Showing posts with label ESL Podcast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ESL Podcast. Show all posts

25 November 2010

Funny Video for Thanksgiving

I found this on the ESL Podcast Blog : http://www.eslpod.com/eslpod_blog/2010/11/24/happy-thanksgiving-2/

The song below is a parody (funny song based on another song) of the popular 1970′s Gloria Gaynor hit song “I Will Survive.”  Happy Thanksgiving!

 

“I Will Survive” – Thanksgiving Version

At first I was an egg, I was petrified* (very scared; very frightened)
Kept thinking I’d be lost or I’d get cracked (for something hard to be broken so that a line appears on the surface) and fried
But you took me to your nest (bird’s home) before it was too late
and kept me warm and you helped me incubate (for an egg to be kept warm until a bird is hatched or born).

And now you’re back, think you’re the boss
Wanna put me on a plate next to your wife’s cranberry sauce (a sweet jelly sauce made from cranberries, eaten at Thanksgiving)
I should have known this day would come
I should have known not to relax
If I thought for just a second that you’d come in here with an ax (tool for cutting wood).

Go on now go, walk out the door
Just turn around now
Ain’t chopping (using a sharp tool to cut) my head to the floor.
Weren’t you the one who prized (highly valued) this dark meat on my thighs (upper part of a leg)?
Do you think I’d gobble (make the noise that a turkey makes)?
Did you think I’d lay down and die?

Oh on, not I.
I will survive.
Oh as long as I know how to peck (for a bird to use its hard mouth (beak) to hit or bite), I know I’ll stay alive.
Got my wings so I won’t fall,
Ain’t selling me to Butterball (popular U.S. company that sells turkeys).
I will survive.
I will survive.

* “Petrified” can also mean for a living thing to turn into something very, very hard because it is very old, like a fossil.

31 October 2010

From ESL Pod : Halloween (30 October 2005)

new_logoI’ve featured this website and its podcasts in the past. This is a great site you should all check out. The podcasts themselves are free, however if you want the option of a downloadable learner’s guide, you’ll need to subscribe. This isn’t free but worth the investment! To go directly to their homepage, click on the their logo above.

This podcast on Halloween dates from 2005. Listen to the podcast streamed from ESL Pod.

To download this podcast and read the dialogue, go to : http://www.eslpod.com/website/show_podcast.php?issue_id=1243077

07 September 2009

Featured Podcast : English Café 49 by ESL Pod

In this podcast from www.eslpod.com, you learn about some cultural and societal aspects of the United States. In this podcast dated from September 2006, you’ll learn about Labor Day in the United States and American charitable organizations. To listen to or download this MP3 lesson, go to: ESL Café 49

05 September 2009

Featured Podcast : ESL Podcast 402 – Buying Back-to-School Supplies

Well, it was back to school this week and I’m sure all you parents had to go out spend tons of money to buy school supplies for your kids. So today I’m featuring another podcast from www.eslpod.com dated August of 2008 concerning the purchasing of above mentioned supplies. In it you’ll find some simple vocabulary in English for describing some of these items.

As in the other podcasts from this site, you’ll first hear a short, slowly spoken dialogue followed by a clear and precise explanation of the vocabulary. At the end of the lesson, the dialogue will be repeated but at native speed.

The MP3 download is free but there is also a Learning Guide available for which you would have to become a paid subscriber. In the Learning Guide you’ll find extra notes, the vocabulary, exercises and the entire transcript of the podcast. I highly recommend subscribing but if you can’t, you will still learn a lot from the MP3 file!!

To access this podcast, go to: http://www.eslpod.com/website/show_podcast.php?issue_id=5739071

26 August 2009

Featured Podcast : ESL Podcast 489 – Talking About Wealth

I have featured this podcast site on several occasions due to its wealth of vocabulary and cultural information about the United States. It is definitely one of the best out there, if not the best. The mp3 podcasts are free. However, if you want the learning guide you need to subscribe. The learning guide includes not only the dialogue but the transcript of the entire podcast plus further vocabulary explanations and exercises. Visit their homepage for further information: http://www.eslpod.com/website/index_new.html 

pointing finger 01 Today, I have chosen one of their podcast discussing terms to talk about wealth! It is rich in idiomatic expressions!  To visit the page where you can read the dialogue and download the podcast, go to: ESL Podcast 489 – Talking About Wealth

In each podcast, you’ll hear a dialogue spoken at a slow speed followed by an extensive explanation of the vocabulary. At the end, you’ll hear the dialogue again spoken at native speed. Each podcast is like having your own private English lesson! I very highly recommend this site.

18 May 2009

Internet Sites for Improving Your English: ESL Podcast 477 – Planning a Gourmet Meal

Here’s a link to an excellent podcast for describing gourmet food!! Download the MP3 file and read the transcript of the dialogue at the following link:

http://www.eslpod.com/website/show_podcast.php?issue_id=7058033

02 May 2009

ESL Pod: ESL Podcast 453 – Making an Emergency Medical Call

To continue with the theme of how the telephone is used in emergencies, go to the following link to download an MP3 podcast: ESL Podcast 453 – Making an Emergency Medical Call

26 April 2009

ESL Pod: Being in Debt

Alas, this podcast is probably too relevant to a lot of us considering the economic downturn. This podcast has some excellent vocabulary for describing living in debt.

Here’s the link to the dialogue transcript and MP3 podcast download page: ESL Podcast 424 – Being in Debt

23 April 2009

Podcasts for ‘Action régionale – Session du printemps’ in Haguenau (updated 26 April 09)

These podcasts are targeted to the students in the Action Régionale in Haguenau and supplement the topics being covered in the course. To view the dialogue script and to listen to or download the MP3 file, go to the following links:

FROM ESLPOD.COM

ESL Podcast 41 - Tough Negotiations

ESL Podcast 42 - Formal Emails

ESL Podcast 43 - Getting an Interview

ESL Podcast 44 - Making a Good Impression

ESL Podcast 56 - Hiring for a Job

ESL Podcast 76 - Asking for and Giving Instructions

ESL Podcast 79 - Disagreeing Politely in a Business Setting

ESL Podcast 86 - Asking About Jobs

ESL Podcast 103 - Making a Sales Call

ESL Podcast 124 - Asking for Clarification in a Business Meeting

ESL Podcast 127 - Answering Machine Messages

ESL Podcast 132 - Getting Through on the Phone

ESL Podcast 135 - Scheduling a Meeting

ESL Podcast 146 - Suggestions at Work

ESL Podcast 162 - Training a New Employee

ESL Podcast 170 - Questions and Answers at a Presentation

ESL Podcast 181 – Company Profiles

ESL Podcast 184 – Running a Meeting

ESL Podcast 188 – Correcting Misunderstandings at Work

ESL Podcast 190 – Taking a Phone Message

ESL Podcast 193 – Placing a Business Order

ESL Podcast 200 – Meeting a Deadline

ESL Podcast 208 – Corporate Image

ESL Podcast 220 – Giving Opinions in a Meeting

ESL Podcast 243 – Speaking to a Store Clerk on the Phone

ESL Podcast 255 – Questions About a Product

ESL Podcast 280 – Viral Marketing

ESL Podcast 288 – A Business Contract

ESL Podcast 300 – Arriving for an Appointment

ESL Podcast 304 – A Potential Partnership Meeting

ESL Podcast 312 – Different Work Styles

ESL Podcast 332 – Profit and Loss

ESL Podcast 380 – Hiring Temp Workers

ESL Podcast 404 – Delegating Work

ESL Podcast 408 – Calling Someone You Haven’t Met About a Job

ESL Podcast 426 – Talking About Product Quality

ESL Podcast 436 – Dealing With an Angry Client

ESL Podcast 448 – Making Business Contacts

ESL Podcast 460 – Working in a Bad Economy

ESL Podcast 471 - Trying to Get Off the Phone
ESL Podcast 464 – Talking About Inventory

Also check out the podcasts at: http://www.businessenglishpod.com/

ESL Pod: Planting a Garden

It’s spring and it’s time to plant the garden, here’s a link to a MP3 podcast and  script about that very topic!! Check it out and don’t forget to check out the other great topics from www.eslpod.com

Here’s the link: ESL Podcast 419 – Planting a Garden

Note: the podcast is free but if you’d like the study guide, you’ll have to subscribe.