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Lesson #46:  Halloween

BLT Eigo is brought to you by BLTnetwork.com and hosted by David Hylton.

Transcript:

Greetings.  I am your phantom host.  Halloween is October 31st.  You can go Trick-or-Treating.  Go to your friend’s house and say, “Trick or Treat.”  If they don’t give you a treat, like candy, you can play a trick on them.  

Let’s try it…  “Trick or Treat!”

Good job!  

Happy Halloween.  Ha ha ha ha ha….

Check out the last episode “Fear” here:  http://eigo.bltnetwork.com/2008/10/23/fear/

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Lesson #44:  Riddles

This is BLT Eigo, brought to you by BLTnetwork.com. I’m your host and English Coach, David Hylton.

Time to exercise that brain again.  Here are a few great riddles I found on the internet.  See if you can answer them before I give you the answers.

1. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, and has a bed but never sleeps?

It’s…. a river.

2. What is full of holes but still holds water?

Baaaa… a sponge.

3. What is lighter than a feather, but even the strongest man cannot hold it more than a few minutes?

Time’s up!  His breath!

Good job!

If you didn’t get them all right, don’t worry… I still think you are very smart for joining BLT Eigo, right here on BLTnetwork.com. See you next time. Bye!

Check out our previous post “It’s Mine!” at: http://eigo.bltnetwork.com/2008/10/06/its-mine/

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Lesson #43:  It’s mine!

This is BLT Eigo, brought to you by BLTnetwork.com. I’m your host and English Coach, David Hylton.

Hey, whose dirty coffee cup is this on my desk?  What? Oh, it’s mine?  I guess I left it here after my last show….Whoops.

Anyway, today’s topic is about “possessive pronouns” like mine, yours, his, hers, ours and theirs.

When someone asks, “Whose coffee cup is this?”, you might say, “It’s my coffee cup,” or you could simply say, “It’s mine.”  Mine equals “my coffee cup.”  OK, now you make some short sentence using possessive pronouns:

It’s his coffee cup.
It’s his.

It’s her coffee cup.
It’s hers.

It’s your coffee cup.
It’s yours.

It’s our coffee cup.
It’s ours.

It’s their coffee cup.
It’s theirs.

OK, here’s a hard question…. Whose favorite English program is this?
And your answer is….

It’s mine!

Good job!

Thanks for joining BLT Eigo right here on BLTnetwork.com. See you next time. Bye!

See our previous episode called “Toilet” right here:  http://eigo.bltnetwork.com/2008/09/21/toilet/

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Lesson #42:  Toilet

This is BLT Eigo, brought to you by BLTnetwork.com. I’m your host and English Coach, David Hylton.

Whoops , I think I drank too much coffee because I really have to go to the… uh…. you know… to the …..

(flush)

Usually one doesn’t talk about the toilet.   But sometimes when you really have to go, you should remember how to do it.

Instead of saying “toilet,” Americans usually say restroom or bathroom.

We say bathroom because the bath is often located in the same room.

When you want to ask permission to use the restroom, just say, “May I use the restroom?”  It is also OK to use “Can” instead of “May.”

OK, repeat after me:

May I use the restroom?

Good job!

OK, I’ve really got to go now….. Thanks for joining BLT Eigo right here on BLTnetwork.com. See you next time. Bye!

View our last episode about “Fried Eggs”:  http://eigo.bltnetwork.com/2008/09/04/fried-eggs/

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Lesson #41: Fried Eggs!

This is BLT Eigo, brought to you by BLTnetwork.com. I’m your host and English Coach, David Hylton.

One of my Japanese friends asked me what “sunny side up”  means.  I said it means to fry an egg without flipping it over… the yolk, or the yellow part, looks like the sun with some clouds around it.

Then I thought, hey, what great podcast idea!

Anyway, here are some other fired-egg phrases:

Over well: cooked on both sides until the yolk is hard
Over hard: cooked on both sides until the BROKEN yolk is hard
Over medium:  cooked on both sides; with the “white” done and the yolk soft
Over easy: cooked on both sides with the white partially cooked and the yolk still liquid or “runny”…ew!

Good job!

Thanks for joining BLT Eigo right here on BLTnetwork.com. See you next time. Bye!

Check out our previous podcast: http://eigo.bltnetwork.com/2008/08/19/aloha/

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Lesson #40: Aloha

This is BLT Eigo, brought to you by BLTnetwork.com. I’m your host and English Coach, David Hylton.

Aloha everyone! Yes, you heard right, I said “aloha,” which is an important greeting in Hawaii. Why am I talking about Hawaii this episode? Well, I finally got that vacation I wanted and… guess where I went? That’s right, to Hawaii!

I had a blast swimming, snorkeling, surfing and just sitting around watching the sun set from my lanai, or balcony.

I would like to teach you a few Hawaiian words:

For hello or goodbye say aloha….

For thank you say mahalo…

Try the ancient Hawaiian dance called hula…

Finally, join a Hawaiian feast called a luau…

Good job!

Mahalo or thanks for joining BLT Eigo right here on BLTnetwork.com. See you next time. Aloha!

Check out our previous episode here: http://eigo.bltnetwork.com/2008/07/24/excuse-me/

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Lesson #39: Excuse me?

This is BLT Eigo, brought to you by BLTnetwork.com. I’m your host and English Coach, David Hylton.

Sometimes it’s hard to understand a conversation…like when you’re at a noisy party. It happens to all of us. But the key to good communication is to “check information.” Do this by asking the speaker to repeat their words.

Here are a few easy phrases:

I’m sorry?
Excuse me?
Pardon me?
Could you repeat that, please?

You can also repeat the information back to the speaker like this:

Did you say fifteen or fifty?

OK, repeat after me:

I’m sorry?
Excuse me?
Pardon me?
Could you repeat that, please?
Did you say BLT Eigo or ham and eigo?

Good job!

Thanks for joining BLT Eigo right here on BLTnetwork.com. See you next time. Bye!

Check out our previous episode here: http://eigo.bltnetwork.com/2008/07/09/sea-shells/
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Lesson #38: Sea Shells

This is BLT Eigo, brought to you by BLTnetwork.com. I’m your host and English Coach, David Hylton.

This hot muggy weather is making my brain work so slowly… You too? Then it’s time for some brain exercises with a good tongue twister.

This week’s workout has a summer ocean theme…. Wouldn’t it be nice to go to the beach for summer vacation? Sigh.

This tongue twister is short but has given me many twisted tongues over the years.

Listen carefully:

She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

OK now let’s try it three times fast. Ready?

She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

Good job!

Do you think my boss got that hint about summer vacation….

Anyway, thanks for joining BLT Eigo right here on BLTnetwork.com. See you next time. Bye!

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