{"id":482,"date":"2025-03-11T16:34:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T08:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=482"},"modified":"2026-03-10T20:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:45:14","slug":"english-pod-11-%e2%80%90-daily-life-%e2%80%90-new-guy-in-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=482","title":{"rendered":"English Pod 11 \u2010 Daily Life \u2010 New Guy in Town"},"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\/e4327ab8-2c7d-11e6-8e87-000c29ffef9b?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A: Oh,<strong> I don\u2019t know if you heard<\/strong>, but someone moved into that old house down the road.<br>B: Yeah, I know. I met the owner of the house yesterday as he was moving in. His name is Armand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>A: Really? What\u2019s he like? You have to <strong>fill me in.<\/strong><br>B: Actually, he\u2019s a bit strange. I don\u2019t know\u2026 I\u2019ve got <strong>a bad feeling <\/strong>about him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>A: Really? Why?<br>B: Well, yesterday I <strong>brought over<\/strong> a <strong>housewarming<\/strong> gift, but Armand started acting really <strong>weird<\/strong>, and then he practically <strong>kicked<\/strong> me <strong>out<\/strong>! <strong>I tried to, sort of,<\/strong> peek into his house, but everything was so dark inside that I couldn\u2019t really get a good look, The whole thing really creeped me out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>A: Well, <strong>you\u2019ll never guess<\/strong> what I saw this morning.<br>A delivery truck pulled into his driveway, and it dropped off a long, rectangular box. It almost looked like a coffin!<br>B: You see! Why would he\u2026<br>C: Hello ladies\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>B: Ah, Armand! You <strong>scared the heck out of me<\/strong>! This is my friend Doris.<br>C: A pleasure to meet you\u2026If you are not doing anything tonight, I would like to have you both for dinner.I mean\u2026I would like to have you both over for dinner.<\/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\/54c1bbb3-1e6f-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>I don\u2019t know if you heard <\/strong>\u2014 phrase phrase used to introduce a piece of information<br><strong>fill me in<\/strong> \u2014 phrase tell me about it<br><strong>a bad feeling<\/strong> \u2014 phrase a sense or feeling that something bad is going to happen<br><strong>weird <\/strong>\u2014 Adjective strange, unusual<br><strong>kick out <\/strong>\u2014 principle verb, past simple make or force someone leave when they don\u2019t want to<br><strong>creep me out<\/strong> \u2014 phrase make me feel uncomfortable and a bit scared<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>you\u2019ll never guess<\/strong> \u2014 phrase phrase used to introduce a piece of news<br>scare the heck out of me \u2014phrase cause someone to feel a lot of fear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>bizarre<\/strong> \u2014 Adjective strange or unusual<br>creepy \u2014 Adjective strange or scary, causing people to feel nervous and afraid<br>vampire\u2014 \/\u02c8v\u00e6mpa\u026a\u0259r\/common noun, singular a dead person who drinks the blood of living people<br>have you heard \u2014 phrase phrase used to introduce a piece of gossip<br>guess what \u2014 phrase phrase used to introduce an interesting or surprising piece of information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>sort of \u6709\u51e0\u5206;\u8fd1\u4f3c;\u6709\u90a3\u4e48\u70b9\u513f<br>coffin \/\u02c8k\u0254\u02d0f\u026an\/ \u68fa\u6750<br>peek into \u7aa5\u89c6<br>driveway \u6c7d\u8f66\u8def\uff0c\u8f66\u884c\u9053<br>rectangular \/rek\u02c8t\u00e6\u014b\u0261j\u0259l\u0259r\/ \u77e9\u5f62\u7684;\u957f\u65b9\u5f62\u7684<br>housewarming. \u4e54\u8fc1\u5e86\u5bb4. this is a cultural thing<br>Pull into \u9a76\u5165\u505c\u4e0b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>bad feeling.<br>Voice: Example one.<br>A: I don\u2019t like Kelly\u2019s new boyfriend. I\u2019ve got a bad feeling about him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example two.<br>B: It\u2019s so dark. We shouldn\u2019t be up here. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got a bad feeling about this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example three.<br>C: I\u2019ve got a bad feeling about this trip. I feel like something is going to happen. Maybe we shouldn\u2019t go<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>creeped me out<br>Voice: Example one.<br>A: Schhh, did you hear that? I think I saw something.<br>B: Stop it! You are really creeping me out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example two.<br>C: This place really creeps me out. Let\u2019s get out of here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dialogue A: Oh, I don\u2019t know if you heard, but someone moved into that old house down the road.B: Yeah, I know. I met the owner of the house yesterday as he was moving in. His name is Armand. A: Really? What\u2019s he like? You have to fill me in.B: Actually, he\u2019s a bit strange. 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