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My name is Marco. I'm Amira. All right, Amira is here today and she is going to tell us about the wonderful lesson she has prepared this time.
Well thank you Marco. Well today we have a very interesting lesson prepared for you.
It's about someone cutting in line. Cutting in line, okay.
Yeah, it happens all the time, and we all get very upset about it, but, you know, it happens.
Right, right. Well, I imagine that everyone is wondering what cutting in line is.
Why don't we just listen to the dialogue one time?
And then when we come back, Amira and I will gladly explain all the vocabulary in this dialogue.
Let's listen. One six nine. I can't believe it took us two hours to get here.
The traffic in New York is unbelievable.
Yeah, but just relax, honey. We're here and we're going on vacation.
In a few hours, we'll be in Hawaii and he'll be on the golf course.
I don't know. Look at that line. It must be a mile long.
There's no way I'm waiting for another two hours.
Honey, don't. Hey man, the end of the line is over there.
Yeah. No, seriously, I was here first and you can't cut in line like this.
Says who? I do. So sue me. All right, that's it.
Whoa, I think there's punching. Yeah, I guess this guy was just a crazy, I don't know, impatient man, huh?
Yes, yes. But we don't want to talk about this now.
But for now, we will treat some of the vocabulary and very useful phrases in the dialogue.
Great. So, Marco, do you want to start? Yes.
Let's take a look at our first word. It would be unbelievable.
Unbelievable. Unbelievable. Unbelievable.
Exactly. And just how you say it, it's something incredible, something amazing.
Yeah, but I would like to point out that unbelievable was used here to describe the man's frustration he's not happy about the traffic in New York exactly perfect okay in the next part The woman, she's trying to calm and relax her husband And she says that they'll be in Hawaii in a few hours.
And you'll be on the golf course. Right, so we'll be in Hawaii and you'll be on the golf course.
Yes, we'll be in Hawaii and you'll be on the golf course.
So this is a great way of talking about your physical location in the future.
Right. So for example, Amira, tomorrow where will you be?
Don't worry, Marco. I'll be in the office tomorrow.
Perfect, right? That's where I need you to be.
Yes. All right. Well, I have another interesting phrase here for you.
Must be a mile long. A mile long. A mile long.
A mile long. Now that's basically not a mile.
It's not a kilometer long. But it's another way of saying that this line is really, really long.
Right, it's just an exaggeration. Now let's take a look at there's no way.
There's no way. Perfect. Let's listen to some other examples on how we use there's no way in a different situation.
And then we can come back and talk about it a little bit more.
There's no way I can have those reports finished today.
The stadium is so crowded that there's no way we'll find a seat.
Do you think Michael's going to buy that house?
There's no way he has enough money to buy it.
All right, everyone. So there's no way is another way of saying it is impossible.
Exactly. There's no way you should miss this podcast, right?
Yes. Well, I have another phrase for you as well.
Cut in line. Cut in line. So again, we have some really good examples on how you could use this phrase in different situations.
Let's listen to the examples and then we can come back and talk about it some more.
Excuse me, I'm really late. Can I cut in line please?
I hate it when people cut in line at the bank.
It's so rude. I think it's okay when a pregnant woman cuts in line.
All right, everyone cut in line. Right.
So from the examples, we can understand that it means when you are standing in line somewhere. and somebody gets in front of you right I have another phrase for you here sue me sue me sue me Okay, now, sue me is not a nice phrase.
If you hear that, you know you're in trouble.
Yeah, it's kind of rude, I guess, to say sue me.
Well, it actually means like taking someone to court and asking for money because someone has harmed you in a way.
I think that we should listen to the dialogue one more time and try to figure out why he used that phrase and if he's really going to take him to court.
0.89 I can't believe it took us two hours to get here.
The traffic in New York is unbelievable.
Yeah, but just relax, honey. We're here and we're going on vacation.
In a few hours, we'll be in Hawaii and you'll be on the golf course.
I don't know. Look at that line. It must be a mile long.
There's no way I'm waiting for another two hours.
Honey, don't. Hey man, the end of the line is over there.
Yeah. No, seriously, I was here first and you can't cut in line like this.
Says who? I do. So sue me. All right, that's it.
All right, we're back. Now, this guy, when he says sue me, he's just being rude.
I mean, he's just being... Kind of impolite, impolite and telling him I don't care.
Right. Exactly. Like you can't do anything about it.
Yeah. Yeah. Okay, today in the studio we have a guest.
Her name is Sarah and she's from England.
Hello. All right. So we're going to be asking her a couple of questions and she'll be a frequent. guests on our show so you can expect to hear from her a lot well she didn't know that yes it's a surprise she knows now Well, Sarah, our topic today is about jumping the queue.
Okay, Amira, wait. What is this jump the queue thing?
It's the same as cut and line but in British English.
Ah, okay. Yes. Queuing is very important in England.
We're very proud of our queues. It's true.
It's true. so so what would be the reaction of people if they like you know cut in line I think We do take it very seriously.
I'm laughing now, but it's quite serious.
So you don't dump the cue. If people jump in front of you, you get a little...
You shouldn't be doing that. And we make it very obvious.
So you say it out loud? We would, you know. perhaps say something.
And we have systems, you know, in London on the Metro.
On the underground, you have to stand on the escalators on the right and queue, and you can't jump in front.
You have to walk on the left and queue on the right.
It's all very serious. There's rules and regulations.
Is there like a Q handbook that you have to read in high school and kind of take a test on? perhaps there should be there should be yeah What about New York, Marco?
Well, no, definitely, I guess this dialogue is similar to a... reality of New York.
If somebody gets in front of you or cuts the line, somebody's going to say something and probably end up in a fight.
If the guy is rude. Yeah. Oh, my God. Yeah.
Well, Sarah, why don't you tell us, is there a line or a cue for almost everything everything in England?
It seems like we do just like to form a queue.
Can you think of some other examples of where you would?
Normally you wouldn't queue, but you do.
Oh, gosh. Things like in the supermarket, when you're trying to find some vegetables or something, I'd never push, I'd never sort of reach round or anything. just wait until that person had finished picking up their stuff and then and then go in so just just try and So if like five people want to buy oranges at the supermarket, then you have a little mini queue of five people.
Maybe, right? There's no sort of just shoving through it to the front.
You just don't do that. So you don't stick your hand out and grab like a tomato.
Well, if you do, again, you would make sure that that person knows, oh, I'm sorry, I'm just...
In a hurry or whatever. But yeah, it's just letting someone go before you.
It's a courtesy, I think. Okay. It's quite important to us.
All right. Right. Great stuff. Well, thank you so much, Sarah.
It was a pleasure. Yeah, we'll have you back very soon.
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