Corso Completo di Inglese Intermedio B1/B2 LESSON 3 – Nick meets Hector.

Hector is indeed rather strange. He plays with cars and lives in a museum. He seems very old-fashioned and strange. Nick arrives and is very amused by Hector. The girls ask him to teach Hector some English . Nick decides to accept this challenge. This lesson contains a video, a full transcript of the dialogues, some new expressions with their pronunciation, and a progress test to check your understanding.

Video lesson 7:16, comprehension test 5:00

Problemi di Comprensione? Leggi la trascrizione completa della storia. 

Hector: These are my cars.

Bridget: You play with cars?!

Hector: Yes, you play, no? I play with cars.

Bridget:  He plays with cars!

Hector: I read. I love the library.

Bridget:  Fascinating!

Annie: We go to the library too, don’t we, Bridget.

Bridget:  Yes, it’s great!

Hector: Good. I live here.

Bridget:  You live in a museum, full of old things?

Hector: Old things. Yes, I have lots of old things. I live in a museum. OK, I live in a museum.

Annie: Well, thank you Hector: : and now we’ll show you the flat.

Bridget:  This is the bedroom.

Hector: Thank you. Who-hey!! Where do you sleep?

Bridget:  [Erm] No you don’t understand, we only have one bedroom.

Hector: One? I have twenty.

Annie: Twenty?

Bridget:  Yes, he lives in a museum, with twenty bedrooms.

Annie: Oh! Ha-ha-ha, very funny, ha, twenty bedrooms!

Laughter

Bridget:  Well, you can sleep here.

Hector: Oh, thank you.

Annie: Oh, no, no, no, Hector: ! It’s a bed.

Hector: A bed? Ah, oh …

Bridget:  Here’s a cushion.

Hector: Oh, thank you.

Annie: Oh, this of course is the TV.

Bridget: But just relax, I must go to the bathroom. Psst! Annie! Bathroom!! Now!!

Bridget: Oh my goodness, what are we going to do? He plays with toy cars!

Bridget: And he is polite.

Bridget: and ANNIE But those clothes!

Annie: Oh, he is so old-fashioned.

Bridget: Mm, he must go.

Hector: Room service.

Nick: Hello. Who are you?

Hector: Oh, you  are quick, good.

Nick: Ay?

Hector: My luggage is downstairs.

Nick: What?

Hector: Bring it up, please.

Nick: What are you doing?

Hector: I pulled, you come, you are the butler.

Nick: The butler?! I am Nick, I live next door.

Hector: Oh, I, … I am Hector: .

Nick: Oh, Hector: , from Argentina.

Hector: Yes, from Argentina!

Nick: Where are the girls?

Hector: The girls?

Nick: Yeah, Bridget and Annie.

Hector: Oh they live here.

Nick: Yeah, I know. Where’s Bridget? Does she know you are here?

Hector: Bridget, she gave me this.

Nick: Oh.

Annie: Hello Nick! Oh, this is Hector: : from Argentina.

Nick: Yeah, I know.

Bridget: Isn’t he wonderful!

Nick: Wonderful.

Bridget: Are you hungry?

Hector: Uh?

Bridget: We’ll buy your lunch. What would you like to eat? Fish and chips?

Hector: Oh, fish and ships!! [Laughs]

Annie: [Erm] Nick, Hector: , make friends.

Bridget: Nick, teach Hector: : some English.

Nick: Yeah, OK, I’ll teach Hector: : some English.

Nick: [sending email] ‘Yo Dan! How’s it going?! The chicks in the apartment opposite have a visitor, Hector from Argentina.’

Hector: Oh, you who are quick, good.

Nick: [sending email] ‘He can’t speak English. Man! He thought I was the butler!’

Hector: I pulled, you come. You are the butler.

Nick: Ha, the butler. [sending email] ‘And even worse, I think he fancies Bridget.’

Hector: She gave me this.

Nick: [sending email] ‘The girls have gone out, so I will teach him to speak English!’

Nick: I’ll teach Hector: : some English.

Nick: [sending email] ‘See what I mean? Stay cool. N.

P.S. Big decision. Today I joined an acting agency. Brad Pitt is history!’

New Words and Expressions

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