Episode 29: Dream House (Views 1371)

Hello everybody and welcome to the lesson. Today we are going to talk about a dream house. Spencer from the United States is going to talk about her dream house and what kind of house you would like to have in the future. She's going to talk about the kitchen, the living room, the bathroom, the yard, and even the porch. What is a porch? Well listen to the lesson and you'll find out and I bet you would like a big porch too. Alright so Spencer if you could design your dream home what would it be like? I know exactly what it would be like. It would be all wood old style beach house on the ocean and on the sound. So it would have ocean front porches all the way around. The biggest thing is the porches because I don't really care about having massive extra rooms for guests or whatever. I want to be able to be outside like being outside is big for me. I love screening porches as well so that in the library. I'm a huge kind of book nerd so I would love to have just a library with lots of different shelves and you know a couple of desks for studying. That's the dream home for me. Actually I'm wondering about the outside. Would you paint the house or would you just leave it the natural wood color? I want a natural color. There's an island south that's all kind of pastel Easter egg looking colors and it's too much for me. Also too like all the beach houses in LA they're all kind of too tacky for me like I don't know. I like kind of the old book kind of traditional style. And do you think you would use natural wood on it or a different material? I know that the beaches are really tough on the siding and paneling. That is true. Okay what would the kitchen be like in your dream house? I'm not much of a cook but I hope that my future husband is so I would like to have a big kitchen for him. Lots of table space. I want one of those islands you know in the center of a kitchen where there's a marble countertop that has you know a couple of sinks and the ability to kind of put multiple different parts of vegetables or fruits out and about why you're cooking and preparing. Yeah I'd also like kind of a bar counter space as well so that people can kind of pull the chair and maybe help cook or maybe just be there for company while you're cooking. And how about your living room? Do you have any ideas for that? Living room mainly just comfort. My parents had a living room in their house but it was all just really nice antique furniture and we were never allowed to go there so it's kind of like what's the point of having a room in a house that you never go into? So I would like a living room yes maybe with a fireplace and some antique furniture but nothing too nice that you know my child or my dog were to come in from outside could really like mess up. And how about your yard do you have any ideas for a yard around your house? I want a lot of dogs so I would like a big yard that they could be able to run around in as well as if I had children like have enough room for them to be able to you know have slip-in slides or you know one of my best friends back home she had a yard that had a creek in it and that was so much fun like growing up being able to like catch different you know creepy crawlies in the stream as well as you know have a messier muddy day if we wanted to. And how about the bathroom? I want a massive bathroom actually. You know my favorite shower in the world has like five or six different faucets and it's just massive that gives you space. I'm kind of a clumsy person so if I fall down I don't want to be able to you know I don't want to hit my head on anything. Also like a big decausy bathtub my grandparents had this really really big old porcelain tom that I swear like five people could fit into so I'd really like to be able to have a big bathtub. Okay thank you. So what do you think? Do you agree with Spencer? Would you like to have a house like hers? I kind of agree I would love to have a house by the beach with a big porch especially so I could sit outside on a rainy day and read a book and drink coffee and watch the rain come down that would be great. So let's go ahead and continue with the lesson. Now let's listen to some vocabulary words from the lesson and we can learn these words and then use them in our own English speaking opportunities. So let's go ahead and listen to six words from today's lesson. is big four is big four being outside is big for me when something is big for you then it is very important for you notice the following one living in nature is big for me to having the internet is big for me. Note you can say huge for me and the meaning is the same. Siding. Siding. The beaches are really tough on the siding and paneling. The siding or paneling is the outside material that covers a house or building. Notice the following one I love houses with wood siding. Two I hate houses with metal siding. Pull up a chair. Pull up a chair. Please pull up a chair and join us. When people ask you to pull up a chair they're asking you to join them. Notice the following one don't be a stranger pull up a chair. Two hey so nice to see you pull up a chair and join us. Mess up mess up I want cheap furniture you cannot mess up. When you mess something up you damage it or make a mistake doing it. Notice the following one I mess up dinner it tastes horrible. Two when you fill out the form try not to mess up. Slip inside. Slip inside. There is a slip inside in the yard. A slip inside is a plastic sheet side with water on that you can run and slide down. Notice the following one he broke his arm on a slip inside. Two we played on a slip inside at the barbecue. Porcelain. Porcelain. My grandparents have this really really big old porcelain tub. Porcelain is very fine ceramic material usually seen on nice cups or bowls. Notice the following one she has fine porcelain dishes. Two we drink out of a nice porcelain cup. And that's it for the vocabulary section. I hope you learn these words. Some of the words you don't have to worry about learning like slip and slide and maybe is big four. But some of the words are very common like pull up a chair and mess up and even porcelain you'll hear from time to time. Now the lesson's not done. Next we are going to do the speaking challenge. So you are going to hear five questions related to the lesson and try to think of your own answer for the questions. So listen to the questions and then think of an answer on your own. You will have about six seconds between each question to think of an answer. Good luck. Question number one. What would you like to have in your kitchen? Question number two. What would you like to have in your bathroom? Question number three. Would you like to live in the country? Question number four. If you had a big yard would you want to pet? Question number five. Would you like to share a house with your parents? So how did you do? Did you understand all five questions? Could you think of an answer? Now if the questions came too fast or you didn't have enough time you could always rewind and listen again. Also the questions are a good chance to practice pronunciation. Just play the questions again and then repeat the questions and try to say them like the speaker did. And that's it. That's the lesson for today. I hope you enjoyed what you heard and I hope in the future you also get the chance to live in your dream house. Thanks everybody. Hey everybody be sure to visit our website ELLO.org where you can find this conversation and hundreds more like it. 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