Living English (8): This Is My Brother
Monday, March 7, 2011
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Living English is a 42-part series that looks at the English language used in everyday situations such as checking into a hotel or describing people.
This is my brother
Scroll down the page, press the button "play", and watch episode 8 . You can do an exercise to check your understanding of the simple present by clicking on the link below.ANNE goes to SARAH’s house for lunch.
ANNE arrives in a taxi.
ANNE arrives in a taxi.
TAXI-DRIVER Here we are.
ANNE How much is that?
TAXI-DRIVER That’ll be seventeen-fifty thanks love.
She gives him twenty dollars
ANNE Keep the change.
TAXI-DRIVER Thankyou. Have a nice day.
ANNE walks towards the house and knocks.
The door is opened by a little girl (LOUISE).
ANNE Hello. I’m Anne.
Louise turns and runs.
LOUISE Mummy!
SARAH comes to the door.
SARAH Come in Anne!
ANNE What a beautiful house!
SARAH It’s been a lot of work, but we’re getting there. This is the bathroom. This is my
daughter’s bedroom. And here’s the kitchen.
Louise is in the kitchen ‘helping’.
SARAH Anne’s here. You’ve met my daughter Louise.
ANNE Hello Louise.
LOUISE I’m helping.
ANNE Yes, I see…
SARAH And my husband Mark.
ANNE Hello again.
Mark pretends to have a pain in the back.
ANNE How much is that?
TAXI-DRIVER That’ll be seventeen-fifty thanks love.
She gives him twenty dollars
ANNE Keep the change.
TAXI-DRIVER Thankyou. Have a nice day.
ANNE walks towards the house and knocks.
The door is opened by a little girl (LOUISE).
ANNE Hello. I’m Anne.
Louise turns and runs.
LOUISE Mummy!
SARAH comes to the door.
SARAH Come in Anne!
ANNE What a beautiful house!
SARAH It’s been a lot of work, but we’re getting there. This is the bathroom. This is my
daughter’s bedroom. And here’s the kitchen.
Louise is in the kitchen ‘helping’.
SARAH Anne’s here. You’ve met my daughter Louise.
ANNE Hello Louise.
LOUISE I’m helping.
ANNE Yes, I see…
SARAH And my husband Mark.
ANNE Hello again.
Mark pretends to have a pain in the back.
ANNE Ooh! Sorry about my heavy bag.
MARK Just kidding.
SARAH But you haven’t met my little brother. This is Steve.
STEVE I was going to pick you up this morning. You wouldn’t let me.
ANNE I’m sorry. I like to find my own way around.
STEVE No worries. Maybe another time.
ANNE Yes, maybe
SARAH Come on. Let’s go outside.
Vocabulary :
change (n): (no plural) the money that you get back after you pay your bill
toward(s) (prep): in the direction of
pretend (v): try to make something appear to be true (He pretended not to hear.)
pain (n): something that hurts you
back (adj): farthest away from the front (The tallest pupils sit in the back row.)
earlier in time; belonging to the past
back numbers of the magazine.
back (adv): behind
kid (v): (informal) joke [kidded, kidding] (He's only kidding.)
pick up (v): come and get someone at a certain place and time (I'll pick you up at your house at 7:30.)
Episode Note
1. Paying
2. Rooms
3. Possessive Adjective (Practice)
4. Relations & Family (Practice)
MARK Just kidding.
SARAH But you haven’t met my little brother. This is Steve.
STEVE I was going to pick you up this morning. You wouldn’t let me.
ANNE I’m sorry. I like to find my own way around.
STEVE No worries. Maybe another time.
ANNE Yes, maybe
SARAH Come on. Let’s go outside.
Vocabulary :
change (n): (no plural) the money that you get back after you pay your bill
toward(s) (prep): in the direction of
pretend (v): try to make something appear to be true (He pretended not to hear.)
pain (n): something that hurts you
back (adj): farthest away from the front (The tallest pupils sit in the back row.)
earlier in time; belonging to the past
back numbers of the magazine.
back (adv): behind
kid (v): (informal) joke [kidded, kidding] (He's only kidding.)
pick up (v): come and get someone at a certain place and time (I'll pick you up at your house at 7:30.)
Episode Note
1. Paying
2. Rooms
3. Possessive Adjective (Practice)
4. Relations & Family (Practice)
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