2024-02-09
26 分钟Last month, my family and I moved into a new home. In English, it's what we'd call a fixer upper; it's a home that needs updates, it needs renovation, it needs to be remodeled in various ways. We are in the process of fixing our house up, and today you'll hear a true story about the process. In this 5-minute English episode, you'll learn how to talk about home renovations and repairs in English. This is a topic-specific lesson, so it's jam-packed with vocabulary you will need if this topic arises in conversation.If you sign up to premium content, or just the 5-minute English courses, you will receive an image sheet with pictures of all of the key vocabulary discussed, you'll see a video with those images and shadowing exercises to work on your pronunciation, as well as many exercises and quizzes to help you retain the words you hear. You also have an annotated transcript! Believe me, as a language learner myself, this is incredibly helpful for understanding a text.Premium Content + Courses Season 4 (Premium Content for Episodes 151-200) 5-Minute English Bundle (5-Minute English Course 1 + 2) Mentioned in Episode Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines (this book is fantastic if you want to give someone a gift!) Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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.
Last month, my family and I moved into a new home, and in English, it's what we'd call a fixer upper.
It's a home that needs updates.
It needs renovation.
It needs to be remodeled in various ways.
Now we are in the process of fixing our house up and today you'll hear a true story about the process.
In this five minute english episode, you'll learn how to talk about home renovations and repairs in English.
This is a topic specific lesson, so it's jam packed with vocabulary you will need if this topic arises in conversation.
I like to call this method fluency one topic at a time because as humans I believe that its possible to be 100% confident and fluent in some topics and very weak in others.
Despite Lucas very high level in English, he was often at a loss for words when talking about fixing our house.
Actually, he was at a loss for words up until recently when we had to go over everything.
For example, he said, we need a plan of the house showing each room, to which I responded, oh yeah, we do.
We can probably find a blueprint online.
A blueprint?
A blueprint is a physical guide or map showing the location of each room in a house.
It's the layout of a house in a visual form.