Episode 0211

That's right. Today we have an elementary lesson and it's all about playing board games.

Okay, and the game in today's lesson is a famous one. It's called Monopoly.

Monopoly.

I don't know if you have this in your countries. It's a game in which you try to earn money and sell property and buy property, that means hotels, houses, things like that.

Right.

Well, you can't just take the money. You have to ask the bank for money, and I'm the banker.

Banker?

Yes.

Can I have my $200 please?

Sure, here you are, $200.

All right, we're back. So we saw some very interesting words there. The dialogue is uh two people playing, so why don't we take a look at some of those words used in language takeaway?

This first word we can hear when we play games, it's not a good thing to be, but uh it's very common. The word is cheater.

A cheater. All right, and that's a noun.

A person that is a cheater. If somebody says you are a cheater, what does that mean?

This means the person is not honest at games. For example, Marco, you and I are playing a card game and you go to the bathroom and then I take the cards I want, I hide the cards I don't want.

That's called cheating.

Okay, the verb, to cheat. But here a person who cheats is a cheater.

Okay.

You're a cheater. He's a cheater.

All right, and remember that you say cheater, right? Because sometimes many people that are learning English would say you are a cheat.

Mm.

Cheater here is the noun, that means it's the name of the person who does this. He is a cheater, they are cheaters.

Okay. And uh well, moving on sometimes cheaters and people that steal things are sent to jail.

That's right. So maybe if you go to a casino and you cheat, you use a cell phone or you use some kind of a computer device to win money, this is called cheating and the casino will send you to jail.

All right, so jail is the place where people go. Uh what's the difference between prison and jail?

Basically, they're the same thing.

Okay. So.

Two words for the same thing. People who break the law, people who do bad things, go to jail, not just cheaters.

That's right, but yeah.

All right. So uh moving on, our third word is the person who's handling money. He says, well, you know what, I'm the banker, a banker.

Cheater, banker. So you know already, banker is probably a person.

Mm-hm.

This is a job. So a banker is a person who works at a bank.

Okay. Mm-hm. So uh but what about the person that helps you when you go to the bank like uh when that gives you the money and the bank teller? Is not the same as a banker, right?

No, generally speaking, a person who gives you money and collects your money. This is a teller. A bank teller. But a banker is someone who works in the bank to make big decisions, to invest money, to give loans.

Okay. Mm-hm. So usually maybe managers or or executives are bankers.

That's right.

Okay. And uh moving on to our last word here we have a verb and that is to collect.

Right, so in the conversation between these two people, Karen the woman says, when you pass go, you collect $200.

Okay. So to collect means to get.

That's right, to get or to take. So at the end of every month, my landlord comes to my house to collect rent. That means to take money from me for the the house or the apartment.

Okay, good. So if uh now you have another way to say to get or to acquire.

That's right.

All right, so uh very interesting. Why don't we go back, listen to this dialogue again and uh we'll take a look at all of these words that we just saw and when we return we'll take a look at some phrases.

Well, you can't just take the money. You have to ask the bank for money, and I'm the banker.

Banker?

Yes.

Can I have my $200 please?

Sure, here you are, $200.

All right, we're back. So now let's take a look at three key phrases on fluency builder.

Marco, you're such a cheater!

Such a cheater. I'm not a cheater, but what what do you mean when you say you are such a cheater?

So we know cheater, right? That's right. You could say this for many different things. You're such a liar. You are such a.

Such a terrible person.

You're such a bad person. Normally we say this when we want to criticize someone, when we want to say something mean or negative. You're such a means, you're really a bad person. You're really a cheater.

Right. So obviously because we are using a noun, we can't really use an adverb, right? If you're saying an adjective like I am very happy, you can't say you are very cheater.

No, no, no, no. You wouldn't say that. You have to, you have to use a different sentence structure to give emphasis.

Mm-hm.

So in this case you could say cheater. Okay, but that's not as strong, is it?

As such a cheater. You are such a cheater.

That means, gosh, you're a really big cheater.

Right, exactly. So this is the way that you would use that structure such a and then a noun that is describing this person, right?

Very good. So then you are using the adjective. You are such a good friend.

You're such a nice person.

Okay, excellent. All right, so um moving on, we saw another interesting phrase when he said, you, well, you know what, you can't just take the money.

So what does he mean when he says can't just?

Okay, we could say, you can't take the money. This is basically a rule. You can't take the money. Um but you can't just take the money means there are other things you have to do before you take the money.

You have to, in this case, ask the banker for the money. Or for example, if I want to drive a car, I can't just go buy a car. I need to first get a driver's license, I need to learn how to drive, I need to register. So, um you can't just, just here means there's some things we need to do before this happens.

Right. You can't just means you can't do these things that easily. You have to do other things before it, as you said.

Exactly.

Okay, so very interesting. We will try to use that one in a sentence. But uh moving on to our last phrase, when the person said, you know what, all right, you want your $200? Here you are.

Here you are. So, sometimes people think that this phrase means, you are here.

Right. Which it could in some cases.

Oh, yeah, that's right. So basically you're saying, um.

I found you. Here you are.

I found you. But in this case, this doesn't make sense. We're talking about money. We're talking about a game. So if you if you think about this, here you are, you can imagine someone is giving someone else a thing.

An object.

So in the case of the bank teller, remember we're talking about getting money at a bank? A bank teller might say, here you are, sir, here is your money. And then give you some money. So this is something we say in English when we give something to someone else.

Right. Because otherwise, I guess it's strange if you just, you know, give something to someone and you don't say anything, right? You need to say something.

And if you say, here, that's very rude. So this is a polite way to say, please take this, this is for you.

There you go.

Uh you might hear this at at the uh a restaurant. Here you are, here's your food. Here you are.

Right.

Okay, it's a very useful phrase and so I think it's time for us to listen to this dialogue again and we'll be back to talk a little bit more.

Well, you can't just take the money. You have to ask the bank for money, and I'm the banker.

Banker?

Yes.

Can I have my $200 please?

Sure, here you are, $200.

All right, we're back. So a lot of interesting words there, a lot of interesting phrases. Uh they're really interesting and very useful. So remember to try and use such a, you can't just, or here you are when you're giving something to someone.

And uh also another really good game to play with your friends to practice your vocab is Scrabble.

Scrabble, that's hard. Scrabble is a game about words. And so basically you have to, you have to make words out of letters and whoever has the most interesting words, unique words, that person wins.

The English part audio review.

Listen to the meaning, then say the vocabulary word.

So extreme a degree.

Such a

To deceive by trickery.

Cheat.

My opportunity to do something.

My turn.

Place where prisoners are kept.

Jail.

Used to ask for permissions.

Can I

The player in charge of the bank in gambling games.

Banker.

Let's try that faster.

To deceive by trickery.

Cheat.

The player in charge of the bank in gambling games.

Banker.

Used to ask for permissions.

Can I

So extreme a degree.

Such a

My opportunity to do something.

My turn.

Place where prisoners are kept.

Jail.

Now say the word and hear it in a sentence.

Such a

Mike is such a loser. He has no ambitions or goals in life.

Such a

Amanda is such a phony. You can never really believe her.

Such a

He is such a playboy. He has many girlfriends.

Cheat.

My classmate was cheating on the exam.

Cheat.

Carol always cheats when we play games together.

Cheat.

My parents taught me never to cheat people.

Can I

Can I have your ice cream?

Can I

Can I have a taste of your soup?

Can I

Can I have some money, please?

My turn.

It's your turn to wash the dishes.

My turn.

It's his turn to clean the room.

My turn.

It's my turn to get on the ride.