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Hello everyone and welcome back to EnglishPod. My name is Marco

and my name is Catherine and today we’re talking about one of my least favorite things, Marco.

mosquitoes

mosquitoes

there’re all over the place, especially in summer or near water.

Exactly.

And for me, the worst part is when you were trying to sleep and there’s a mosquito there. It just keeps on biting you and won’t let you sleep.

You can kind of hear it around your head, by your ears. I hate that. Or when you just get bitten and you’re in bed and it just itches

And it burn sometimes.

Yeah. So, that’s what we’re talking about today, fun stuff. Let’s jump right into this dialogue and we back in a minute to talk about what’s going on.

The mosquitos are biting me!

Me too, I can’t stop scratching. They are everywhere! Sneaky little jerks.

Do you have any bug spray?

No, I forgot to buy some.

Then we’ll have to put up with it.

We can cover ourselves with beer! That way if they bite us, they’ll get drunk and fall asleep

That’s without a doubt, the best idea you’ve had!

Let’s do it!

Run! They are thirsty for more!

All right. We’re back. So, let’s take a look at some of these words in language take away.

Language take away

All right, so as we mentioned, we’re gonna be talking about mosquitoes and well, these are just little small insects that suck your blood.

They do and they’re very thin. And not much to say about them. They were very important in the movie Jurassic Park, if you remember that.

Right. Now, what’s the difference between a mosquito and a fly.

Okay. A fly usually is just annoying. It doesn’t suck your blood. But a mosquito does. It sucks your blood. And flies are fatter and like shorter.

And they’re big and black or green, kind of, sometimes.

black and green and they just buzz around. Mosquitoes actually bite you.

Okay, so a mosquito and a fly. Now, if a mosquito bites you, you really really want to scratch.

That’s right. So, you feel like you need to scratch your body because you have this bite. You know, it’s really an allergy and you have a red bump on your arm or a red mark, and it scratch and it gets worse and worse.

All right. And moving on to our next word, mosquitoes have a reputation of being sneaky.

Okay, so you say sneaky about a lot of things. One, obviously we’re saying mosquitoes are sneaky, that means that they can kind of, hide and get you when you’re not expecting it.

Yeah, because sometimes during the day, you don’t really see them in your room, right? They’re hiding or they’re in a place where can’t really see them.

And at the tonight, all of a sudden, they come out

They come out. So, and they’re very hard to see. They fly around in a way that’s very difficult to catch them or kill them, right?

We could say thieves are really sneaky. Like a thief is someone who steals something and they like to sneak around and hide in the dark and then when you’re not expecting it, they come out and they steal your stuff.

Exactly. And now what are we do or what are we use in order to prevent mosquitoes from biting is?

This is essential, especially for going to the beach, we’d bring bug spray

bug spray

so, a spray is something that– that you can usually have in a can that you push a button and it comes out.

all right

right? It’s like water but it keeps the bugs away.

So, a bug spray keeps bugs away. Not only mosquitoes but like

flies too

flies or any other type of bug. Now, specifically for mosquitoes, you would use maybe a mosquito repellent.

Right. So, a repellent is, it means something that pushes or keeps away things you don’t want. So something that keeps mosquitoes away is called a mosquito repellent. Usually it’s a cream you put on your arms or legs.

All right, very good. So, interesting words that we’ve just taken a look at. Let’s listen to a dialogue again and we’ll be right back.

The mosquitos are biting me!

Me too, I can’t stop scratching. They are everywhere! Sneaky little jerks.

Do you have any bug spray?

No, I forgot to buy some.

Then we’ll have to put up with it.

We can cover ourselves with beer! That way if they bite us, they’ll get drunk and fall asleep

That’s without a doubt, the best idea you’ve had!

Let’s do it!

Run! They are thirsty for more!

All right, we’re back. So, now let’s take a look at a couple of different phrases on fluency builder.

Fluency builder

All right. So, the first phrase is very very common. The person in the dialogue says that they’re going to have to put up with it, put up with these mosquitoes because they didn’t have any bug spray. So, this phrase, to put up with. This is really important.

All right, so if you put up with something, it means that you tolerate it.

All right. That means even if you don’t want to, you still handle it, you still have to deal with it.

You accept it. So maybe you have a little brother that’s very annoying and you just have to put up with him. There’s no other option.

Or, someone says to you, you just have to put up with it. Or you say, I won’t put up with it anymore. I won’t handle it anymore. I’m done.

All right. So, I think this is a great phrase for us to take a look at a couple of different examples.

Example 1

I can’t put up with the noise any longer. Turn that music down.

Example 2

If you could put up with the smell, then stinky tofu is actually very tasty.

Example 3

I’ve had to put up with him for too long. I want a new roommate.

And after this, we’ve got another phrase. We’re talking about beer, okay? And so, the person says, I have an idea. Instead of bug spray, we can cover ourselves with beer.

So to cover yourself or cover ourselves, so it means that we put it all over us.

Right. So, you could even cover yourself with bug spray.

Okay, so every part of your body, you put bug spray on it.

head to toe

head to toe. Now you can cover yourself under a tree maybe.

Or you can cover yourself with a blanket.

Okay. So to cover yourself to completely hide under something.

And, finally we have the response to this idea, the answer. The person says, without a doubt. That means absolutely or definitely.

Okay. So, there is no doubt. It is true or it is certain.

Right, so a doubt is something that maybe you’re not so sure about, you’re not convinced.

But you can say this is without a doubt the best mosquito spray.

Or this is without a doubt the best cake I’ve ever eaten. That means it’s definitely the best cake I’ve ever eaten.

All right, so I think we’ve covered all the phrases. Now, why don’t we listen to our dialogue for the last time and we’ll be right back.

The mosquitos are biting me!

Me too, I can’t stop scratching. They are everywhere! Sneaky little jerks.

Do you have any bug spray?

No, I forgot to buy some.

Then we’ll have to put up with it.

We can cover ourselves with beer! That way if they bite us, they’ll get drunk and fall asleep

That’s without a doubt, the best idea you’ve had!

Let’s do it!

Run! They are thirsty for more!

Mosquitos are very annoying but at times, they can be very dangerous, right?

They can. There are a couple of diseases that can be passed by mosquito bites. One of them is malaria and that’s, I think pretty common in Southeast Asia and South Asia.

Now there was another situation where people believe that if mosquito bit a person infected with HIV or AIDS, they could pass it on to another person.

Aha. Well, I don’t know that’s even possible because there is no aids carrying mosquitoes, but there is another disease called dengue fever.

Dengue fever, yes.

And this is another very dangerous one. It’s also known as break phone fever, and I think it’s so painful. It feels like your bones are breaking down, that’s what it comes from.

It’s very common in South America as well because we have such a tropical climate that in the rain forests of Brazil, Peru, Columbia it’s common to see this, but not so much anymore another eradicating. All right, so an interesting topic. Mosquitoes are not only irritating but can be dangerous. So if you have any other questions or doubts please come to our website EnglishPod.com and we’re there to answer any questions.

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