2024-05-02
27 分钟Hi, everybody.
My name is Shawna, and this is the american English podcast.
My goal here is to teach you the English spoken in the United States through common expressions, pronunciation tips, and interesting cultural snippets or stories.
I hope to keep this fun, useful, and interesting.
Let's do it.
One of the most popular films of 1997 was by far Titanic.
It won eleven Academy awards, and if you saw the film or even just previews of it, you probably know the plot.
There's a love story between Kate Winslet Rose and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Jack, that develops while aboard a huge ship called Titanic.
The Titanic was a real ship that set off on its first transatlantic trip from England to the United States in 1912.
I know you know what happens.
The ship hits an iceberg and sinks.
I thought about retelling this story, and I know english speakers would tell me, oh, Shauna, really?
That ship has sailed.
Literally, that ship has sailed is an expression that means that the opportunity has passed.
This topic is no longer new or as exciting as it once was because it's been talked about way too many times.
I still find it interesting, but many would say that ship has sailed.
So instead of doing my long cultural lesson, I've decided to change it up.
I'll tell you a brief summary of the Titanic, and in the story, you'll hear ten irregular verbs in the simple past tense.
Pay attention and see how many of these irregular verbs you heard.