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1. 0:01[Music]
2. 0:04hello everyone and welcome to English
3. 0:06chat pod my name is Jennifer and I'm
4. 0:09Daniel how are you doing Daniel I'm
5. 0:11doing great Jennifer how about you I'm
6. 0:15fantastic I'm really excited about
7. 0:17today's topic me too today we're talking
8. 0:19about shopping both traditional and
9. 0:22online that's right we're going to
10. 0:24listen to a conversation about a
11. 0:25shopping experience and then break down
12. 0:27some difficult words phrases and ID
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20. 0:45being awesome now let's dive into
21. 0:47today's episode great we have a
22. 0:49conversation between Michael and Julia
23. 0:51about their shopping experiences
24. 0:53shopping is something we all do so this
25. 0:55should be really relatable and useful
26. 0:57for our listeners uh-huh but before we
27. 1:00listen let's look at some vocabulary
28. 1:02from the dialogue in vocabulary
29. 1:05highlight vocabulary
30. 1:08highlight so two words today the first
31. 1:11one is frustrating frustrating
32. 1:14frustrating frustrating this means
33. 1:17making you feel annoyed and upset right
34. 1:19for example it was frustrating to wait
35. 1:21in a long line perfect you know once I
36. 1:24was trying to assemble some furniture
37. 1:26from a well-known store and I lost one
38. 1:29tiny screw
39. 1:30it was so frustrating oh no I've been
40. 1:33there I once tried to bake a cake but I
41. 1:35kept forgetting ingredients by the time
42. 1:37I finished it was a complete disaster
43. 1:40talk about frustrating that does sound
44. 1:42frustrating the next word is nightmare
45. 1:45nightmare nightmare nightmare this means
46. 1:48a very bad experience exactly like the
47. 1:52traffic was a nightmare today oh I
48. 1:54remember once I missed my flight because
49. 1:56of traffic it was a total nightmare I
50. 1:59had to spend the night at the airport
51. 2:01that's rough I had a nightmare
52. 2:03experience at a theme park I got stuck
53. 2:05on a roller coaster for an hour it was
54. 2:07fun at first but then it turned into a
55. 2:08real nightmare oh no that's terrible so
56. 2:11now we're ready to listen to our
57. 2:13dialogue for the first time as always it
58. 2:15will be at a normal speed but don't
59. 2:17worry about it exactly because we'll
60. 2:19come back and explain all the key
61. 2:21language now let's listen as two friends
62. 2:23discuss their shopping experiences
63. 2:27[Music]
64. 2:33hey Julia what's up hey Michael I just
65. 2:36had the most frustrating shopping
66. 2:38experience ever oh no what happened I
67. 2:41went to the mall to buy a dress for my
68. 2:43cousin's wedding I thought it would be
69. 2:45quick but it turned into a nightmare
70. 2:48really how come first the store was
71. 2:51packed with people I had to wait in line
72. 2:53for ages just to try on the dress I
73. 2:55liked H I hate when that happens did you
74. 2:58finally get to try it on yes but then
75. 3:01the dress didn't fit right the size was
76. 3:03all wrong and they didn't have any other
77. 3:05sizes left in stock that's so annoying
78. 3:09why didn't you just shop online I
79. 3:11thought about it but I wanted to see the
80. 3:13dress in person you know sometimes
81. 3:15things look so different online true but
82. 3:18online shopping is so convenient you can
83. 3:21browse and buy without leaving your
84. 3:22couch I know and that's what I ended up
85. 3:25doing after I left the mall I went home
86. 3:28and found the same dress online it was
87. 3:30even on sale see that's the beauty of
88. 3:33online shopping plus you don't have to
89. 3:36deal with crowds or long lines exactly
90. 3:39but now I'm worried about returning it
91. 3:41if it doesn't fit returning online
92. 3:43purchases can be such a hassle yeah that
93. 3:46can be tricky but many stores have made
94. 3:49returns easier nowadays some even offer
95. 3:52free return shipping I hope so I just
96. 3:55want to get this dress sorted out
97. 3:56without more drama I'm sure it'll work
98. 3:59out as at least you have options by the
99. 4:01way did you find any other good deals
100. 4:03online Yes actually I found a pair of
101. 4:07shoes that match the dress perfectly and
102. 4:10they were 20% off nice sounds like it
103. 4:13all worked out in the end maybe next
104. 4:14time you should start with online
105. 4:16shopping definitely I've learned my
106. 4:18lesson but sometimes you just can't beat
107. 4:21seeing things in person you know for
108. 4:23sure there's something special about the
109. 4:25inore experience but for now I'm
110. 4:28sticking with online shopping it's just
111. 4:30so much easier agreed it's all about
112. 4:33finding a balance some days you want the
113. 4:35convenience of online and other days you
114. 4:37want the fun of inor shopping exactly so
115. 4:41when's the wedding next weekend
116. 4:43hopefully everything arrives on time
117. 4:46fingers crossed good luck Julia thanks
118. 4:49Michael talk to you
119. 4:53later you know Daniel one thing that
120. 4:56stood out in the conversation was how
121. 4:57Julia's shopping trip turned into a
122. 4:59complete disaster absolutely I could
123. 5:02feel her stress it's a situation we can
124. 5:04all relate to definitely now let's dive
125. 5:07into some of the difficult words they
126. 5:09used in the conversation and break them
127. 5:13down language
128. 5:15Explorer great idea the first word on
129. 5:18our language Explorer today is
130. 5:20convenient convenient convenient
131. 5:23convenient it means easy to use or
132. 5:26fitting well with a person's needs
133. 5:27activities and plans right for example
134. 5:30online shopping is so convenient because
135. 5:32you can do it from home let's look at a
136. 5:35few more examples to help clarify the
137. 5:37meaning of
138. 5:38convenient example one it's convenient
139. 5:41to have a grocery store nearby example
140. 5:44two the new app makes it convenient to
141. 5:47track your Fitness progress example
142. 5:50three having a microwave is very
143. 5:52convenient for quick meals so when
144. 5:54something is convenient it makes your
145. 5:56life easier exactly now our second word
146. 5:59today is hassle hassle hassle hassle it
147. 6:04means something that is inconvenient or
148. 6:06annoying like returning online purchases
149. 6:09can be such a hassle exactly let's
150. 6:12listen to some more examples of hassle
151. 6:15example one it was a hassle to get my
152. 6:17car repaired example two dealing with
153. 6:21customer service can sometimes be a
154. 6:23hassle example three it's a hassle to
155. 6:26carry groceries up three flights of
156. 6:27stairs so when something is a hassle
157. 6:30it's inconvenient and bothersome that's
158. 6:33right the next word is Tricky Tricky
159. 6:37Tricky Tricky it means difficult to deal
160. 6:40with or do for example some math
161. 6:43problems can be really tricky let's have
162. 6:45a look at a few more examples of tricky
163. 6:48example one navigating through the city
164. 6:51without a map can be tricky example two
165. 6:54the instructions were tricky to follow
166. 6:57example three hand handling multiple
167. 7:00tasks at once can be tricky so when
168. 7:02something is tricky it's challenging and
169. 7:05not straightforward exactly the next
170. 7:08word is sorted sorted sorted sorted it
171. 7:12means to resolve or fix a problem like I
172. 7:15just want to get this dress issue sorted
173. 7:18here are some more examples to help you
174. 7:20understand sorted example one it took me
175. 7:23a while to get my schedule sorted
176. 7:26example two I need to get my finances
177. 7:28sorted before before I can go on
178. 7:30vacation example three the tech team
179. 7:33sorted the website issues quickly so if
180. 7:36something is sorted it's resolved or
181. 7:38organized uh that's right the last word
182. 7:41is drama drama drama drama it means a
183. 7:45situation or series of events involving
184. 7:48conflict or difficulty example one there
185. 7:50was a lot of drama at the office today
186. 7:53like I just want to get this dress
187. 7:55sorted out without more drama let's have
188. 7:57a look at a few more examples of drama
189. 8:00example one there was a lot of drama at
190. 8:03the office today example two high school
191. 8:06is often full of drama example three I
192. 8:09prefer a quiet life without much drama
193. 8:12so when there is drama there is usually
194. 8:14some conflict or difficulty involved
195. 8:17great job Jennifer these are all useful
196. 8:19words for everyday conversation
197. 8:21absolutely now let's listen to the
198. 8:23dialogue again this time a little slower
199. 8:26so you can catch all the details and
200. 8:28understand how these words are used in
201. 8:30context after that we'll move on to our
202. 8:32fluency Focus segment where we'll break
203. 8:34down some key phrases and idioms from
204. 8:36the conversation and show you how to use
205. 8:38them in context stay tuned and don't go
206. 8:42[Music]
207. 8:48anywhere hey Julia what's up hey Michael
208. 8:52I just had the most frustrating shopping
209. 8:54experience ever oh no what happened I
210. 8:58went to the mall to buy a dress for my
211. 9:00cousin's wedding I thought it would be
212. 9:02quick but it turned into a nightmare
213. 9:05really how come first the store was
214. 9:09packed with people I had to wait in line
215. 9:11for ages just to try on the dress I
216. 9:13liked H I hate when that happens did you
217. 9:17finally get to try it on yes but then
218. 9:20the dress didn't fit right the size was
219. 9:22all wrong and they didn't have any other
220. 9:25sizes left in stock that's so annoying
221. 9:29why did you just shop online I thought
222. 9:31about it but I wanted to see the dress
223. 9:33in person you know sometimes things look
224. 9:37so different online true but online
225. 9:40shopping is so convenient you can browse
226. 9:42and buy without leaving your couch I
227. 9:45know and that's what I ended up doing
228. 9:48after I left the mall I went home and
229. 9:50found the same dress online it was even
230. 9:53on sale see that's the beauty of online
231. 9:56shopping plus you don't have to deal
232. 9:59with crowds or long lines exactly but
233. 10:03now I'm worried about returning it if it
234. 10:05doesn't fit returning online purchases
235. 10:08can be such a hassle yeah that can be
236. 10:11tricky but many stores have made returns
237. 10:14easier nowadays some even offer free
238. 10:17return shipping I hope so I just want to
239. 10:20get this dress sorted out without more
240. 10:22drama I'm sure it'll work out at least
241. 10:25you have options by the way did you find
242. 10:28any other good deals online Yes actually
243. 10:32I found a pair of shoes that match the
244. 10:34dress perfectly and they were 20% off
245. 10:38nice sounds like it all worked out in
246. 10:40the end maybe next time you should start
247. 10:43with online shopping definitely I've
248. 10:46learned my lesson but sometimes you just
249. 10:49can't beat seeing things in person you
250. 10:51know for sure there's something special
251. 10:54about the inore experience but for now
252. 10:56I'm sticking with online shopping it's
253. 10:59just so much easier agreed it's all
254. 11:02about finding a balance some days you
255. 11:04want the convenience of online and other
256. 11:07days you want the fun of inore shopping
257. 11:10exactly so when's the wedding next
258. 11:13weekend hopefully everything arrives on
259. 11:16time fingers crossed good luck Julia
260. 11:19thanks Michael talk to you
261. 11:24later all right so if you noticed a lot
262. 11:26of useful phrases came up in the
263. 11:28conversation let's take a look at our
264. 11:30fluency Focus
265. 11:32segment fluency Focus today we have a
266. 11:36few phrases that will help us express
267. 11:38ourselves more naturally the first one
268. 11:40is turned into a nightmare turned into a
269. 11:42nightmare turned into a nightmare let's
270. 11:46listen to how this was used in the
271. 11:48dialogue I went to the mall to BU a
272. 11:50dress for my cousin's wedding I thought
273. 11:53it would be quick but it turned into a
274. 11:56nightmare I went to the mall to buy a
275. 11:58dress from my cousin's wedding I thought
276. 12:01it would be quick but it turned into a
277. 12:04nightmare so it basically means that
278. 12:06something started off fine but became
279. 12:08very bad and
280. 12:10stressful right when something turns
281. 12:12into a nightmare it means it goes from
282. 12:14good to really bad perfect our second
283. 12:17phrase is packed with people packed with
284. 12:21people packed with people let's listen
285. 12:24to how this was used in the
286. 12:26dialogue first the store was packed with
287. 12:30people first the store was packed with
288. 12:33people it means the place was very
289. 12:35crowded exactly when a place is packed
290. 12:38with people it's filled with a large
291. 12:40number of people making it hard to move
292. 12:42around great our third phras is sorted
293. 12:45out sorted out sorted out let's listen
294. 12:48to how this was used in the
295. 12:50dialogue I hope so I just want to get
296. 12:53this dress sorted out without more
297. 12:55drama I hope so I just want to get this
298. 12:58dress sorted out without more drama it
299. 13:01means to resolve or fix a problem yes
300. 13:04when you sort something out you organize
301. 13:06it or deal with it successfully
302. 13:08excellent our fourth phrase is fingers
303. 13:11crossed fingers crossed fingers crossed
304. 13:15let's listen to how this was used in the
305. 13:18dialogue fingers crossed good luck
306. 13:21Julia fingers crossed good luck
307. 13:24Julia it means hoping for good luck
308. 13:27exactly when you say fing fingers
309. 13:29crossed you are wishing for a positive
310. 13:31outcome great explanations Jennifer
311. 13:34these phrases will definitely help our
312. 13:36listeners sound more natural in their
313. 13:38conversations absolutely Daniel I hope
314. 13:41everyone enjoyed our lesson today we
315. 13:44found some really useful vocabulary and
316. 13:46phrases for discussing shopping
317. 13:48experiences yes and with these phrases
318. 13:50you can express yourself more clearly
319. 13:52and naturally exactly so if you have any
320. 13:55questions or comments feel free to leave
321. 13:57them in the comment section below
322. 14:00that's right Daniel and I will be
323. 14:02checking the comments and we're happy to
324. 14:04answer your questions right so until
325. 14:07then it's goodbye from us
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