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This podcast will help you to listen to real life conversations. You will find conversations from getting on a bus to asking your boss for a raise! Join in to sharpen your listening and vocabulary. 

English Conversation/Dialogue

Predicting and determining time based on the given sentence.

Savran

Naturalmente no nos percatamos de las costumbres que tiene el pais donde crecemos, lo gracioso comienza cuando viajamos a otros países y ellos no tinen las mismas costumbres.
déjame contarte en este podcast que me sucedió.

Cuentos breves de motivación.

Costumbres de mi pais que son extrañas en otros lugares a la hora de comer.

My mom and I finish the quiz about American dialects we started last week to discover whether we speak the same way as other people from our region.
During our conversation, we also discuss regional vocabulary and accents from distinct sociocultural regions across the United States, including the South, the West Coast, New England, Texas, the Midwest and more.
You'll certainly learn a bit more about regional American cultures as well!
This is only the second half of the quiz. Please listen to episode 006 Exploring American Dialects (Part One) for the first half!
And if you'd like to try the quiz yourself, it's available at the following link if you scroll to the bottom and click on 'How Y'all, Youse and You Guys Talk': https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/learning/what-does-your-accent-say-about-who-you-are.html
***For English learners! – Detailed vocabulary lesson begins at 23:27***
***Full episode transcript available ⁠here: https://american-idiom.com/f/007-exploring-american-dialects-part-two⁠***

Episode Outline:

Question 14 (Frosting vs. Icing) - (Starts at 1:20)
Question 15 (Service Road, etc.) - (Starts at 3:57)
Question 16 (Devil's Night, etc.) - (Starts at 4:43)
Question 17 (Rubbernecking, etc.) - (Starts at 6:00)
Question 18 (Blow-Off, Easy-A, etc.) - (Starts at 7:45)
Question 19 (Dinner vs. Supper) - (Starts at 9:08)
Question 20 (Drinking Fountain vs. Water Fountain) - (Starts at 10:49)
Question 21 (Highway vs. Expressway) - (Starts at 12:14)
Question 22 (Firefly vs. Lightning Bug) - (Starts at 15:00)
Question 23 (Pronunciation of 'Aunt') - (Starts at 16:44)
Question 24 (Party Barn, etc.) - (Starts at 19:15)
Question 25 (Cot vs. Caught) - (Starts at 21:40)

Vocabulary and examples (Starts at 23:27)

by the way (used at 3:23 explained at 23:40)
the cherry on top (used at 3:31 and 3:47 explained at 26:01)
sure enough (used at 5:16 and 13:00 explained at 27:57)
you're kidding! (used at 5:42 explained at 29:58)
to wrap up (used at 23:12 explained at 32:33)