51. STUDYING FOR EXAMS
Hi Kim.
āĻšāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĨ¤
Hey Shawn, good to see you again. How have you been?
āĻšā§āĻ āĻļāύ, āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϞāĻžāĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāύ āĻāĻ?
OK, I didnât sleep much last night. I studied until 2 AM for an exam.
āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋ, āĻāϤ āϰāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāĻžāĻāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϰāĻžāϤ ⧍āĻāĻž āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
Same here. The semester is almost over and Iâve had exams all week.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰāĻ āĻāĻāĻ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤ āϏā§āĻŽāĻŋāϏā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻļā§āώ, āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš āϧāϰā§āĻ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϞāĻā§āĨ¤
Are you going back to California after graduation?
āĻā§āϰā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻļāύā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĢā§āϰā§āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧠āϝāĻžāĻŦā§?
Yes, Iâll go home and try to get a job.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻŦāĨ¤
What kind of job?
āĻā§āύ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋ?
I want to be an English translator.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ
āύā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤
Thatâs great.
āĻĻāĻžāϰā§āĻŖāĨ¤
Thanks, but my English still isnât good enough.
āϧāύā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāύāĻ āϝāĻĨā§āώā§āĻ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āύāĻžāĨ¤
Donât worry, itâs better than most classmates.
āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āύāĻž, āĻāĻāĻž āĻ
āύā§āĻ āϏāĻšāĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āϰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĨ¤
Iâm going to the library to study for tomorrowâs exam.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāϞā§āϰ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϞāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āϰā§āϰāĻŋāϤ⧠āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
Good luck.
āĻļā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽāύāĻžāĨ¤
You too.
āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻāĨ¤
52. DID YOU GET MY MESSAGE?
Hi Angela, itâs Dan.
āĻšāĻžāĻ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āϞāĻž, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĄā§āϝāĻžāύāĨ¤
Hi Dan.
āĻšāĻžāĻ āĻĄā§āϝāĻžāύāĨ¤
Did you get my message yesterday?
āĻāϤāĻāĻžāϞ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āϏā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻ?
Yes, I saw your call later. I tried to call back but your phone was off.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ, āĻĒāϰ⧠āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāϞ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĢā§āύ āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
I wanted to remind you about the wedding next week. Are you coming?
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŽāύ⧠āĻāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāϏāĻ?
Yes, I already bought a gift.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻĒāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāύā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
Good. Iâll also invite Megan.
āĻāĻžāϞā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāύāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāĻŦāĨ¤
OK, Iâll tell her.
āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāϞāĻŦāĨ¤
Weâll go together. Iâll pick you up first.
āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻāϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϝāĻžāĻŦāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻā§ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϏāĻŦāĨ¤
53. DOCTORâS APPOINTMENT
Iâd like to see a doctor.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤
Do you have an appointment?
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϝāĻŧā§āύā§āĻāĻŽā§āύā§āĻ āĻāĻā§?
No.
āύāĻžāĨ¤
When?
āĻāĻāύ?
Today, as soon as possible. My stomach hurts.
āĻāĻ, āϝāϤ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻŦāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
Please wait 30 minutes. The doctor is busy.
āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤāĨ¤
OK.
āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
Please show your insurance card.
āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϏā§āϝā§āϰā§āύā§āϏ āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻĄ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāύāĨ¤
Here.
āĻāĻ āύāĻŋāύāĨ¤
The visit is $25.
āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĢāĻŋ ⧍ā§Ģ āĻĄāϞāĻžāϰāĨ¤
OK, Iâll pay cash.
āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻāĻĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĨ¤
Please fill out these forms.
āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻ āĻĢāϰā§āĻŽāĻā§āϞ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
54. MAIL
Did you get the mail?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻ?
Yes, just bills and a letter. There was junk mail too.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ, āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ
āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āĻāϞāĻ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Anything for me?
āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻā§?
Yes, a letter from the American Embassy.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻŽā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻžāύ āĻĻā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāĨ¤
What does it say?
āĻāϤ⧠āĻā§ āϞā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻā§?
Your passport is ready.
āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϏāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤāĨ¤
Can you drive me there?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āϏā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦā§?
Yes, we can go now.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻāύāĻ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
55. I HAVE A COLD
How are you?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāύ āĻāĻ?
Still sick with a cold.
āĻāĻāύāĻ āĻ āĻžāύā§āĻĄāĻž āϞā§āĻā§ āĻ
āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨ āĻāĻāĻŋāĨ¤
Still? Itâs been over a week.
āĻāĻāύāĻ? āĻāĻ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§āϰ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Yes, since last Monday.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ, āĻāϤ āϏā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§āĨ¤
A little better now after medicine.
āĻāώā§āϧ āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĨ¤
I have a bad cough.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻļāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
I might go to the doctor tomorrow.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϞ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
Iâm going to the drugstore. Need anything?
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāώā§āϧā§āϰ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϞāĻžāĻāĻŦā§?
Yes, tissues please.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻŋāϏā§āϝ⧠āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
56. DINNER INVITATION
Hi James.
āĻšāĻžāĻ āĻā§āĻŽāϏāĨ¤
Hi Barbara.
āĻšāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻžāĨ¤
Are you here for work?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ?
Yes.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤
Want to join us for dinner later?
āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϰ⧠āϝā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§?
Yes, I have a meeting first, then Iâll come.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§, āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϏāĻŦāĨ¤
OK. Call me after your meeting.
āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻļā§āώ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϞ āĻĻāĻŋāĻāĨ¤
57. SEND ME THE DIRECTIONS
Hi Frank, itâs Pam.
āĻšāĻžāĻ āĻĢā§āϰā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
Hi.
āĻšāĻžāĻāĨ¤
When you get home, send me directions to the party.
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϝāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻāύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļāύāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻŋāĻāĨ¤
OK.
āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
Actually, just text me the address.
āĻāϏāϞ⧠āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻ āĻŋāĻāĻžāύāĻžāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻā§āϏāĻ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
Sure, Iâll send it when I get home.
āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŦāĨ¤
Drive carefully. See you tonight.
āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āϰāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
58. BAD CELLPHONE RECEPTION
Hi Sharon, what time will you arrive?
āĻšāĻžāĻ āĻļā§āϝāĻžāϰāύ, āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāύ āĻāϏāĻŦā§?
Sorry, I canât hear you well.
āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻļā§āύāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤
Can you hear me now?
āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āύāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻ?
Still not clear, bad signal.
āĻāĻāύāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžāϰ āύāĻž, āϏāĻŋāĻāύāĻžāϞ āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĨ¤
OK, Iâll call you back later.
āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāϞ āĻāϰāĻŦāĨ¤
59. GOING TO THE GYM
Letâs do something today.
āĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
Letâs go to the gym.
āĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§ āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤
We can play basketball or lift weights.
āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻā§āĻāĻŦāϞ āĻā§āϞāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāύ āϤā§āϞāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
I like basketball.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻā§āĻāĻŦāϞ āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
We used to play more in school.
āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āϏā§āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻā§āϞāϤāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
Yes, but now no time.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύā§āĻāĨ¤
Letâs play soccer later.
āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻāϞ⧠āĻĢā§āĻāĻŦāϞ āĻā§āϞāĻŋāĨ¤
Itâs too cold. Letâs wait.
āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŦ āĻ āĻžāύā§āĻĄāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
60. CAR ACCIDENT
Are you OK?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ?
Yes, but I had a car accident.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻāĻāύāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Were you hurt?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻĒā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻ?
No, just a sore neck.
āύāĻž, āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻžāĨ¤
What happened?
āĻāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§?
I wasnât paying attention and hit a car.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧠āϧāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻž āϞā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Police came and everything is fine.
āĻĒā§āϞāĻŋāĻļ āĻāϏā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϏāĻŦ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
I need to fix my car now.
āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
