English Podcast - Travel

hello everyone and welcome to English

pot my name is Marco and I'm Erika why

are you Iike Marco I'm doing really well

how about you I'm doing great I'm really

excited because today we're talking

about travel that's right we're gonna

give you some real English to talk about

travel exactly English that you would

use in everyday life that you hear in

movies and TV shows English people

actually use exactly so why don't you

tell us a little bit about this lesson

for today okay so today we are going to

listen as a husband and wife get ready

to go on a trip all right that sounds a

little bit complicated uh-huh well let's

look at our to preview words vocabulary

preview okay so the first word that we

have is road trip road trip road trip

road trip

okay so road trips are really fun and

interesting right road trips are great

you get to get in a car with your family

and drive on a vacation yeah that was a

really fun and they're really popular in

North America really popular I've been

on a million road trip alright we'll

talk about that a little bit later on

but now let's take a look at our second

word and it's the cars packed the cars

packed the cars packed the car is packed

so when your car is packed it means that

everything you need is inside the car

alright so your bags your food

everything that you need for your trip

exactly perfect okay so those were our

two preview words and now we are ready

to listen to the dialogue for the first

time

okay this dialogue will be at normal

speed it will be fast but don't worry if

you don't understand everything after 10

minutes we promise you will understand

everything in this lesson

so are we all ready to go yep I think so

the cars packed we have munchies and

music and the maps in the car did you

get the camera got it did you fill up

the tank yep it's all set you're sure

we're not forgetting anything I'm sure

we've got all their bases covered well

let's get going then I love road trips

mmm do you think we can make a pit-stop

but we've only been on the road for 10

minutes you know but I forgot to go to

the bathroom before we left

well she forgot to go to the bathroom

yeah I hate it when this happens this

happens to me on almost every road trip

okay great so now it's time for our

language takeaway we have three words

for a language takeaway today

language takeaway and the first word is

Munchie Munchie munchies so munchies are

snacks snacks food food chips chips

cookies chocolate bars all that good

stuff I love my cheese and they're

really good when you're taking a road

trip indeed okay so let's take a look at

our second language takeaway word for

today and it is fill up the tank fill up

the tank fill up the tank fill up the

tank so this is to put gas in your car

put gas in the gas tank in the gas tank

exactly alright our last language

takeaway today is pit stop pit stop pit

stop make a pit stop it's a quick stop

for you to get some gas food go to the

bathroom yeah a pit stop a quick stop

great so now it's time for putting it

together putting it together

okay so we have two great phrases for

you today let's take a look at the first

one we've got all our bases covered

we've got all our bases covered we've

got all our bases covered this is a

really great phrase and it's really

useful right yeah let's listen to a

couple of examples

example one

we've got all our bases covered in case

the hurricane hits

example two okay I have my keys wallet

and passport looks like I have all my

bases covered okay it's clear now but

you can use this in a lot of different

situations right you can use this in

many situations if I'm at work I could

say alright we've got a really good

marketing plan we've got all our bases

covered exactly you have everything

ready you're all prepared perfect all

right now let's take a look at our

second phrase and it's let's get going

let's get going let's get going let's

get going

alright so when you say let's get going

it just means let's start let's start

let's go yeah okay but the interesting

thing about this phrase is you can

change it a little bit and it means

something different uh-huh let's listen

to a couple of examples example one I

have the chicken so let's get cooking

example to this house is really scary

let's get out of here

example three I have another meeting in

twenty minutes so let's get down to

business so let's get down to business

Marco let's get down to business let's

listen to the dialogue one more time but

this time it'll be a little bit slower

and you'll understand much better so are

we all ready to go yep I think so the

cars packed

we have munchies and music and the maps

in the car did you get the camera got it

did you fill up the tank yep it's all

set you're sure we're not forgetting

anything I'm sure we've got all our

bases covered

well let's get going then I love road

trips um do you think we can make a pit

stop but we've only been on the road for

10 minutes I know but I forgot to go to

the bathroom before we left so that was

a little more clear this time wasn't it

yeah you can definitely understand

better about what we've been talking

about yeah okay so now it's time to look

at fluency builder Erica why don't you

explain what fluency builder is in

fluency builder we give you some great

useful phrases to help you express your

ideas clearly okay great so let's look

at fluency builder fluency builder all

right so we all know how to ask the

question are we ready to go that's right

you can say can we go now or you can say

are we ready to go exactly but there's

another way that we can say this and we

heard it in our dialogue so let's listen

so are we all ready to go

so are we all ready to go wow that

sounds really good it sounds a lot more

fluent fluent exactly yeah okay so

another simple phrase that we all know

how to say is it is ready it is prepared

it is ready right so these examples are

fine they're right mm-hmm yeah they're

correct English no problem but there's

another way to say this that we heard in

the dialogue and it sounds a lot more

fluent yep it's all set yep it's all set

it's all set that sounds much better yes

and we're all set to listen to this

dialogue for a third time and this time

it's gonna be at its normal speed so are

we all ready to go yep I think so the

cars packed we have munchies and music

and the maps in the car did you get the

camera got it

did you fill up the tank yep it's all

set you're sure we're not forgetting

anything I'm sure we've got all our

bases covered well let's get going then

I love road trips

hmm do you think we can make a pit-stop

but we've only been on the road for 10

minutes you know but I forgot to go to

the bathroom before we left so Erica you

said you've been on a million road trips

what was that all about where have you

been okay well maybe not a million road

trips but many road trips every summer I

used to go on a road trip with my family

and we would drive many many hours

probably eight hours in one day up to

northern Canada Wow nice yeah and then

we would go camping and we would sleep

outside and we would have a campfire at

night it was great family road trip yeah

but maybe eight hours in a car is a

little too long oh yeah

well I've been on a different kind of

road trip with some buddies of mine some

friends we would drive to Las Vegas

really yeah so that's really fun a bunch

of crazy guys in a car going to Las

Vegas and then just having fun and

talking about everything so that's a

much different experience than a family

road trip maybe that sounds a little bit

more fun yeah eight hours in a car is

not really that boring with all your

friends alright folks we're out of time

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well thanks for listening and until next

time goodbye

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