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hello English Learners welcome back to
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English pod my name is Marco and I'm
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Erica and today we're swimming that's
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right a nice summertime lesson for every
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sum time lesson uh so we're going to be
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talking about swimming and well it's a
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very popular sport right yeah so this is
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another lesson in our Sports Series in
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our Sports series okay so why don't we
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preview some of the language we'll find
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in the
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dialogue vocabulary preview
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all right we have two words to look at
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here uh the first word is Sailing
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sailing sailing sailing well this is the
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verb to sail right mhm so sailing is
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traveling in a boat in a boat with no
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engine right so you must use the wind to
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push you forward exactly that's a
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sailboat yes okay so sailing mhm now
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let's take a look at our other word
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anchor another boat word here anchor
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anchor anchor now it's spelled a n c h o
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r right but you don't pronounce the CH
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as you normally would right another one
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of these really difficult uh to spell
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English words right so you don't say an
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chore you would say anchor anchor anchor
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anchor so the anchor is a verb and noun
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that's right well when anchor is used as
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a noun it means the hook that you throw
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over the boat into the water and it
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keeps you staying in the same place okay
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but the verb to Anchor yes what does it
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mean to do that to do that right so you
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so to throw the anchor into the water
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you would just say to Anchor the boat
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exactly to keep it in the same place
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okay great words related to sailing but
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now let's listen to our dialogue for the
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first time what's What's Happening Here
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Erica well we've got two friends here
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who are sailing in their boat and they
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decide to take a swim M let's see what
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happens this is such a beautiful day
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great day for sailing it sure is the
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water looks so nice anchor the boat for
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a little while I'm going to take a
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dip why are you doggy paddling I taught
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you how to swim do your breast stroke I
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get too
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tired I'll just backstroke it's easier
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try kicking your legs more that's good
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don't go out too far it's fine uh jump
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in Kathy get back here I see a
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shark help me help bring the boat closer
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the shark is coming straight towards me
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it's right under you
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Cy all right so a shark attack I know
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this is my worst fear when swimming
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really in the in the ocean right yeah
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well also in the lake but no sharks in L
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I know but I'm still afraid of them all
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right so don't worry about it I'm sure
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the girl is okay uh it's probably not a
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shark maybe it was a dolphin yeah or
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maybe she's going to punch the shark in
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the face and she she'll Escape okay
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let's take a look at some of the words
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that we saw in language
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takeaway language takeaway way we have
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three excellent swimming words for you
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the first one is doggy paddling doggy
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paddling doggy paddling so doggy
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paddling it's not really a proper way of
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swimming right no you don't see this in
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the Olympics so if you've ever seen a
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dog swim that's why they call it doggy
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paddling right you're sort of moving
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your hands quickly in front of you and
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your legs are all over the place and
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you're basically not really swimming
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you're just trying to stay afloat you're
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trying not to drown trying not to sink
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yeah yep okay so doggy paddling again
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this can be a noun or a verb the doggy
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paddle mhm this swimming style or doggy
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paddling the ver okay interesting all
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right let's take a look at our second uh
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swimming style breast stroke breast
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stroke breast stroke the breast stroke
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how is this one well it's sort of like
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swimming like a frog so you have your
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legs that are similar to like a frog
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right and what are your hands doing um
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your hands are moving in front of you
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together M then out towards the side
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okay so you're kind of doing like
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circles yeah half circles half circles
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mhm okay breast stroke yeah but you get
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kind of tired when you swim like this
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right yeah maybe yeah yeah now let's
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take a look at our third word backstroke
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backstroke backstroke backstroke so this
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one's pretty easy backstroke you are
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lying on your back you're lying on your
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back in the water mhm and you're King
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your feet as well yep but what are your
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hands doing they're going back behind
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you see I'm I'm doing it now can you see
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all right if you guys could be here in
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the studio you would see Erica doing her
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back stroke yeah I'm pretty good at it
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yeah okay so let's listen to this
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dialogue again and then we'll come back
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and look at some great
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phrases this is is such a beautiful day
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great day for sailing it sure is the
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water looks so nice anchor the boat for
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a little while I'm going to take a
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dip why are you doggy paddling I taught
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you how to swim do your breast stroke I
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get too tired I'll just backstroke it's
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easier try kicking your legs more that's
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good don't go out too far are it's
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fine jump
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in Kathy get back here I see a
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shark help me help bring the boat closer
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the shark is coming straight towards me
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it's right under you
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Kathy okay so we have some really good
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phrases related to swimming and water y
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okay let's take a look at these in
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fluency Builder fluency Builder all
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right the first one I love this phrase
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um take a dip take a dip take a dip so
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if I say I'm going to take a dip you're
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going to have a quick swim a quick swim
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yep so you can take a dip in the pool
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yep in the lake in the ocean in the
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ocean even your in your bathtub right no
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no no it's just for swimming unless your
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bathtub is really really really big all
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right so not for the bathtub but for
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swimming yep okay now let's take a look
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at our second phrase for a little while
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for a little while for a little while
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for a little while this is really common
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I use this a lot yeah me too I probably
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use it 500 times a day okay so let's
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listen to some examples with for a
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little while and then we'll come back
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and explain it example
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one I'm tired I'm just going to sit down
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for for a little
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while example
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two it will only hurt for a little
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while example
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three do you want to play tennis for a
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little
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while so it means for a short time for a
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short time and you can change it right
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you can say oh I'm going to play for a
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little while yeah or I'm going to sleep
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for a little while uhhuh for a short
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time yep all right so if Learners use
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this phrase um I find it sounds really
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really great cuz it's it's not something
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that students normally use yeah I guess
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a student wouldn't really use this
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phrase normally yeah so guys use it cuz
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you'll sound awesome yeah you'll sound
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really really fluent okay and let's take
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a look at our last phrase straight
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towards straight towards straight
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towards me straight
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towards okay so straight means directly
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right in a line in a line not going
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anywhere else but directly not moving
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side to side and towards is in that
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direction mhm so the shark was coming
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straight towards me it's coming directly
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at me moving in a line and not moving
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side to side okay so can you give me
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another example of how you would use
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straight towards watch out there's a car
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coming straight towards you okay
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directly towards you yeah or maybe um
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when I get home from work I go straight
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towards the fridge really yes I believe
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this all right so straight towards
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directly Okay so we've looked at a lot
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of great words really good phrases let's
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listen to this dialogue one last time
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and then we'll come back and Eric is
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going to tell us a really great story
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about
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oat this is such a beautiful day great
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day for sailing it sure is the water
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looks so nice anchor the boat for a
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little while I'm going to take a
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dip why are you doggy paddling I taught
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you had to swim do your breast stroke I
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get too
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tired I'll just back stroke it's
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easier try kicking your legs more that's
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good don't go out too far it's fine jump
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in Kathy get back here I see a
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shark help me help bring the boat closer
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the shark is coming straight towards me
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it's right under you
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Cathy all right well Marco I was telling
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you um that I used to spend every summer
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on the lake mhm um and my family had a
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really small house on a small island and
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my cousins had another small house on
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another small island okay so our
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families are really close and we used to
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go to one house for dinner one night and
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the other house to dinner MH the next
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night so everyone was over at my
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cousin's house except for my grandfather
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mhm um and so he was thinking okay it's
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late maybe I better go pick up my wife
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and see what's going on so he goes into
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the boat it's dark okay there's no light
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on the boat mhm he's driving straight
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towards the island when suddenly my my
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cousin in his boat drives directly into
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my grandfather so they crack they
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crashed two boats crashed in the lake
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yeah and then my my grandfather's boat
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flipped over it turned upside down wow
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and he fell in the water but but he was
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okay right yeah he was okay but um you
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know what he was really angry about this
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and the boat the boat stayed in the
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water and you know the the engine fell
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down to the bottom oh so we had to go
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the next morning to get the boat and we
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actually had to um hire some scuba
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divers to go to the bottom of the Lake
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to get the engine wow yeah yeah I
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imagine your grandpa was pretty angry
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yeah he tells the story um every year
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yeah exactly um but you know what I've
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got a million of these crazy Lake
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stories cuz my family it always happens
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yeah all right guys well do you have any
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crazy stories or any stories related to
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boats or to swimming or the shark attack
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or shark attacks uh so come to our
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website english.com leave your story
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share with us and also if you have any
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doubts or questions Erica and I are
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always there to answer well we're out of
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time for this lesson but um until next
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time
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byebye the English pod audio
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review listen to the meaning then say
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the vocabulary word travel in a boat
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that is powered by wind
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sail for a short amount of
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time for a little
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while a
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swim a
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dip swim like a
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dog doggy
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paddle way of swimming where the person
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moves the arms and legs in a half circle
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in front of them like a frog
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breaststroke to swim on your back with
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arms moving up and down in a
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circle
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backstroke directly in the direction of
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something straight
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towards clothes you wear when you go
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swimming American
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English
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swimsuit clothes you wear when you go
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swimming British English
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swimming
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costume piece of soft cloth you use to
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dry yourself after swimming or
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bathing
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towel lie in the Sun and try to make
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your skin more
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brown
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tan jump into the water with your head
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first
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dive let's try that faster
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directly in the direction of
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something straight towards travel in a
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boat that is powered by
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wind
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sail piece of soft cloth you use to dry
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yourself after swimming or
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bathing towel clothes you wear when you
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go swimming British
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English swimming costume swim like a
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dog doggy paddle
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a
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swim a dip lie in the Sun and try to
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make your skin more
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brown tan to swim on your back with arms
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moving up and down in a
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circle backstroke for a short amount of
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time for a little while jump into the
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water with your head
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first dive clothes you wear when you go
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swimming American
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English
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swimsuit way of swimming where the
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person moves the arms and legs in a half
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circle in front of them like a
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frog breast
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stroke now say the word and hear it in a
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sentence
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sail I've never been sailing
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before sail
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I always get sick when I go
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s
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sail did you watch the sailing
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race let's anchor the
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boat I dropped the anchor over the side
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of the boat so we won't float
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away we can't anchor here because there
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are power lines under the
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water I'm tired I'm just going to sit
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down for a
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while it will only hurt for a little
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while do you want to play tennis for a
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little
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while it was so hot that we took a dip
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before lunch
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Stephen and Nelly are taking a dip in
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the
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leg do you want to take a dip in the
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pool straight
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towards swim straight towards the shore
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straight
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towards the boat is coming straight
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towards us straight towards
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we're driving straight towards the cliff
