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Thursday - February 26, 2009
ESL Podcast 455 ? Ending a Bad Date

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Tags: Relationships Audio Index:
Slow dialogue: 1:18
Explanations: 3:40
Fast dialogue: 16:09

I was on a date from hell.

I agreed to go out with this guy who lives in the same apartment building as I do, but he?s turned out to be a

real creep. He was nice enough at the start of the date, but then he started drinking. Now he?s drunk and I?m

miserable.

I wanted to let him down gently since I?d be seeing him around the apartment building, but I didn?t want to

spend another minute with him.

Fatima: Listen, Rob, I just don?t think we?re hitting it off. You?re a really nice guy, but I just don?t think we

have much chemistry.

Rob: Are you kidding? I?m having the time of my life. We?re just getting started here. Bartender, another

round!

I realized that I needed to be more straightforward with him in case I was giving him mixed signals.

Fatima: I?m sorry, Rob, but I think this is the end of the road for this date. Thanks a lot for the drinks and I?ll

see you around.

Rob: What? You?re leaving? How about a goodnight kiss? Come over here and give me that kiss.

I wanted to keep my cool, but when he tried to kiss me, that did it!

Fatima: You?re stinking drunk and this date is over. Capisce?

I got up and left. What is it about alcohol that turns Prince Charming into a frog?


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
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Thursday - February 26, 2009
ESL Podcast 455 ? Ending a Bad Date

Download Podcast
Tags: Relationships Audio Index:
Slow dialogue: 1:18
Explanations: 3:40
Fast dialogue: 16:09

I was on a date from hell.

I agreed to go out with this guy who lives in the same apartment building as I do, but he?s turned out to be a

real creep. He was nice enough at the start of the date, but then he started drinking. Now he?s drunk and I?m

miserable.

I wanted to let him down gently since I?d be seeing him around the apartment building, but I didn?t want to

spend another minute with him.

Fatima: Listen, Rob, I just don?t think we?re hitting it off. You?re a really nice guy, but I just don?t think we

have much chemistry.

Rob: Are you kidding? I?m having the time of my life. We?re just getting started here. Bartender, another

round!

I realized that I needed to be more straightforward with him in case I was giving him mixed signals.

Fatima: I?m sorry, Rob, but I think this is the end of the road for this date. Thanks a lot for the drinks and I?ll

see you around.

Rob: What? You?re leaving? How about a goodnight kiss? Come over here and give me that kiss.

I wanted to keep my cool, but when he tried to kiss me, that did it!

Fatima: You?re stinking drunk and this date is over. Capisce?

I got up and left. What is it about alcohol that turns Prince Charming into a frog?


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse