M: Hello everyone! Welcome back to EnglishPod! My name is Marco. E: And I’m Erica. M: And today we’re gonna be going to one of those places that is really common, right? E: That’s right. We’re going to the hair salon. M: The hair salon or maybe also called a barbershop. E: I guess in this case it’s a barber shop, because, uh, it’s a man who’s getting his haircut. M: Okay, so, before we see what happens in this barbershop, let’s take a look at some of the vocabulary we might encounter in “vocabulary preview”. Voice: Vocabulary preview. E: Okay, we’re gonna look at two words that you’ll hear in this dialogue and the first one is trim. M: Trim. E: A trim. M: Alright, so, when you trim something… E: You cut just a little bit of it. M: Alright, so, if I go to the hair salon to get a trim… E: You are going to cut only a little bit of your hair. M: Okay. E: You’re not gonna change the style and make it look different. M: Okay, so, a trim. E: Uhu. And I think here we’ve seen that i… i… it could be a verb and a noun, right? M: Okay, so, I’m going to get a trim. E: Yes. M: Or I want you to trim my hair. E: That’s right. M: Alright. And what about our next word? E: Fancy. M: Fancy. E: Fancy. M: So, fancy, now, we know that this word maybe is related to something like luxury. E: Or formal or something like that. M: Right, but in this case or in this context we’re gonna be using it a little bit different. E: That’s right. Here, in this dialogue we’ll hear “nothing too fancy”. M: Or nothing too complicated. E: Nothing too different. M: Okay, so, we don’t want anything too fancy. E: Alright, but with these two words in mind I think we’re ready to listen to the dialogue. A: Hello there! Come on in! Don’t just stand there! Come and take a seat! B: Um, okay. Well, I just want a trim. Nothing too fancy. A: Oh my gosh! Your hair is amazing! So silky, so shiny! I am going to work my magic on your hair! You hear me? You are going to look like a million bucks! B: Okay. Um... can you make sure my sideburns are even and you just take a little off the top. A: Don’t you worry, I’ll take care of everything! ( starts cutting) Oh my god! I just love your curly hair! It’s so fluffy and cute! You should totally let it grow out. An afro would look great on you! B: Um... no. A: Okay, but you are going to be my masterpiece! M: Okay, so, I think maybe his hair cut is not quite what he expected. E: I think he trusted this stylist a little bit too much. M: Hehe. I think this stylist had too many Red Bulls or something. E: Maybe. M: He was very hyper. E: Maybe that was this problem. M: Alright, so, why don’t we take a look now at some of the language that we saw in “language takeaway”? Voice: Language takeaway. E: So, I guess this stylist really thought this guy had nice hair, right? M: Yeah, we heard how he described his hair. E: He said it was so silky. M: Silky. E: Silky. M: Alright, so, we know the word – silk. E: Uhu. M: A material, very soft and smooth material. E: Yeah. And when something is silky, um, it’s very soft and smooth. M: Alright, so, silky hair. E: Or silky skin. M: Alright, so, silky. So, he said he had silky and shiny hair. E: Shiny. M: Shiny. E: Shiny. M: Alright, so, we know what shiny is. E: Do we? M: Yes, we do. E: Okay, what? M: Hehe. So, something that is shiny is… you can see yourself in it; like gold is shiny. E: Or silver is shiny. M: Alright, or if you look in the back of a CD… E: Uhu. M: It’s shiny. E: Yeah, so, the light bounces of things that are shiny. M: Alright. Now, getting into more hair style vocabulary, he wanted to make sure that his sideburns were even. E: Sideburns. M: Alright, so, sideburns. E: Alright, well, sideburns are things that men have, right? M: Alright, women don’t have sideburns. E: No. M: Okay. E: So, it’s kind of like a beard. M: Uhu. E: And it’s the hair that grows on your cheeks near your ears. M: Okay, those are your sideburns. E: Yes. M: And now, also the hairstylist suggested that he should let his hair grow out. E: Grow out. M: Grow out. E: Let your hair grow out. M: Alright, so, what does that mean exactly? E: Make… let your hair get longer. M: So, you can say “let you hair grow”. E: Yeah. M: But I guess it’s more common to hear “let your hair grow out”. E: Well, maybe it just means something a little bit different… M: Alright. E: If I let my hair grow, I might let it grow a little bit… M: Uhu. E: Might grow it a little bit longer, but if I let my hair grow out maybe it’s short now and I'll let it get really long. M: Okay. E: So, to… let your hair grow out is to really change the length. M: Alright. Very good, so, let your hair grow out. And our last word on language takeaway today – afro. E: Afro. M: Afro. E: So, if this guy let his curly hair grow out, he would have an afro. M: An afro, right? E: Uhu. M: So, now this hairstyle was very popular in the Seventies. E: That’s right. It’s like a big round curly fluffy ball of hair. M: Exactly, so, that’s an afro. E: We’ll post some pictures on the web… just like for you to get a clear idea what this looks like. M: Alright, so, I think now we are ready to listen to our dialogue for the second time an then we’ll come back and look at some phrases. A: Hello there! Come on in! Don’t just stand there! Come and take a seat! B: Um, okay. Well, I just want a trim. Nothing too fancy. A: Oh my gosh! Your hair is amazing! So silky, so shiny! I am going to work my magic on your hair! You hear me? You are going to look like a million bucks! B: Okay. Um... can you make sure my sideburns are even and you just take a little off the top. A: Don’t you worry, I’ll take care of everything! ( starts cutting) Oh my god! I just love your curly hair! It’s so fluffy and cute! You should totally let it grow out. An afro would look great on you! B: Um... no. A: Okay, but you are going to be my masterpiece! E: Okay, so, we have some phrases here, um, that you might hear in a hair salon or in a barbershop. So, why don’t we look at those now in “fluency builder”. Voice: Fluency builder. M: The hairstylist said don’t just stand there. E: Don’t just stand there. M: Alright, don’t just stand there. E: So, this is and interesting phrase, Marco, I mean it’s made up of really simple words, right? M: Right, but actually those words make it an order that’s a little bit different. E: So, why don’t we hear few examples to help us understand how to use this phrase? Voice: Example one. A: Don’t just stand there. Help me take these boxes into the house. Voice: Example two. B: The house is on fire! Don’t just stand there! Call the fire department! Voice: Example three. C: Don’t just stand there in the rain. Come inside. M: Okay, so, basically we can understand that if somebody tells you “don’t just stand there”, they are expecting you to do something. E: We might use this phrase, uh, when somebody is not doing what we think they should do. M: Okay. When action is required. E: Exactly. M: Okay. So, why don’t we move on to our next phrase now? E: Look like a million bucks. M: You look like a million bucks. E: So, when someone looks like a million bucks, they look… M: Really, really good. E: Yeah. M: So, that is a very common way of just saying you look very good. E: Uhu. M: Or something looks like a million bucks. E: So, it can be for a person or a thing, right? M: Exactly. E: Okay, and our final phrase. And this one is really common in… in barbershops - take a little off the top. M: Take a little off the top. E: Take a little off the top. M: So, that basically means cut a little bit on top. E: Exactly. M: And now, can I say “take a little off the sides”? E: Yeah, you can say that as well. M: Alright. So, take a little off the top; take a little off the sides. E: Okay, so, with all this great haircutting language, why don’t we listen to our dialogue one last time? A: Hello there! Come on in! Don’t just stand there! Come and take a seat! B: Um, okay. Well, I just want a trim. Nothing too fancy. A: Oh my gosh! Your hair is amazing! So silky, so shiny! I am going to work my magic on your hair! You hear me? You are going to look like a million bucks! B: Okay. Um... can you make sure my sideburns are even and you just take a little off the top. A: Don’t you worry, I’ll take care of everything! ( starts cutting) Oh my god! I just love your curly hair! It’s so fluffy and cute! You should totally let it grow out. An afro would look great on you! B: Um... no. A: Okay, but you are going to be my masterpiece! M: Alright, so, now talking about hairstyles and different, uh, types of hair, there’re some interesting ones and maybe aren’t so fashionable anymore, right? E: Yeah, um, actually English has a lot of really cool words to describe haircuts. M: So, let’s start with the couple of them. For example, a mullet. E: A mullet, so, this is when your hair is really short on top and really long in the back. M: Right, so, the sides and the top are really short, but in the back you have long hair. E: Yeah, um, in Canada we call that a shorty-shorty-longback. M: Shorty-shorty-longback. E: Yeah. We also call it hockey hair. M: Hockey hair. E: Or even all business up front / all party behind. M: Oh, Canadians are, uh, obviously very into this hairstyle. E: It’s unfortunately true. M: Hehe. Alright, we also have for example, a mohawk. E: Hm, popular amongst the punk rock kids. M: Exactly, so, you shave your head on the sides… E: Yeah. M: But you leave a little like stripe of… E: Ye… M: Long hair on top. E: Of sticking up long hair. M: Okay, and that’s a mohawk. E: Uhu. M: What about a flat-top? E: Oh, um, popular with law enforcement agents and serial killers. M: Hehe. So, basically it’s short hair on the sides… E: And short and flat hair on the top. M: Right, so your hair… E: Kind of like a box. M: Right, you have… it’s flat on top… E: Kind of like your haircut. M: Hehe. I do no have a flat-top for all of you out there, uh, but I did used to have a crew- cut. E: Oh, crew-cut. M: A crew-cut. E: Yeah. Like an army haircut. M: Right, so, very short on the sides… E: Uh. M: And a little bit long on top. E: Yeah, okay, um, and out last one, my actual personal least favorite haircut. M: Hehe. Dreadlocks. E: Dreadlocks. M: Alright, so… so dreadlocks are, uh… knots of hair, right? E: Yeah, um, it looks like you haven’t washed your hair in about seven years. M: Hehe. Right, those are dreadlocks. Very popular among like Rastafarians and… E: Sure, or like, um, young hippie kids. M: Hippies, right? E: Yeah. M: Very good. So… what about in your countries? What different hairstyles are popular there? I know that Japanese hairstyles are really cool. E: Yeah, that’s right, uh, Japanese haircuts can be pretty awesome. M: Right, so, tell us all about it, come to our website, post some pictures and also if you have any questions or doubts, let us know. E: Well, thanks for downloading this lesson, you guys, and until next time… Good bye! M: Bye!