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English Audio Request

mparraud
239 Words / 2 Recordings / 4 Comments
Note to recorder:

If you find errors or unnatural expressions, please let me know! I'm using Audacity "Silence Finder" feature to split easily phrases in multiple files. Please leave a short silence between each phrase. I'm using Anki to listen the phrases, then read them and grasp the words that I want to learn. Thank you!

If you had to write a song to make a social change in Chile, what would you write about?

I have an itch on my back. Could you scratch it for me please?

Many winning athletes make money from product endorsements.

If you were to have the chance...

Stop pulling my leg, I know perfectly well what you're up to!

If you had the chance...

How did it break on you?

If you had had to go to the hospital, would you have gone?

I built a small model of a house using popsicle sticks and glue.

If you had had to go to the hospital, would you have gone?

I would appreciate it if I can have next Friday off since I have to attend to some personal matters out of the city. Is that possible?

Did you see the scissors?

Do not throw that paper because you'll be littering the beach.

The last time I saw them, your mother had them. She must have put them away.

If the ice pop makes your lips or tongue stained, your teeth will also suffer staining.

"Put your toys up when you finish playing with them.

It all depends on how you want to term it. Is it cheap or is it inexpensive?

The caretaker who works in the building where my father lives is called Vicente

The weather forecast predicts showers, so you'd better bring your raincoat with you.

Recordings

Comments

rhodochrome
Feb. 27, 2013

"If you had to write a song to INSPIRE social change in Chile,..." or "catalyze social change" or "create social change"

How did it break on you?
- This is an ambiguous phrase, perhaps similar to "How did it seem to you?" or "What did you think about it?" I've never heard it before.

-"...personal matters OUTSIDE of the city."

-"Do not throw that paper ON THE GROUND because you'll be littering ON the beach."

-"...your teeth will also get stained."

-"Put your toys AWAY when you finish playing with them"

-"It all depends on how you want to say it."

The caretaker who works in the building where my father lives is called Vicente.
-"...is named Vicente" (personal preference)

mparraud
Feb. 28, 2013

When I said "How did it break on you?" I wanted to ask someone who shows me something that he broke by accident, how does that happend. (probably you will find errors in this sentence too...)

mparraud
Feb. 28, 2013

I appreciate your comments. Would you please record those phrases again?

P-p-please?

Thank you very much!

rhodochrome
March 8, 2013

Yes, I'll record the sentences without the errors.

Regarding the question, I'd say: "How did it break?"

Example:

"What happened to the glass?"

"It broke."

"How did it break?"

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