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My name is Marco, my name is Katherine and we are shoe shopping again.
That's right, we are going shoe shopping, but this time it's a little bit more complicated because we're getting women's shoes.
That's right. So there are so many different kinds of women's shoes.
I'm not even sure I know them all myself, but in this intermediate level lesson we're going to cover some of the basics for you.
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Okay, so we're shopping today for a certain kind of shoe.
It's not a sports shoe.
It's a dress shoe. Okay, that kind of doesn't make sense because a dress is a noun.
A shoe is a noun and so you want to get a shoe that's a dress?
No. The dress shoe is a style of shoe.
It means shoes that you wear when you're wearing fancy clothes.
So it's a formal shoe.
Address shoe is for a shoe the type of shoe that would go well with a dress.
That's right, not sneakers, but don't be fooled!
This is not about dresses, because men can wear dress shoes too.
That's right. It means shoes you would wear to a conference or to a wedding or to church. So these are things that are a little bit fancier than everyday shoes.
Okay. Awesome! So we're shopping for a dress shoe and there are so many types and styles of shoes for women, so why don't we listen to our dialogue for the first time and we'll be back in a second.
Hi Excuse me sir, I'm looking for a dress shoe.
My usual pair that I've had for years have finally been stretched out of shape.
They didn't provide any support anymore.
Sure, what kind of shoe are you looking for?
We've got strappy sandals, sleek, high heels, edgy pumps.
If you're for something a little more practical we've got Mary James, Balarinas.
Show me some classic high heels please.
okay right this way what color did you have in mind?
black classic. Of course we've got this style here that is very popular because it's an open toe shoe you can wear it anytime of the year it looked great on everyone um to shiny and i wear panty hoses with my shoes So let's look for a closed toe shoe.
Okay, these are very nice pair of leather shoes with a 2 -inch heel, so they are very comfortable.
I don't like the pointed toes.
Let me take a look at what else you have. I want to high.
That one looks like the back would cut into my heel.
I have a high in -depth, so I doubt that one would fit properly.
I don't want bows I find sling backs very uncomfortable.
Those might as well be stilettos.
Too modern. Ugh, finally, this is what I'm looking for.
Wood sized. Seven and a half.
Here we are. How does it fit?
Mmmm, not good. They're too tight.
The length is right, but the shoe is too narrow and it's pinching my toes.
And there'd be no room for my insals.
You know what? I don't think I have the patience for this today.
They just don't make shoes like they used to.
I'll come back another time.
Have a nice day. All right we're back so a lot of shoe styles as you notice the a lot of them are very I don't know I don't even know what they are so why don't we try and explain them now on language takeaway Language takeaway.
So the first kind of shoe we've got here is very popular in the summer.
It's called a strappy sandal.
A strappy sandal. So we know what a sandal is.
It's kind of like what you wear to the beach. It's a shoe that doesn't really cover your whole foot, just the bottom.
It's very open and what about strappy?
Strappy comes from the word strap.
So Strap is like a thin piece of fabric or leather that connects other pieces.
And so a strappy sandal means that it's, it's got many of these different little straps on it.
Many lines everywhere that connect it.
So it's very open. It's made of many different thin pieces.
Okay. Good. So we have a strappy sandal, basically a sandal with many straps.
And well, she went on to describe sleek high heels.
So this is a two -part thing here.
This leak is an adjective, which basically means really cool looking.
Or more, like it's pretty and fancy and usually sleek things are also kind of simple, like Jaguar's very sleek car.
And so this is the adjective to describe the high heels.
So we have high heels.
Okay, we have high heels that are kind of fancy shoe.
Basically these are shoes that are not flat.
So the heel is very tall that's right.
So basically this is what a lot of women wear with dresses Basically the heel has a piece that kind of sticks out and makes the women look taller So basically, it's like they're walking on the tips of their toes the entire time right?
And then they click click click click they make that sound but there are different kinds of heels Okay, high heels obviously means that they're tall you can have low heels too, those are shorter Okay.
But high heels, there are different kinds.
One kind is pumps. Pumps, okay.
In the dialer, we actually saw the salesman describe them as edgy pumps.
So edgy, what does edgy mean?
Edgy means cool or hip.
So young people like to wear edgy clothes like rock and roll kind of clothes.
Not so much older people.
And pumps are a type of high heel, you say, but what is the difference?
Well pumps basically are the kind of simple heel that a woman will wear with a pant suit or with a skirt to the office.
And so they usually have a closed toe and they're quite simple heels.
Okay. And the opposites or maybe a little bit different from pumps would be stilettos.
So stilettos are a very special kind of heel, stilettos.
It refers basically to the difference in the back of the shoe where you have the heel.
Because sometimes heels are kind of thick heavy and they make the clunk, clunk sound.
But stilettos are very, very thin and very, very tall.
Okay so stilettos heels, I think it's probably easier to walk with pumps, rather than stilettos.
So stilettos are famous for being very, very hard to walk in.
It's almost like the back of your heels a chopstick.
Wow... I cannot imagine doing that.
All right so this is the classification of high heels.
Why don't we move on now to Mary James?
Okay, so we've got high heels and heels.
We also have flats.
These are flat shoes.
So one important kind of flat is a Mary Jane sounds a good name.
Yeah, it is a name right Mary Jane Mary Jane.
So what type of shoe is this?
This is basically a usually leather shoe, but it can be different materials And it's round in the front and it has one strap and they're very cute Okay, it's a little girl's wearing Mary Jane's, but they're pretty popular these days with older people to Okay, okay, so their they're round in the front They are usually black and they have one little strap that goes over the top of your foot Mary Jane's okay, all right So we've taken a look at Mary Jane's now moving on to I think it's a similar type of shoe ballerina shoes Well, ballerina shoes are similar because they're flat, but that's about it.
Ballerina shoes are very, very thin.
They're very, very weak.
And usually, they're pretty simple.
They're pink or white or black.
And they're almost like a slipper.
Okay, so they don't have the strap on top.
No, they're stretchy, and you just lie them onto your foot.
It's named after a dancer, spallerinas.
The dancers who are pink and they put their hair out and they spin around.
And they're not hard on the bottom, they're usually quite soft and they're always flat So maybe these ballerina shoes they're not the specific types of shoes for dancing if you're a ballerina But maybe they're more adequate for maybe walking around the house or or something Well, you don't really go out hiking with ballerina shoes No, you don't go out hiking, but they're very popular to wear now to school or work Okay, and the other type of shoes that we had actually this was really confusing to me slingbacks slingback shoes.
Well slingbacks can be hard because they can be heels They could be pumps, but it basically refers to a part of the shoe So normal shoes, they cover the back of your foot But slingbacks have one strap in the back so maybe if I look at my foot in a slingback I can see part of my heel.
So, sling backs have a little strap on the back of your heel since the shoe doesn't close in the back.
Right. Okay. But you also have high heels and women's shoes that don't close in the back, but that you don't have a strap in the back either.
Right. Those are open shoes.
Okay. So, yeah, they're open in the back.
But a sling back, there's one strap that keeps your shoe on.
A lot of different types of shoes we've just taken a look at why don't we go back?
listen to the dialogue again and boy back shortly with fluency builder my usual pair that I've had for years have finally been stretched out of shape they don't provide any support anymore sure what kind of shoe were you looking for we've got strappy sandals sleek high heels edgy pumps if you're looking for something a little more practical we've got james...
balarinas. show me some classic high heels please.
okay right this way.
what color did you have in mind?
black classic. of course we've got this style here that is very popular because it's an open toe shoe you can wear it any time of the year.
they look great on everyone.
um two shiny and I wear pantyhose with my shoes so let's look for a closed toe shoe.
okay these are a very nice leather shoes with a 2 inch heel so they are very comfortable.
I don't like the pointed toes.
Let me take a look at what else you have. Mmmm to high.
That one looks like the back would cut into my heel.
I have a high in step so I doubt that one would fit properly.
I don't want bows. I find sling backs very uncomfortable.
Those might as well be stilettos.
Too modern. Oh finally this is what I'm looking for.
Wood size. Seven and a half.
Here we are! How does it fit?
Hmm, not good, they are too tight!
The length is right, but the shoe is too narrow, and it's pinching my toes, and there'd be no room for my insults.
Oh, you know what, I don't think I have the patience for this today, they just don't make shoes like they used to.
I'll come back another time.
Have a nice day, ma 'am.
Alright, we're back, so now let's take a look at five key things on fluency builder.
Fluency Builder. Okay, well the reason we're shopping today is because the woman needs a new pair of shoes because her old shoes can't be worn anymore.
What's wrong with the Marco.
She said that they were stretched out of shape.
Okay, so to stretch, or to be stretched out, this means that maybe they've been pulled and worn and they're stretched so much that they don't have the original shape anymore.
Right. So just imagine you have a new t -shirt and all of a sudden somebody takes you from your t -shirt and pulls you really hard. And usually what happens is this t -shirt is going to be stretched out of shape.
You pulled it so hard that it loses its original form.
So now maybe the neck is very low or the t -shirt is too long on one side.
Right. So that's what happens when you stretch something out of shape.
So her old shoes are stretched out of shape and they don't provide support anymore.
So to provide support now what kind of support is you referring to?
She's talking about foot support.
So for example, slippers are kind of shoe basically that don't provide support.
They're very soft, but can you walk around all day and slippers?
No. That doesn't help your foot.
But if you're trying to find shoes that are really good for walking, you need to find ones that provide support That means that always support your foot, the bottom of your foot Otherwise, your foot gets too tired.
Not only the bottom, but it could be also your ankle.
For example, if you can't really go hiking With shoes like these with sandals because obviously you're walking around rocks and that doesn't provide support on your ankle Maybe you can hurt your ankle if you don't have it.
So maybe hiking boot will provide more support.
Exactly. All right.
And then the woman also mentioned that it's hard for her to find a shoe because she said I have a high instep.
Okay. So think about the foot.
You've got toes in the very front and a heel at the very back.
But in the middle on top you have the instep.
So this is basically the top of your foot.
Okay. So if she has a high instep, it means that her foot is kind of thick.
That's right. Some people have thin feet.
She has kind of a thick foot.
So fitting her foot into a shoe is sometimes hard. Right, we're not talking about the width of the foot.
We're talking about the height.
How tall it is. From the bottom to the top foot.
Right, so that's what she means by high -end step.
And well, they also mentioned different types of shoes.
She said she didn't want an open toe shoe.
She wanted a closed toe shoe.
That's right. So this is a really important classification for women's shoes, especially.
Open toe means that the toe of the shoe, the very, very front, has a hole, or an opening, so you can see the toes.
Closed toe is the opposite, so personally, in the wintertime, I always wear closed -toed shoes because I think open -toed shoes are too cold.
Too cold, okay. So that's basically, I guess, men, we don't really have this type of shoe between open toe and closed toe.
No, maybe not, you don't really.
But heels, maybe you could have an open toe.
You can have an open toe shoe or a closed -toed shoe.
Right, right, okay, so a lot of interesting things, This is useful for women out there, and also for boyfriends, maybe now you know what type of shoe your girlfriend may want.
That's right, alright, so let's listen to this dialogue for the last time, and we'll be back shortly.
Hi, excuse me sir, I'm looking for a dress shoe.
My usual pair that I've had for years have finally been stretched out of shape, they didn't provide any support anymore.
Sure, what kind of shoe were you looking for?
We've got strappy sandals, sleek high heels, edgy pumps.
If you're looking for something a little more practical, we've got Mary Jane's.
Ballerinas! Show me some classic high heels, please.
Okay right this way.
What color did you have in mind?
Black classic. Of course, we've got this style here that is very popular.
Because it's an open -toe shoe you can wear it any time of the year.
it look great on everyone um two shiny and i wear panty hoes with my shoes so let's look for a closed toe shoe.
okay these are a very nice pair of leather shoes with a two inch heel so they are very comfortable.
I don't like the pointed toes.
let me take a look at what else you have to hide, that one looks like the back would cut into my heel.
I have a high in -step so I doubt I find sling backs very uncomfortable.
Those might as well be stilettos.
Too modden. Finally this is what I'm looking for.
Wood size. Seven and a half.
Here we are. How does it fit?
Mmm, not good. They're too tight.
The length is right.
but the shoe is too narrow and it's pinching my toes and there'd be no room for my un -sales.
Mmm, you know what?
I don't think I have the patience for this today.
They just don't make shoes like they used to.
I'll come back another time.
Have a nice day, ma 'am.
Alright, so talking about shoes are so many types and I think women are notoriously famous for having a lot of shoes?
Why is this? Some women are.
Some women aren't. It depends on the person.
But part of the problem as you said earlier is that there are so many different kinds of women's shoes that now we expect women to have a different pair of shoes for every different occasion.
Work shoes, hiking shoes, running shoes, wedding shoes.
I don't know— summer shoes, winter shoes, fall shoes.
So you need so many different kinds of shoes.
You end up buying many different kinds.
I think that that's true and also basically women like to look nice So that's why you know you your makeup you have earrings and they have nice bags So I guess it's also part of it is that you pay more attention to what type of shoe you're wearing that maybe goes well with the outfit I think maybe guys not all guys obviously as well as not all women But guys are a little bit more generic as like jeans pretty much go well with Any type of shoe as long as it's maybe black or brown right or something like this Although I know a lot of guys who have many different kinds of shoes.
True, true. It takes up a lot of space in the gladest. It does.
Shoes are hard to carry around.
Actually I find it kinda hard to get rid of my shoes.
I think they have to be ripped or just completely un wearable in order for me to throw a shoe away.
Because otherwise, it's still - you can still wear it sometimes a weekend.
That's true. Although I tend to wear my shoes down.
That means I wear them until they die.
Really, I actually - I've had you.
shoes that I warn the the the souls down and then I just get it the soul change because I like the shoe so much. Oh well let us know do you guys like to buy shoes?
Do you have a lot of shoes?
Maybe you don't have that many shoes.
We're curious to know about this in other cultures as well because I know in the states in the United States shoe shopping is very very popular.
And how then they have traditional wooden shoes.
Yeah they do those are called clogs clogs so let us know maybe what type of shoes are also very unique to country or culture.
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