Let's Learn English - Lesson 43: Time for Plan B

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Let's Learn English - Lesson 43: Time for Plan B
Let's Learn English - Lesson 43: Time for Plan B

This is the 43rd episode of Let's Learn English. In this lesson, Anna lost her wallet and needs to go to her class. She is calling her friends to get help. Who will help her find money for the train?

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AnnaHey there! Tonight, I am teaching my ukulele class. It is far away. So, I am going to ride the Metro. Oh, no! I lost my wallet! It has my Metro card, my credit card and my money! Oh, no!
AnnaIt's times like this I remember my father’s important words. He said, “Anna, never … ” No wait, “Always have emergency money.” .” (Anna pulls an envelope out of her bag and looks inside) It's empty. Time for Plan B. ‘Extra Emergency Money.’ (Anna pulls another envelope out of her bag and looks inside)
AnnaNo! It's empty too! Anna, it's time for Plan C.
AnnaHi, Marsha!
MarshaHi Anna. What’s up?
AnnaI’m stuck downtown without any money. Would you be able to come downtown? Please?
MarshaAnna, I can’t. I’m too busy. I have to give a big presentation in one hour. Sorry!
AnnaThat's ok. Good luck with your presentation!
MarshaThanks!
AnnaTime for Plan D.
AnnaHi, Jonathan! How’s it going?
JonathanHey, Anna. Things are great. What’s up?
AnnaWell, I was wondering if you could give me some money.
JonathanWhat?
AnnaSee, I lost my wallet and I’m stuck downtown and I --
JonathanAnna, I wish I could. I'm at the airport with my mother. Her flight leaves in two hours.
AnnaThat’s okay. Tell your Mom to have a nice trip!
JonathanI do wish I could help. Thanks.
Anna'Bye.
AnnaThis is serious. Time for … Plan E.
AshleyHello.
AnnaHi, Ashley! What are you doing?
AshleyOh! Hi Anna!
Anna(Anna hears a child crying through the phone.) Ashley, I was wondering, uh, would you be able to come downtown? And could you give me $20?
AshleyAnna, I can’t.
AnnaI’ll pay you back the money. I promise.
AshleyAnna, I’m not worried about the money. I’m babysitting. (off-camera to niece) That was very, very, bad!
AnnaWell, losing your wallet is bad, but it's not the end of the world, Ashley.
AshleyI was talking to my niece, Anna.
AnnaWell, thanks anyway, Ashley!
AshleyGood luck getting money.
AnnaGood luck babysitting!
AshleyThanks.
AnnaWell, Plans A, B, C, D and E did not work. Think, Anna, think. Time for Plan F.
Anna(singing) Won't you give, could -- Thank you very much, sir! -- would you give me money, won't you give -- Thank you very much! -- could you give, won't you give me money -- until next time! -- won't you give me money?

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Let's Learn English - Lesson 42: I Was Minding My Own Business

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Let's Learn English - Lesson 42: I Was Minding My Own Business
Let's Learn English - Lesson 42: I Was Minding My Own Business
This is the 42nd episode of Let's Learn English. In this lesson, Anna sees a crime and tries to help find the robbers. She hurts her arm. The news reporter wants to know, "How did she hurt herself?"

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GuyHello. I'm Guy Newsman with News Channel XYZ. I’m here in Washington, D.C. at the scene of a crime.
GuyWe are talking with this woman.
GuyShe saw the crime during her lunch break. It looks like she hurt herself while she was trying to stop the crime.
GuyTell us your name.
AnnaHi, Guy. I'm Anna.
GuyAnna, what did you see and what happened to your arm?
AnnaGuy, I was minding my own business. See, I work over there.
GuyUm-hum
AnnaI left work to get some lunch. Then suddenly, I heard a woman yelling. She was yelling like this ... “Help! Help!”
GuyUm-hum
AnnaTwo robbers were grabbing her bag like this. She was hitting them with her umbrella.
GuyIs that when you hurt your arm?
AnnaNo. At that time, I was not fighting the robbers.
GuyUm-hum.
AnnaSee. I was too far away and I didn't have my own umbrella.
GuySo, what happened next?
AnnaThey grabbed her bag and ran away! So, I grabbed her umbrella and ran after the robbers.
GuyThen that is the time that you hurt your arm?
AnnaNo. I was yelling, “Stop, robbers! Stop!” She was yelling, “Hey, come back with my umbrella!”
GuyWere you afraid?
AnnaI had no time to be afraid, Guy. Well, I had time while I was resting on a bench. I had a lot of time.
GuyThen what happened?
AnnaThe robbers got on a bus. So, I ran after the bus.
A VOWhile I was running, I tripped and fell.
GuyAnd that is the time that you hurt your arm?
AnnaNo. While I was lying on the ground, someone stepped on my arm!
GuyOuch. That’s too bad.
AnnaYeah. And they didn’t apologize. Well, then the robbers got themselves kicked off the bus.
GuyWhy?
AnnaThey didn’t pay. You've got to pay when you get on a bus. The police came and took them away.
GuyAnd that’s when you hurt your arm!
AnnaNo.
GuyThen, when did you hurt yourself?
AnnaWell, Guy, by this time, I was feeling very hungry. So, I went to my office to get a snack.
CAnna, I'm calling for help right now.
C(on the phone) Hello? Yes, please come right away. My co-worker is stuck in a vending machine.
GuyYou hurt your arm in a vending machine buying a bag of chips?
AnnaI was really hungry and the bag was stuck. I had to -
GuyThat’s all from News Channel XYZ. This is Guy Newsman saying goodbye.
GuyOkay, we have to find ourselves another story, guys.
AnnaUntil next time! Hi Mom!

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Let's Learn English - Lesson 41: Teamwork Works Best With a Team

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Let's Learn English - Lesson 41: Teamwork Works Best With a Team
Let's Learn English - Lesson 41: Teamwork Works Best With a Team

This is the 41st episode of Let's Learn English. In this lesson, Anna meets with her boss, Ms. Weaver, for her yearly review. Ms. Weaver wants Anna to have higher numbers for the audience of her show. How will Anna make her audience numbers go up?

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Ms. WeaverAnna, hello.
AnnaHello.
Ms. WeaverSit down. As you know, at the start of a new year we have a work review.
AnnaYes. It’s time for mine.
Ms. WeaverYes. Anna, this chart shows the audience of The Time Traveling Treehouse. If you look at it, you will see something bad. Your audience is going down, down, DOWN!
AnnaMs. Weaver, I think the chart is upside down.
AnnaHere, let’s flip that around. Now, it’s right-side up.
Ms. WeaverOh. If you look at this chart, you will see something good. Your audience is big.
AnnaGood!
Ms. WeaverBut not big enough.
AnnaNot good.
Ms. WeaverI want to see these numbers go up, and up, and UP!
AnnaHow?
Ms. WeaverI have something -- idea posters!
Anna(whispers) Idea posters.
Ms. WeaverYou really ought to think seriously about them. I like this one. Please read it.
Anna“If at first you SUCCEED; you will be a success.” Well, it's a cute cat.
Ms. WeaverHere’s another one. I like it.
Anna“WORKING HARD looks hard because it really is hard.” I see. It's another cute cat.
Ms. WeaverThis is my favorite.
Anna“TEAMWORK works best with a team.” A team of cats. Look at all those cats!
Ms. WeaverSo, Anna, do you understand what I want?
AnnaYes, Ms. Weaver. I understand.
AnnaOkay, team. There is a problem in the Treehouse.
AmeliaProblem? What's the problem?
AnnaOur audience is big.
BryanBut that's a good thing.
AnnaNo, it is not big enough.
AnnaPlease don’t worry. I know what Ms. Weaver wants. Here’s the plan. (whispers)
BryanIs that what she wants?
AmeliaAre you sure?
AnnaYes. Let’s get to work!
AnnaGood job, team. This is exactly what Ms. Weaver wants!
AnnaWelcome to The Time Traveling Treehouse! Today you will learn about a very popular pet … cats!
MINDYAnna. Did I give you enough cats?
AnnaI don’t know, MINDY. I think we need more cats!

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How Do YOU Define Yourself?

Posted by Learn Real English Team Posted on 9/24/2017 08:33:00 AM with No comments
How Do YOU Define Yourself?
How Do YOU Define Yourself?

In This video, I would like to give you one of the best TED talks. This might be one of the video to cheer you up if you are down and learn real English with Lizzie Velasquez's talk.

Let's jump to the video to see for yourself how she shows her positive attitude to life. 

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And a time when beauty is defined by supermodels, success is defined by wealth, and fame is deified by how many followers you have on social media, Lizzie Velasquez asks the question how do you define yourself? Once labeled, "The Worlds Ugliest Woman," Lizzie decided to turn things around and create her own definitions of what she defines as beauty and happiness.
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Learn Real English with Xiaomi Mi A1 Highlighted VDO

Posted by Learn Real English Team Posted on 9/10/2017 05:04:00 AM with No comments
Learn Real English with Xiaomi Mi A1 Highlighted VDO
Learn Real English with Xiaomi Mi A1 Highlighted VDO
This is special learn real English episode especially for tech guys, as we bring you the highlighted VDO presentation of Xiaomi Mi A1. This is the first Xiaomi phone with pure google stock ROM. In other word, it is an android one phone. If you are not a tech guy, this phone is one of the android one phones that will get the new android version earlier than other non-android-one phone. The new version is Andriod 8.0 Oreo.

Let's see what this phone brings you in brief along with the very affordable price and also learn your real English.

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Xiaomi presented Mi A1 phone for $250! Launch event highlights from September 5, 2017. Mi A1 has flagship Dual Camera and Snapdragon 625 processor with 4GB of RAM and 64 GB Storage. Mi A1 go to the Market on September 12! Xiaomi collaborates with Google, so all photos from Mi A1 will go to Google Cloud in source quality in infinite mode for free! This is the highlights or supercut version of Xiaomi’s Global Launch Event on September 5, 2017.
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6 ways to use the verb 'GO' in English

Posted by Learn Real English Team Posted on 9/05/2017 09:01:00 PM with No comments
6 ways to use the verb 'GO' in English
6 ways to use the verb 'GO' in English

In this learn real English lesson, we will learn the easy word Go with Rebecca. In this lesson, we will learn when not to use preposition and when to use it after verb go. This is very common but I have seen many people made mistake on this.

Why waiting, let's find out what Rebecca has to say about verb to GO.

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English Have A Go - Episode 26

Posted by Learn Real English Team Posted on 9/03/2017 09:00:00 AM with 1 comment
English Have A Go - Episode 26
English Have A Go - Episode 26

English: Have a Go is a program for people who are learning English. It has several parts to each program - a short skit from the Jones family, some questions based on the skit, some grammar, pronounciation with Professor Sayit and some footage shot of normal Australian's lives.

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