Shadowing Practice: Quick Learning English with Podcast Conversation | Intermediate | Episode 01 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello, English learners.
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Welcome back to another great lesson with EnglishPod.
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My name is Marco.
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And I'm Erica.
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And today we're bringing you another great lesson about being at the bank.
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That's right.
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We've got an intermediate lesson for you today with lots of great language to help you open a bank account.
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Okay, so let's look at our vocabulary preview today.
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Vocabulary preview.
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Two words today.
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The first one is checking accounts.
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A checking account.
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Checking account.
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So what is a checking account?
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Well, it's a type of bank account that lets you do your day -to -day or daily banking.
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So it's the normal bank account that you use to go shopping, that you use to pay your bills.
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Yep, exactly.
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The opposite.
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And our second word is...
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Savings account.
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Savings account.
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Savings account.
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So a savings account is to...
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It's a bank account where you save your money.
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To save money, right?
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So usually you don't touch the money in this account.
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Yeah, usually it stays in there.
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Right.
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So usually banks will have these two types of accounts.
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Yes.
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Checking and savings.
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Okay, great.
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Let's listen to our dialogue a first time now.
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Right.
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Well, today we're at a bank and we're going to listen as a man is opening a bank account.
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The dialogue is going to be spoken at a normal speed.
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So it might be a little bit fast.
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Yeah.
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But don't worry about it because we'll come back and explain everything.
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Yes.
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Next, please.
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May I help you, sir?
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Hello.
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Yes, I'd like to open a bank account.
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Certainly.
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I can help you with that.
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What type of account would you like to open?
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A checking or a saving account?
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What features do they offer?
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Well, if you just take a look here, see.
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With our checking account, you can have unlimited daily transactions for a small monthly fee
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and our savings account has a higher interest rate, but you must carry a minimum balance of $10 ,000.
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I see.
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Well, I think I'm more interested in a checking account.
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I'd like to have easy access to my money.
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All right, then.
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With this checking account, you'll be issued a debit card and a checkbook.
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Will you require overdraft protection?
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There is an extra fee for that.
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No, that won't be necessary.
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In that case, I'll get you to fill out this paperwork.
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I'll need your social insurance number and two pieces of government ID.
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If you could just sign here and here and here, we'll be all set.
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Would you like to make a deposit today?
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Yes, I'd like to deposit one billion dollars!
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One billion dollars!
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One billion.
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All right, one billion dollars.
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That's a lot of money.
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That's a weird laugh.
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Okay, let's look at language takeaway today.
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Language takeaway.
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Today we've got four words for you in language takeaway all about money and banking.
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Money and banking.
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The first one that we have today is transaction.
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transaction transaction transaction so we have some great examples
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that will help you understand what a transaction is
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so let's listen example one I need a record of my most recent bank transactions Example 2.
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There is no fee for bank transactions done online.
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Example 3.
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Okay, we've deposited your money.
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Would you like to make another transaction today?
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So basically I can understand that a transaction is moving money around in your bank account.
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Right.
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It's taking your money from, right.
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It's taking money from your bank account and putting it in another account or just taking it to spend whatever.
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Yes.
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That's a transaction.
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Or even putting money into your bank account.
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That's also a transaction.
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Great.
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Our second word, balance.
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Balance.
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Balance.
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Balance.
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Balance.
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Your account balance is how much money you have.
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Exactly.
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Right?
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An account balance.
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My account balance is $2 right now, I think.
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That's a bit of a problem.
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Yes.
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Good thing payday is three days away.
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Yeah, my God.
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Okay.
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Our third word, overdraft.
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Overdraft.
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Overdraft.
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Overdraft.
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So this really comes in handy, right?
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Mm -hmm.
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To overdraft, can you tell us a little bit about it?
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Let's say in my bank account I have $500, but I spend $600.
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Right.
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So I have an overdraft in my account, meaning I owe the bank $100.
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Right.
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It's also commonly referred to as a negative balance.
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That's right.
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Right?
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Negative balance.
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Like me.
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Very soon I will have a negative balance.
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Okay, I think this one is a little bit tricky to understand, so let's listen to a couple of examples of how we use this word.
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Example one.
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The maximum overdraft on my account is only $5 ,000.
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Example two.
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I'm sorry, sir, but you've exceeded your maximum overdraft limit.
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I cannot give you any more money.
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Example 3.
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Oh no, I have to pay $1500 in overdraw fees.
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Okay, great examples.
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Now we can take a look at our last word, debit card.
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Debit card.
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Debit card.
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D -E -B -I -T, card, debit card.
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So a debit card is issued by the bank.
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Yes.
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And used to?
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Take money out of an ATM.
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From an ATM machine, right?
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Right.
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A debit card.
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Not to be confused with a credit card.
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Not the same thing.
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Okay.
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Okay, great.
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So now we could listen to our dialogue a second time at a slower speed.
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So now we can...
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We can hear all of the great language you just talked about.
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Next, please.
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May I help you, sir?
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Hello, yes.
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I'd like to open a bank account.
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Certainly.
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I can help you with that.
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What type of account would you like to open?
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A checking or a savings account?
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What features do they offer?
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Well, if you just look here, see, with our checking account, you can have unlimited daily transactions for a small monthly fee.
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And our savings account has a higher interest rate.
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But you must carry a minimum balance of $10 ,000.
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I see.
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Well, I think I'm more interested in a checking account.
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I like to have easy access to my money.
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All right, then.
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With this checking account, you'll be issued with a debit card and a checkbook.
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Will you require overdraft protection?
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There is an extra fee for that.
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No, that won't be necessary.
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In that case, I'll get you to fill out this paperwork.
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I'll need your social insurance number and two pieces of government ID.
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If you could just sign here and here and here, we'll be all set.
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Would you like to make a deposit today?
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Yes, I'd like to deposit $1 billion.
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We heard some interesting phrases of how to tell somebody to do something in a polite way.
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Yes.
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So, let's start with fluency builder and explain these words.
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Fluency builder.
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The bank teller asked this man to do a number of things in order to open his bank account, and she used some great expressions.
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Right, let's listen to how she asked the man to do some things in a polite way.
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Yes.
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I'll get you to fill out this paperwork.
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I'll get you to fill out this paperwork.
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I'll need your social insurance number.
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I'll need your social insurance number.
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If you could just sign here.
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If you could just sign here.
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So the first thing she said is, I'll get you to fill out this paperwork.
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I'll get you to.
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Right.
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Right.
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I'll get you to.
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So it's just a way of saying, can you please fill this out?
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Yeah. Do this. Do this.
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But in a different way, right?
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Uh -huh.
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More polite.
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It's pretty polite.
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Then she also said, I'll need your social insurance number.
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I'll need your.
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I'll need your.
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Again, a polite way of saying.
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Give me your social insurance number.
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Give me your social insurance.
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Yeah.
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And the last thing she said, and this is really polite.
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If you could just sign here.
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Yes.
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If you could just sign here.
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If you could just...
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If you could just wait a moment, I'll be with you.
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If you could just send me an email with your bank account number.
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Right.
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Very polite way of asking for something.
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Yep.
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Well, some great language in today's cast.
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Let's listen to the dialogue one last time and we'll catch all of this wonderful language.
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Next please.
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May I help you sir?
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Hello, yes.
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I'd like to open a bank account.
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Certainly.
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I can help you with that.
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What type of account would you like to open?
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A checking or a saving account?
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What features do they offer?
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Well, if you just take a look here, see.
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With our checking account, you can have unlimited daily transactions for a small monthly fee.
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And our savings account has a higher interest rate.
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But you must carry a minimum balance of $10 ,000.
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I see.
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Well, I think I'm more interested in a checking account.
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I'd like to have easy access to my money.
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Alright then.
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With this checking account, you'll be issued a debit card and a checkbook.
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Will you require overdraft protection?
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There is an extra fee for that.
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No, that won't be necessary.
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In that case, I'll get you to fill out this paperwork.
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I'll need your social insurance number and two pieces of government ID.
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If you could just sign here and here and here, we'll be all set.
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Would you like to make a deposit today?
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Yes, I'd like to deposit one billion dollars.
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One billion dollars.
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One billion.
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Okay, so an interesting thing here, not many countries use checks.
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That's right.
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Right?
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The checkbook or a check.
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Yeah, it tends to be more of an American thing, don't you think?
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It is, it is.
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I think it is.
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For those of you who aren't sure what a check is, it's basically a piece of paper that you just sign your name and...
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Yeah, you write the amount of money and then you sign your name, right?
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Right, and then you give that to the person, that person can take it to the bank and get money in exchange for it.
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Yes.
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It's not very common in other countries.
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No, but from what I know, every single American has a checkbook and uses it pretty regularly.
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Yeah, yeah.
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For example, you pay your phone bill or your electric bill.
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You just put a check in the mailbox and it's paid.
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And it's done.
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It's an interesting thing.
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Also, sometimes in other countries, people's salaries are paid through checks.
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Yes.
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Paycheck.
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Oh, yes.
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I see where that word comes from.
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Paycheck.
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But for example, here in China, it's not very common, right?
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I've never seen a check here.
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Me neither.
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What about in your countries?
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We'd like to know how the banking system works.
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Yes.
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Come to our website at EnglishPod .com and tell us all about it.
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Yes.
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And you can also leave your questions and comments on our website and we'll be there to answer it.
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Yeah.
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Marco and I love answering your questions.
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So please visit us.
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Right.
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But until then, it's...
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Goodbye.
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Bye.
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The EnglishPod audio review.
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Listen to the meaning, then say the vocabulary word.
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Feature.
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Checking account.
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Transaction.
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Savings account.
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Balance.
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Access.
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Debit card.
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Overdraft.
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I'll get you.
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I'll need your. If you could just...
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Deposit Credit card
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Online banking Telephone banking Checkbook
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Terms and conditions
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High interest account Teller Let's try that faster
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Telephone banking High interest account
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Checking account Checkbook Online banking I'll need your
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Debit card Credit card
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Deposit Feature If you could just Overdraft
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Teller Terms and conditions
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Transaction I'll get you
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Savings account Access Balance Now say the word and hear it in a sentence.
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Feature Feature Feature Feature Transaction
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Transaction Transaction Access Access Access
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Access Overdraft Overdraft Overdraft Overdraft Overdraft
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Overdraft Balance Balance Balance Balance If you could just
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If you could just
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If you could just
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Quick Learning English with Podcast Conversation”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: account, bank, balance, overdraft, transaction. This video has 315 sentences and 1973 words to shadow. The speech runs for 17:08. The speaker talks at a steady 115 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| transaction noun | /tɹænˈzækʃən/ | The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans). |
| debit noun | /ˈdɛb.ɪt/ | In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account. |
| deposit noun | /dɪˈpɑ.zɪt/ | Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems. |
| polite adjective | /pəˈlaɪt/ | Well-mannered, civilized. |
| paperwork noun | /ˈpeɪ.pɚˌwɝk/ | Routine work involving written documents. |
| dialogue noun | /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/ | A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| unlimited adjective | /ʌnˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/ | Limitless or without bounds; unrestricted. |
| vocabulary noun | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning. |
| preview noun | /ˈpɹiːvjuː/ | An experience of something in advance. |
| builder noun | /ˈbɪl.dəɹ/ | One who builds or constructs things. |
| audio adjective | /ˈɔ.di.oʊ/ | Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight. |
| confused adjective | /kənˈfjuːzd/ | unable to think clearly or understand |
| refer verb | /ɹɪˈfɜː/ | To direct the attention of (someone toward something). |
| commonly adverb | /ˈkɑmənli/ | As a rule; frequently; usually. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| fill out verb | /fɪl ˈaʊt/ | To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information. |
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- May I help you, sir?
- What type of account would you like to open?
- Will you require overdraft protection?
- Would you like to make a deposit today?
- Would you like to make another transaction today?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be spoken · be issued · is issued |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | we've deposited · you've exceeded · I've never seen |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will have · we'll come · you'll be |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | we're bringing · is checking · is opening |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 59 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'll, I'd, we'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: unlimited /ʌnˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, intermediate /ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.di.ət/
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 transaction, debit, deposit.
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.