Scripts Lesson 23

Tell me About Yourself.
Script.
Well, I was born and raised in Minnesota, in St. Paul, Minnesota, to be exact. I won't say how long ago that was, but let's just say I'm no spring chicken. I grew up there with my rather large family of 8 brothers and 2 sisters. (I was the baby of the family, but I swear I wasn't spoiled!) We were 13 in all—probably the biggest family in the neighborhood, maybe in the state. I had a mostly happy childhood. My father and mother didn't have a lot of money, but we were never worried about keeping up with the Joneses. I wasn't much into sports like my brothers were, but I enjoyed reading and listening to music growing up. I went to grade school near my house, and then to a high school about 2 miles from where I lived. After graduating from high school, I went on to the University of Minnesota to get my bachelor's degree. It took me a while to learn the ropes at the university, but I finally graduated nearly 6 years later. Better late than never, as my father used to say. I then went to Mexico for a couple of years to teach English and to study Spanish. When I returned, I decided to become a teacher, so I went back to school to get my Master's degree. After teaching for a few years, I was offered a job in California, so I moved to Los Angeles in 1991. After working here a few years, I went back to school—again!—to get my Ph.D. I was starting to become a professional student. Well, I finished up my degree in four years, and then taught at the university for several years. Now, I work at a small research organization here in L.A. I am happily married, and I still enjoy reading and listening to music, and, of course, hosting ESL Podcast.

Listerine Commercial with Morgan Freeman.

Script.
The other guy: What do you think of the taste of Listerine?


Morgan: Due. Well, I’ve tried others, they don’t taste so bad, so I stick to Listerine

The other guy: Hey, wait a minute, you said you hated it. But you keep on using it?

Morgan: Oh yeah! I think if it didn’t taste so strong, it wouldn’t be working. Hey, look right here. Kills germs. The germs that can give you bad breath, see? And it lasts. Do you understand?

The other guy: Yeah. Now if you didn’t hate it,

Morgan: Then I wouldn’t use it.

Narrator: Listerine Antiseptic. Got the taste people hate. Twice a day.

Scene from Movie Black Swan.
Script.

He leans in and talks softly so the other girls can’t hear.

Brennan:       If I was only guessing the white swan, it should be yours.

She can’t help but smile, flattered. He pulls away from her.

Brennan:       But I’m not. Maestro, Odile’s Coda please.

The piano player rifles through the song book.

Brennan: Now, show me your black swan, Nina.

Nervous, she glances over at Veronica and Galina, who anxiously await their turn.

She takes a few  breaths, then looks towards the piano player and nods.

The music begins.

 Brennan:Not so controlled! Seduce us! Not just the prince, but the court, the audience, the entire world, come on, the fouettes (spins) are like a spider spinning the web, attack it, attack it, come on!

Brennan: Well, good of you to join us.

Lilly:Sorry

A look of worry spreads across  Nina’s face. Knows she’s blowing it.

Brennan: Girls, this is Lilly straight off the plane from San Francisco, she’s filling Rebecca’s old spot. Get warmed up.

Lilly:That’s OK, I’m good.

Nina: Should I go again?

Brennan:No thanks, I’ve seen enough. Ok, Veronica, the white swan variation.

Scripts Lesson 09

Sesame Street Newspaper.
Script.
American greetings is proud to sponsor the Sesame Street podcast. Hi, I’m Murray from Sesame Street and I’m looking for the word on the street. What’s the word on the street? Newspaper. What’s your favorite part of the newspaper? The sports section. Theater and the music. Crossword puzzle. We love the comics. The book review. Newspaper. Keep listening for the word newspaper. Newspaper: that’s the word on the street. Oh, my horoscope.


This is a newspaper, lots of interesting things in the newspaper like what’s going on in the world… or in your neighborhood, entertainment, sports, business news, alex, the classified ads, you can buy all kinds of things in the classified ads like this, one slackly huge monster, hello, monster…wow…newspaper, full of surprises.

What’s the word on the street? Newspaper…the newspaper

Matt: Oh hi, you know I’m just reading the newspaper, I love doing this, there are so many great things you can do with a newspaper, you can read the headlines of course, but then you can flip it over and you can read about sports, or open it up and you can read the comics, or even do the puzzles, but this is my absolute favorite thing to do with a newspaper…newspaper…
Grover: Newspapers!
Old person: I’d like to buy a newspaper please,
Grover: What?
Old person: I said I’d like to buy a newspaper please.
Grover: Please, what are they doing?
Old person: I said, if you want to know look in your newspaper or read what it says!
Grover: What do you mean read, sir? Ha, ha, you don’t read newspapers,
Old person: Of course you do!
Grover: No, no, no ,no, no! Newspapers are to make paper hats with my mind, or maybe to uh, tear up for your box for your pussycat there, you know?
Old person: Oh yeah?
Grover: Look
Old person: What?
Grover: Look at that! There are letters on it…and words…it says “new building being built on Main Street”
Old person: Aha, that’s where we are, Main Street.
Grover: And there are buildings…a building…That is amazing…this newspaper tells what is happening
Old person: Well, that’s what newspapers are for…now could I have it, please? I’m willing to go
Grover: I’d like to see what else is happening here…parade on Main Street, there’s going to be a parade..I wonder when that would be.
Old person: It’s starting to rain…
Grover: Here’s the weather report…rain, it is going to rain today with thunder and lots and lots of wind.
Old person: Ohh, the newspaper, can I have the newspaper, please?
Grover: Of course, as soon as I finish reading it sir.
Keep listening for the word newspaper, newspaper, that’s the word on the street oh, my horoscope.

Vendetta Episode 1.
Script.
Charlotte: Hello, Today's my first day at the school. I'm from Vermont.
Charlotte: Wow, They didn't have giant cats at my old school.
Charlotte: Oh no, I'd better find room Four. I'm at room 4. Boy! Bye bye kittie.
Charlotte: One...two...threee...four!
Teacher:Oh, the new student! Yes, yes, take a seat. No! No! You can't sit there. That's her chair.
Girl with pig tails:You need to watch out for her. She makes things...hidious things.
Charlotte: Oops.
Teacher: Good morning Vendetta.
Charlotte: Vendetta! That's a pretty name. Is it French? My name's Charlotte.
Vendetta: I don't care.
Oh, very cute teddy bear.
Girl with pig tails: It's not a bear, it's a hamster, a really really big hamster.
Charlotte: You can bring hamsters to school? I wish I would've known.
Teacher: I guess it's time to start class...if that's all right. I thought we'd read a story...maybe.
Vendetta: Isn't it time for recess?
Teacher: But I just started.
Teacher: Oh my, yes. It is time for recess. Class dismissed.
Charlotte: Is recess already? This is such a great school.
Charlotte: Kitty, kitty, where did you go? It is fun to pop your hefty nose.
Vendetta: My hamster doesn't like singing! You'd better watch out. We can cut more than ropes with those scissors!
Charlotte: You can cut paper too?
Vendetta: No! Nah, never mind.
Charlotte: Ribbons? Cardboard? Coupons? Bottle caps? She's so mysterious, but nice. I think we're going to be the best of friends. Hee hee.

Nesspresso Commercial.
Script.
Clerk: Your machine, sir!

God: Hello George!
George: Where am I?
God: Make an educated guess.
George: Oh, there must be a mistake
God: We don’t make mistakes…ever.
George: See, it’s not my time.
God: Maybe we could make an arrangement.
George: Not a chance, pal.
George: So you always wear white.
God: Always.
Angel: Me too…
George: You too?
Angel: Ha ha, me too.
George: Do you eat here?
God: No
George: You don’t eat.
God: We don’t need it.
George: Are there more like you here?
God: Millions.
Angel: Billions.
George: Billions?
George: Coffee is good.
God: It is good.
God: Will be quite buzz.
George: We will.
George: Do you sleep?
God: No.
George: That why you keep drinking the coffee, that’s right. I understand that.
George: Basic questions: is there a bathroom here?
God: We have lovely bathrooms.
George: Yeah? Good. It's important.
Angel: But we don’t need to…
George: But you don’t need to go.
God: Not so much.
George: You just have them here…for visitors.
George: I like this place a lot.
George: I’m going to miss you in movies. Do they do movies up here?
God: No.
God: There are no producers here.
George: Oh, it’s heaven.
God: Heaven.
God: No studios.
George: No agents.
George: No money.
God: No managers.
George: This is heaven.
George: Coffee, beautiful angels and just you and me.
God: That’s right.
George: I like it.

Applying for a Passport.
Script.
Clerk: Yes, can I help you?

Oscar: I want to get a passport.
Clerk: Have you filled out the application?
Oscar: No, I haven’t.
Clerk: Come back when you’ve filled it out.
...
Oscar: Okay, I’ve completed the application.
Clerk: Let me see it. You need to fill in your Social Security number here and you need to provide evidence of your citizenship. Have you ever had a passport before?
Oscar: No, I haven’t.
Clerk: In that case, you’ll need to submit a copy of your birth certificate, or if you were born outside of the country, a copy of your Naturalization Certificate or a Consular Report of Birth Abroad.
Oscar: I don’t have those documents with me.
Clerk: Come back when you do.
...
Oscar: Okay, I’m back. I have a copy of my birth certificate.
Clerk: All right. Let me see some identification.
Oscar: Identification?
Clerk: Yes, I need to see a valid driver’s license, a government ID, or a military ID.
Oscar: I’ll be right back.
...
Clerk: Yes?
Oscar: Here’s my military ID.
Clerk: Where are your passport photos?
Oscar: Passport photos?
Clerk: Yes, you need two identical passport photos.
Oscar: I’ll be right back.

Taking the Subway.
Script.

M: I'd like to buy a token for the subway.
C: The subway doesn't use tokens anymore.
M: Oh, I didn't know that. It's been a few years since I visited New York. How do I pay for the fare?
C: You can buy a ticket for a single ride that expired two hours after it's issued. If you're going to be here all week, I'd suggest getting a 7-day card that gives you inlimited rides.Otherwise, I'd recommend getting a metro card.
M: I'm only here for two days. How much is each ride?
C: It's 2 dollars. If you buy a metrocard worth more than 10 dollars, you get a 20% discount. So with a 10 dollar card, you get six rides instead of five. The card allows you to transfer to buses too.
M: OK, I'll take the Metrocard worth 10 dollars. How is the money deducted from my card?
C: The turnstile automatically deducts the fare each time you go through it. Here's your card.
M: Thanks, but I'm not sure which line to take to Queens.
C: Here's a subway map. Follow the signs to the platform of the train you want.
M: Ok. Thanks.

Extra Work Lesson 21

"Kids Create Dining Disasters" (in your CD).
Video name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "Kids Create Dining Disasters".
Video name on your CD: "Kids Create Dining Disasters" MPEG-4 file.

Vocabulary.
Unchecked. Adjective. Not to prevent from doing, exhibiting, or expressing something. “I never leave my kids unchecked”.

Spoil. Verb. To impair the quality or effect of. “These people really spoiled my meal.”.
Pipes. Noun. Kids used the pipes to climb the walls batman style”.

Subjectively. Adverb. Expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations.
Knuckles. Noun.
Whack. Noun. A stroke. “I had a good, solid whack at the ball at the top of the 9th inning”.

Expressions.
Kids oriented restaurant. A restaurant for kids. “I hate going to kids oriented restaurants”.
Ever increasing pattern. “We saw an ever increasing pattern of children misbehaving in our restaurant”.
To the extent that. “They were so mischeavous to the extent that one of them started climbing the walls”.

Questions about Context.
- What were Ralph’s kids doing at the restaurant when Dan got furious?

- In that same episode, what did Dan ask Ralph and his wife to do?
- What’s the main purpose of that sign at the entrance?
- What happened with those people sending letters? Why were they doing that?
- Is Dan having a financial crisis with his restaurant? Why or why not?

Script.
Find the script at http://englishvillemexico.blogspot.com/2010/12/scripts-lesson-21.html .

Extra work: "Japanese Stereotypes" (in your CD).
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "JapaneseStereotypes".
Audio name on your CD: "JapaneseStereotypes.mp3".


Extra exercise.
Come up with the list of stereotypes mentioned in this audio.
Find the full list at http://englishvillemexico.blogspot.com/2010/12/scripts-lesson-21.html

Foind out a bit more about Japanese society. Check the following to find out why Facebook is not popular in Japan: http://nyti.ms/f2H5UU



Extra work: "European Business Customs" Part I (in your CD)
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "European Business customs". From 01'15'' to 02'08''
Audio name on your CD: "Worldwide Business Customs QandA.mp3".From 01'15'' to 02'08''.

Extra Exercise.
Mention the differences Rick has found in the following countries:
Germany:
Bulgaria:
Switzerland:
France:

Extra work: "European Business Customs" Part II (in your CD)
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "European Business customs". From 02'09'' to 05'54''
Audio name on your CD: "Worldwide Business Customs QandA.mp3".From 02'09'' to 05'54''.

Questions about Context.
- What is the common complaint from foreign countries when talking about how Americans are abroad?
- What does the author mean by good mistakes when you are in a foreign country?
- What happened at the surprise party she threw in Vienna for her husband 15 years ago?
- What did John F. Kennedy do when he was in Berlin?

Extra work: "European Business Customs" Part III (in your CD)
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "European Business customs". From 08'47'' to 10'45''
Audio name on your CD: "Worldwide Business Customs QandA.mp3".From 08'47'' to 10'45''.

Questions about context.
- According to Mary, is it important in Europe to dress appropriately when you go to a restaurant? Why or why not?

Extra work: "Doing Business in London" Part I (in your CD)
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "Doing business in London". From 11'56'' to 14'18''
Audio name on your CD: "Doing business in London.mp3".From 11'56'' to 14'18''.

Questions about Context.
- What's so unique about driving in Central London? And parking?
- What's the architecture like in London?
- What are people like in London?

Extra work: "Doing Business in Mexico City" (in your CD)

Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "Doing business in Mexico City". From 01'49'' to 05'18''
Audio name on your CD: "Doing business in Mexico City.mp3".From 01'49'' to 05'18''.

Questions about Context.
- Listen to this suggestion to get downtown from Mexico City airport. Tell us whether you agree with that or not. (from 01'49'' to 02'19'')
- Listen to these guidelines to take a taxi in Mexico city and tell us whether you agree with that or not. (from 02'19'' to 03'41'').
Extra work: "Doing Business in Toronto" Part I (in your CD)

- Listen to these guidelines about the dressing code and weather in Mexico city to see whether you agree with them or not (from 04'39'' to 05'19'').

Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "Doing business in Toronto". From 04'21'' to 05'05''
Audio name on your CD: "Doing business in Toronto.mp3".From 04'21'' to 05'05''.

Questions about Context.
- Describe the tips for tipping in Toronto (at the airport, in a cab, in a bar).
- Can you run a tab in a bar in Toronto?


Extra work: "Doing Business in Toronto" Part II (in your CD)
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "Doing business in Toronto". From 05'05'' to 05'51''
Audio name on your CD: "Doing business in Toronto.mp3".From 05'05'' to 05'51''.

Questions about Context.
- Tell us when not to make a business trip to such city.

Extra work: "Doing Business in Toronto" Part III (in your CD)
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "Doing business in Toronto". From 05'51'' to 07'33''
Audio name on your CD: "Doing business in Toronto.mp3".From 05'51'' to 07'33''.

Questions about Context.
- What's the weather like during the Summer?
- What's the weather like during the Winter? Are overshoes necessary for instance?
- What is the PATH System supposed to be?

More info about the PATH system at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_(Toronto).

Extra work: "Describing What Happens in a Movie" (in your CD).
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "The SG Show #43 - Home Alone". From 09'55'' to 13'17''
Audio name on your CD: "The SG Show #43 - Home Alone.mp3". From 09'55'' to 13'17''

Extra exercise.
Did you ever see Cars: the movie? Listen to Sam as he describes what happens in the movie. Take a few notes to describe what he said.


Extra work: "Art Lovers Guide to Europe" (in your CD)
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "An Art-Lovers Guide to Europe". From 46'28'' to 51'32''
Audio name on your CD: "An Art-Lovers Guide to Europe.mp3".From 46'28'' to 51'32''.

Someone on the phone talks about the things that make the Thyssen Bornemisza Museum worth visiting.

Questions about Context.
1. Why is it so attractive to visit this museum just blocks away from del Prado Museum in Madrid?
2. What's Rick's take on Del Prado Museum?
3. Why did Spain end up having such wonderful art collections?

Extra Info.
Find out more about the museum at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyssen-Bornemisza_Museum .


Extra Work: SBUX at the Stock Market.

Video name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "3-22-07 Starbucks (SBUX)".

Video name on your CD: "3-22-07 Starbucks (SBUX)" QuickTime Movie file.

Easy Questions About Context.
Write down the list of drinks Lindsay is planning to buy at the coffee shop.
Difficult Questions About Context.

1. By March 22nd, 2007 (when the show was produced) and according to Lindsay, what were the market conditions back then? What were the conditions a few weeks before?
2. Why was it a good time to get in on several good stocks such as Sbux?
3. What seemed to be a guarantee that the stock will keep strong?
4. What was the big idea to increase the bottom line that the company had back then?

Extra exercise.
As an extra exercise, you can read the so called memo from Howard Schultz at http://starbucksgossip.typepad.com/_/2007/02/starbucks_chair_2.html . Share with us the good and bad things that such company had experienced for 10 years until 2007. Can you think of any other examples from other companies you know?

Extra Work Lesson 25

The Shuttle Page 4.
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "NYT: Advertising Spotlight for 03/06/2006".

Audio name on your CD: "TheShuttle.mp3".

Vocabulary.
Luxury. Adjective.
Compose. Verb. to form by putting together.
Limo. Noun. Limousine.
Evocative. Adjective. Evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response. “That movie was so evocative I burst into tears”.
Target. Noun. A goal to be achieved.
Make up. Verb. Compensate for.
Speed. Verb. To go or drive at excessive or illegal speed
Charter. Noun. A mercantile lease of a ship or plane or some principal part of it. “I took a charter to Vegas last month at it was OK”.

Questions about Context.
- How long does it take to fly from Manhattan to JFK?
- How much does a single ticket cost?
- Can you name one of the phrases used at the advertising campaign?
- Who’s likely to use this service?
- How much money is planned to be invested for this campaign?

Script.
Find the script at http://englishvillemexico.blogspot.com/2010/08/scripts-lesson-25.html .

Extra info about US Helicopter.
This company no longer offers the shuttle service. Look at the article at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/nyregion/26heli.html .

E-mail to a Friend Page 12.
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "ETJ Show e-mails". From 3'58'' to 7'26''.

Audio name on your CD: "ETJ Show e-mails.mp3". From 3'58'' to 7'26''.

Vocabulary.
Stick with it.

What’ve you been up to?
My nose to the grindstone.
Take a break.

Questions about Context.
Where does Matt live?

Where does he go to work? What does he do for a living?
When did he move? Does he have any friends?
What’s Maria beeen up to lately?
What is she doing in February? How about in March?
Script.

Script.

Find the script at http://englishvillemexico.blogspot.com/2010/08/scripts-lesson-25.html .

Extra Work: The End of Privacy?
Video name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "The End of Privacy?".

Video name on your CD: "2020 TheEndOfPrivacy" QuickTime Movie.

Questions about Coxtext.
In your own words, explain what happened to Aleksey Vayner after he sent his resume in an unusual format.
 
Extra Material.
Find a parody of Aleksey's resume at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAV0sxwx9rY

Extra work: High Speed Trains in China.
Exercise.
Watch this video about the new trains in China and tell us what you think about it.



Questions about context.
1. How does this train compare to flying?
2. How long does it usually take in China to go from one city to another by train?

3. How fast are the new trains?

4. How’s it like to take the new Chinese trains according to an average citizen?

5. How expensive is it to take a high speed train for the average citizen?

Extra Work Lesson 14

Asking for info Part 1 Page 49.
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "Bob&Rob AskForInfoPart1".
Audio name on your CD: "Bob&Rob AskForInfoPart1.mp3".

Exercise.
Listen to this podcast to learn new ways to ask politely. Write examples.

Asking for info Part 2 Page 49.
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "Bob&Rob AskForInfoPart2".
Audio name on your CD: "Bob&Rob AskForInfoPart2.mp3".

Exercise.
Listen to this podcast to learn new ways to ask politely. Write examples.


Kids in Japan Page 55.
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "Bob&Rob KidsInJapan".
Audio name on your CD: "Bob&Rob KidsInJapan.mp3".

Vocabulary.
Dandy. Adjective. Great. (0:25)

“I’m doing just dandy”.
Day care. Supervision of and care for children or disabled adults that is provided during the day by a person or organization.
“I usually take my kids to day care on Wednesdays”.
Look after. Verb. To take care of.
“My mom looks after my kids”.
Twice. Two times.
“I go to the library twice a year”.
Lavish. Adjective. Luxurious, sophisticated. (3:15) “People in my neighborhood just want to have a more lavish life style”.
Keen. Adjective. Eager.
“People are keen to go on vacation during Summer time”.
Enough. Sufficient.
“My schedule is flexible enough to go home to have lunch”.
Hesitant. Adjective. Not sure about something. Would you feel hesitant about your kid being sent to day care?
Lock. To make secure or inaccessible by or as if by means of locks.
“We lock the dog in the bathroom when we have visits”.
Pick up. Verb.
“I usually pick her up at school at 3 in the afternoon”.
Encourage. Verb. To inspire with courage, spirit, or hope.
“I’m going to encourage my kids to take Karate classes this Summer”.
Ultimately. Adverb. Eventually.
“Ultimately, it’s your decision”.
Babysit. Verb. “I babysit my nephew on Friday afternoons”.
Low pay. Low salary.

Questions about Context.
1. Does Rob have any kids? What does his wife do for a living?

2. Are working mothers common in Japan? How does that compare to the UK and the US?

3. Do grandparents help out in the US? Do they in the UK?

4. Do both parents work in the US?

5. Where do mothers take their kids when they work?

6. What does Bob think about taking his kid to daycare?

Leaving a Message Page 57.
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "Telephoning - Leaving a Message".
Audio name on your CD: "LeavingAMessage.mp3".

Questions about Context.
1. Who answered the phone?

2. Who’s Peter looking for?
3. What’s the message?
4. What’s his telephone number?

Extra Work: Is Being Beautiful Important?Video name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "Beauty Trumps All".
Video name on your CD: "Beauty Trumps All" Quick time video.

Vocabulary.
Homely. Adjective. Plain or Unatractive in Appearance.
Screen. Noun. a protective or ornamental device (as a movable partition) shielding an area from heat or drafts or from view.


Questions about Context.
1. What happened with the ladies dropping books on the street?
2. What happened to the new waitress looking homely at Bazooka's?
3. What happens during the hiring process when orchestras hold auditions?

Extra Work: High School Jobs.
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "HighSchoolJobs" (from 0'28'' to 03'10'').

Audio name on your CD: "HighSchoolJobs.mp3".

Vocabulary (from 3'10'' to 16'18'')
A fortune.
Allowance. Noun.
Summertime. Noun.
Wintertime. Noun.
I up and…
Minimum wage.
Scrub. Verb.
Pots and pans.
No picnic.
Let me tell you.
Keep up with. Verb.
Locksmith. Noun.
To this day.
Keyblank. Noun.
Come in handy.

Questions about Context.
1- What was Jeff’s first job? How long did he last there? How much money did he get per hour?
2- What was Jeff’s second? How long did he last there?
3- Why did he feel bad when he quit his second job?
4- What was Jeff’s third? How long did he last there?
5- What is the minimum age to get a job in the US (at least legally)?
6- Mention other possible high school jobs in the summertime or wintertime in the US.

Script.
Find the script at http://englishvillemexico.blogspot.com/2010/06/scripts-lesson-14.html .

Extra Work: Working Conditions in Denmark.
Written exercise.
Read the article at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/business/global/17denmark.html?hp and describe some of the working conditions in Denmark.
Extra Work: Understanding Addresses.
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "246-understanding Addresses" (from 1'00'' to 03'54").
Audio name on your CD: "UnderstandingAddresses.mp3" (from 1'00'' to 03'54").

Questions about Context.
1. What's Jim Kelly's current address?
2. What's Jim Kelly's future address in Michigan?

3. What's Dr. Uemura's address?
4. What's Dr. Uemura's first name?


Script.

Find the script at http://englishvillemexico.blogspot.com/2010/06/scripts-lesson-14.html .

Scripts Lesson 24

Extra work: Life in Japan.
Script.
At the moment I'm living in Japan and um... life here is pretty different to um... anything I've really experienced before. Uh... I think just because the daily routine is so different. Um... in England, in England, basically I was really lazy. Um... I'd probably you know... get up at 8:30 in the morning. Uh... Leave ten minutes later, cause I always uh... brush my teeth at work, eat breakfast at work, get to work for 9 o'clock, come home from work at 5:30, probably lie on the sofa, maybe watch Simpsons, cook some food, go to bed, and that was the sort of daily routine in England, a very lazy one. I mean, even if I needed to get to the supermarket which was probably what, like 3-400 meters away, I'd get on my scooter to do it.


Walking anywhere would be just a massive hassle and uh... so it was a bit of a shock when I got to Japan and all that changed, I mean, the one thing you have to do a lot of in Tokyo is walk. You have to walk everywhere. I mean the train systems are absolutely amazing but you need to walk to get to the trains. You need to walk in between the trains and like when I first arrived, I just ... I walked my feet into the ground. Um... after a week they were aching so badly. After two weeks, they were just I don't know, it took me at least a month to like wear my feet in. They're still, still like now, after long walks...

But it's just apart from the walking, you just, it's just the busy-ness of life here, I mean cause no one actually lives in Tokyo um... cause it's so expensive. Uh... we all live out sort of in the suburbs in what we call bed towns, and um... so actually getting into school every morning, I'm studying Japanese here, uh... I have to get up pretty early just to get onto the train, to then travel, commute, an hour in, um... to get to school on time, which of course I never do. I'm meant to be at school at about nine, which would mean, sort of leaving my house at about 8, getting up at 7. I know this is not shocking for a lot of people, but after the routine I had, it's a pretty shocking experience for me, uh... especially the hour of commute in on the train where you're kept in like sardines, something that... you just would never have in uh... sort of London and London Underground in England where I'm from.

Um... on the London Underground if the train's full of people wait for the next train. Here if the train is full, people just push and push until they get on so you can end up being stood, never get to sit down, just standing for an hour, like squashed up, like sardines, so by the time you even get to school you're totally tired. And then there's uh... school until lunch time and after lunch I always... always say I'm going to come back and study but I never do I always just come back and fall fast asleep.

You know listening to uh... Eli talk about uh... how she had to adjust to life in Japan uh... brings back some uh... good memories about uh... me when I first came to live here in Japan myself. And uh... it's been so long now I've been living here that... 15 years that uh.. that... something that I hardly ever think about adjusting to life here. But then again sometimes I say to myself I've been living here 15 years and that’ hard to realize I can’t believe I’ve been here that long.

Steve Jobs Commencement  Speech.
Transcript.
I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal—just three stories.


The first story is about connecting the dots.

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.

Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

My second story is about love and loss.

I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me — I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.

I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.

My third story is about death.

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.

I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.

This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it’s the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and Polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Thank you all very much.

Extra Work Lesson 23

United Airlines Commercial Pages 22 (in your CD).
Video name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "United Airlines (MOV)".
Video name on your CD: "Commercial United Airlines" QuickTime video file.

Exercise.
Watch this TV commercial about a dad going on a trip someplace far away. Write a paragraph describing what’s being told on the video.


Tell me about Yourself page 26 (in your CD).
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "ESL Podcast TellMeAboutYourself".

Audio name on your CD: "ESL Podcast TellMeAboutYourself.mp3".

Vocabulary
Raised.
Spring chicken.
Rather.
Swear.
Spoiled.
Childhood.
Keep up with.
Be into.
Bachelor’s degree.
Learn the ropes.
Master’s degreee.
Ph. D.
Finish up.
Questions about Context.
1. Give a brief description about Jeff’s personal history.
2. Write two or three paragraphs to describe your own personal history.

Script.
Find the script at http://englishvillemexico.blogspot.com/2010/05/scripts-lesson-23.html .

Extra Work: Famous Musicians: Janis Joplin (in your CD).

Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "JanisJoplinNewYorkEnglish".
Audio name on your CD: "JanisJoplinNewYorkEnglish.mp3".

Vocabulary.
Distictive or Common.
Strong or Weak.
Tough or Nice.
Powerful or Weak.
Raspy. very loud and unharmonious. or Quiet.
Overtoned.
High voice or a low voice.
Rich or Poor sound.
Great or lousy voice.

Exercise.
- Listen to this podcast and tell us a thing or two about Janis Joplin. You can tell us what her voice was like, for example.
- Mention other musicians who also died of a drug overdose when they were still young.
- What was her favorite outfit when she was on stage? What was so unique about it?


Extra Work:Car Free Summer Streets (in your CD).
Video name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "Car Free Summer Streets".
Video name on your CD: "Car Free Summer Streets" QuickTime video file.
Exercise.
Watch this news report about a program in NYC to promote using the bike among citizens in the big Apple. Write a paragraph describing how it works as told on this video.
Find out more about bikes at http://www.bikeleague.org/ .

Extra Work: Affordable London; Ancient Britain. (in your CD).

Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "Affordable London; Ancient Britain" (from 9:33 to 12:56).
Audio name on your CD: "Affordable London_Ancient Britain.mp3" (from 9:33 to 12:56).

Vocabulary.
Delightful. Adjective.
Feed. Verb.
Jogger. Noun.
Monument. Noun.
Stumble upon. Verb.
Overlooked. Verb.

Questions about Context. 1. How come Katie from Seattle knows about London?
2. According to Katie, what are the three things you can do in London if you don't have much money?
3. Why is that?
4 How come she likes Borough market?

Extra Work: I Do the Hiring (in your CD).

Article name on your CD: "IDoTheHiring" Pdf file.
 .
Exercise.
Read this news report about Jamie Pritscher who happens to be very young to do the things at work she needs to do. Write a list of things she had to do to gain respect and improve the communication with all the people she needs to coordinate.

Article originally available at  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/jobs/02pre.html?scp=1&sq=preoccupations%20pritscher&st=cse .

Extra Work: Listerine Commercial with Morgan Freeman.

Exercise.
See the exercise at http://englishvillemexico.blogspot.com/2011/03/listerine-commercial.html .

Script.

Find the script at http://englishvillemexico.blogspot.com/2010/05/scripts-lesson-23.html .

Extra Work Lesson 24

Warhol at Barney's Department Store Pages 44-45 (in your CD).
Video name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "Tue, 26 Dec 2006 08:21:08 -0500".
Video name on your CD: "RocketBoomAndyWarhol" QuickTime video file.

Vocabulary.
Encompass “My responsabilities encompass answering the phone, sending quotes to customers, etc.”
Unemployment “Unemployment is high when the economy is down”.
Fairly Nearly. “It’s fairly unusual to have a sunny day in August”.
Unconventional. Cognate.
Carve “We’ve carved a niche for ourselves”.
Corky. Extravagant.
Measures out. Appraise by a criterion.
Approach Method.
Accessible. Adjective. Cognate.
Appealing. Adjective. Pleasing, nice.
Elitist. Objective. Someone or something only interested in the elite.
Obscure. Cognate.
Secretive. Cognate.
Screen over. To give shelter or protection to with or as if with a screen
I’m most known for. “I’m most known for writing a column at the New York Times”
By accident. “I became a doctor by accident”.
All year round.
Develop as an artist.
Collecting the bits and pieces.
Get to see.
Rather than.
Get the word out. Go public.
Fairy tale. “Cinderella and the Sleeping Beauty are fairy tales”.

Questions about Context.
1. What’s Simon Doonan in charge of?
2. How does this guy come up with new fresh ideas for the holiday windows?
3. What seems to be different between Barney’s windows and those from other store chains?
4.How do they bring the display together? Are windows opened so people can watch them being installed or the store screens them over?

Check out more windows at Barney's at http://www.barneys.com/Windows/WINDOWS,default,pg.html
Extra Work: The Night Shift in Newark (in your CD).
Video name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "The Night Shift in Newark".

Video name on your CD: "The Night Shift in Newark" QuickTime video file.

Vocabulary.
Adrenaline.
Predictable. Adjective.
DWI. Verb.
Sober. Adjective.

Exercise.
Watch the video and answer the questions.

Questions about context.
1. What's officer Robert Dwight background? What made him get a job as an officer when he got back from war?
2. What happened to Robert's social life as soon as he became a police officer?
3. Why would it be appealing for Robert to run for mayor?
4. What does officer Luke Laterza think about his job? What does he think about the new officers?
5. Who seems to be responsible for the car accident? What caused the accident?

Extra work: Life in Japan (in your CD)
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "Life in Japan". From 0'28'' to 3'28''.
Audio name on your CD: "AboutTokioSuburbs.mp3". From 0'28'' to 3'28''.
Vocabulary.
Scooter.
Shock.
Lie.
Hassle.
Ache.
Bed town.
Commute.
Underground.

Exercise.
How's it like to live in Tokio compared to your life style? How's it like compared to London? Tell us about it.
Script.
Find it at http://englishvillemexico.blogspot.com/2010/05/scripts-lesson-24.html

Extra work: Describing your Work Day (in your CD).

Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "LI-9 Describing your Work Day". From 2'40'' to 5'28''.
Audio name on your CD: "LI-9 Describing your Work Day.mp3". From 2'40'' to 5'28''.

Exercise.

Listen to what these people say about their routine on weekdays. Write a report to tell us about them.

Extra work: Living in a Cramped Quarter in NYC.
Watch this series of videos from people who live in cramped quarters in NYC and describe what's like to live there for them. Videos can be found at http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/14/realestate/20101114_twentysomethings.html .

A. Tell us about Abe Cavin Quezada.
B. Tell us about Sarah Walsh
C. Tell us about Ben Craw.
D. Tell us about Stefan Rurak.
E. Tell us about Sam Tolman who lives in the suburbs.
F. Tell us about Andrea Fisher.

Extra Work: How Warm is your House?
There's a discussion nowadays in the UK as to what needs to be done to reduce their carbon emissions by 2050. So one of the steps to achieve such reduction is to decide as individuals how much heating can be reduced.

Vocabulary.
Creep up. Verb. To move slowly on hands and feet to go up.
Glazing. Noun
Draughty. Adjective (British). exposed to or abounding in drafts of air .http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12606943 .

Caveat. Noun. a modifying or cautionary detail to be considered when evaluating, interpreting, or doing something.
Woollies. Noun (British) Noun.
Chilly. Adjective. Cold.

Reading Exercise.
Read the magazine article from the BBC at

Exercise about Context.
1. How cold is your house in winter? How cool is it in late spring when the weather in town is the hottest?
2. Explain in your own words what people need to do to reduce their carbon emissions by 2050.
3. Explain to us what you do now to reduce the carbon emissions. To be more precise, you can check http://my2050.decc.gov.uk/ for more detail on how to determine such emissions.

Extra Work: Day Light Savings (in your CD).

Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "KWWL #54 DayLightSavings".
Audio name on your CD: "KWWL #54 DayLightSavings.mp3".

Conversation
This couple from New Mexico is talking about how fall and winter look like in Oregon where they now live. Listen to what they have to say.
Vocabulary.
Particularly. Adverb.
Markedly. Adverb.
Thrive on. Verb.  To progress toward or realize a goal despite or because of circumstances. "I usually thrieve on conflict".
Look forward to. To anticipate something with pleasure or satisfaction.


Expressions.
Your whole excuse.
Throw for a loop. Adjective. Confused. Mixed up.
Flip side. A different aspect of something. The flip side to this.
Come sideways. I don't like the type of rain that comes sideways".

Exercise.
How does the winter time affect your life?
1. Talk about a place you've been where things are not appealing to you (gets dark too early, way too hot, bitterly cold) and tell us what you did to cope with it.
2. What's your favorite time of the year?


Rango the Movie.
Find the exercise at http://englishvillemexico.blogspot.com/2011/04/johnny-depps-rango.html .