Episode 85 Listen To Me Tell My Phone Disaster Story! 😭In English

Today I'm sharing the story of my recently deceased phone.😭 The reason I decided to share this story in particular, is because it's a very common scenario. I think it's likely you might have your own phone story to share. It's also very likely you will hear this kind of story among friends or colleagues. My focus today is just to provide some listening practise. Tomorrow we will look at the vocabulary and structure I used when telling the story. This story was entirely unscripted, so I didn't know what I would say. I hope this makes it a more natural representation of the kind of story you might hear from other native speakers. As we discussed last week, this story follows the very familiar western structure of beginning (what happened to my phone), middle (what happened next) and end (the happy ending). You can also find the podcast as a video with subtitles on the YouTube page at: https://youtu.be/5QByDkWtkRc Episode 85 Vocabulary I want to get it off my chest - idiom - you want to tell a story or secret, you want to unburden yourself We're really attached to our phones - attached - means we really like something, we want to see or use it all the time. Here's the thing -phrase - common before we tell a story, to give a statement about something It has served me well - something has lasted for a long time, served it's purpose well, or been worth the price we paid for it. It was dead. - We can use the word 'dead' to talk about people and animals of course, but we also often use it to describe devices that no longer work. It starts to dawn on me - idiom - when you start to realise something It was a disaster - dramatic slang - something very bad happened He put me onto the upgrades team - phrasal verb - put me onto - transferred a call Be cool! - dramatic slang - calm down, don't overreact She wanted to make me jump through hoops for security - idiom - jump through hoops - to ask something to do more than necessary I was done - dramatic slang - I'd had enough. It turns out that - phrase - we often use this as a connecting phrase when telling a story, it's used before we reveal some important information. Situation was becoming dire. - dire - very terrible, extremely bad So that's off the table. - idiom - no longer negotiable, no longer an option They're all much of a muchness - idiom - they are all pretty much the same the drama! - dramatic slang - this was much more dramatic and stressful than it needed to be I'm over this. - dramatic slang - I've had enough. I want this to be over. I want this over and done with. - also 'I want this to be over and done with' - phrase we can use when we want an experience to end I'll pay you back - phrasal verb - when you borrow money and intend to return it later Buy the phone outright. - to buy outright - to buy something expensive all at once, rather than taking out a loan or buying in installments I'm now hearing my washing machine winding down - phrasal verb - winding down - finishing, coming to the end of it's cycle