Learn English quickly with podcast | English learning Conversation | Episode 11

[Music] hello English Learners welcome back to English pod my name is Marco and I'm Erica and today with Erica we're bringing you a great lesson about time you need more of it we need more time right so we're going to be teaching you how you can ask for more time if you're working on a project at work and you can't finish it on time you have to ask your boss for more time right so today in our dialogue Casey needs more time to put together a press kit what's a press kit good question a press

kit is something the marketing department will put together basically pictures logos um uh information about the company so when a newspaper or a magazine wants to write an article about them so they have something already prepared that they could give the newspaper or magazine okay okay so let's listen to our dialogue for the first time and as always it's going to be at a normal speed so it might be a little bit difficult to understand we'll come back in 1 minute and tell you about some of the key language so Casey how are things going

with the photos for the press kit yeah I've been meaning to talk to you about that I might need to ask for an extension on that deadline you've had over a month to get this finalized why are things delayed well the thing is we ran into a lot of problems I'm not looking for excuses here I just want to get this finished on time I know and I apologize for the delay but some things were just beyond my control I had trouble booking the photographer and then Michael was sick for 3 weeks so I couldn't

include him in the photos and the design team lost all the files so I had to redo the pictures I'm not going to put this off any longer Casey I want those photos ASAP all right so Casey is in trouble I think yeah I think her boss is pretty upset yeah well let's take a look at some of the language that we saw in this dialogue in language takeaway language takeaway first word today is deadline deadline deadline deadline so Erica what's a deadline it is the last possible date to do something so for example when

we were in school our teacher would send us homework and say it was for Friday so the deadline was Friday was Friday right or when you're at work you have projects that you have to finish by a certain date that's your deadline exactly okay let's look at our next word extension extension extension extension so extension and deadline go together right exactly if you can't reach your deadline or you can't make your deadline you must ask for an extension an extension so you ask for more time yeah an extension is moving the deadline in the future

all right interesting let's look at our next word ran into ran into ran into ran into some problems so we ran into some problems in this dialogue let's listen to some more examples of run into so we can understand the meaning example one we ran into a storm on our way home example two if you're not careful now you're going to run into a lot of problems later example three I ran into some trouble with my computer okay good example so it's clear now right right if you run into problems you meet some problems right

many students say it in that way I met some problems yeah but that's wrong right so you would say I ran into some problems right I met some problems is wrong wrong wrong okay don't say met some problems I ran into some problems I ran into okay and our last word for language takeaway delayed delayed delayed delayed so when something is delayed it's late late and the opposite is on time yeah so your flight was delayed or your flight was on time the project was delayed or your project was on time clear all right so

now let's go back to the dialogue let's listen to it again and this time it will be a little bit slower so you can understand some of these phrases we just talked about so Casey how are things going with the photos for the press kit yeah I've been meaning to talk to you about that I might need to ask for an extension on that deadline you've had over a month to get this finalized why are things delayed well the thing is we ran into a lot of problems I'm not looking for excuses here I just

want to get this finished on time I know and I apologize for the delay but some things were just beyond my control I had trouble booking the photographer and then Michael was sick for 3 weeks so I couldn't include him in the photos and the design team lost all the files so I had to redo the pictures I'm not going to put this off any longer Casey I want those photos ASAP okay so there were some really useful phrases that we saw in this dialogue yeah some wonderful phrases that you can use when you want

to ask for more time okay so let's look at these phrases in fluency Builder fluency Builder all right what's our first phrase I've been meaning to talk to you I've been meaning to I've been meaning to okay we have some really great examples of how you can combine I've been meaning to with different verbs yeah let's listen example one I'm sorry I haven't called you yet I've been meaning to but I've been busy example two I've been meaning to tell you but John quit yesterday example three I've been meaning to see that film for a

while I've been meaning to go to that restaurant but I haven't had time so you've been wanting to for a long time right I've been thinking about it I've been planning to do it but you just haven't done it I haven't done it maybe because I haven't had time or money mhm okay good phrase our next phrase is beyond my control Beyond My Control it's beyond my control so it means that I can't control it you can't do anything about it can't do anything about it the weather is beyond my control right or relate with

this project because Jane was sick for one month it was beyond my control okay it wasn't your fault no okay and our last phrase for fluency Builder put this off put this off put this off put this off so let's listen to some more examples of put this off before we explain the meaning example one I've been putting off this project for a week and it's due tomorrow example two can we put off our meeting till next week I'm too busy right now example three I've been putting off my email all day and now I

have 50 messages to respond to so Marco when you put something off you leave it for later okay right so maybe I have to write a report today M but I'm going to put it off till tomorrow so you're going to do it tomorrow I'll do it tomorrow okay so we've seen some really great words and some really good phrases so now let's listen to our dialogue for the last time and then we'll come back and talk some more mhm [Music] so casy how are things going with the photos for the press kit yeah I've

been meaning to talk to you about that I might need to ask for an extension on that deadline you've had over a month to get this finalized why are things delayed well the thing is we ran into a lot of problems I'm not looking for excuses here I just want to get this finished on time I know and I apologize for the delay but some things were just beyond my control I had trouble booking the photographer and then Michael was sick for 3 weeks so I couldn't include him in the photos and the design team

lost all the files so I had to redo the pictures I'm not going to put this off any longer Casey I want those photos ASAP [Music] well Marco do you think that Casey's reasons for being late are good I think so because it wasn't really her fault the whole situation with the photographer and then one of her co-workers was sick for 3 weeks yeah it's not really her fault right right but maybe the boss thinks that she's making excuses yeah maybe she's making excuses that's really common like for example when we were kids you would

say oh you know my dog ate my homework right but that really happened to me once your dog ate your homework my cat ate my homework your cat ate your homework and what did your teacher say well actually I was a really good student so my teacher believed me well my teacher wouldn't have believed me really no no she would have uh she would have called my parents most likely well my my cat really did eat my homework and I just left it on the table and it chewed it all up that's weird why would

your cat do that I don't know a lot of weird excuses out there I was abducted by aliens my mom accidentally mailed my homework to Africa really this happened to you creative writing creative excuses well I want to hear from our listeners I want to know what excuses they've used for being late with something so send us your excuses send us your comments and questions go to our website at englishpod domcom where Eric and I are always there to answer your questions that's right Marco and this is an elementary lesson right EX exactly but we

also have intermediate and Upper Intermediate and advanced lessons for you more fluent English speakers exactly so if you're listening to us on iTunes be sure to visit our website and come see what else we have to offer well I think we're out of time but until next time it's goodbye the English pod audio review listen to the meaning then say the vocabulary word group of photos documents articles and information about a company given to reporters newspapers magazines Etc press kit intend plan to do something I've been meeing to make a deadline longer extra time to

do something extension the date when something must be finished finish decide all the details finalize late delay meet or encounter run into not able to control something Beyond someone's control plan to do something later put something off let's try that faster meet or encounter run into not able to control something Beyond someone's control meet or encounter run into finish decide all the details finalize not able to control something Beyond someone's control meet or encounter run into not able to control something Beyond someone's control plan to do something later put something off meet or encounter run

into the date when something must be finished make a deadline longer extra time to do something extension plan to do something later put something off make a deadline longer extra time to do something extension group of photos documents articles and information about a company given to reporters newspapers magazines Etc press kit not able to control something Beyond someone's control make a deadline longer extra time to do something extension late delay plan to do something later put something off the date when something must be finished now say the word and hear it in a sentence press

kit our company press kit includes a CD with the list of our products I've been meaning too I'm sorry I haven't called you yet I've been meaning to but I've been busy extension this project is due on Thursday but I'll ask for an extension and finish it on Monday Beyond My Control there is nothing I can do about this weather it's beyond my control put something off you always put things off till the last minute I've been meaning to I'm sorry I haven't called you yet I've been meaning to but I've been busy extension this

project is due on Thursday but I'll ask for an extension and finish it on Monday put something off you always put things off till the last minute