2️⃣5️⃣ A Healthy Lifestyle.mp3

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🧔🏻: Honey, the basketball game is about to start. And could you bring some chips and a bowl of ice cream? And . . . uh . . . a slice of pizza from the fridge.
👩🏻: Anything else?

🧔🏻: Nope, that's all for now. Hey, hon, you know, they're organizing a company basketball team, and I'm thinking about joining. What do you think?
👩🏻: Humph

🧔🏻: "Humph" What do you mean "Humph." I was the star player in high school.
👩🏻: Yeah, twenty-five years ago. Look, I just don't want you having a heart attack running up and down the court.

🧔🏻: So, what are you suggesting? Should I just abandon the idea? I'm not that out of shape.
👩🏻: Well . . . you ought to at least have a physical before you begin. I mean, it HAS been at least five years since you played at all.

🧔🏻: Well, okay, but . . .
👩🏻: And you need to watch your diet and cut back on the fatty foods, like ice cream. And you should try eating more fresh fruits and vegetables.

🧔🏻: Yeah, you're probably right.
👩🏻: And you should take up a little weight training to strengthen your muscles or perhaps try cycling to build up your cardiovascular system. Oh, and you need to go to bed early instead of watching TV half the night.

🧔🏻: Hey, you're starting to sound like my personal fitness instructor!
👩🏻: No, I just love you, and I want you to be around for a long, long time.


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📚#Vocabulary and Sample Sentences


✨hon (pronoun): short for "honey"
✨اختصار لكلمة حبيبي/حبيبتي

🔻Hon. Could you wake me up early tomorrow morning?

✨Humph: a word showing disbelief
✨كلمة تستخدم للتعبير عن عدم التصديق

🔻Humph. There's no way you can lift all that weight!

✨abandon (verb): in this case, "give up" the idea
✨يتراجع عن/يلغي الفكرة

🔻They had to abandon the plan to build a house due to a financial crisis.

✨out of shape (idiom): in poor physical condition
✨غير ليِّق

🔻I have to start exercising because I'm so out of shape.

✨physical (noun): a medical examination
✨فحص طبي

🔻She had to have a physical before she joined the track team.

✨cut back on (phrasal verb): to reduce
✨يُقلِّل

🔻I have to cut back on the fatty foods I've been eating.

✨take up (phrasal verb): begin or start
✨يبدأ

🔻He has decided to take up cooking in his spare time.

✨cardiovascular system (noun): your body’s blood circulation system including your heart, veins, and arteries
✨الدورة الدموية

🔻Running at least 30 minutes a day helps improve your cardiovascular system.


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2️⃣7️⃣ A Hiking Family.mp3

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👱🏻‍♂️: My name's Randall Davis, and I'm originally from the state of Indiana in the United States. When I was 19 years old, I moved to Venezuela in South America, and later returned to the United States, where I attended Brigham Young University in the 1980s.

I majored in Spanish education and TESOL, or teaching English as a second language. After graduating from college, my wife and I moved to Japan where we lived for eight years. Now, I work back in the States in Utah.

However, my greatest interests are my family. Years ago, I wanted to make something of myself in my profession ... you know ... get ahead in life. However, I realized that the most important things in life lived within the walls of my own home, and today, I try to put them first. My kids wouldn't remember me for the work I did outside of the home; they would only recall the moments we spent together.

Therefore, I enjoy spending time with my family. I have four children, and we go hiking and camping together, usually in Utah. On our hikes, we often talk about life, and I tell stories or share personal experiences. When I do this, I can focus on the kids without the distractions of video games or the Internet. Telling stories sounds easy, but when you have to think of a new story on a hot, 12-kilometer hike through the desert, you have to come up with ideas off the top of your head.

Now, this doesn't mean we don't have problems; all families face challenges in their lives, and our family is no exception. However, we try to talk openly about our problems, and we try to solve our problems together. Building a strong family takes time, but it is worth the effort.

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📚#Vocabulary and Sample Sentences

✨make something of oneself (idiom): become successful in a career 
✨يحقق إنجاز في الحياة المهنية

🔻My dad never thought I would make something of myself because I didn't graduate from a prestigious university, but I proved him wrong.

✨get ahead (phrasal verb): become successful in the business world 
✨ينجح/يتقدم

🔻If you want to get ahead in life, you have to set clear goals.

✨realize (verb): understand the importance of something 
✨يدرك/يستوعب

🔻Many young married couples don't realize how challenging raising children can be until they have children of their own.

✨recall (verb): remember something from the past
✨يسترجع/يتذكر (عادة أحداث ماضية و قديمة)

🔻I can't recall a time when my parents argued in front of me and my brothers.

✨focus on (verb): pay careful and direct attention to a particular person or thing
✨يركز على

🔻When people focus too much on their careers, they sometimes neglect their family's needs.

✨distraction (noun): something that takes your attention away from another activity
✨مشتت للانتباه

🔻Watching too much TV can be a big distraction from building a good relationship with children.

✨off the top of your head (idiom): think of something immediately without preparation
✨يستحضر بسرعة

🔻I felt really embarrassed when I couldn't remember her name off the top of my head.

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✨Well done, dear friends!👏🏻👏🏻

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1️⃣ A, 2️⃣ B, 3️⃣ C, 4️⃣ A, 5️⃣ B

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👨🏼‍🍳: Well, hello everyone, and welcome to today's show. And joining me today is my daughter, Ashley, who has had to endure my cooking experiments over the years.

Are we ready, Ashley? [Ready to eat.] No, let's wait for a few minutes. We'll get to that. But as you know, my faithful listeners, I starting cooking and baking almost 30 years ago when my grandmother taught me in her humble kitchen. In fact, she taught almost me everything I know, and I've never attended cooking classes [You should have . . .] Wait, wait, wait . . . I know my daughter's going to mention to you faithful listeners that recently as I was helping the kids prepare for our kitchen for chicken meal, I forgot to take the chicken out of the oven, burned the bird to a crisp, and we ended up ordering pizza for dinner.

👧🏼: We had to use the fire extinguisher.

👨🏼‍🍳: But that's another story. So, anyway, today I'd like to share with you our favorite . . . at least my favorite . . . chocolate chip cookie recipe. Now, before you switch the TV channel, I know what you are thinking. "Another fattening cookie recipe." But wait. What makes this recipe great is that it offers a wonderful low-fat, low-calorie, low-cholesterol dessert for the entire family.

👧🏼: We still like the fat though.

👨🏼‍🍳: Well, I know we do. But let's see. We have all the ingredients, so we can start by mixing all of the ingredients, the sugars, the flour, the egg whites, the low-fat butter, vanilla, baking soda, and a pinch of salt in a large mixing bowl. Then, we add the mini chocolate chips
Now, my kids would like me to add the big ones but we start with the mini-chocolate chips. And don't forget to preheat the oven to 350 degrees (Fahrenheit).
And finally, when the cookies are done, take them out of the oven, remove them from the cookie sheet, and let them cool before their fingers get into them. Did I forget anything?

👧🏼: Yeah, if you have college-age kids, be sure to make a few extra batches they can take back to school for their roommates. And don't forget the kids still at home.

👨🏼‍🍳: Oh, well yeah. We can't do that. We can't forget them. And unfortunately, by the time your kids get the cookies, you, the cook, will be left with a single cookie - your instant diet plan for you - and a dirty kitchen.
So, that's all for today. On next week's show, we will be showing you how to feed hungry teenagers on a budget without having to sell the family car. Until then.

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📚#Vocabulary and Sample Sentences

🔻endure (verb): keep doing something unpleasant or difficult
✨يتحمَّل/يطيق

✨I can't endure my roommate's cooking for another day. It's terrible!

🔻switch (verb): change
 ✨يغيِّر/يبدِّل

✨Can we switch recipes for tonight's dinner? I'd rather have chicken instead of fish.

🔻entire (adjective): complete or whole
 ✨كامل/كل

✨My daughter prepared the entire meal for the family.

🔻ingredients (noun): materials for cooking
✨مكونات/مقادير الوصفة

✨These are great cookies. What ingredients do you use to make them?

🔻pinch (noun): a small amount
✨قرصة (مقدار صغير)

✨The chicken might taste better if you add a pinch of salt and pepper.

🔻preheat (verb): heat an oven or stove before you start cooking something
✨يسخِّن مسبقاً

✨First, you should preheat the oven to 325 degrees before you start preparing the meal.

🔻batch (noun): a group of similar things, used also with baking cookies
✨الكمية المُعدَّة

✨I don't think two batches of cookies will be enough to feed all of the guests at the party.

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1️⃣ C, 2️⃣ A, 3️⃣ B, 4️⃣ B, 5️⃣ C

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👨🏼: I wonder if this is going to be an interesting class.

👩🏻‍🦰: Yeah. Me too. So, what's your major?
👨🏼: Well, I've been batting around the idea of going into business, but I haven't decided yet. And my dad keeps telling me I have to choose a major, but I'm undeclared at the moment.

👩🏻‍🦰: Ah, that's what happened to me my freshman year.
👨🏼: Oh, so what year are you in school?
👩🏻‍🦰: I'm a senior, and I only have to take 10 more credits to graduate. Yeah!

👨🏼: Well. That must feel great to be almost finished with school.
👩🏻‍🦰: You can say that again, but once I graduate, I have to start repaying a student loan, so I'm not looking forward to that.

👨🏼: But didn't your parents help you out with your college tuition?
👩🏻‍🦰: No. My dad said he wasn't made of money, so he thought I should earn my own education, so I worked like crazy in the summer and part-time during the school year to cover most of my costs. [Well, that's parents for you.] And, I received some financial aid and a scholarship one year, which really saved me. [Ah, that's nice.] But this past year, school has been more demanding, so I haven't been able to work as much.

👨🏼: Well, you know, at least you see the light at the end of the tunnel.
👩🏻‍🦰: That's true.
👨🏼: Well, have you lined up a job yet?
👩🏻‍🦰: Not yet, but I'm trying to line up a few interviews at the job fair next month.

👨🏼: Well, at least you have some ideas on your future. I mean, I'm taking a business class right now, and the teacher always lectures us by saying that life is difficult, and we should prepare for our futures by setting realistic goals. And the only place that success comes before . . .

👩🏻‍🦰: . . . work is in the dictionary. {Yeah!?] Yeah. I've heard that all before. Let me guess. Is your teacher Paul Jones?
👨🏼: Yeah. How do you know? I mean, did you have him too? I mean, the guy is, you know, he's just really . . .

👩🏻‍🦰: He's my dad. Yeap.
👨🏼: Your dad? I mean, I didn't mean anything by what I said. I wasn't bad-mouthing him or anything. I mean he's a good teacher and all. It's just that . . .
👩🏻‍🦰: . . . he's a dad. That's what dads do. Lecture. He has about a thousand sermons on life, and he always shares them in his classes.

👨🏼: Yeah. Well, um . . . , nice talking with you. I have . . . I have to go.
👩🏻‍🦰: Same here. Bye. I'll tell Mr. Jones you said hello, and maybe we can study together at my house? [Nah, nah, nah . . .]

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📚#Vocabulary and Sample Sentences

🔻so: often used when changing the topic of the conversation 
✨إذن: غالباً تستخدم لتغيير موضوع الحوار

✨So, what do you want to do after you graduate?

🔻bat around (idiom): consider different choices, including the positive and negative points of each option 
✨يجول بفكره حول (تعبير مجازي) يستخدم للنظر في الخيارات المختلفة ، بما في ذلك النقاط الإيجابية والسلبية لكل خيار

✨My daughter batted around a few ideas on where to travel over the holidays until she settled on Hawaii.

🔻you can say that again (idiom): used when completely agreeing with someone 
✨(تعبير مجازي) يستخدم عند الموافقة التامة مع الطرف الاخر

✨So, you think the teacher is too difficult? You can say that again.

🔻help out (phrasal verb): help someone who is in need, especially when they have problems 
✨(فعل مركب) يساعد شخص في مأزق، خصوصاً عند وجود مشكلات

✨Because my parents are old, I try to help them out whenever I can.

🔻see the light at the end of the tunnel (idiom): something that gives you hope for the future after a period of difficult problems or challenges 
✨(تعبير مجازي) شيء يبعث على التفاؤل بعد تحديات و عقبات صعبة

✨College life was difficult, but by my last semester, I felt more relaxed because I could see the light at the end of the tunnel: graduation was just around the corner.

🔻line up (phrasal verb): arrange 
✨يرتب/ينظم

✨I need to line up an appointment with my school advisor by the end of the week.

🔻realistic: actually possible 
✨واقعي

✨My younger brother isn't very realistic; he thinks he can get a great-paying job right out of high school without any training.

🔻bad-mouth (idiom): criticize
✨(تعبير مجازي) ينتقد أو يغتاب

✨He always bad-mouths people behind their backs. If you have anything to say about people, it's best to say it to their faces.

🔻sermon (noun): a talk with moral advice about life
✨موعظة/ خطبة

✨The minister gave an interesting sermon at church this past week about serving others in need.

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3️⃣3⃣ Driver's License 💳

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👱🏻‍♀️: Guess what, Mom. I got it.
👩🏼: Great. That's super.
🧔🏻: What's going on? So, what did you get me?
👱🏻‍♀️: Nothing. I got my driver's license. Okay. Bye.

🧔🏻: Wait, wait, wait. Where are you going?
👱🏻‍♀️: Mom said I could take the car to school this morning, and . . .
🧔🏻: Hold on here. I've prepared a few rules regarding the use of the motor vehicles in this house.
👱🏻‍♀️: Like what?
🧔🏻: Let me get my notes here.
👱🏻‍♀️: Dad! That looks like a book? Mom, Dad's being mean to me.

🧔🏻: Okay, let me get my reading glasses here. Okay, here we are. Rule number one: No driving with friends for the first six months.
👱🏻‍♀️: What?
🧔🏻: Teenagers often lack the judgment to drive responsibly, especially when several teenagers are involved. I mean they speed, they joyride, they cruise around town way past midnight.

👱🏻‍♀️: But that's not me! Do I really need this lecture? This is such a drag!
🧔🏻: Furthermore, who really needs a car when a pair of shoes will work? I mean, life was different when I was your age. In fact, I used to walk to school . . .
👱🏻‍♀️: Yeah, yeah. I know. Both ways uphill in ten feet of snow. I've heard this story many times.

🧔🏻: Yeah. Oh, where were we? Oh yes. Rule number two: You always must wear your seat belt and obey the rules of the road.
👱🏻‍♀️: Duh. I wasn't born yesterday.

🧔🏻: Okay, rule number three: You can't drive long distances at night because you might get drowsy and drive off the road. But driving to the movie theater is fine.
👱🏻‍♀️: But the movie theater is right across the street from our house.
🧔🏻: Exactly, so you can just park in the driveway and walk there.
👱🏻‍♀️: Mom! Dad's being unreasonable.

🧔🏻: And rule number four: You should never use a cell phone while driving. That could cause an accident.
👱🏻‍♀️: But YOU do.
🧔🏻: That's different.
👱🏻‍♀️: How's it different? You even need my help to turn your cell phone on.

🧔🏻: And rule number five: Remember that I love you, and I'm just a protective father who wants his daughter to always be safe.
👱🏻‍♀️: Does that mean I can take the car now?
🧔🏻: Well, I don't know.
👱🏻‍♀️: Please dad, please. You're the best dad in the whole wide world.
🧔🏻: That's not what you said earlier.
👱🏻‍♀️: Hey, having the car keys in my hands changes my whole perspective on life.
🧔🏻: Well, okay. I guess if I'm considered the best dad in the world for five minutes, then I'll accept that.
👱🏻‍♀️: Yeah.
🧔🏻: Okay, but drive carefully and don't forget to fill up the car with gas before you come home. [Bye. Love ya guys.] Okay. Hon, do you think I did the right thing?
👩🏼: Yeah. She has to grow up sometime.

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📚#Vocabulary and Sample Sentences

🔻joyride (verb): take a car without permission and drive it around for pleasure, sometimes in a reckless way 
✨يتنزه بالسيارة من اجل المتعة (غالباً تكون السيارة مسروقة أو مأخوذة بدون إذن صاحبها)

✨If teenagers joyride and violate other laws, they will be arrested and charged.

🔻cruise (verb): drive a car around an area with no particular destination in mind
✨يطوف/ يتمشى/يتجول بالسيارة

✨A lot of youth cruise the streets downtown at night.

🔻lecture (noun): a long, serious talk often used to criticize 
✨محاضرة وعظية (عادة للتوبيخ)

✨My dad always gives me a lecture about the way I drive, and I don't like it at all.

🔻drag (noun): something that is really annoying 
✨مزعج

✨Driving with my parents is such a drag because they are back-seat drivers---always telling me what to do.

🔻duh (interjection): used to say that what someone else said is unnecessary because it is just common sense 
✨كلمة تستخدم للتعبير عن ان ما يقوله الشخص الآخر شيء غير ضروري بل هو شي عادي

✨So, you're saying she's going to lose her license if she drinks and drives? No duh. Everyone knows that.

🔻drowsy (adjective): sleepy 
✨نعسان

✨You need to pull the car over and rest if you start to feel drowsy.

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3️⃣5⃣ Identity Theft 💻

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👩🏽: Hey, Brandon. What are you doing?
👨🏽: Oh, You'll like this. It's a new Web site that helps you improve your writing skills for free.
👩🏽: Really? Yeah. That would be really helpful.
👨🏽: Yeah and I'm signing up right now.
👩🏽: Wow. Let me see that.

👨🏽: Yeah. It's easy. You just enter your name, your birthday, your address, your bank information. [ What? ] Your credit card number.
👩🏽: Wait, wait, wait. [ What? ] I thought you said it was free.
👨🏽: It IS free.
👩🏽: Then, why do they need your bank and credit card information?
👨🏽: Well, you know, it's just, you know, just . . . just to check your identity or something like that. But, but it's all free. What?

👩🏽: That doesn't sound free to me.
👨🏽: Well, you don't understand.
👩🏽: It sounds pretty fishy to me. How do you know that this is a trusted Web site. Look. That doesn't look like a secure URL.
👨🏽: Well, you don't understand. Look. It says right here on their page. Right here: "Our goal is help you learn. Trusting us. We knows how to help you in 15 days or below." What? What?
👩🏽: That's terrible English. Who wrote this? What country are they in? You need to help THEM with their English. I mean, this is a sure sign that they are trying to probably steal your personal information and your identify.

👨🏽: No, no, no, and look. Here is a picture of some of their staff. And they look honest. Hey . . .
👩🏽: You're so gullible.
👨🏽: Hey, hey. What are you doing?
👩🏽: I'm shutting down your computer. I can't watch my own brother fall for a scam like this.
👨🏽: You just don't understand.

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📚#Vocabulary and Sample Sentences

🔻improve (verb): make something better
✨يُحسِّن/يُطوِّر

✨I'm going to improve some towels through the dryer. Do you have anything you want to put in?

🔻sign up (verb): put or write your name on a list to join something
✨تسجِّل بياناتك الشخصية للاشتراك في موقع ما

✨Are you going to sign up for math class this semester?

🔻identity (noun): the name of a person, who you are
✨هوية

✨You can protect your identity better by not sharing your birthday and mailing address online.

🔻fishy (adjective): untrue or dishonest
✨أمر مشبوه/ مُريب/ مشكوك فيه

✨Be careful. This advertisement looks a little fishy. I mean, how can this company give you a free vacation to Hawaii just for testing their products?

🔻secure (adjective): safe, protected from danger
✨آمن/ مضمون

✨Please make sure the house is secure before you leave today.

🔻gullible (adjective): easily fooled, tricked, or cheated
✨ساذج/ سهل الانخداع

✨You are so gullible. I can't believe you bought on the Internet without seeing it first or getting the real name of the seller.

🔻fall for (verb): be fooled by something
✨يقع في الشراك (الفخ)/ ينخدع

✨I can't believe that you fell for that false advertisement. You are so gullible. You'll never get your money back.

🔻scam (noun): a dishonest way to make money by fooling someone
✨احتيال/ نصب

✨This Web site on getting a free education online is only a scam to get your money.

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