Check Someone Out

 

May 11 2010
Intro

It can be nice to be looked at. If someone looks you in the eye as you shake hands, that’s a good feeling. And who wouldn’t want to be so good-looking that as you walk down the street, people turn to look at you?

But there’s a kind of look that, at the wrong time, can be really inappropriate and offensive. It’s the kind of look that implies sexual desire and it’s called checking someone out.

When someone checks you out, they usually look at your whole body rather slowly. In the right context, checking someone out can be a compliment. If you’re out at a party and someone you have a crush on checks you out, it probably means the feelings of attraction are mutual.

But it’s not really appropriate to check someone out in an office. See what happens when Mason notices Jeff checking his coworker Ella out on his way out of the office. Of course, Mason has been known to check out Ella himself. But when he sees someone else doing it, it’s different.

checking someone out:look at someone in a sexual way

سه چیز

  نظر شما چیه ؟

 


 
 

  * گفتار

  * فرصت


 

قانون، فرصت ،ساعت 
،گل،پیروزی، موفقیت ،شادی ، غم، خنده،گریه،

 

 

سه چیز در زندگی

انسان را خراب می کنند ...

* الکل

* غرور

* عصبانیت

 

 
قانون، فرصت ،ساعت 
،گل،پیروزی، موفقیت ،شادی ، غم، خنده،گریه،
 

 

سه چیز در زندگی

بسیار ارزشمند هستند ...

* عشق

* اعتماد به نفس

 * دوستان

 

 

قانون، فرصت ،ساعت  			
،گل،پیروزی، موفقیت ،شادی ، غم، خنده،گریه،

 

 

سه چیز در زندگی

که هرگز نباید از بین بروند ...

* آرامش

* امید

* صداقت

 

 

قانون، فرصت ،ساعت 
،گل،پیروزی، موفقیت ،شادی ، غم، خنده،گریه،

 

 

خوشبختی زندگی ما

بر سه اصل است ...

 

* تجربه از دیروز

* استفاده از امروز

* امید به فردا

 

 قانون، فرصت  
،ساعت ،گل،پیروزی، موفقیت ،شادی ، غم، خنده،گریه،

 

تباهی زندگی ما

نیز بر سه اصل است ...

 

* حسرت دیروز

* اتلاف امروز

* ترس از فردا

 

 

قانون، فرصت ،ساعت 
،گل،پیروزی، موفقیت ،شادی ، غم، خنده،گریه،

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Alliteration
Repetition of an initial consonant sound.


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Ring Tones

 

May 10 2010

Intro

When the telephone was invented, it’s hard to imagine that anyone thought that eventually, the latest hit song would play whenever you got a phone call. But anything can be a ring tone these days. A lot of people choose their favorite song for their ring tone, and others choose a funny sound like a whistle or a drum.

Ring tones can be a fun way to express yourself…or annoy people. When a phone or two or twenty starts blaring an obnoxious song or some other noise in public, it can be annoying. It certainly is to Devan, anyway, and she’s about to give Jeff a piece of her mind about cell phone ring tones.

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"Dropping Three Balls" - Jared Dudley of the Phoenix Suns
May 07 2010
Intro


A normal NBA team scores around 90-100 points a night. But the Phoenix Suns can score 120, 130—they even scored 152 points in one game this season!

One of the ways the Suns get so many points is by making a lot of three-pointers, and no one is better at them than Jared Dudley. In basketball, you normally get two points for a basket, but if you shoot it from far enough away, you get three points. You get the extra point because it’s hard to make a shot from that far.

This season, out of all the players in the NBA who made more than 100 three-pointers, Jared Dudley had the best percentage. Watch him talk about his “three ball” and the NBA Playoffs.
Dialogue


Jason: Welcome to English, baby! I’m Jason here with Jared Dudley of the Phoenix Suns. How are you doing?

Jared:  Doing great. How are you all doing out there?

Jason:  Good! So, you’re getting ready for a big playoff game tomorrow, right?

Jared:  Big playoff game here in Portland, hanging out, Grand Central, watching the game, you know it’s all about playoffs right now.

Jason:  We’re here to teach an English lesson and you’re actually the best three point shooter in the league, so we’re wondering if you could tell us some three point slang?

Jared:  Well, I’m not the best, I think I’m up therewith the three point percentage. A lot of different slang, lot of different terminology when it comes to hitting the three ball a lot of different ways. What do you guys need help with?

Jason:  I think earlier you said your favorite was “dropping three balls.” Was that how you put it?

Jared:  Yeah, “dropping three balls,” that’s what I like to do always, turn to the sign when I hit my threes. Maybe you’ll see one tomorrow night versus Portland.

Jason:  So how would you use that in a sentence if you’re learning English and you make a three pointer, what would you say?

Jared:  “Right about now I’m a drop some three balls on this team.” There you go.

Jason:  So when did you learn that three point shooting was going to be such a big part of your game?

Jared:  When I got traded to Phoenix and I saw their whole system, their whole offense and Steve Nash. If you’re a wing player and you can’t shoot it’s going to be hard for you to play, so that’s one thing I worked on this off-season.

Jason:  So when you were growing up and learning the game you didn’t know that three point shooting was your specialty until later on?

Jared:  No, definitely not. Early on I was rebounding. I was taller than everybody, bigger than everybody, so it was easier. The higher you get in the levels from high school to college, NBA, you have to develop your game. And in the NBA, if you’re not athletic or can’t shoot it’s hard for you to play.

Jason:  Well, thanks so much, Jared! Can I get you to give me a high five and say “English, baby!”

Jared:  High five, “English, baby!” Follow me on Twitter,