A comic strip on relationships! Transcript Box 1. Mimi: You make me happy. Box 2. Eunice: Just happy? I should be making you ecstatic. Box 3. Eunice: I’m a failure! Box 3. Mimi: I take it back. Vocabulary Ecstatic (adj.) /ɪkˈstæt.ɪk/ extremely happy. Failure (n.) /ˈfeɪ.ljər/ you become a failure…
Transcript Anesthetist: Count backwards from 100 and tell me when you can no longer feel your wallet. Vocabulary Anesthetist (n.) /əˈniːs.θə.tɪst/ a doctor who gives anaesthetic to people in hospital. Anesthesia (n.) /ˌæn.əsˈθiː.zi.ə/ before an operation, the patients are put to sleep. This is called anesthesia (= a state in which…
Transcript Things on the front page of a university website: Full name of school campus photo slide-show Alumni in the news Promotions for campus events Press releases Statement of the school’s philosophy Letter from the president Virtual tour Things people go to the site looking for: Full name of…
Transcript A: Wait, you’re buying techno on iTunes? B: Yeah. So? A: Couldn’t you just loop the 15-second free sample 20 times and get basically the same thing? Vocabulary techno (n.) /ˈtek.nəʊ/ refers to techno music, which is a fast electronic type of music with a lot of repetitions iTunes…
[wpex more=”Click here to learn about the vocabulary and the context”] Transcript Interviewee: An office with a view, vegetarian options, an even 72 degrees. Interviewer: I said “references.” Vocabulary vegetarian (adj.) /ˌvedʒ.ɪˈteə.ri.ən/ not including meat (A vegetarian (n.) is a person who does not eat meat for health or religious…
