M: Hello, everyone! Welcome back to EnglishPod! My name is Marco. E: And I’m Erica. M: And today we’re bringing you a very… I would say, embarrassing lesson for us men. E: Right, embarrassing for men, but, I think, uh, it’s okay for women. M: Hehe. That’s right. We’re gonna be talking about buying underwear, specifically women’s underwear. E: Right, so, um, obviously not the favorite thing for men to do. M: Well, apart from being a little bit uncomfortable, it’s also boring. [NOTE: apart from = besides] E: Yeah, it involves shopping, right? M: Involves shopping, so we… we’re not really big on that. E: Alright, but… well, even though it might be a little bit of an uncomfortable, um, topic, there’s some great language in here, isn’t there? M: Yeah, there’s some really good words and, of course, ah… the different types of underwear, that we’re gonna be looking at. E: Yeah. M: But we also have some words that we’re gonna take a look at before we get into our dialogue, so let’s start with vocabulary preview. Voice: Vocabulary preview. E: Well, we’re gonna look at two words that will appear in our dialogue. And the first one is lingerie. M: Lingerie. E: Lingerie. M: Okay, so, lingerie. This is a nice fancy word. E: Uhu. M: Basically for underwear, right? E: Right, for women’s underwear. M: Women’s underwear. E: Yeah. M: So, lingerie, but it’s very nice, very… E: Like pretty sexy. M: Sexy underwear. E: Yeah, yeah. Now, the spelling of this word is interesting, isn’t it? M: Yeah, it’s spelled L-I-N-G-E-R-I-E. E: Lingerie. M: Lingerie. E: Yes, don’t you love English spellings? M: Hehe. So, women’s nice, pretty sexy underwear. E: That’s right. And our second word, awkward. M: Awkward. E: Awkward. M: Awkward. E: So, this is a feeling that men have, especially when they’re buying women’s underwear. M: Well, yeah, you feel a little bit uncomfortable… E: Yeah. M: Or it’s a strange situation. E: Or weird… M: Yeah. E: Or out of place. [NOTE: out of place = inappropriate] M: It’s awkward. E: Yes. Alright, so, we’re gonna be hearing both of these two words in the dialogue. Now, Marco, where are we here? M: We’re gonna be at a department store at the section, where they have women’s, uh, lingerie and we have a guy buying underwear for his girlfriend. E: Alright, well, let’s find out what happens. A: This sucks; I hate buying lingerie. Okay, just find something and get out of here. Alright, these are fine. Oh, no, don’t come over here, don’t come over here. B: You look a little lost, can I help you? A: Um, I’m just having a look around. It’s my girl- friend’s birthday tomorrow. I’m trying to find her something. B: Well, you can’t give her granny panties. Have you thought about getting her some sleepwear? We’ve got these lovely, silky nighties. Or, how about a nice panty-and and-bra set. Look, here’s a nice satin push-up bra, and you can choose a few different styles of undies to go with it. A: Sure that’s fine. A: This is so awkward...what ones do I pick? What size is she? B: Well, do you want a thong, some bikini briefs, maybe this nice pair of lacy boy shorts? A: Just pick something and get the hell out of here. A: Um, I’ll go with these two. A: This is mortifying; I just want to get this over with. She better thank me for this... Here you are, sir. I’m sure she’ll enjoy them. B: Finally! A: I’m sorry, sir. I’m going to have to take a look inside your bag. E: Oh, the poor guy, I totally feel bad for him. M: Yeah, he was really nervous and, of course, it was very uncomfortable for him. E: I know and then the security guard shows up and… M: Hehe. Exactly. But we have an opportunity to take a look at some really great words and phrases, so let’s start off with our first on in “language takeaway”. Voice: Language takeaway. E: Alright, we’re gonna look at words here that mostly have to do with underwear, describing underwear. M: Right. E: And the first one is granny panties. M: Granny panties. E: Granny panties. M: This isn’t like a real, real word, right? It’s not something that you find in the dictionary. E: No, it’s a slang word, um, and we use it to describe really big, ugly underwear like your grandmother would wear. M: Alright, so, they’re not like the sexy little underwear. E: No. M: It’s more like long and it’s not very appealing ??? [NOTE: appealing = attractive] E: Just picture what your grandmother would wear. M: Hehe. No. E: Hehe. M: Alright, so, granny panties. E: So, obviously, uh, this guy doesn’t want to be buying any of those, but the saleswoman suggests that he try some sleep wear. M: Sleep wear. E: Sleep wear. M: Sleep wear. Okay, so, sleep wear. E: Obviously, clothes you wear when you’re sleeping. M: Now, this is really interesting, because men aren’t really that complicated when they come to sleeping. Just… throw on a t-shirt and that’s it. [NOTE: throw on = put on quickly] E: Well, obviously, for women there’re more options an… and more different things you can chose from, so… M: Okay. E: It’s a whole separate category for women. M: I know. Even when you’re sleeping, you must wear something nice. E: Yes. M: One type of sleep wear is silky nighties. E: Nighties. M: Nighties. E: N-I-G-H-T-I-E-S. M: Okay, so, a nighty. E: Um, it’s basically a dress that you wear when you sleep. M: Okay. Now, the pronunciation is interesting, because the first five letters are night. E: Right. M: Right? But you don’t say nighT. E: You don’t say nighTy. M: You say nighDy. E: Yeah, you… you make the T a D. M: Hm. E: NighDy. M: Now, she offered him some silky nighties. E: Right, so, silky. Obviously, we know silk. M: Right. E: Is a soft, shiny fabric, right? M: Right. E: So, when something is silky, it’s either made from silk or it’s… M: The similar. E: Soft and shiny. M: Okay, so… E: Yeah. M: Some silky nighties - very soft, shiny, uh, nighties. E: Exactly. M: Okay. What about our next word? E: Well, the salesgirl offers different styles of undies. M: Undies. E: Undies. M: Undies. E: So, undies is an interesting word. It’s basically short for underwear. M: Underwear, okay. E: Uhu. M: So, you can just call underwear undies. E: Yes, but I think you mostly use this when you’re talking about women’s underwear. M: Oh, really? E: I mean I don’t know I would say undies when I’m talking about men’s underwear. M: No, I don’t think so. Maybe children’s underwear. E: Yeah, yeah, yeah, for children. Yep. M: For children, right? E: Yep. M: Okay. Alright, so, we saw some of the different types of clothing, but now, let’s take a look at this interesting adjective, mortifying. E: Mortifying. M: This is mortifying. E: Mortifying. M: Okay, so… when something is mortifying… E: Well, I think, we’ve got some examples to show you what that is like. Voice: Example one. A: And then I fell in front of everyone. It was mortifying! Voice: Example two. B: I was completely mortified, when I realized what I had done. Voice: Example three. C: It must’ve been mortifying for her, when she realized that her underwear was showing. M: So, basically, it’s very embarrassing. E: Super embarrassing. M: You want to die almost. E: Yeah. M: Okay. E: Which is… I… interesting. I mean, mort. M: Right, from… E: French. M: Mourir. E: Yeah. M: Uhu. E: Interesting. Alright, well, um, etymology, here at EnglishPod. M: Hehe. Alright, so, some interesting… Okay, so, we saw the different types of underwear, we saw this really great word for when you’re really embarrassed. E: Uhu. M: So, now, let’s take a look at some of the phrases that you would use, when you’re really embarrassed in “fluency builder”. Voice: Fluency builder. E: Alright, we have two phrases to look at here. And the first one – get the hell out of here. M: Get the hell out of here. E: Get the hell out of here. M: Okay, so, if I say I want to get the hell out of here… E: You wanna leave this place really quickly. M: Really quickly. Just… E: Yeah. M: I wanna leave. E: Right now. M: Now, when you’re using this… this phrase of this sentence, uh, “get the hell out of here”, is it really polite? E: No, of course not, it’s… it’s impolite. M: Okay, so… E: It’s really negative. M: Very negative and informal, right? E: Yeah, yeah. M: So you would use this maybe with your friends or th… like in this case think it to your self. E: Yes, but it’s not a good idea to use with your boss or your mother. M: Hehe. Right. E: Yeah. M: Okay. I guess, sometimes depending on the tone you use… E: Uh. M: How you say it, you can sound really angry, right? E: Definitely. M: Right, okay. E: Alright, well, let’s listen to some examples. Voice: Example one. A: This place is scary. Let’s get the hell out of here! Voice: Example two. B: What are you doing in my house? Get the hell out of here! Voice: Example three. C: We were at a friend’s party and all of a sudden her parents arrived. We got the hell out of there as quickly as possible! [NOTE: sounds like a strong Australian accent] M: Alright, so, get the hell out of here. E: Get the hell out of here. M: Now, let’s take a look at our last phrase for fluency builder - get this over with. E: Get this over with. M: I want to get this over with. E: So, you want to finish it really quickly. M: But you wanna finish it because you’re not really enjoying it, right? E: Exactly. It… this is something that you use when the situation is negative. M: Is negative, okay. E: Yeah. M: In case of… I just want to get this over with. E: Yeah, I wanna get this test over with. I wanna get this day over with. I wanna get this… M: Maybe, if you’re on a bad date. I wanna get this date over with. E: Yes, exactly. M: Okay. E: Alright, well, interesting phrases and I think w… it would help us to hear them once more in context in the dialogue. A: This sucks; I hate buying lingerie. Okay, just find something and get out of here. Alright, these are fine. Oh, no, don’t come over here, don’t come over here. B: You look a little lost, can I help you? A: Um, I’m just having a look around. It’s my girl- friend’s birthday tomorrow. I’m trying to find her something. B: Well, you can’t give her granny panties. Have you thought about getting her some sleepwear? We’ve got these lovely, silky nighties. Or, how about a nice panty-and and-bra set. Look, here’s a nice satin push-up bra, and you can choose a few different styles of undies to go with it. A: Sure that’s fine. A: This is so awkward...what ones do I pick? What size is she? B: Well, do you want a thong, some bikini briefs, maybe this nice pair of lacy boy shorts? A: Just pick something and get the hell out of here. A: Um, I’ll go with these two. A: This is mortifying; I just want to get this over with. She better thank me for this... Here you are, sir. I’m sure she’ll enjoy them. B: Finally! A: I’m sorry, sir. I’m going to have to take a look inside your bag. M: Alright, so, I guess the situation is very common: men either having to shop for this type of article for their girlfriend or wife… E: Uhu. M: Because it’s their birthday… E: Yeah. M: Or sometimes we get dragged into a store to… to buy this… E: So you're shopping with your girlfriend and she’s gonna make you go look at underwear with her. M: Hehe. Yeah, I usually don’t do that, though. I just, uh, go to the next section and just look around. E: Look at tools. M: Look at tools. E: Hehe. M: Hehe. TVs… E: Yeah M: And play stations. E: Yes, but you know what, I have seen some men, who go shopping with their girlfriends or wives and actually enjoy buying underwear. M: See, that’s the thing… I think i… i… it makes sense, but I don’t know how comfortable you’re actually be. I don’t know why. I guess it just a… how it indicates sexuality and other stuff. E: Yeah, well… M: I… I could do it for maybe five or ten minutes, give my professional advice… E: Yeah. M: And then I’m out of there. E: Alright, well, maybe those guys, who look like they’re enjoying themselves are just really talking in their heads… M: Hehe. E: Um, telling themselves how much they hate this. M: Exactly, maybe they just, uh… E: They’re pretending. M: Pretending or listening to their IPod. E: Well, tell us… well, guys… I know we’ve got a lot of male listeners… tell us what you think, um… are you embarrassed by women’s underwear? M: Right, or, women, why aren’t you embarrassed when you buy men’s underwear for your boyfriend or husband? E: I think there’s a lot to talk about here… M: Hehe. E: So, come to our website at englishpod.com. M: Right, leave you questions and comments and, of course, tell us what you think about this topic. E: Well, thanks for downloading this lesson and until next time… Good bye! M: Bye!