http://www.eslpod.com/website/show_podcast.php?issue_id=6234463
Slow dialogue: 1:10
Explanations: 2:39
Fast dialogue: 14:12
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Maggie: What did you think of the book you started last week?
Kurt: Oh, I liked it well enough.
Maggie: Wow, that's a glowing recommendation.
Kurt: Well, it started off with a bang and the suspense in the first half was great. I couldn't put it down. Then, the pace changed in the second half and it was an effort to finish it.
Maggie: Really? I read it a few months ago and I loved it. I thought the characterization was really good. I could really relate to the two main characters.
Kurt: Yeah, that's true enough, but the plot dragged, don't you think? The author just couldn't pull it off and the ending was laughable.
Maggie: I really liked the ending! I can't wait for the sequel.
Kurt: Well, that makes one of us.
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- to like sth well enough : it's ok, not great, bad either
- glowing recommendation : positive recommendation
- to start off with the bang : to begin with exciting way
- the suspense (n): the feeling of being exciting of knowing what is going to happen next
- the pace (n) : speed or rate of sth
- to relate to sth/sb: to understand sb / to be able to find sth in your own experience
- to pull sth off : to be able to complete sth
- laughable : funny because it's so bad
- that makes two of us : me too
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Thanks,
Duy Lam
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