Daily Life English Conversations Elementary Level
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where do you live I live in Pasadena
where is Pasadena it’s in California is
it in Northern California
no it’s in Southern California is
Pasadena a big city it’s pretty big
how big is pretty big it has about a
hundred and forty thousand people how
big is Los Angeles
it has about three million people
do you have a car yes I do what kind of
car do you have I have a Honda is it new
it was new in 2003 so it’s pretty old
now yes it is but it still looks good
do you take good care of it oh yes I
wash it once a week do you change the
oil my mechanic changes the oil twice a
year
do you have a girl
no I don’t do you I don’t have a
girlfriend either why not I don’t know
maybe I’m not rich enough girls like
guys with money they sure do
they like guys with new cars I don’t
have money or a new car me neither but
girls like guys who are funny yeah maybe
we should learn some good jokes
where are you going I have to walk the
dog what kind of dog do you have I have
a little poodle poodles bark a lot they
sure do
they bark at everything they never shut
up why did you get a poodle
it’s my mom’s dog so she likes poodles
she says they’re good watch dogs
can I borrow $5 sure why do you need it
I want to buy a lunch where’s your money
it’s not in my wallet your wallet is
empty I don’t have even one dollar in it
being broke is no fun even if it’s only
for a short while it’s always good to
have friends friends will lend you money
when you’re broke as long as you pay
them back
let’s go to the beach that’s a great
idea we haven’t been in a while we
haven’t been in a month the last time we
went you almost drowned
no I didn’t then why did the lifeguard
dive into the water I think he wanted to
cool off he swam right up to you and
then he turned right around maybe you’re
right maybe we should get going
are you married no I’m divorced
when did you get divorced I got divorced
two years ago why did you get divorced
my wife left me why did she leave you
she said she didn’t love me anymore
wow that’s terrible
yes it was why didn’t she love you
anymore she fell in love with my best
friend
on board what’s on TV nothing there must
be something on TV nothing that’s
interesting what about the new game show
which one Deal or No Deal tell me you’re
joking
I love that show
I watched it once that was enough it’s
on right now let’s watch it together
I like living here I agree Pasadena is a
nice city it’s not too big and it’s not
too small
it has great weather all year long it
has the Rose Parade it has beautiful
houses it has wonderful restaurant
it has great schools it’s close to the
mountains the people are friendly I’m
not ever going to leave
we need a new mattress what’s the matter
with this one it’s not comfortable it
seems fine to me I toss and turn all
night you should stop drinking coffee
look at these marks on my arms what are
they they are bite that the cat bite you
know the bedbugs in that mattress bit me
okay let’s get a new mattress
my laptop is so slow buy a new one I
would if I had the money why is it so
slow that’s a good question
did you take it to a computer shop I
would if I had the money well I guess
you have to win with it sometimes I want
to throw it out the window you don’t
want to do that
why not you might hit someone in the
head
what’s for dinner I’m not sure how about
a pizza you had pizza for lunch but I
love pizza everybody loves pizza so why
can’t I have pizza for dinner because
you need a variety what variety
different things not the same thing all
the time
you mean like pepperoni pizza instead of
a cheese pizza no I mean a salad instead
of a pizza
we need to save money why do we need to
save money because we need to buy a
house but a house is so expensive that’s
why we need to save money how much do we
need to save we need to save enough for
a down payment how much is that
that’s about $30,000 $30,000 that will
take forever
not if we save every penny okay here’s
seven pennies
the ocean is so big you can’t see the
end of it it goes on and on forever and
it’s deep - I think it’s five miles deep
are there fish at the bottom there are
fish at the top and the bottom are there
more fish or more people I think there
are more fish I hope so
I love to eat fish
I’m upset with my mom why is that I
warned her about her new boyfriend she
didn’t listen to me what happened I gave
her a thousand dollars for her birthday
I told her to spend it on herself that
was very nice of you I found out that
she gave it to her new boyfriend why did
she do that he said he would buy her a
nice ring what’s wrong with that
he went to us Vegas he lost it all
gambling
oh I hope your mom broke up with him
do animals talk to each other of course
they talk to each other what do they
talk about they talk about other animals
what else do they talk about they talk
about food and the weather do they talk
about us of course they talk about us
what do they say about us they say that
we are funny looking but we’re not funny
looking animals are funny looking we’re
funny looking because we wear clothes
I have to clean the house yes
it’s very dirty you can help me why me
because you helped make it dirty what do
you want me to do I want you to clean
the bathroom oh that’s easy
clean the sink the tub the counter and
the toilet that’s a lot of work tell me
when you finish I don’t think so
you’ll just give me more work
you’re watching too much TV what do you
mean I mean you’re wasting your life I’m
having fun you’re sitting there with
your mouth open
who cares I care do something okay
I did something what did you do I turned
up the volume that’s not what I meant by
do something well you do something we’ve
meet alone
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did you write a letter to Grandma yes I
did did you tell her about school I told
her that school is fun did you put the
letter in an envelope yes and I sealed
the envelope that you put a stamp on the
info I couldn’t find any stamps there in
the kitchen drawer okay I just put a
stamp on the envelope give me the
envelope and I’ll mail it for you when
is grandma going to learn about email
why are you yawning I’m sleepy why don’t
you go to bed I want to watch this TV
show maybe you should record it the tape
recorder is broken then you should watch
the rerun why I’m watching the original
but you’ll be asleep in about one minute
I’m just yawning because the commercials
are on okay I’ll tell you how the show
ends
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it’s Sunday so you know what that means
I forgot Sunday means we go to church oh
yeah put on a coat and a tie why to show
respect God and others
I’m glad Sunday is only once a week I
hope God didn’t hear that he’ll forgive
me
did you feed the cat I’ll do that in a
minute that cat is meowing he’s hungry
okay I’ll feed him right now
you shouldn’t make him wait I was doing
my homework the cat doesn’t care about
your homework the cat doesn’t care about
anything that the way cats are all they
think about is themselves maybe we
should get rid of him of course not he’s
family
I hate shaving me too
I just cut myself again did you use a
new blade it doesn’t matter
old blades cut new blades cutting maybe
you should use an electric shaver they
make a lot of noise but they don’t give
the close shave maybe you should stop
shaving and grow a beard sure why not
because food and other stuff sticks in
my beard hmm here’s an idea put cream on
your face and have the cat lick it off
excuse me yes are you reading this paper
Oh No
help yourself I asked because the paper
is sitting next to you
thank you that’s polite of you to ask
some people would just pick it up yes I
know some people are rude I always try
to be polite
so do I the world needs more polite
people like us I agree 100%
mom I want a puppy let me think about it
why do you have to think about it
because a puppy costs money no it
doesn’t puppies are free yes but a puppy
needs shot shots for what so it won’t
get sick just like you get shots I hate
shots and a puppy eats food food costs
money no problem I’ll give him food off
my plate
oh no you don’t puppies don’t eat
vegetables
look at all these kittens how many are
there
eh they’re all so cute yes but I can’t
keep them what are you gonna do with
them I’m going to give them away do you
want one
yes I would love one which one do you
want that one the one that’s all black
yes I like that one too
I’ll call him Blacky
my parents go to church every Sunday
they trust in God they hope they will go
to heaven they probably will but no one
knows for sure
that’s for sure no one knows what
happens after we die if we are good we
will be happy in heaven with God that’s
what many people believe if we are bad
we would be unhappy forever in hell I
don’t want to go to hell let’s go to
church with your parents on Sunday
my husband died I’m sorry for you thank
you
when did he die a couple of months ago
you still miss him yes but I talked to
him almost every day when you go to
church
no when I call him on his cell phone
what do you mean I buried him with his
cell phone what will you do when the
battery dies
today is Friday the 13th that’s a bad
day it’s supposed to be unlucky you’re
supposed to stay home all day that’s
what I do
my friend stayed in a hotel on Friday
the 13th that was a mistake he stayed on
the 13th floor
what happened someone stole his laptop
he was asking for it he learned his
lesson he’s home today
do you really love me of course prove it
how can I prove it take me to dinner
that’s it that’s all I have to do
take me to a nice restaurant not to
McDonald’s but a nice restaurant costs
money yes and you have to make a
reservation that’s such a hassle I knew
you didn’t love me ok ok I’ll make your
reservation right now
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my parents are divorced for mine why did
your parents get divorced my father
found a new girlfriend
that’s too bad my mother was hurt and
angry she had good reason what did she
do she told him to drop his girlfriend
what did your father do he moved out of
our house oh yes he really liked his new
girlfriend yes but she left him a year
later
my grandma’s apartment smells funny
so does mine I think it’s old people
smell really yes I think when you get
old you begin to smell like fruit that
is too ripe yes
just like fruit that is too ripe but the
smell is different yet old people don’t
smell like fruit no they smell like a
thrift shop yes a thrift shop has that
same smell yes and an old smell
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the price of stamps goes up and up
I think stamps used to cost a penny that
was a long time ago it was before I was
born now a stamp is 42 cents but in May
it will be 44 cents have you ever lost a
letter in the mail no I haven’t neither
have I so they do a good job for the
money yes they do
maybe we shouldn’t complain
a button came off my shirt what are you
going to do first I have to find a
button where did you lose it I have no
idea a button is hard to find did you
look in your pant cuffs that’s a good
idea
I found a button in my pant cuffs one
time let me look
no it’s not there many shirts come with
an extra button you’re right this one
does have an extra button now all you
have to do is sew it on
I have to go to the bathroom you drink
too much coffee but I love coffee well
it’s your life you eat too much
chocolate I don’t think so
have you looked in the mirror do you
think I’m getting fat
I didn’t say that what did you say I
said I have to go to the bathroom that’s
what I thought you said
did you do the laundry yes I did what
did you wash I washed the sheets and
towels what about the pillowcases yes I
took them off the pillows and washed
them did you dry everything in the dryer
yes I dried everything in the dryer then
what did you do I folded all the towels
did you put the sheets on the bed yes I
put the pillowcases on the pillows
do you listen to the radio
I listened day and night what do you
listen to mostly talk radio what’s that
people talk about current events what do
they say they say they want change what
kind of change they want tax cuts why do
they want tax cuts because tax cuts will
save them money
mom I’m hungry look in the fridge I’m
looking there’s nothing to eat
are you sure it’s almost empty I went to
the market yesterday I don’t see
anything I bought lots of oranges and
apples
I don’t want fruit I want something
tasty eat the fruit it’s good for you
next time you go to the market let me go
with you
no thank you all you want to eat are
hotdogs and candy bars
what is there to eat I don’t know look
in the fridge I think I’ll make a
sandwich what kind a ham sandwich the
bread is in the cabinet where the
mustard it’s in the fridge I think oh
yes here it is do you want the sandwich
yes that sounds nice
how about some potato chips yes and a
pickle if we have any
it’s time for your bath young lady but
mom I’m not dirty
you need a bath every day why because
you don’t want to smell bad
I don’t smell bad that’s what you think
if I smell bad I could smell me I can
smell you I can smell you too that’s my
perfume
when can I wear perfume
something is wrong with my computer
exactly what all I get is a black screen
what’s the matter I think I know because
this happened before what happened
before my hard drive crashed Oh No
that bad news it sure is but I’m going
to call HP first just to make sure will
you lose all your files no I always back
up my files you’re smart
I called HP about my computer what did
they say they said I need a new hard
drive that’s too bad
how much is a new one it’s not too much
only about $85 plus installation no my
hard drive is easy to remove and replace
really yes it’s just a couple of screws
that’s nice it’s a lot better than
paying someone $60 is my hard drive
crashes I’ll just call you
what’s your email address it’s blue dog
one two three blue dog one two three are
you sure that’s all yes no that’s
incomplete what do you mean what your
mailing address for five six
cherry drive Pasadena California nine
one one seven zero that’s correct
so what’s the problem blue dog one two
three
is just the street you have to give me
the city state and zip code oh I get it
my email address is blue dog one two
three at yahoo.com
I’m going to take a nap you should
unplug the phone that’s a good idea
do you want me to wake you in an hour no
thanks just let me sleep until I wake up
I’ll start dinner at six o’clock okay I
think I’ll be awake by then if not your
nose will wake you up you mean I will
smell the food cooking
you might even dream about dinner I
don’t think I’m going to dream about
anything
I’m really tired too have a nice nap
that was a nice funeral yes dad it was
the Sun gave a nice speech about his
father
it was long - I think it was about 45
minutes long but it went by fast it was
interesting I liked it I’ll give you a
speech like that - do you think anyone
will come to my funeral
of course I think only the family will
be there you have lots of friends they
will be there too
hey what’s that noise I had to blow my
nose did you have to blow right next to
the phone did you hear that of course I
heard that I thought a plane had crashed
into your house it wasn’t that loud I
will blow my nose sometime for you and
you’ll see okay I’ll take your word for
it I thought you had an elephant in your
house you’re funny what did you say I
think I’ve gone deaf I’m going into the
bathroom to blow my nose I’ll be right
back
I have lots of friends really how many
do you have I don’t know maybe 100 that
is a lot of friends do you have a best
friend of course I have lots of best
friends how many best friends do you
have
I think about 25 hmm
I have only one best friend I feel sorry
for you I have only a few friends you
must be lonely I will share my friends
with you that’s very nice of you
don’t you ever cheat on me why would I
do that because men like to cheat some
men do but not me I’m watching you I’m
an open book watch me all you want if I
catch you you’ll be sorry you won’t
catch me because I love you I’m not a
cheater
I will poke your eyes out I don’t want
any other woman I will chop your toes
off one by one
honey please you’re the only woman for
me forever I swear it
I hate to go outside me too
why do you hate to go outside I need too
many jerks I agree this city is full of
jerk rude people are everywhere but what
can you do you can yell at them and they
will yell back at you yelling doesn’t do
any good no the best thing to do is just
stay home
will you look at this form are you
having problems with it I don’t
understand some things let me help you
what does M I mean M I stands for middle
initial
what does mmm / DD / YY mean that means
month/day/year use numbers I don’t
understand for example if your birth
date is January 12 1987 right 0 1 / 12 /
87 oh that’s simple enough always print
clearly and fill in the bubbles
completely
let’s go to the
more shelter what do you want to do I
want to get a puppy for my son and that
will make him so happy I’ll get him one
of those little dogs one that won’t grow
up too big and eat too much do you know
which one he would like oh yes I took
him there yesterday
he showed me one that he really liked I
bet you had to drag him away he wanted
to take it home yesterday I wonder what
he’ll name it
what’s the weather like I don’t know I
just woke up why don’t you look outside
okay
it looks like rain why do you say that
the sky is gray is it raining right now
no how do you know the street isn’t wet
I have to go shopping today you’d better
take an umbrella
I can’t believe how hard it is it’s not
even noon yet
that means it will get hotter I’m dying
from the heat turn on the
air-conditioner it doesn’t work what
happened I don’t know did you call the
repairman of course
when is he coming he’s busy he said next
week
I’ll be glad when winter comes why is
that because I love the snow
yes the snow is fun last year we made a
big snowman how big was it it was seven
feet tall
how long did it take it took us all day
did you give him a nose of covers we
gave him a big carrot for a nose let me
help you make one this year
I’m going to the bank what do you need
to do I need to withdraw some money how
are you going to do that I just used the
ATM what’s that it’s the automatic
teller machine it gives you money I just
insert my debit card into the machine
and it gives you a money well it gives
me money but it’s my own money Oh what
good is that I thought it gave you free
money
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did you put the bloob in out on the
street oh no I forgot well you’d better
take it out from it what time does the
recycling truck come by it usually gets
here at noon on Tuesday which is
tomorrow I’ll just take it out to the
street
tomorrow morning oh no you don’t what do
you mean every morning you get up late
and rush off to work late do you think
I’ll forget to do it you’ll remember to
do it but you won’t have time to do it
okay I’ll take it out front right now
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are you ready ready for what ready for
the big switch what are you talking
about the nation is switching to digital
TV oh of course I’m ready did you buy
the converter no I don’t need a
converter because I bought a digital TV
how much was that it was only about $120
for a 13-inch screen does it pick up any
digital channels oh yes I get six Korean
channels but nothing in English
people are funny they sure are
did you hear about the pilot the one
that stole a small plane yes
he stole a plane in Canada and foot into
u.s. did they catch him
yes after two US fighter jets followed
him for an hour he landed on a highway
did he crash no he just landed the point
and walked to a restaurant did the cops
find out why he flew into the u.s. his
life sucked he was hoping a fighter jet
would shoot him down
poor guy
the police need our help finding a
robber how do you know the TV news is
reporting a bank robbery do they know
what the robber looks like yes
he’s 6 feet tall 200 pounds black hair
and about 30 years old what race is he
they didn’t say the TV news doesn’t tell
us the race anymore of course not that
would be racist how can we identify
someone if we don’t know their race
don’t ask me then they also shouldn’t
tell us if the robber is male or female
because that is sexist
don’t wipe your nose on your sleeve but
I don’t have it at issue then go find a
tissue in the bathroom I didn’t have
time to get one from there your sleeves
are not tissues but mom all my friends
user sleeps that doesn’t make it right
I saw a dad wipe his nose on his sleeve
yesterday I will talk to your father
about that I bet dad did it all the time
when he was my age your daddy was a good
little boy how do you know
were you his mommy too
I’m worried worried about what I’m
getting married
you should be happy not worried
I am happy but marriage is a lot of
responsibility yes you have to take care
of your wife and I have to take care of
our children are you going to start a
family yes we want to have a little boy
and a little girl that sounds wonderful
except we can’t afford it no wonder
you’re worried
I don’t get art or artists they’re in a
different world I saw a painting of a
jar that was full of pencils the artist
said the gel is both full and empty but
it was full of pencils
how could he say it was empty artists
see things differently did you ever see
anything that Picasso painted of course
he’s world famous did he ever take art
lessons I can’t believe it I drew
paintings like that in third grade where
are they
maybe they are worth millions
what’s the point the point of what of
living who knows you live and then you
die we must be here for some reasons
maybe we’re here to have fun then why
aren’t I having fun because you’re
thinking too much
so I should stop thinking stop thinking
about what the point is okay I’ll start
thinking about having some fun
just be patient fun doesn’t come along
every five minutes
beer is a powerful drug so I figure it
which would you prefer what do you mean
when you die and go to heaven and they
will offer you beer cigarettes I could
pick only one or the other yes nothing
is perfect not even in heaven boy that’s
a tough one what’s so tough about it of
course I would take cigarettes
cigarettes tastes much better when you
have a cold beer well you can’t have
everything
I don’t think I want to go to your
heaven
my pants have a hole in the
front pocket you shouldn’t carry pens in
your pocket yesterday a pin fell through
my pants onto my shoe lucky for you it
wasn’t a sharp knife who will carry the
sharp knife in their pocket criminals of
course anyway I have to fix the hole you
can sew it up or use an iron-on patch
tell me about this patch the patch has
glue the hot iron melts the glue for the
patch ticks on that sounds a lot easier
than sewing it is but after about 10
washings the glue washes off
do you know any good joke I can’t
remember jokes neither deny they go in
one ear and out the other makes up all
these jokes who knows but there must be
a hundred new ones every day yes just in
English alone
I wonder if every language has jokes of
course people everywhere like good jokes
what do you think people joke about the
most I think most jokes about women oh
really
I think most jokes are about men
you’re very lucky why do you say that
you speak two languages
well my English isn’t perfect no one
speaks perfect English maybe I’ll be the
first I’ve been thinking about learning
Spanish Spanish easy I’ll be happy to
teach you how long will it take me to
learn I think we’ll only take you a year
- how soon can we begin Oh duh that
means right now
do you know what today is yes it’s April
22nd it’s more than just a date is it
your birthday or anniversary no it’s
Earth Day what’s that it’s a yearly
reminder to take care of our planet Oh
give me Mike reuse things and recycle
stuff yes we need to think green save
water and stop using plastic bags how
about if I take shorter showers that’s a
good idea
because showers waste a lot of water
from now on I’ll spend only 20 minutes
in the shower
poetry sucks I don’t know anyone who
likes it
some of it is okay I guess yes the poems
that rhyme in it easy to remember like
one two buckle my shoe but people still
write poems no one makes any money at it
Shakespeare was a poet did he get rich
from his poetry probably not
palms are a little bit like song yes the
songs have music without music songs
would suck too
how smart are you I don’t know I think
I’m average did you ever take an IQ test
no I never did all I know is that I got
A’s and B’s in school I wish I was
really smart don’t be ridiculous
what do you mean if you’re going to make
a wish wish that you were really rich or
famous don’t you ever wonder what it’s
like to be super smart it must be very
lonely why is that because if you’re
super smart no one understands what
you’re saying
I missed the TV news last night what was
on nothing Noah passes news what’s the
weather going to be like this weekend I
don’t know whenever the weather comes on
I switched channels what was the lead
story on the news some actress was in
court for driving without a license what
was the second story some actor married
a woman young enough to be his daughter
what was the third story a bull chased a
man in the supermarket wasn’t there
anything about Octomom of course she’s
going to hire a nanny for her eighth
infant
what are you going to do about your desk
well mostly I’ll try to avoid it I mean
are you going to get buried or cremated
my wife and I will be cremated are you
going to be buried next to each other oh
no our ashes will be shaken into the
ocean you’re not going to be buried a
coffin cost too much and takes up too
much space yes but it will be in a
cemetery where your children can visit
you children for don’t visit their
parents in the cemetery that’s true
a cemetery is for dead people not living
people we figure our kids can visit us
whenever they go to the beach
did you wipe your feet yes of course I
wiped my feet then why is there mud on
the carpet I don’t know it’s not my mud
well someone brought it into the house
look at the bottom of my shoes they’re
clean of course they’re clean you left
all the mud on the carpet okay I’ll get
the vacuum cleaner
don’t vacuum it now don’t you want me to
clean up the mud wait till it dries it
will be easier to vacuum next time I’ll
be more careful
what are you eating for your mom what
are you talking about Sunday is Mother’s
Day this Sunday of course it’s all over
the news I thought it was next Monday
well you better get her something I’ll
get her a nice card is that it yes
that’s all I ever give her she raised
you and all you ever gave her as a card
it’s okay she knows that I love her
I don’t like our flag what’s the matter
with it it’s too much like other flags
yes a lot of flags have stripes a flag
should be pretty what should our flag
look like it should have a pretty woman
on it that’s ridiculous
you don’t like pretty women of course I
do but not on our flag every nation
should have a pretty woman on their flag
you can’t go to work carrying up a flag
with a woman on it
I had a busy morning what did you do i
watered all the plants you have a lot of
plants then I did my laundry that takes
some time I took the dog for a walk I’ll
bet he enjoyed his walk I vacuum the
entire house that’s a lot of work and
then I made lunch I’ll bet you were
hungry
I don’t have long this
with my home phone so how do you make
long-distance calls
I use a calling card where you get that
I buy it at the dollar store
how much is it it’s one dollar for 100
minutes that’s only a penny a minute
it’s a great price but you have to dial
a lot of numbers how many first you dial
seven numbers then ten numbers then ten
more numbers
yikes I think I’ll keep my long-distance
service