{"id":1582,"date":"2025-04-04T13:41:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T05:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=1582"},"modified":"2025-04-04T13:56:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T05:56:42","slug":"english-pod-20-i-can-see-clearly-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=1582","title":{"rendered":"English Pod 20 &#8211; I Can See Clearly Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\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\/73483ad1-2c7e-11e6-8e87-000c29ffef9b?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A: Hello, Arthur. What <strong>seems to be <\/strong>the problem?<br>B: Hey doc. Well, I think I might need glasses. I\u2019m getting headaches, and I really <strong>struggle<\/strong> to see things that are far away. But I have always had <strong>20\/20 vision.<\/strong><br><br>A: Sounds like you may be <strong>far-sighted.<\/strong> OK, then, cover your left eye and read the chart in front of you.<br>B: Mmm.. . X, E, R, 3, a question mark, and I can\u2019t quite <strong>make out<\/strong> the other symbol but I think it\u2019s the peace sign.<br><br>A: Wow, Arthur! You\u2019re <strong>as blind as a bat<\/strong>!<br>B: Yeah, I know, my vision is really <strong>blurry<\/strong> at times.<br><br>A: Ok then, <strong>head on<\/strong> over to the other room and <strong>pick out<\/strong> some frames while I fill out your <strong>prescription<\/strong>.<br>B: Thanks doc!<br>A: Arthur, that\u2019s the bathroom.<\/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\/54c1bbc5-1e6f-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>seem to be<\/strong> \u2014 Phrase appears or is<br><strong>struggle <\/strong>\u2014 Verb try very hard<br><strong>20\/20 vision<\/strong> \u2014 Phrase perfect eyesight<br><strong>make out<\/strong>\u2014 Verb see<br><strong>far sighted <\/strong>\u2014 Phrase see far-away things more clearly than things nearby<br><strong>as blind as a bat <\/strong>\u2014 Phrase have really poor vision<br><strong>vision<\/strong> \u2014- Noun (singular) ability to see things<br><strong>blurry<\/strong> \u2014 \/\u02c8bl\u025c\u02d0ri\/ Adjective not clear<br><strong>pick out<\/strong> \u2014 Phrase choose<br><strong>prescription<\/strong> \u2014 Noun (singular) a message written by a doctor that tells people what medicine to take<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Voice: Example one.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br><em>A: I can\u2018 t  make out what this says. The writing is too small.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Voice: Example two.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br><em>B: If you look carefully, you can almost make out a few of the stars in the sky.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Voice: Example three.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br><em>C: Can you see what\u2019s written on the sign there?\u00a0<\/em><br><em>D: No, I can\u2018t quite make it out.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>what seems to be.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Voice: Example one.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br><em>A: What seems to be the problem?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Voice: Example two.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br><em>B: What seems to be the matter?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Voice: Example three.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br><em>C: What seems to be the trouble?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Voice: Example one.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br><em>A: Head on in.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Voice: Example two.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br><em>B: Head on out.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Voice: Example three.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br><em>C: Head on up.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dialogue A: Hello, Arthur. What seems to be the problem?B: Hey doc. Well, I think I might need glasses. I\u2019m getting headaches, and I really struggle to see things that are far away. But I have always had 20\/20 vision. A: Sounds like you may be far-sighted. OK, then, cover your left eye and read [&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-1582","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\/1582","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=1582"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1589,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1582\/revisions\/1589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}