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Nightlife

Date: Aug 14 2000

Intro

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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

We’re now living with our friend Zach in a house in Portland. The three of us are having a great time. Part of that is because Zach is a great tour guide. Here he talks about the different places we can go at night.

Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

John

Zach

John: So, dude, now that we’re in Portland, you gotta take us out!

Zach: Yeah, definitely. Uh, it just depends on what you want to do.

John: Dude, just anything to get me out of this house and on the town.

Zach: Alright. Well, um, there’s the Space Room near by. It’s pretty cool. They’ve got, uh, big-ass bloody marys. It’s a really swanky place.

John: How about we go somewhere downtown?

Zach: Downtown? Um, well, there’s the Gypsy, which is kind of a nice place. They have martinis and stuff…

John: Sounds kinda for the older crowd. What about something for younger people?

Zach: Um, well, I can think of, uh, Polyester’s, which is a big dance club and stuff, but the only thing is, on weekends, it can be kinda sketchy.

John: Yeah, I just talked to this girl, and she was saying something about that place. I think she got a real bad vibe when she went there last time.

Zach: Yeah, um, well, there’s the Shanghai Tunnel. Um, I’ve never been there, but I’ve heard it’s cool.

John: Let’s do that.

Zach: Alright.

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Discussion

You get a really good feel for how much Americans like to use, “um” in their speech, especially when we are thinking about something. It’s a bad habit, but most people do it. There are also some good examples of slang describing environments in this conversation. What kinds of places do you like to go to when you go out? Come to the “Life Goes On” message board and share! See you next week,—John