English Learning Podcast Conversation Episode 9 | Elementary | Podcast To Improve English Speaking

hello English Learners and welcome to English pod my name is Marco and I'm Erica hey Erica how are you today Marco I am doing really well and I'm really looking forward to today's lesson well so am I because here at English pod we're giving you real English everyday English exactly English that you hear in movies or in uh TV shows this is English people actually use so Erica what is our topic for today well today we're talking about computer viruses perfect so I think it's time for us to take a look at our preview vocabulary

preview okay today we've got two words to preview the first word is virus virus virus virus so if your computer has a computer virus it means your computer sick right actually a computer virus is a program that is designed to harm or to Dam damage your computer oh I see okay well thank you for being so technical that's the technical explanation okay let's take a look at our second word for our preview today and that would be froze froze froze froze so if your computer froze it means that your computer stopped working your applications or

your program stop working and you just can't do anything your computer's broken okay great so let's listen to our dialogue it's going to be a little bit fast but don't worry if you don't understand everything at the end of this podcast you'll understand everything perfect let's [Music] listen oh great the stupid computer froze again it's the third time today hey Samuel can you come take a look at my PC it's acting up again it must have a virus or something just give me a second I'll be right up I ran a virus scan on your

computer and it turns out that you have a lot of infected files but I'm quite careful when I'm browsing the internet I have no idea how I could have picked up a virus well you have to make sure their antivirus software is updated regularly yours wasn't up to date that's probably what was causing your problems okay anything else yeah try not to kick or hit the computer um yeah sorry about that well I completely understand this guy when my computer freezes I kick it and punch it and do everything to it well I hope you

don't punch it too hard Marco well well it's still working so it's all right okay all right let's take a look at our language takeaway language takeaway in today's language takeaway we have two words the first word for today is infected file infected file infected file infected file and what is an infected file an infected file is a file in your computer that has a v irus in it ah perfect that's really clear what is our second word for the language takeaway today our second word is not up to dat not up to date not

up to dat and what is it when something is not up to date it means it doesn't have all the most recent information okay perfect now let's listen to some examples example one I need to buy a new computer because mine isn't up to date example two I can't find the street are you sure this map is up to date example three Sarah has just finished the reports and all all the information is up to date okay that was pretty clear you know you can also use this phrase positively you can say up toate okay

for example we can say this is a new map this is the most upto-date map exactly or if I bought a new computer I could say I just got a new computer all my software is up to date okay great so now let's take a look at some phrases and it's time for for putting it all together putting it together okay so Samuel said a really great phrase he said I'll be right up I'll be right up I'll be right up I'll be right up now we can use this phrase in a lot of different

situations so let's listen to some examples example one can you help me with my computer I'll be right there example two come downstairs dinner is ready I'll be right down example three hurry up I need to use the bathroom I'll be right out okay really great and clear examples right yeah you know that phrase I'll be right out I used to hear this all the time when I was young really how come well I have two sisters and we were always fighting for the bathroom so someone was always saying just a minute I'll be right

out ah yes that's common I had that too when I was young okay now our second phrase is it turns out that it turns out that it turns out that it turns out that this is a great phrase you can use it in many different situations Marco can you give us an example sure for example I can say Frank didn't come to work today and it turns out that he was sick yep or I could say oh I've been feeling really sick recently why it turns out that I'm pregnant oh my God are you really

pregnant no I'm not I'm just kidding all right cuz Okay so it's time for us to listen to our dialogue again but this time it'll be a little bit slower all right [Music] oh great this stupid computer froze again that's the third time today hey Samuel can you come take a look at my PC it's acting up again it must have a virus or something just give me a second I'll be right up I ran a virus scan on your computer and it turns out that you have a lot of infected files but I'm quite

careful when I'm browsing the internet I have no idea how I could have picked up a virus well you have to make sure that your antivirus software is updated regularly yours wasn't up to date that's probably what was causing your problems oh okay anything else yeah try not to kick or hit the computer um yeah sorry about that okay that was a lot more clear this time definitely yeah I understood a lot more okay so now it's time to look at fluency Builder Erica why don't you explain what fluency Builder is in fluency Builder we

give you some great useful phrases to help you express your ideas clearly okay great so let's look at fluency Builder fluency Builder okay so in this dialogue we know his computer wasn't working right so many students would probably say his computer was acting strangely his computer isn't working properly exactly and that's perfect and that's fine yeah but there's a a really great way to say it that we heard in the dialogue it's acting up again it's Act acting up again I love this phrase it's acting up yep it sounds really natural it sounds really natural

okay we're ready to listen to our dialogue a third time but this time it'll be at the normal speed try and see if you can hear these key [Music] words oh great this stupid computer for again that's the third time today hey Samuel can you come take a look at my PC it's acting up again it must have a virus or something just give me a second I'll be right up I ran a virus scan on your computer and it turns out that you have a lot of infected files but I'm quite careful when I'm

browsing the internet I have no idea how I could have picked up a virus well you have to make sure your antivirus software is updated regularly yours wasn't up to date that's probably what was causing your problems okay anything else yeah try not to kick or hit the computer um yeah sorry about that [Music] so Marco I really think that my computer actually has a virus now really how come because I have been turning on my computer and then suddenly it turns off by itself it shuts down by itself yeah that sounds like a virus

but I ran a virus scan and there was no problem well maybe your antivirus software isn't up to date yeah I guess I'd better call Samuel yeah you can call Samuel to fix it yeah all right folks we're out of time now But be sure to go to our website at englishpod do.com where you can leave all your questions and comments so stay tuned for our next great lesson and until next time goodbye [Music] bye the English pod audio review listen to the meaning then say the vocabulary word to stop working properly freeze C revise

take a look not working properly act up go upstairs soon be right up get acquire pick up look search browse having all the most recent information up to dat computer screen monitor person in a company who fixes computers computer tech damaged or broken computer file that can't be opened corrupt file look for information on the internet surf the net computer program that allows you to go on the internet web browser let's let's try that faster C revise take a look computer screen monitor person in a company who fixes computers computer tech not working properly act

up having all the most recent information up to date go upstairs soon be right up look search browse get acquire pick up to stop working properly freeze damaged or broken computer file that can't be opened corrupt file look for information on the internet surf the net computer program that allows you to go on the internet web browser now say the word and hear it in a sentence computer viruses cause a lot of problems if you don't have virus protection software you will get a computer virus how can I protect my computer from getting a virus

be right up I'll be right down to help you with your computer be right up I'm downstairs talking to Kim but I'll be right up to see you be right up I'll be right over when I'm finished writing this email freeze if your computer freezes you'll have to shut it down freeze something is wrong with my mobile phone it keeps freezing freeze the files are not ready yet because my computer froze last night act up your computer is fixed now it shouldn't act up anymore act up this TV is always acting up I need to

buy a new one act up when the weather is cold my car acts up take a look I need you to take a look at these reports after they've been edited take a look take a look at this bill it's so expensive take a look come take a look at these pictures you looked so young browse I didn't get anything done at work I was browsing the internet all day browse were you browsing the internet today browse it's important to keep your credit card number safe when browsing the internet up to date is my virus

protection software up to date up to dat you should look in this file here it has the most up-to-date sales numbers up to date the information I have isn't up to dat [Music]