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Hello everyone and welcome to English pod. My name is Marco

and I am Catherine and today we have a fun game focused lesson for you.

That’s right. Today we have an elementary lesson and it’s all about playing board games.

Okay. And the game in today’s lesson is a famous one. It’s called monopoly.

monopoly

I don’t know if you have this in your countries. It’s a game in which you try to earn money and sell property and buy property. That means, hotels, houses, things like that

right

and it’s very famous. We’re going to learn more about this game today. So, let’s take a listen to our dialogue for the first time.

Hey- Why did you take that money? You are such a cheater! I should send you to jail!

I am not cheating. When you pass go, you collect $200, Everyone knows that!

Well you can’t just take the money. You have to ask the bank for money. And I’m the banker.

Banker?

Yes. . .

Can I have my $200 please?

Sure. Here you are, $200. Thank you, please come again! Now it’s my turn to roll the dice.

All right, we’re back. So, we saw some very interesting words there. The dialogue is a two people playing so when we take a look at some of those words used in language take away

Language Take away

This first word we can hear when we play games. It’s not a good thing to be, but it’s very common. The word is cheater.

a cheater, all right. And that’s a noun. A person that is a cheater. If somebody says you are a cheater, what does that mean?

This means the person is not honest at games. For example, Marco, you and I are playing a card game and you go to the bathroom and then I take the cards I want. I hide the cards I don’t want. That’s called cheating

right

okay? The verb, to cheat, but here a person who cheats is a cheater.

okay

you’re a cheater. He’s a cheater.

All right. And remember that you say cheater right because sometimes many people that are learning English would say you are a cheat, right?

Now, cheater here is the noun. That means it’s the name of the person who does this. He is a cheater. They are cheaters.

Okay. And well, moving on, sometimes cheaters and people that steal things are sent to jail.

That’s right. So maybe if you go to a casino and you cheat you use a cell phone or you use some kind of a computer device to win money, this is called cheating and the casino will send you to jail.

All right. So, jail is the place where people go. What’s the difference between prison and jail?

Basically, they’re the same thing.

Okay

Two words for the same thing. People who break the law, people who do bad things go to jail, not just cheaters.

All right. So, now you have another word. Maybe you’ve seen that show prison break. And so jail is pretty much the same thing. So, the show could’ve been called jailbreak.

That’s right, but yeah.

All right. So, moving on, the third word is the person who’s handling money says, well you know, what I’m the banker, the banker

Cheater, banker. So, you know already a banker is probably a person. This is a job. So, a banker is a person who works at a bank.

Okay. So, but what about the person that helps you when you go to the bank like, that gives you the money and the bank teller? It’s not the same as a banker, right?

No. Generally speaking, a person who gives you money and collects your money, this is a teller

A bank teller

A bank teller. But a banker is someone who works in the bank to make big decisions, to invest money, to give loans.

Okay. So, usually maybe managers or executives are bankers.

That’s right.

Okay. And moving on to our last word. Here we have a verb and that is to collect.

Right. So, in the conversation between these two people, Karen, the woman says, when you pass go, you collect $200.

Okay. So, to collect means to get.

That’s right, to get or to take. So, at the end of every month, y landlord comes to my house to collect rent. That means to take money from me for the house or the apartment.

Okay, good. So, now you have another way to say, to get or to acquire.

That’s right.

All right. So, very interesting, why don’t we go back, listen to this dialogue again and we’ll take a look at all of these words that we just saw and when we return, we’ll take a look at some phrases.

Hey- Why did you take that money? You are such a cheater! I should send you to jail!

I am not cheating. When you pass go, you collect $200, Everyone knows that!

Well you can’t just take the money. You have to ask the bank for money. And I’m the banker.

Banker?

Yes. . .

Can I have my $200 please?

Sure. Here you are, $200. Thank you, please come again! Now it’s my turn to roll the dice.

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

Fluency builder

Marco, you’re such a cheater.

Such a cheater. I’m not a cheater but what do you mean when you say you are such a cheater. So, we know cheater, right?

That’s right. You could say this for many different things. You’re such a liar. You are such a

such a terrible person

such a bad person.

Right

Normally, we say this when we want to criticize someone. When we want to say something mean or negative. You’re such a, means you’re really a bad person. You’re really a cheater.

Right. So, obviously because we are using a noun. We can’t really use an adverb, right? If you are saying an adjective like I am very happy, you can’t say you are very cheater.

No, no, you wouldn’t say that. You have to use a different sentence structure to give emphasis. So in this case, you could say cheater

right

okay? But that’s not as strong, is it?

as such a cheater

You are such a cheater. That means you’re a really big cheater.

Right, exactly. So, this is the way that you would use that structure, such a, and then a noun that is describing this person, right?

You could also use it for positive statements like you’re such a good friend.

Very good. So, then you’re using the adjective. You are such a good friend.

You’re such a nice person.

Okay, excellent. All right, so moving on, we saw another interesting phrase when he said, you will, you know what? You can’t just take the money. So, what does he mean when he says, can’t just?

Okay. We could say you can’t take the money. This is basically a rule. You can’t take the money. But you can’t just take the money means there are other things you have to do before you take the money. Okay? You have to, in this case, ask the banker for the money. Or for example, if I want to drive a car, I can’t just go buy a car. I need to first get a driver’s license. I need to learn how to drive. I need to register. So, you can’t just, just here means there’s some things we need to do before this happens.

Right. You can’t just means you can’t do these things that easily. You have to do other things before it, as you said.

Exactly.

Okay. So, very interesting. We will try to use that one in a sentence. But moving on to our last phrase, when the person said, you know what? All right, you want your $200? Here you are.

here you are. So, sometimes people think this phrase means you are here.

Right. Which it could, in some cases.

Yeah, that’s right. So, basically you’re saying—

I found you. Here you are.

I found you. But in this case, this doesn’t make sense. We’re talking about money. We’re talking about a game. So, if you think about this, here you are, you can imagine someone is giving someone else a thing

an object

So, in the case of the bank teller, remember we were talking about getting money at a bank? A bank teller might say, here you are sir. Here’s your money and then give you some money. So this is something we say in English when we give something to someone else.

Right. Because otherwise, I guess it’s strange if you just, you know, give something to someone and you don’t say anything, right? You need to say something.

And if you say, here. That’s very rude.

Yeah

So, this is a polite way to say please take this. This is for you.

There you go

You might hear this at a restaurant. Here you are. Here’s your food. Hear you are.

Right. Okay, it’s a very useful phrase and so I think it’s time for us to listen to this dialogue again and we’ll be back to talk a little bit more.

Hey- Why did you take that money? You are such a cheater! I should send you to jail!

I am not cheating. When you pass go, you collect $200, Everyone knows that!

Well you can’t just take the money. You have to ask the bank for money. And I’m the banker.

Banker?

Yes. . .

Can I have my $200 please?

Sure. Here you are, $200. Thank you, please come again! Now it’s my turn to roll the dice.

All right, we’re back. So, a lot of interesting words there, a lot of interesting phrases. They’re really interesting and very useful. So, remember to try and use such a, you can’t just, or here you are when you’re giving something to someone.

That’s right. These are really great. And I recommend also playing some games. Games are great way to improve your language skills. Monopoly, the game that they’re playing in this dialogue is a really fun one for numbers.

Yeah

Right? Because the whole point of the game, the whole purpose of the game is to make the most money.

Right

of anyone playing and this is a really fun one because you get to buy houses and hotels and there’s simple street names and place names

yeah

like Park Avenue or the boulevard. So, you learn a lot of really great things about American culture and English.

Yeah, it’s a really good game, very popular. I’m sure they have in your language, but if you could get it in English, that would be really great. And also another really good game to play with your friends to practice your vocab is Scrabble.

Scrabble. That’s hard. Scrabble is a game about words

Yeah

and so basically you have to make words out of letters

yeah

and whoever has the most interesting words, unique words, that person wins.

Wins. So, obviously, yeah. It’s a great game to improve your vocab because you also learn some words that maybe you didn’t know before and your friends new. So, it’s really fun to play obviously don’t play with any native English speakers because they might win. So, but it’s a really cool game to play if you have any friends who are also learning English. You can get together, play Scrabble and it’s a fun way to improve your vocab, and to also fight a little bit because all the time some people are trying to make up new words that don’t really exist.

We call them cheater.

cheaters. So, yeah, let us know about your game experiences. Do you like to play games? Do you have a favorite game? Practice some of these and let us know how did it go.

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