#0372 – A Bully at Work, - Ang, mater, ESL Podcast McQuillan Jeff mp3+PDF

#0372 – A Bully at Work

#0372 – A Bully at Work, - Ang, mater, ESL Podcast McQuillan Jeff mp3+PDF

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ESL Podcast 372 – A Bully at Work
GLOSSARY
to put up with –
to take without complaining; to endure; to tolerate
*
Why do you put up with the child’s bad behavior?
bully –
a person who uses verbal (spoken) or physical violence to prove his/her
strength, power, or position over others; a person who is mean to others
*
He was considered a bully in high school because he would make the weaker
students give him their lunch money.
to stand up to –
to not allow another person to continue to be mean to oneself
anymore; to not be afraid to tell someone when he/she is acting inappropriately
*
They stood up to the gang by forming a neighborhood watch program.
the last straw –
the last in a series of bad events where a person decides that
he or she will not let the bad events happen anymore; to not be able to stand a
certain situation any longer
*
When she came home drunk for the third time in four nights, it was the last
straw for her boyfriend and he broke up with her.
to put (someone) down –
to insult someone; to make someone feel unimportant
or of less value
*
The husband put his wife down when he told her in front of their friends that she
wasn’t very smart.
to jump down (someone’s/one’s) throat –
to verbally attack someone; to yell at
someone
*
The boss jumped down my throat when I arrived late to work today.
stunned –
surprised; shocked; scared
*
The actress was stunned when she found out she had won an award.
arrogant –
believing that one is more important than all other people; thinking
that one is more talented than other people.
*
The soccer player is so arrogant that he will not talk to or take pictures with any
fans.
biting –
hurtful; cruel
*
The teacher’s biting comment to her students about their lack of intelligence
made them cry.
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ESL Podcast 372 – A Bully at Work
contempt –
strong dislike; disrespect; scorn
*
John felt contempt for his father, who abandoned his family when John was
only a child.
insecure –
not confident; disliking a part of your oneself
*
Do you believe that most women feel insecure about their bodies?
to belittle –
to make someone feel unimportant; to tell someone that he or she is
less important
*
The older child belittled her younger brother because she was jealous of him.
social skills –
everyday communication skills with other people; one’s ability to
communicate and work effectively with other people in a friendly manner
*
This school is very good at teaching academic subjects, but the students
graduate without good social skills.
to call (someone’s) bluff –
to make someone prove that what they are saying is
true; to force someone else prove that he/she will really do what he/she says
he/she will do
*
She called her son’s bluff when she asked him to prove that he had done his
homework.
to back it up –
to prove it; to provide evidence to support something
*
He backed up his claim that he was the best boxer in the world by defeating the
current champion.
to keep (one’s) cool –
to stay calm; to remain relaxed and unconcerned
*
The girl kept her cool even though the other students called her names.
to back down –
to give in; to walk away from a challenge
*
The driver backed down from the argument he was having with the police
officer.
to act (one’s) age, and not (one’s) shoe size –
to act one’s level of maturity; to
act like an adult instead of a child
*
When will you act your age and not your shoe size and stop fighting with the
neighborhood children?
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1. What do Wanda and Dana think of Robert?
a) They think he is a good manager.
b) They think that he has great social skills.
c) They think that he is a jerk.
2. How does Dana think Wanda should fix her problem with Robert?
a) By keeping quiet and not saying anything to him.
b) By making biting remarks about him in front of the other employees.
c) By calling his bluff and standing up to him.
______________
WHAT ELSE DOES IT MEAN?
to put (someone) down
The expression “to put (someone) down,” in this podcast, means to insult
someone or to make someone feel unimportant: “She put him down by saying
that his guitar playing was the worst noise she had ever heard.” The expression
“to put (someone) down” can also mean to set someone or something down onto
a surface: “She lifted the baby out of the crib and put him down on the floor so
that he could crawl around.” “To put down” can also mean to cause a person’s or
animal’s death: “The vet put the dog down because it was so old that it couldn’t
walk, see, or hear.” Finally, “to put down” can mean to write down: “Put down on
our list that we need to buy bread, sugar, and cereal when we go to the grocery
store.”
biting
In this podcast, the word “biting” means hurtful or cruel: “When I told my brother
about my promotion at work, he only made a biting remark that I would have
been promoted earlier if I weren’t so lazy.” “Biting” also means to cause a
stinging or painful sensation, usual related to the weather: “When the wind blows
in the winter it can be biting cold.” The word “biting” is also used to describe
certain insects that can wound a person’s skin with their fangs (teeth) or with a
sting: “There are many different kinds of biting flies in Alaska.” Finally, the verb
“to bite” means to pierce with one’s teeth: “She bit into the apple.”
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CULTURE NOTE
In the U.S., if you want to become a member of a group, you may need “to
undergo” (to take part in) an activity called “hazing.” Hazing is an activity
someone must perform so that he/she can either “become a member” (to be part
of a group) of a group or “to retain” (to keep, to renew) their current membership
with a group. Hazing usually “humiliates” (to lower the pride or self respect of
someone) or causes physical or emotional “harm” (pain, danger) to the person
being hazed.
Some people confuse the terms bullying and hazing. With bullying, usually a
group is trying to keep a person from entering their group. With hazing, a person
must pass certain “challenges” (tests of one’s abilities) in order to become a part
of the group. Hazing happens most often in sports in high school and colleges.
The athletes are “initiated” (brought into a group with an activity) to their new
teams by “existing” (someone who is already a member of the group) team
members. Often times those hazed by a group are hurt physically in some way,
but usually they are hurt more emotionally. University social groups called
fraternities (for men) and sororities (for women) also use some type of hazing to
select its members.
There are a number of different ways a group will initiate a new member. The
group may constantly “insult” (make many unkind remarks) the person; the group
may cause the person not to be able to sleep for an “extended” (long) period of
time; the group may physically “attack” (hit, punch, slap) the person; the group
may make the person humiliate or embarrass themselves in “public“ (in front of
other people); the group may make the person touch or eat a gross “substance“
(material); or the group may make the person drink a large amount of alcohol.
Many times the person has to perform the acts the group wants him/her to
perform even if he/she does not want to perform the activities. Some schools
have tried to stop hazing because of the damage it causes, but it is often difficult
to control the behavior of these types of “close-knit” (socially close) groups.
______________
Comprehension Questions Correct Answers: 1 – c; 2 – c
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COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast episode 372: A Bully at
Work.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 372. I’m your host, Dr.
Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in
beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Visit our website at eslpod.com and download a Learning Guide for this episode.
The Learning Guide is an 8 to 10 page guide we publish for all of our current
episodes that contains all of the vocabulary words, definitions, sample
sentences, additional definitions that we don’t talk about on the audio portion of
the podcast, cultural notes, comprehension checks, and a complete transcript of
this episode.
This episode is called “A Bully at Work.” It’s a dialogue between Wanda and
Dana about a problem they’re having at their job. Let’s get started.
[start of dialogue]
Wanda: I can’t take it anymore. I try to put up with Robert, but I’ve had enough!
Dana: I’m not surprised. That guy is a big bully and it’s time somebody stood up
to him. What has he done now?
Wanda: This was the last straw. We’re both managers and we’re supposed to
work together, but Robert looks for every opportunity to put me down in front of
our employees. This morning, I presented an idea about upgrading our computer
equipment and he jumped down my throat.
Dana: What did he do?
Wanda: He said that the idea was stupid and that he couldn’t understand how
anyone could propose it. He said this in front of everybody. I was too stunned to
respond, so I just stood there.
Dana: That’s totally inappropriate and unprofessional.
Wanda: He’s arrogant to everybody, but especially to me. He always says he’s
just being honest when he makes a biting remark, but I’m realizing that that’s just
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