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Englishwithdain.comslash transcripts. By the way, last episode didn't have a transcript. Some of you asked me what happened, but I can't send out transcripts with the conversation episodes. It would just take me too long to go over the hour of audio and write every word out. But this episode does have a transcript, so you should already have it if you're listening to this and if you're signed up to the listener list, of course. Alright, today's episode is about strange news. It's back.
If you're new to the show, what this is is us going through a few strange, weird, or off-beat news stories just for fun, and then talking about some of the vocabulary we find along the way to make sure you understood everything, or almost everything, and help you keep building that vocabulary database. I'll put a link to each article in the description in case you want to read more about it more in depth. So that said, let's jump in. You are listening to episode 101 of English with Dane. Hit it.
It's giving free donuts to anyone with proof of vaccination all year long. Starting Monday, any customer with a valid COVID-19 vaccination card will receive a free, original, glazed donut at participating locations nationwide. The Iconic Donut Shop specifies that any guests who have received at least one of the two shots of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, or one shot of the Johnson ⁇ Johnson vaccine, qualify for the promotion. All you need to show is your vaccination card to redeem your donut.
A vaccine sticker is not valid. And it's not just a one-time offer. Vaccinated individuals can go back every single day and continue getting free donuts through all of 2021. So, right off the bat, the Primeiras, what a good marketing campaign. That's a lot of free donuts though. I guess it works out if they're doing it. Places like Krispy Kreme or Dunkin' Donuts throw out a lot of donuts every day, I imagine, so maybe it's good for food waste too.
I'm sure people are gonna go every day and that can't be good for you. Alright, a quick vocabulary check. The first one is the verb to sweeten, and I guess the expression to sweeten a deal or the deal. First, the verb to sweeten means to make something sweeter, endulzar in Spanish. It's spelled S-W-E-E-T-E-N. To sweeten a deal means to make a deal more attractive or enticing. It's like saying endulzar el drado, if you translate it literally.
The sentence was in case you needed another reason to get your COVID-19 vaccination, Krispy Kreme is sweetening the deal. Another quick thing, edulcorante in English is sweetener, like endulzador, translating literally again. Then we had an adjective you might not have heard before, glazed. When it comes to food, like donuts in this case, glazed means covered with a thin layer, una capa fina. When talking about donuts, that usually means a shiny layer of sugar.
You know exactly what type of donut I'm talking about. If you live in Spain, los donuts of Tolabida, but not the chocolate ones. I love that in Spain we say donuts. We don't even say the T really. Anyway, let's move on to the next strange headline. I love this story. It reads Officers discover emotional support python during DUI stop. You've heard of emotional support dogs, but how about emotional support pythons?
According to Fox 10 News, police in Fort Walton Beach, Florida were performing a DUI stop on Wednesday when they encountered an unusual passenger in one driver's car. They say the driver was accompanied by what appeared to be a python, unapiton. The driver reportedly told the officers that the snake was his emotional support animal. Come on, man. A news clip covering the story includes photos from the scene.
In one image, the enormous yellow-green snake is shown sitting comfortably in the passenger seat while its head reaches towards the glove compartment. Another photo shows an officer on the side of the road holding the giant python across both of his arms. Although snakes might seem like an unlikely candidate for an emotional support animal, they are actually relatively common. What?
According to the website Emotional Support Animalco.com, there is a compelling case for why snakes might surprisingly enough be the perfect pet for this role. Snakes are relatively easy to care for and need to be fed alimentados infrequently. They are naturally hypoallergenic since they don't have hair or fur, and they are extremely quiet, making them ideal for bringing to public places. What? Public places, where are you taking your snake?
Additionally, their tendency to wrap, envolverse, and coil themselves around people can feel extremely comforting, almost like a hug. They must be joking. Snakes are hardly the only exotic creatures to be adopted as emotional support animals. In a 2020 article covering airlines regulations of animals on airplanes, The Guardian reported that the category of emotional support pets has been expanded, ha sido expandida o ampliada, far beyond the typical cat or dog.
According to the article, quote, Delta noted that passengers attempted to fly with comfort turkeys, gliding possums, what? Known as sugar gliders, snakes, and spiders. I don't know how I would feel if I had to sit with someone with an emotional support spider next to me. Like, come on, get it together. Alright, quick vocabulary check. Nothing too complicated in this one. But there was something that got my attention. The glove compartment. Just something to keep in mind.
Just wanted to make sure you knew that one. Oh, and also the verb to coil, spelled C-O-I-L. It means to arrange something so that it's in a coil in una bobina. The snake was coiled around its prey, for example. The sentence was additionally, their tendency to wrap and coil themselves around people can feel extremely comforting, almost like a hug. I love it. Alright, let's move on to our third and final strange headline. This is a weird one, and I'd love to know what you think about it.
It reads, Nike distances itself from Lil Nas ex Satan shoes containing human blood. Again, Nike, the company that makes sports clothes, Nike distances itself to distancia, from Lil Nas X Satan shoes containing human blood. Let's continue. I know if you're confused, it's okay. If you don't know who Lil Nas X is, he sings this song.
The singer collaborated with streetwear label Mischief to create the shoes, which are modified Nike Air Max 97s and feature a pentagram pendant and a reference to a Bible verse, Luke 10, 18. I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. That's why it costs 1018 euros, by the way, just in case you didn't catch that. The shoes are a tie-in or come with a song and video called Mondero, Call Me by Your Name, which shows Lil Nas X gyrating or spinning in the devil's lap.
They follow Mischief's Jesus shoes, which contained a drop of holy water. The shoes available from Monday will be limited to 666 pairs, retail at $1,018, and contain 60 cc's of ink and one drop of blood. In a statement to the New York Times, Nike said it was not involved in the project. We do not have a relationship with Little Nas X or mischief, the company said. Nike did not design these shoes and we do not endorse them.
The shoes caused an uproar on social media, re-igniting debate about satanic imagery in music. I don't know. It's weird, but whatever. A lot of things are weird, and if people want to buy them, then I guess they have a place in the market. It is a weird one though. I feel like people will buy them just for the controversy, most likely. I doubt there will be many actual Satan worshippers in line for those shoes. Okay, quick vocabulary check to finish off. Let's start with a compound adjective.
That's an adjective made up of echo de two or more words and with a hyphen, unguill. In this case, we have custom made. I'm sure you know what it means, but I wanted to make sure you knew to use it like this. Here in Spain we say custom sometimes, but what you really want to say is custom made. In Spanish we would also say a medida, right? Next one. Maybe it's stupid to talk about this, but I get the feeling that some of you might not know what it means. I'm talking about lap.
Your lap, spelled L A P is basically the space between your waist, tu cintura, and your knees, tus rodillas, when you sit, you sit down. Tu portátil goes on your lap, on top of your lap, that's why it's a laptop computer. The sentence was the shoes are a tie-in with a song and video, Montero, call me by your name, which shows Lil Nas X gyrating or spinning in the devil's lap. There's one more I wanted to talk about before we go. The word is retail.
And the sentence was the shoes available from Monday will be limited to 666 pairs, retail at $1,018 and contain 60cc ink and one drop of human blood. Yes. When we talk about retail, we are talking about the sale of goods to the public in small quantities, okay, for use instead of resale. So if you work at a clothing store, for example, you are in retail in the retail industry, spelled R-E-T-A-I-L. In this case, it's used as a verb though. The shoes retail at $1018.
In this case, it means that they sell for or cost that much. You could also say go for if you want. They go for $1,018. Alright, that's it for today's episode on Strange News. I hope you enjoyed it. I hope you learned something new, and that you felt more comfortable throughout a lo largo de the episode, and that it helped in general. Support English with Dane by following the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.
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