English Recordings

Hilary Johnson has been working in the tourist industry for twenty years. She started as a part-timer when she left college and she liked it so much that she stayed. She explains, "Most people work hard all year round and look forward to the two weeks when they are able to get away from it all and relax, so it's very important for them to have a good time. Luckily, things don't often go wrong, but when they do, it's my job to get on the phone and try to sort things out. It's a challenge I really enjoy , but satisfies me the most is when people telephone me after their holiday to thank me for the wonderful time they've had."
Many people wouldn't like to be a waiter or waitress, but John Orton says that he couldn't imagine himself doing anything else. He works in a very expensive and smart restaurant in the centre of town, and over the years he has served some very wealthy and well-known people. "What I love more than anything else", he says, "is the huge contrast between the kitchen and the eating area. Where the customers sit, it's very quiet and peaceful with people speaking quietly and classical music playing softly. Then, you walk into the kitchen and it's very noisy. Then I walk back out to the tables carrying the plates and it's all peaceful again. It's crazy!"
Jimmy was working as a D.J. at the weekends even before he left school. Now he works six nights a week and earns quite a good salary from it. "The best thing", says Jimmy, "is that it doesn't feel like work. I'm so lucky to have been able to turn my hobby into my job. I know many people who hate what they do for a living. I'm always so excited about going to work, buying new CDs and then watching people really enjoying themselves. I have met so many people who I really like. The only negative aspect is working different hours to everybody else, but nothing is perfect!"

1. I’m here because of you./I’m here for you.
2. We’ll be there around that time.
3. We have two articles to finish.
4. The bridge was built by the Romans.
5. He can’t eat because of his sickness.
6. You don’t have to know the text word by word.
7. Don’t go down that street.
8. We see each other twice a year.
9. I want to give her something for everything she’s done for us.
10. Don’t do it because of me./Don’t do it for me.
11. He always felt a lot of love for that family.
12. For a few moments they felt really bad.
13. You have to learn this lesson preposition by preposition.
14. Send it to me by fax.
15. For five-hundred euros you can buy a really good computer.
16. We left through that door.
17. That’s why I was late.
18. They gave him a prize for his last novel.
19. I’ll trade you my wallet for your sandwich.
20. I found the same shoes as yours for half the price.
21. For 200 euros a month you won’t even find a small apartment or a studio.
22. He always speaks for everyone; now I want to speak for myself.
23. I didn’t want to buy such a big flat; I did it for you.
24. I’ve always fought for my principles; today I don’t know if it was worth it.
25. I feel great respect for them.
26. For a few minutes everybody was silently waiting for something terrible.
27. We’ll be in Valencia around that time.
28. I go to the gym three times a week.
29. The thieves entered through the door and not through the window.
30. Even if it’s cold, I like to walk along the beach.
31. I’d like to have time to visit that area town by town.
32. They cancelled the trip because of the bad weather.
33. The house was watched by various police agents.
34. The secret was revealed by someone who works with us.
35. I sent you the price list by e-mail.
36. If we multiply the height of a triangle by the base, what do we get?
37. Seven times nine is sixty-three.
38. We still have a group of students to classify.
39. He put together the motor piece by piece.
40. We thought it was going to rain. That’s why we cancelled the trip.

What is it going to be? What's it gonna be?

Please unbutton your pants and pull them down around your hips.

When I come back we'll eat something delicious.
When I return we'll eat something delicious.

Were you able to do it on your own?

Can I put you in your crib?

No, I'm not in a good mood
You make me angry
You get me mad
You know just how to push my buttons.

Teach your child to chew with his mouth closed.
This pairs well with teaching a child not to talk with his mouth full.

I'm going to lie down for a few minutes before we have to go out.

Don't mock me for iPhone lust
I’m not mocking...
They mocked him because of his hat.
students began taunting her about her weight.

I turned my room upside down, but I couldn´t find my camera anywhere.
I’m gonna go around the block.
You would have to turn round the bend and drive straight for 200 meters before you arrive at the gas station.

How long does it take by car?
It starts at six, don't be late.

I have to attach the garden hose to the outdoor tap/faucet in order to water my garden.
She walked to the sink, turned on the faucet, and washed her hands.
Turn the water on/off.

Come to play hide-and-seek.

Before you begin, be sure to put on your goggles.

Don't just tell them to turn off the lights when they leave the room, show them by always turning off the lights yourself.
Don't forget to turn off the light when leaving the office.

How to handle unruly children.
I can't take care of your unruly brats.
Their behavior was unruly

May I take a look at it?

Can I borrow your pen?
If I borrow money from you, then you lend me the money.
I borrowed a ladder from Tim

Don't make me repeat myself.

Keep out of reach of children.

This is a ripe pear/apple/fruit/

His eyes bugged out when he saw Dracula!
His eyes popped out when he saw Dracula!

■This time I check agian my entries from a year`s ago. The folling entry is that I recived in my e-mail, and I translate Korean into Chinese and English。 Would you check my entry? If I have any other mistakes, correct them please. Thanks for reading and for your help.
■(Aug 09th 2010) This time I just would like to write in Korean . 
Later I will write it in Chinese and English, but not now.
If you can read in Korean then it`s so good， but if you cannot , it’s okay.
That`s no problem，not at all!
You can enjoy how Korean looks and feel like you are enjoying an abstract painting ,,,right?
Don` t you think so?~
■Not only your house, but also your mind/heart／ need to air out, sometimes.
Open the window that daily had been closed, breathe fresh air deeply.
Taking a walk is also good, and music, travel, volunteer work, any other things are OK.
First begin periodically, then afterwards if you slowly make it your habit, it is better.
Then your you can refresh yourself more quickly ,and make your heart clean.
Maybe your way of thinking can also easily change, maybe yesterday`s problem will be nothing today.

-(Aug 12th 2010)-<<there`s many ~ but cannot now~>———————-
I would like to write about alot of thing’s , but I can`t now.*.*/
It`s too late to write a journal entry now, almost 02:00 .-O(*.*)0-
Yesterday I went to bed very late, too .
So I `d better go to bed now, because tomorrow I should go out early in the morning, and I will have a very tight schedule.
Sooooo~~~today I will keep it brief and say ‘bye~ good night!’
WaaAa~~~ but I will tell you just one more thing :
• Today’s weather was really strange:
At noon suddenly the rain poured down and looked like it was shooting big marbles ,~~Wow!*.*// STRANGE!Then in the late afternoon?
Yeah~ suddenly the strong sunlight poured down its full strength from the sky.
When late afternoon?
The rain poured down terribly again, then suddenly stopped!
capricious!!!CAPRICIOUS!!!When I was preparing dinner my younger sister sent me a text message.
Sister: “Wwow~~LOOK! look! look at the sky!Can you find it? ‘ There’s a big rainbow!’
ME: : ” Really? Where ? Where ? Where ? “
sister : “on the east side of sky, there`s a really really big rainbow! GREAT! “
So I hurried hurried hurried hurried, but couldn’t find it.
~~Ooooo~~wwa~~ d-i-s-a-p-o-i-n-t-e-d! !!!! I was dissapointed.
I sent her a message, I can’t see it over here..~~~~<<*____*>>
sister: “OK, I will take picture and sendit to you^^ let you see”
whaaaa~~~now, when it was night time there were big gust of wind.
There was also some strange-feeling with the night wind..
According to the weather forecast a typhoon is approaching Korea .
Oh–I found today’s rainbow on the new’s website, under the title : A rainbow that came with a typoon.”

Aug 13th 2010 ）This time, I will talk about yesterday`s 'lunch meeting' and 'sudden shower'.
■ < The First story : lunch meeting 〉They were my students ‘before’, but now they are my good friends.
I met them for lunch yesterday.
*(=We five women met and‘had lunch’.)
*(=We five women met for lunch. )
*(=The five of us met for lunch.)
Because we hadn’t seen each other in a long time (Because we didn`t see long time /Because we were long time no see/ ),we were very pleased to be together. Now, I’m attaching three pictures from yesterday. When lunch was over, they still wanted to go on chatting.
They felt sorry parting with each other.They didn’t want to part with each other. So I left first, and then they went somewhere else to keep on chatting . Women`s chatter ? Haha ~~ There is no end to women `s chatter. Isn’t it true? Women`s Chatter? More chatter more fun.
■< The second story >: Caught In A Shower On The Way Home .
When I went out to that restaurant, I was caught in a heavy shower. Everything in the city was wet in an instant; it looked like the rain had thrown the city into water, and would ( planned to) bath this big city. (=It looked like the rain had thrown the the city into water, and was bathing this big city.)
Sometimes I like this feeling. It`s not a bad thing. Cars were looked fuzzy! In the front of me, the tall buildings looked like they were swinging because of the rain. How about it? What do you think? Those buildings (skyscrapers) in the pictures look like a tall, swinging man, don’t they?

1. Do you want to do it, or do you want me to do it?
2. Do you want to go alone, or do you want me to go with you?
3. They want us to pay now.
4. We want them to give our money back.
5. Do you want me to open the window?
6. He wanted us to take him to the airport.
7. They didn’t want us to leave so early.
8. Her parents don’t let her smoke.
9. The weather makes people stay at home.
10. He told me to get out of the car.
11. What did you tell her to do?
12. I asked them to give me more time.
13. They made us wait half-an-hour.
14. They made me stay at home.
15. The heat makes the ice-cream melt.
16. He doesn’t let his son talk like that.
17. What do you want me to do?
18. I want you to learn.