Corso Completo di Inglese Intermedio B1/B2 LESSON 4 – Ricky Martin!

The girls leave Hector with Nick who persuades him to tell Annie that her dog is in the oven, and to ride on Bridget’s exercise bike
knowing that she hates anyone riding her bike. When the girls return they are suitably annoyed and decide that Hector must go. That is, until he emerges from the shower! When they see him without his old- fashioned clothes, they realise that he is very good looking. Nick discovers that Hector comes from ‘one of the richest families in Argentina’, but Hector is determined to keep it a secret. Now, both Nick and the girls
are very keen for him to stay! 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 7:57, comprehension test 5:00

Problemi di Comprensione? Leggi la trascrizione completa della storia. 

Nick: OK, this is the oven.

Hector: This is the ov-en.

Nick: Annie’s dog sleeps in the oven.

Hector: Annie’s dog sleeps in the oven.

Nick: So you say “Annie! The dog is in the oven!”

Hector: Annie, the dog is in the oven!

Nick: Gr-eat! Now, Bridget. Oh, oh dear. Well Bridget likes strong men, especially strong legs.

Hector: Well I am strong.

Nick: Yeah? Can you cycle fifty kilometres?

Hector: Yes.

Nick: No way!

Hector: Yes.

Nick: Well go on then, show me.

Hector: Yes, look!

Nick: Adios, Amigo!

Hector: Ah, Bridget, Annie, lunch! Fish and chips! [Laughs]

Annie: Yes, lunch, Hector.

Hector: Look Bridget, fifty kilometres. Oh, Annie, the dog is in the ov-en.

Annie: What? Oh!

Nick: Hi, everything OK? Gr-eat!

Hector: Pouf! I am, how do you say?

Bridget: Dead!

Nick: Hot.

Hector: Hot. Yeah, I am hot, I need a ..

Nick: … Shower.

Hector: Yeah, I need a shower.

Bridget: Be my guest!

Hector: Oh, thank you.

Bridget: Right, that’s it! He must go!

Nick: Why? He is so nice.

Bridget: He used my bike!

Nick: Oh!

Annie: Yeah, and he said that the dog was in the oven! What a horrible joke! Where is Charley? Charley!

Nick: What a bad, bad boy.

Bridget: He must go!

Annie: Can he stay with you, Nick?

Nick: Ah-ah, sorry ladies.

Annie: Oh please Nick, you have a spare room.

Nick:No way, not my problem.

Bridget: He must go now!

Annie: But he’s in the shower.

Bridget: I don’t care!

Sound of knocking on door

Bridget: Hector, please come out, we want to talk to you.

Hector: [Sings in shower] I like fish and ships, I …

Sound of knocking on door

Bridget: Hector, please come out, we want to talk to you.

Hector: OK, one moment please! I like fish and chips! Yes, you want me.

Bridget: We think we …

Annie:… We, we, we have a problem.

Bridget: It’s like this.

Nick: Go on then, tell him.

Hector: Yes, Bridget.

Bridget: Hector, the thing is …

Nick: Stay there, I’ll talk to him. Hector, can I have a word please?

Hector: Oh …

Sound of door being slammed

Bridget and Annie Ricky Martin!

Nick: Hector, is this you?

Hector: Yes, and my parents.

Nick: The Romero family. One of the richest families in Argentina. Who are these?

Hector: My …

Nick: … Servants.

Hector: Yeah, my servants.

Nick: Your cars?

Hector: Yeah, my cars.

Nick: Hector, you are rich! Why stay here?

Hector: I want friends, good friends.

Nick: People like you for your money? That’s awful! [Erm] listen, keep it a secret. Sshh.

Hector: OK!

Bridget: Perhaps he could stay here.

Annie: Yes – poor boy

Nick: Hector, come and stay with me, I have two rooms.

Bridget: Shut up, Nick.

Annie: Hector will stay with us, won’t you, Hector.

Bridget: Hector, come and – sit down. Hector please, call me Gigi!

Annie: Oh, Charley, there you are.

Hector: Oh Annie, the dog is in the ov-en.

Annie: The oven?

Hector: Yes, Nick is a good English teacher.

Bridget: Yes, a very good English teacher! I’d love to see your photos again.

Annie: Oh, me too!

Bridget: Oh, your sweet toy cars!

Nick: They are not toys!

Bridget: Today Hector arrives and it’s Bonfire Night. Let’s party! What sort of music do you like?

Hector: Music?

Nick: Yeah, music, you know, soul, funk, dance. Watch me, like this.

Hector: Interesting. I dance – like this. [Oh!].

Intercom buzzing noise

Annie: I’ll get it, I’ll get it. Hello. Oh, yeah, that’s great, sure, come up. It’s the landlady!

Nick: The tarantula!

Bridget: Quick, hide, Hector.

Nick: I’m off, I owe two week’s rent!

Dog barks

Bridget and Annie: Aaah!!

 

New Words and Expressions

NEW WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS	DEFINITION + EXAMPLES
No way!	No way: (informal) under no cisrumstances not at all I’m sorry but there’s no way we can help you
I am hot.	to be hot: to feel warm I’m so hot I think I have a fever.
Be my guest!	Be my guest: If you say ‘be my guest’ to someone, you are giving them permission to do something Use whatever you like! Be my guest!
Oh please Nick, you have a spare room.	a spare room: a room that is not normally used, especially a room in your house that guests can sleep in Do you have a spare room by any chance?
Hector, can I have a word please?	to have a word with smb: to talk with someone briefly Could I have a word with you?
That’s awful!  Listen, keep it a secret.	to keep a secret:to not tell anyone else about something Can you keep it a secret, please?
Let’s party!	to party: to enjoy yourself by drinking and dancing, especially at a party He likes to party a lot on the weekend.
I’ll get it.	to get smth: to answer a ringing telephone, a knock at the door, Can you get the phone? I’m having a shower.
I’m off, I owe two week’s rent!	to be off: To leave a place or to depart to another one. I am off to see my parents this weekend.

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