Fun English Lessons

Story

Addison	I have just moved in with a new roommate a little while ago named Tony.
	He is pretty hilarious and a really cool guy but the problem is that he is an absolute pig.
	He is the biggest slob I have ever met.
	The other day I had cooked dinner for us and he went out as soon as we were finished eating.
	I thought that he could at least share with the dishwashing afterwards.
	I was getting really tired of this and knew I had to do something.
	The problem was that I didn’t really know how to bring this up to him.  I didn’t want to seem like one of those guys who is a neat freak or anything but this was getting out of control.
	.I decided that I would just come clean with him and tell him what I was thinking the next time I saw him.
	I said, “I don’t want to be annoying or anything but would you mind helping me with the cleaning around here?”
	He said “oh, I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize you were doing the cleaning, I thought this place came with a maid service”.

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Key vocabulary and phrases that are discussed in the podcast:

 

Pig/slob  - very dirty or messy person

 

getting really tired of this –  the feeling of being annoyed or bothered by something.  In this story the roommate was getting annoyed because Tony is a slob.

 

to bring this up  - to talk to someone about something.  Here, the roommate wanted to “bring up” the idea that he didn’t like the place to be messy to Tony.

 

neat freak   - someone who really needs things to be neat and organized at all times

 

getting out of control  - was a problem here that was getting larger and larger. Here, the problem was of Tony’s habit of not cleaning anything. 

 

come clean – telling someone the truth and what you are thinking.  In this story, the roommate “comes clean” with Tony about his feelings towards Tony’s cleaning habits.

 

be annoying or anything  -  this phrase here meant that the roommate didn’t want to annoy Tony or make him feel uncomfortable or bother him.

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