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M: Hello English learners! Welcome back to EnglishPod! My name is Marco. 

E: And I’m Erica.

M: And today we’re bringing you the sequel of I’m Sorry, I Love You.

E: Part II.

M: Part Two.

E: That’s right.

M: I guess, uh, a lot of our listeners enjoyed the first part…

E: Uhu.

M: And since it was such a romantic…

E: Hit.

M: Dialogue and hit…

E: Yeah.

M: We’re bringing Part Two, so, it’s even more romantic and I’m sure everyone is gonna

find some great and useful language in it.

E: That’s right, we’ve got language that we use to talk about, uh, dates, hey?

M: A date, yeah.

E: Uhu.

M: So, useful language for when you’re going on a date.

E: That’s right. Well, before we look at this date language, let’s listen to the dialogue for the

first time.

DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME

M: Wow! Such a romantic dialogue.

E: It really sounds like they’re falling in love.

M: Hehe. Yeah, it’s a really romantic thing that’s going on right now, but there were some

really useful words here, so, why don’t we take a look at “language takeaway”?

Voice: Language takeaway.

E: Today we have three words for language takeaway and the first one is relieved.

M: Relieved.

E: Relieved.

M: So, we have some great examples on how we use relieved and I’m really sure you can

understand the meaning from the sentences.

Voice: Example one.

A: They were relieved to hear that the company would not be making any layoffs.

Voice: Example two.

B: I’m so relieved to hear your voice; I was worried something happened to you.

E: I guess relieved is like, uh… uh, happy or relaxed feeling that you get if you avoid

something bad, right?

M: Right, I’m so relieved that didn’t happen.

E: Yeah.

M: Now, for our second word – pick me up.

E: Pick me up.

M: Pick me up.

E: So, when you ask someone to pick you up, you’re saying, basically…

M: Come and get me.

E: Okay, so, let’s… let’s give a couple of examples, um…

M: Alright.

E: My husband was supposed to pick me up from work yesterday, but he forgot.

M: Does that really happen?

E: Yes.

M: Hehe. Alright, we’ll have a talk with him. Or we could also say “oh, I need to hurry up;

the taxi will pick me up at seven”.

E: Yes! So, come and get me.

M: Right.

E: Uhu.

M: Pick me up.

E: And our final ford in today’s language takeaway is…

M: Ordinary.

E: Ordinary.

M: Ordinary.

E: Ordinary.

M: So, ordinary is a normal word.

E: Yes, meaning…

M: It’s normal.

E: Aha.

M: Nothing uncommon about it.

E: Yeah.

M: So, you can have like an ordinary person.

E: An ordinary day.

M: An ordinary day. Ordinary life.

E: Aha.

M: Nothing exciting about it. Hehe.

E: Hehe.

M: What else is ordinary?

E: Ordinary podcast.

M: An ordinary podcast, which EnglishPod is not!

E: Is not!

M: Okay.

E: Yeah.

M: So, ordinary. Okay, great words and I guess now we can listen to our dialogue a second

time.

E: This time it’ll be a little bit slower and this will help you to understand the language more

clearly.

DIALOGUE, SECOND TIME (slow)

M: Okay, so, we looked at some great vocabulary and now we can look at some great

phrases…

E: Yes!

M: So, let’s start with “fluency builder”.

Voice: Fluency builder.

M: On fluency builder today we have three great phrases, so, why don’t we just start with

the first one?

E: Yeah, the first one we heard at the beginning of the dialogue – make it up to you.

M: Make it up to you.

E: Make it up to you.

M: Okay, so, we have some great examples on how we use make it up, so, let’s listen.

Voice: Example one.

A: I’m sorry I forgot your birthday; how can I make it up to you?

Voice: Example two.

B: I feel terrible for calling your mother fat; I wanna make it up to her, so, I got her these

flowers.

Voice: Example three.

C: John forgot my anniversary again; he’s going to have to make it up to me.

E: We can see from the examples that when you use the phase make it up to you, you’re

kind of saying you want to balance something bad you did with some good action, right?

M: Right, so, if you call your mother-in-law fat…

E: You’d better buy her at least some flowers or a card or something.

M: To make it up, right?

E: Yeah.

M: Yeah, so…

E: So, the bad action was…

M: Calling her fat.

E: And the balancing, good action was the flowers.

M: Was the flowers, yeah.

E: Yeah.

M: I don’t think flowers will be enough, though.

E: Hmm, looks like a doomed marriage.

M: Hehe. Okay, our second phrase – my treat.

E: My treat.

M: My treat.

E: So, we use this phrase when we want to say “I’ll invite you”, “I’ll pay for you”.

M: I’ll pay.

E: Aha.

M: Right, so, I can say “hey, let’s go get some, uh, beers; it’s my treat”.

E: Ouh, thanks, Marco.

M: Hehe. So, I’m paying, right?

E: Yeah.

M: My treat. And our last phrase for fluency builder – a twist of fate.

E: A twist of fate.

M: Twist of fate.

E: A twist of fate.

M: So, Erica, what is a twist of fate?

E: A twist of fate is an unplanned event that has a big impact on your future or your life.

M: Okay.

E: Marco, can you give us an example of a twist of fate?

M: Alright, for example, okay, you’re supposed to catch a flight to another country.

E: Uhu.

M: Alright? But you’re late, so you missed your flight.

E: Okay.

M: And, uh, that flight crashes.

E: Wow.

M: Right, so, that’s a twist of fate.

E: That’s a twist of fate.

M: Hehe. So, yeah, it’s like… it’s like fate, it’s like destiny.

E: Yeah.

M: Um, you were… you weren’t supposed to be on that flight.

E: Okay, so, a twist of fate.

M: A twist of fate.

E: Great, on a happier note let’s listen to the dialogue a third time.

DIALOGUE, THIRD TIME

M: Okay, so, we’re back. Erica, I know you have a story of a twist of fate in your life.

E: Yes, uh, recently, actually, this happened. Um, I went to this party and at the party there

was a contest like sort of a lottery.

M: Uhu.

E: You could buy some tickets and win a prize and the prize was a week long vacation.

M: Okay.

E: So, I went with some friends of mine and they were tired, so, they left early and they

gave me their tickets and…

M: Wow.

E: Guess what happened?

M: What happened?

E: I… we won!

M: Hehe.

E: We won th… we won the week long vacation.

M: Wow!

E: Yeah. It was amazing, i… so, that was a really lucky twist of fate for me.

M: A lucky twist of fate, yeah.

E: Yeah.

M: That’s a good story.

E: Yeah.

M: I’m sure, uh, it wasn’t that good of a… twist of fate for your friends.

E: Yeah, but they were very generous and let me have the prize anyway.

M: Alright, well, we wanna hear your stories of maybe some type of twist of fate that you’ve

had.

E: Yes!

M: Maybe love stories, maybe tragic stories, any story.

E: Uhu.

M: So, be sure to leave your questions and comments and your stories at our website

englishpod.com and, uh, where you can also find us to answer any questions or doubts.

E: Yes, that’s right.

M: So, I guess until then it’s…

E: Good bye!

M: Bye!