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Welcome to Sozo Exchange, the place where professional adults can learn practical English for free. My name is Sarah MacKay, and I am your host.
We have a lot of fun things to learn in today’s show. First of all, we have a very special featured guest, Martin Durazo, a talented visual artist from Los Angeles. As we watch his interview footage, we will learn new English expressions as he talks about his art. After we talk with Martin, we’ll discuss body language, American slang, and pronunciations. Then we’ll finish off with a flash card exercise so you can review some of the key English expressions we’ll learn today. We interviewed Martin at the Harris Gallery at the University of La Verne where his artwork was exhibited. First, let’s ask Martin our question. (Este es un pasaje de la transcripción del Episodio 1; usted puede descargar la transcripción completa, una vez que haya respondido a la encuesta en línea.) Lea más acerca de cómo descargar la transcripción de este episodio…
The Show Segments
- Interview
Question 1 – If you were to choose one adjective to describe your artwork, what would that be and why?
Question 2 – Could you choose a verb that best describes yourself?
Question 3 – Do you have a favorite saying or proverb?
- Body Language: Money gesture
- Slang of the Day: Benjamin
- How to Pronounce it: “p”, “l”, & “r”sounds in “Exploratory”
- Flash Card Exercise: Watch the episode and participate in the exercise.
Online Survey Questions – Episode 1
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Q1: What is your mother tongue?
Q2: In which country/territory do you reside?
Q3: What is your opinion of the difficulty level of the English language lessons in this episode?
Q4: What is the highest level of education that you have achieved?
Q5: How frequently do you communicate in English with native English speakers?
Q6: Rank the segments of this episode in the order of your preference, with 1 being the most preferable and 5 being the least preferable.
Q7: How likely are you to recommend Sozo Exchange to your friends?
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