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Hello everyone! Welcome back to EnglishPod! My name is Marco.

And I’m Erica.

And today we’re gonna be going to one of those places that is really common, right?

That’s right. We’re going to the hair salon.

The hair salon or maybe also called a barbershop.

I guess in this case it’s a barber shop, because, uh, it’s a man who’s getting his haircut.

Okay, so, before we see what happens in this barbershop, let’s take a look at some of the vocabulary we might encounter in “vocabulary preview”.

Vocabulary preview.

Okay, we’re gonna look at two words that you’ll hear in this dialogue and the first one is trim.

Trim.

A trim.

Alright, so, when you trim something…

You cut just a little bit of it.

Alright, so, if I go to the hair salon to get a trim…

You are going to cut only a little bit of your hair.

Okay.

You’re not gonna change the style and make it look different.

Okay, so, a trim.

And I think here we’ve seen that i… i… it could be a verb and a noun, right?

Okay, so, I’m going to get a trim.

Yes.

Or I want you to trim my hair.

That’s right.

Alright. And what about our next word?

Fancy.

Fancy.

Fancy.

So, fancy, now, we know that this word maybe is related to something like luxury.

Or formal or something like that.

Right, but in this case or in this context we’re gonna be using it a little bit different.

That’s right. Here, in this dialogue we’ll hear “nothing too fancy”.

Or nothing too complicated.

Nothing too different.

Okay, so, we don’t want anything too fancy.

Alright, but with these two words in mind I think we’re ready to listen to the dialogue.

A: Hello there! Come on in! Don’t just stand there!

Come and take a seat!

B: Um, okay. Well, I just want a trim. Nothing too fancy.

A: Oh my gosh! Your hair is amazing! So silky, so shiny! I am going to work my magic on your hair!

You hear me? You are going to look like a million bucks!

B: Okay. can you make sure my sideburns are even and you just take a little off the top.

A: Don’t you worry, I’ll take care of everything! ( starts cutting) Oh my god! I just love your curly hair! It’s so fluffy and cute! You should totally let it grow out. An afro would look great on you!

B: Um no.

A: Okay, but you are going to be my masterpiece!

Okay, so, I think maybe his hair cut is not quite what he expected.

I think he trusted this stylist a little bit too much.

Hehe. I think this stylist had too many Red Bulls or something.

Maybe.

He was very hyper.

Maybe that was this problem.

Alright, so, why don’t we take a look now at some of the language that we saw in “language takeaway”?

Language takeaway.

So, I guess this stylist really thought this guy had nice hair, right?

Yeah, we heard how he described his hair.

He said it was so silky.

Silky.

Silky.

Alright, so, we know the word silk.

A material, very soft and smooth material.

Yeah And when something is silky, um, it’s very soft and smooth.

Alright, so, silky hair.

Or silky skin.

Alright, so, silky. So, he said he had silky and shiny hair.

Shiny.

Shiny.

Shiny.

Alright, so, we know what shiny is.

Do we?

Yes, we do.

Okay, what?

So, something that is shiny is… you can see yourself in it; like gold is shiny.

Or silver is shiny.

Alright, or if you look in the back of a CD…

It’s shiny.

Yeah, so, the light bounces of things that are shiny.

Alright, Now, getting into more hair style vocabulary, he wanted to make sure that his sideburns were even.

Sideburns.

Alright, so, sideburns.

Alright, well, sideburns are things that men have, right?

Alright, women don’t have sideburns.

No.

Okay.

So, it’s kind of like a beard.

And it’s the hair that grows on your cheeks near your ears.

Okay, those are your sideburns.

Yes.

And now, also the hairstylist suggested that he should let his hair grow out.

Grow out.

Grow out.

Let your hair grow out.

Alright, so, what does that mean exactly?

Make, let your hair get longer.

So, you can say “let you hair grow”.

Yeah.

But I guess it’s more common to hear “let your hair grow out”.

Well, maybe it just means something a little bit different…

Alright.

If I let my hair grow, I might let it grow a little bit…

Might grow it a little bit longer, but if I let my hair grow out maybe it’s short now and I’ll let it get really long.

Okay.

So, to, let your hair grow out is to really change the length.

Alright. Very good, so, let your hair grow out. And our last word on language takeaway today – afro.

Afro.

Afro.

So, if this guy let his curly hair grow out, he would have an afro.

An afro, right?

Uhu.

So, now this hairstyle was very popular in the Seventies.

That’s right. It’s like a big round curly fluffy ball of hair.

Exactly, so, that’s an afro.

We’ll post some pictures on the web… just like for you to get a clear idea what this looks like.

Alright, so, I think now we are ready to listen to our dialogue for the second time an then we’ll come back and look at some phrases.

A: Hello there! Come on in! Don’t just stand there!

Come and take a seat!

B: Um, okay. Well, I just want a trim. Nothing too fancy.

A: Oh my gosh! Your hair is amazing! So silky, so shiny! I am going to work my magic on your hair!

You hear me? You are going to look like a million bucks!

B: Okay. Um. can you make sure my sideburns are even and you just take a little off the top.

A: Don’t you worry, I’ll take care of everything! ( starts cutting) Oh my god! I just love your curly hair! It’s so fluffy and cute! You should totally let it grow out. An afro would look great on you!

B: Um no.

A: Okay, but you are going to be my masterpiece!

Okay, so, we have some phrases here, um, that you might hear in a hair salon or in a barbershop. So, why don’t we look at those now in “fluency builder”.

Fluency builder.

The hairstylist said don’t just stand there.

Don’t just stand there.

Alright, don’t just stand there.

So, this is and interesting phrase, Marco, I mean it’s made up of really simple words, right?

Right, but actually those words make it an order that’s a little bit different.

So, why don’t we hear few examples to help us understand how to use this phrase?

Example one.

A: Don’t just stand there. Help me take these boxes into the house.

Example two.

B: The house is on fire! Don’t just stand there! Call the fire department!

Example three.

C: Don’t just stand there in the rain. Come inside.

Okay, so, basically we can understand that if somebody tells you “don’t just stand there”, they are expecting you to do something.

We might use this phrase, uh, when somebody is not doing what we think they should do.

Okay. When action is required.

Exactly.

Okay. So, why don’t we move on to our next phrase now?

Look like a million bucks.

You look like a million bucks.

So, when someone looks like a million bucks, they look…

Really, really good.

Yeah.

So, that is a very common way of just saying you look very good.

Or something looks like a million bucks.

So, it can be for a person or a thing, right?

Exactly.

Okay, and our final phrase. And this one is really common in… in barbershops - take a little off the top.

Take a little off the top.

Take a little off the top.

So, that basically means cut a little bit on top.

Exactly.

And now, can I say “take a little off the sides”?

Yeah, you can say that as well.

Alright. So, take a little off the top; take a little off the sides.

Okay, so, with all this great haircutting language, why don’t we listen to our dialogue one last time?

A: Hello there! Come on in! Don’t just stand there!

Come and take a seat!

B: Um, okay. Well, I just want a trim. Nothing too fancy.

A: Oh my gosh! Your hair is amazing! So silky, so shiny! I am going to work my magic on your hair!

You hear me? You are going to look like a million bucks!

B: Okay. Um. can you make sure my sideburns are even and you just take a little off the top.

A: Don’t you worry, I’ll take care of everything! ( starts cutting) Oh my god! I just love your curly hair! It’s so fluffy and cute! You should totally let it grow out. An afro would look great on you!

B: Um no.

A: Okay, but you are going to be my masterpiece!

Alright, so, now talking about hairstyles and different, uh, types of hair, there’re some interesting ones and maybe aren’t so fashionable anymore, right?

Yeah, um, actually English has a lot of really cool words to describe haircuts.

So, let’s start with the couple of them. For example, a mullet.

A mullet, so, this is when your hair is really short on top and really long in the back.

Right, so, the sides and the top are really short, but in the back you have long hair.

Yeah, um, in Canada we call that a shorty-shorty-longback.

Shorty-shorty-longback.

Yeah. We also call it hockey hair.

Hockey hair.

Or even all business up front / all party behind.

Oh, Canadians are, uh, obviously very into this hairstyle.

It’s unfortunately true.

Alright, we also have for example, a mohawk.

Hm, popular amongst the punk rock kids.

Exactly, so, you shave your head on the sides…

Yeah.

But you leave a little like stripe of…

Long hair on top.

Of sticking up long hair.

Okay, and that’s a mohawk.

What about a flat-top?

Oh, um, popular with law enforcement agents and serial killers.

Hehe So, basically it’s short hair on the sides…

And short and flat hair on the top.

Right, so your hair…

Kind of like a box.

Right, you have… it’s flat on top…

Kind of like your haircut.

Hehe, I do no have a flat-top for all of you out there, uh, but I did used to have a crew-cut.

Oh, crew-cut.

A crew-cut.

Yeah. Like an army haircut.

Right, so, very short on the sides…

And a little bit long on top.

Yeah, okay, um, and out last one, my actual personal least favorite haircut.

Hehe, Dreadlocks.

Dreadlocks.

Alright, so… so dreadlocks are, uh… knots of hair, right?

Yeah, um, it looks like you haven’t washed your hair in about seven years.

Hehe, Right, those are dreadlocks. Very popular among like Rastafarians and…

Sure, or like, um, young hippie kids.

Hippies, right?

Yeah.

Very good. So… what about in your countries? What different hairstyles are popular there? I know that Japanese hairstyles are really cool.

Yeah, that’s right, uh, Japanese haircuts can be pretty awesome.

Right, so, tell us all about it, come to our website, post some pictures and also if you have any questions or doubts, let us know.

Well, thanks for downloading this lesson, you guys, and until next time… Good bye!

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