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<title>Idiomato / god / All</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:02:17 -0300</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Milk]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:02:17 -0300</pubDate>
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<category>English</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Read the blog at:&amp;nbsp; Effortless English Blog EffortlessEnglishClub.com<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Educao do Olhar]]></title>
<link>http://idiomato.com/Portuguese/Educação_do_Olhar/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:02:47 -0300</pubDate>
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<category>Portuguese</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Newbie - No Need to Take off Your Shoes]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:02:38 -0300</pubDate>
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<category>Chinese</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Newbie - No Need to Take off Your Shoes                    aaeaaZezaaa5aeaa5aa5For a full translation, plus grammar explanation and learning tools, visit ChinesePod.com.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[News and Features - This Week's Lessons and Introducing Sarah]]></title>
<link>http://idiomato.com/Chinese/News_and_Features_-_This_Weeks_Lessons_and_Introducing_Sarah/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:02:34 -0300</pubDate>
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<category>Chinese</category>
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<description><![CDATA[News and Features - This Week's Lessons and Introducing Sarah                    For a full translation, plus grammar explanation and learning tools, visit ChinesePod.com.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dear Amber - DVDs and the Mao Suit]]></title>
<link>http://idiomato.com/Chinese/Dear_Amber_-_DVDs_and_the_Mao_Suit/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:02:32 -0300</pubDate>
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<category>Chinese</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Dear Amber - DVDs and the Mao Suit                    For a full translation, plus grammar explanation and learning tools, visit ChinesePod.com.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Newbie - I can't write it]]></title>
<link>http://idiomato.com/Chinese/Newbie_-_I_cant_write_it/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:02:29 -0300</pubDate>
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<category>Chinese</category>
<guid>http://idiomato.com/Chinese/Newbie_-_I_cant_write_it/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Newbie - I can't write it                    aaaeaasaa5aeaaaa5a5aaaZaa5For a full translation, plus grammar explanation and learning tools, visit ChinesePod.com.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[News and Features - Interview with Cassie]]></title>
<link>http://idiomato.com/Chinese/News_and_Features_-_Interview_with_Cassie/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:02:24 -0300</pubDate>
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<category>Chinese</category>
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<description><![CDATA[News and Features - Interview with Cassie                    For a full translation, plus grammar explanation and learning tools, visit ChinesePod.com.<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Subconscious vs. Conscious Learning]]></title>
<link>http://idiomato.com/English/Subconscious_vs-_Conscious_Learning/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:02:07 -0300</pubDate>
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<category>English</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Read the text of this podcast at:&amp;nbsp; How To Learn English Subconsciously: http://effortlessenglishclub.com/subconscious-vs-conscious-learning<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Effortless English Advertisement]]></title>
<link>http://idiomato.com/English/New_Effortless_English_Advertisement/</link>
<comments>http://idiomato.com/English/New_Effortless_English_Advertisement/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:01:57 -0300</pubDate>
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<category>English</category>
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<description><![CDATA[This is our new funny advertisement for Effortless English :)<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Learn French by Podcast, Lesson 120]]></title>
<link>http://idiomato.com/French/Learn_French_by_Podcast_Lesson_120/</link>
<comments>http://idiomato.com/French/Learn_French_by_Podcast_Lesson_120/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:01:38 -0300</pubDate>
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<category>French</category>
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<description><![CDATA[This lesson  lesson 120  is a short one. We simply want to make an appointment to book our car into the local garage for a service. Lets hear a role-play. We'll learn the terms for 'car service' and 'additional costs', we'll make use of the verbs 'convenir ', 'apporter' and 'amener', and finally, we'll pick up a term which French has borrowed from Italian. Allons-y!<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fun with Tongue Twister - words]]></title>
<link>http://idiomato.com/Chinese/Fun_with_Tongue_Twister_-_words/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:01:17 -0300</pubDate>
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<category>Chinese</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Sorry about the blurry words that make it so hard for you to have any fun on &quot;fun&quot; tongue twisters. Here I tried something different. If you have any difficulty to read, you can click the image and enlarge it.Four days left for you to get seven free transcripts by purchasing the transcript of Phoenix. Go to www.mslmaster.com.  Special thanks to all of you who already got it.<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[070 - Learn to Speak German - Ein Besuch in Wien / a visit to Vienna]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:01:10 -0300</pubDate>
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<category>German</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Vor kurzem war ich fr ein Wochenende in Wien (Vienna) und morgen fliege ich noch mal fr ein paar Tage hin. Grund genug, euch ein wenig ber diese schne Stadt zu erzhlen.Wien ist die Hauptstadt von sterreich und hat rund 1.7 Millionen Einwohner.Wien ist eine sehr bekannte Stadt, die von vielen Touristen besucht wird. Wie man auf diesem Bild schn sieht, kann man das zu Fuss, im Bus oder in der Pferdekutsche machen...Zu einem richtigen Besuch gehrt natrlich die berhmte Sacher-Torte. Sehr teuer, man muss anstehen, um berhaupt einen Platz zu bekommen und wird dafr mit einem echten Geschmacks-Highlight verwhnt.  Ich habe mir erlaubt, dieverse Torten in verschiedenen Cafes zu geniessen und sie waren alle sehr gut. Die Sacher war nicht besser, aber auch nicht schlechter als die Anderen...Und  was wre ein Besuch in Wien ohne die schnen Schlsser (hier Belvedere)? Bei dem herrlichen Wetter mochten wir nicht reingehen, aber auch der Besuch der Parks lohnt sich schon...Nun, und hier ist schliesslich ein Bild von Bern. Womit wohl klar ist, warum ich gerne in Bern arbeite und, so schn Wien auch ist, immer wieder gerne dorthin zurckkehre .-)Die Berner Altstadt, im Hintergrund die Alplen mit Schreckhorn, Finsteraarhorn, Eiger, Mnch und Jungfrau.Luzern, 30.11.2008Stephan WiesnerUse this free podcast to learn to speak German.http://german-podcast.blogspot.com<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Real English Conversations: Dona4t step in the Dog Doo (part 3 of 4)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:01:45 -0300</pubDate>
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<category>English</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Download English lesson podcast and transcriptHi! Lori here, welcoming you to another episode of Real English Conversations from betteratenglish.com. In today&amp;#8217;s conversation, which is part 3 of 4, my British friend Michael and I continue our discussion on dogs and cats, focusing on the way that human beings tend to get emotionally attached to their pets. As always, you can find the full transcript and vocabulary notes on our website, www.betteratenglish.com. OK, here we go!Conversation transcriptNote: words in bold are covered in the vocabulary list.Lori: Well, do youa4you don't have a dog now though, right?Michael: No, not personally, no.L:  Would you consider getting a dog?M:  Well, that&amp;#8217;s a good question. I mean, I do love dogs. But they really are a commitment and a responsibility, of course. And that isn&amp;#8217;t to be taken lightly. Buta4L:  A lot of people do, a lot of peoplea4especially in the States. People here in Sweden seem to treat their dogs much better overall than people in the States. But you seea4I&amp;#8217;ve seen the most horrible things back in the States. People get a dog and, you know, they&amp;#8217;re all excited about it at first, and then they just, you know, the novelty wears offa4M:  Right.L:  And the poor dog just spends its life out in the back yard chained up somewhere, barking its head off, anda4M:  Right.L:  You know, that&amp;#8217;s really sad.M:  Now that&amp;#8217;s a real shame, that&amp;#8217;s a real shame.L:  Yeah, yeah&amp;#8230;M:  But I think that&amp;#8230; this is kind of a morbid thing, but, you know, dogs die.L:  Yeah.M:  You know, their life expectancy is, what is it-about, maybe about ten years, depending on the breed?L:  Yeah.M:  And that&amp;#8217;s something that, you know, you&amp;#8217;re a lot more likely to go through that&amp;#8230; and if you have another dog, you know, it&amp;#8217;s something you&amp;#8217;re going to be experiencing several times in your own lifetime, and that&amp;#8217;s traumatic, if you, you know, regard the dog as a family member.L:  Yeah, you do get quite attached to your pets.M:  Yeah, oh yeah. So, you know, I mean a friend of mine, her dog died just recently, and that was terrible.L:  Oh, I&amp;#8217;m so sorry to hear that.M:  That was really bad; you know, I mean the dog was 18 years old, I mean, it was a very long-lived dog. But, you know, that'sa4for her it was half her life, you know, so a terrible trauma to go through. So I&amp;#8217;d rather not go through that, you know, I think?L:  I don&amp;#8217;t know. I think the benefits of having a dog, I mean, as long as you can handle the responsibility and have, you know, a good place for the doga4I don&amp;#8217;t think, you know, a German shepherd or a Great Dane would do very well in someone&amp;#8217;s tiny little apartment.M:  No, for sure.L:  But as long as you can handle that, I think the benefits of having a dog would outweigh the sorrow of when the dog finally, you know, gets old and dies. But I guess everyone is different. I would love to have a doggy, I really would. A small one. A little one.M:  OK, but aren&amp;#8217;t you allergic to dogs.L:  Yeah, that&amp;#8217;s why I can&amp;#8217;t have one! I&amp;#8217;m too allergic and also I&amp;#8217;m not really sure my life is organized enough to be fair to a dog, or that it would fit in with my&amp;#8230;with my life.M:  Is that because you don&amp;#8217;t have a regular schedule for things, ora4?L:  I don&amp;#8217;t have a regular schedule and sometimes I do work really, really long days and I wouldn&amp;#8217;t be able to take the dog with me, so I&amp;#8217;d have to leave it locked up in my apartment all day long. And, you know, the poor thing, you know, it would need to go to the bathroom or would just be lonely. I&amp;#8217;d have to leave it alone so much that it just wouldn&amp;#8217;t be fair.M:  Right. It would probably tear the place up. I think, yeah.L:  Because they are social animals, you know. They&amp;#8217;re pack animals so they really don&amp;#8217;t do well when left all alone for long periods.M:  Right. Right.L:  So it's rather cruel. But I would love to have a little doggy, a little Border Terrier.[laughter]M:  Oh yeah.L:  Yeah, but I would worry about getting a purebred dog because sometimes they&amp;#8217;re so inbred that they&amp;#8217;re completely crackers, and completely free of all intelligence.M:  Yes. I know what you mean. Yeah.L:  I think mutts are generally much more robust and tend to have better personalities 'cause of thea4they have a much more varied genetic makeup.M:  Right. Right. Well that&amp;#8217;s what they say when it comes to genetics that you should be spreading the genes apart and not&amp;#8230;L:  Hybrid vigor!M:  There&amp;#8217;s a good reason why you&amp;#8217;re not allowed to marry members of your own family.L:  Yeah. Yeah.M:  Let&amp;#8217;s tell the British royal family that.L:  Oh, no! Naughty![laughter]M:  Well they&amp;#8217;re all related on some level or another you know.L:  Oh my god. Yeah. Oh I don&amp;#8217;t want to be dissing the royal family so we'd better not go there. Seriously, I would love to have a cute little doggy that I could take with me everywherea4[This conversation will continue in part 4 of 4]Download the vocabulary list here.Final WordsThat&amp;#8217;s all for today. We'll be back soon with part four. If you found today&amp;#8217;s topic interesting, we&amp;#8217;d love to hear your comments. You can leave a comment at our web site, www.betteratenglish.com, or e-mail us at info@betteratenglish.com. Bye for now!Copyright 2008 L. Linstruth - www.betteratenglish.com.Real English Conversations: Don&amp;#8217;t step in the Dog Doo (part 3 of 4) <br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Real English Conversations: Chick Magnet (idiom)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:01:40 -0300</pubDate>
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<category>English</category>
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<description><![CDATA[TranscriptHi, Lori here, welcoming you to another episode of Real English Conversations from Better At English dot com. Today, my English friend Michael and I talk about the irresistible attraction power of dogs and puppies, and howyou can exploit this if you're in the market for a romantic partner.As always, you'll find a full transcript and vocabulary list on the website, www.betteratenglish.com. And remember, your continued donations keep Better at English going - thanks very much to Kristof and Taz from the Netherlands, and Peter from Switzerland for your generous donations since the last episode. And thanks to Paul from France, who donated three awesome books about English from my B@E Amazon wishlist!OK, enough of my yakkin' - let's get on with the show!Conversation TranscriptLori: Do you ever go to the gym?Michael: I don&amp;#8217;t go anymore; I used to go many years ago, buta4L: What&amp;#8230;why don&amp;#8217;t you go anymore?M: Well, it&amp;#8217;s very expensive, for one thing.  And also it&amp;#8217;s a long way to travel from where I&amp;#8217;m living at the moment; it&amp;#8217;s a long way to get to the gym, so I go walking with the dog and that&amp;#8217;s my exercise.L: Ooooooooh, doggie! Doggie! What kind of dog is it?M: It&amp;#8217;s a border terrier.L: Ooooh, is he cute?M: Which is&amp;#8230;Oh he is very, very cute, and he&amp;#8217;s very friendly.  And also gets me lots of attention while I&amp;#8217;m out, because everybody wants to say hello to my dog, so&amp;#8230;L: I know, isn&amp;#8217;t that funny about dogs, they&amp;#8217;re total conversation starters&amp;#8230;M: They&amp;#8217;re a great way to get chicks as well!L: Yeah, that&amp;#8217;s what I&amp;#8217;ve heard!M: If you, if you have a very cute dog, then, yeah, then girls want to come over and pet your dog, and then of course you can start talking to them, so yeah, it&amp;#8217;s a great way to meet friends.L: Don&amp;#8217;t you call that &quot;chatting them up&amp;#8221; in British English?M: Yes, chatting somebody up is, I suppose, flirting with somebody, and uma4L: Trying to get their phone number?M: Yes! That&amp;#8217;s the kind of thing, yes.L: Well I think that the ultimate weapon, you know, the ultimate chick magnet would probably be a cute little puppy.M: Oh, oh, most definitely. For sure.L: Because I can tell you from experience - and being a girl - that, oh, it takes all my power to resist going up to total strangers with cute little puppies and asking if I can pet the puppy. Seriously, it&amp;#8217;s&amp;#8230;oh my god!M: Okay, I&amp;#8217;m going to get rid of the &amp;#8230; [line drops out] &amp;#8230;then.L: Sorry?M: I&amp;#8217;m gonna get rid of the dog and get a puppy instead; he&amp;#8217;s too old now.L: Oh yeah, total&amp;#8230;total chick magnet. But you&amp;#8217;ll also be attracting a lot of little old ladies as well.M: Pardon?L: You&amp;#8217;ll also be attracting a lot of little old ladies as well.M: Oh okay, so there is a downside to it.L: Yeah, there is a downside&amp;#8230;unless you like little old ladies.M: It&amp;#8217;s not really my thing, no, no&amp;#8230;Vocabulary ListI'm living at the momentGrammar: this is a good example of the present continuous for temporary situations.Doggie (or doggy - both spellings are very common)Adding an ie or y to the end of a word is a diminutive in English. Diminutive forms make the object sound familiar, lovable (or pitiable), or just small.Total conversation startersUsing the word total in front of a noun has an intensifying effect, typical in informal, conversational American English. Compare &quot;He's an idiot&amp;#8221; with &quot;He's a total idiot.&amp;#8221; A conversation starter is any object or tactic that helps get conversations started (usually with people whom you don't know).ChicksIn this context, chick is an informal word for girl or woman. Women often consider this word offensive. When men talk about &quot;getting chicks,&amp;#8221; they usually mean establishing romantic relationships (even the one-night variant) with attractive, desirable women. In the literal sense, a chick is a baby chicken (baby birds of many species are referred to as chicks).Chatting them upTo chat someone up (BrE) means to talk to someone in a way that shows that you are sexually or romantically attracted to them.FlirtingTo flirt with someone means that you behave as if you were sexually/romantically attracted to them (but you are not necessarily serious about it). UltimateTo describe something as the ultimate X means that it is the best or worst possible example of something. This is often used rather loosely in conversation just to make a point that X is very good (or bad).Chick magnetA chick magnet is an informal word for any person, object, or quality that attracts women (romantically or sexually).To get rid ofTo get rid of something means to throw it away, to dispose of it.Sorry?When you haven't heard what someone has said, you can say &quot;Sorry&amp;#8221;? (rising intonation) to alert them of this and get them to repeat. Sorry? is one of many phrases that have this function. Others include Pardon? (see below), Excuse me? And (I) beg your pardon? Little old ladiesIf you describe a woman as a little old lady, people tend to think of a stereotypical gray-haired, good-natured, somewhat fragile, elderly woman. It is usually used in a playful or affectionate sense, but sometimes is used disparagingly. Even though Michael certainly likes sweet little old ladies, he's not interested in &quot;chatting them up!&amp;#8221;Pardon?Saying pardon? with rising intonation at the end signals that you have not heard what someone just said, and want them to repeat it.DownsideThe downside something is its bad or undesirable aspects, its disadvantage(s).My thingIf someone says X is not my thing, it means that they are not interested in X. It can also be a diplomatic way of saying that you don't like something. For example, saying &quot;Getting up early is not my thing&amp;#8221; sounds much softer than &quot;I hate getting up early.&amp;#8221;Final wordsThanks for tuning in to this episode of Real English Conversations at Better at English dot com. Before signing off, I have a small request: I'm trying to find out more about what type of people listen to B@E, so I've put a little poll up in the sidebar of the website. It'll take less than a minute for you to visit the website, www.betteratenglish.com, and complete the poll. Knowing more about our listeners will help us make better podcasts for you. And remember, your continued donations make Better at English possible. Bye for now!Related Link:  Learn English Online delivered by native-speaker &amp;#8216;video&amp;#8217; teachers.Copyright 2008 L. Linstruth - www.betteratenglish.com.Real English Conversations: Chick Magnet (idiom) <br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Desenhos ilustrativos]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:01:33 -0300</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Estes so os desenhos que fiz num dia de inspirao. Foram feitos com caneta esferografica.http://www.google.com.br/imghp?hl=pt-BR&amp;tab=wi&amp;q=snippet%20do%20c%C3%B3digo%20do%20adsense<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Newbie - Marriage and Divorce]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:03:06 -0300</pubDate>
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<category>Chinese</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Newbie - Marriage and Divorce                    aeZaaaaaaaaaaaa5aaaaaeasaaasaa5For a full translation, plus grammar explanation and learning tools, visit ChinesePod.com.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Learn English Intensely]]></title>
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<comments>http://idiomato.com/English/Learn_English_Intensely/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:02:52 -0300</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[O crculo do amor]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:03:32 -0300</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Certa manh, um campons bateu com fora na porta de um convento. Quando o irmo porteiro abriu, ele lhe estendeu um magnfico cacho de uvas.  &quot;a4 Caro irmo porteiro, estas so as mais belas produzidas pelo meu vinhedo. E venho aqui para d-las de presente.   a4 Obrigado! Vou lev-las imediatamente ao abade, que ficar alegre com esta oferta.  a4 No! Eu as trouxe para voc.  a4 Para mim? Eu no mereo to belo presente da natureza.  a4 Sempre que bati na porta, voc abriu. Quando precisei de ajuda porque a colheita foi destruda pela seca, voc me dava um pedao de po e um copo de vinho todos os dias. Eu quero que este cacho de uvas traga-lhe um pouco de amor do sol, da beleza da chuva, e do milagre de Deus.  O irmo porteiro colocou o cacho diante de si, e passou a manh inteira admirando-o: era realmente lindo. Por causa disso, resolveu entregar o presente ao Abade, que sempre o havia estimulado com palavras de sabedoria.   O Abade ficou muito contente com as uvas, mas lembrou-se que havia no convento um irmo que estava doente, e pensou: a4vou dar-lhe o cacho. Quem sabe, pode trazer alguma alegria  sua vida'.   Mas as uvas no ficaram muito tempo no quarto do irmo doente, porque este refletiu: a4o irmo cozinheiro tem cuidado de mim, alimentando-me com o que h de melhor. Tenho certeza que isso lhe trar muita felicidade'. Quando o irmo cozinheiro apareceu na hora do almoo, trazendo sua refeio, ele entregou-lhe as uvas.  a4 So para voc.   Como sempre est em contato com os produtos que a natureza nos oferece, saber o que fazer com esta obra de Deus.  O irmo cozinheiro ficou deslumbrado com a beleza do cacho, e fez com que o seu ajudante reparasse a perfeio das uvas. To perfeitas que ningum para apreci-las melhor que o seu irmo sacristo, responsvel pela guarda do Santssimo Sacramento, e que muitos no mosteiro viam como um homem santo.  O irmo sacristo, por sua vez, deu as uvas de presente ao novio mais jovem, de modo que esse pudesse entender que a obra de Deus est nos menores detalhes da Criao. Quando o novio o recebeu, o seu corao encheu-se da Glria do Senhor, porque nunca tinha visto um cacho to lindo. Na mesma hora lembrou-se da primeira vez que chegara ao mosteiro, e da pessoa que lhe tinha aberto a porta; fora este gesto que lhe permitira estar hoje naquela comunidade de pessoas que sabiam valorizar os milagres.  Assim, pouco antes do cair da noite, ele levou o cacho de uvas para o irmo porteiro.  a4 Coma e aproveite. Porque voc passa a maior parte do tempo aqui sozinho, e estas uvas lhe faro muito bem.  O irmo porteiro entendeu que aquele presente tinha lhe sido realmente destinado, saboreou cada uma das uvas daquele cacho e dormiu feliz&quot;.      Paulo Coelho - O Zarrirhttp://www.google.com.br/imghp?hl=pt-BR&amp;tab=wi&amp;q=snippet%20do%20c%C3%B3digo%20do%20adsense<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dear Amber - Shikumen vs. Hutongs and Chinese vs. Western School]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:03:10 -0300</pubDate>
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<category>Chinese</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Dear Amber - Shikumen vs. Hutongs and Chinese vs. Western School                    For a full translation, plus grammar explanation and learning tools, visit ChinesePod.com.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Super Fast!]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:02:42 -0300</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Read the text at:&amp;nbsp; Learn English Fast http://effortlessenglishclub.com/learn-english-super-fast<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[English Learning Psychology]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:02:32 -0300</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Read The Text At:&amp;nbsp; English Learning Psychology www.EffortlessEnglishClub.com<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[English Club]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:02:22 -0300</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Read the text at: English Club www.EffortlessEnglishClub.com<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fun with Tongue Twister - video]]></title>
<link>http://idiomato.com/Chinese/Fun_with_Tongue_Twister_-_video/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:01:34 -0300</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Learn French by Podcast, Lesson 119]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:02:01 -0300</pubDate>
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<guid>http://idiomato.com/French/Learn_French_by_Podcast_Lesson_119/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In this lesson, lesson 119, we need to have a specific service carried out, that is, to have a puncture repaired. But the expressions used could just as easily apply to a variety of services. Lets begin with a role-play between Marie and a mechanic.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Newbie - Salt and Pepper]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:03:14 -0300</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Newbie - Salt and Pepper                    aaaeaaeaaaaaaea5aeaea5For a full translation, plus grammar explanation and learning tools, visit ChinesePod.com.<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[News and Features - Party Time at ChinesePod]]></title>
<link>http://idiomato.com/Chinese/News_and_Features_-_Party_Time_at_ChinesePod/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:03:03 -0300</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[News and Features - Party Time at ChinesePod                     For a full translation, plus grammar explanation and learning tools, visit ChinesePod.com.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dear Amber - Qipao Dresses and Marathons in China]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:03:00 -0300</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Dear Amber - Qipao Dresses and Marathons in China                    For a full translation, plus grammar explanation and learning tools, visit ChinesePod.com.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Afirmaes de Gloria Kalil]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:01:47 -0300</pubDate>
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<category>Portuguese</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Controlar impulsos e apetites  o que distingue seres civilizados de feras selvagens.Ningum  chic se no for civilizado!Ser civilizado  saber respeitar diferenas.Arrumar um namorado com massa enceflica  bem mais sofisticado interessante do que um que s tenha massa muscular.A conduta de uma pessoa num clube  extremamente indicativa de sua &quot;taxa&quot; de educao e civilidade. Podem ter certeza que algum que tem um comportamento grosseiro e cafajeste por l  um cafajeste em sua vida pessoal tambm.Dinheiro na mo de gente sem noo de civilidade  uma arma to perigosa como qualquer revlver na mo de bandidos.Nada pode ser mais civilizado do que a troca de gentilezas entre duas pessoas que se tratam de igual para igual.Glria kalil  uma jornalista, empresria e consultora de moda brasileira. Diretora de confeces como Fiorucci e Jeigikei, desde meados de 1995 dedica-se  consultoria de estilo e negcios ligados ao campo da moda e do comportamento. Faz palestras e projetos especiais, como vdeos, planos de marketing para lojas de varejo e assessorias para indstrias e organizaes institucionais como o Senac. Colabora tambm com matrias de moda para a imprensa escrita, televiso e outras mdias.  autora dos livros Chic Mulher e Chic Homem e Al, Chics!.http://www.google.com.br/imghp?hl=pt-BR&amp;tab=wi&amp;q=snippet%20do%20c%C3%B3digo%20do%20adsense<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Real English Conversations: skill or luck?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:01:41 -0300</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hi! Lori here, welcoming you to another edition of Real English Conversations here at Better At English dot com. Before we get into the conversation, I want to thank everyone who has submitted book recommendations - I've started listing them on the website and will continue to list them throughout the week. And I'd also like to thank everyone who has let me know how you feel about mild swearing in these casts. The verdict has been overwhelming: swearing it OK with you. Only one person has said it's not OK. In fact, many of you actually think that understanding the more vulgar or &quot;colorful&amp;#8221; side of English would actually be useful. But I don't want to offend anyone, so here is what I'll do: if any of my casts contain vulgar words or provocative, semi-naughty topics, I will alert you at the beginning. That way you can choose not to listen if you don't want to. So here is my first alert: the following cast contains one very-mild-but-still-vulgar expression. So if that would be offensive to you, then I suggest you not listen any further.OK, enough of my yakkin' - here's the conversation.Real English Conversation TranscriptLori: Have you ever played the game Rock, Paper, Scissors?Rock, Paper, Scissors link to YouTube videoMichael: Yes, umm, but I&amp;#8217;m not very good at it.L: You&amp;#8217;re not very good at it?  Well, I was just reading that there was an actual competition, a world championship in Rock, Paper, Scissors, and that the UK, the UK kicked America&amp;#8217;s ass in the rock paper s&amp;#8230;M: Well that makes me proud to be British! That we&amp;#8230; Rock, Paper, Scissors!L: I mean, it&amp;#8217;s such a childish game &amp;#8212; I can&amp;#8217;t even imagine that that there would even be &amp;#8212; I mean that&amp;#8217;s like having the championship in thumb wrestling!Thumb Wrestling link to YouTube videoM: Nnn.. actually, no, I disagree. Because I think that thumb wrestling, with thumb wrestling there is a lot of skill involved.L: Oh yeah, definitely.  It&amp;#8217;s all in the technique.M: Abso- exactly. But with, with Rock, Paper, Scissors &amp;#8212; I could be completely wrong &amp;#8212; ummL: Uh huhM: But I think that it&amp;#8217;s all down to luck. L: Uh huh.M: Umm, or maybe that&amp;#8217;s just my excuse for being so bad at it. I always seem to lose and so I can put it down to bad luck, that I, I seem to pick the wrong one, but umm&amp;#8230;  L: Yeah, well, in the, in the article that I was reading &amp;#8212; it was also on the BBC &amp;#8211;M: OKL: Umm, in the article they were talking about the tactics and saying that &amp;#8212; they were comparing it to poker&amp;#8230;M: O-L:  &amp;#8230;actually, saying that&amp;#8230;M: -KL: &amp;#8230;that they have to do a lot of hard work and spend a lot of time practicing and training, learning about tactics and body language, and that it&amp;#8217;s act&amp;#8230;that they bluff so much, just like you do in poker.  M: I&amp;#8217;m trying to imagine how you bluff making a fist or, you know, holding your hand flat, or making the scissors shape.L: Yeah, they&amp;#8217;re actually that they have a special word for it; they called the bluffing they do priming, and that allows the players to sort of fake a move&amp;#8230;M: Oh, make it look like you&amp;#8230;L: And sort of trick their opponent into making the wrong, you know, making the move that they want them to make&amp;#8230; with all the subtle body language and umm, you know, psychological tactics&amp;#8230; so actually there might be more to it than meets the eye&amp;#8230;M: Mmm, well there, I suppose there must be&amp;#8230;L: &amp;#8230;with this Rock, Paper, Scissors thing.M: Umm, but to be honest Lori, I think that the reason, umm, when you&amp;#8230;telling me about this, I, I compare it to something like, umm, world championship coin flipping.L: Mmm hmm. Oh right yeah, that it&amp;#8217;s&amp;#8230;M: Heads or tails.L: Exactly.M: I mean, OK, so there&amp;#8217;s one extra, I mean, so there&amp;#8217;s three sides that we&amp;#8217;ve got to consider&amp;#8230;L: Well, I think&amp;#8230;M: ummm&amp;#8230;but, no, that&amp;#8217;s amazing.L: I think were going to have to put it to empirical test&amp;#8230; M: OKL: And I think &amp;#8212; just to do right by my own country &amp;#8212; that I&amp;#8217;m gonna have to challenge you.M: [laughs]L: &amp;#8230;to a Rock, Paper, Scissors contest&amp;#8230;M: Oh goodness me, I don&amp;#8217;t know whether I can&amp;#8230;L: a4fighting for the dignity of my own country.M: &amp;#8230;possibly&amp;#8230;you&amp;#8217;re only saying this &amp;#8217;cause I&amp;#8217;ve already admitted I&amp;#8217;m terrible!L: Yeah, well, so am I.  And you al-, you already kick my ass at thumb wrestling, we know that so&amp;#8230;anywayM: OK, we&amp;#8217;ll have to, OK we&amp;#8217;ll do that, we&amp;#8217;ll do that.L: OKI hope you've enjoyed this edition of Real English Conversations. You can visit the website, Better at English dot com for the full transcript and for a link to the original BBC article that inspired this conversation. I've also added a couple of short videos that demonstrate Rock, Paper, Scissors AND Thumb Wrestling. As always, I welcome your feedback about the show. You can email me at info at better at English dot com, or call the voice mail line at +1 (for the USA), 206 350 2283. See you next time here at Better at English dot com! Bye for nowa4Link to BBC article:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6159658.stmVocabulary listRock, Paper, ScissorsA two-player game played with hand gestures. Each player makes a rock, paper, or scissors gesture on the count of three. Rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, paper beats rock. Sometimes adults use this game as a friendly way to settle a dispute.The UK kicked America's assTo kick someone's ass is informal slang for &quot;to beat someone at something.&amp;#8221; In this example, the UK beat the USA at Rock, Paper, Scissors.Thumb wrestlingThumb wrestling is a child's game (but adults can play too) in which two opponents lock fingers and try to &quot;wrestle&amp;#8221; with their thumbs. The winner is the one who manages to pin the opponent's thumb down. (See photos).It's all down to luckThe expression &quot;x is all down to y&amp;#8221; means that x is caused by y, or that x is depends on y. Michael means that winning Rock, Paper, Scissors is a matter of luck, not skill.Put it down to bad luckTo put something down to x means to attribute it to x, to say that it is caused by x, to blame x for it. Michael means that he doesn't win at Rock, Paper, Scissors because he has bad luck in the game; he loses the game because of bad luck, not a lack of skill.PickTo pick something means to choose it or select itTacticsTactics are a strategic plan you have to win or achieve something.BluffIf you &quot;bluff&amp;#8221; in poker, you pretend to have better cards than you actually have, to try to get your opponents to give up (fold). In general terms, &quot;to bluff&amp;#8221; means &quot;to deceive someone by making them think either that you are going to do something when you really have no intention of doing it, or that you have knowledge that you do not really have, or that you are someone else&amp;#8221;PrimingTo prime something means to prepare it. In the Rock, Paper, Scissors game, if you &quot;bluff&amp;#8221; you are priming your opponent to make the wrong move.FakeTo fake something means to pretend. For example, you can fake a feeling or an illness, that is, pretend you have a feeling or illness that you don't really have. The Rock, Paper, Scissors players can &quot;fake&amp;#8221; a move: pretend that they are going to execute a different move than the one they actually make.MoveA move is an action you take in a game. In this case, the moves are forming your hand into the rock, paper, or scissors shape.TrickTo trick someone is to fool or deceive them, usually as part of a plan.SubtleIn this case, subtle (adj.) means &quot;small and difficult to notice, but still important.&amp;#8221;More to it than meets the eyeIf there is more to something than meets the eye, it is more difficult to understand or involves more things than it seems at the beginning. At first it might seem that Rock, Paper, Scissors is a simple game of chance with no skill involved, but it you analyze it carefully you might find that being a champion player takes a lot of skill.SupposeIf you suppose something, you think it is likely, but you are not sure enough about it to say &quot;I know.&amp;#8221;Coin flippingMichael compares Rock, Paper, Scissors to coin flipping (tossing a coin in the air and letting it fall down on its own - chance will determine which side it lands on). Coin flipping (or coin tossing) is often used as an example of a random event. He means that there is no skill involved in Rock, Paper, Scissors; it's a matter of chance just like coin flipping.Heads or tailsThe two sides of a coin are called the &quot;head&amp;#8221; (front side) and the &quot;tail&amp;#8221; (back side). Usually the &quot;head&amp;#8221; side features the head or bust of a famous person.To put it to empirical testIf you put something to (a) test, it means you experiment to see if something is true. Empirical means real-world experience rather than theory or opinion.To do right by my own countryIf you do right by somebody or something, it means that you do the right thing for them, to treat them well or do something that is good for them.Oh goodness me!Oh goodness me is an expression used to show surprise, similar to &quot;Oh my goodness&amp;#8221;Copyright 2008 L. Linstruth - www.betteratenglish.com.Real English Conversations: skill or luck? <br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Real English conversations: Do men prefer real or fake?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:01:46 -0300</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[TranscriptLori here, welcoming you to another edition of Real English Conversations at Better at English dot com, the website that focuses on real English for real people. I will warn you right away: the topic of today's conversation could be considered somewhat provocative: silicone breast implants. So you should listen further only if you are not offended by that topic.Before we get into the conversation, I have a question for you listeners. You know, I love making these casts to help you learn English. However, transcribing them - particularly writing up the vocabulary notes - is very time consuming. So I would like to know if you learners of English out there actually use the transcripts, in particular, the vocabulary explanations. There is a poll in the sidebar of the website where you can vote. I will leave the poll up until I have enough votes to get a good idea of what my listeners want. You can also email me or post in comments on the website or call the voice mail line at 206 250 2283.This conversation is much longer than usual, so I'll shut up now and let you get to it. Enjoy!Conversation TranscriptLori: I have to ask you: As a man&amp;#8230;Michael: Yes?L:  What is your take on the whole silicone implant thing?M: Umm&amp;#8230;  Do you mean&amp;#8230;Do I&amp;#8230;.Well I don&amp;#8217;t&amp;#8230; [laughter ] What a question! Umm, well, aside from the &amp;#8220;enhancement&amp;#8221; aspect of it &amp;#8212; I thought silicone implantsa4I thought were kind of dangerous. But as far as the enhancement goes, I can tell you I once took an online survey&amp;#8230;L: Mmm hmmM: &amp;#8230;which showed a series of pictures of naked breasts&amp;#8230;L: Mmm hmmM: And you had to click a checkbox and say whether they were natural or enhanced.L: Mmm hmmM: And I can tell you I got them all correct.L: OK.M: Umm, so I, you know, I think they look fake. I&amp;#8217;m not impresseda4with that sort of, that sort of thing.L: OK. So now if you think about it if you think about, yeah, men&amp;#8217;s magazines&amp;#8230;M: Right, yesL: &amp;#8230;which I know that, I mean, you&amp;#8217;re a healthy, red-blooded man, you must have some experience with men&amp;#8217;s magazines.M: [laughs] How can we put this delicately? Yes, I am familiar with these things.L: Would you say that, the models that you see in the magazines, that they [their breasts] are real or fake?M: Most of the ones that that I see tend to be fake&amp;#8230; But I can tell you this: and that&amp;#8230;when a model comes along who IS natural, they tend to be much more popular&amp;#8230;L: Really!M: Yes, I think so, but they&amp;#8217;re few and far between because so few people are really built that way.L: Mmm hmmM: I mean, let&amp;#8217;s think about it, umm, you know, it&amp;#8217;s, umm, you know, there are so few people that are, you know, perfectly proportioned.  But we can see&amp;#8230;L:  Well, yeah, you have to be carefa4careful with the word &amp;#8220;perfect&amp;#8221; as well&amp;#8230;M: Well, I meanL:  Because that implies a value judgment.M: Yes, whatever the current trend is, whatever the latest fashion is. UmmmM: In the 50s compared to the 60s compared to the 70s &amp;#8212; what they would, I mean I would say &amp;#8220;perfect&amp;#8221; &amp;#8212; the ideal shape for the Hollywood starlet kind of sex symbol, umm, has changed.  I mean, the 50s the accent was on the breasts, and it was quite a voluptuous look, I mean Marilyn Monroe or Diana Dors, or somebody like that. I mean, the 60s it was the legs, you know, the mini skirts and this kind of thing, and the skinny thing. And the 70s is a little bit more back to a fuller figure.  And then I think it all went horribly wrong in the 80s.L: What happened in the 80s?M: Well there&amp;#8217;s the plastic surgery thing for one thing.L: OKM:  But also things like, ummm, MTV, umm, magazines that are targeting&amp;#8230;the whole umm, bombarding young people with magazines that are showing &amp;#8220;This is what you must look like&amp;#8221; &amp;#8220;This is what is attractive,&amp;#8221; &amp;#8220;This is perfect, and if you don&amp;#8217;t measure up to this you&amp;#8217;re something less than that,&amp;#8221; you know?  And I think it&amp;#8217;s&amp;#8230;L: Even if a lot of it is&amp;#8230;It&amp;#8217;s implied.  But I would have to agree with you, that, you know &amp;#8212; I don&amp;#8217;t read women&amp;#8217;s magazines.M: MM hmmm, OK.L: And I think that a lot of the problems that I&amp;#8217;ve had as an adult, with my own self-esteem and, you know, problems that you have about how you feel about yourself, are&amp;#8230;they sort of have their root in reading my mother&amp;#8217;s women&amp;#8217;s magazines, from a very very young age&amp;#8230;L: Because&amp;#8230;  M: OK, yeahL: &amp;#8230;I was a really really, really early and really eager young reader.  I would read anything I could get my hands on.M: Sure, yeah.L:  And so from the age of, probably six or seven, I was reading my mother&amp;#8217;s women&amp;#8217;s magazinesM: Righta4well, do you know this kind of transfers in the same way to males&amp;#8230;I can tell you that I was also very keen reader when I was young&amp;#8230;L: Mmm hmmM:&amp;#8230;  And I read, umm, a lot of my dad&amp;#8217;s men&amp;#8217;s magazines, shall we say&amp;#8230;L: MmmM: &amp;#8230;aaah when I was young.  So, umm, you got the impression that this is what attractive women are supposed to look like as well, from a male point of view.  So yeah, it seems like this is all guided, you know, umm, that both males and females are being guided into this thing, you know, we&amp;#8217;re supposed to find THIS attractive, and that you&amp;#8217;re supposed to live up to this thing. You know? Ummm&amp;#8230;L: Exactly.  And then you see when you&amp;#8217;re watching TV, you know, mainstream junk TV, how, you know, it&amp;#8217;s the beautiful people who good things happen to&amp;#8230;  M: Yeah.L: ..the beautiful woman who gets rewarded and&amp;#8230;M: Right, and the villain in the movie is usually very ugly because, you know, we&amp;#8217;re not supposed to sympathize with this.L: Exactly, and we all know&amp;#8230;M: And the hero is a fantastic chisel-jawed, rugged-looking guy.L: Yeah, exactly.M: And the love interest is a stunningly beautiful&amp;#8230;It&amp;#8217;s predictable.Thanks for tuning in to this edition of Real English Conversations. As always, you can find a full transcript of the entire cast, plus vocabulary explanations, on the website - www.betteratenglish.com . And please stop by the website and cast your vote in the transcriptions poll in the sidebar. That's all for now. See next time!Vocabulary ListHave toTo have to do something means you must do it. Here Lori uses &amp;#8220;have to&amp;#8221; because she feels such a strong desire to ask Michael's opinion that doesn't have a choice. She must ask him.Your take onSomebody's take on something means their opinion or ideas about it.ThingLori and Michael use the word thing 11 times in this conversation, and with several different meanings. In this example, thing means &quot;overall issue&amp;#8221; - everything related to the phenomenon of silicone breast implants.EnhancementTo enhance something means to make it more prominent, salient, or noticeable. Enhancement is the noun form. Here Michael is trying to find a socially acceptable way to talk about women making their breasts larger with silicone implants.As far as the enhancement goesThe phrase as far as X goes is an idiomatic way to say, &quot;My opinion on X is&amp;#8221; or &quot;I think that X is&amp;#8221; or &quot;concerning X.&amp;#8221;TookFrom the verb take. Here took means participated in or completed. Michael participated in an online survey; he completed the survey. (Survey = questionnaire).SayHere Michael didn't actually say anything by speaking, he transmitted his message by selecting from the available answers on the survey. The verb say can be used even when you (or objects!) transmit a message in various ways. For example, &quot;This book says that men are stupider than women&amp;#8221; or &quot;Darn, that sign says a4no parking,' so we can't park our car here.&amp;#8221;FakeFake  (adj.) means not real, not genuine.Men's magazinesMen read all kinds of magazines, but when people talk about men's magazines they usually mean magazines that feature scantily clad or naked women. Playboy magazine is a good example.Healthy, red-blooded manSaying that a man is a healthy, red-blooded man a polite way to say that it's natural for heterosexual men to be interested in beautiful/sexy women, and thus to want to look at men's magazines.Put this delicatelyTo put something delicately means to say something unpleasant or rude in a way that will not be offensive.ModelsIn this conversation, models are women whose profession is to look sexy in photographs in men's magazines. In general, a model is a person who is employed to be photographed or painted.Comes alongTo come along is a phrasal verb that means to appear or to arrive at a place.They're few and far betweenTo be few and far between means that something is scarce. Literally, there are few of them and they are separated by a lot of time or distance or both.BuiltIf you describe someone as being built a certain way, you mean that their body is shaped a certain way or that their body has certain proportions. ImpliesTo imply something means to communicate an idea without saying it explicitly or directly.ShapeHere shape refers to body shape, the overall form of someone's bodyHollywood starletA starlet is a young, attractive, hopeful actress who (usually) shows some sign of possible fame and success. It is often used in a disapproving way (compare wanna-be).Sex symbolSex symbols are famous people who many people in our society consider sexually attractive.AccentIf the accent is on X, it means that X is considered very important.VoluptuousVoluptuous is an adjective that describes a soft, curvy, sexually attractive woman's body shape.SkinnySkinny  (adj.) means having an extremely thin body, usually to the point of looking unhealthy. Sometimes this is considered attractive and desirable from a fashion point of view.Fuller figureA woman's figure is her overall body shape. If her figure is full, it means that her shape is curvy. A woman's curves are mainly created by her body fat. Describing a woman as having a full figure can either be a compliment or an insult, depending on who says it and how they think women should look to be considered attractive.BombardingTo bombard somebody with something is phrasal verb that means to direct an overwhelming amount of something at someone.Measure upTo measure up (to something) is a phrasal verb that means to be good enough, or to be as good as something or somebody.Self-esteem Self-esteem is your belief and confidence in your own value and abilities.Have their rootIf X has its root in Y, it means that X is (more or less) caused by Y.Women's magazinesWomen's magazines traditionally feature a contradictory mixture of recipes for delicious (and fattening) food, diet and exercise plans, and articles about how to be beautiful, sexy, and successful. Being beautiful and sexy is related to looking and behaving a certain way (dictated by the magazine articles either overtly or covertly). Women's magazines also feature advertisements and hidden or overt sales pitches for products to &quot;help&amp;#8221; women transform themselves into the very ideals created by the magazines. Lori sees these magazines for the garbage that they are, and chooses not to read them.EarlyIf you describe someone as an early X, it means that they started doing X at a relatively early age.EagerIf you are eager to do something, it means that you are interested in it and want to do it very much.Get my hands onTo get your hands on something means to obtain something.KeenKeen is a synonym for eager (see above).Got the impressionTo get the impression of/about something means that you form an idea or opinion about what it is like.Are supposed toTo be supposed to has many subtle meanings. In this sentence, &quot;what attractive women are supposed to look like&amp;#8221; means  &quot;what attractive women are expected to look like.&amp;#8221;JunkJunk (adjective) means worthless or useless. For example, junk mail, junk food, or junk TV. Of course, one person's &quot;junk&amp;#8221; is another person's treasurea4VillainThe villain in a story/book/film is the person who harms other people. Usually we do not like the villain. A villain can be either a man or woman.HeroThe hero (female form heroine) in a story/book/film is the person who is good or does good things. We like the hero and want to see him succeed.Chisel-jawedA chisel is a tool for carving stone. Sharp and attractive facial features can be described as chiseled. So a chisel-jawed man is a man who has a striking, attractive, strong-looking jaw.Rugged-lookingIf you describe a man's features as rugged, it means that they are strong and attractively formed.The love interestThe love interest in a story/book/film is the attractive character whose main dramatic purpose is to attract the romantic attentions of the hero or heroine; the &quot;romantic sub-plot&amp;#8221; provides added tension to the story.Copyright 2008 L. Linstruth - www.betteratenglish.com.Real English conversations: Do men prefer real or fake? <br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Thanks to everyone who&amp;#8217;s responded to my question about your favorite books in English. Reading books in English about topics that interest you is a wonderful way to improve your English and have fun at the same time. Your suggestions are listed below. There is no deadline for making suggestions, so if there is an English book that you love, please let me know so that I can add it to the list.Copyright 2008 L. Linstruth - www.betteratenglish.com.English book recommendations from Better at English readers <br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Readersa4 recommendations: Bram Stokera4s Dracula]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Matteo wrote in to recommend Dracula by Bram Stoker.I guess it&amp;#8217;s the best book I&amp;#8217;ve readin English. It displays different writing styles in a very uniquenarrative structure, built by assembling diary entries, paper articles,letters and more. Everything is written in an old but most fascinatingmanner and the story is so deep! The characters are, if possible, evendeeper. I mean, this book is DEEP!If your students are &amp;#8220;frightened&amp;#8221; of reading a whole book in English Ithink you could also suggest some &amp;#8220;faster stuff&amp;#8221;, like good magazines.My favorite one is National Geographic Magazine.Matteo (ITALY)Copyright 2008 L. Linstruth - www.betteratenglish.com.Readers&amp;#8217; recommendations: Bram Stoker&amp;#8217;s Dracula <br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[B@E listener Christiane enjoys reading detective novels in English, and recommended the following authors:Elisabeth GeorgeColin DexterIan RankinCopyright 2008 L. Linstruth - www.betteratenglish.com.Crime novels and detective stories for learning English <br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dear Amber - A Month as a Monk and Chinese Business Meetings]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Newbie - Introducing a Friend]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Three Men and the God of Language Learning]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Chinese version of the English one I wrote a few weeks ago. So far this is the only podcast which has both Chinese version and English version.Three Men and the God of Language LearningTranscript is available at www.mslmaster.comAlso remember, three and half weeks left for you to get the seven transcripts for free by purchasing the transcript of Phoenix.<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dia de finados]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Comers o teu po com o suor do teu rosto,at que voltes  terra de que fostes tirado;porque s p, e ao p te hs de tornar.Gnesis 3,19http://www.google.com.br/imghp?hl=pt-BR&amp;tab=wi&amp;q=snippet%20do%20c%C3%B3digo%20do%20adsense<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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