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- Hello everyone, I'm Jessica and welcome to Learning English with Jessica.
- In this video, we are going to listen and practice our English through many different conversations.
- You can play it again repeatedly while engaging in other activities to help your brain memorize the language.
- Be patient and you will swiftly improve your speaking and listening skills.
- Now, let's jump right into the video.
- Hi, guys.
- Are you ready to improve your listening skills?
- I have many fill-in-the-blank exercises for you to practice in today's lesson.
- Also, there will be a lot of new words today.
- Pay attention to these conversations, yes?
- Let's go.
- Conversation 1, In the Kitchen.
- Hi, honey.
- I'm home.
- Welcome home, honey.
- How are you feeling today?
- Oh, it's been a long day for me.
- My co-worker and I didn't see eye to eye in the summer project.
- That sucks.
- Tell me more, honey.
- Jake made up his mind about using the boat.
- However, I'm in favor of the train.
- Well, did you all figure out the way?
- Of course, honey.
- We decided to vote for the better ideas.
- What a relief.
- What are you cooking?
- It smells so tasty to me.
- I'm making roasted fish and cream of onion soup.
- Wow.
- Do you need me to give you a hand?
- Leave the cooking to me, honey.
- We all know that cooking is not your strong suit.
- Cooking is not a competition, honey.
- So what is it then?
- It's a piece of cake.
- Oh, no, my cake, my pineapple cake.
- It's burning up.
- Switch off the oven.
- OMG, my fish!
- Well, sorry, your cake.
- I tried my best.
- It's not your fault, honey.
- At least we still have the fish and onion soup for dinner.
- Well, I overdid the fish and the soup is cold.
- In that case, let's eat out and get pizza, honey.
- Let's go!
- Well, did you get all the quizzes right?
- Now, we will have some time to learn more about new phrases in the previous conversation.
- Yeah?
- See eye to eye.
- Seeing eye to eye with somebody on something means agreeing completely on something.
- Made up his mind.
- To make up one's mind is to make a decision, to decide something.
- In favor of.
- When someone is in favor of something or someone, they support or approve.
- Figure out.
- When you can figure out a problem, you can solve it or discover the answer.
- Strong suit.
- The meaning of strong suit is something in which one person is good at.
- If learning English is your strong suit, you are doing excellent in learning.
- Switch off.
- Switch off means to stop or turn off something.
- For example, a stove or a light.
- What a relief.
- This phrase describes the feeling of cheerfulness that follows the removal of anxiety.
- Give her a hand.
- To give somebody a hand means to help, assist someone to do something.
- Eat out.
- To eat in a restaurant.
- Overdid.
- To overdo something is to do, use, or carry to excess.
- Conversation 2, In the Bus.
- Hey Millies, how are you doing?
- I'm good, Thomas.
- Thanks for asking.
- How about you?
- I'm doing pretty well.
- I'm just glad to be on this bus heading out of town for a bit.
- Yeah, me too.
- It's nice to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
- Agreed.
- I'm looking forward to just kicking back for a few days.
- We should take advantage of our time.
- Definitely.
- We can take in all the local attractions.
- Sounds like a plan.
- We won't miss out on anything important.
- Shh, kids, you are talking too loud.
- Sorry, we will mind our voices.
- Millie's, we should try some of the local cuisine, such as croissants and hot chocolate.
- That's a great idea.
- I'm always up for trying new things, especially food.
- Same here.
- We should explore all the hidden gems.
- Absolutely!
- We are so ready to go the extra mile, aren't we?
- True, true, true.
- This will be a long but wonderful journey.
- Get off the bus, kids!
- This is the final stop.
- But we've just got on the bus.
- Now let's review all of the key words and phrases in conversation two.
- The hustle and bustle.
- The hustle and bustle is a lot of activity and work, usually in noisy surroundings.
- Miss out on.
- To miss out on something is to lose a chance for or fail to achieve something.
- For example, I don't want to miss out on any English lessons.
- Go the extra mile.
- Going the extra mile means doing more than one is required to.
- Take advantage of.
- When you take advantage of something, you make good use of it.
- Take in.
- To take something in means to include, use, or have something.
- Hidden gems.
- A hidden gem is a secret spot, a secret place.
- Get off.
- To leave a place.
- To be up for something means to be ready to try it.
- To head out of somewhere is to leave somewhere
- Begin a journey.
- Conversation three, in the supermarket.
- All right, let's start getting what we need.
- I'm going to grab some milk and bread.
- Anyone want to help?
- I'll come with you.
- We can buy some eggs too.
- Our family kills two birds with one stone.
- Can I go check out the snack aisle?
- I want to eat some chips.
- Sure, but don't take too long, son.
- We can't be here all day.
- Can we also get some fruits and veggies?
- I want to eat healthier.
- Good idea.
- Let's head over to the produce section.
- Wait, Mom, can we also get some soda?
- I'm dying of thirst.
- No way!
- We're not buying any junk food today.
- We're trying to eat better as a family.
- Speaking of which, we should also grab some chicken and veggies for dinner tonight.
- I'm thinking of making a stir-fry.
- Yum!
- That sounds great, Mommy!
- Some soy sauce and ginger will splice it up, honey.
- Definitely, and let's not forget the rice, too.
- Alright, let's split up and meet back here in 10 minutes.
- Wait!
- Before we go, can we grab some ice cream for dessert tonight?
- Alright, but only if you promise to eat your veggies first.
- Deal!
- Deal.
- Kills two birds with one stone.
- To kill two birds with one stone is to achieve two things by doing a single action.
- Spice it up.
- To spice something up means adding flavor to that thing.
- Check out.
- The meaning of check out is to find out the truth, to see something.
- Split up.
- The meaning of to split up is breaking apart, dividing.
- Deal.
- When you say deal, that means you have accepted an agreement or arrangement.
- Headed over.
- In common usage, head to or head over to means go to somewhere.
- I'm dying of thirst.
- Dying of thirst is an expression to show that you are very thirsty.
- Speaking of which is used to introduce extra information to an existing conversation or a new idea to the last topic that someone has discussed.
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- That's the end of our lesson today.
- Remember to spice things up with our English lessons every day.
- Until next time!
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- Thank you for watching.
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