English Recordings

A．There is a slight change of plan.
B．What is it?
A．We'll have a few more volunteers at the event. 　

A．Are you still working?
B．Yep. A slight change of plan. But I can still make it by 7.
A．OK.

dangeurs of smoking

FRED: Hi, Jack, long time, no see!
JACK: Yeah! How’s everything going?
FRED: Not bad! At least I’m still alive.
JACK: Just alive? I guess you’re some lucky guy. I heard you’re going out with Jane.
FRED: Where did you get that idea?
JACK: Oh, come on. Jane is a very nice girl, someone you meet once in a lifetime.
FRED: You’re right. I’m not boasting, but she’s really as beautiful as she is intelligent.
JACK: Well, I really envy you for finding such a nice girl

1. You can do it alone/by yourself.
2. I can't go tonight.
3. They can't come to the meeting.
4. I couldn't do it last night.
5. Could you tell me what happened?
6. I couldn't do it so fast.
7. We'll be able to do it on Monday, I think.
8. They will be able to come with you.
9. Could you speak English when you were a child?
10. Perhaps we could go to Paris this weekend.
11. She could speak several languages.
12. Could you type this letter?
13. We could go tomorrow.
14. We'll go as soon as we can.
15. Will you be able to come in time?
16. I don't know if I'll be able to.
17. Could you fill in this form?
18. They couldn't catch the train.
19. Can you swim?
20. No, I can't swim very well.
21. I haven't been able to do it yet.
22. Marian hasn't been able to finish in time.
23. I could do it for you.
24. We could go shopping this afternoon.
25. We haven't been able to come before.
26. She couldn't cook very well.
27. Can't the little girl walk yet?
28. Can you speak French?
29. I haven't been able to sleep lately.
30. I looked for the book but I couldn't find it.
31. When I was 17 I could run 100 metres in 11 seconds.
32. I could hardly understand what he was saying.
33. My grandfather was a seaman but he couldn't swim.
34. The child fell into the river but we were able to rescue him.
35. My grandmother could play the piano very well.
36. We could go to Scotland on holiday.
37. I haven't been able to do my homework yet.
38. Why don't you apply for the job? You could get it.
39. We haven't been able to help him.
40. If you come to London you could stay with us for a few days.

1. Throw me the ball/Throw the ball to me.
2. Give the meat to the dog/Give the dog the meat.
3. I'll get a whisky for you/I'll get you a whisky.
4. Tell me the whole story from the beginning.
5. Show me what you've got in your bag.
6. She gave me the book/She gave the book to me.
7. Give Richard the plate/Give the plate to Richard.
8. I sent the letter to Mr Smith/I sent Mr Smith the letter.
9. I showed her the house/I showed the house to her.
10. They brought us the meal/They brought the meal to us.
11. My mother will cook you something/something for you.
12. We'll find you a seat/We'll find a seat for you.
13. They reserved the room for us/us the room.
14. I'll make you an omelette/I'll make an omelette for you.
15. They brought me the change/the change for me.
16. I'll find you the money/I'll find the money for you.
17. She made me a dress/She made a dress for me.
18. I'll prepare something for you/I'll prepare you something.
19. They built this house for us/us this house.
20. She bought her daughter a present/a present for her daughter.
21. Show us the photos. / Show the photos to us.
22. Send us a postcard. / Send a postcard to us.
23. Lend me the book. / Lend the book to me.
24. Please, give it to your mother.
25. Give it to me. / Give me it.
26. Show your father your homework. / your homework to your father.
27. Show him the medal. / Show the medal to him.
28. He'll find you a job. / a job for you.
29. Pass me your papers. / Pass your papers to me.
30. He offered me more money. / more money to me.
31. Pass the salt to your father. / your father the salt.
32. Tell us what happened yesterday.
33. They booked rooms for us. / us some rooms.
34. Buy me what we saw in the shop window.
35. Buy that for me. / buy me that.
36. Bring me a chair. / Bring a chair for me.
37. Get me the newspaper. / Get the newspaper for me.
38. Keep me the seat. / Keep the seat for me.
39. He ordered a meal for us. / He ordered us a meal.
40. He booked us the best room in the hotel.

Why is he on crutches?
Regulations allow some podiatrists to prescribe drugs to patients.
A marketing gimmick to snare punters.
With proper maintenance the car will last for many years.
The rocket busted up in midair.
They may catch him and dispatch him immediately.
It had hitherto been ignored.
She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues.
That was a lousy thing to do.
The intestine consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine.
Colon, rectum, anus.
A voice of tender but exquisite anguish.
The play comprises three acts.
We need to roll dough out to form a disc.
Station wagons have roofs extended rearward.
Off-piste skiing.
The mane is the long coarse hair that grows from the crest of the neck of horses.
She worked as a domiciliary midwife.
I had a minor bump yesterday.
The mucous membranes line body cavities.
A slew of unpaid bills.
Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.
He was dogged by bad luck.
It was all starting to look ever more like a wild goose chase.
He didn't expect such ready acquiescence.
If your curiosity impels you otherwise, squash it.
A dirge is a sombre song expressing mourning or grief.
Rolling pins are frequently employed in cartoons as an instrument for inflicting cranial injury.
He is squeamish about needles.
A fertile effervescent mind.
It would be presumptuous to judge what the outcome will be.
Wheat, rye, oat, sty, corn.
We tested the power of bees to appreciate color.
He introduced us to his fiancée.
Avoid any step that may embroil us with them.
They have power to pass legislation protecting the animal.
Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.
Most of dietary fat is converted and stored as fatty tissues.
Hit-and-run could result in a ban for several years and imprisonment.
It could explain why he turns a blind eye to it.
Decisions made at the meeting will have far-reaching repercussions for the whole world.
She scrunched up her face.
You reap what you sow.
I'm about to lose my composure.
He reproduced everything with perfect fidelity.
The football game soon turned into a general melee involving scores of spectators.
Why do children develop stomach ulcers?
He tackled me, or rather hacked me down.
Jews were persecuted.
It made the audience listless.

As Viktor Yanukovych caught a cold
There are 2 friends Yulia Timoshenko and Viktor Yanukovych. They have been the best friends since childhood. And they both have hobbies. Yulia likes embroider very much. She is spending on these 3 hours every day.
However Viktor Yanukovych loves fishing very much. Every Thursday Viktor goes fishing to the lake. But one day after he had gone fishing he had a problem. He caught a cold. When he came back home after fishing his best friend and neighbor Yulia Timoshenko asked: “How do you feel today?”
And Viktor Yanukovych started thinking. He was thinking and thinking and thinking. In fact, his best friend and neighbor Yulia Timoshenko was very impatient woman so she asked him again: “are you feeling all right? “
Viktor thought a little bit more and answered that today he’s got a sore throat and a terrible headache.
Yulia calmed him down. “You will be ok. There is nothing to worry about. You just need some aspirin. “
But unfortunately he didn’t have pills. He needed his best friend did him a favor. Yulia should have gone to chemist’s (drugstore) and buy some pills of aspirin.
Yulia Timoshenko was very worried. She advised him go to doctor. But Viktor Yanukovych was scared. He didn’t want go to doctor. He needed something hot to drink. Viktor didn’t want the doctor prescribe some medicine for him. He hated medicines. However, symptoms added. In half an hour he’s started sneezing and coughing and he’s got high temperature.
Yulia was scared. She thought that Viktor could die! In fact, she was nervous for nothing. Viktor Yanukovych was a very healthy man.

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