Background: I’m sure everyone has slept in before! This podcast is about oversleeping and getting up late. Learn great vocabulary about being tired and sleeping in this ESL podcast.
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A: Hello
B: Hey. Why haven’t you been picking up? I’ve been trying to reach you for the past 3 hours. I guess you forgot our tennis match. A: What time is it? B: It’s already 9:30. A: Really? I guess my 20 minute power nap turned into a good three hours. I even slept through my alarm. B: What were you so tired from? A: I only got 2 hours sleep last night. I felt fine all day but I just crashed as soon as I got in the door. Sorry about that. Let’s reschedule for tomorrow. B: Ok
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Phrases and Vocabulary used:
Picking up: In this context, "picking up" refers to answering the telephone.
I just called him but he didn’t pick up.
Reach: If you say you were trying to "reach" someone it means you were trying to "contact" them. Reach is more common in casual spoken English. It’s a little less formal than "contact".
Power nap: A power nap is a very short nap (sleep). Sometimes people don’t have a lot of time to take a nap but they really need a quick nap. We call this a power nap.
Good three hours: A "good" three hours means "at least 3 hours".
How long is the flight from Toronto to L.A.? I think it’s a good three and a half hours.
Slept through my alarm: If you don’t hear or don’t pay attention to your alarm clock when it goes off, we call this sleeping "through" your alarm.
I only got 2 hours sleep last night: In spoken English, we often say, "I only got 4 hours sleep", not "I only got 4 hours of sleep"
Crashed: In this context, "crashed" means fell asleep. Sometimes crashed can mean felt really tired. I felt fine all morning in the office but crashed about an hour after lunch. I almost fell asleep at my desk.
June 26th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Hi Andrew and Addison!
I know what you are talking about. Based on my own experiences sometimes it is a bad idea to take a power nap because after you would be probably even more tired than before. How refreshed you are afterwards also depends on how much sleep you got the night(s) before, I guess.
I have listened to all of your podcasts. Thank you for the lessons!
Carsten
(Germany)
June 26th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Hi, Guys,
This podcast has given me some very good phrases.
Where did you get such type of topics?
It’s great once again!
Thanks for such phrases & vocabulary
Prinkle, India
June 27th, 2008 at 8:38 am
Have a nice weekend !
recently I have just retrieved China 232.com it is really a great site in which give a lot of particular phrases in English , browsing it as my habit to start a work-day, eveyday I eagerly take a new topic.
Thanks you all
June 27th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Hey,how are you doing?
I must admit betteratenglish.com is totally boring thats why i listen only your show on my mp3 player.Well done brothers.Do me a favour and lets discuss about football(soccer),mega please.
Btw you should visit Prague one day
Stan from the Czech republic
June 28th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
how can some people sleep for 20 minutes?
I have never been able to do that. If I go to sleep I will probably need 2 or 3 hours at least. Every time I have tried to sleep 20 minutes I slept through the alarm, so usually I try to avoid the short naps since I came to grips with the fact I can´t do it .
Thanks for the Great Lessons!!!
Pau
July 1st, 2008 at 10:32 am
Hi guys,
It’s been about 2 years since I was informed about this web-site.
Since then I have been trying to listen to you every night before sleeping.
After listening your podcast, I tried to find some similar casts. But then I figured out that it was impossible ! . There is no other podcast like yours. Most of them are boring or not interested. I hope that we will be able to follow your podcasts in future as well.
Cheers from Turkey !
July 1st, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Hi Sinan,
I think you already know betteratenglish.com because Andrew and Add have promoted the site in several lessons. I like it but unfortunately there are no new podcast. betteratenglish.com has also called my attention to china232.com!
If you interested in English podcasts in general I recommend the New York Times podcasts. I hope it is ok to post the link: http://www.nytimes.com/ref/multimedia/podcasts.html
Carsten
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:37 am
Hi Sinan,
hope you have been watching Euro 2008 on telly.You played absolutely fantastic however i cant help myself we had a bad luck with you when you beat us (Czech republic) 3-2.
Congratulation.
Have a great time at china232
Stan
July 8th, 2008 at 1:44 am
I am listenig from San Francisco Ca
July 25th, 2008 at 11:40 am
WOW, I am listening from Málaga ( Spain).
You are so good!! I love your funny lessons!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 3rd, 2009 at 8:19 am
Sleep is a tyrant.
March 11th, 2010 at 3:53 am
Respected Sirs,
I found yr website some days back and i have been listening one lesson per day since that day and trying to improve,yr lessons r so good and easy for grasping .thank u so much for helping us.