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Mon, 4 December 2006

English podcasts from china232.com : 002_job_interview.mp3

A fun and interesting ESL podcast for intermediate to advanced students who want to learn useful vocabulary and culture. Two Canadian brothers discuss all kinds of topics and explain clearly any new vocabulary and phrases. Perfect for classroom discussion as well.

Dialog:

	Yesterday afternoon I went for that job interview.
	It was the worst experience in my life.
	For some reason I put on my resume that I could speak Japanese, which is a total lie.
	The job had nothing to do with Japanese so I guess I thought I would just put it down to make myself look more well-rounded.
	I never thought that they would actually test me on it.
	It turns out that the guy interviewing me had lived in Tokyo for 8 years.
	His Japanese was great.
	The first thing he said to me was something in Japanese, which I obviously didn’t understand.
	I felt so nauseous.
	I had absolutely no idea what to do so I just replied in English, “hey, your Japanese is pretty good”.
	He said “thanks, but what about you? It says here on your resume that you speak it.”
	I said, “what can I say” he shook his head and said “get the hell out of here!”

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Direct download: 002_job_interview.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:33pm EDT

Thu, 23 November 2006

English Learning Podcast | china232.com | 004 - Dare

Another great episode from china232.com Here in our story Tony is challenged at a bar. Let's find out if Tony accepts the dare.

Dialog:

	I was out at a bar last week with my friend Tony.
	He’s a decent looking guy but he’s really shy around girls for some reason.
	He was standing there for about 15 minutes holding his beer with a nervous look on his face.
	Finally I realized why.
	He was gazing at a couple of hot girls eating chicken wings.
	I asked him, “Tony, what are you waiting for? Go over there and say something”.
	He said, “I have no idea what to say. I suck in these situations”.
	I said, “Oh don’t be such a wimp, I dare you to go over there, take a chicken wing off one of their plates, eat it, smile, and say. You girls are so beautiful, I just wanted to make sure they were safe enough for you to eat”.
	If you do it I’ll buy your drinks for the rest of the night.

	Hopefully they will think you are cute or funny and want to talk to you.
	If it backfires you can just tell them it was my fault.
	What’s the worst that could happen?
	It’s a win-win situation.

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Direct download: 004_dare.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:56pm EDT

Thu, 23 November 2006

English Learning Podcast | china232.com | 003 - procrastination

Welcome back to another episode from china232.com This english learning episode is about someone being very lazy and what procrastination is and why we do it.

Dialog:

	Today I woke up at 9:20 but lay in bed until about 11:30.
	I wasn’t sleeping, nor was I relaxing.
	I wasn’t really thinking of anything in particular either.
	I was in a daze.
	I finally got out of bed and started walking aimlessly around the house.
	Instead of doing anything reasonable, I decided to feel a bit guilty about getting up so late and wasting the morning in bed.
	I was just about ready to go to the gym when for some reason I decided to log on to msn messenger and start up a few useless conversations.
	An hour flew by and it was now almost 1:00.
	I’d had it.
	I was sick of all the procrastinating.
	I got off msn, grabbed a protein shake and headed off to the gym.

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Direct download: 003_procrastination.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:53pm EDT

Thu, 23 November 2006

English Learning Podcast |china232.com | 001 - Humour

The first podcast from China232.com Just what makes us laugh? Find out how to describe and talk about funny things and people on this podcast

Dialog:

Andrew	Hey, have you seen that new sitcom called Entourage?
Addison	Ya, it’s awesome. Who’s your favorite character?
Andrew	Johnny Chase. He’s absolutely hilarious! I love the one where he’s insecure about his calves.
Addison	That was hilarious. I personally think that Arie might be the best actor.
Andrew	Who do you think is the worst?
Addison	Turtle.
Andrew	I agree. He sucks.

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Direct download: 001_humor.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:38pm EDT