{"id":1558,"date":"2025-04-03T10:21:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T02:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=1558"},"modified":"2025-04-03T10:52:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T02:52:23","slug":"english-pod-19-the-weekend-%e2%80%90-christmas-chronicles-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=1558","title":{"rendered":"English Pod 19 &#8211; The Weekend\u00a0\u2010\u00a0Christmas Chronicles I"},"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\/5a7bc09c-2c7e-11e6-8e87-000c29ffef9b?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A: I hate working on Christmas Eve! Whoa! <strong>Get a load of<\/strong> this guy! Come in central, I think we\u2019ve got ourselves a situation here.<br>B: <strong>License <\/strong>and registration please. Have you been drinking tonight, sir?<br><br>A: I had one or two glasses of <strong>eggnog<\/strong>, but nothing else.<br>B: <strong>Step out<\/strong> of the <strong>vehicle<\/strong>, please. Sir, what do you have in the back?<br><br>A: Just a few Christmas gifts, \u2019tis the season, after all!<br>B: Don\u2019t take that tone with me. Do you have an <strong>invoice <\/strong>for these items?<br><br>A: Umm\u2026no\u2026I make these in my workshop in the North Pole!<br>B: You are under <strong>arrest<\/strong>, sir. You have the right to remain silent. You better not <strong>pout<\/strong>, you better not cry. Anything you say can and will be used against you. You have the<br>right to an <strong>attorney<\/strong>;  if you cannot afford one, the state will appoint one\u00a0for\u00a0you.\u00a0Do\u00a0you\u00a0understand\u00a0all\u00a0these\u00a0rights\u00a0that\u00a0I\u00a0have\u00a0just\u00a0been\u00a0read\u00a0to\u00a0you?<br><br>A: You can\u2019t take me to jail! What about my <strong>sleigh<\/strong>? It\u2019s Christmas Eve! I have Presents to deliver! Rudolph! Prancer! Dancer! Get help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/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\/54c1bbc3-1e6f-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>Chronicles<\/strong>\/\u02c8kr\u0251\u02d0n\u026aklz\/\u7f16\u5e74\u53f2;<br><strong>get a load of \u2014 phrases<\/strong> look at (informal)<br><strong>license <\/strong>\u2014 common noun, singular official document that shows you have permission \/p\u0259r\u02c8m\u026a\u0283n\/ to drive a car \u51c6\u8bb8;\u8bb8\u53ef;\u6279\u51c6;\u8bb8\u53ef\u8bc1;<br><strong>eggnog<\/strong> \/\u02c8e\u0261n\u0251\u02d0\u0261\/ \u86cb\u5976\u9152 \u2014 common noun, nonvariable traditional Christmas drink containing eggs, cream, sugar and rum<br><strong>vehicle <\/strong>\/\u02c8vi\u02d0\u0259kl\/ \u4ea4\u901a\u5de5\u5177;\u8f66\u8f86\u2014 common noun, singular machine use to carry people, i.e. a car or truck<br><strong>attorney<\/strong> \/\u0259\u02c8t\u025c\u02d0rni\/ \u5f8b\u5e08(\u5c24\u6307\u4ee3\u8868\u5f53\u4e8b\u4eba\u51fa\u5ead\u8005);<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>step out<\/strong> \u2014 principle verb, imperative brieflfly \/\u02c8bri\u02d0fli\/ \u77ed\u6682\u5730;\u6682\u65f6\u5730; go out of a place<br><strong>take that tone<\/strong>(\u8bed\u6c14) \u2014 phrase speak in that tone of voice<br><strong>invoice<\/strong> \u2014 common noun, singular official document that shows you have paid for something you bought<br><strong>arrest<\/strong> \u2014 phrase the act of legally\/\u02c8li\u0261(\u0259)li\/ taking someone to jail<br><strong>pout <\/strong>\/pa\u028at\/\u6485\u5634;\u751f\u6c14\uff0c\u4e0d\u9ad8\u5174\u2014principle verb, present simple push out your lips to show that you are unhappy<br><strong>sleigh <\/strong>\/sle\u026a\/ \u96ea\u6a47\u2014 common noun, singular large, open vehicle that is pulled by horses over snow or ice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>get a load of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Voice: Example one.<\/strong><br>A: Get a load of this! A war has started in Antarctica.<br><br><strong>Voice: Example two.<\/strong><br>B: Get a load of that house! It\u2019s so big!<br><br><strong>Voice: Example three.<\/strong><br>C: Get a load of him. He\u2019s wearing a pink suit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dialogue A: I hate working on Christmas Eve! Whoa! Get a load of this guy! Come in central, I think we\u2019ve got ourselves a situation here.B: License and registration please. Have you been drinking tonight, sir? A: I had one or two glasses of eggnog, but nothing else.B: Step out of the vehicle, please. Sir, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31,33,29],"class_list":["post-1558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","tag-english","tag-english-pod","tag-29"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1558"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1574,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558\/revisions\/1574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}