40 Minutes of English Listening and Speaking Conversations Daily English with Jessica

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english conversations in the family

unit 1

first time introduction

oh david help me

this box is too heavy

just a moment mary

that’s okay dad i can help mom

thanks tina

i’m so tired

i am too merry

but there are a lot more boxes out there

to be moved

my name is joe williams

and this is my wife sue

we live in the next apartment

hello joe

hello sue

my name is mary white

nice to meet you

you must be the new family living in

this apartment

yes we are

would you like to come in

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joe and sue williams

this is my husband david

and our daughter tina

hi joe nice to meet you

hi sue

nice to meet you

hello mr and mrs williams

it’s very nice to meet you

can we help you

you have so many boxes

you don’t mind

we don’t mind at all

we’re happy to help our new neighbors

okay

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unit 2

everyday greetings

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good morning david

good morning joe

how are you this morning

i’m fine

thanks and you

ugh

i am a little bit tired

we worked very hard last night

yes

we did

thanks for your help

you’re welcome david

david and mary i would like you to meet

this family

this is bill smith

his wife kathy and their son

jack

i’m david white

nice to meet you

nice to meet you too david

good morning mary i’m kathy

good morning

nice to meet you

this is lovely furniture

oh thank you

it was my mother’s

yeah

would you like to sit down

sure

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mom

what should i do with this box

i’m tina

my name is jack

do you guys live here too

yeah

i moved in yesterday

great

i live right next door

good because

i don’t know anybody else here

tina come here i would like you to meet

bill and kathy smith

hello mr and mrs smith

it’s nice to meet you

mary

you have a lovely daughter

thank you

she’s not only lovely she’s shy also

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unit 2

everyday greetings

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good morning david

good morning joe

how are you this morning

i’m fine

thanks and you

i am a little bit tired

we worked very hard last night

yes

we did

thanks for your help

you’re welcome david

david and mary

i would like you to meet this family

this is bill smith

his wife kathy and their son

jack

i’m david white

nice to meet you

nice to meet you too david

good morning mary i’m kathy

good morning

nice to meet you

this is lovely furniture

oh thank you

it was my mother’s

yeah

would you like to sit down

sure

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mom

what should i do with this box

i’m tina

my name is jack

do you guys live here too

yeah

i moved in yesterday

great

i live right next door

good because i don’t know anybody else

here

tina come here

i would like you to meet bill and kathy

smith

hello mr and mrs smith it’s nice to meet

you

mary

you have a lovely daughter

thank you

she’s not only lovely she’s shy also

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unit 4

asking for and giving directions

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oh hi mary

have you finished moving everything into

your apartment

yes

i’ve been busy cleaning all day

trying to get all of my housework

finished

i’m so glad to have a new neighbor who’s

so friendly

yes

i’m so happy we moved here

i am so glad to have

many friendly neighbors

i talked to sue today on the telephone

and she asked me to join you and go to

the market together

that’s great

i’m glad you’ll be joining us

yes

me too

i have no food in the apartment

i’ll see you at 12.

no actually i’ll meet you at one o’clock

there

although

i forgot to get directions from sue

oh okay

it’s very easy to get to the supermarket

i can tell you okay just a moment

first you go straight on main street for

about one mile

at the second traffic light

turn left onto grayson avenue

after you turn left go straight about

four blocks

the supermarket will be on your right

hand side

it’s very large so you’ll see it easily

okay

let me repeat this to make sure i have

the directions correctly

all right

go straight on main street for one mile

turn left onto grayson avenue after the

second traffic light

go four blocks and the supermarket is on

the right hand side

that’s exactly right

so i’ll see you there okay

i’ll see you there kathy

bye bye mary

bye bye

unit 5 returning from the supermarket

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that was a funny story mary

yes

so do i

just put those over there beside the

sink

by the sink

yes

over there

mary what should i do with the salt and

pepper

you can put that beside the stove

and talk about these vegetables

those can go in the refrigerator

do you want this fruit in the

refrigerator

also no

that can go above the microwave

and how about these cans of food

these can go above the sink

mary

what about this bottle of soap

that can go under the sink

wow mary i think you’ve got enough stuff

here for a whole month

yes i think so

i don’t want to have to go to the

supermarket again for a long time

mary

how about the bread where should i put

the bread

that can go

above the microwave behind the fruit

okay

i think that’s everything

good you can throw the bags in the trash

can

thank you so much for asking me to join

you to go to the supermarket today

you’re welcome and i’m sure david and

tina will be very happy to

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unit 6

refusals

and excuses

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hello

joe’s accounting firm

how may i help you

may i speak with sue williams please

this is sue speaking

may i help you

this is kathy

oh kathy hi

what’s up

well

i was wondering if you

and your family would like to go on

vacation with us

we would love to go

and the white family is going also

great

where are you going

we’re going

to florida

that’s very far away

will you fly on a plane

yes

oh i’m sorry i’m afraid we cannot go

it would be too expensive for us

but

we have a very special price for the

plane tickets

it’s really not very expensive

well

when are you going

the last week of june

oh kathy

i’m sorry

we’re not free the last week of june

why

joe and i both have to work

and we don’t have enough vacation time

can you

ask your boss for more vacation time

it is very difficult for us to ask for

vacation time

i’m sorry but we really cannot go

are you sure you cannot go

i’m sure it would be impossible for us

to go

i really wish you could go sue

yes

so do i

but it’s really not convenient for us to

go i’m sorry

never mind sue

that’s okay

but i hope you all have a good time in

florida

thanks

i’m sure we will

and kathy

yes sue

thank you for inviting us to go along

i’m really sorry we can’t go

no problem maybe next year you can go

with us

okay sure

goodbye

bye bye

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unit 7 planning the vacation

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okay

does everyone know what they want to do

on our trip to florida well

kathy and i want to go shopping every

day

and david and i want to go boating and

fishing every day

and

tina and i want to go to the beach every

day

it’s the zoo

the museum and the mall

wait

i think we have two months to do in one

week

david is right

we should make a schedule of everything

that we would like to do each day

okay

i have a pen and paper i’ll write down

everything we plan to do

okay

okay on sunday we’ll go to the airport

and fly to florida

we’ll arrive at the hotel in the evening

okay sunday airport hotel

and on monday can we all go to the beach

together

sounds good

monday beach

tuesday

everyone can go shopping together

and will buy gifts and souvenirs

on wednesday the men can go boating and

fishing

the women can go shopping again

and the kids can go to the beach again

slow down slow down

i can’t write that fast

and thursday we can go to the zoo

thursday zoo

friday

the women and children could go to the

amusement park

and the men could go boating and fishing

again

i think saturday should be a day for

everyone to do what they want to do

it’s the free day

and of course on sunday we go to the

airport

and we fly home

well

i think we have a good plan for our trip

to florida

yes

i’ve written down our plans for sunday

monday

tuesday wednesday thursday friday

saturday and the last sunday

i’m so excited

unit 8 going to visit sue’s house

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hi mary

kathy come on in

we’re sorry to bother you sue

we were packing for our trip to florida

and we were hoping that we could borrow

some things from you

yes i have so many things to pack

that i don’t have enough suitcases

you don’t

no problem

we have many extra suitcases

you can borrow one

i can

oh thanks

that’s very nice of you

also

do you have an extra tennis racket

david and i were hoping to play some

tennis

well we are in florida

but we only have one racket

no problem

you can borrow joe’s rocket

she can

yes

she can

oh yeah

sure

yes you can

oh sue

i’m so disappointed that you’re not

going to join us in florida

i hope you’re not too bored

being at home this week oh

we’re not staying at home

why not

we’re not

i talked with my mother

on the phone this morning

you did

yes

i did

she wants us to come

and visit her for a few days

she does

yes she does as a matter of fact we’re

going tomorrow morning

so you need to start packing your

suitcase right now dear

i should

yes

you should

do you have a problem with going to

visit my mother

oh no

not at all

i would love to visit your mother

you would

yeah

i guess it will be all right

oh sue

i’m so happy that you don’t have to stay

home all week

going to visit your mother is a

wonderful

idea it is

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unit 9 packing your bags

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joe

why do you look so upset

i wanted to go to florida with our

friends

i’m frustrated

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don’t be upset

we’re going to visit my mother

i know we’re going to visit your mother

that’s why i’m upset

and why don’t you want to go visit my

mother

because

yes

because why

because

i don’t know what to pack in my suitcase

you have so many clothes

so many nice things

i know

that’s the problem

i don’t know what to take

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oh joe here

i’ll help you decide what to take

how about these blue pants

you can take them when we go shopping

with my mother

okay

and

i guess this red shirt would look nice

with the blue pants

yeah

yeah that’s good

and

i think you need to take a jacket or a

sweater because the evenings will be

cool

well

should i take the large tan jacket or

should i take the small green sweater

i think this will be enough

you think so

okay

the small green sweater

okay

what about my swimming suit

let’s see should you take

the black one

or how about your yellow bathing suit

i think

the black one is better

i like the yellow bathing suit

i think you should take this one i

really do

alright okay

well

what shoes are you going to take

shoes

i don’t know

should i take the brown shoes or

the white shoes

i think the white ones are better

okay

i think i can finish packing myself now

thank you sue

anytime

especially when we’re going to visit my

mother

oh yeah

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unit 10 at the doctor

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oh what’s the matter

are you all right what’s the matter

i have a stomachache

oh i don’t know i just know that my

stomach hurts

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i think i should take you to the doctor

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joe williams

that’s us doctor sit down

thank you

how do you feel today joe

oh i have a very

very bad stomachache

okay

you have a stomachache

do you have a fever

a fever

i don’t know

am i hot

you’re not hot

you don’t have a fever do you have a

headache

just my

just my stomach

have you been feeling tired tired well

not very much

have you been coughing

or sneezing

coughing or sneezing

i have not been coughing or sneezing

doctor

do you know what’s wrong with joe

well

he has a very bad stomach ache

yeah

but he does not have a headache

he does not have a fever

yeah

he has not been feeling tired

and he hasn’t been coughing or sneezing

have you been eating these

eating

yes

how many of these have you eaten

i don’t know

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look they’re very delicious very good

now i know why you have a stomach ache

here take three of these every hour for

the next two days

you will be feeling better by tomorrow

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unit 11 i am so sorry

sue

i’m sorry

sue

really

i’m very sorry

i don’t believe you

sue

please

please forgive me

i can’t go to my mother’s today

what i can’t hear you please speak

louder

i said we can’t go to my mother’s today

because you had to go to the doctor

i was sick

you ate too many chocolate bars

i’m really sorry

i don’t forgive you

please

really

i’m sorry

please forgive me

you shouldn’t have eaten

so many chocolate bars

hey wait a minute

you gave me those chocolate bars

i guess i did give you those chocolate

bars

yeah

oh joe i’m sorry

i shouldn’t have gotten mad at you for

eating the chocolate bars i gave you

will you forgive me joe i’m really sorry

okay

i’ll forgive you

if you forgive me

okay

we all forgive each other

okay

what do you want to do now

well

i’m quite hungry actually

how about we eat some chocolate bars

oh sue

no more chocolate oh

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i’m just kidding

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unit 12

sleeping late

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mary

mary wake up

it’s 10 till 10

we’re late

we are late and we have to leave the

house to go to the airport at 15 after

that means we only have 25 minutes to

get ready

mom

dad what time is it

it’s 9 52

that means we only have 23 minutes to

get to the airport

let’s go

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mary

you know what time it is

it’s 1003

we will have to go to the airport at 10

can you please take our bags to the car

sure

dad

what time do we have to be at the

airport

at half past eleven

eleven thirty

do you think we’ll make it

i sure hope so

tina did you pack all of your suitcases

yeah

they’re all packed

okay

are you sure you got everything

yes

okay

you got your toothbrush your

toothpaste your hair dryer your makeup

yes yes and yes

okay

so david did you get everything

yes

i have my shoes

my clothes

a book to read on the plane and all of

our money

okay

so everyone got everything right

yes

we’re sure we have everything

okay

this is everything

let’s go

all right

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unit 13

at the airport

attention please

flight 747

is now boarding at gate 39.

excuse me

yes ma’am

can i help you

yes

we are late for a flight to florida

okay

and what is your flight number

our flight number is twelve fifty

your flight is at twelve fifty

our flight is at eleven thirty

our flight number is 12.50

okay

how many tickets do you need for your

flight

we have

six tickets for our flight to florida at

11 30 flight 1250

okay

you have 12 tickets for 11 30 that

leaves at a half past six

no no we have six tickets

at 11 30 for flight number 12

whoa

you need to hurry it’s 11 o’clock

i know

could you hurry as quickly as possible

please

okay

that’s six tickets

yes

and it is flight number 1250

yes

okay

and it leaves

11 30

yes

yes yes

okay

i’m sorry ma’am but that flight has been

delayed

it does not leave for another one hour

and 45 minutes

what

you mean we got up very quickly

we got ready very quickly

we came to the airport very quickly

and you are telling me that our flight

does not leave

for another hour and 45 minutes

yes but

that’s good

how is that good

now you’re not late

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unit 14

at the hotel

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i am so tired

i’m more than tired

i’m exhausted

i think everybody’s tired

i’m a little tired

but

not too much

yes

me too

i think we should go somewhere tonight

how about going to a movie

sorry

i thought you’d like to go see the beach

sweetheart

you’re a little late

it’s dark outside already

i would like to take a shower

before we go out

yes

david is right

i think we all need a shower before we

go out

all right

after everyone’s had a shower

we’ll go out to eat

could we eat pizza

tina dear we had pizza last night

we need to try something different

tonight

how about chinese food can we go find

some chinese food

sounds good

okay let’s take a shower first and then

we’ll all go out to eat chinese food

mom yes tina

if i don’t want chinese food could i

order a pizza

unit 15 at the chinese restaurant

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good evening

hi there’s six of us

you want to kick a bus no

i said there are six of us

there are six of you

yes

is there a table free

huh you cannot see

is there a table free

yes please come

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excuse me

how much is the soup

you are a very large group

i asked you

how much is the soup oh

it is three dollars

and what about the rice

it is one dollar a plate

okay i think

we would like six bowls of soup

six plates of rice

and one large duck

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unit 16. congratulations

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hi honey

i’m home

where have you been

you’ve been gone for a long time

well

i went to the doctor

to the doctor

sue

are you sick

why didn’t you tell me you weren’t

feeling well

joe

dear

i’m not sick

you’re not sick

if you’re not sick why did you go to the

doctor

darling we’re going to have

a baby

yeah

we’re going to have a baby

i’m so happy

i know

i’m excited too

i’m going to call

all of our friends on the telephone

okay

i’m going to tell them the good news

okay

hello kathy

yes

sue is going to have a baby

a baby oh sue this is great

congratulations

thanks kathy

i’m so happy for you and joe

this is terrific news we must have a

congratulations

party

we can invite everyone

that is a terrific idea

we could invite your family

and we can invite the white family also

yes

this is fantastic

congratulations

joe

congratulations sue

thank you

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unit 17

thank you

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oh mary this is so beautiful

thank you very much

you are welcome sue

wow

beautiful

thank you for the lovely baby clothes

they’re perfect

and jack it’s so nice of you to give

your ball

for the baby to play with

don’t mention it

david

i can’t thank you enough for the lovely

toy you made

are you sure it wasn’t too difficult for

you

no problem think nothing of it

i want you all to know

we appreciate

these gifts so much

they are really lovely

we are really so lucky to have such good

friends

god bless you all thank you

i want to thank everyone also when our

family moved into this apartment

we didn’t know anyone

but now we have many new friends i agree

you’re all very special to me

tina

you know how you can be a good friend to

me in the future

how

you can help me take care of the baby

in your free time

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you know

i’m so glad you have moved into our

apartment building

i think

we’ve become

very good friends

yes

we have and i think we will all be

friends

for a very long time

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