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019 - Saturday Night Date | ESL Podcast

Conversation

And: What are you smiling about?

Add: I’ve got a date Saturday night.

And: Who’s the lucky lady ?

Add: That chick I was talking to when we went bowling last week.

And: That’s awesome! She was really cute.

Add: I know. Hey, can I borrow your cell phone to call her?

And: Why don’t you just use yours?

Add: Because I’ve been calling her all day and she won’t pick up the

phone. She doesn’t know your phone number so she might pick up

if I use your phone

And: That’s ridiculous. Don’t be such a psycho . She’s going to

think you are a stalker .

Add: Ya, you’re right. Do you think I blew it already with the 3

calls?

And: Probably not. But definitely don’t call again until she calls

you. And no messages either. You don’t want to seem so needy .

Chicks don’t like that.

Add: I am being a psycho. Wow.

And: Forget about it. It’s easy to do. Just relax and try to play it

cool .

Key vocabulary and phrases that are discussed in the podcast:

Chick – Slang word to refer to a good looking girl or young woman. Men

often use this word when talking to each other about girls they are

interested in. Sometimes girls use it too.

Psycho – A really crazy person. It’s short for the word psychopath. This

kind of person should be in a mental hospital. Often in daily English we

use this word to describe a person to acts really ridiculously.

Stalker – A person who keeps following and watching another person.

When we talk about dating, if one person really loves another person and

keeps thinking about them, calling them on the phone, and always wants

to be with the person, we make fun of them and call them a stalker.

Blew it – Ruined my chance.

Needy – if a guy seems like he really wants to be with a girl too much,

we call him needy. It’s like he can’t live his live without her. He needs

her. This word can be used to describe a girl as well. You can also seem

needy in a job interview. In other words you seem too excited to get the

job, like you really need it.

Play it cool – Just relax. Try to let things happen naturally. Don’t make

a big deal out of things.