this is going to be a great trip I've never been to Mexico have you no I haven't have you finished everything oh my gosh where's my bag it's in the closet of course I'm the only one who's organized around here I ran errands all day and I'm ready exhausted but ready what did you you have to do well first I had to confirm my flight my ticket where's my ticket have you seen it I saw it in the bathroom the bathroom are you sure so strange oh you're right got it then I had to get
traveler checks oh my money I've lost my wallet then I had to pay the electricity and the phone bills because someone forgot and then I had to change my voicemail message my cell phone I don't remember where I put my cell phone it's in the kitchen the kitchen it's in the kitchen Tada these two they're never prepared what would they do without me how true hey don't forget to unplug your TV and electrical stuff before you go done son we're late is time to go okay hey Mike I have to go we're leaving for the
airport bye Mike cool have a great trip girls bye okay does everybody have everything yep tickets bags coats everything let's go okay Mexico here we come now Mexico here we [Music] come hi hi thank goodness you're here this morning she almost fainted then she felt very tired and now she says she feels very laded I don't know what to do has she seen a doctor she won't go she says she just needs to get some rest did anything happen nothing out of the ordinary the worst thing is she has this big meeting with the president
of the University tonight she's been pretty anxious about it okay let's take a look San Mike and tesia here Hi how are you feeling very TI tired and I feel dizzy and my stomach is killing me I think I might even have a fever oh why do I have that meeting with the president tonight I can't stop thinking about it eat something you'll feel better are you kidding I can't eat I'm not hungry maybe you should go for a walk you know get some fresh air no I just need to rest hello yes no this
is her roommate Tara what okay I'll let her know thanks that was the uh president's secretary and what did she say she told me to tell you that tonight's meeting has been cancelled ah thank goodness uh Mike can you hand me that orange juice I don't know maybe we should call a doctor yeah maybe we should what's the matter having you ever seen anyone eating before I take it you're feeling better I am feeling pretty good it must be a miracle or something or a lucky phone call hey what are you doing I'm getting ready
for my blind date a blind date you don't know this man no but he's a friend of claud's so it should be okay oh so where did she meet him they met at work he's a colleague of hers he's from Brazil too but he's working in the US office right now are you excited excited and a little nervous what jewelry should I wear I don't know hey what's that that's nice this oh this is a bracelet my first boyfriend Joe gave me isn't it beautiful yeah we were so in love too bad we were only
17 too young what's this that oh that's a souvenir from my first trip to the US I was 5 years old why are you still hanging on to it oh I'm keeping it for the Memories how about this now that is my favorite keepsake it's a pendant from my grandmother she gave it to me when I was 18 years old for your birthday no I was in my first year of college and things were rough I had no friends I hated my classes I didn't think I could make it and one day my grandmother told
me a story yeah my grandmother's father died when she was only 8 years old things were hard for her family after that she went to school she helped out at home and she had a job she was just a little girl I know she worked really hard throughout her whole childhood so when my grandmother turned 18 her mother gave her this pendant to say thank you that was nice yeah so when life was difficult for me in college my grandmother gave me the pendant as a reminder to be strong that's beautiful and it's perfect for
tonight you know you're right here [Music] goes does anybody know why terara asked us to come here today she said something about solving a crime and and arresting a criminal arresting a criminal yes a criminal Terra nice hat someone in this room has committed a crime what what a theft someone ate Sun's yogurt well my yogurt is missing but it's okay it's only yogurt it starts with yogurt next time it's your cooking your I scream who knows where it will end okay okay go on it's very likely one of you did it because you all
have a key to this apartment I only use my key for emergencies and besides you live here you have a key maybe you took it I'm the detective I didn't do it now the thief worked calmly quietly and very neatly note the weapon clean and dry I didn't do it I have an alibi I was out of town last week just got home last night I know you didn't do it Roberto I asked you to come here today because you are a friend of the thief cloria what confess you're always too busy to go shopping
you didn't have any yogurt you were hungry it was late you waited until until everyone went to bed and then you slowly entered the kitchen you made sure no one was there then you carefully took this spoon and very quietly opened the refrigerator door and ate Sun's yogurt no no it's not true hey everyone thanks nice hat what's [Music] up hello aloha Tera it's me Claudia hi Claudia what's up a friend of mine invited me to a luau tonight she told me to bring friends would you like to join us sure what's a luau it's
like a Hawaiian Barbecue you wear Hawaiian shirts drink pineapple juice dance it's fun you know sounds great I'd love to go great is s there I'd like to invite her as well she's right here let me ask her San he would you like to go to a tonight the Hawaiian kind yeah I would um wait I can't I promised to cashi I'd help him with his film Project tonight well bring him along Claudia said it's okay to bring friends okay to cashi yeah Hey listen after we work on your film Project tonight would you be
interested in going to a party it's a Hawaiian luau that sounds interesting I'd love to uh can Mike come sure Tera said to bring friends great I'll call him right away see you tonight hello hey Mike hi toi what's up how would you like to go to a Hawaii party tonight sure hey why don't we invite Roberto too he loves parties yeah son he said we could bring friends okay great I'll give him a call hello hi Roberto it's Mike would you like to go to a party tonight it's going to be really fun uh
that sounds great but I can't I have to go to some Lu out tonight with Claudia maybe next time have fun okay everybody was onely that was Mike he invited me to some party tonight [Music] [Music] hi I'm Ivon Lee welcome hi cloudy Oliva please have a seat thanks very much for coming in did you bring your res yes here you are great thanks first let me tell you a little bit about the job we're looking for someone to sell our new software product internationally the job requires flexibility Independence and most importantly a pleasant manner
with customers I agree that's important I've worked in sales for years and have always tried to really listen to my customers to find out what they need I think I'm really good at that that's great so tell me a little bit about your experience with software programs well uh I've trained people how to use a similar software product for the past 2 years at my current job so I really feel I know the product and customer needs H interesting and your sales experience I've been with my present company for 3 years and in my present
position since last year in that time I've been named salesperson of the month three times and have taken top sales Awards several times as well impressive I I'm also taking graduate courses right now in marketing I feel it really helps me understand the market better especially the competition you've been been very busy Miss Olivera well thanks very much for coming in we'll be in touch thank you hey Bill I just interviewed a woman for that software sales position how did it go very well do you think she's right for the job I think so she
has a high energy level and a lot of experience okay let's offer her the job great hello hello Claudia Oliva please she can't come to the phone right now may I take a message yes please tell her that Ivon Lee called okay come on we're going to be late for our r with class oh by the way there was a phone call from some woman called uh Ivon Ivon something okay let's begin in Japan you bow when greet people like this that's cool hi what are you two doing teshi is teaching me traditional Japanese greetings
for my trip to Japan your trip to Japan when I have a big meeting in Tokyo in July wow that's great I'm a little nervous about the whole trip though why there's no need to be nervous I'm kind of worried about making mistakes I don't know anything about Japan don't worry everything's going to be fine and you have a good teacher let's see what else oh remember always use two hands when you give a person your business card like this okay hey that looks really good Claudia you're natural remember never use your finger to point
that's actually rude in a lot of countries no okay really yeah oh and one more thing in Japan for luck you jump three times and Nod your head like this what yeah let's try come on come on Claudia try it okay good mhm like this yeah hey they don't do that in Japan you guys are joking oh come on Claudia I only wanted to teach you a very important lesson for traveling relax and have a little fun you're right some teacher you are no no no no go the taxi line find the taxi line there's
one just outside it's right outside it's right outside no it's right outside of the airport go go inside and ask someone okay all right we'll see you soon 20 minutes or so okay bye I can't stand cell phones why do people use them so often especially in public places I know I only use my cell phone when I need it I find it to be a form of noise pollution see what I mean hello hi Mike hi Dad how's it going oh great uh listen son I just got a new cell phone and I called
to give you the number oh you just need to give me your new number yeah you know I really love these cell phones they're so convenient your mother's addicted to hers she's on it all all the time uh dad the number oh I'm sorry I almost forgot here it is the new area code is 651 did you say 691 no no 651 five five F like in Frank got it and the telephone number is 555 2324 dad can you hold on a minute mom's calling on the other line hello hi sweetheart it's your mom hi
Mom I'm on the other line with Dad oh that's nice dear I need to talk to him too I'm planning our trip to New York I'd prefer to come in September but your father wants to come during the holidays now you tell him wait a minute I can't stand sending messages can you hold on a second I'm going to try to connect you to hello hell is everybody there yeah I'm here oh this is what I call a family reunion yeah do you mind I can't stand cell phones especially in public places once upon a
time there was a kind and humble young woman named Cinderella oh I'm Cinderella I'm kind and I'm humble I was having fun until my two evil stepsisters moved in with me now my life is terrible we're the evil stepsisters and I'm determined to marry the prince I'm going to marry him what I'm going to marry him you're too skinny please oh please you smell Cinderella always worked hard while her steps sisters relaxed her step sisters never did a thing it's the prin ball tonight don't forget to wash my dress and fix my shoes poor Cinderella
she didn't know what to do there she was crying all alone when the good fairy appeared before her I'm the good and compassionate fairy and I was enjoying my Sunday afternoon football game until teshi asked me to be in his movie what come on Mike you said you help me with my film Project okay okay oh good and generous and compassionate fairy I want to go to the prince's ball tonight but I have nothing to wear fear not Cinderella you will see the Brave and loyal Prince tonight ow [Music] but remember you must be home
by midnight oh I promise good fairy and thank you and so Cinderella went to the prince's ball met the prince and fell in love but when she was rushing home just before midnight she lost one of her slippers the next day Cinderella had a visitor [Applause] I'm the Brave and loyal Prince I'm looking for the woman who wore this slipper last night would you please try on this [Applause] [Music] slipper and so the prince saw that it was indeed Cinderella slipper and he knew that she was the princess he loved and so they got married
and they and they lived happily ever [Music] after good so change the first part and make those Corrections and your paper will be great okay thanks for all your help Professor Morgan I'll email my paper to you later today you know technology is amazing in high school I used to write my term papers on a typewriter it must have taken a long time to write a paper on a typewriter well I was pretty fast but I made some mistakes actually the typewriters weren't that bad now as for the first computers oh my gosh what do
you mean the first computers were so unreliable they used to crash all the time and they were not as affordable or as fast as they are now mine's pretty fast but not as fast as some of the new and more expensive ones I know and nowadays almost everyone has a computer in those days nobody had their own computer we used to use the ones at the University in the computer lab yeah that's all we had I'll never forget one spring during final exams everybody was working on their term papers and the electricity went out so
no big deal laptops have batteries yes but remember in those days we didn't have laptops if your computer crashed you lost everything everything everything we used to lose information all the time but that time it was terrible everybody lost their papers that afternoon including me what did you do I went back to the good oldfashioned way you mean typewriters nope I use something more affordable portable reliable disposable something that always worked what was that the first word processor well possessive adjectives we use them to show that something belongs to somebody or somebody has something now
look at this we have subject pronoun like you all know we have I you we they he she it the possessive adjective of I is my you is your we our they there tongue there he his she her it is we have I and my I have dark brown hair or I can say my hair is dark brown for you and your you have a fashionable blouse or we can say your blouse is fashionable we and our we have three expensive cars or you can say our three cars are expensive they and their they have
an intelligent dog or I can say their dog is intelligent he and his he has a really nice apartment or his apartment is really nice she and her she has an sorry she has adorable children or we can say her children are adorable and the last one it has a pretty long tail or we can say it tail is pretty long the same vowel letters E A together but this is is Meats right this is E Meats this one bread bread so we have a and this one break break so we have a so the
same EA but different ways of pronunciation e a a right okay the same two consonants together CH H so this is chicken chicken so we have ch this one machine machine so this is sh and this one chemistry chemistry so we have K okay what about this one child right child but when we just add r e n at the end of child so how we pronounce this one is it child no it is children right so we have a children this is woman we have o woman but when we just replace e for a
how do we pronounce this one is it woman no this is ween women woman women okay and this one this is a right break break and this one this one is fast fast break fast but when we match them together okay you know this word right how do we pronounce this word is it break fast no it is wreck first wreck fast why is that well I have to say that that's the way English is and remember that there is no fixed pronunciation rules or pattern for English words so how can we make sure that
when you study an English word you are able to know that you are pronouncing it as correctly or nearly correctly as the way the native speakers do without any help from your teachers or other people well the answer of course is to study English pronunciation
