hi everyone and welcome back highle listeners it's time to review some of the scripts and great vocabulary you've learned in season 1 of our Advanced English podcast and on top of that we've added some extra speaking and listening practice with fastpaced naturally spoken dialogues so you get a quick review of the language we learned and a new chance to improve your listening and speaking skills today's video will focus on episodes 1 through 4 if you've joined us as a member on YouTube you'll get the PDF transcript to go with this video and if you've downloaded our season 1 Study pack you'll also receive these videos transcripts and more get more information in the description below this video or if you are completely new to high level listening we've already created 20 videos showcasing and teaching loads of high level vocabulary and expressions with British and American accents and perspectives from me Mark the British voice at high level listening and from me cat an American English teacher from the United States together we are highle listening a fun and interesting way to improve your intermediate and advanced English with two English teachers from different parts of the world so here's the breakdown of these review videos we'll read our scripts from the original episodes then you can listen to a fast-paced dialogue between the both of us and after that just like nor Al will break down the conversation highlighting the most interesting and important points to give you some pronunciation and listening tips to help you understand spoken English better than ever before so here are our first scripts from episode one episode one was about the morning routine cat will read hers first in her American accents this morning was pretty standard for me I woke up around 7:00 a. m. thanks to my trusty alarm hit snooze of course and late in bed for a bit scrolling through my phone eventually I got up brushed my teeth and headed straight to the kitchen whipped up some toast and scrambled eggs and poured myself a fresh cup of coffee can't do without it after breakfast I took a quick shower and then got dressed for the day before heading out I checked my emails one last time that's about it really this morning was fairly ordinary for me woke up around 700 with my alarm hit snooze as you do and then stayed in bed for a bit scrolling on my phone then I got up brushed my teeth and went to the kitchen I made some toast and scrambled eggs and had a cup of tea after eating I had a quick shower and got dressed for work I had a quick look at my emails before I headed off and that's about it really so if you didn't quite catch all the vocabulary from those scripts don't worry in episode one we go through all the vocabulary and phrases there giving you more explanations and more examples so you'll be able to understand everything after you watch that episode so we are on to the naturally spoken Small Talk dialogue are you ready here's the first listen try your best to listen without any captions and without reading the transcript I promise it'll help you improve your listening skills all right here we go hi yeah good morning what' you get up to this morning I was so late today must have laid in bed way too long scrolling on my phone oh sure yeah I barely had enough time to whip something up for breakfast as soon as I was finished I was rushing out the door did you get a chance to read that email they sent out last night yeah I had a quick look at it but I still need to read it in more detail all right so that's the end of our dialogue just like normal we'll break down the conversation highlighting some interesting speaking and pronunciation tips so you can improve your speaking and listening skills through this dialogue let's go ahead and start with Mark yes I started the dialogue so my first line was ha good morning what'd you get up to this morning so haa haa is a very very common hello in British English friends colleagues and family members say ha you can say hello you can say hi you can say hia haa good morning good morning good morning when said quickly good becomes G good morning oh yeah good morning what'd you get up to this morning this is three words in one what did you wer wer what did you wer what' you get up to this morning morning that means what did you do this morning what' you get up to this morning so cat had the second line any tips for understanding your part I was so late today must have laid in bed way too long scrolling on my phone I was so late today tip number one is talking about emphasis I was so late today must have laid in bed way too long this is pretty common in spoken English especially when uh the lecture was way too long this is just to give more emphasis on the fact that it was indeed really really long or I was really really late I was so late today so just a little bit of the emphasis there on those two words tip number two Musta Musta laid in bed uh Musta is actually connecting to two words here must have must have must Musta Musta laid in bed way too long must have laid in bed way too long now we did have quite a few questions on this in our episode one so I did want to quickly address it when it comes to lay in bed or laid in bed now when it comes to speaking most Americans do naturally say laid in bed for the past form of this verb yes I understand that it's confusing please just go ahead and choose the word that you feel most comfortable with but also understand that most Americans will say laid in bed as opposed to lay in bed all right Mark do you want to keep going for us next line oh sure I barely had enough time to whip something up for breakfast as soon as I was finished I was rushing out the door so like cat used emphasis on so and way I did it too oh sure I barely had enough time barely like not much I barely had enough time to whip something up for breakfast for breakfast for breakfast whip something up for breakfast as soon as I was finished as soon as as soon as as soon as as soon as I was finished I was rushing out the door so again phrases like as soon as we say them so often they get faster and faster and faster they start to connect and sometimes their sound changes a lot so it's difficult to catch here's an example as soon soon as as soon as I was finished so this is what makes spoken English so tricky sometimes anyway what was your next line K did you get a chance to read that email they sent out last night do you get a chance did you get a chance did you get a chance did you get a chance that did you it I even naturally do it did did you that D and Y sound kind of come together as a j did you get a chance and with get a geta it's very common for Americans to put that middle T sound and make it a D did you get a do you get a chance to read that email they sent out last night to read I know the two words together to read did you get a chance to read did you get a chance to read you get a chance to read that email they sent out sent out it almost sounds like sent out we've lost the t a little bit sent out last night same with the T on last sent out last night sent out last night we have T's at the end of every single one of those words but do you hear any sent out last night sent out last night they're very light okay so one more time did you get a chance to read that email they sent out last night very nice true in England in British English last night there's no tea last night I went out last night yes uh my last line was I yeah I had a quick look at it but I still need to read it in more detail so when you have it the word before the last letter usually connects to it so look at d d the T of at connects with the next word look at it look at it I had a quick look at it and the faster I say it the T becomes a d Almost look at it look at it I had a quick look at it but I still need to read it so D on read goes to it read it it I still need to read it in more detail so yeah I had a quick look at it but I still need to read it in more detail all right so now that we've had all of our pronunciation and speaking and listening tips here's the second listen to the entire dialogue I think you'll understand a lot more this time hi yeah good morning what'd you get up to this morning I was so late today must have laid in bed way too long scrolling on my phone oh sure I barely had enough time to whip something up for breakfast as soon as I was finished I was rushing out the door you get a chance to read that email they sent out last night yeah I had a quick look at it but I still need to read it in more detail okay so ready for some speaking practice if you want to practice speaking you can respond to Mark's questions we'll leave a short pause for you to respond to Mark and don't worry we'll leave the captions on for you hi yeah good morning what' you get up to this morning oh sure I barely had enough time to whip something up for breakfast as soon as I was finished I was rushing out the door yeah I had a quick look at it but I still need to read it in more detail okay now it's your turn to ask the questions and you'll start the speaking practice this time ready I was so late today must have laid in bed for way too long scrolling on my phone did you get a chance to read that email they sent out last night okay very well done let's move on to episode two of the review episode two was about your daily commute so traveling to and from work here are our scripts and Cat will go first with her American version in the city I rely on the subway I aim for the 7:45 a.
m. train but sometimes if I'm a tad late I miss it and have to wait for the next one the journey is roughly 15 minutes and I try and use this time to read by 8:00 a. m.
I'm a short walk away from my office the evening commute is similar though sometimes more crowded okay now it's Mark's turn with his British accent being in London I catch the tube to work I try for the 7:50 a. m. train but some days I end up missing it and have to wait for the next one it's about 20 minutes into the city center so I usually take the chance to catch up on the news or text some mates I'm usually off the train by 8:15 then after a couple of minutes of walking I'm at work the Journey Back in the afternoon is virtually the same just with a few more commuters I'd say now if you didn't quite catch all the vocabulary from those scripts again we go into detail on those in episode two of the advanced season 1 so if you go back and watch that you'll be able to understand everything okay so we're on to the dialogue are you ready here's our first listen try your best to listen without any captions and without reading the transcript I yeah did you get to work all right oh yeah fine I missed the 7:30 train but fortunately there was another one right right after oh that's good you're up in the north part of town aren't you yeah it's roughly 15 minutes then just a short walk you I'm only four stops away so the commute is fairly straightforward honestly okay so now we'll break down the conversation highlighting some interesting speaking and pronunciation tips so you can improve your speaking and listening skills let's start with Mark yeah I started I said hi did you get to work all right did you get to work all right so again we're hearing did you connecting as J did you J did you get to work do you get to work do you get to work all right all right is a common thing in British English say did you get to work on time did you get to work okay were there no problem s so ha did you get to work all right cat line was next yeah fine I missed the 7:30 train but fortunately there was another one right after so even though I'm missed the train in the past in spoken English because we're going from missed to the miss the miss the that D almost gets dropped off in Sp spoken English I missed the I missed the 7:30 train so it kind of sounds like wait did you miss it in the past or you miss it normally I missed the 7:30 train but we can tell from the context that I missed it this morning okay also Mark asked me did you get to work all right did you in the past this morning get to work all right oh yeah I missed the 7:30 train but fortunately fortunately there was another one right after there was another one there was another one there was another one there was another one okay so these are all connecting here was the another one there was another one right after right after we often drop that T at the end we heard it in the last one right after because we have that a coming up next that t is going to sound like a light D sound right after right after all right Mark you want to continue oh that's good you're up in the north part of town aren't you so I've got another example of a word almost disappearing the you're up in the north part of town up in the north the north up in the north part of town up in the north part of town so up in the becomes up in up in the T and the th is completely different now it sounds like an N you're up in the north part of town aren't you uh again it's another common British thing to use a question or two extra question words at the end to keep the conversation going these are called question tags uh aren't you aren't you the T tends to disappear aren't you no T aren't you so oh that's good you're up in the north part of town aren't you similarly in American English if I said aren't you it might turn into an aren't you aren't you that t kind of comes together with the J with the Y sound aren't you aren't you aren't you aren't you yeah in British English it just disappears Aunt you a like my uncle and Aunt aun you you're up in the north part of town aren't you anyway how you respond to that one yeah it's roughly 15 minutes then just a short walk you yeah it's roughly 15 minutes 15 we give that a good emphasis because it's not 50d it's 15 not 50d not 5 it's 15 15 minutes then just a short walk just a short walk just a short walk Jess a short walk again we drop those t's it's very common especially when speaking so quickly because short walk kind of hard to separate those sounds so to say it faster just a short walk short walk and I hear a lot of my students say what about you how about you could just say you you now we don't have any question words here so we need to make sure that our voice goes up with that u sound you okay the last line of the dialogue it was a tricky combo see if you can keep up with me a only four stops away the commutes Fairly straightforward honestly so the tricky three words is fairly straightforward honestly fairly straightforward honestly forward and honestly connect slightly forward onestly again the last letter seems to connect with the following word honestly forward honestly fairly straightforward honestly I'm only four stops away the comm's Fairly straightforward honestly okay that's the end of that dialogue we'll repeat it again here's the second listen and now you've heard our explanations you might be able to understand a little bit more this time around hi did you get to work all right oh yeah fine I missed the 7:30 train but fortunately there was another one right after oh that's good you're up in the north part of town aren't you yeah it's roughly 15 minutes then just a short walk you about if full stops away so commutes fairly straightforward honestly okay so are you ready for some speaking practice if you want to practice speaking you can respond to Mark's questions so you'll be saying my lines we'll leave a short pause for you to respond to Mark and don't worry we'll leave the captions for you hi yeah did you get to work all right Ah that's good you're up in the north part of town aren't you i' only four stops away so the commute is fairly straightforward honestly okay well done now it's your turn to ask the questions you'll start the speaking practice this time ready oh yeah fine I missed the 7:30 train but fortunately there was another one right after yeah it's roughly 15 minutes and just a short walk you okay very well done next up is dialogue number three and this one is based on episode three episode 3 was about your lunch break cat is going to review her script with her American accent for lunch today I decided to take a little break from the office left around noon and headed out with some colleagues we chose a nearby eery and grabbed a quick bite I opted for a sandwich and some chips the conversation was great and it's always refreshing to catch up outside the usual work setting the whole lunch outing took about 45 minutes so I was back in good time to settle back into my afternoon tasks all right now Mark will share his perspective with his British EX I really needed to get out of the office for lunch today at about noon a couple of work makes and I went down to a local cafe that we usually go to for lunch I had a sandwich and a warm drink I think it's nice to chat in a more relaxed environment and I'd say we had a proper a good hour to enjoy our meals and have a proper chat once we wrapped up I went back up and I think we were all feeling good about the rest of the afternoon all right so we are on to the dialogues if you missed any of the vocabulary in the episode above you can check out episode 3 in season 1 to catch up on all the vocabulary and the Expressions all right here's our dialogues are you ready here's the first listen try your best to listen without any captions and without reading the transcript and how's it going didn't see you in the break room today oh yeah uh I really needed to get out of the office for lunch today so me Laura and Jason went down to that local cafe we usually go to for lunch if you ever been there yeah the one up the road I feel like our whole office is usually up there grabbing a bite must have just missed you yeah just got back up let me settle back in and we can get started so like usual we'll break down the conversation the dialogue highlighting the interesting and important speaking and pronunciation tips cat went first this time how's it going didn't see you in the break room today so I started with a pretty familiar phrase hey man hey girl hey yeah hey man how's it going how's it going how's it how's it and we can say how's it going or we can say how's it going how's it going how's it going didn't see you I did not see you didn't see you didn't see you it is sometimes common to drop the subject especially if we're just talking about me didn't see you in the break room today I didn't see you in the break room today didn't didn't did not not didn't didn't it's very quick with these D sounds didn't and it's very common to very lightly use that T at the very end didn't didn't see you in the break room today so next I replied oh yeah I really needed to get out of the office for lunch today I really needed to get out of the office I want to focus on get out of the office this is a case where the letter T changes again to a D sound get out get out get out get out I really needed to get out of the office I really needed to get out of the office for lunch today for lunch for lunch if you remember in review one we said for breakfast uh for lunch here so yeah I really needed to get out of the office for lunch today so me Laura and Jason went down to that local cafe we usually go to for lunch again for lunch went down this is another case where the T at the end of a word just disappears went down went down me Laura and Jason went down to that local cafe at the end of my sentence I asked cat a question but it was very fast have you ever been there have you ever been there that's have you ever been there that's five whole words have you ever been there the first change is have you becoming view view have becomes just the letter V view be been often gets short to been have you ever been have you ever been so have you ever been there have you ever been there how did you reply to that one actually I have a quick grammar question you said me Laura and Jason should you say Laura Jason and I uh I can do both Laura Jason and I went down to that local cafe all me Laura and Jason went down to that local cafe I think this is another example of native speakers breaking the official grammar Rule and having two options uh I don't think one is more professional than the other or more sophisticated or formal than the other I think they are both the same so you can choose the style that you're more comfortable with here I went with me Laura and Jason but you could say Laura Jason and I and I think they both right yeah me Laura and Jason we went down there oh yeah the one up the road I feel like our whole office is usually up there grabbing a bite but we must have just missed you oh yeah the one up the road the one up the road now I'm talking about the restaurant The Cafe the local cafe the one up the road the one up the road one up one up up the road I feel like is another way to say I think or I believe I feel like we have a double L we're going to push them together I feel like I feel like our whole office our o Ur often just turns into an R sound our whole office our whole office office I feel like our whole office is usually down there grabbing a bite up there usually feels like they are a floor above even if it's up the road so it's usually down there below us maybe uh on the road instead of the office usually down there grabbing a bite grabbing a bite must have just missed you must we've heard this one before must have just missed you or sometimes it's pretty common to hear miss you must have just missed you must just missed you Musta just missed you that's very common must have just missed you must have just missed you you and my last line also used the word just and the same thing happens where the T at the end disappears with just becoming just so the line was yeah just got back up let me settle back in and we can get started so just got back up yeah just got back up the T disappears just got back up again the last letter of word connects to the next word when it's a preposition so back cup cup I just got backup yeah I just got back up let me settle back in back in back in let me settle back in and we can get started so yeah I just got back up let me settle back in and we can get started okay so here's the second listen to the full dialogue at full speed we think you'll understand more this time ready and how's it going didn't see you in the break room today but yeah uh I really needed to get out of the office for lunch today so me Laura and Jason went down to that local cafe we usually go to for lunch have you ever been there yeah the one up the road I feel like our whole office is usually down there grabbing a bite must have just missed you yeah just got back up let me settle back in and we can get started okay so are you ready for some speaking practice if you want to practice speaking now you can respond to cat's questions we'll leave a short pause for you to respond to cat and we'll leave the captions there for you as well man how's it going didn't see you in the break room today yeah the one up the road I feel like our whole office is usually down there grabbing a bite must have just missed you okay now it's your turn to ask the questions you'll start the speaking practice this time ready here we go oh yeah I already needed to get out of the office for lunch today so me Laura and Jason went down to that local cafe we usually go to for lunch have you ever been there yeah just got back up let me settle back in and we can get started okay very well done next up the last video of our review in this one is for episode 4 episode 4 of the advanced vocabulary podcast was about afternoon work so after lunch is finished and you head back up to your office or back to work here are the scripts from that episode cat will start with her American accent this afternoon was business as usual for me I was at work by 1 p.
