{"id":1259,"date":"2025-03-26T19:56:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T11:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=1259"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:20:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T04:20:37","slug":"english-pod-15-im-sorry-i-love-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=1259","title":{"rendered":"English Pod 15 &#8211; I\u2019m sorry, I love you"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Dialogue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/api.frdic.com\/api\/v3\/media\/mp3\/3409453e-2c7e-11e6-8e87-000c29ffef9b?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto&quot;\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A: Whoa, whoa, what\u2019s going on? Watch out!<br>B: Hey, watch where you\u2019re going!<br><br>A: Oh, no! I\u2019m so sorry! Are you all right?<br>B: Oh\u2026I don\u2019t know.<br><br>A: I <strong>feel terrible,<\/strong> I really didn\u2019t <strong>mean <\/strong>to <strong>knock <\/strong>you <strong>over<\/strong>. My tire, just <strong>exploded<\/strong>, and I lost control of my bike. Really, it was an <strong>accident<\/strong>. Please accept my apologies.<br>B: Just let me try to stand up.<br><br>SONG: Why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near?<br>A: Are you okay?<br>B: Oh, wait a second, you seem really <strong>familiar<\/strong>, I think I know you from somewhere.<br><br>A: Yeah, I think we have met somewhere before. That\u2019s right! We met at Aaron\u2019s <strong>place <\/strong>last weekend! What a <strong>coincidence<\/strong>! But anyway, I\u2019m glad to see that you\u2019re not too badly hurt, and I should probably get going. I have a nine o\u2019clock meeting.<br>B: Ouch! My ankle! I think it\u2019s broken! You can\u2019t just leave me like this! Are you calling an ambulance?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: Nope, I\u2019m canceling my appointment so that I can stay here with you.<br>SONG: Do you remember when we met? That\u2019s the day I knew you were my pet. I wanna tell you how much I love you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explain<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/api.frdic.com\/api\/v3\/media\/mp3\/54c1bbbb-1e6f-11e7-be40-000c29ffef9b?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Vocabulary<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>feel terrible<\/strong> \u2014 phrase sorry<br><strong>mean<\/strong> \u2014 principle verb, present simple intend, plan<br><strong>explode<\/strong> \u2014 principle verb, past simple suddenly break apart<br><strong>accident<\/strong> \u2014 common noun, singular an event that is not planned or intended<br><strong>familiar<\/strong> \u2014 Adjective probably known, but not clearly remembered<br><strong>place<\/strong> \u2014 common noun, singular house<br><strong>coincidence<\/strong> \u2014 common noun, singular situation when two or more things happen at the same time in an unplanned way<br><strong>knock over<\/strong> \u2014 principle verb, infinitive make something fall over \u2014Make it fall down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>familiar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example one.<br>A: Norman Clark, that name sounds familiar. Where have I heard it before?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example two.<br>B: Do you know where we are?<br>C: I have no idea. Nothing looks familiar, I think we\u2019re lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example three.<br>D: You look really familiar. Did we go to high school together?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>coincidence.<br><br>Voice: Example one.<br>A: I\u2019m going to New York this weekend.<br>B: What a coincidence? I am too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example two.<br>C: By coincidence, everyone in the room was named Alex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example three.<br>D: We met by pure coincidence. One day we ran into each other on our bikes and we\u2018ve<br>been together ever since.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dialogue A: Whoa, whoa, what\u2019s going on? Watch out!B: Hey, watch where you\u2019re going! A: Oh, no! I\u2019m so sorry! Are you all right?B: Oh\u2026I don\u2019t know. A: I feel terrible, I really didn\u2019t mean to knock you over. My tire, just exploded, and I lost control of my bike. Really, it was an accident. 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