have some exciting news.
I think I'm pregnant.
Really? Wow, that's amazing. This is great news. I've always wanted to be a father. We'll go to the doctor first thing in the morning.
We have your test results back and indeed, you are pregnant.
Let's see here. Everything seems to be in order. Your approximate due date is October 27th, 2009, so that means the baby was conceived on February 3rd, 2009.
Are you sure? Are these things accurate?
Well, yes, sir, they are.
What's wrong? Why are you asking these questions?
This baby isn't mine. I was away the first week of February at a training seminar.
I, I, no, it can't be.
Well, Marco, um, what do you think about this situation? What would you do if you were this guy?
It's complicated.
I know.
Uh, I don't know what I would do. It seems like something a very typical of soap operas.
Yes.
Well, I don't know because she didn't really deny it in the end. She didn't say no right away.
Yeah, and but she didn't say like, oh.
Yeah, she didn't really accept it, so it's still a little bit difficult to see if maybe she cheated on him or something.
Hey guys, what do you think? Uh, do you think Veronica cheated on Steven?
Do you think it's his baby? Maybe it's not. Maybe the doctor is wrong.
Maybe it's the doctor's baby.
Maybe it's Anything could happen here at English pod. So send us your ideas and tell us what do you think happens next.
Uh, come to English pod.com where you can leave your questions, your comments.
Yeah, and Marco and I are always around to uh answer your questions, respond to your comments.
Exactly, and we want to know what you think will happen next.
Yes.
All right guys, so until next time.
Bye.
Bye.
Summary
This audio is an English vocabulary review, presented by a male and a female speaker. The male speaker defines a vocabulary word or phrase, and the female speaker then pronounces it and provides example sentences using the term. The vocabulary covered includes terms like "blaze," "in the middle of nowhere," "break," "first thing in the morning," "everything seems to be in order," "due date," "conceived," "accurate," "check up," "pregnancy test," "first thing in the afternoon," and "the boonies."
Transcript (Click timestamp to jump)
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Listen to the meaning, then say the vocabulary word.
A large, strong, dangerous fire.
Blaze.
Far from a city or town.
In the middle of nowhere.
Temporary stop in a romantic relationship.
Break.
Early in the morning.
First thing in the morning.
Everything is okay, everything is normal.
Everything seems to be in order.
Date when the doctor thinks the baby will be born.
Due date.
Be created.
Conceived.
Having no mistakes or errors.
Accurate.
An appointment to see the doctor to make sure the person is healthy.
Check up.
A medical test done to see if a woman is pregnant.
Pregnancy test.
Early in the afternoon, before anything else.
First thing in the afternoon.
A place far from cities or towns, informal.
The boonies.
A person whose job is to put out fires, male or female.
Firefighter.
Let's try that faster.
An appointment to see the doctor to make sure the person is healthy.
Check up.
A person whose job is to put out fires, male or female.
Firefighter.
A place far from cities or towns, informal.
The boonies.
Everything is okay, everything is normal.
Everything seems to be in order.
Far from a city or town.
In the middle of nowhere.
A medical test done to see if a woman is pregnant.
Pregnancy test.
Having no mistakes or errors.
Accurate.
Early in the afternoon, before anything else.
First thing in the afternoon.
A large, strong, dangerous fire.
Blaze.
Temporary stop in a romantic relationship.
Break.
Early in the morning.
First thing in the morning.
Date when the doctor thinks the baby will be born.
Due date.
Be created.
Conceived.
Now say the word and hear it in a sentence.
Blaze.
The family escaped the blaze just in time. Minutes later the house burned down.
Blaze.
The firemen rescued two kittens from the blaze.
Blaze.
Four people were injured in the blaze after the stove caught fire.
Accurate.
Are you sure that your watch is accurate?
Accurate.
This data isn't accurate because it's five years old.
Accurate.
I need you to be more accurate. When exactly did this happen?
In the middle of nowhere.
I have no idea where the nearest town is. We're in the middle of nowhere.
In the middle of nowhere.
We were in the middle of nowhere when the car ran out of gas.
In the middle of nowhere.
What? You want to move to Kansas? That's in the middle of nowhere.
First thing in the morning.
I'll call you first thing in the morning. Will you be awake at 7?
First thing in the morning.
We left first thing in the morning to avoid traffic.
First thing in the morning.
He sent me the email first thing in the morning.
Everything seems to be in order.
I've checked your files and everything seems to be in order.
Everything seems to be in order.
Everything seems to be in order for your visa application.
Everything seems to be in order.
The doctor told me everything seemed to be in order.
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