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okay hello hello hello here we are
today not let give me sentences I'm I'm
not bad lemon lemon pretty good pretty
good good good excellent somebody ask me
how was I'm all right today I was a
little bit sad that uh the weather
wasn't quite as nice as it was before
but uh I'm feeling okay understand huh I
can't understand the weather me
neither speak to best would you like me
to speak slower yeah okay uh okay so
tell me two things you did yesterday two
things anything you want I did I made I
played anything you want I ate Frid
yesterday yeah how were they H how were
they delicious they were delicious okay
later okay anybody else have one okay
just i s for six hours 6 hours yeah is
that was that too long or Too Short Too
Short you think yeah okay okay do you
have number two
um no okay anybody else have one Richard
one thing you did yesterday one thing no
two but tell me one first in the
afternoon in the afternoon how was it
nice all right Ted one
thing I played game what
game sudden attack sudden attack how
long did you play sudden attack one hour
I I play games for 1 hour fantastic Noah
I went to the academy and studied math
math academy yesterday yes how was it
bad it was bad yes why I don't like okay
all right okay mean I studied in the
library with my friend yesterday yes
okay what did you study yesterday math
okay how was it bad it was bad okay
somebody ask me how about
you what did you do yesterday I read a
book for 1 hour and talked to my friends
from back home what book what book not a
comic book it's uh non-fiction travel writing
writing
yeah travel
writing uh okay
so what page is that page six yes okay
what do you see in the picture I can see
English English very good I can see
English everyone I can see English I can
see English very good what else do you
see what is
that it's blanks it is black and white
excellent what else but what is that a
picture of Twitter a Twitter Twitter so
it's a picture of what a computer or a
book a website compter website yeah very
good okay it's a picture of a website
it's Twitter
right I'm sorry
I okay thanks very good very good
so does anybody use
Twitter does anybody use Twitter No
I sometimes why why do you use Twitter
to get some youth okay I I use the
Twitter to get some new okay
Noah oh I use Twitter to get some
information okay information what kind
of information why do why but in general
shocking information I'm sorry shocking
information shocking information what
what is shocking information um the
begin okay okay so you can use it for
upto-date information very good very
good okay anything else anything else you
you
see I mean it's just the shot of a
computer screen I guess username
username what is a username nickname a
sentence it's a nickname a nickname for
Twitter Twitter Twitter or but just in
general what is a username it's a
for for
just anything on the computer right any
computer website you have to have an ID
right okay all right well I'm going to
play this CD twice once I'm just going
to play it all the way through and then
I will play it slowly for you okay so
carefully page six
conversation listen and fill in the blanks
are you using Twitter Jack of course
don't you use it Carl no I don't my
sister has told me about it before but I
still don't know exactly what it is oh
it's a kind of social networking service
how is it different from blogging unlike
blogs Twitter has a limit a Twitter
message or a tweet can't be any more
than 140 characters but it's possible to
exchange information with others in real
time then what are followers I remember
my sister boasting that she has 50
followers if you follow someone it means
you receive their real time updates so
your sister has 50 people receiving her
tweets but she doesn't even know the 50
people what else is Twitter for if it's
all about real time can you get news on
Twitter of course actually people first
heard about the earthquake in China
through Twitter it's a great tool to
spread news quickly well maybe Twitter
is useful after all it is and of course
the best thing is it's free why don't
today okay how we do very fast it is
very fast yeah so easy or difficult
difficult a little difficult okay not
easy okay well I'll play it slowly we
page six
blanks are you using Twitter Jack
Jack
everyone very good of course don't you
use it Carl no I don't my sister has
told me about it before but I my sister has
has
me very good has told me about it
before before still don't know exactly
what it is but I still don't know
exactly what it what it is
excellent oh it's a kind of social networking
networking
service it's a kind of social networking
Serv how is it different from
blogging how is it
blogging very
good unlike blogs Twitter has a limit
Twitter Twitter message or tweet can't
be any more than 140 characters but it's
possible to exchange information with
others in real time but it's possible
can oh yeah yeah yeah sorry uh Twitter
or tweet can be can't be any more than
140 characters but it's possible to
to exchange information with others in
real time in real time what does that
send in real
time it's immediate yeah you'll get it
fast you'll get it quickly very good yeah
yeah
excellent then what are followers I
remember my sister boasting that she has
I my sister boasting that she has
50 followers H you singing I know I am
singing if you follow someone it means
you receive their real time update if
you follow someone it
means receive you receive
receive
their real
time updates updates real time yep
updates one more time okay it means you
updates your sister has 50 people
receiving her tweets but she doesn't
even know the 50 people what else is Twitter
Twitter
for what
else if it's all about real time can you
get news on Twitter if it's all
about can you news on Twitter very good
of course actually people first heard
about the earthquake in China through
Twitter it's a great tool to spread news
quickly well it's a great two spread
news very good
heard oh yeah yeah heard about first
very good maybe Twitter is useful after
all maybe Twitter is useful is useful it
is is and of course the best thing is
it's free why don't you sign up for
Twitter today and of
course is it's fre why don't you sign
out for Twitter
today okay are you missing any missing
any no no we're okay okay
so what is Twitter according to this
dialogue what does it
say it's
social network service everyone it's a
social networking service it's network
service it's a social networking service
it's a social networking service it's a
social networking service yeah it's a
service very good okay so how is it
different from blogging oh wait first
what is a Blog
my page my H page it's like yeah it's
your homepage okay it's a Blog it's it's
your web Journal anything online
anything that you write online right
what's an example for of a Blog you said
your homepage is there another that you
can think of online share information
okay can you think of another website
website what we can you think of one
that you can have a Blog on neighbor
yeah you can have a Blog on neighbor
what else
yeah very good Nate okay yeah excellent
very good okay so how is Twitter
different from say neor or Nate what how
is it
different Twitter has a limit
of characters so what's a character
alphabet number yeah alphabets
numbers signs symbols yeah very good so
uh then what's a follower if I follow
what am I doing
doing
exactly perfect very good very good um
so can we get news on Twitter you said
before right Scott yeah yeah we can get
news on Twitter excellent very good okay
so take a look at
vocabulary do you have any questions on
vocabulary it's in the words on the
look Bo boast who knows what boast
means Bo boast everyone boast boast
boast means to talk about yourself it
means to brag so if I say I am the
best whool player I am the best I am the
smartest I am the most handsome I
and I
am boasting boasting thank you very much
okay nice any any other questions are we
okay what
okay receive yeah okay we good spread what's
what's
spread J Jem yeah J okay can you make a
sentence I spread the Jem I spread the
jam everyone I spread the jam I spread
the jam fantastic what else can you spread
spread
okay virus okay uh Richard give me a
IUS I spread the zombie virus I spread
the zombie virus very good everyone I
spread the zombie virus I spread the
virus i j
perfect fantastic very good okay very
good very good now the very last
line it's Jack's last
say very good why don't you sign up for
so what is he doing what is
he that is the magic
word he is making a suggestion right yeah
yeah
why because this is the because this is
what we're GNA talk about that's why
it's magic okay so what does he say he
says why don't you very good everyone
you what else can we
can't what
about I
perfect I suggest to you I suggest to
make a suggestion
house computer games perfect why don't
you give me your phone number oh yeah
hey we'll see I how about play the
soccer how about playing soccer
excellent let's spread the zomie virus
perfect oh why don't you
buy ice ice cream why don't I buy you
ice cream oh yeah you going to pay me
see you pay i p what I don't I know I
don't I don't think it's a suggestion ah
very good thank you thank you okay now
imagine if we are going to
suggest two
things how can we say that how about why
only not
only say
also you guys are on fire okay perfect
so let's not only a but also B and is
there another way we can say that b do
it is a y there you go or
let's a as well as
b b
okay who can give me an example of this
one you can substitute it's okay just
make a suggestion but of two things anybody
anybody
anybody you are hilarious
anybody let's not
only eat
eat meat eat meat but also eat raw fish
eat raw fish okay very good perfect
let's spread the zombie virus as well as
the world be the world end the world end
the world okay very good so let's spread
the zombie virus as well as end the
world very good excellent okay now we'll
come back to this I want to play a game
later but let's uh who would like to
read first we'll just do it one time me
we have even numbers I Carl
and I think Noah called it first okay so
Carl Jack no switch just read it once
yeah are you using Twi J of course don't
you use this car no I don't my sister
has told me about it before but I still
don't knowly what is oh it's a kind of
social working service how is it
different from blogging like blogs
Twitter has or living or Twitter message
or tweet can be any more than 140
characters but it's POS possible to
exchange informations with others in
real time then what are
followers I I remember my sister posting
that she has 50 followers if you follow
someone it means you receive
real time ofd so your sister has 50
people receiving her tweets but she
doesn't even know the 50 people what is
is still or four if it's all about your
time can you get news on Twitter of
course actually first part about the
Earth cake in China through Twitter it's
a great to to spread news quickly well
maybe Twitter is useful at it is and of
course of best thing is it's free why
don't you sign up for Twitter today
excellent who would like to read next
okay Carl and go for
it are you
using of course don't use it no I don't
my sister has told me about it before
but I still don't know exactly what it
is oh it's a kind of networking service
un but all message or tweet can be any
more than 150 characteres but it's
possible to exchange information with
others in your time then what are
followers I remember my sister posting
that she has 50 followers if you follow
some if you follow someone it means you
receive their time ofate so your sister
has 50 people
receiving but she doesn't even know the
50 people is Twitter for if it all about
real time can you get used on Twitter of
course certainly people first heard
about the earthquake in China
through which agree to to spread news
quickly well maybe Twitter is YouTu for
after all it is and of course top best
thing is it free why don't you sign up
day excellent all right Richard and Amy
go for it are youing
characters for each to exchange
others posting posting that she has 50
followers if you
you
receive your time updat to your sister
M
fantastic very good okay so number one
read and answer it
for yep very good very good okay number two
two anybody
anybody Ted
can true true right the earthquake in
China yeah perfect okay now you want to
play a game what game okay it's a new
game what's
this it's a
die yeah two dice one die one yeah but
not today today
it's a time
bomb Time Bomb you are terrorist
too no what I'm going to do is I'm going
to put 30 seconds on my timer right you
say you make a suggestion why don't you
sign up for Twitter today then pass
let's go to the movies this weekend pass
everyone makes the suggestion everyone
makes the suggestion bonus points if you
can do one of these that's bonus no
repeats if you repeat you sit down ah
okay everyone stand
up after 30 seconds bomb
explodes okay so die yes you're out
winners get candy extra ice cream
teacher how about um I get um uhuh until
29 you don't know when the time is
ah okay uh let's rock paper see who goes first
paper okay uh Noah Richard rock ciss
paper for the Direction Rock Pap cool okay
okay
so you
choose this way
up okay okay no repeats you repeat you
sit down I will be listening and uh you
can use any variation that you'd like
bonus points if you can use these
okay one two three go why you to play computer
computer games
games
let's um why don't you give me your pH
him
sleep good work okay one more time one 2 three
three go
go
let's go let's go okay let's dance stud
okay let's go to the mby let's play Let's
die
okay no more lets I've heard it a million
times's okay
don't play the play the viol play the
violent yeah die
boom no you were the last person ah okay
just okay or you could use okay shall we
anything else
okay shall we let's how about shall we
let's how about okay it's going to get
let's not only eat fish
oh that was such a good round good work
okay this is it this is the last one are you
you
ready where does it go one one
second Let's Play Soccer as well as play
baseball let's not only play play game
for our so study oh that's that's
not oh
eat fruit but
eat fantastic all right Noah is our
winner for
today hit me up after class extra candy
all right excellent work next page watch
my age
five years
old okay next page what do you see in
picture one human being everyone I see
human beings I see human beings okay what
what
else what's happening I can't see papers
Cobra very good there is a cobra I don't
see it there is daning Cobra a dancing
Cobra yeah what about the man the the
man in the
the man in the okay yeah what are they
po I forget the name ask me after class
I forget the name okay yeah everyone
they are playing the flute they are
playing the flute so what class are they
inic everyone they are in music class
they are in music class uh picture two
what do you
see face faces everyone I see faces
very good ice ice
yes okay where are they where are they
what are they doing what are they doing
I can't do know they are Poker
Face okay they have a poker face they
are how do they look how about that how
do they look they are taking photo
depressed thank you Noah yeah they are
taking photo they look depressed okay picture
picture
three playing with the of I can see the
he's playing with a fan I can see the
sky okay he is what do we say if you're
just you're so hot and you're like I am
hot yeah but what am I doing what is he
fan is he heating
up no he is heating down heating down
what's the opposite of heat um cool down
cooling down yeah very good everyone he
is cooling down he's cooling down
excellent okay same time I'll play it
two times
carefully page seven
practice a listen and answer the
questions number one aren't you going to
the community center after school Amy
yes I am I go there to learn the flute
the flute teacher there is my aunt oh
really what a surprise I didn't know
that she's not only a teacher but also a professional
professional
musician number two people with blue
eyes are more beautiful than those with
black eyes don't you think so I agree
with you in addition they see better in
the dark is that true it is how do you
know that our science teacher has told
us many interesting facts about
ice no number three I'm living in an old
dorm that doesn't have air conditioning
it's getting pretty hot in here now that
the weather is heating up what are some
ways I can not only cool my room down
but also help keep myself cool buy a
portable air conditioner that's what I
have in my
room how we
do one more time one more time of course
yeah easy difficult Too Fast Too Fast
Too Fast okay okay okay it's okay we'll
time page seven
practice a listen and answer the
questions number one aren't you going to
the community center after school Amy
yes I am I go there to learn the food
the flute teacher there is my aunt oh
really what a surprise I didn't know that
that
she's not only a teacher but also a professional
professional
musician number two people with blue
eyes are more beautiful than those with
black eyes don't you think so I agree
with you in addition they see better in
the dark is that true it is how do you
know that our science teacher has told
us many interesting facts about
I number three I'm living in an old dorm
that doesn't have air conditioning it's
getting pretty hot in here now that the
weather is heating up what are some ways
I can not only cool my ring down but
also help keep myself cool buy a
portable air conditioner that's what I
one she the yeah she plays the flute she
learns the flute those are both all
right very good very good number two who
Amy yeah people people with blue eyes
yeah yeah yeah very good people with
blue eyes that's four blanks people with
blue eyes very good and
finally yeah where does the boy live Scott
Scott
Hees very good dorm dorm spelling d dorm
d o m e d o r m d r m dorm is short for
dormatory so if you go to um as many
people living together like at
m he says an old
dorm okay and what is his problem
Noah he's room
doesn't have any airer perfect his room
conditioner very good okay and the last
part is very simple so just go ahead and
fill in the
blanks with the news in the first box
and then the
responses in the bottom box so just
choose open me yeah you choose so you
can go ahead and choose one of the news
uh here and then where you heard it on
Noah how do know I
heard very good
fine how do you know
Islands do know
that very good Justin
okay Island on Saturday how do you know
that it was on the new perfect we like
extreme okay good work okay now yeah
finish one last thing tell me
make a plan for the weekend so what are
you going to do huh yeah this weekend
weekend two things so I am going to not
only okay I'm going to
to
eat eat fried eggs scrambled egg
scrambled eggs two kinds of eggs
perfect Noah
just I'm going to play Not only computer
games but also c phone games okay yeah
perfect all
right Amy I
am going
to only I play with friends but also I
play okay I'm going to not only play
with friends but
also what did you play cell phone games very
very
good I'm going
to stud M to English very
good I'm going to
only my grandmother's house but also
okay very good all right good work guys
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