{"id":589,"date":"2017-11-04T13:07:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T05:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/?p=589"},"modified":"2017-11-04T14:30:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T06:30:10","slug":"bc-learnenglish-podcasts-series-02-episode-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/english-learning\/bc-learnenglish-podcasts-series-02-episode-03\/","title":{"rendered":"BC LearnEnglish Podcasts Series 02 Episode 03"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reference :\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/learnenglish.britishcouncil.org\/en\/learnenglish-podcasts\/series-02-episode-03\" target=\"_blank\"># BC\u00a0<span class=\"inline even last\">LearnEnglish Podcasts\u00a0Series 02 Episode 03<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary<\/p>\n<p><strong>Asking for<\/strong> and <strong>giving advice<\/strong>, meditation, things and places in airports, space exploration, Carolina meets Jamie&#8217;s parents, a joke, <strong>&#8216;too&#8217; and &#8216;very&#8217;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n[When we meet others]\n<p>A: It\u2019s <em>a bright sunny morning<\/em>, isn&#8217;t?<\/p>\n<p>B:<strong> ~\u00a0<\/strong>Yeah.\u00a0<strong>That\u2019s true.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n[Giving advice]\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why not<\/strong>\u00a0(do sth&#8230;.) ?<br \/>\n-example: Why not write and tell us\u00a0<em>when\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>where\u00a0<\/em>you listen to our podcasts?<\/li>\n<li><strong>It\u2019s easy to &#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Well, <strong>you could just not<\/strong>\u00a0(do sth&#8230;).<br \/>\n-example: Well, you could just not reply.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Or you could &#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n-example:\u00a0Or you could ask her where you met.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Well, why don\u2019t you say <\/strong>(sth&#8230;)<strong>?<\/strong><br \/>\n-example: Well, why don\u2019t you say, yes, you\u2019ll be her friend?<\/li>\n<li><strong>You don\u2019t have to<\/strong>\u00a0(do sth)<strong>, do you?<br \/>\n<\/strong>-exmaple: You don\u2019t have to write to her, do you?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[Asking for advice\/response]\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Do you<\/strong> listen at your computer or do you download us and listen on the bus, in the car, at the gym<strong>? Let us know.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>I really can\u2019t think<\/strong> who she is. <strong>I mean, it\u2019s not a really big problem but<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>what do you think I should do<\/strong>\u00a0(Peter)<strong>?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Hmm. That\u2019s a bit embarrassing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[Agree others]\nHonestly, sometimes I think I spend too much time on the computer.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>I know what you mean.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Yeah.\u00a0<strong>That\u2019s true.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I wanted to ask you about something. You know I\u2019m on Facebook<strong>, right?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Right<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shall we get on with it<strong>, then?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>OK then.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[Divert topic]\n<ul>\n<li>Oh, <strong>that reminds me<\/strong> \u2013 I wanted to &#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n[&#8230;.later]\n<ul>\n<li><strong>We\u2019ll<\/strong> give you the email address <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a little later<\/em><\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[&#8230;.one once]\n<ul>\n<li>I listened to <strong>one\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>once<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>when I was running.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[Place &#8211; on, in, at]\n<ul>\n<li>Do you <em>listen<\/em> <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at<\/em><\/span> your computer<\/strong> or do you download <em>us<\/em> and <em>listen <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">on<\/span><\/strong><\/em><strong> the bus<\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in<\/em><\/span> the car<\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at<\/em><\/span> the gym<\/strong>?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0I usually listen <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at<\/em><\/span> home.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Honestly, sometimes I think I spend too much time <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>on<\/em><\/span> the computer.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>I know you\u2019re not <strong><em>on<\/em> Facebook<\/strong> but you\u2019re <strong><em>on<\/em><\/strong> a few other <strong>networking sites\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[time]\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s easy to <strong>spend<\/strong> <strong>hours and hours on<\/strong> the internet just looking at different things. Surfing the net.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[<a href=\"https:\/\/learnenglish.britishcouncil.org\/en\/english-grammar\/determiners-and-quantifiers\/\" target=\"_blank\">#quantifiers : Q&amp;A<\/a>]\n<ul>\n<li>Do you<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>listen to\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>any<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0podcast<strong>s<\/strong>\u00a0Ravi?<br \/>\n~ I do, actually, yeah.\u00a0I listen to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a couple of<\/span><\/strong> thing<strong><strong>s<\/strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>How about you?<br \/>\n~\u00a0No, not really. I\u2019m <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>too<\/strong><\/span> <strong>busy<\/strong> with my social networking site to have time for podcasts. Honestly, sometimes I think I spend <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">too much<\/span> time <\/strong>on the computer.<br \/>\n(I&#8217;m too busy with &#8220;thing1&#8221; to have time for &#8220;thing2&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>I know you\u2019re not on Facebook but you\u2019re on a <strong>few<\/strong> other networking site<strong>s<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reference :\u00a0 # BC\u00a0LearnEnglish Podcasts\u00a0Series 02 Episode 03 Summary Asking for and giving advice, meditation, things and places in airports, space exploration, Carolina meets Jamie&#8217;s parents, a joke, &#8216;too&#8217; and &#8216;very&#8217;. [When we meet others] A: It\u2019s a bright sunny morning, isn&#8217;t? B: ~\u00a0Yeah.\u00a0That\u2019s true. [Giving advice] Why not\u00a0(do sth&#8230;.) ? -example: Why not write<a class=\"read-more \" href=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/english-learning\/bc-learnenglish-podcasts-series-02-episode-03\/\" title=\"Read More\"> <span class=\"button default\">Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":595,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions\/595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}