LnR 085 Gift of the Magi 5 "You've cut off your hair?" asked Jim, laboriously, as if he had not arrived at that patent fact yet even after the hardest mental labor. "Cut it off and sold it," said Della. "Don't you like me just as well, anyhow? I'm me without my hair, ain't I?" Jim looked about the room curiously. "You say your hair is gone?" he said, with an air almost of idiocy. "You needn't look for it," said Della. "It's sold, I tell you--sold and gone, too. It's Christmas Eve, boy. Be good t...
May 11, 2019•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast LnR 083 Gift of the Magi 4 At 7 o'clock the coffee was made and the frying-pan was on the back of the stove hot and ready to cook the chops. Jim was never late. Della doubled the fob chain in her hand and sat on the corner of the table near the door that he always entered. Then she heard his step on the stair away down on the first flight, and she turned white for just a moment. She had a habit for saying little silent prayer about the simplest everyday things, and now she whispered: "Please God...
May 11, 2019•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast LnR 081 The Gift of the Magi 3 Where she stopped the sign read: "Mne. Sofronie. Hair Goods of All Kinds." One flight up Della ran, and collected herself, panting. Madame, large, too white, chilly, hardly looked the "Sofronie." "Will you buy my hair?" asked Della. "I buy hair," said Madame. "Take yer hat off and let's have a sight at the looks of it." Down rippled the brown cascade. "Twenty dollars," said Madame, lifting the mass with a practised hand. "Give it to me quick," said Della. Oh, and t...
May 11, 2019•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast LnR 079 The Gift of the Magi 2 http://www.online-literature.com/o_henry/1014/ Della finished her cry and attended to her cheeks with the powder rag. She stood by the window and looked out dully at a gray cat walking a gray fence in a gray backyard. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present. She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result. Twenty dollars a week doesn't go far. Expenses had been greater than she had calculated. T...
May 11, 2019•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi! I'm still n the US. I have recovered from the surgery I had in January and the complications in wound healing that followed it. However, it's too late for me to go back to my classes in China this term. Even worse, my university told me that they wouldn't rehire me for next term. Grrrrr. (That's a sound that means you are angry.) They have four teachers for next term but they only need three teachers. So they won't rehire me because I'm the oldest and because I missed this term. It's not fai...
May 11, 2019•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a replay of a recording I made 2 1/2 years ago. It's about the American baseball championships, which we call the World Series. I made this in November of 2016. Right now it is May of 2019. It's the beginning of baseball season, and the end of basketball and hockey season. ==== LnR 076 Like I Said A: Hey, why do you (d'ya) look so tired? B: I stayed up late last night watching the last game of the World Series. A: Oh, was that last night? I'm not a sports fan. B: Yeah, it was last night!...
May 03, 2019•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast LnR 074 Long Time No See (Replay) NOTE: This podcast episode is from October 2016! I say that I have just spent the summer in the US with my mother and her two cats (now she has three cats) and am now in China again. I am writing this in April 2019 and am not in China, but still in the US recovering from surgery. I am almost recovered, but it's probably too late for me to go back to China to teach this term, so I most likely will stay here with my mother and her three cats until August. ---- Lnr...
Apr 19, 2019•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a podcast episode from about two years ago. I'm still in the US at my mother's house, recovering from surgery. I'll be OK eventually, buy my wounds are healing slower than usual. I'm resting a lot, and enjoying being with my mother and her three cats. I really miss my students n China, but I can't return there until I am completely healed, and that will take some more time. LnR 073 Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Replay) http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/poetrycompetition/article3...
Apr 11, 2019•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Here's a replay from 2 1/2 years ago! Right now I'm visiting my mother and her three cats. I had surgery three weeks ago and am having a slow recovery. I have to rest a lot. I'm supposed to return to China in two weeks for the beginning of the school term, but I'll have to arrive two weeks late, due to the slow recovery from surgery. I hope that all of you are well! I'll be fine, too . . . soon. LnR 062 Give me = gimme Never write "gimme" when you are writing for your English teacher or your job...
Feb 08, 2019•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast I'm sorry I haven't made any new podcast episodes for you for a while! I actually have three TQ (Ten Question) interviews that I've recorded, but haven't edited yet. I'm such a procrastinator! Do you know that word? It means that I put things off, I delay them. It's a terrible habit, but a very common one! Here's a casual language podcast from 2 1/2 years ago. LnR 060 Didja call 'im? "Did you call him" sounds like "Didja call 'im" if you are speaking quickly and informally. Never write "didja" a...
Jan 08, 2019•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast I made this podcast episode in December 2015, and then replayed it last year just before Christmas. It's time for it again, as Christmas is in a couple of days! I had a nice dinner with some foreign teachers last night. There were two Canadians, three Americans, three Brits, four Chinese, and two babies. The dinner was held at the apartment of my co-worker from Canada and his wife and baby. My other two Foreign Language College co-workers were there. along with a few other people we know. We had...
Dec 23, 2018•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast LnR Around the World in Eighty Days 16 Chapter IV Having won twenty guineas at whist, and taken leave of his friends, Phileas Fogg, at twenty-five minutes past seven, left the Reform Club. Passepartout, who had conscientiously studied the programme of his duties, was more than surprised to see his master guilty of the inexactness of appearing at this unaccustomed hour; for, according to rule, he was not due in Saville Row until precisely midnight. Mr. Fogg repaired to his bedroom, and called out...
Nov 26, 2018•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast TQ 059 Lydia from the Netherlands (Replay) I hosted Lydia two years ago. And then, a couple months later, I hosted her again as she headed back to Europe! ======== Lydia, 21, stayed with me for several days. She's been on the road for 15 months, cycling from the Netherlands to China and then on to Southeast Asia. She desired to see China because she lived here for two years when she was a little girl. Listen as we talk about how she learned English quickly by being put in an English school in Sh...
Nov 21, 2018•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast LnR Around the World in Eighty Days 15 Stuart, whose turn it was to deal, gathered them up, and went on: "You are right, theoretically, Mr. Fogg, but practically—" "Practically also, Mr. Stuart." "I'd like to see you do it in eighty days." "It depends on you. Shall we go?" "Heaven preserve me! But I would wager four thousand pounds that such a journey, made under these conditions, is impossible." "Quite possible, on the contrary," returned Mr. Fogg. "Well, make it, then!" "The journey round the ...
Nov 19, 2018•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast TQ 058 Milena from Poland (Replay) Milena and Alicja (TQ 056) stayed with me for two nights as they were on their way from China to Vietnam. Alexei (TQ 057) was also here at the same time - three house guests! Milena has a somewhat strong Polish accent, so this will be good listening practice for most of you. Listen as we talk about skiing, safety while hitchhiking, and Hong Kong. Here are some words that Milena uses that you may not know: to be fit, downhill skiing, cross country skiing, adrena...
Nov 14, 2018•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast LnR the World in Eighty Days 14 Around "Certainly," returned Ralph. "I agree with Mr. Fogg. The world has grown smaller, since a man can now go round it ten times more quickly than a hundred years ago. And that is why the search for this thief will be more likely to succeed." "And also why the thief can get away more easily." "Be so good as to play, Mr. Stuart," said Phileas Fogg. But the incredulous Stuart was not convinced, and when the hand was finished, said eagerly: "You have a strange way,...
Nov 12, 2018•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast LnR Around the World in Eighty Days 13 There were real grounds for supposing, as the Daily Telegraph said, that the thief did not belong to a professional band. On the day of the robbery a well-dressed gentleman of polished manners, and with a well-to-do air, had been observed going to and fro in the paying room where the crime was committed. A description of him was easily procured and sent to the detectives; and some hopeful spirits, of whom Ralph was one, did not despair of his apprehension. ...
Nov 06, 2018•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast TQ 057 Alexei from Belarus (Replay) Here's an interview with a cyclist I hosted almost two years ago. Alexei (also called Alex) stayed in my apartment several nights on his way from China to Vietnam. He had already been traveling for a long time by bike. He is from Minsk, the capitol of Belarus. His native language is Russian. Listen as we talk about his trip and the names of all the countries he has cycled in. Here are some words you may not know: the road surface, brakes, to burn calories, veg...
Oct 31, 2018•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast LnR Around the World in Eighty Days 12 At the beginning of this recording, I invite you to visit my website http://www.missbuswell.com/ . On the right side of the page you'll see a chance to subscribe to my email list and get a free copy of "How to Improve your English Speaking". I talk quite a lot at the beginning of this podcast episode! If you want to only hear the Listen and Repeat part, you can start at 8:47. ----------- It was Phileas Fogg, whose head now emerged from behind his newspapers...
Oct 29, 2018•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast TQ 108 Arina and Aleksei from St Petersburg, Russia I hosted Arina and Aleksei for three nights on near the beginning of their round-the-world hitchhiking adventure. They had already crossed Russia and Mongolia and most of China. Arina is a lawyer and Aleksei an engineer, and they are taking time out to travel for a year or so. Arina is originally from the Republic of Bashkortostan, while Aleksei grew up in St Petersburg. Listen as they talk about their names, their jobs, and their travels. Some...
Oct 26, 2018•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast LnR Around the World in Eighty Days 11 Chapter III IN WHICH A CONVERSATION TAKES PLACE WHICH SEEMS LIKELY TO COST PHILEAS FOGG DEAR Phileas Fogg, having shut the door of his house at half-past eleven, and having put his right foot before his left five hundred and seventy-five times, and his left foot before his right five hundred and seventy-six times, reached the Reform Club, an imposing edifice in Pall Mall, which could not have cost less than three millions. He repaired at once to the dining-...
Oct 16, 2018•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast You can contact me at Nancy@MissBuswell.com to tell me if you want the vocabulary part to be shorter, or if you have any other comments about my podcasts. Fresh Off The Boat S 1 E 2 Dialog Mr. Huang: Jessica, what brings you to Cattleman’s Ranch? Mrs. Huang: I realized, why not have the boys do CLC here. That way I can also help you at the restaurant. Unless you don’t want me here. Mr. Huang: Oh, no, of course I want you here. Mrs. Huang: Good! Boys! CLC. This booth. If Mitch steals two croutons...
Oct 13, 2018•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast TQ 107 Kristina from Ukraine Kristina and her two friends Kirill and Peter stayed with me in Nanning for four days. They had hitchhiked from Ukraine in Europe and were headed to Vietnam. Listen as we talk about how she thinks sometimes in Ukrainian and sometimes in Russian, and as she tells us about how fascinating it was to climb a volcano in Indonesia. Kristina has studied to be a doctor, so she uses some difficult medical words in this podcast episode! Here are some words you may not know: sp...
Oct 11, 2018•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast LnR Around the World in Eighty Days 10 Mr. Fogg's wardrobe was amply supplied and in the best taste. Each pair of trousers, coat, and vest bore a number, indicating the time of year and season at which they were in turn to be laid out for wearing; and the same system was applied to the master's shoes. In short, the house in Saville Row, which must have been a very temple of disorder and unrest under the illustrious but dissipated Sheridan, was cosiness, comfort, and method idealised. There was n...
Oct 09, 2018•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Fresh Off the Boat S 1 E 1 Vocabulary Shaq narc: Shut up, you little Chinese narc! to haggle: Moms thought that everything was too much. She never understood that you couldn’t haggle at JC Penney’s. Tiger Mom: Moms was always hard on me – way before all that Tiger Mom stuff. anthem: see sentence below black sheep: If you were an outsider, hip hop was your anthem, and I was definitely the black sheep in my family. humidity: The humidity is not good for my hair. exotic: I was expecting something a...
Oct 09, 2018•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Fresh Off the Boat Introduction This podcast is only me talking! There's no Listen and Repeat. I introduce the TV series "Fresh Off the Boat to you. I tell you about the mom and dad, Louis and Jessica, who immigrated to the U.S. from Taiwan. You learn about their three sons, Eddie, Emery, and Evan, who were all born in the U.S. Eddie is the main focus of the show. He's in junior high school, and he loves hip hop and the NBA. The show takes place in the 1990's, so the music is from that time and ...
Sep 27, 2018•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast TQ 056 Alicja from Poland (Replay) Alicja and her friend Milena stayed with me two nights. A cyclist from Belarus was also here at the same time. Alicja and her friend sometimes travel by hitchhiking. Listen as we talk about her favorite sport, ski jumping, and how the Poles have 12 dishes for their Christmas Eve dinner, and how she visited a beautiful place in Bolivia, South America. She also traveled across Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railway, which is one of the great train rides in the worl...
Sep 26, 2018•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast LnR Around the World in Eighty Days 9 At half-past eleven, then, Passepartout found himself alone in the house in Saville Row. He began its inspection without delay, scouring it from cellar to garret. So clean, well-arranged, solemn a mansion pleased him; it seemed to him like a snail's shell, lighted and warmed by gas, which sufficed for both these purposes. When Passepartout reached the second story he recognised at once the room which he was to inhabit, and he was well satisfied with it. Elec...
Sep 25, 2018•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast LnR 058 Words from Spanish (Replay) Here are the words: adios cafeteria canyon Chihuahua (a city in Mexico and a small dog) chili El Nino (there should be a mark over the second "n", but I don't know how to make it in this podcasting program) fiesta jalapeno (mark over the "n") macho ole (mark over the "e") paella patio plaza pronto siesta tacos tortilla tequila vanilla vigilante My voice sounds tired because I recorded this late at night!...
Sep 01, 2018•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast LnR 056 Words from Chinese and Cantonese (Replay) I said in the beginning that this podcast episode would be short, but it's not! Here are the words: tofu kungfu tai chi typhoon kowtow wok gung ho wonton dim sum feng shui
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