{"id":1863,"date":"2025-04-28T12:16:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T04:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=1863"},"modified":"2025-05-05T11:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T03:57:12","slug":"english-pod-30-daily-life-new-guy-in-town-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=1863","title":{"rendered":"English Pod 30 &#8211; Daily Life &#8211; New Guy in Town II\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dialogue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/api.frdic.com\/api\/v3\/media\/mp3\/60acd8ee-36ad-11e6-bd07-000c29ffef9b?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><audio src=\"https:\/\/api.frdic.com\/api\/v3\/media\/mp3\/41f89edc-36ac-11e6-bd07-000c29ffef9b?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto\"><\/audio>A: Oh, Armand, thank you for such a <strong>thoughtful<\/strong> invitation! It\u2019s really very nice of you to invite us over for dinner, don\u2019t you think so, Ellen?<br>B: Oh, yes of course! We\u2019d love to come over. Can I bring anything?<br><br>C: No, don\u2019t worry about it; I\u2019ll take care of everything. I\u2019ll see you tonight. Come with an <strong>appetite<\/strong>\u2026 I know I will!<br><br>B: I don\u2019t want go over to his place for dinner! He gives me the creeps! <strong>Why on earth<\/strong> did you accept?<br>A: Oh come on Ellen, it will be nice to get to know him. Besides, he\u2019s new to the neighborhood, and it would be rude to <strong>decline<\/strong> his invitation.<br>B: I guess so\u2026 You always <strong>rope<\/strong> me <strong>into<\/strong> things like this!<br>C: Ladies! Thank you for coming! You look delicious\u2026I mean beautiful. Please come in.<br>A: Oh Oh Armand! You are too kind!<br>B: How did I get myself into this\u2026<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Explain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/api.frdic.com\/api\/v3\/media\/mp3\/5af4bce0-1e6f-11e7-be40-000c29ffef9b?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto&quot;\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><audio src=\"https:\/\/api.frdic.com\/api\/v3\/media\/mp3\/5af4bcde-1e6f-11e7-be40-000c29ffef9b?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto\"><\/audio><strong>Key Vocabulary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>thoughtful <\/strong>\u2014 Adjective showing concern for the needs and feelings of other people<br><strong>appetite<\/strong> \u2014 \/\u02c8\u00e6p\u026ata\u026at\/common noun, singular a physical desire of food<br><strong>give the creeps<\/strong> \u2014 phrase make someone to feel scared and uncomfortable<br><strong>get to know<\/strong> \u2014 verb start to know, become familiar with someone<br><strong>why on earth <\/strong>\u2014 phrase (expression to emphasize surprise or frustration)<br><strong>decline <\/strong>\u2014 verb say you will not or cannot do something<br><strong>rope into <\/strong>\u2014 verb convince someone to do something<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Example<\/strong><br><br>give me the creeps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voice: Example one.<br>A: Horror movies give me the creeps.<br>Voice: Example two.<br>B: Stop it! You\u2019re giving me the creeps.<br>Voice: Example three.<br>C: I saw this really scary clown; he gave me the creeps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">appetite<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voice: Example one.A: Mmm, dinner smells so good; it\u2019s giving me an appetite.<br>Voice: Example two.<br>B: You\u2019re sure eating a lot; you must have a big appetite.<br>Voice: Example three.<br>C: I\u2019m getting sick; I have a fever and I\u2019ve lost my appetite<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">on earth \u2014 it i\u2019s like you\u2019re showing a lot of surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voice: Example one.<br>A: Where on earth is my phone?<br>Voice: Example two.<br>B: How on earth did you learn English in one month?<br>Voice: Example three.<br>C: What on earth is it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dialogue A: Oh, Armand, thank you for such a thoughtful invitation! It\u2019s really very nice of you to invite us over for dinner, don\u2019t you think so, Ellen?B: Oh, yes of course! We\u2019d love to come over. Can I bring anything? C: No, don\u2019t worry about it; I\u2019ll take care of everything. I\u2019ll see you [&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-1863","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\/1863","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=1863"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1885,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1863\/revisions\/1885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}