Welcome to English as a Second Language podcast number 122, Packing Toiletries for a Trip.
This is English as a Second Language podcast episode 122.
I'm your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan.
Coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Today's episode is about packing for a trip.
Let's go.
It was going to be my wife's 30th birthday today, and I was surprising her with a trip to San Diego for the weekend.
Since it was going to be a surprise, I needed to pack both of our bags before picking her up from work and hitting the road.
Packing my stuff was easy, of course.
I knew that the hotel would have shampoo, conditioner, and body lotion, so I didn't pack any.
I packed my wife's brush, comb, hair dryer, nail clippers, and emery board.
I made sure that I didn't forget any of her makeup foundation mascara eyeshadow, blush and lipstick.
I had everything we needed for our little trip.
I was sure my wife would be surprised, and I know she loves surprises.
Today we are talking about going on a trip.
And before going on a trip, going somewhere else, you have to pack.
To pack, P-A-C-K, means to put clothing in a bag or in a suitcase.
A suitcase.
S-U-I-T-C-A-S-E is a bag in the shape of a box that you put your clothing into to carry it when you're going on a trip.
Some of the things you need to pack are toiletries.
Toiletries, T-O-I-L-E-T-R-I-E-S are all the things you need for your teeth and for your hair and for washing and so forth.
In the story.
My wife's 30th birthday was coming up and I was surprising her with a trip to San Diego.
To surprise someone means to do something unexpected, something they don't expect.
I was going to surprise her by taking her on a trip to San Diego.
San Diego is a city in California about 100 miles south of Los Angeles.
It takes about two hours to drive from my house here in Los Angeles to San Diego.
San Diego is a popular place for people in Los Angeles to go for the weekend because it's a smaller town and it's a very nice area.
The trip was going to be a surprise, so I needed to pack both of our bags my suitcase and her suitcase before picking her up from work.
To pick someone up means to go to the place where that person is and to give him or her a ride in your car.
To drive that person somewhere in your car.
After I picked her up from work, we would be hitting the road.
To hit, H-I-T, the road, means to begin your trip, to start traveling, to start driving.
What time are you going to hit the road tomorrow?
Well, I have to be at work by 8 o'clock, so I will hit the road at 7.30.
I said that packing my stuff was easy, of course.
My stuff, S-T-U-F-F, here means my things.
I knew the hotel would already have shampoo, conditioner and body lotion.
Shampoo, S-H-A-M-P-O-O, is a liquid soap for washing your hair.
Conditioner C-O-N-D-I-T-I-O-N-E-R is what you can put on your hair after you use the shampoo to make your hair softer.
I don't use conditioner.
I don't use shampoo either because I don't have any hair.
Body lotion is a kind of lotion L-O-T-I-O-N, which is something you put on your skin to make it soft and smooth.
Body lotion is for your body.
Face lotion is for your face, and so forth.
I had to pack my wife's things, so I packed her brush, comb, and hair dryer.
Both a brush B-R-U-S-H and And a comb C-O-M-B are things that women and men can use to arrange their hair, to make their hair neat.
A brush is wide and has many rows of what are called bristles that go through your hair.
A comb is thin and flat with little pieces of plastic called teeth that also go through your hair.
And a hair dryer, two words, H-A-I-R-D-R-Y-E-R, is a little machine that blows hot air.
It is like a heater that blows hot air to dry your wet hair after you wash it.
I also packed my wife's nail clippers and emery board.
Nail N-A-I-L.
Clippers C-L-I-P-P-E-R-S are for trimming or cutting your nails, which are the same as fingernails.
Fingernails grow at the end of your fingers, and toenails grow at the end of your toes.
And to clip means to cut.
So a nail clipper is for cutting your nails.
An emery board...
Two words E-M-E-R-Y, B-O-A-R-D is used to file your nails or to make the edges of your nails smooth, so there aren't any rough parts.
I have to say that I have no idea about...
Many of these things, I had to ask my wife to explain them to me to do today's episode.
Most men don't, I think, know much about these things.
Finally, I made sure that I didn't forget any of her makeup.
Makeup.
M-A-K-E-U-P is a general word for all of the things that women, and sometimes men, put on their faces.
I packed my wife's foundation, mascara, and eyeshadow.
Foundation F-O-U-N-D-A-T-I-O-N can either be a powder, which is loose and dry, or it can be a liquid which is wet.
Foundation makes your skin look all the same color and very smooth looking, and it is the first step in putting on makeup.
That's what my wife tells me.
Mascara M-A-S-C-A-R-A is the makeup that you put on your eyelashes.
Your eyelashes, E-Y-E-L-A-S-H-E-S, are the little hairs that grow out of your eyelids.
Your eyelid is the skin that covers your eye when you close your eye.
So your eyelashes grow out of your eyelids and you put mascara on your eyelashes to make them darker and to make them longer.
And so eye shadow, S-H-A-D-O-W, is a powder that you put on your eyelids.
Eye shadow comes in all different colors, I'm told.
I also packed her blush and lipstick.
Blush, B-L-U-S-H, is what you put on your cheeks.
Your cheeks, C-H-E-E-K-S, are the part of your face below your eyes.
And some women use blush to make this area look more pink or red.
And finally, there is lipstick.
Lipstick L-I-P-S-T-I-C-K goes on your lips, which are the parts of your mouth that are pink or red.
Lipstick is most often a pink or red color, but it also comes in many other colors as well.
I now had everything for our trip and we were ready to go.
Now let's listen to the story again, this time at a normal speed.
It was going to be my wife's 30th birthday and I was surprising her with a trip to San Diego for the weekend.
Since it was going to be a surprise, I needed to pack both of our bags before picking her up from work and hitting the road.
Packing my stuff was easy, of course.
I knew that the hotel would have shampoo, conditioner, and body lotion, so I didn't pack any.
I packed her brush, comb, hair dryer, nail clippers, and emery board.
I made sure that I didn't forget any of her makeup.
Foundation, mascara, eyeshadow, blush, and lipstick.
I had everything we needed for our little trip.
I was sure my wife would be surprised, and I know she loves surprises.
Our thanks to our wonderful scriptwriter, Dr. Lucy Say, for her wonderful script.
From Los Angeles, California, I'm Jeff McQuillan.
Thank you for listening.
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English as a Second Language Podcast is written and produced by Dr Lucy Say, hosted by Dr Jeff McQuillan.
This podcast is copyright 2006.
