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Topics: American Presidents – Barack Obama; Famous Songs – “Anchors Aweigh”; diffidence versus timidity versus shyness; receipt versus reception; no problem versus not at all versus no big deal

Words:

community organizer

healthcare

candidate

rising star

biracial

campaign slogan

grassroots

polarized

affordable

anchor

ashore

foam

diffidence

timidity

shyness

receipt

reception

no problem

not at all

no big deal

Let’s not talk about the topic of today’s episode right now. So, how’s your day going?

Slow dialog: 1:25

Explanations: 4:00

Fast dialog: 18:29

Lila: Why aren’t you dating? I have so many friends who would love to go out with you.

George: Let’s change the subject. Talking about my love life isn’t very interesting.

Lila: But really, you’re not getting any younger and…

George: Moving on! Have you seen any good movies lately?

Lila: Listen, all of your friends are settling down and you don’t want to go through life alone and lonely…

George: That reminds me, didn’t you say that you were going to get another dog so that Rover isn’t lonely when you’re not home?

Lila: Forget about my dog. You remember Rachel, don’t you? She just broke up with her boyfriend and she’d be perfect for you.

George: Speaking of Rachel, how is her mother? Wasn’t she in the hospital?

Lila: If Rachel isn’t your type, how about Amina? She has great legs and I know you’re a leg man.

George: And now for something completely different…How is your diet coming along? Have you lost any weight yet?

Lila: I don’t really want to talk about my weight.

George: But I think you’re having trouble shedding those pounds, right? I have lots of suggestions on what you can do.

Lila: Anyway, as I said before, I don’t really want to talk about my diet…

George: You need to cut out sweets if you want to lose weight. Are you eating too many sweets?

Lila: That’s none of your business!

George: My sentiments exactly!

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

Topics: Movies – Die Hard; American Authors – Emma Lazarus; in front of versus ahead of versus before; as if versus as though versus as for; to take stock

Words:

to be separated

to give (something) another try

to freshen up

hostage

safe

cowboy

to be descend from

to be well received

to dedicate

to persecute

to huddle

to yearn

in front of

ahead of

before

as if

as though

as for

to take stock

Topics: Famous Americans – Muhammad Ali; The Golden Gate Bridge; valuable versus invaluable; north/south versus northern/southern; common ground and universal experience

Words:

to take up

professionally

agile

to reign

nationalist

social activist

to be drafted

to indict

bridge

strait

fog

precaution

dizziness

valuable

invaluable

north / south

northern / southern

common ground

universal

Topics: Famous Americans – Charles Schultz and Peanuts; The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve; to be pleased to versus to be happy to versus it’s (one’s) pleasure to; to sit versus to seat; willy-nilly

Words:

cartoon

freelance

folks

memoir

tomboy

national park

national preserve

glacier

mine

to designate

volcano

to be pleased to

to be happy to

It’s (one’s) pleasure to

to sit

to seat

willy-nilly