Shadowing Practice: EnglishPod 8 - Elementary - What is your name again - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello English learners and welcome back to EnglishPod.
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My name is Marco.
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And I'm Erica.
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How are you Erica?
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Marco I'm doing really well today.
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You're excited?
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Uh-huh, we've got a great lesson for everyone.
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Yes, we have a really common situation where we're gonna use real English, right?
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Yep, everyday English.
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English that people really use.
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And that's what we want you to learn.
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What are we talking about today specifically?
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Today we have a really common situation that is a little bit embarrassing.
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Alright, an embarrassing situation, so let's listen to the dialogue for the first time and it's gonna be kind of fast.
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Yeah, but don't worry if you don't understand everything, because after 10 minutes, you'll understand everything.
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Perfect, alright, let's listen.
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Nick, how's it going?
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Oh, hey.
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What are you doing in this neighborhood?
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Do you live around here?
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Actually, my office is right around the corner.
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It was great to meet you last week at the conference.
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I really enjoyed our conversation about foreign investment.
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Yeah, yeah, it was really interesting.
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You know, I'm in a bit of a hurry, but here's my card.
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We should definitely meet up again and continue our discussion.
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Sure, you still have my contact details, right?
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You know what?
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This is really embarrassing, but your name has just slipped my mind.
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Can you remind me?
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Sure.
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My name is Anna Faris.
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Don't worry about it.
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It happens to me all the time.
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I'm terrible with names, too.
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Wow, Nick forgot her name.
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Yeah, that's happened to me a couple of times, and I'm going to tell you about it a little bit later.
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Okay.
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All right.
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Well, let's start with our three language takeaways.
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Language takeaway.
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So our first word on our language takeaway is in a bit of a hurry.
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In a bit of a hurry.
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In a bit of a hurry.
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In a bit of a hurry.
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So Nick was in a hurry.
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Yeah, that's right.
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This is a great phrase.
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So let's listen to three examples of how you can use this phrase.
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Example 1 Can you drive faster?
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I'm in a bit of a hurry Example 2 I can't talk right now.
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I'm in a bit of a hurry Example 3 I'm in a bit of a hurry,
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so I'll check these files later Okay, so it's clear now.
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Basically, it means that you don't have time.
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You're moving really quickly okay perfect now let's look at our second language takeaway word
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and it's contact details contact details contact details contact details
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so what are your contact details basically this is the information you can find on your business card all right
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so we have like our name our telephone number your email address, perhaps your mobile phone number.
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So all the useful information so people can get in touch with you.
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Yep, so people can phone you or email you.
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Okay, so contact details.
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Great.
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Okay, so our third word is slipped my mind.
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Slipped my mind.
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Slipped my mind.
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Slipped my mind.
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So this is a funny phrase.
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It's kind of strange, right?
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Yeah, slipped my mind.
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It sounds very weird.
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Exactly.
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Okay, so now we're going to listen to two examples of this phrase.
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Try and see if you can figure out what it means.
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Example one.
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I'm sorry I forgot to respond to your email.
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It just slipped my mind.
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Example two.
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Don't you know what day it is today?
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Oh, it's your birthday.
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It completely slipped my mind.
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Ah, so slipped my mind is like I forgot.
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You forgot something.
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Uh-huh. So accidentally.
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Right.
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Okay, great.
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Now it's time for putting it together.
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Putting it together.
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All right, Erica, why don't you tell our listeners what putting it together is?
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Well, putting it together helps you put language together.
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It helps you be more fluent by knowing how words fit together.
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Great.
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So let's look at our first phrase today and it's around here.
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Around here.
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Around here.
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Around here.
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So this is like close by.
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Close by.
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Right.
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I can say for example, is there a bank around here?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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So that's, is there a bank close to here?
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Exactly.
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Now this phrase around here, we can change it a little bit and it means something a little bit different.
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Right.
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I could say, Marco, there's a great restaurant right around the corner.
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Right, and that would mean there is a great restaurant on the other street.
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Yep.
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Around the corner.
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Yep.
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Great.
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Or we have another example.
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We can say, around there.
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Around there.
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Right.
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So for example, I can say, Los Angeles is a great city.
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I used to live around there.
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So you used to live near Los Angeles.
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Exactly.
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All right.
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It's a really good phrase and it's really common.
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Yeah.
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Now our next phrase and putting it together is terrible with.
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Terrible with.
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Terrible with.
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Terrible with.
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So we have a couple of examples that will show you how this phrase works example one
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you're terrible with numbers you can't even remember your own telephone number Example 2 I'm terrible with directions.
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I'm always getting lost.
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Example 3 I'm terrible with faces.
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I can never remember what people look like.
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Wow, I understand that.
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I'm also terrible with numbers.
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I can barely add 2 plus 2.
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Well, yeah, I guess not everyone is a numbers person.
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I'm terrible with faces.
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I sometimes forget what people look like.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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Uh-oh.
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So I think it's time now for us to listen to our dialogue a second time.
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Okay, this time the dialogue will be a little bit slower.
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Right.
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So try and listen for some of the words we've just talked about.
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Nick, how's it going?
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Oh, hey.
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What are you doing in this neighborhood?
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Do you live around here?
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Actually, my office is right around the corner.
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It was great to meet you last week at the conference.
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I really enjoyed our conversation about foreign investment.
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Yeah, yeah, it was really interesting.
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You know, I'm in a bit of a hurry, but here's my card.
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We should definitely meet up again and continue our discussion.
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Sure.
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You still have my contact details, right?
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You know what?
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This is really embarrassing, but your name has just slipped my mind.
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Can you remind me?
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Sure.
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My name is Anna Faris.
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Don't worry about it.
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It happens to me all the time.
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I'm terrible with names, too.
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So it's more clear now.
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You can understand a lot better, right?
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Yeah, that's true.
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Great.
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So now it's time for us to take a look at Fluency Builder.
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Fluency Builder.
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So with Fluency Builder, we take some very simple phrases
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and show you how you can be more fluent or how you can...
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Sound more native.
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Yeah.
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Great.
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In the beginning of the dialogue, Anna said, Nick, how's it going?
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Yeah, this is a great phrase.
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It sounds really, really natural.
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You know, sometimes I hear students say, How are you?
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Or, How are you doing?
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Those are two great phrases, but this one sounds really, really natural.
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It just sounds more casual.
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Yeah, let's listen again to that phrase from the dialogue.
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How's it going?
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How's it going?
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Great, so next time that you find a friend on the street, you can just say, hey, how's it going?
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Yeah, so Marco, have you ever forgotten someone's name?
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Yeah, it's happened to me a couple of times
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and actually the most embarrassing situation was that I forgot a family member's name.
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No!
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A family member's name.
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We had like a family reunion and there were a lot of aunts
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and uncles and cousins that I hadn't seen in a while
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and I just forgot one of my uncle's names and I was...
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Uh oh.
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That's pretty embarrassing.
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So what did you do?
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Well, I had to ask one of my other cousins.
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I'm like, hey, who is that guy?
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He's like, oh, that's Uncle John.
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I'm like, oh man, I totally forgot.
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Yeah, so it was really embarrassing because I didn't know what to call him.
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So I just called him uncle because I didn't know his name.
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Hi uncle.
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Yeah.
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Oh yeah.
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So when that happens to me when I'm in a business setting, sometimes what I do is I ask for someone's card.
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Ah yeah, that's the good technique.
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Yeah, or sometimes I might ask them to write down their email.
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Because usually their full name is spelled out in their email address.
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So that's my trick when I've forgotten someone's name.
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That's a good trick, and I guess a lot of our listeners can take your advice on that.
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Okay, so I think it's time for us to listen to our dialogue one more time, this time at natural speed.
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Nick, how's it going?
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Oh, hey.
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What are you doing in this neighborhood?
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Do you live around here?
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Actually, my office is right around the corner.
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It was great to meet you last week at the conference.
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I really enjoyed our conversation about foreign investment.
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Yeah, yeah, it was really interesting.
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You know, I'm in a bit of a hurry, but here's my card.
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We should definitely meet up again and continue our discussion.
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Sure, you still have my contact details, right?
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You know what?
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This is really embarrassing, but your name has just slipped my mind.
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Can you remind me?
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Sure.
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My name is Anna Faris.
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Don't worry about it.
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It happens to me all the time.
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I'm terrible with names, too.
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Well, I hope that you've all enjoyed our lesson for today.
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And remember to check out our website at EnglishPod.com.
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Where you can find a lot of other resources and you can leave all your questions and comments.
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Yep, Marco and I are always on the site so we're happy to answer all of your questions.
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Exactly, so now it's time for us to say...
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Goodbye!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “EnglishPod 8 - Elementary - What is your name again”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: example, phrase, terrible, slipped, hurry. This video has 238 sentences and 1661 words to shadow. The speech runs for 11:29. The speaker talks at a steady 145 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 39 of its 238 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| phrase noun | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | A short written or spoken expression. |
| slip verb | /ˈslɪp/ | To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction. |
| hurry verb | /ˈhʌ.ɹi/ | To do things quickly. |
| dialogue noun | /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/ | A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals. |
| uncle noun | /ˈʌŋ.kl̩/ | The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent. |
| remind verb | /ɹəˈmaɪnd/ | To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person). |
| trick noun | /ˈtɹɪk/ | Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| cousin noun | /ˈkʌz(ə)n/ | Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a… |
| telephone noun | /ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/ | A telecommunication device which converts data or sounds (usually speech) into electrical signals which are then transmitted to enable two or more people to… |
| fluent adjective | /ˈfluənt/ | That flows; flowing, liquid. |
| listener noun | /ˈlɪs(ə)nɚ/ | Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast. |
| everyday adjective | /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/ | Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions. |
| technique noun | /tɛkˈniːk/ | The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements. |
| resource noun | /ɹɪˈzɔːs/ | Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. |
| fit together verb | To put the appropriate parts of (something) into a whole; to combine pieces that go together to create a finished object. |
| write down verb | To produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What are we talking about today specifically?
- What are you doing in this neighborhood?
- Do you live around here?
- Don't you know what day it is today?
- I'm like, hey, who is that guy?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to live |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has just slipped · we've just talked · I've forgotten |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is slipped · is spelled |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should definitely meet |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 48 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like phrase, slip, hurry.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.