#0167 – Marriage Proposal Part II, - Ang, mater, ESL Podcast McQuillan Jeff mp3+PDF

#0167 – Marriage Proposal Part II

#0167 – Marriage Proposal Part II, - Ang, mater, ESL Podcast McQuillan Jeff mp3+PDF

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English as a Second Language Podcast
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ESL Podcast 167 – A Marriage Proposal II
GLOSSARY
to stress out
–
to
be worried or concerned about something
* Stop stressing out about your driving test or you won’t pass.
fast food restaurant
–
a place that gives you your food in a very short
amount of
time
* He eats at a fast food restaurant for lunch everyday.
Tell me the truth
–
“
Be honest with me;” usually used when you think the other
person may try to hide something because it will hurt your feelings
* Tell me the truth. Do you think I have a good chance of getting the job?
What’s up with you lately?
–
used to ask about what change has taken place in
someone’s behavior; usually indicates the person has a problem
* You seem tired all the time. What’s up with you lately?
haven’t been yourself
– have not been acting the same as you normally do
*I’ve noticed that you haven’t been yourself the past month. You seem nervous
all the time.
distant
–
not very friendly
* We have been good friends for years but she’s been distant ever since she got
promoted.
to see someone else
– to date someone else
* I’m convinced that he’s seeing someone else when I’m out of town.
to cheat on
–
to date someone else secretly while you are already married or
have a boy/girlfriend
* He loves you too much to cheat on you with another woman.
to break up with
–
to end a romantic relationship; to stop being boyfriend and
girlfriend
* I intend to break up with him before he breaks up with me.
No way!
–
absolutely not
* No way would I visit Minnesota again in the wintertime!
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You’ve got it all wrong
–
you have misunderstood the situation
* I’m sure you’ll find out that you’ve got it all wrong and that they intended to give
you the prize all along.
on your mind
–
worried about something, thinking about something
* I can see that you have something important on your mind.
can’t stand it
–
am not able to tolerate or put up with something
* My dogs can’t stand it when I don’t take them for a walk everyday.
silly
–
to be foolish, like a child
* People look very silly when they try to play children’s games.
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1. Doug wanted to:
a) ask his girlfriend to marry him in a fast food restaurant.
b) ask his girlfriend to marry him but to keep the ring for himself.
c) ask his girlfriend to marry him but didn’t intend to do it at the fast food
restaurant.
2. Before Doug asked her to marry him, Fiona thought that:
a) Doug wanted to work at the fast food restaurant.
b) Doug wanted to break up with her.
c) Doug was very silly.
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WHAT ELSE DOES IT MEAN?
distant
The word “distant,” in this podcast, means not to be close to someone: “Ever
since Dan found out that Emily got the promotion instead of him, he’s been very
distant.” We can also use “distant” to refer to family relationships that are not
close: “His grandmother is my grandfather’s sister so we are only distant
cousins.” Or, “We have the same last name but I don’t think we are even distant
relations.”
to break up with
In this podcast, the phrase “to break up with” someone means to no longer be
someone’s boyfriend or girlfriend: “They broke up after dating for years.” But,
the phrase “something/someone is breaking up” means that it is difficult to hear
or see them, such as on the telephone: “I can’t hear you; you’re breaking up.
Hang up and I’ll call you back.” Or, “I was watching the football game when the
signal broke up and I didn’t get to watch the second half.”
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CULTURE NOTE
More than half of all marriages in the United States today will end in a divorce;
that is, the married couple will end their marriage and each person will become
single again. That is one reason why some couples wait for a long time before
getting married. Most U.S. states now have what are called “no fault” divorces.
In a no fault divorce, both the man and the woman agree that they want to end
their marriage, and that it isn’t just one person’s fault or responsibility. Married
couples who want to get a divorce have to fill out legal forms and give them to
the local government.
Of course, not everyone who gets married in the U.S. will get divorced! There
are many couples who stay married for many years. After 25 years of marriage,
these couples usually have a special celebration or party for their “silver”
anniversary. After 50 years, they have another party called a “golden”
anniversary.
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Comprehension Questions Correct Answers: 1 – c; 2 – b
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COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 167, “A Marriage
Proposal (Part II).”
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode number 167. I'm your
host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan coming to you from the Center for Educational
Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
This is the second part of our two-part podcast on a man asking a woman to
marry him. Let's get started.
<start of story>
I had been stressing out about it for a couple of weeks. How do I ask my
girlfriend to marry me? We were getting some dinner at a fast food restaurant
before going to the movies.
Fiona: Tell me the truth. What's up with you lately?
Doug: Me? Nothing. Why do you ask?
Fiona: You haven't been yourself. You've been quiet and distant. Are you seeing
someone else?
Doug: No, of course I'm not! I would never cheat on you.
Fiona: Then, do you want to break up with me?
Doug: No way! That's the last thing I want to do. You've got it all wrong.
Fiona: Then tell me what's on your mind.
Doug: I...well...it's just that...oh, I can't stand it anymore. I've been carrying
around this ring in my pocket for two weeks, trying to get up the nerve to ask you.
Fiona, will you marry me?
Fiona: Ah, I can't believe it! Are you serious?
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Doug: I've never been more serious. This wasn't the way I wanted to ask you,
but will you?
Fiona: Yes, I'll marry you! And I thought you wanted to break up.
Doug: No, I don't, silly! I want us to be together for the rest of our lives. Don't
you know that?
<end of story>
We heard the conclusion, the second part of our podcast, “A Marriage Proposal.”
The story begins by the man, whose name is Doug…he says he's been
“stressing out” about something for a couple of weeks. “To stress out” about
something means to be very nervous, to be anxious, to be worrying about
something. Someone may say to you, “What are you stressed out about?”
“Well, I'm stressed out about work or the homework I have to do for school.” This
Doug is stressed out about asking his girlfriend to marry him. He doesn't know
how to do that.
He says that he and his girlfriend were getting some dinner at a fast food
restaurant before going to the movies. A “fast food restaurant” is a restaurant,
you probably know, that serves your food, gives you your food very quickly.
Usually, you stand in line and order your food, and then they give it to you a few
minutes later. This is very popular, of course, in the United States, restaurants
like McDonald's, for example, are fast food restaurants.
They are at a fast food restaurant and they are going to a movie when Fiona,
who is the woman, she says to Doug: “Tell me the truth. What's up with you
lately?” “Tell me the truth” means “be honest with me,” tell me what is actually
happening here. “What's up with you?” means “What is your problem?” It's
always…it’s not just “what is happening?,” but “what is the problem that you are
having?” If you say to someone, “what's up?,” you just mean what's happening,
what's going on, how are you? But if you say, “What's up with you?” with that
preposition “with,” “what's up with you?” or “what's up with him?” means what is
their problem, there's something wrong. So, Fiona says, “What's up with you
lately?,” meaning recently. And Doug says: “Me? Nothing. Why do you ask?”
Fiona says that, “You haven't been yourself.” The expression “to be yourself”
here means to be acting normal, to be doing things the way you normally do
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