Episode 0197
Summary
The audio features a teacher and students discussing emergency services and the 911 emergency number. The teacher asks about professions that help people and prompts students to identify scenarios where 911 would be called. Students provide examples such as heart attacks, accidents, and burglaries. One student comically explains that his fire alarm only goes off when his mom burns garlic bread, implying he wouldn't call 911 for that specific event.
Transcript (Click timestamp to jump)
All right class, now that we're all dressed up, let's see what professions you chose.
Ah, I see a fireman, a police officer, a medic, and a lifeguard. Can anyone tell me what these people have in common?
They save people from bad things.
That's right. Now class, if something bad happened and you had to get help, do you know what phone number you would call?
911!
Yes! You would pick up the phone and dial 911. What are some emergency situations in which you would need to dial 911?
If my grandpa had a heart attack.
If there was an accident.
If a robber broke into the house.
If the fire alarm went off.
I wouldn't call 911 if the fire alarm went off in my house. The only time that ever happens is when we're having spaghetti for supper and my mom burns the garlic bread as usual.
Summary
This audio features a discussion from English Pod about emergency situations and related professions. The hosts, Marco and Catherine, introduce the topic, which includes a dialogue where a teacher asks students about various emergency roles like firefighters, police officers, medics, and lifeguards, as well as situations requiring a 911 call (heart attack, accident, robber, fire alarm). The hosts then delve deeper into these professions and common emergency phrases, explaining terms like 'professions' (jobs), 'dial 911,' 'heart attack,' 'go off' (for an alarm), and 'break into' (a house). The audio concludes with a light-hearted conversation about childhood career aspirations, with Marco wanting to be a pilot and Catherine struggling to decide.
Transcript (Click timestamp to jump)
Hello everyone and welcome back to English Pod. My name is Marco.
My name is Catherine and today we've got a great, informative lesson for you.
That's right. We are going to talk about an emergency situation. So what do you do when you have an emergency?
You dial 911.
Exactly.
All right, well maybe not in your country, but today we're talking about emergencies in America and jobs, so people who can help you in an emergency.
So before we get into those words and phrases, let's take a listen to today's dialogue.
All right, class. Now that we're all dressed up, let's see what professions you chose. Ah, I see a fireman, a police officer, a medic, and a lifeguard. Can anyone tell me what these people have in common?
They save people from bad things.
That's right. Now class, if something bad happened and you had to get help, do you know what phone number you would call?
911.
Yes. You would pick up the phone and dial 911. What are some emergency situations in which you would need to dial 911?
If my grandpa had a heart attack.
If there was an accident.
If a robber broke into the house.
If the fire alarm went off.
I wouldn't call 911 if the fire alarm went off in my house. The only time that ever happens is when we're having spaghetti for supper and my mom burns the garlic bread as usual.
All right, we're back. So now we have a couple of different jobs for people that are working specifically in emergency situations. So let's take a look at those now in language takeaway.
All right, so we have a teacher in today's dialogue who's talking to her students about jobs. So probably these students are very young and she says another word that means jobs. What's the word she uses?
Professions.
Professions. That's the plural. So profession is a job. Let's say for example, a lawyer is a profession.
Or a doctor.
A doctor, a lawyer. So what's your profession is another way to ask, what's your job?
All right. So they're talking about professions and uh some of the kids dressed up as different uh as different people. The first one was a fireman.
A fireman. So you know the first word fire. A fireman is a person who puts out a fire, that means he uses water to stop a fire.
Oh, very good. So a fireman puts out fires. Now, apart from a fireman, we also have a police officer.
A police officer. So an officer is someone who works in an official capacity, so in a job. So we could say he is a police officer or a policeman or a policewoman.
Okay. So three ways to say this.
So officer is for both genders, right? A man or a woman could be a police officer.
That's right. So you're going to hear this very often because policeman doesn't explain a woman police officer. So we use police officer to be general.
Okay. So we have a fireman, a police officer, a medic. Now, what is this medic?
A medic is a kind of doctor, someone who will look at your health or help you if you've hurt yourself, who usually works on the road, like driving to an accident or driving to to a fire with police officers. So these people help police officers and firemen when there's an emergency.
Okay. So a medic is not really a doctor. He's more of a specific person that can help you if you have maybe some cuts or bruises or will help you out.
Right, so this person will stop your bleeding or will help take you to the hospital and they'll make sure that you're healthy when you get to the hospital, but they are not really like a doctor where you work in a hospital or a doctor's office.
Okay. And our last profession is a lifeguard.
Well, think about these two words. We have life and we have guard. Guard is like protect.
So a person that protects your life.
Hmm, interesting. Well, this is someone who usually works at the beach or at a pool.
They have a special chair and usually they have a cross on their bathing suit or on their towel, and this means that they're going to help protect people who are at the beach. So if someone can't swim, the lifeguard will run or swim to get them and save them.
Okay, very good. So you have a lifeguard. Now, this is for men and women as well, right? A lifeguard?
Exactly.
Okay. So interesting professions, why don't we listen to our dialogue again, and we'll be back shortly.
All right, class. Now that we're all dressed up, let's see what professions you chose. Ah, I see a fireman, a police officer, a medic, and a lifeguard. Can anyone tell me what these people have in common?
They save people from bad things.
That's right. Now class, if something bad happened and you had to get help, do you know what phone number you would call?
911.
Yes. You would pick up the phone and dial 911. What are some emergency situations in which you would need to dial 911?
If my grandpa had a heart attack.
If there was an accident.
If a robber broke into the house.
If the fire alarm went off.
I wouldn't call 911 if the fire alarm went off in my house. The only time that ever happens is when we're having spaghetti for supper and my mom burns the garlic bread as usual.
All right, we're back. So now let's start with fluency builder.
Our first item in fluency builder we've already talked about, the number in America to call when you have an emergency is 911.
So we usually say, hey, dial 911.
Okay, so that's a verb there to dial.
Exactly. To dial means to select the numbers for a phone call, to telephone someone.
To telephone someone, to dial. So you can dial 911 or dial my office number.
Or I tried to dial your home number, but no one answered.
Okay. Now, you can call 911 for many different situations or emergency. One of the kids said, well, if my grandpa had a heart attack.
Okay, so this is an example of an emergency. A heart attack is a medical problem. It's when your heart cannot receive oxygen.
Okay, so your heart stops beating sometimes.
That's right. It's when your heart does not receive enough blood or oxygen. So it's when your heart stops beating.
Okay, very good. So that's a heart attack. Now, another possible emergency situation is if the fire alarm goes off.
This often happens in office buildings and schools. So you hear a or some kind of strange noise. Well, that's because there's maybe a fire or some smoke in your building. And so usually when this sound goes off, it's it automatically calls the police and the fire department.
Okay. Now, there's an interesting phrasal verb that is used along with this word fire alarm. We say the fire alarm goes off or the fire alarm went off. So that means it started to sound, to emit a sound.
So the verb here, as you said it's a phrasal verb, is to go off. To go off. Um, we could say my alarm went off.
Or every morning at 7 o'clock, my alarm goes off.
Okay, that means your alarm begins to make a sound.
A very annoying sound. You know, it's the worst sound ever. But a lot of things can go off. We could talk about a bell or an alarm.
Or fireworks.
Fireworks go off. Mm-hmm. Okay. And well, the last emergency that we were talking about is if a robber broke into the house. So if a robber breaks in.
To break into. This means to enter, to go inside uh without permission or without a key.
Illegally.
Illegally. So you don't have to break something, but usually you break a window or a door.
Or a door, uh-huh.
Um, but this means that someone comes into your house looking to steal something.
So usually you have to use force. For example, if I forget my keys inside my car and I have to break into my own car, that means maybe I have to force the door open or maybe break the window.
Yeah, it's not not fun. I think it usually ends up being very expensive.
Yes, it does. All right, so those are all the phrases we have for today. Why don't we listen to our dialogue for the very last time.
All right, class. Now that we're all dressed up, let's see what professions you chose. Ah, I see a fireman, a police officer, a medic, and a lifeguard. Can anyone tell me what these people have in common?
They save people from bad things.
That's right. Now class, if something bad happened and you had to get help, do you know what phone number you would call?
911.
Yes. You would pick up the phone and dial 911. What are some emergency situations in which you would need to dial 911?
If my grandpa had a heart attack.
If there was an accident.
If a robber broke into the house.
If the fire alarm went off.
I wouldn't call 911 if the fire alarm went off in my house. The only time that ever happens is when we're having spaghetti for supper and my mom burns the garlic bread as usual.
So Marco, when you were a kid and your teacher said, what jobs are there, what professions are there, what profession would you like? What did you answer?
I always wanted to be a pilot.
Oh, pilot, so you wanted to fly airplanes?
Yeah, I wanted to be a jet pilot. Actually, I collected books about it. I read up about it. So even till now, I probably still remember like the capacity of of certain jets or uh what types of weapons they have. I was really, really into it.
Wow, I never knew this about you. Yeah.
What about you?
Oh, I I could never decide as a kid. I remember we had to draw pictures what I will look like in 20 years. And everyone had these pictures, I will be a doctor, I'll be a veterinarian, I'll be the president. I never knew what to draw. So you know, I think I copied my friend. She wanted to be a lawyer. And I thought, okay, that sounds okay.
Yeah, I think it's hard. And usually what what you want to be as a kid, um, you don't do it when you're older. I couldn't do it because of my vision. I I didn't have 2020 vision to actually join the Air Force, so.
Well, and a lot of kids don't know how many jobs there are out there. You know the the big ones, doctor, lawyer, fireman, policeman.
Astronaut.
Right. So I guess the question for you is what's your profession? Tell us about it, especially if it's one of the less famous professions out there cuz there's a lot that I don't know about those.
Our website is englishpod.com. We hope to see you there and until next time.
Bye.
Summary
This audio is an English vocabulary learning session. It features two speakers: one male speaker introduces the concept and provides instructions, while a female speaker gives definitions and then states the corresponding vocabulary words. The session includes repetition of words and example sentences to demonstrate their usage, covering terms like 'dress up', 'profession', 'fireman', 'policeman/woman', 'lifeguard', 'dial', 'break into', 'go off', 'robber', and 'heart attack'.
Transcript (Click timestamp to jump)
The English Pod audio review.
Listen to the meaning, then say the vocabulary word.
To put on fancy dress or a disguise.
Dress up.
An occupation requiring special training.
Profession.
Person who puts out fires and rescues people.
Fireman.
Policeman or policewoman.
Police officer.
Person who protects people from drowning.
Lifeguard.
To press the buttons to make a telephone call.
Dial.
To enter a house illegally, especially by force.
Break into.
To ring or sound loudly.
Go off.
Person who robs or steals.
Robber.
Painful condition where the heart stops beating.
Heart attack.
Take up by hand.
Pick up.
Let's try that faster.
Painful condition where the heart stops beating.
Heart attack.
To enter a house illegally, especially by force.
Break into.
Person who puts out fires and rescues people.
Fireman.
To ring or sound loudly.
Go off.
An occupation requiring special training.
Profession.
Take up by hand.
Pick up.
Policeman or policewoman.
Police officer.
Person who protects people from drowning.
Lifeguard.
To put on fancy dress or a disguise.
Dress up.
To press the buttons to make a telephone call.
Dial.
Person who robs or steals.
Robber.
Now say the word and hear it in a sentence.
Dress up.
I dressed up as a policeman for Halloween.
Dress up.
There was an event this weekend where all the guests had to dress up as angels.
Dress up.
I think it's cute when children dress up for Halloween.
Pick up.
If you have an emergency, pick up the phone and call the police.
Pick up.
Pick up these toys from the ground.
Pick up.
I dropped my pencil. Can you bend over and pick it up for me, please?
Dial.
Pick up the phone and dial this number.
Dial.
I wanted to dial, but I couldn't remember the number.
Dial.
It's hard for me to dial a number on this phone. The buttons are too small.
Break into.
We had a break-in last weekend.
Break into.
The thief broke in the apartment and stole the TV.
Break into.
I had to break into my own car last night because I forgot the keys inside.
Go off.
My car alarm goes off whenever someone gets near my car.
Go off.
The fire alarm went off in our school today.
Go off.
My alarm clock goes off every morning at 6.