Welcome to a new episode of English Vocabulary Booster.
My name is Lara and I'm a SALSA certified English teacher.
Learning new vocabulary usually takes a long time, but we'll do it in a way that's easy, quick and efficient.
In every episode, we'll learn how to use five new English words or expressions, so that you too can start speaking like a native.
So let's get learning!
Hey guys, how's it going?
So guess what?
I am sitting in the bathroom right now.
We are staying at this very cute, very small Airbnb in Athens, Greece.
And you know I usually record the podcast sitting in bed, but our bedroom is attached to the living room.
And my boyfriend is working in the living room.
So if I were to record this podcast, you know, from the bedroom, then you would probably hear him typing the whole time, or even talking, which isn't ideal.
And so I figured, okay, let me give the kitchen a go.
And I went, sat in the kitchen, tried to record a little bit, and the sound was just not good.
There was too much echo.
And so guess what room I'm left with?
The bathroom.
So yeah, that's a first for me.
Anyway, hopefully this sounds a little bit better here.
But before we get going, I wanted to take a moment to thank Suahib.
He's a follower from Syria.
He's living in Germany right now.
And he made a very large donation not too long ago.
And so, yeah, it just felt right to thank him on the podcast.
So thanks so much, Suahib.
I really appreciate it.
All right, so let's begin.
And today we're going to be talking about rudeness.
I can't believe it.
Kids these days.
What?
What happened?
They are just so rude.
And what do their parents do?
Nothing.
Can you tell me what happened?
Well, I was standing in line waiting for my turn and this kid...
I don't know.
I guess apparently he was mad at his mom for not getting him something he wanted.
And well, I was there and I guess he just decided to take it out on me.
Oh, no.
What did he do?
Did he call you names?
I mean, no, but still, he was so out of line.
I can't believe his mom didn't do anything.
But what did he do then?
Oh, I think I know.
He gave you the finger, didn't he?
No, I think it was too young for that.
Oh, look, look, that's him.
That's the kid.
Oh my God, he's doing it again.
Anita, come on.
He's probably three years old.
Is that, is that what he was doing?
Yep, that's exactly what he was doing.
He's, he's just blowing a raspberry.
Yeah, like I said, so rude.
So yeah, I think she may have overreacted.
What do you guys think?
Let's begin with expression number one.
Take it out on someone.
I was there and I guess he just decided to take it out on me.
If you take it out on someone, how are you feeling?
Happy and content or angry and frustrated?
If you take it out on someone, that means that you're angry and frustrated.
And if you take it out on someone, how do you let out your anger and frustration?
By being nice to the people around you or by treating them badly.
If you take it out on someone, you start treating the people that are around you.
Well, if you take it out on someone, you start treating that person that you're taking it out on badly very, very poorly.
And Do you usually choose to take it out on other people?
I don't think it's a decision that you make.
I think it's something that sometimes, you know, accidentally happens.
Maybe something happened to you or something you know.
You can be sad or angry, or frustrated, like we said, and you have someone that's sitting right next to you.
You know, without you really knowing, you might start treating them badly.
You might be rude to them um, you're taking it out on them um.
Other times, i think maybe it's a little bit more conscious.
You may know that you're actually doing it um, but usually it's something natural that happens.
Obviously you're nervous, you're angry and boom, the first person you see you take it out on them.
And it may be like it doesn't even have to be related to what's happened to you.
You know, Maybe a mother that just got some really bad news may see her kid doing something she doesn't like and she might take it out on him.
Not because she's really angry with him, but because she needs to let this feeling out.
Do you ever take it out on the people around you when you're mad?
I think I do.
I'm not very good at hiding my emotions or even controlling my emotions, I guess.
So usually whoever is around me is, yeah, is going to be in trouble.
I don't, I feel really bad when I catch myself doing it.
So I try not to take it out on other people, but every now and then it will happen.
You know, if, I've got some bad news or I'm sad or I'm not if I'm angry, I guess.
If I'm angry with someone, I don't take it out on other people.
But if I'm sad, mostly I might not talk about it, but I might get irritated for the stupidest reasons.
And I will take it out on whoever's around me.
Expression number two, call someone names.
Did he call you names?
If you're calling someone names, are you insulting them or simply talking about them?
If you are calling someone names and no, I'm not talking about George Patricia Harry, I'm talking about rude names
That means that you are insulting them.
So yes, calling someone names means you're insulting them.
I'm not gonna give you any examples.
I feel like you know what words we're talking about here.
Has anybody ever called you names?
Not to my face.
I mean, I'm pretty sure somebody's said some pretty bad things about me and even called me names.
They probably called me, you know, like a or like an idiot, but not to my face.
Expression number three, be out of line.
No, but still, he was so out of line.
If you think someone is out of line, you think their behavior is acceptable or not?
No, if someone is out of line, that means that the way they behaved was not acceptable.
And was there a time when you were having an argument and you think you were out of line or the person you were arguing with was out of line?
Yeah, I think I've said this before.
I've gotten better now at handling, you know, fights or even heated discussions.
But in the past, I wasn't.
I'm a very emotional person.
And so I'm sure there were plenty of times when I said things that I didn't mean and I was definitely out of line and I shouldn't have acted or said the things that I said.
But, you know, I've grown and I've learned.
So no, now I don't think I'm ever really out of line.
Expression number four, give someone the finger.
He gave you the finger, didn't he?
If you give someone the finger, what finger are you showing them?
What do you think?
It's not going to be the pinky, I can tell you that.
If you give someone the finger, that means that you're showing the other person your middle finger.
And why would you give someone the finger?
I don't know.
There's plenty of reasons.
Mostly because you're angry at them and you want, like a quick way to insult them without actually using words.
But I don't know.
You're mad at them because they stole your parking spot or they cut you off in traffic or I don't know.
They're just being rude to you when you want to say something back, I guess.
I don't know.
Have you ever given someone the finger?
I don't really think so.
I mean, maybe to my boyfriend, like as a joke, but no, I don't.
It's just not the way I express myself.
I don't get anything out of giving someone the finger.
I don't know why it doesn't make me feel better.
Um and nice, like insults yes sure, why not?
That makes me feel better.
But giving someone the finger, i don't know it.
Just, he just doesn't do anything for me.
Expression number five blow a raspberry.
He's just blowing a raspberry.
If you're blowing a raspberry, what sound will you make?
Okay, There we go.
This is what blowing a raspberry sounds like.
Okay.
I can't believe it's just blew a raspberry in the bathroom.
I can't believe that.
What do you need to do in order to blow a raspberry?
Okay.
Let's break it down together.
You stick your tongue out.
Okay.
And then, Once it's out and it's resting between your lips, sounds like a science class on how to blow a raspberry.
So once it's resting there, hold on, let me try it.
Then you blow a little bit of air out.
Okay, it's got to be pretty.
You got to let the air out all at once, okay?
Okay.
Who is most likely to blow a raspberry, a child or an adult?
A child, definitely.
I think an adult is more likely to maybe give someone the finger, but I think the world would be a much better place if adults started blowing raspberries instead.
Could you just imagine someone cuts you off.
You know you're driving on the highway and someone cuts you off and you just blow them a raspberry.
I would love to see the other person's reaction.
Can you recall the last time you blew a raspberry?
I think maybe once again as a joke to my boyfriend.
I okay, this is going to probably be really funny, but I don't think I'm very good at blowing raspberries.
I think that there's people.
I know it's not like any crazy skill, but I don't like the way I blow raspberries.
And I, trust me, I've tried to work on that, but I haven't perfected it.
So yeah, I don't blow raspberries very often.
And that is it for today.
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