Talk Radio

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A: Do you listen to the radio?
B: I listen day and night.
A: What do you listen to?
B: Mostly talk radio.
A: What's that?
B: People talk about current events.
A: What do they say?
B: They say they want change.
A: What kind of change?
B: They want tax cuts.
A: Why do they want tax cuts?
B: Because tax cuts will save them money.

Vocabulary:
To listen:

Mostly: Sobre todo, más que todo.

 







Current events: Eventos actuales.

 







Change: Cambio; to change: cambiar.

Tax: impuesto.

Cuts: cortes, recortes.

 

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Talking Animals

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A: Do animals talk to each other?
B: Of course they talk to each other.
A: What do they talk about?
B: They talk about other animals.
A: What else do they talk about?
B: They talk about food and the weather.
A: Do they talk about us?
B: Of course they talk about us.
A: What do they say about us?
B: They say that we are funny-looking.
A: Ha! We're not funny-looking; animals are funny-looking.
B: We're funny-looking because we wear clothes.

Vocabulary:
To talk: Hablar

Food: Comida
 

Weather: Clima

Funny-looking: Que se ve gracioso

To wear: Llevar puesto, usar (ropa).
Example: The man is wearing a red shirt.


 
Clothes: Ropa.




Expressions:
Of course: Por supuesto, claro.

To each other: Entre sí.

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A New House

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A: We need to save money.
B: Why do we need to save money?
A: Because we need to buy a house.
B: But a house is so expensive.
A: That's why we need to save money.
B: How much do we need to save?
A: We need to save enough for a down payment.
B: How much is that?
A: That's about $30,000.
B: Thirty thousand dollars! That will take forever.
A: Not if we save every penny.
B: Okay. Here's seven pennies.

Vocabulary:
To save: ahorrar, salvar, guardar.

Enough: Suficiente.

Down Payment: Cuota inicial.

Penny: Centavo.

 








Expressions: 

That's why...: Por eso es que...


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