0421_don’t jump the gun

0421 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—don’t jump the gun
中譯/中文意思: 別操之過急!
Dialog at: 3:26 and 7:50

A: My garden is ruined.
B: I told you not to jump the gun.
A: But it was so warm last week.
B: Yeah! And snow this week!

0420_creep me out

0420 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—creep me out
中譯/中文意思: 令我感到不安(不舒服)
Dialog at: 3:32 and 6:07

A: Robots creep me out.
B: I love robots! Spiders creep me out.
A: But you can kill a spider! A robot could kill you!!
B: Hmm… Good point!

0419_to clear your head

0419 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—to clear your head
中譯/中文意思: 清除(擺脫)壞情緒
Dialog at: 2:13 and 6:20

A: Where are you going?
B: I’m too stressed out. I need to clear my head.
A: Will you be back?
B: After a while~

0418_What’s your take?

0418 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—What’s your take?
中譯/中文意思: 你的意見如何?
Dialog at: 3:22 and 6:17

A: What’s your take on recycling?
B: It’s essential.
A: How’s America’s recycling?
B: Where I live—it’s horrible.

0417_give me some feedback

0417 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—give me some feedback
中譯/中文意思: 給我一些回應(饋)
Dialog at: 2:23 and 4:32

A: Would you have a look at my resume?
B: Sure.
A: I need some feedback.
B: No problem. Send me an email.

0416_all that jazz

0416 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—all that jazz
中譯/中文意思: 諸如此類
Dialog at: 2:52 and 4:36

A: How’s DDM?
B: It’s a lot of fun. Never boring.
A: What do you learn?
B: Pronunciation, how to speak, how to listen, all that jazz!

0415_before my time

0415 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—before my time
中譯/中文意思: (電影, 歌曲) 早於我的年代
Dialog at: 3:44 and 5:48

A: I heard you like Al Green!
B: Yeah, so?
A: Isn’t that a little before your time?
B: It is, but his music is timeless.

0414_to dump on someone

0414 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—to dump on someone
中譯/中文意思: 向某人訴苦
Dialog at: 3:07 and 5:07

A: Shane, you’re NOT gonna believe what happened to me.
B: Sorry. Don’t dump on me now, I’m busy.
A: What? But you’re my boyfriend.
B: Right. I’m your boyfriend, not your psychiatrist.

0413_a slow jam

0413 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—a slow jam
中譯/中文意思: (R&B類的)慢歌
Dialog at: 1:45 and 4:08

A: What’s your favorite slow jam?
B: Oh…so many. Um, Let’s Stay Together.
A: By who?
B: Al Green. It’s a classic.



New words:
00:48 musician 音樂家
01:24 funky 鄉土音樂
01:41 melt 溶化
02:24 romantic 浪漫的

0412_to put your best foot forward

0412 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—to put your best foot forward
中譯/中文意思: 第一步就做好!
Dialog at: 2:00 and 5:30

A: My first day is tomorrow.
B: Well, put your best foot forward!
A: I’ll do my best.
B: I’m sure you’ll do just fine!



New words:
01:38 properly 正確的

0411_to crack someone up

0411 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—to crack someone up
中譯/中文意思: 讓某人大笑
Dialog at: 2:28 and 4:53

A: George cracks me up.
B: He’s such a selfish person!
A: I know. That’s what’s so funny.
B: Well, I think he’s a jerk.



New words:
00:33 phrasal verb 動詞片語
01:47 earthquake 地震
02:55 situation comedy 情境喜劇
04:06 compliment 恭惟

0410_jerk

0410 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—jerk
中譯/中文意思: 笨蛋
Dialog at: 2:49 and 6:34

A: So, did you get his autograph?
B: No! What a jerk!
A: What happened?
B: He said he only gives autographs at movie screenings.



New words:
01:17 annoying 煩人的
01:31 intelligent 聰明
03:08 autograph (名人)親筆簽名
03:16 signature 簽名
04:17 talent 天份
04:29 celebrity 名人
04:46 manager 經紀人
05:49 ass-hole 混蛋

0409_savvy

0409 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—savvy
中譯/中文意思: 精明, 了解的
Dialog at: 2:48 and 7:01

A: Do you use coupons when you shop?
B: No.
A: Do you look for sales?
B: No. I just go and buy.
A: You are NOT a savvy shopper!



New words:
03:16 acumen 聰明/敏銳的
03:20 political 政治的
03:27 persuade 勸服
03:44 specialty 專長
05:09 membership card 會員卡
05:36 professional 專業的

0408_to take a dump

0408 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—to take a dump
中譯/中文意思: 上大號(不禮貌的說法)
Dialog at: 2:00 and 4:00

A: Where’s Pete?
B: He’s taking a dump.
A: Excuse me?
B: Erm, excuse me~ He’ll be back in a few minutes.



New words:
00:49 pet 竉物
01:00 gross 噁心/粗俗的
01:31 dump truck 垃圾車

0407_writer's block

0407 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—writer's block
中譯/中文意思: 寫作障礙
Dialog at: 3:13 and 6:00

A: I’ve got writer’s block.
B: What are you writing?
A: Dialogs for E-cubed.
B: Why don’t you…



New words:
00:44 apostrophe 縮寫及所有格符號(')
01:22 the third Sunday in June. 美國父親節
01:29 post office 郵局
02:42 novel 小說
02:46 experience 經驗
03:49 difficult 困難的
04:09 humorous 幽默的
04:30 advice 建議
05:15 overcome 克服
05:46 looking forward 尋找

0406_a can-do attitude

0406 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—a can-do attitude
中譯/中文意思: 進取的態度
Dialog at: 2:49 and 4:45

A: English is so hard~
B: Come on! It’s not that bad.
A: It is. I don’t wanna study English~
B: Hey! You need to have a can-do attitude.



New words:
02:13 weak 弱的
03:12 negative 負面的
03:18 TOEFL 托福(英文檢定)
03:21 IELTS 雅思(英文檢定)
03:26 British 英國人
04:05 positive 正向的
04:22 realistic 現實的/務實的

0405_to bail on someone

0405 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—to bail on someone
中譯/中文意思: 失約/放某人鴿子
Dialog at: 3:15 and 5:45

A: Is Jim helping you with your English?
B: He bailed on me.
A: What happened?
B: As soon as we started, his girlfriend called.



New words:
01:00 patron 捐款人
01:00 sponsor 贊助商
01:38 promise 承諾
02:36 give you a ride 送你一程

0404_no strings attached

0404 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—no strings attached
中譯/中文意思: 沒附帶條件
Dialog at: 4:38 and 9:49

A: Did you sign up for the free DDM lessons?
B: No. He’s just trying to sell his classes.
A: Well, yeah, but the 8 lessons are free!
B: No strings attached?
A: None!



New words:
03:32 brand-new 全新的
06:16 advantage 好處/優勢
09:45 committment 承諾

0403_to put it bluntly

0403 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—to put it bluntly
中譯/中文意思: 老實說
Dialog at: 3:26 and 7:14

A: Have some of this!
B: What’s this tea in a bowl?
A: It’s soup! How is it? Be honest.
B: Well, to put it bluntly…it’s flavorless.



New words:
02:51 bald 禿頭
04:01 digest system 消化系統
04:35 flavorless 沒味道
05:44 curious 好奇

0402_(place) is a dump

0402 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—(place) is a dump
中譯/中文意思: (某地方)很髒
Dialog at: 1:58 and 4:19

A: Let’s go eat at Earl’s Restaurant.
B: No way. The place is a dump!
A: But their hamburgers are SO good.
B: Wha… Yeah, they really are tasty!



Dictation:

Hello, everybody,

My name is Coach Shane, and welcome to Easy English Expressions. You and me everyday. Come on. Let’s master English.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English expression. These days we’d been studying “D-U-M-P” dump, right? Well, some of you are gonna be happy, some of you are not. But we have four more dump lessons. That’s right. This is such useful words, so common in daily English. Today’s expression I told about it in very first lesson, a little bit. But it’s a great one to remember. This place is a dump. That place is a dump. Now, if you’ve been listening to the past couple of podcasts, you can already guess what the meaning is. If you say “This place is a dump”, it’s terrible, it’s not a place you want to be. Now, when this expression used, especially, when talking about restaurants, stores, bathrooms, public bathrooms, and apartments or houses. So if you’re moving to a new apartment or you’re going to buy a house, you go to look at the place, oh my god, this place is a dump. It’s terrible. It’s really dirty maybe there’re lots of bugs, it’s just not nice. Let’s check out the dialog:

A: Let’s go eat at Earl’s Restaurant.

B: No way. The place is a dump!

A: But their hamburgers are SO good.

B: Wha… Yeah, they really are tasty!

That is a problem. It’s true, that’s my experience. When I lived in Korea, my favorite restaurant was a dump, it’s very dirty. I am not joking. You could actually see sometimes roaches, I know it’s disgusting. But the food was so good and here right I lived, there is a restaurant, it’s pretty bad. You put your arms on the table and your arms slide off the table, because of too much grease. You pick up the spoon and you realize you need to use your napkin to clean the spoon because it’s already a little bit dirty. I am not joking. It’s a dump but the food is so good. I don’t know what they do, maybe there’s some drugs in the food, I don’t know. But oh my goodness, the food is delicious. And most of the guys who eat there were truck drivers. I’m telling you if you find the place where truck driver eats, you’ll know it’s good food, but the problem is, many times those places are dumps. It’s true.

So tell me, did you ever eat at a dump? What about your favorite restaurant? Is it a dump? I’m really curious to find out. Usually a dump is a terrible place to go, but sometimes, oh my god, the food is good. It’s addiction, it’s like a drug, you gotta keep going. So, I would continue to visit my dump. I just told my neighbor get sick. That’s today’s expression. Have a great day. The week’s coming up, by hope you have a great week and together let’s master English.

0401_to dump someone

0401 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—to dump someone
中譯/中文意思:  甩了某人
Dialog at: 1:47 and 3:20

A: You look down in the dumps.
B: Oh, man… I’m so sad.
A: What happened?
B: She dumped me. She dumped me for another man~



Dictation:

Hello, everybody, My name is Coach Shane, and welcome to Easy English Expressions. You and me everyday. Come on. Let’s master English.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English expression. For me, it’s Saturday. But for most of you, it’s Sunday. Did you have a nice weekend? I hope so. What? Oh, no. Some of you had a terrible weekend. What happen? Oh, no. Your girlfriend left you. Your boyfriend left you. Oh, my god! And you need to know today’s expression. Your girlfriend dumped you. Oh, your boyfriend dumped you. Hahaha, no, that’s not a happy expression. It’s actually a sad expression, unless you didn’t like your boyfriend or girlfriend, then it’s a happy expression. Hey, if somebody dumps you, that means they throw you away. You are garbage to them. But you know what? Be happy. I’m not joking. Be happy. If somebody dumps you, because it means you’re free. I can save money, you can do what you want. I don’t have to brush your teeth. You don’t have to worry about how your look. Everything is good. Let’s check out the dialog:

A: You look down in the dumps.
B: Oh, man… I’m so sad.
A: What happened?
B: She dumped me. She dumped me for another man~

She dumps me. She dumps me for another man. Let me tell you what happens in that situation. If the woman or the man dumps you for another person, that means, I’m not joking, that means somebody better is coming along. Now, it’s up to you to meet that person. But, there is somebody better out there absolutely. Hey, are you a good person? Did you do anything wrong? Well, if you’re a bad person, if you did something wrong, then you deserve to be dumped. But if you’re a good person, if you didn’t do anything wrong, then obviously, that person who dumps you is an idiot, a fool, and I guarantee there’s somebody better out there. So, don’t worry. If you got dumped recently, rejoice, be happy. It’s great. I’m serious. Enjoy it and just keep being a good person. Let’s check out the dialog two more times. Let’s have a fantastic weekend everybody and together let’s master English.

0400_... per se

0400 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—... per se
中譯/ 中文意思: ...本身
Dialog at: 2:47 and 7:39

A: Should I throw this away?
B: Don’t touch that T-shirt.
A: Why not? It’s not worth anything! It’s a rag!
B: It may not be valuable per se, but it means a lot to me.



Dictation:

Hello, everybody,

My name is Coach Shane, and welcome to Easy English Expressions. You and me everyday. Come on. Let’s master English.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English expression. Oh yeah, the weekend is here again. When you say the weekend, what do you think of? Do you think of no work, relaxing, sleeping late, meeting friends. Well, for most of you, the weekend is here, but for me, it’s not the weekend per se. That’s today’s expression. Something, something, something per se. It’s an adverb. P-E-R S-E.

Have you ever heard an American or British person said something, something, something per se? Well, it’s a great expression. So for me, it’s not the weekend per se. And what that means is the normal person’s idea of the weekend. Well, that’s not the same for me. For me, actually, my weekend is very busy. I have my hangout, I have my live classes. This is one of the most busy. My weekend is actually Monday. Monday is my day off. That’s my free day. So, my weekend per se, it’s Monday. You can say Sunday and Monday. Now, some people, especially the Muslims and the Jewish people, their weekend is Friday night. It’s Friday and Saturday. The Christians: Saturday and Sunday. And Coach Shane: Sunday and Monday. So, we all like the weekend, but our weekend per se can be different. How we think of the weekend, it can be different. Now, the definition of per se is actually something like in itself or as such. And this is gets a little bit confusing. So the best way to understand “per se” is by listening to examples. So check out today’s dialog, it should help:

A: Should I throw this away?
B: Don’t touch that T-shirt.
A: Why not? It’s not worth anything! It’s a rag!
B: It may not be valuable per se, but it means a lot to me.

Great dialog and it’s a true story. For many people, do you have a T-shirt. Maybe it’s very old, maybe there’re some holes in it. Maybe the quality of T-shirt isn’t that good. But maybe that T-shirt has special meaning to you. Maybe it was from your university days. Maybe your brother gave it to you. Maybe it’s a special tease T-shirt. So to you, it’s valuable. Now, when we say valuable, we think of money. So, it’s not valuable per se, it’s not valuable the way most people think. But, to me, it’s valuable.

So let’s go back the weekend. Saturday and Sunday is the weekend. But my weekend per se is that actually Sunday and Monday. Most people think of the weekend is Saturday and Sunday. But my weekend per se as most people would think, it’s Sunday and Monday. Is that making sense? Let me give you two examples. How about the word, disaster, D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R. Can you image a disaster? What’s an example of disaster? How about an earthquake or a large fire? Right, a disaster’s something really terrible. People might die, it’s very, very, very horrible. But what about this sentence: “Oh no, I failed my test, it’s a disaster”. It’s really a disaster, no, it’s not really a disaster. So we can say: “Well, it’s not a disaster per se, but it is really terrible for you”. What most people think about as a disaster? Your situation is not a disaster. It’s not a disaster per se, but it’s a bad situation. And had you ever heard this expression? If you work hard, you will be successful. But that’s not always true. Some people work hard their whole life and maybe they’re happy but they’re never rich, like Bill Gates. Many people think a success as becoming rich like Bill Gates. So we could say this sentence: “Hard work per se does not guarantee success”. Hard work in ??? self, hard work by itself is not enough to guarantee success. You have to be lucky. You have to know people. You have to win the lottery. That’s the idea.

So per se, per se is a very common word, well, not super common, but you’ll hear it probably two or three times a month if you listen to American TV shows, if you listen to the American news or you read American newspapers. You’ll probably see it two or three times a month. Per se, P-E-R S-E, it’s used in America usually as an adverb. And it’s a great word to get to know. It’s not an easy one but you want you to do. It’s I want you to pay attention. Start listening for it. Maybe do some google searches. Find other examples. And the easiest way to find this example is just type “per se, but”. But there’s quotation marks, quotation per se common but quotation, and then you will find lots of examples on google. Okay? It’s a great expression, but you need to practice it. That’s it. Check out the dialog two more times, have a great day. Together, let’s master English.

0399_dumpster

0399 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—dumpster
中譯/中文意思: 垃圾子母車
Dialog at: 3:46 and 6:23

A: Mom, where are my comics?
B: I put them away~
A: Where?
B: In the dumpster!
A: What? No~~



http://www.wikihow.com/Dumpster-Dive

Dictation:

Hello, everybody,

My name is Coach Shane, and welcome to Easy English Expressions. You and me everyday. Come on. Let’s master English.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English expression. Thank you very much for listening to this podcast. You can listen to all 399 podcasts. You go to my website. It’s easy, www.letsmasterenglish.com. Go there. Check LME radio, “Let’s Master English Radio”. And you can find all my podcasts. You can download them, read the conversations. It’s all free. Thank you so much, guys. Hopefully, may I got lots bills and you can help me out. I’ll talk about that, maybe tomorrow. Today’s expression, what? “Dumpster”. Dumpster, D-U-M-P-S-T-E-R. You know, a couple of days ago, we studied “the dump” and “down in the dumps”. Remember that? What one more dump were “dumpster”. What is a “dumpster”? Yes, it’s a noun. A dumpster is the really, really, really large trash can, basically, that you can see at an apartment where many, many people live. They put their trash in one big huge metal garbage can, dumpster. That’s we call, we call it a “dumpster”. Just go to the google and doing image search “D-U-M-P-S-T-E-R”, “dumpster”.

It’s the same thing as the garbage, basically and it’s a fun word. What was not really a fun word, I mean it’s a real word. But we do have a something called dumpster diving. Dumpster diving is actually kind of funny and college kids use it. Now, dumpster diving could refer to homeless people who jump inside dive, D-I-V-E, inside the dumpster to find food. You know, people throw away food so if there’s dumpster outside a restaurant at night, you might find some homeless people going through the garbage, looking for food. It’s really terrible, truly sad. And we do have this expression, “dumpster diving”.

But college kids go dumpster diving all the time, too. College kids, you know, they live by themselves. Do they have any money? Of course not, they have no money. But, you know, they want furniture, they want something, some decoration. So many college kids, they go to a wealthy apartment building and they look at the dumpsters. And they’ll find furniture that people are throwing away, clothes that people are throwing away and they take it. Now these college kids, you know, they could have a nice school, expensive education, but they still go dumpster diving. In the dumpster, you can find, actually, you can find some pretty cool things, probably. I don’t know, I don’t go dumpster diving. All right, check out the dialog:

A: Mom, where are my comics?

B: I put them away~

A: Where?

B: In the dumpster!

A: What? No~~

Oh, mom. Mom, why did you throw away the comics? Comics, you know, a comics are a comic books. You know those fun books when you’re young. I don’t know, I guess old people read them, too. But when I was kid, I used to like reading comics and I like superman comic books. It was a comic book called “Archie”. Archie was a boy and he’s pretty cool. What else? “Garfield”, oh, Garfield was great. “The far side”, far side, one of the greatest comic books ever, oh, I loved it. Do you like comic books or did you, did you like comic books when you were young? Still? It’s possible, why not? You know, if I had, gosh! I don’t know, I had. When I was young, I probably had fifty or sixty comic books. If I still had those comic books today, they would be worth money. Oh, yeah. In America, people could collect comic books. Damn! I wish I still had them. I could be rich. I could have a real studio and stay of the silly studio that I have. I am not complaining. I like it.

In the dumpster, of course, your regular garbage goes in the dumpster. Once again, dumpsters are really huge, so inside the dumpster, you could find table even a chair, maybe even a couch. I find old magazines, old clothes, electronics, you could find a lot of things in the dumpster, especially, in the rich neighborhood. If you don’t have a lot of money, if you are college student, maybe homeless, you might be tapped to go dumpster diving. Now, I hope that none of you ever need to go dumpster diving, unless you’re a college kid, and you’re looking for a cool chair. That I understand. That’s it, everybody. Thank you so much for listening. Have a fantastic day. Stay out of the dumpster, please. Do not put my podcasts in the dumpster, please. Listen to the dialog two more times and together let’s master English.

0398_to dig deep

0398 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—to dig deep
中譯/中文意思: 深究/深入了解
Dialog at: 4:32 and 8:37

A: So, how was DDM100?
B: It was great! We dug deep into sandwiches.
A: Sandwiches?
B: Yeah! Coach Shane and his mom showed us how to make four different kinds of typical, American sandwiches!



Dictation:

Hello, everybody,

My name is Coach Shane, and welcome to Easy English Expressions. You and me everyday. Come on. Let’s master English.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English expression, the podcast. Thank you so much for listening to this podcast. So today’s expression, it’s a good one, it’s “to dig deep”. To dig, D-I-G, that means, you know, you make a hole in the ground. I got a shovel or you used your finger and you started digging. Dogs like to dig in the ground and inside the hole they would put their bone and hide it. And then later, they’ll dig it back up and chow on their bone. That’s dogs do. To dig, if you dig really, really, really deep in the ground, you will find water. And people who live in the country usually have a well. They get their water from the ground. They dig a well. But to dig a well where I live, you have to dig deep. I see, right now, I live in the desert. There is no water anywhere so I gotta dig, dig, dig, and maybe finally, eventually, if you dig deep enough, you might find some water. Unfortunately, we have some lakes.

But today deep is a great expression and we use it especially when we study or when we have a nice conversation or if there is a debate between politicians. Or maybe on a radio show, you listen to talk radio show. “To dig deep” means to talk about a subject in depth. Not just to talk, you know, 5 minutes about the subject, but really analyze the subject to look the history of the subject, to listen to the different opinions about the subject, to discuss, to debate it, to find the good things, to find the bad things, to really get a good understanding, to dig deep.

Now, you know, some people love math. And I don’t know, me, I’m just not a fan of math. And the reason is, I know the reason, it’s because my old teacher, my old teacher’s name is xxxx. He was the worst, I am sorry, Mr. xxx, but you know, it’s true. He was the worst math teacher, perhaps in the USA. And he was extremely boring. He would say: “Okay, today, we’re going to learn this couple of examples, now do your homework“. That was it. Extremely boring. He said and read wrestling magazines. ?? big style, graco wrestling magazine. He’s a wrestling coach. He was the worst math teacher in the world. It’s just terrible. But I had another teacher, he’s name was xxx. And he told, basically, international politics. Oh, I loved that class. It’s so interesting because we dug deep. He would say: “Okay, today, I want you guys to read chapter3 and that was homework.” And then we come in to class and he would ask us questions about chapter3. And then, he would ask questions about our answers and then we’ll keep asking questions and keep discussing it. It was great. I love Mr. xxx’s class, his classes. We loved because he dug deep. I’ll talk a little bit more after you guys listen to the dialog:

A: So, how was DDM100?

B: It was great! We dug deep into sandwiches.

A: Sandwiches?

B: Yeah! Coach Shane and his mom showed us how to make four different kinds of typical, American sandwiches!

It’s true. DDM100, oh, it was a fun class. We were discussing sandwiches in the DDM lesson. So I decided to show my DDM students all about American sandwiches and we even made some special sandwiches. That’s a great video. And, of course, if you are DDM student, if you signed up for that class, you can get that great class. Today, we did DDM224, my goodness, already 224. And what did we dig deep into today? We talked about American high school year books. That’s interesting subject. And I went to our local library and I looked at the old year book and I made some photo-copies. And I show the DDM students these pictures, and talked about them and describe them and it was a lot of fun. We did something else to, I can’t remember, I talked about the word “smudge” S-M-U-D-G-E. It’s just an easy simple word. But how do you use this word? Well, I gave a bunch of different examples. We talked about so many different things in DDM. In DD, Daily Dictation, on youtube, is a great class for listening and it’s all free. I got 260 lessons and they’re all free. DDM, it’s DD, but digging deep. It’s lots of fun. And if you want to learn the language, you know, you can study an expression a day, e-cubed, you know, we give you one expression a day. That’s fantastic. That’s great. That’ll help you maintain your English. But if you really want to master the language, you need to dig deep. You do, absolutely, you know that. So, I am waiting for you. Don’t worry, I’ll be here. We want you to join DDM when we dig deep. Where’re you learn English? You learn so much English, it’s like you’re living in America. That’s what one of my DDM students said. I thought that was so cool. Dig deep. Master English. I like the DDM, Dig Deep Man. In Shane’s class, we DDM, we Dig Deep Man. Sorry, anyway, so it’s a great class. It’s a great expression.

So think about it, how about you? What’s the subject that you would like to dig deep on? History? English? Maybe it’s a more casual subject, like soccer or football. How about the reason, FIFA issue. In America, what takes American to FIFA? Anyway, it’s a big issue. Do you want to dig deep into that subject? I know more information. There’s million things we can dig deep into. Do it. Do it. Dig deep, become knowledge.

That’s right. It’s today’s expression. Thanks a lot again for listening everybody. Remember you can find all my podcasts on our website www.letsmasterenglish.com. Get them. You can download them. All my videos are there. All my classes are there. Go check out. Tell your friends. Thanks so much. Listen to the dialog two more times and together let’s master English. 

0397_keep your nose clean

0397 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—keep your nose clean
中譯/中文意思: 潔身自愛
Dialog at: 2:25 and 5:27

A: Where’s the seminar?
B: In Las Vegas!
A: That’s the City of Sin!
B: Yeah!!
A: Keep your nose clean~



Dictation:

Hello, everybody,

My name is Coach Shane, and welcome to Easy English Expressions. You and me everyday. Come on. Let’s master English.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English expression, the podcast. Today’s podcast is a good one, I like it. “To keep your nose clean”. You’d better keep your nose clean. You had better keep your nose clean. Are you keeping your nose clean? Oh yes, inside your nose, there can be many dirty, nonono. That’s not what this expression means. “To keep your nose clean” means stay out of trouble. Do not do anything wrong. If you are kid, no drinking, no smoking, no loud music. If you’re married person, no looking at other women, no looking at other men. No, you know, no other stuff. Keep your nose clean.

Do you keep your nose clean? I am 47 and I must say my life has been very boring because I really do try to keep my nose clean. Oh, of course, I made some mistakes, but in general, I am embarrassingly clean. I really am. I am not joking. My mom would be proud. But what’s funny is my mom thinks I’m really bad. My mom thinks I did everything wrong in the world. But I did it. I don’t know why my mom thinks that but now I kept my nose clean. I had kept my nose clean. I lived a pretty good life. Nothing too evil. Let’s check out the dialog:

A: Where’s the seminar?

B: In Las Vegas!

A: That’s the City of Sin!

B: Yeah!!

A: Keep your nose clean~

Yes, Las Vegas, United States. It’s the city of entertainments. Casinos, magic shows, singers, gambling, everything you can imagine. Always sunny, Las Vegas can be a very dirty town. It’s the city of sin. That’s its nickname. You know what? Many of you know that when I came back to America, I moved right next to Las Vegas. Why? So I could sin? No, because my mom and dad retired out here. They’re old, they like the hot weather, feel good on their bones. But you know me. I came here. I was a single guy. And I didn’t, believe or not, I never win the casinos. It’s the city of sin. I’d like to do anything or I’d like to stay home. And still, I don’t go to the casinos. I don’t go to the shows. I don’t want to, I don’t need to. I am too old for that stuff. And I know some of you guys: “Oh, come on, Shane, I am 75 years old, and I still love to sin.” Good! Go ahead. This world needs sinners, I guess. And the world needs people like me, too, people who keep their nose clean.

Oh, believe me, I am not judging. If you like to keep your nose dirty? We don’t say that. But if you like to do terrible thing, go ahead, just don’t hurt anybody. You can do whatever you want. I don’t care, but don’t hurt anybody. That’s my philosophy. Me? It’s my choice. I’d like to keep my nose clean. I sleep better at night. I don’t need to worry about the next time. Many things that I don’t need to worry about. So, what about you? Do you keep your nose clean? Or sometimes, do you like to sin a little? Oh, by the way, sin, everybody, S-I-N. You need to know that expression. If you sin, you’ll not keep your nose clean. If you’re keeping your nose clean, you’re not sinning, okay? That’s the expression. Join two more times. Please practice with your friend. I want to say thank you, everybody, for your support. I’ll be introducing my patrons, my sponsors this week. So, please hold on. Once again, thank you and have a great day. And together, let’s master English.

0396_better safe than sorry

0396 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—better safe than sorry
中譯/中文意思: 安全至上 
Dialog at: 3:32 and 6:13

A: Oh, the weather looks great!
B: Yeah, it does. Got your umbrella?
A: What for? It’s sunny!
B: Better safe than sorry~



Dictation:

Hello, everybody,

My name is Coach Shane, and welcome to Easy English Expressions. You and me everyday. Come on. Let’s master English.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English expression, the podcast. Thank you, thanks you, thanks you. It’s terrible English. Thank you very much for listening to this podcast. You can listen to this podcast and every podcast I ever made for free. Just go to my website “www.letsmasterenglish.com”. There, you’ll see “LME Radio”. “LME” stands for “Let’s Master English”. “LME Radio” Boom! All my podcasts for free. Tell your friends. Thank you so much for listening. Today’s expression is “better safe than sorry”. “better safe than sorry”. Oh, boy, I really like this expression. This is something I said very frequently. It’s me. “better safe than sorry” B-E-T-T-E-R better safe S-A-F-E than T-H-A-N sorry S-O-R-R-Y. Well, the full sentence would be it is better to be safe than sorry. And what this expression means is “don’t be risky”. So, for example, you leave the house and as you leaving the house, you look at your cell phone. And you see there’s only about 10% of your battery left. So, do you bring your charging cord? Or, do you think all out be okay? What do you do? Now, many of you probably do not bring your charging cord. You know, ???. Me? I always bring my charging cord. 70%? No problem. 30%? Better safe than sorry. If I don’t bring my charging cord, and my cell phone battery dies, I will be sorry. In this case, sorry doesn’t mean “Oh, I am sorry.” It actually means disappointed, sad, or even angry. So, it’s better safe than sorry for me.

Yep. You know, I am kind of crazy. Now, I live in the desert, so I never bring an umbrella. It’s not rain. It’s not going to rain here. But when I lived in Korea, I could leave the house in the morning and it would be nice and sunny and then in the afternoon, it would be raining. So, for me, everyday, I carry an umbrella. Beacause, you know why. Let’s check out the dialog:

A: Oh, the weather looks great!

B: Yeah, it does. Got your umbrella?

A: What for? It’s sunny!

B: Better safe than sorry~

You bet? That’s what happens. And you leave the house, nice weather. You come home and it’s raining no umbrella. Your nice cloth gets all dirty. What a disaster. It’s terrible, I know, I know. Better safe than sorry.

I went to the hospital with my mother about a week ago. And she told me: “I was just 10 minutes in and out, no problem.” That was what my mom said. And I was thinking: “Well, 10 minutes at the hospital can be more like an hour“. So I decided to bring a book. I brought a book with me. And when my mom saw me with my book, she said: “What’s that? What do you need it for“?  I said: “Better safe than sorry, mom”. I would rather have my book, and you know carry it around even though it’s useless than sit at the hospital for one hour doing nothing. What happen? My mother was in and out in 10 minutes. I never opened the book. But, hey, I am glad I had it. Better safe than sorry.

What about you? Are you a risk-taker even for the silly things? Or you like me? do you always carry an umbrella? Do you always bring along extra clean T-shirt? What else do I do? I always hide 10 dollars in my wallet or in my jacket pocket. You know, it’s better safe than sorry. You’ll never know, you’ll never know. That’s today’s expression. It’s a brand new Monday but it’s June and that means I had to thank my new patron, sponsors, and dress sponsors and I’ll do that this week. You guys, thank you so much for your sponsorship. Listening to the podcast is the most important thing. No2, sharing it with your friends, telling your friends. And no3, investing, investing in your education, and investing in Coach Shane. Thank you so much. I’ll get back to that this week. Let’s check out the dialog two more times and together let’s master English.

0395_down in the dumps

0395 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—down in the dumps
中譯/中文意思: 沮喪
Dialog at: 2:12 and 3:56

A: Shane’s really down in the dumps.
B: Why?
A: He got yelled at by his mom.
B: What for?
A: He forgot to help her clean on Saturday.



Dictation:

Hello, everybody,

My name is Coach Shane, and welcome to Easy English Expressions. You and me everyday. Come on. Let’s master English.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English expression. It’s Monday. It’s Monday of some of you. It’s June 1^st. Happy June everybody. Today’s expression is “down in the dumps”. I am down in the dumps. I am feeling down in the dumps. If you are down in the dumps, that means you are very sad. You are very depressed. Yep. I hope that you are not down in the dumps. It happens to everybody, certainly does. Why does “down in the dumps” mean sad? Why does it mean depressed? Well, yesterday, we study the word “dump”, the dump. And where is the dump? It’s the place where the city throws away the garbage. Would you like to be in the dump all day? Would you like to live in the dump? No, it’s a terrible place. It’s smelly, oh my god! And you know, actually, some countries, maybe in many countries, people do actually live in the dump or right next to the dump. Oh, it’s so sad. It’s so depressed. Really is. And that’s why this expression “down in the dumps” means sad or depressing, because anybody who is in the dump would surely be sad. Let’s check out the dialog:

A: Shane’s really down in the dumps.

B: Why?

A: He got yelled at by his mom.

B: What for?

A: He forgot to help her clean on Saturday.

I am an old guy and still my mother yells at me. That she does makes me feel like a little child, makes me feel really sad, depressed, down in the dumps. No, that’s not true. My mom doesn’t yell at me. My mom loves me. My mom respects me. My mom needs my help, I think, sometimes she never asks me for help. And I am tough. Show me no help. But mom if you’re listening to the podcast, if you need anything, if you need help doing something, maybe some cleaning, just let me know. And absolutely I will go and help you, okay? Don’t worry about that, mom. Still live very closely to me, so as long as where close together, I will be there to help you out. And mom, don’t worry. If you yell at me, I won’t be down in the dumps. My students yell at me: “Shane, what’s wrong? Where is the podcast?” Then I would definitely be down in the dumps. It’s a sad expression, everybody. Can you think the last time you were down in the dumps? I hope it’s a long time ago and I hope you’re not down in the dumps anytime soon. Have a fantastic week, everybody. And together, let’s master English. 

0394_head over heels

0394 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—head over heels
中譯/中文意思:
Dialog at: 2:22 and 5:24

A: What do you think?
B: Oh, I’m head over heels!
A: You like it?
B: It’s the perfect car! I’ll take it!



Dictation:

Hello, everybody,

My name is Coach Shane, and welcome to Easy English Expressions. You and me everyday. Come on. Let’s master English.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English expression. Today, oh, this is a useful expression and you probably know this expression, many of you do. It is “head over heels”. I am head over heels. And we can also say: “I am head over heels in love”. It’s a forward expression. But we can just say: “I am head over heels”. He is head over heels. You will be head over heels. Head, your head, over O-V-E-R, heels, H-E-E-L-S. The back part of your feet, your heels. So, “head over heels”, what does this mean? The idea is you spin in circles. Your head’s on top but it spins to the bottom and your head goes to the bottom and your feet are on top. And it’s spinning, it’s constant spinning because you are in love. And it’s like ….. You are in love and the world is crazy. It’s what this expression means. I don’t know why this goofy expression. But it means you are in love. So have you ever been head over heels? Right now, are you head over heels? I know many of you are married. Are you married? Well, when you think about your wife or your husband, are you still head over heels? Hello? Yes? No? I hope so. Come on! You’d better be. Let’s check out the dialog:

A: What do you think?

B: Oh, I’m head over heels!

A: You like it?

B: It’s the perfect car! I’ll take it!

Yep, car shopping. I don’t know about you, I like cars, I like trucks, I like cars and trucks. Motorcycles are cool, too. But I don’t drive motorcycle. Right now, I have a little car. It’s a tiny car. It’s a good gas mileage. It saved a lot, but it’s a tiny little car. But I would have a nice truck. Oh, boy, there’s a truck in America called the “Ford Raptor“. “R-A-P-T-O-R”. When I see that, I am head over heels. I love that truck. I would marry that truck. No. only only please only marry humans. Don’t be married in trucks and trees and houses. And don’t be married in your job. Some people are saying they’re married to their work. Marry humans you’ll be happy.

“Head over heels”, “Head over heels” is a great feeling when you fall in love with something. But remember that love feeling, if you want it to last, you need to work hard. So, if you buy something like my trucks if I bought a “Ford Raptor” truck. I am head over heels in it. I need to work very hard to keep it clean, to keep it nice, to keep it operating perfectly so that I continue my love for my truck. So I want to hear that you are head over heels about. Is someone special in your life? I hope so. Is that something special that you recently bought? Maybe there’s a special food that you’re absolutely head over heels about. Let me know. I’d love to know.

You can contact me on twitter @coachshane. On facebook: eslcoachshane and of course, on google+ the community “let’s master English”. And finally, on our website “www.letsmasterenglish.com”. Go there, leave me a message. Just go to LME Radio on our website. There’s a little button “LME Radio”, “Let’s master English Radio”. It has every podcast I ever made. “LME TV” has every video I ever made. It’s all there on the website. Check it out. It’s fantastic. Thank you so much, guys. Practice the dialog two more times. And together, let’s master English.

0393_the dump

0393 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—the dump
中譯/中文意思: 垃圾場
Dialog at: 3: 06 and 4:58

A: Where you going?
B: The dump.
A: You got room for some magazines?
B: No! You need to recycle those!

Hello, everybody,

My name is Coach Shane, and welcome to Easy English Expressions. You and me everyday. Come on. Let’s master English.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English expression. Today, we have a nice noun to learn: “the dump”. “The dump, D-U-M-P”. “The dump”. “The dump” is actually a place. In this dialog, I am going to teach you a place. Now, the places where we put our garbage and trash. Where does our garbage go? Well, first of all, it goes to the garbage can and eventually it goes to the dump. And the dump is usually a place outside the city, in the country. It might be a big hole in the ground. And they throw off the garbage in the hole. Sometimes, it’s not underground. Sometimes, it’s above ground. And then, eventually, they cover the dump with dirt. But this is the dump, the dump is the place where you throw your garbage. So, this is a very useful expression. 

Let’s say you have a cell phone, an old cell phone. But you dropped it on the ground and the screen cracked the glasses is broken. But it still works. You don’t need to take it to the dump. It doesn’t belong in the dump. But then you have your cell phone and it falls poop into the toilet. You rescue your cell phone, it doesn’t work. You try everything. It’s cheap. It’s not expensive. Well, it looks like the cell phone has to go to the dump. This cell phone must to be thrown away. It is garbage. It’s other world for garbage, the dump. This cell phone must go to the dump. You know, I understand that cell phones have valuable things inside. Is there place to recycle the cell phone? Actually, me, I have my old cell phone. I never threw it away. I am still looking for the replace to recycle this. But anyway, it doesn’t belong in the dump, the cell phone dump. Now, this word “dump” actually has lots of possible meanings. But just take this word as the place for garbage. That’s the basic meaning. Let’s go ahead and check out a dialog:

A: Where you going?

B: The dump.

A: You got room for some magazines?

B: No! You need to recycle those!

That’s right. If you actually go to the dump, now, there’s a dump in the down where I live. And they have a place for regular garbage but they do have a place for recycling: plastics and glass and paper. And that’s the guy talking about. Magazine don’t go to the dump, they go to the recycling center. So, the dump really is the forever trash place.

So, once again, dump does have many other meanings. This place is a dump. It’s a very dirty place. The restaurant is a dump, it’s a very dirty restaurant. His apartment is a dump, it’s a very dirty apartment. That’s the idea. To dump somebody, that means break up with somebody. She dumped him. She broke up him. I dumped her. I broke up with her. And it’s even more meanings of the word “dump”. And I’ll talk about those in the next few days.

But, once again today, look around you. Is there something that needs go to the dump? And make sure you want to understand: something goes to the dump, but something needs to be recycled. And do you ever go to the dump? Yourself? Most people don’t. The city garbage truck goes to the dump. But if you live in the country, you might actually go to the dump, yourself. Check out the dialog two more times and together let’s master English.