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Hello listeners and hello video viewers.

It's time to do another story on the podcast.

This time I'm going to be reading a story called The Escaped Man by an author called C .T.

Platt.

The story is presented on Comerful .com.

Comerful .com is a website where you can find short stories, fan fiction and other reading texts and it's all presented in a nice

and easy to read format so this time the story is The Escaped Man and it's written by C .T.

Platt okay and the way this is going to work is

that I will read the story once and you can just try

and follow it and understand it

and then I will summarize the story very quickly in plain English to make sure you've understood basically what happened

and then we will go through the story again line by line

and I will break it down for language

and I will teach you bits of vocabulary

and bits of grammar i'll point them out for you

so not only can you enjoy hopefully an entertaining story

but also we'll use it as a way to learn some

english okay learning english through stories is a great idea

and it tends to work because it places language in a vivid context

and is generally quite entertaining and fun so listen to the story

and then let me break all the language down for you bit by bit okay

so we're nearly ready to start reading the story just before

i i read it to you here are a few questions okay just to help you focus

so question number one is where does the story take place

okay what do you think where's the location of this story

and how do you know and secondly is this american english

or is this british english and how do you know

and thirdly the third question is simply what is going to happen next can you try

and guess what's going to happen next okay right so

if you're ready uh let's begin and i'm going to go to commaful .com now

and start reading through the escaped man okay

so i want you to try

and get into the right mood here this is a sort of a mystery story okay

and it's got a slightly dark atmosphere to it

so here we go imagine rain rainfall imagine the rain beating down here we go the escaped man by ct platt

the rain was falling heavily it was like driving through a

thick curtain of water he eased off the accelerator a little had to be careful driving on wild nights like these

the last thing you'd want is to have an accident

or breakdown you just want to be at home on these

stormy nights the thwack thwack of the windscreen wipers was hypnotic

he stared out into the glow of the headlights the rain

sounded like white noise interference as it battered the car he was reminded of the opening scenes of a hitchcock film

through the wash of the rain he spotted a figure at

the side of the road the person wore a green parka

and had their thumb jerked out why on earth would anyone

be hitchhiking tonight surely you would just stay put until the

morning they must have been in a rush to get where they were going.

He signalled down and pulled over.

The hitchhiker climbed in.

He shut the door quickly, glad to be out of the rain.

He pulled his hood back and sighed.

He was somewhere in his mid -twenties and had wild red hair and a thick beard.

Awful night, eh? said the driver The hitchhiker held his gaze for a long moment Drops of rainwater trickled down his face

Yes, yes it is

The driver pulled out and continued through the storm The hitchhiker glanced over his shoulder into the blackness behind them.

You OK?

The hitchhiker simply nodded.

They drove on in silence for a short while.

The BBC radio phone -in blaring out from the car's speakers filled in for conversation.

They listened to the radio and their own thoughts as they moved on. Where are you headed?

asked the driver.

North.

The hitcher pointed.

You travelling to visit friends?

The driver couldn't tell if that was a yes or a no. He adjusted his tie nervously.

The hitcher stared at him in his suit and tie.

The hitcher seemed scruffy in comparison in his parka and pink Floyd t -shirt.

do you work around here asked the hitcher yes said the

driver i was stuck late at the office you know how it is no not really again they drifted into silence

the talk show radio show carried on as they drove through the wind

and rain the hitcher shifted in his seat and stared out of the windscreen.

No music?

The hitcher asked.

What?

Is there no music we could listen to?

I like the talk radio shows.

I'm not really a music fan.

The hitcher's eyes glazed over for a moment.

Then he spoke.

I like listening to music.

It calms me down.

The driver said nothing.

Several miles later, there was a news bulletin on the radio.

The reporter tried to remain professional as she read the announcement.

We are getting reports that a patient has escaped from a Manchester psychiatric institution.

The man is said to be psychopathic and is said to have a history of murder

The hitcher jabbed a finger on the button on the radio panel

Tinny pop music blurted out from the speakers The driver stared at his passenger,

his question unasked I hate the news,

answered the hitcher It's so depressing it brings me down there's never any good news is there the driver didn't reply

don't worry i'm not the killer said the hitcher fidgeting with

his coat don't worry i'm not the killer no said the

driver i mean no of course you aren't they drove on listening to the crappy pop music and overexcited radio DJs,

the rain pounded on the car.

What do you do for a living? asked the driver.

The hitcher was quiet for a moment, then he grinned.

I'm a writer.

Really?

How interesting.

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Have you had anything published?

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No, as yet, I'm an undiscovered artist.

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I'm sure you'll make it.

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What are you working on at the moment?

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I'm writing a novel oh yes it's about a serial killer

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the driver didn't speak he flicked the radio station back on

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a man was rambling on with himself about the change in days his wheelie bins were emptied where can I drop you?

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asked the driver the hitcher said nothing

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when the driver glanced round his passenger had his eyes closed he was either asleep or feigning slumber so just

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they drove on through the storm down the snaking lanes

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an hour later the storm still growled

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and raged the hitcher looked out of the window the driver steered the car in silence

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Another news bulletin came over the radio

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We're getting more information on the escaped patient The killer's name

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is Simon Hughes He escaped from the Green Pastures Institute earlier this evening

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Simon Hughes made his escape by changing from his hospital issue uniform Into a suit

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and tie And pretending to be one of the medical staff He stole a car and drove off

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the hitcher turned to the driver

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what did you say your name was

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my name's simon the hitcher stared in shock simon grinned the

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headlights of a passing car glinted off the knife blade in simon's hand dun dun dun the end okay

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so that's the escaped man by ct platt what were the

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questions i asked you where does this take place was the first one

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and the answer to that question is

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that the story takes place somewhere in the uk i think it's england

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and in fact since the um the killer escaped from the

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from an institute in manchester i think it must take place in the north of england somewhere uh british english

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or american english it's british english as we will see in

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a moment as i go through the story line by line i'll point out um the things

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that show that it's british english and thirdly what is going to happen next

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well i just wanted to kind of keep you on your toes

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but did you did you um see that twist coming

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because there was a twist in the story

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that sort of thing is called a twist did you see

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the twist coming some of you will have seen it coming

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the first time i read this i have to be honest i sort of saw it coming

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because the way the story was setting things up seemed a bit too obvious

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and i thought oh there's going to be a twist here let me explain what happened then

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so a man was driving through the rainy streets of england somewhere

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and he sees a hitchhiker and it's raining very heavily

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so he lets the hitchhiker in the hitchhiker behaves a little bit suspiciously

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and seems to be a bit disdainful or hateful towards the driver

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and it seems

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that the way the characters are described it sort of presents

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the driver as a much more normal person wearing a suit

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they've been to work just friendly giving someone a ride in their car

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and the hitchhiker is presented as someone with wild red hair

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they do something a bit more unconventional in their work writing

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a book about a serial killer he seems to be a bit sort of um anti -establishment

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or anti -social in some way he seems like a slightly scary character

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and then we hear on the radio

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that a serial killer has escaped from an institute an institute would be a hospital

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or something like that and so naturally we think

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that it's the hitchhiker with his crazy appearance and his scruffy look

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and his kind of serious slightly psychotic behavior but then it turns out

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that the serial killer is the driver of the car

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because the next news bulletin explains

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that the the psychotic killer escaped from a hospital changed their clothes into a suit

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and stole a car and the name is is simon hughes

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and this person's wearing a suit the driver and he's in a car

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and so the hitchhiker sort of gets shocked and realizes

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that this could be the killer and it turns out

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that the the driver is also called simon and then at the end they've got a knife a traffic light or

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another light from a car reflects off the blade of the knife

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which shows that the driver is going to kill the hitchhiker the next victim

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so there you go that was the twist that it was the driver

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that was the killer not the hitchhiker i wonder how many of you uh noticed

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that twist before it happened okay now it's time to get into the english teaching side of this

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and so i'm now going to break the story down line by line

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and what we're looking for what i'm looking for are bits of vocabulary

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so this could be phrases or any outstanding bits of vocabulary

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that i think were likely to be a bit more difficult the standard stuff i think

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that most people will will understand at an intermediate level

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or something we're looking for phrases and bits of language

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that are a bit beyond that kind of level and anything else

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that i think is worth pointing out okay right

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so here we go the escaped man by ct platt the

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rain was falling heavily now what i'd like to point out here is simply

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that stories often begin with past continuous this is past continuous

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the rain was falling heavily in fact it's a bit of a cliche

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that stories begin with the rain falling you know it's a

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sort of a cliched way to begin a mysterious story it's just to say

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that it was raining heavily the rain was falling heavily now stories often begin with past continuous

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because we use past continuous like this that's the verb be in the past that's was

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or were plus an ing form we use this to set the context

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in which the the main events of the story happen

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so for example you know it could be the sun was shining

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and the birds were singing I was driving along in my car

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when something happened and those past continuous contextual things always get interrupted

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or are followed by past simple past simple these are the

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main events of the story this happened then this happened then

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this happened just the main events of the story one after

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the other whereas past continuous this thing was happening here was

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the situation interrupted by a past simple event the rain was

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falling heavily he eased off the accelerator a little bit okay there's also past perfect

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which is used to describe background details backstory for example the

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rain was falling heavily it hadn't rained like this for months

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you know this is the first time this was the first time it had rained like this

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so we use past perfect to describe events before the main events

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that we're talking about i'm pretty sure there's no past perfect in this story though

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but we do get bits of past continuers again just to

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establish the context we'll point them out as we go through

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falling heavily yes the rain was falling heavily it was like

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driving through a thick curtain of water it was like doing something

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so just you know nice descriptive language this is what we

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call a simile whenever you use the word like it was

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like blah blah blah you know the sun was like an orange in the sky

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the rain was like a thick curtain of water in fact it probably was a thick curtain of water

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but anyway it was like

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and then an ing form meaning it was similar to this

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it was like driving it was like walking it was like

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you know teaching it was like driving through a thick curtain

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of water that's fairly clear he eased off the accelerator a little the accelerator is the pedal in the car

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that makes the car drive faster that's the accelerator it's a pedal on the floor

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and you press your foot on it in order to go in order to move forwards

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but if he eased off the accelerator to ease off means to put less pressure on

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or to slow down basically but when you

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when you're pressing your foot on the accelerator you have to press it down with some force and

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if you ease off it means you put less pressure on

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use less force take your foot off the accelerator a little bit

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and slow down he eased off the accelerator had to be

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careful driving on wild nights like these wild meaning normally we have wild to describe animals

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which are not domesticated

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or not pets like a you know an elephant would be a wild animal

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or any other animal that you would encounter in the wild like a bear

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or just you know any kind of bird these are wild

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animals wild nights wild nights like these where the rain is

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is falling down heavily we don't quite know what's going to happen.

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It's a bit dangerous.

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Wild means unpredictable and potentially dangerous.

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The last thing you'd want is to have an accident or breakdown.

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The last thing you'd want.

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This is quite a nice phrase.

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The last thing, no, it could be the last thing you want or the last thing you'd want.

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So you could have wood here or not.

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And this is wood, by the way the last thing you'd want is to have an accident um you can use

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that for other things like you know you should probably take an umbrella

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and right you should probably take an umbrella with you

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because the last thing you want is to get caught in

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the rain you know best pack some water with you

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because the last thing you want is to get thirsty on the road you know

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so the last thing you'd want is to have an accident

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or breakdown and this is a breakdown okay the noun a breakdown this is

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when the car has a problem

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and doesn't drive anymore that's a breakdown that's the noun we also have the verb version

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and that's to break down notice that we

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if it's a verb we stress the second part to break

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down okay you better take some fuel you wouldn't want to break down the last thing you'd want is to break down.

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The last thing you'd want is to have a breakdown.

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So you have a breakdown or you break down.

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You hear the difference in stress?

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So when it's a noun, the first syllable is stressed, break down.

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And when it's a verb, the second part is stressed, to break down.

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The last thing you'd want is to have an accident or break down.

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You just want to be at home on these stormy nights the thwack thwack of the windscreen wipers was hypnotic

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so windscreen wipers these are the things that on a car

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that helps to keep the water off the windscreen they wipe the water away

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right those things they're called windscreen wipers

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because the glass here on the front is the windscreen by

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the way yes british english this is british english windscreen in american english they call it the windshield

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but in the uk it's called the windscreen okay

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so the thwack thwack of the windscreen wipers thwack thwack this these are this is an onomatopoeia a word

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that sounds like what it's describing and it's just describing the noise

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that the windscreen wipers make thwack thwack thwack the thwack thwack

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of the windscreen wipers was hypnotic meaning it's sort of like

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um the repetitive sound hypnotized the driver a little bit

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or something like that sort of a hypnotic repetitive sound starts to put you into a trance

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or something he stared out into the glow of the headlights stared meaning looked intensely like

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that without looking away he stared out into the glow of the headlights

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so as other car i guess the glow of his headlights

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forming a glow where as the rain is coming down a

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glow into the darkness the rain sounded like white noise interference as it battered the car white noise interference

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so interference would be noise

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which comes in let's for example let's say for example you're talking on the telephone

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or you're listening to the radio and if there's other noise like

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that's interference it's noise that interferes um something else

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that you're doing like listening to the radio you have to tune the radio to try

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and to try and get rid of the interference

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so the rain on the car sounded like white noise interference as it battered the car

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so we know what interference is it's noise that sort of interrupts something

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but um white noise white noise is is a form of noise

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that has no distinguishable distinguishable characteristics to it no rhythm no melody

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or anything like that it's just like the noise that you get

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when you turn on an old tv and unplug the aerial from the back and you just get

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that's white noise so the rain

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sounded like white noise interference as it battered the car batter

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means hit bam bam bam bam right he was reminded of the opening scenes of a hitchcock film

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so alfred hitchcock is was a filmmaker famous for his dramatic storytelling his dramatic visual storytelling

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and this is the sort of way

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that Hitchcock films would often begin Hitchcock films are also known for featuring like death killers murderers serial killers

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and things like that

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so it's sort of a bit like the beginning of a classic Hollywood thriller

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or something like

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that through the wash of the rain he spotted a figure

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at the side of the road the person wore a green parka and had their thumb jerked out

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right through the wash of the rain he spotted a figure

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at the side of the road a figure means the outline of a person okay

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so he he spotted a figure at the side of the

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road in the out the outline of a person the person

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wore a green parka a green parka is like a long green coat with a hood on it

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and had their thumb jerked out so your thumb obviously that

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when you go hitchhiking your thumb is what you stick out

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so people can see

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that you're hitchhiking he had his jump his jump no jump is not a word i don't know what

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that is he had his thumb jerked out to jerk out i guess means to stick out

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so to jerk your thumb out is stick your thumb out

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so people can see it he had his jump his jump

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again why do i keep saying jump i don't know he had his thumb jerked out like

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that showing that he was hitchhiking why on earth would anyone be hitchhiking tonight

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surely you would just stay put until the morning they must

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have been in a rush to get where they were going why on earth would anyone be hitchhiking tonight

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so this on earth we use this to sort of emphasize our questions

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and on earth goes after the wh question word so if it's for example why

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what are you doing what on earth are you doing where are you going where on earth are you going

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who are you who on earth are you and

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so on how did you do that how on earth did you do that

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so it just makes the question more emphatic why on earth

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would anyone be hitchhiking tonight surely you would just stay put

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until the morning to stay put is to stay in one

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place without moving just stay put stay put until i get

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back wait here stay put don't move stay put means stay in the same place

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they must have been in a rush to get where they were going so the person is speculating here

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it's in the past so that's why it must have been is certain that the person was in a rush

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now why would this be why would this person be in a rush maybe they're trying to escape

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or something like that this is what the story is sort of suggesting to you it's cleverly written

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because the story is telling you this person is escaping the

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hitchhiker is escaping from something they're in a rush to escape

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they're rushing to to escape for some reason i don't think

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the character is russian though i think they're both british that was the russian joke anyway

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he signaled down and pulled over so

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when you're driving you signal with your indicators click click click

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click click click signal left signal right in this case he

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signaled down i suppose it means he signaled to pull over

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and he pulled over to pull over is

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when the car pulls up at the side of the road

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and stops right just like a taxi pulls over in order

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to pick someone up the car pulled over in order to pick up the hitchhiker pull over

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and pull up as well means basically the same thing stop at the side of the road

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so he signaled

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and pulled over the hitchhiker climbed in he shut the door quickly glad to be out of the rain

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if you're glad it means you're happy you're relieved

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oh what a relief to be out of the rain he pulled his hood back and sighed say that side

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that's the sigh he pulled his hood back

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and sighed he was somewhere in his mid -20s

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and had wild red hair

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and a thick beard wild red hair i suppose is messy red hair and a thick beard Awful night, eh?

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Said the driver.

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The driver's quite friendly.

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Now, the driver's on this side.

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If you're watching the video, you'll see that the driver looks to his left because we are in Britain, and in Britain we drive on the left,

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which is, in fact, the right side of the road.

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I know what you think.

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Left, that's wrong.

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No, left is right.

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Because left is right, and right is wrong.

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It doesn't matter, of course.

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But anyway, in the UK, we drive on the left so

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if you drive on the left then the driver's seat is on the right of the car

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so as a driver as the driver i'm looking this way

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when i talk to the hitchhiker and the hitchhiker's looking this way

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so the driver says awful night a awful night trying to be friendly

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and the hitchhiker held his gaze for a long moment someone's gaze is the way

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that they are looking

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so he held his gaze for a long moment meaning he

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stared at him like this in his eyes what did he say awful night

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and then the hitchhiker's response is to do this just holding

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his gaze holding his eyes for a long moment drops of

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rain water trickled down his face yes yes it is this

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is the bit i enjoy i enjoy doing the faces of the driver

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and the hitchhiker yes it is yeah said the hitchhiker what's up with this hitchhiker

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where's he going in such a hurry and why has he got such weird behavior

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the driver pulled out

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which is the opposite of pull over in this case pull out into the road to drive away

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and continued through the storm the hitchhiker glanced over his shoulder

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into the blackness behind him glances sort of like take a

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quick look again what's the uh what's this hitchhiker escaping from

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huh what seems a bit suspicious glancing over his shoulder you okay said the driver the hitcher simply nodded

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yeah man yeah man i'm okay like are you are you okay

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yeah i think so hmm suspicious behavior they drove on in silence for a short

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while they drove on means they continued driving

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so they drove on in silence so in goes with silence in silence

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and on goes with drive so they drove on in silence for a short

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while the bbc radio phone in blaring out from the car's speakers filled in for conversation

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so the bbc radio phone in

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bbc radio another indication that this is in the uk because the bbc is the british broadcasting incorporation.

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A radio phone -in.

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So, phone -in, that's a phrase.

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A phone -in is a radio show where people phone -in.

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Listeners can phone -in, meaning send telephone calls to the radio station and talk to the presenter during the show.

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It's a kind of chat show format, the radio phone -in.

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So, the BBC radio phone -in blaring out from the car's speakers.

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Blaring out just means not making a loud noise

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so music blares out from speakers a radio show blares out from the radio

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so the BBC radio phone in blaring out from the car

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speakers filled in for conversation fill in fill in this is

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when something is missing and you put something else in as a replacement for example

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if normally you have Sarah as your English teacher

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and one day you come to school and Sarah's not there

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and I'm there instead and everyone's like where's sarah

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and i say oh i'm afraid sarah's sick today she can't come to school today

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because she's not well but i'm filling in for sarah today okay

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to fill in in this case i replaced sarah for a

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day in the case of the story the radio phone in the noise of the radio filled in for conversation

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because there was no conversation so the radio sort of filled in the noise instead, replaced the conversation that wasn't happening.

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They listened to the radio and their own thoughts as they moved on.

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Just listen to the radio.

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Listen to your thoughts is a phrase that we do say as they moved on.

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So we've got drive on, move on.

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What else have we got with on?

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I'm sure there are others.

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Hmm.

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I'm sure there are others with on but anyway we've got drive on

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and then move on right they listen to the radio

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and their own thoughts as they moved on move on continue

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moving uh drive on continue driving where are you headed ask

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the driver headed to be headed somewhere means to be going

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somewhere somewhere is your destination okay for example i'm just heading to the pub do you want to come uh

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when you get to the pub you head to the bar once you've got your drinks you head to a table

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see and then

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when you're finished you head home okay where are you headed

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meaning where are you going basically north pointed the hitcher pointed

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i don't know why it was necessary for the hitcher to

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point north at this in this case where are you going north all right got my compass north

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that way all right are you traveling to visit friends there's

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so for the driver he's trying to make polite conversation i imagine

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that the driver would be using that sort of intonation I'm just trying to make conversation.

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So, are you travelling to visit friends or that sort of thing?

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Now, by the way, you could repeat after me as we go through this.

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You could even go back to the beginning of this episode, this video, and repeat each line after me and try and copy my intonation.

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That can actually be a very good thing to do.

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Obviously, listen, understand the story, understand the bits of English I'm explaining to you, but try to repeat the lines from the story as well

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and try and give some color and performance to it as well

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so you could skip back to the beginning of this

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and after each line pause and repeat the line after me try

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and make it sound like the way i did it as

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well um you traveling to visit friends are you are you are you traveling

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not are you traveling but are you traveling are you traveling to visit friends

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hmm that's what h m p h means it means hmm the driver couldn't tell

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if that was a yes or no he couldn't identify

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if hmm was a yes or no he adjusted his tie nervously

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so if you're wearing a tie which is the thing

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that goes around your neck when you're wearing a suit

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and that's pronounced suit by the way not sweet

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or suit it's suit so

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when you're wearing a suit with the tie sometimes you need to adjust the tie as it's around your neck

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if it's a bit tight or something

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or it might just be a nervous habit to adjust your

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tie adjust meaning change the way its position change the position

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of something he adjusted his tie nervously the hitcher stared at him in his suit

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and tie so i'm imagining here that the hitcher has got nothing

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but contempt for this driver in his suit

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and tie just a someone who works an ordinary nine -to

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-five job the hitcher seems to be sort of an alternative type person who probably has contempt for

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people who work normal jobs so the hitcher stared at him

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in his suit and tie with a disgusting look of contempt on his face the hitcher seemed scruffy scruffy means untidy

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in comparison in his parker and pink floyd t -shirt

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and this is the hitcher right do you work around here

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yes said the driver

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so this is where i as the driver i'm trying to

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be as innocent as possible yes said the driver i was

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stuck late at the office you know how it is it's

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maybe a bit posh you know i was stuck late at the office you know how it is no not really

462

says the hitcher unfriendly again they drifted into silence a bit awkward they drifted into silence drift

463

so when a boat is on the water it moves slowly right it moves eventually over time it drifts

464

and you can drift into silence as well that's

465

when you slowly drift into silence suddenly slowly become silent so they're just sitting there in silence

466

the talk radio show carried on

467

so we've got to drive on to move on to carry

468

on the talk radio show carried on as they drove through the wind

469

and rain the hitcher shifted in his seat

470

that means he sort of changed his seating position maybe his bum was getting tired

471

or something maybe he was feeling a little uh nervous

472

or anxious anyway he shifted in his seat and stared out the windscreen

473

or stared out of the windscreen windscreen is the big window

474

at the front of the car that's the windscreen then you've got the back window you've got the side windows

475

but the main one at the front is called the windscreen in america the windshield that's what they call it there.

476

They're wrong, of course.

477

It's a windscreen.

478

Oh, got the sounds of drilling outside.

479

No music, the hitcher asked.

480

Full of hate and murderous rage.

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No music, he said, sharpening his knife.

482

No music then.

483

What?

484

Is there no music we could listen to.

485

I really like the talk, the radio talk shows.

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I'm not really a music fan, said the driver.

487

The hitcher's eyes glazed over for a moment.

488

If your eyes glaze over, it's like you suddenly become very bored or it's like you're not really there.

489

So I'm going to try and show you my eyes glazing over on video.

490

So this is me all alert and looking wide awake.

491

But if my eyes glaze over, it's like i'm not really concentrating

492

or at all i'm not really looking at anything in particular

493

i'm just lost in my own thoughts my eyes are glazed over a bit like

494

if i go into one of my classrooms full of students learning english

495

and i say okay everyone today we're going to do nine hours of pure grammar

496

and everyone's eyes probably would just glaze over as they mentally switch off

497

so anyway the hitchhiker's eyes glazed over for a moment

498

and then he spoke

499

and this is where the the hitchhiker is revealing his slightly psychotic personality maybe

500

and he says i like listening to music calms me down

501

when i'm in a murderous rage the music calms me down

502

anyway i like listening to music it calms me down said

503

the hitchhiker in a slightly psychotic moment the driver said nothing

504

i've got a nutter in the car several miles later here's another indication

505

that we are in the uk because we use miles rather than kilometers a mile is about 1 .6 kilometres or kilometres.

506

Several miles later there was a news bulletin on the radio show.

507

A bulletin just means a little news report.

508

The reporter tried to remain professional as she read the announcement.

509

So apparently the reporter was sort of shocked or nervous but tried to remain professional.

510

And now I'm going to do this in my BBC News report voice.

511

We're getting reports

512

that a patient has escaped from a manchester psychiatric institution the man is said to be psychopathic

513

and is said to have a history of murder

514

so um we're getting reports

515

that a patient has escaped from from a manchester psychiatric institution

516

that's fairly clear grammar wise vocab wise a psychiatric institution would

517

be a sort of a hospital for people with psychiatric disorders that's mental disorders.

518

Here's some grammar.

519

The man is said to be psychopathic and is said to have a history of murder.

520

This is just another way of saying

521

that people say the man is psychopathic we don't know who said this

522

or maybe it's not important who said this

523

or it's obvious who said this it's probably going to be doctors at the institute the institution

524

but it's a common phrase is said to be meaning people say

525

so the man is said to be psychopathic

526

and is said to to have a history of murder oh

527

the hitcher jabbed a finger on the button on the radio

528

panel jabbed we've got jerked his thumb out for hitchhiking

529

and now he's jabbing his finger on the button to jab

530

your finger on the button means to poke the button to quickly press the button bing like

531

that quickly in order to in this case interrupt the radio broadcast

532

so the hitcher quickly switches off the radio

533

or switches the channel tinny pop music blurted out from the speakers

534

so here's blurted out again meaning

535

when noise comes out no we had blare out didn't we

536

before blare blaring out from the speakers blurting out from the

537

speakers is basically the same thing people can blurt out as well that's

538

when you say something

539

that um without really thinking about it bam the word just

540

comes out he blurted out the answer without thinking about it for example

541

so in this case tinny pop music blurted out from the speakers tinny tin tin is a form of metal

542

but if you say that music is tinny it means

543

that it's trebly it doesn't sound deep and rich it's just a sort of

544

just very trebly sounds tinny music pop music blurted out from

545

the speakers the driver stared at his passenger his question unasked

546

so the driver is kind of shocked about the news report

547

someone is someone escaped a murderer is on the loose a murderer

548

and the hitchhiker has just quickly turned off the radio

549

or turned the channel and

550

so the driver is looking at his passenger like this did

551

i look the right way in the story i can't remember like

552

that i hate the news answered the hitcher it's

553

so depressing it brings me down depressing means makes you feel sad

554

and depressed it brings me down means it makes you feel sad

555

and depressed don't bring me down with your bad news you're

556

bringing me down this this sad music is bringing me down

557

there's never any good news is there said the hitcher the

558

driver didn't reply don't worry i'm not the killer said the hitcher fidgeting with his coat.

559

The hitcher's fidgeting with his coat.

560

If you're fidgeting with something, it means you're sort of playing with something in your hands, maybe because you're nervous or you're thinking about something.

561

But fidgeting means kind of playing with something in your fingers.

562

I always fidget with my train tickets.

563

Don't worry, I'm not the killer, said the hitcher, fidgeting with his coat.

564

No, said the driver.

565

I mean, no, of course you aren't.

566

They drove on listening to the crappy pop music.

567

Crappy means bad. And overexcited radio DJs.

568

The DJs on radio shows, they're always very excited like this.

569

In fact, they're too excited.

570

They're overexcited.

571

You're listening to the Drive Time Show on Radio Excited FM.

572

The rain pounded on the car.

573

Bam, bam, bam, bam am what do you do for a living asked the

574

driver the hitcher was quiet for a moment then he grinned

575

can't really do a grin you've got to be a really

576

good actor he's quiet for a moment then a grin is

577

normally it can be quite scary i'm a writer he said

578

oh really how interesting have you had anything published says the

579

driver no as yet i'm an undiscovered artist oh another scary thing not only is this person slightly crazy

580

and ginger but also they're an undiscovered writer sort of person who has been slaving away writing

581

but no one has discovered their artistic talent

582

and we know don't we from history that

583

when poor artists don't get recognized what happens that's right they try to take over the world

584

and and try and kill everyone so this is another scary thing about this hitcher

585

that is not only does he have ginger hair

586

which is obviously terrifying especially on a on a dark night i'm joking of course

587

but also he's an undiscovered artist so he probably hates society

588

and hates people like this idiot in the suit

589

and the driver says i'm sure you'll make it what are you working on at the moment I'm writing a novel

590

oh yes It's about a serial killer.

591

The driver didn't speak.

592

He flicked the radio station back on.

593

Flick, flick, flick, flick, flick.

594

You flick a switch.

595

Flick means hit something with your finger quickly.

596

So you flick a switch.

597

Or you might flick, let's say, imagine this.

598

There's a peanut sitting on a table.

599

You don't want to eat it.

600

You want to fire the peanut across the garden.

601

So ping, you flick it with your finger.

602

That's flick as well flick a switch flick the channel on

603

the radio um a man was rambling on with himself about

604

the change in days his wheeling be his wheelie bins were emptied

605

so a man was just talking about uninteresting things rambling means talking without any specific purpose

606

or direction long -term listeners my podcast should know rambling is

607

what i do on the podcast quite a lot talking without um a specific focus just letting yourself talk

608

and meander and go from one subject to the other

609

and it's rambling with an a not with a u uh people often write in comment sections

610

and stuff i love your rumbling it's not rumbling rumbling is

611

the sound of thunder that's rumble ramble r -a -m -b

612

-l -i -n -g talking with without any particular direction also rambling means walking in the countryside uh for enjoyment

613

so anyway a man was rambling on meaning continuing to ramble

614

so we've had drive on move on ramble on carry on

615

a man was rambling on with himself about the changing days

616

his wheelie bins were empties wheelie bins are big bins big rubbish bins

617

that you put all your rubbish in in your black rubbish bags

618

so you in your kitchen you've got your rubbish bin with a black bag in it

619

and you put your rubbish in there and then

620

when it's full you tie it up take it outside

621

and put it into your wheelie bin

622

and the wheelie bin is outside normally the front of the house

623

and when the rubbish removal people come with their big van they take the bin

624

and wheel it on its wheels to the back of the van

625

and then tip the contents into the into the back of the truck where it gets crushed

626

so a wheelie bin is a large plastic rubbish bin with wheels on it

627

which you can move around and wheelie bins get emptied by the council

628

when they bring their rubbish van through and apparently this man on the radio was basically talking about nothing important, talking about the days when his wheelie bins were changed.

629

So nothing particularly important, just typical radio talk show stuff.

630

Where can I drop you, asked the driver, meaning where can I, you know, deliver you in this car, meaning stop the car and let you get out.

631

You pick someone up in a car, you give someone a lift

632

and you drop someone somewhere you can just drop me outside

633

the cinema drop me outside the office where can i drop you asked the driver the hitcher said nothing

634

when the driver glanced round had a quick look round his eyes uh his passenger had his eyes closed

635

he was either asleep or feigning slumber slumber means sleep

636

feigning means pretending faking feigning slumber then means pretending to be asleep

637

so he was either asleep or pretending to be asleep he was either asleep

638

or feigning slumber so he was when his eyes closed

639

they drove on through the storm down the snaking lanes lanes

640

are roads narrow little roads snaking means they're turning left to right here we have on comful .com the picture

641

that normally accompanies this line of the story is not available

642

and instead we've got like a card

643

that says this content is not available in the background instead of a picture of some rain

644

or something anyway the story continues an hour later the storm still growled

645

and raged growled that's growl is what a frightening animal would do like a tiger

646

or a lion or a crocodile or whatever it is the storm still growled

647

and raged the hitcher looked out of the window the driver

648

steered the car in silence steer the car turn left

649

and turn right another news bulletin came over the radio

650

so by the way at this point we all think

651

that the driver is a nice person who just works in an office

652

and who took pity on this hitcher and we think the hitcher

653

or hitchhiker is some kind of crazy um anti -social madman

654

who wants to murder everybody especially this guy in a suit

655

another news bulletin came over the radio we're getting more information

656

on the escaped patient the killer's name is simon hughes he escaped from the green pastures institute earlier this evening

657

okay more more information his name is simon hughes he escaped

658

from the green pastures pastures institute sounds like a sort of institute for mentally ill people earlier this evening

659

simon hughes made his escape by changing from his hospital issue uniform into a suit

660

and tie and pretending to be one of the medical staff he stole a car

661

and drove off okay so this is where the twist happens.

662

This is when we realise that the killer, the escaped killer, is in fact the driver of the car

663

because he escaped by changing from his hospital uniform into a suit

664

and tie and pretending to be one of the medical staff.

665

He stole a car and drove off.

666

The hitcher turned to the driver.

667

What did you say your name was?

668

Now, as far as I know, the driver hasn't given his name yet am i right i don't think this the driver's actually given his name

669

but anyway this is the question that you ask

670

when someone has already told you their name

671

and you want to ask again what did you say your

672

name was what did you say your name was meaning what's

673

what's your name again what did you sorry what did you say your name was you've already told me

674

but i'm asking again what did you say your name was

675

another way of saying it is uh what was your name

676

again sorry what was your name again my name's simon said

677

the driver the hitcher stared in shock simon grinned the headlights

678

of a passing car glinted off the knife blade in simon's hand dun dun dun simon is the killer

679

and he's got a knife simon grinned the headlights of a

680

passing car glinted off the Simon off the knife blade

681

so the headlights reflected glinted off the knife blade in Simon's hand

682

and that is the end of the story okay there you go all right listeners okay viewers

683

so that's been another story on Luke's English podcast I hope

684

you've enjoyed it listen to some of my other episodes I've got lots

685

and lots of other episodes with stories loads of them in fact on my youtube channel i've got a playlist

686

which is called stories and obviously that's going to contain stories

687

but not all of my episodes are on youtube you should know um

688

so go to my website teacherluke .co .uk

689

and you can find the episode archive let's have a quick look here then i can show you

690

so to the website click on episodes and then you will find the entire episode archive and I've got over 700, I've got nearly 750 episodes here.

691

A lot.

692

I've been doing this for 12 years.

693

Okay.

694

The podcast is mainly an audio podcast.

695

I also do YouTube videos sometimes.

696

I've been doing more YouTube videos recently.

697

But if you are someone who's just discovered my podcast on YouTube, you should know that I have loads of episodes of the audio podcast, which you can listen to.

698

And if you're thinking, Luke, can you do an episode about this?

699

Can you do an episode about

700

that can you do more stories there's a good chance

701

that I've done episodes about the things you're interested in

702

and I have done lots of stories before so

703

if I just type in story we'll see what we find let's have a little look here

704

I did one about Michael Jackson episode 19 let's see number 29 is a mystery story

705

that I wrote

706

which also you can use to learn narrative tenses you heard me talking about past continuous

707

and past perfect and past simple you get all of

708

that from episode 29 let's just have a look at a

709

couple of other examples we've got sick in japan is this

710

true story of how i ended up in a hospital bed

711

i thought i was going to die in japan luckily i

712

was okay the pink gorilla story is a an improvised story full of comedy

713

and a stupid chase i get chased by a pink gorilla through the streets of london

714

and there are many many more things like that more stories

715

and more interviews and all sorts of stuff in the episode archive

716

so check them out thank you

717

so much for listening to this episode of my podcast another thing i should say is

718

that i've got a i've got an app did you know

719

that um in the app store on your phone just search for the luke's english podcast app

720

and you'll be able to get it

721

and this gives you the entire episode archive on your phone

722

including access to tons of bonus episodes okay there are app only episodes you might be interested in the one

723

which is called the hyde park mystery story that's a mystery story i wrote

724

and in that story you can learn 50 different ways of walking 50 different words

725

different verbs for walking that's a lot all in an interesting mystery story

726

and that's in my app on your phone soon just download the Luke's English podcast app on your phone

727

okay thank you very much for listening thank you for watching don't forget to like

728

and subscribe to my YouTube channel

729

and to tell your friends about Luke's English podcast I will speak to you again very soon.

730

But for now, it's just time to say goodbye.

731

Bye.

732

Bye.

733

Bye.

734

Bye.

735

Bye.

736

Bye.

737

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