English with kira

The Ideal Woman II. Listening Exercises Listen to the conversation again by pressing the Play Audio button and read along with the conversation. Review the  Key Vocabulary  and the sample sentences. [  What are these different audio choices?  ] [ Other Audio Option:  Play RealMedia  |  Play Window Media  ] Ed : Hey Rocky! You've been sitting around all night. Get out and dance with someone like that woman over there. Rocky : No way! She looks like the  intellectual  type. Ed : Oh come on man! What kind of woman do you like? Rocky : I want a woman who's affectionate and  fulfills  my every need, and that woman over there is just not the right type. Ed : Hey. Where have you been? Times are changing, and you're never going to find a woman who will shine your shoes and pick up after you all the time. Wake up. Rocky : Oh really? I meet a lot of women like that, but not at this party. [ Oh .] I also prefer a woman who'll stay home, cook, clean,

Let's talk about manias. Let's start with ·          Beatle mania: hysterical teenagers, crying screaming, pandemonium. (Ben Dơ mau ni ần) ·          Sports mania: deafening crowds, all for one idea -get the ball in the net Okay, ·          religious mania: there's rapture, there's weeping, there's visions. ·          Manias can be good. ·          Manias can be alarming. Or manias can be deadly The world has a new mania. ·          A mania for learning English. Listen as Chinese students practice their English by screaming it. In Latin America, in India, in Southeast Asia, and most of al in China. If you are a Chinese student you start leaming English in the third grade, by law. That's why this year China will become the world's largest English-speaking country. Why English? In a single word: Opportunity. Opportunity for a beter life, a job, to be able to pay for school, or put better food on the table. Imagine a student taking a giant te

Job Interview Listening Exercises Listen to the conversation again by pressing the Play Audio button and read along with the conversation. Review the  Key Vocabulary  and the sample sentences. [  What are these different audio choices?  ] [ Other Audio Options:  Play Window Media  ] Woman : Hi. Thanks for coming to the interview today. It's nice to meet you. Man : Well, thank you. Woman : To begin with, why don't you tell us a little about yourself? Man : Okay. Um, yeah. I've always been interested in teaching in a language program like this, and uh, I graduated with a degree in English and psychology eight years ago, [  Oh, really, both?  ]. Yeah, and uh then I  landed my first job overseas in Japan. Woman : Oh, wow. That's pretty  impressive . What did you do there? What kind of work? Man : Well, I worked full time, um, for a private language school in Tokyo for the first two years, and then I found a job at a community college.

Pizza Delivery Listening Exercises Listen to the conversation again by pressing the Play Audio button and read along with the conversation. Review the  Key Vocabulary  and the sample sentences. [  What are these different audio choices?  ] [ Other Audio Option:  Play Window Media  ] Employee : Hello. Can I take your order? Customer : Yes. I'd like a large  pepperoni  pizza with mushrooms and green peppers. Employee : Would you like anything else? Customer : Well, wait. Uh, can I make that a half-and-half pizza? Employee : Sure. What would you like on each half? Customer : Uh, what toppings do you have? Employee : Well, we have Italian sausage, ham, mushrooms, onions, pineapple, black olives, green peppers, bacon, tomatoes, shrimp, clams, and squid. Customer : Shrimp, clams, and squid!? What kind of pizza is that? Employee : Uh, the manager spent some time overseas [ Oh .], and thinks his new seafood pizza will  be a hit  with customers, but to be