English Learning Podcast Conversation | English Podcast For Advanced | Episode 01
Summary
TLDRIn this episode of English Pod, hosts Marco and Erica introduce listeners to vocabulary and phrases related to swimming and sailing. They preview key terms like 'sailing' and 'anchor', then engage in a dialogue where two friends encounter a shark while swimming. The hosts dissect swimming styles such as 'doggy paddling', 'breaststroke', and 'backstroke', and share phrases like 'take a dip' and 'for a little while'. They conclude with a personal anecdote about a boating accident, inviting listeners to share their own water-related stories.
Takeaways
- 😀 The podcast episode is focused on the topic of swimming, making it a summertime-themed lesson.
- 🚣♂️ 'Sailing' is defined as traveling in a boat powered by wind, without an engine, and 'anchor' is explained as both a noun (the hook thrown overboard to keep a boat in place) and a verb (the act of throwing the anchor).
- 🏊♀️ Three swimming styles are discussed: 'doggy paddling' (a non-Olympic, basic swimming method), 'breast stroke' (a frog-like swimming style), and 'backstroke' (swimming on one's back with arm movements).
- 🌊 The dialogue in the lesson involves two friends sailing and deciding to take a dip in the water, which leads to a humorous shark scare scenario.
- 🗣️ 'Take a dip' is introduced as a phrase meaning to have a quick swim, which can be used in various contexts like swimming pools, lakes, or oceans.
- ⏳ 'For a little while' is a commonly used phrase to denote a short period of time, and the lesson encourages learners to incorporate it into their vocabulary for fluency.
- 🦈 'Straight towards' is a phrase used to describe something moving directly in a line towards a point, illustrated with examples including a shark approaching and a car coming directly at someone.
- 🏄♂️ The lesson includes a personal anecdote about a family lake incident involving a boat crash in the dark, highlighting the importance of safety while sailing.
- 📢 The hosts encourage listeners to share their own stories related to boats, swimming, or shark encounters on the podcast's website, fostering community engagement.
- 📚 The episode concludes with a recap of vocabulary and phrases, reinforcing the learning objectives and providing a resource for listeners to practice.
Q & A
What is the main theme of the English Pod lesson described in the transcript?
-The main theme of the English Pod lesson is swimming, focusing on vocabulary and phrases related to water activities and sailing.
What are the two vocabulary words previewed at the beginning of the lesson?
-The two vocabulary words previewed are 'sailing' and 'anchor'.
What does the word 'sailing' refer to in the context of the lesson?
-In the context of the lesson, 'sailing' refers to the action of traveling in a boat that is powered by wind, without an engine.
How is the word 'anchor' used in the lesson, and what does it mean?
-The word 'anchor' is used as both a verb and a noun. As a noun, it refers to the hook thrown over the boat into the water to keep it in place. As a verb, it means the action of throwing the anchor into the water.
What is the dialogue in the lesson about?
-The dialogue is about two friends who are sailing in their boat and decide to take a swim, leading to a humorous situation involving a shark.
What are the three swimming styles mentioned in the language takeaway section?
-The three swimming styles mentioned are 'doggy paddling', 'breaststroke', and 'backstroke'.
What does the phrase 'take a dip' mean in the context of the lesson?
-In the context of the lesson, 'take a dip' means to have a quick swim.
How is the phrase 'for a little while' used in the lesson, and what does it signify?
-The phrase 'for a little while' is used to indicate a short period of time, suggesting a temporary or brief action.
What does the phrase 'straight towards' imply in the dialogue?
-The phrase 'straight towards' implies direct movement in a line towards something, without any deviation in direction.
What is the story shared by Erica about her family's experience with boats?
-Erica shares a story about her grandfather's boat colliding with her cousin's boat in the dark, causing the boat to flip and the engine to sink to the bottom of the lake.
What are some of the additional vocabulary words related to swimming and water activities mentioned at the end of the transcript?
-Additional vocabulary words include 'swimsuit', 'swimming costume', 'towel', 'tan', 'dive', and 'sail'.
Outlines
🌊 Introduction to Swimming and Sailing Vocabulary
The first paragraph introduces the topic of the video, which is swimming and sailing. The hosts, Marco and Erica, set the scene for a summertime lesson and mention that it is part of their Sports Series. They preview key vocabulary words such as 'sailing', which is defined as traveling in a boat powered by wind, and 'anchor', which can be both a noun referring to the hook that keeps a boat in place and a verb describing the action of dropping the anchor. The dialogue preview suggests a scenario where two friends are sailing and decide to go for a swim, leading to a humorous and potentially dangerous encounter with a shark.
🏊♂️ Swimming Techniques and Phrases
Paragraph two delves into the swimming techniques discussed in the dialogue. The hosts explain 'doggy paddling', a non-competitive swimming style characterized by aimless arm and leg movements to stay afloat. They also cover the 'breast stroke', which involves frog-like leg movements and circular arm motions, and the 'backstroke', where one lies on their back and moves arms in a circular motion. Additionally, the paragraph introduces common phrases related to swimming, such as 'take a dip' for a quick swim and 'for a little while' to denote a short duration. The dialogue is revisited to reinforce the understanding of these phrases within a context.
📣 Fluency Builders and Personal Anecdotes
In the third paragraph, the focus shifts to fluency building through practical phrases. The phrase 'straight towards' is introduced to describe direct movement towards something, with examples provided to illustrate its usage. The hosts then share a personal anecdote from Erica about a family summer incident involving a boat collision in the lake, which adds a narrative element to the lesson. The story serves to engage the audience and demonstrate the practical use of the language in a storytelling context. The paragraph concludes with an invitation for viewers to share their own stories or ask questions on the website.
🏖️ Vocabulary Review and Sentence Examples
The final paragraph provides a review of the vocabulary introduced throughout the video, with examples of how to use each word in a sentence. Words like 'sail', 'anchor', 'for a little while', 'take a dip', 'straight towards', and others are reiterated with practical applications. This segment aims to solidify the viewers' understanding of the vocabulary and how to incorporate it into their own speech. The review is structured to show the versatility of each term in different contexts, reinforcing the language points made in the video.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Sailing
💡Anchor
💡Doggy Paddling
💡Breast Stroke
💡Backstroke
💡Take a Dip
💡For a Little While
💡Straight Towards
💡Shark
💡Swimsuit
Highlights
Introduction to a summertime English lesson focusing on swimming vocabulary.
Explanation of the word 'sailing' as traveling in a boat powered by wind.
Clarification that 'anchor' is pronounced differently and serves as both a noun and a verb in sailing.
Preview of dialogue featuring two friends sailing and deciding to swim.
Dialogue scenario where one friend teaches another how to swim properly.
Mention of 'doggy paddling' as an informal and non-Olympic swimming style.
Description of the 'breast stroke' and its frog-like leg movement.
Discussion on the ease of 'backstroke' and its execution while lying on one's back.
A humorous shark encounter scenario in the dialogue to practice language.
Language takeaway featuring three swimming terms: 'doggy paddling', 'breast stroke', and 'backstroke'.
Explanation of the phrase 'take a dip' meaning a quick swim.
Common phrase 'for a little while' indicating a short duration, explained with examples.
Definition and usage of 'straight towards' to describe direct movement towards something.
Encouragement for listeners to share their own stories related to the lesson's theme.
Personal story from the host about a boat accident involving their grandfather.
Conclusion of the lesson with a prompt for listeners to visit the website for further interaction.
Audio review segment to practice the vocabulary in context.
Transcripts
[Music]
hello English Learners welcome back to
English pod my name is Marco and I'm
Erica and today we're swimming that's
right a nice summertime lesson for every
sum time lesson uh so we're going to be
talking about swimming and well it's a
very popular sport right yeah so this is
another lesson in our Sports Series in
our Sports series okay so why don't we
preview some of the language we'll find
in the
dialogue vocabulary preview
all right we have two words to look at
here uh the first word is Sailing
sailing sailing sailing well this is the
verb to sail right mhm so sailing is
traveling in a boat in a boat with no
engine right so you must use the wind to
push you forward exactly that's a
sailboat yes okay so sailing mhm now
let's take a look at our other word
anchor another boat word here anchor
anchor anchor now it's spelled a n c h o
r right but you don't pronounce the CH
as you normally would right another one
of these really difficult uh to spell
English words right so you don't say an
chore you would say anchor anchor anchor
anchor so the anchor is a verb and noun
that's right well when anchor is used as
a noun it means the hook that you throw
over the boat into the water and it
keeps you staying in the same place okay
but the verb to Anchor yes what does it
mean to do that to do that right so you
so to throw the anchor into the water
you would just say to Anchor the boat
exactly to keep it in the same place
okay great words related to sailing but
now let's listen to our dialogue for the
first time what's What's Happening Here
Erica well we've got two friends here
who are sailing in their boat and they
decide to take a swim M let's see what
[Music]
happens this is such a beautiful day
great day for sailing it sure is the
water looks so nice anchor the boat for
a little while I'm going to take a
dip why are you doggy paddling I taught
you how to swim do your breast stroke I
get too
tired I'll just backstroke it's easier
try kicking your legs more that's good
don't go out too far it's fine uh jump
in Kathy get back here I see a
shark help me help bring the boat closer
the shark is coming straight towards me
it's right under you
Cy all right so a shark attack I know
this is my worst fear when swimming
really in the in the ocean right yeah
well also in the lake but no sharks in L
I know but I'm still afraid of them all
right so don't worry about it I'm sure
the girl is okay uh it's probably not a
shark maybe it was a dolphin yeah or
maybe she's going to punch the shark in
the face and she she'll Escape okay
let's take a look at some of the words
that we saw in language
takeaway language takeaway way we have
three excellent swimming words for you
the first one is doggy paddling doggy
paddling doggy paddling so doggy
paddling it's not really a proper way of
swimming right no you don't see this in
the Olympics so if you've ever seen a
dog swim that's why they call it doggy
paddling right you're sort of moving
your hands quickly in front of you and
your legs are all over the place and
you're basically not really swimming
you're just trying to stay afloat you're
trying not to drown trying not to sink
yeah yep okay so doggy paddling again
this can be a noun or a verb the doggy
paddle mhm this swimming style or doggy
paddling the ver okay interesting all
right let's take a look at our second uh
swimming style breast stroke breast
stroke breast stroke the breast stroke
how is this one well it's sort of like
swimming like a frog so you have your
legs that are similar to like a frog
right and what are your hands doing um
your hands are moving in front of you
together M then out towards the side
okay so you're kind of doing like
circles yeah half circles half circles
mhm okay breast stroke yeah but you get
kind of tired when you swim like this
right yeah maybe yeah yeah now let's
take a look at our third word backstroke
backstroke backstroke backstroke so this
one's pretty easy backstroke you are
lying on your back you're lying on your
back in the water mhm and you're King
your feet as well yep but what are your
hands doing they're going back behind
you see I'm I'm doing it now can you see
all right if you guys could be here in
the studio you would see Erica doing her
back stroke yeah I'm pretty good at it
yeah okay so let's listen to this
dialogue again and then we'll come back
and look at some great
[Music]
phrases this is is such a beautiful day
great day for sailing it sure is the
water looks so nice anchor the boat for
a little while I'm going to take a
dip why are you doggy paddling I taught
you how to swim do your breast stroke I
get too tired I'll just backstroke it's
easier try kicking your legs more that's
good don't go out too far are it's
fine jump
in Kathy get back here I see a
shark help me help bring the boat closer
the shark is coming straight towards me
it's right under you
[Music]
Kathy okay so we have some really good
phrases related to swimming and water y
okay let's take a look at these in
fluency Builder fluency Builder all
right the first one I love this phrase
um take a dip take a dip take a dip so
if I say I'm going to take a dip you're
going to have a quick swim a quick swim
yep so you can take a dip in the pool
yep in the lake in the ocean in the
ocean even your in your bathtub right no
no no it's just for swimming unless your
bathtub is really really really big all
right so not for the bathtub but for
swimming yep okay now let's take a look
at our second phrase for a little while
for a little while for a little while
for a little while this is really common
I use this a lot yeah me too I probably
use it 500 times a day okay so let's
listen to some examples with for a
little while and then we'll come back
and explain it example
one I'm tired I'm just going to sit down
for for a little
while example
two it will only hurt for a little
while example
three do you want to play tennis for a
little
while so it means for a short time for a
short time and you can change it right
you can say oh I'm going to play for a
little while yeah or I'm going to sleep
for a little while uhhuh for a short
time yep all right so if Learners use
this phrase um I find it sounds really
really great cuz it's it's not something
that students normally use yeah I guess
a student wouldn't really use this
phrase normally yeah so guys use it cuz
you'll sound awesome yeah you'll sound
really really fluent okay and let's take
a look at our last phrase straight
towards straight towards straight
towards me straight
towards okay so straight means directly
right in a line in a line not going
anywhere else but directly not moving
side to side and towards is in that
direction mhm so the shark was coming
straight towards me it's coming directly
at me moving in a line and not moving
side to side okay so can you give me
another example of how you would use
straight towards watch out there's a car
coming straight towards you okay
directly towards you yeah or maybe um
when I get home from work I go straight
towards the fridge really yes I believe
this all right so straight towards
directly Okay so we've looked at a lot
of great words really good phrases let's
listen to this dialogue one last time
and then we'll come back and Eric is
going to tell us a really great story
about
oat this is such a beautiful day great
day for sailing it sure is the water
looks so nice anchor the boat for a
little while I'm going to take a
dip why are you doggy paddling I taught
you had to swim do your breast stroke I
get too
tired I'll just back stroke it's
easier try kicking your legs more that's
good don't go out too far it's fine jump
in Kathy get back here I see a
shark help me help bring the boat closer
the shark is coming straight towards me
it's right under you
Cathy all right well Marco I was telling
you um that I used to spend every summer
on the lake mhm um and my family had a
really small house on a small island and
my cousins had another small house on
another small island okay so our
families are really close and we used to
go to one house for dinner one night and
the other house to dinner MH the next
night so everyone was over at my
cousin's house except for my grandfather
mhm um and so he was thinking okay it's
late maybe I better go pick up my wife
and see what's going on so he goes into
the boat it's dark okay there's no light
on the boat mhm he's driving straight
towards the island when suddenly my my
cousin in his boat drives directly into
my grandfather so they crack they
crashed two boats crashed in the lake
yeah and then my my grandfather's boat
flipped over it turned upside down wow
and he fell in the water but but he was
okay right yeah he was okay but um you
know what he was really angry about this
and the boat the boat stayed in the
water and you know the the engine fell
down to the bottom oh so we had to go
the next morning to get the boat and we
actually had to um hire some scuba
divers to go to the bottom of the Lake
to get the engine wow yeah yeah I
imagine your grandpa was pretty angry
yeah he tells the story um every year
yeah exactly um but you know what I've
got a million of these crazy Lake
stories cuz my family it always happens
yeah all right guys well do you have any
crazy stories or any stories related to
boats or to swimming or the shark attack
or shark attacks uh so come to our
website english.com leave your story
share with us and also if you have any
doubts or questions Erica and I are
always there to answer well we're out of
time for this lesson but um until next
time
[Music]
byebye the English pod audio
review listen to the meaning then say
the vocabulary word travel in a boat
that is powered by wind
sail for a short amount of
time for a little
while a
swim a
dip swim like a
dog doggy
paddle way of swimming where the person
moves the arms and legs in a half circle
in front of them like a frog
breaststroke to swim on your back with
arms moving up and down in a
circle
backstroke directly in the direction of
something straight
towards clothes you wear when you go
swimming American
English
swimsuit clothes you wear when you go
swimming British English
swimming
costume piece of soft cloth you use to
dry yourself after swimming or
bathing
towel lie in the Sun and try to make
your skin more
brown
tan jump into the water with your head
first
dive let's try that faster
directly in the direction of
something straight towards travel in a
boat that is powered by
wind
sail piece of soft cloth you use to dry
yourself after swimming or
bathing towel clothes you wear when you
go swimming British
English swimming costume swim like a
dog doggy paddle
a
swim a dip lie in the Sun and try to
make your skin more
brown tan to swim on your back with arms
moving up and down in a
circle backstroke for a short amount of
time for a little while jump into the
water with your head
first dive clothes you wear when you go
swimming American
English
swimsuit way of swimming where the
person moves the arms and legs in a half
circle in front of them like a
frog breast
stroke now say the word and hear it in a
sentence
sail I've never been sailing
before sail
I always get sick when I go
s
sail did you watch the sailing
race let's anchor the
boat I dropped the anchor over the side
of the boat so we won't float
away we can't anchor here because there
are power lines under the
water I'm tired I'm just going to sit
down for a
while it will only hurt for a little
while do you want to play tennis for a
little
while it was so hot that we took a dip
before lunch
Stephen and Nelly are taking a dip in
the
leg do you want to take a dip in the
pool straight
towards swim straight towards the shore
straight
towards the boat is coming straight
towards us straight towards
we're driving straight towards the cliff
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