[0:00]Hey, everyone, and welcome back, High Level Listeners! It's time to review some of the scripts and great vocabulary you've learned in season one of our Advanced English Podcast. And on top of that, we've added some extra speaking and listening practice with fast paced, naturally spoken dialogues. So you get a quick review of the language we learned and a new chance to improve your listening and speaking skills. Today's video will focus on episodes one through four. If you've joined us as a member on YouTube, you'll get the PDF transcript to go with this video, and if you've downloaded our season one study pack, you'll also receive these videos, transcripts, and more. Get more information in the description below this video. Or if you are completely new to High Level Listening, we've already created 20 videos showcasing and teaching loads of high level vocabulary and expressions with British and American accents and perspectives from me, Mark, the British voice at High Level Listening, and from me, Kat, an American English teacher from the United States. Together, we are High Level Listening, a fun and interesting way to improve your intermediate and advanced English with two English teachers from different parts of the world. So here's the breakdown of these review videos. We'll read our scripts from the original episodes, then you can listen to a fast paced dialogue between the both of us. And after that, just like normal, we'll break down the conversation, highlighting the most interesting and important points, to give you some pronunciation and listening tips to help you understand spoken English better than ever before. So here are our first scripts from episode one. Episode one was about the morning routine. Kat will read hers first in her American accents.
[1:53]This morning was pretty standard for me. I woke up around 7am, thanks to my trusty alarm, hit snooze, of course, and laid in bed for a bit, scrolling through my phone. Eventually I got up, brushed my teeth, and headed straight to the kitchen. Whipped up some toast and scrambled eggs, and poured myself a fresh cup of coffee. Can't do without it. After breakfast, I took a quick shower, and then got dressed for the day. Before heading out, I checked my emails one last time. That's about it, really. This morning was fairly ordinary for me. I woke up around seven with my alarm, hit snooze, as you do, and then stayed in bed for a bit, scrolling on my phone. Then I got up, brushed my teeth, and went to the kitchen. I made some toast and scrambled eggs and had a cup of tea. After eating, I had a quick shower and got dressed for work. I had a quick look at my emails before I headed off, and that's about it, really. So, if you didn't quite catch all the vocabulary from those scripts, don't worry, in episode one, we go through all the vocabulary and phrases there, giving you more explanations and more examples, so you'll be able to understand everything after you watch that episode. So we are on to the naturally spoken small talk dialogue. Are you ready? Here's the first listen. Try your best to listen without any captions and without reading the transcript. I promise it'll help you improve your listening skills. All right, here we go. Hiya, good morning. What'd you get up to this morning? I was so late today, must have laid in bed way too long scrolling on my phone. Oh sure. Yeah, I barely had enough time to whip something up for breakfast. As soon as I was finished, I was rushing out the door. Did you get a chance to read that email they sent out last night? Yeah, I had a quick look at it, but I still need to read it in more detail. All right. So, that's the end of our dialogue. Just like normal, we'll break down the conversation, highlighting some interesting speaking and pronunciation tips, so you can improve your speaking and listening skills through this dialogue. Let's go ahead and start with Mark. Yes, I started the dialogue. So, my first line was, Hiya, good morning. What'd you get up to this morning? So, Hiya. Hiya, it's a very, very common hello in British English. Friends, colleagues, and family members say Hiya. You can say hello, you can say hi, you can say Hiya. Hiya, good morning, good morning, good morning. When said quickly, good becomes, g, good morning, hiya, good morning. What'd you get up to this morning? This is three words in one. What did you? What'd you? What'd you? What did you? What'd you get up to this morning? That means, what did you do this morning? What'd you get up to this morning? So, Kat had the second line. Any tips for understanding your part? I was so late today. Must have laid in bed way too long scrolling on my phone. I was so late today. Tip number one is talking about emphasis. I was so late today. Must have laid in bed way too long. This is pretty common in spoken English, especially when, uh, the lecture was way too long. This is just to give more emphasis on the fact that it was indeed really, really long, or I was really, really late. I was so late today. So just a little bit of the emphasis there on those two words. Tip number two, musta, musta laid in bed. Uh, musta is actually connecting two words here. Must have, must have, musta, musta, musta laid in bed way too long. Must've laid in bed way too long.
[6:16]Now, we did have quite a few questions on this in our episode one, so I did want to quickly address it. When it comes to lay in bed or laid in bed? Now, when it comes to speaking, most Americans do naturally say laid in bed for the past form of this verb. Yes, I understand that it's confusing. Please just go ahead and choose the word that you feel most comfortable with, but also understand that most Americans will say laid in bed as opposed to lay in bed. All right, Mark, do you want to keep going for us? My next line, Oh, sure. I barely had enough time to whip something up for breakfast. As soon as I was finished, I was rushing out the door. So, like Kat used emphasis on so and way, I did it too. Oh sure, I barely had enough time.
[7:15]Barely. Like, not much. I barely had enough time to whip something up for breakfast. For breakfast. For breakfast. Whip something up for breakfast. As soon as I was finished. As soon as. As soon as. As soon as I was finished, I was rushing out the door. So again, phrases like as soon as, we say them so often, they get faster and faster and faster, they start to connect, and sometimes their sound changes a lot, so it's difficult to catch. Here's an example, as soon as, as soon as I was finished. So this is what makes spoken English so tricky sometimes. What was your next line, Kat? Did you get a chance to read that email they sent out last night? Did you get a chance? Did you get a chance? Did you get a chance?
[8:39]And with get a, get a. It's very common for Americans to put that middle T sound and make it a D. Do you get a, do you get a chance to read? That email they sent out last night to read. To read. I know the two words together to read, did you get a chance to read? Did you get a chance to read? Get a chance to read that email they sent out last night. Sent out it almost sounds like sent out. We've lost the T a little bit Sent out last night. Same with the T on last. Sent out last night. Sent out last night.
[9:39]They're very light. Okay, so one more time. Did you get a chance to read that email they sent out last night? Very nice. True in England. In British English, last night. There's no T. Last night. I went out last night. Yes, uh, my last line was, I, yeah, I had a quick look at it, but I still need to read it in more detail. So, when you have it, the word before, the last letter usually connects to it. So, look a dit. Dit, the T of at connects with the next word. Look at it. Look at it. I had a quick look at it. And the faster I say it, the T becomes a D almost. Look at it. Look at it. I had a quick look at it. But I still need to read it. So D on read goes to it. Read it. Dit, I still need to read it in more detail. So, yeah, I had a quick look at it, but I still need to read it in more detail.
[11:32]Okay, so ready for some speaking practice? If you want to practice speaking, you can respond to Mark's questions. We'll leave a short pause for you to respond to Mark, and don't worry, we'll leave the captions on for you. Hiya, good morning. What'd you get up to this morning? I was so late today, must have laid in bed way too long scrolling on my phone. Oh sure. I barely had enough time to whip something up for breakfast. As soon as I was finished, I was rushing out the door. Did you get a chance to read that email they sent out last night? Yeah I had a quick look at it, but I still need to read it in more detail. Okay, now it's your turn to ask the questions, and you'll start the speaking practice this time. Hiya, did you get to work all right? Oh, yeah, fine. I missed the 7:30 train, but fortunately there was another one right after. Ah that's good, you're up in the north part of town aren't you? Yeah, it's roughly 15 minutes then just a short walk. I'm only 4 stops away, so the commute is fairly straightforward honestly.
[12:44]Okay, very well done. Let's move on to episode two of the review. Episode two was about your daily commute, so traveling to and from work. Here are our scripts, and Kat will go first with her American version. In the city, I rely on the subway. I aim for the 7:45 a.m. train, but sometimes, if I'm a tad late, I miss it and have to wait for the next one. The journey's roughly 15 minutes, and I try and use this time to read. By 8 a.m., I'm a short walk away from my office. The evening commute is similar, though sometimes more crowded. Okay, now it's Mark's turn with his British accent. Being in London, I catch the tube to work. I try for the 7:50am train, but some days I end up missing it and have to wait for the next one. It's about 20 minutes into the city centre, so I usually take the chance to catch up on the news or text some mates. I'm usually off the train by 8:15, then after a couple of minutes of walking, I'm at work. The journey back in the afternoon is virtually the same, just with a few more commuters, I'd say. Now, if you didn't quite catch all the vocabulary from those scripts again, we go into detail on those in Episode 2 of The Advanced Season 1. So if you go back and watch that, you'll be able to understand everything. Okay, so we're on to the dialogue. Are you ready? Here's our first listen. Try your best to listen without any captions and without reading the transcript. Hiya, did you get to work all right? Oh, yeah, fine. I missed the 7:30 train, but fortunately there was another one right after. Ah, that's good. You're up in the north part of town, aren't you? Yeah, it's roughly 15 minutes, then just a short walk. You? I'm only four stops away, so the commute's fairly straightforward, honestly. Okay, so now we'll break down the conversation, highlighting some interesting speaking and pronunciation tips so you can improve your speaking and listening skills. Let's start with Mark. Yep, I started. I said, Hiya, do you get to work all right?
[18:27]Similarly, in American English, if I said, aren't you, it might turn into an aren't you, aren't you. That T kind of comes together with the J, with the Y sound. Aren't you, aren't you, aren't you, aren't you. Yeah, in British English, it just disappears. Aren't you? Like my uncle and aunt, aren't you? You're up in the north part of town, aren't you? Anyway, how did you respond to that one? Yeah, it's roughly 15 minutes, then just a short walk. Yeah, it's roughly 15 minutes, 15, we give that a good emphasis because it's not 50, it's 15, not five zero, it's one five, 15 minutes, then just a short walk.
[19:27]Uh, short walk. Just a short walk.
[19:37]Just a short walk. Again, we drop those T's. It's very common, especially when speaking so quickly, because short walk, kind of hard to separate those sounds. So, to say it faster, just a short walk, short walk. And I hear a lot of my students say, what about you? How about you? I could just say you. You? Now, we don't have any question words here, so we need to make sure that our voice goes up with that you sound. You?
[20:17]Okay, the last line of the dialogue, it was a tricky combo. See if you can keep up with me. I'm only four stops away. The commute's fairly straightforward, honestly. So the tricky three words is Fairly, Straightforward, Honestly, Fairly Straightforward Honestly, Forward and Honestly connect slightly, Forward honestly, again the last letter seems to connect with the following word, Donestly, Forward honestly, Fairly Straightforward Honestly, I'm only four stops away. The commute's fairly straightforward, honestly.
[21:12]Okay, well done. Now it's your turn to ask the questions. You'll start the speaking practice this time. Hiya, have you got a busy afternoon? Fairly standard. I need to look over a couple of documents and get everything sorted out for tomorrow. All right, let me know when you take a break. I'll join you. Sure, sounds good. Okay, and there you have it. Scripts, dialogue, speaking practice. This was a jam packed video, and we hope that you enjoyed it in order to wrap up those episodes and get in that extra speaking practice with naturally spoken English. We'll have four more videos coming your way, and don't forget that we always take in your comments. This is why we made this type of review video. We, uh, got a lot of comments asking for natural dialogues, fast paced speaking, speaking skills, listening skills, and a review all in one. So here we go. We hope that you really liked this video. Yes, we hope maybe the next time you watch an English movie or listen to English music, that some of our tips start to help. Maybe you can hear some of the same connections that we made here today. And yes, thank you very much for watching. We'll see you again for another review very, very soon. Thank you. Bye bye.
