LESSON TRANSCRIPT

Beginner S1 #3
Who Is She?

CONTENTS
2 INTRODUCTION
2 DIALOGUE
3 POST CONVERSATION BANTER
3 VOCAB LIST
5 VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
6 LESSON FOCUS
7 OUTRO

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 INTRODUCTION

Daniel: Daniel here.

Jessi: Jessi here. Beginner Series Season 1, lesson 3 - Who is she?

Daniel: Welcome to EnglishClass101.com, the best place to improve your English

skills and have a good time doing it.

Jessi: T hank you for joining us for Beginner Season 1 Lesson 3.

Jessi: In this lesson you will learn how to describe people.

Daniel: T his conversation takes place at the social hall of a college.

Jessi: T he conversation is between Mike and Vicky, two classmates.

Daniel: T he speakers are friends, therefore the speakers will be speaking casual
English.

Jessi: Now. if you’re listening on an iPod..

Daniel: Or an iT ouch or iPhone..

Jessi: Click the center button of the iPod, or tap the screen on an iT ouch or iPhone to
see the notes for this lesson while you listen.

Daniel: Read along while you listen.

Jessi: T his technique will help you remember faster.

DIALOGUE

Daniel: Let’s listen to the conversation.

Mike: Vicky! How are you doing?

Vicky: Great! How about you? How’s it going?

Mike: Pretty good. So, how do you like the party?

Vicky: It’s fun. Hey, who is she?

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Mike: She? Who?

Vicky: Who is the tall woman?

Mike: T he woman wearing red?

Vicky: Yeah, her.

Mike: T hat is our math teacher. She IS tall, isn't she.

POST CONVERSATION BANTER

Daniel: So it sounds like Mike and Vicky are enjoying the party.

Jessi: Yeah, it does.

Daniel: Have you been to any parties lately?

Jessi: Any parties lately? Actually, I haven’t, unfortunately. Yeah. How about you?

Daniel: Yes, the most recent party I went to was for a wedding. What are some other
examples of parties we have in America?

Jessi: Well, there's birthday parties, those are very common, and also graduation
parties…

Daniel: Right. Also we have Christmas parties, and Halloween parties…

Jessi: And oh don't forget New Year's Eve parties.

Daniel: Oh, those are great!

Jessi: Yeah, those are really big.

Daniel: T here are many kinds of parties. Sometimes, we just make up excuses to have
a party.

Jessi: T hat's right! Okay, now let's look at some of the vocabulary and phrases for this
lesson.

VOCAB LIST

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Jessi: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson.

T he first word we shall see is:

Daniel: How are you doing? [natural native speed]

Jessi: a question to find out about someone's health or situation

Daniel: How are you doing? [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Daniel: How are you doing? [natural native speed]

Next.

great [natural native speed]

Jessi: very good

great [slowly - broken down by syllable] great [natural native speed]

Next.

Daniel: How's it going? [natural native speed]

Jessi: a question to ask about someone's health or situation

Daniel: How's it going? [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Daniel: How's it going? [natural native speed]

Next.

Daniel: party [natural native speed]

Jessi: social gathering of guests for celebration or entertainment

Daniel: party [slowly - broken down by syllable] party [natural native speed]

Next.

Daniel: fun [natural native speed]

Jessi: something people enjoy

Daniel: fun [slowly - broken down by syllable]

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Daniel: fun [natural native speed]

Next.

Daniel: tall [natural native speed]

Jessi: above-average height

Daniel: tall [slowly - broken down by syllable] tall [natural native speed]

Next.

Daniel: yeah [natural native speed]

Jessi: yes

Daniel: yeah [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Daniel: yeah [natural native speed]

Daniel: And the last one.

math [natural native speed]

Jessi: informal word for mathematics, study of numbers math [slowly - broken down by
syllable]

math [natural native speed]

VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE

Daniel: In this lesson's conversation, we heard Mike ask Vicky "how do you like the
party?" "How do you like" is a phrase we use to ask someone their opinion about
something.

Jessi: In this case, Mike is asking Vicky her opinion about the party they are at. T he
question he asks is like "Are you enjoying the party?" and "Are you having a good
time?"

Daniel: Jessi, let's give an example.

Jessi: Sure.

Daniel: How do you like the weather today?

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Jessi: It's great. I love sunny weather!

Daniel: Me too.

Jessi: Now, there is something we want you to be careful about. T here is a difference
between the questions "do you like" and "how do you like".

Daniel: T hat's right. "Do you like..." is a simple yes or no question. For example, I could
ask Jessi

Jessi: Yes! I love it.

Daniel: But the question "HOW do you like..." is asking for your opinion or your
thoughts on something, so you cannot answer with a yes or no. So I could ask - Jessi,
how do you like this pizza?

Jessi: It's really good!

Daniel: So remember that when you are asked HOW you like something, you must
give your opinion!

Jessi: T he next phrase we will look at is "Who is (so-and-so)?", where so-and-so is

replaced by a

description like "the tall man" or a pronoun like "he", "she", or "that".

Daniel: T his phrase is one way to ask about someone you can see. If you think the
person you are talking with has information about that person (such as the person's
name or role), you can use this question to learn more about that person.

Jessi: Let's look at another example.

Daniel: Okay. Who is the man standing by the window?

Jessi: T hat is my boyfriend. Let me introduce you to him.

Daniel: All right. Let's turn now to the grammar point.

LESSON FOCUS

Jessi: T he focus of this lesson is the words "this" and "that".

Daniel: As we learned in the previous lesson, this and that are called determiners, and
they are used to make clear which objects are being talked about, especially when

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there may be more than one choice.

Jessi: T hese words can be used by themselves (similar to pronouns like he, she, and
it).

Daniel: "T his" is used to talk about objects that are near, and "that" is used to talk
about objects that are not so near or far away.

Jessi: In the previous lesson we looked at how "this is" is used to introduce people
who are near.

Daniel: So let's take a look now at how "that is" is used.

Jessi: T he phrase "that is" is used to talk about people who are not nearby the
speakers. Let's look at an example from the dialog.

Daniel: In the dialog we heard, "T hat is our math teacher."

Jessi: In this example from the dialog, Vicky had asked Mike who the woman in red
was.

Daniel: And Mike's answer was T hat is our math teacher.

Jessi: T he phrase "that is" is used to refer to the "who is" in Vicky's question. In this
case "that" refers to their new math teacher. So, Mike answers "T hat is our math
teacher."

Daniel: Now, let us look at some sample sentences. Who is the handsome man?

Jessi: T hat is my boyfriend.

Daniel: Who is that in the black suit?

Jessi: T hat is our new boss.

Daniel: T here is a detailed write-up about this grammar point in the PDF for this lesson,
so please be sure to visit the website and look at the PDF. Well, that just about does it
for today.

OUTRO

Jessi: But before we go, we want to tell you about a way to drastically improve your
pronunciation.

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Daniel: T he voice recording tool.

Jessi: Yes, the voice recording tool in the premium learning center.

Daniel: Record your voice with the click of a button.

Jessi: And then play it back just as easily.

Daniel: So you record your voice and then listen to it.

Jessi: Compare it to the native speakers

Daniel: And adjust your pronunciation

Jessi: T his will help you improve your pronunciation quickly.

Daniel: OK, we’ll see you next time.

Jessi: Bye.

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