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English as a Second Language Podcast www.eslpod.com ESL Podcast 1123 – Describing Pleasant Scents GLOSSARY to smell – to breathe in air through one’s nose to get the flavors that are in it * Did you stop to smell the roses on your way to work today? delectable – delicious; with a very good taste * These cookies are delectable! Would you please give me the recipe? pleasant – nice; comfortable; providing a feeling of happy and contended enjoyment * Walking around the lake was a pleasant way to spend the afternoon heavenly – very nice, related to paradise; perfect * Getting a one-hour massage was heavenly I can’t imagine anything better fruity – related to the tastes and smells of fruit * Why are all these cough syrups fruity? They should make a chocolate-flavored cough syrup scent – the way something smells, especially when it smells good * Rebecca could always recognize the scent of her father, a combination of pine trees, tobacco, and wood smoke perfume – a scented liquid that women spray onto their body to smell good * Are you wearing vanilla perfume, or did you spill vanilla on your hands while you were working in the kitchen? to exude – to convey or display; for something to be emitted or sent out from oneself or one’s body * If you want to exude confidence during an interview, use good posture and wear your nicest clothing sexy – sexually attractive; causing others to think that one would be an exciting and desirable sexual partner * The office manager told the employees that it is never appropriate to wear sexy clothing to the office to captivate – to catch or capture someone’s attention so that he or she cannot concentrate on anything else * Adrian was captivated by the book for several hours These materials are copyrighted by the Center for Educational Development (2015) Posting of these materials on another website or distributing them in any way is prohibited English as a Second Language Podcast www.eslpod.com ESL Podcast 1123 – Describing Pleasant Scents the opposite sex – the other gender; women for a man, and men for a woman * In elementary school, some students refuse to play with classmates of the opposite sex fresh – new, clean, crisp, and not used; made recently * After a long day working in the heat, it was nice to go home, shower, and put on some fresh clothes musky – having the scent of a male animal; having the scent of a type of flower used for making perfumes * Bears and other animals can attract females with a musky scent detergent – soap used to wash clothes or dishes * I don’t want my clothes to smell like flowers, so please buy some unscented laundry detergent have it your way – a phrase used to indicate that another person can what he or she wants, but one does not agree with it and thinks it is a mistake * Fine, have it your way, but don’t blame me when your plan fails to miss out – to not have an opportunity to have or something, especially as a result of one’s own decision or action * Don’t miss out! Buy a ticket for the circus today! to lure – to tempt; to bring someone or something closer by offering something that is attractive or rewarding in some way * A bad man has been trying to lure children into his car with candy to pass up – to decide not to take advantage of an opportunity; to decide not to have or something * Why would you pass up an opportunity to meet your favorite movie star? These materials are copyrighted by the Center for Educational Development (2015) Posting of these materials on another website or distributing them in any way is prohibited English as a Second Language Podcast www.eslpod.com ESL Podcast 1123 – Describing Pleasant Scents COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS a) b) c) Which of these would smell sweet? A fruity scent A fresh scent A musky scent a) b) c) What does Kitty mean when she says, “Have it your way”? She’s going to let Pepe what he wants She’s going to force Pepe to things her way She’s going to make Pepe smell his own clothes WHAT ELSE DOES IT MEAN? fresh The word “fresh,” in this podcast, refers to something that is new, clean, crisp, and not used, or something made recently: “You can smell fresh bread as you walk past the bakery.” Or, “Are these eggs fresh, or have they been on the shelf for a few days?” The phrase “a fresh start” refers to an attempt to start something and it differently, especially because one did something poorly last time: “Moving to a new city and enrolling in a new school was a chance for Jesse to make a fresh start.” The phrase “a breath of fresh air” describes something that is new, exciting, and good: “Getting some younger employees in the office was like a breath of fresh air.” Finally, the phrase “to get fresh with (someone)” means to behave in a rude, inappropriate, and possibly sexual way toward another person: “Peter made a huge mistake by getting fresh with his boss’s wife.” to pass up In this podcast, the phrase “to pass up” means to decide not to take advantage of an opportunity, or to decide not to have or something: “The hardest part of being on a diet is having to pass up birthday cake.” The phrase “to pass out” means to faint, or to lose consciousness: “Crystal was so nervous about speaking in public that she passed out as she stepped onto the stage.” The phrase “to pass out” can also mean to distribute, or to give something to many people: “They passed out free samples inside the grocery store.” Finally, the phrase “to pass over” means to give a promotion or honor to a lower-ranking person in an organization: “Ryan was really angry when the company passed over him to give his assistant the vice-presidency.” These materials are copyrighted by the Center for Educational Development (2015) Posting of these materials on another website or distributing them in any way is prohibited English as a Second Language Podcast www.eslpod.com ESL Podcast 1123 – Describing Pleasant Scents CULTURE NOTE Scratch-and-sniff Products “Scratch-and-sniff products” are items that “release” (emit; allow to escape) a scent when the “surface” (top part) is “scratched” (lightly scraped) The user scratches the item and then “sniffs” (breathes in air to perceive the odor of something) it The technology involves putting very small “capsules” (very small beads or containers) filled with a scent onto a piece of paper, so that those capsules “break open” (open and release their contents) very easily when they are touched Scratch-and-sniff products are often “stickers” (a small piece of paper with an image on one side and an “adhesive” (a sticky substance) on the other side) Children enjoy putting scratch-and-sniff stickers on their artwork and sharing them with friends “Valentines” (small cards exchanged on Valentine’s Day) sometimes have scratch-and-sniff “features” (characteristics), especially with strawberry, cinnamon, or vanilla scents Sometimes scratch-and-sniff technology is used to educate people For example, “utility companies” (companies that provide electricity, water and/or natural gas services) sometimes put scratch-and-sniff cards into “bills” (written statements of how much a person needs to pay a company) to teach customers how to recognize the smell of a dangerous “gas leak” (when gas escapes from a “pipe” (tube) into the air) Scratch-and-sniff technology can also be used to sell products For example, magazines sometimes have advertisements for perfumes that invite readers to scratch the ad to smell the new perfume One recent use of scratch-and-sniff technology was when “pop star” (a very popular musician) Katy Perry sold CDs with a sticker that smelled like “cotton candy” (colored sugar that is very fluffy, wrapped around a stick), matching the image of cotton candy on the cover of the CDs Comprehension Questions Correct Answers: – a; – a These materials are copyrighted by the Center for Educational Development (2015) Posting of these materials on another website or distributing them in any way is prohibited English as a Second Language Podcast www.eslpod.com ESL Podcast 1123 – Describing Pleasant Scents COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 1,123 – Describing Pleasant Scents This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 1,123 I’m your host, Dr Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California Visit our website at ESLPod.com Take a look at our Special ESL Podcast Courses in Business and Daily English, and read our ESL Podcast Blog each week On this episode, we’re going to listen to a dialogue between Kitty and Pepe about smells – about the way that things smell, the pleasant scents Let’s get started [start of dialogue] Kitty: Oh, smell that Isn’t that delectable? Pepe: Yes, it’s pleasant Kitty: Pleasant? It’s heavenly It has a nice fruity scent, not too sweet Pepe: If you say so I don’t want to buy anything that has a strong perfume smell I’m a guy Kitty: I know, but you want to exude a sexy scent that captivates the opposite sex, right? Pepe: I’m not sure about that I just want to smell fresh and clean Kitty: All right, how about this one? Pepe: Uh, it smells musky Kitty: Musky is good Musky is sexy Pepe: Not to me Let’s stick with something basic I’m buying this one Kitty: But that one smells like detergent! These materials are copyrighted by the Center for Educational Development (2015) Posting of these materials on another website or distributing them in any way is prohibited English as a Second Language Podcast www.eslpod.com ESL Podcast 1123 – Describing Pleasant Scents Pepe: Yes, because that’s what I’m buying – detergent for my clothes I don’t need any fancy scents on my clothes Kitty: Have it your way, but you’re missing out on a chance to lure women with your scent Pepe: I’ll pass up that chance, thank you very much If I follow your advice and buy this perfume-smelling detergent, women will definitely get the wrong idea about me! [end of dialogue] Kitty begins our dialogue by saying to Pepe, “Oh, smell that.” “To smell,” of course, means to breathe air into your nose so you can get the flavor of something or the “scent” (scent) of something The scent of something is the way it smells, especially if it smells good We often talk about, say, perfume for a woman as having a certain scent Kitty says, “The smell is delectable” (delectable) “Delectable” is another word for “delicious” – something that has a very good taste Pepe says, “Yes, it’s pleasant” (pleasant) “Pleasant” means nice It means comfortable, but it isn’t a very strong compliment It isn’t a very strong idea If you say something is pleasant, you mean it’s okay – it’s nice, but it’s not great That’s why Kitty is surprised She says, “Pleasant? It’s heavenly.” “Heavenly” refers to something that is perfect, something that is really good She says, “It has a nice fruity scent, not too sweet.” “Fruity” (fruity) refers to the tastes and smells of fruit Kitty is describing something as having a “fruity scent, not too sweet.” We usually think of fruit as being sweet, as having certain sugars in it that make it sweet Pepe says, “If you say so.” We’ve heard this expression before When someone says, “If you say so,” he’s really saying, “I don’t agree with you, but I’m not going to argue with you, either.” Pepe says, “I don’t want to buy anything that has a strong perfume smell.” “Perfume” (perfume) is a kind of scented liquid that a woman sprays on her body to make her smell good Men don’t normally wear perfume, or at least they don’t call it perfume The word “perfume” in English only refers to the liquid that a woman would put on her body Pepe says he doesn’t want anything that smells like perfume “I’m a guy,” he says – I’m a man Kitty says, “I know, but you want to exude a sexy scent that captivates the opposite sex.” “To exude” (exude) means to convey or display It’s for something These materials are copyrighted by the Center for Educational Development (2015) Posting of these materials on another website or distributing them in any way is prohibited English as a Second Language Podcast www.eslpod.com ESL Podcast 1123 – Describing Pleasant Scents to be sent out from your body You could say that a certain person “exudes confidence.” It’s almost as though the confidence were a scent that was coming out of the person’s body The idea is that it’s very obvious If you exude confidence, you are a very confident person You look confident Well, here we’re not talking about confidence, we’re talking about a “sexy scent.” “Sexy” (sexy) refers to things that people consider sexually attractive Kitty wants Pepe to have a “sexy scent that captivates the opposite sex.” “To captivate” (captivate) means to get someone’s attention so that he or she can’t concentrate on anything else You may see a beautiful woman and find her beauty captivating You can’t focus on anything else Of course, I’m referring to your wife or girlfriend Kitty is trying to get Pepe to captivate the opposite sex The term “opposite sex” refers to, for a woman, a man, and for a man, a woman Pepe is a little doubtful He says, “I’m not sure about that I just want to smell fresh and clean.” “To smell fresh” (fresh) means the same as to smell new or clean – not dirty in this case Kitty says, “All right, how about this one?” Pepe says, “Uh, it smells musky” (musky) “Musky” means having the scent of a male animal Some people think it’s a pleasant smell, some people don’t Kitty thinks it is She says, “Musky is good Musky is sexy.” It’s how a man should smell, according to Kitty Pepe says, however, “Not to me,” meaning it isn’t good for me “Let’s stick with something basic.” “To stick with” something means to concentrate or focus on – to not try other things He says, “I’m buying this one.” Kitty, however, says, “But that one smells like detergent!” “Detergent” (detergent) is soap that you use to wash either clothing or dishes Pepe says, “Yes, because that’s what I’m buying – detergent for my clothes.” Now we learn what Pepe is actually buying at the store He’s buying detergent to wash his clothes He adds, “I don’t need any fancy scents on my clothes,” meaning he doesn’t need his clothes to smell of something Kitty says, “Have it your way.” That’s an expression we use to indicate that the other person should just what he or she wants, but that you would something different You are expressing disagreement with the other person, but telling the other person to go ahead and what he or she wants to There was actually a commercial when I was growing up for one of the big hamburger restaurants – not McDonald’s, but Burger King Burger King had advertisements that tried to emphasize that if you went to Burger King you could get your hamburger made however you wanted it These materials are copyrighted by the Center for Educational Development (2015) Posting of these materials on another website or distributing them in any way is prohibited English as a Second Language Podcast www.eslpod.com ESL Podcast 1123 – Describing Pleasant Scents Have it your way, have it your way at Burger King I remember that That was from, like, the 1970s Can you believe that? Anyway that’s how effective advertising can be, you see You get that song in your head and you can’t get rid of it, right? Even after 40 years Well, back to the story Pepe doesn’t want to buy the detergent that Kitty likes Kitty says to him, “You’re missing out on a chance to lure women with your scent.” “To miss out on” something is not to have the opportunity to something, especially because you’ve made a certain decision If you’re going to miss out on the party, you’re going to not have fun at the party with everyone else because you’ve decided not to go You’re going to miss out You’re going to lose the opportunity to something good or positive Kitty thinks that Pepe will miss out on the chance, the opportunity, to lure women “To lure” (lure) means to bring someone closer to you by offering the person something attractive or rewarding It could also be used for an animal “To lure an animal” would be to get an animal to come close to you, perhaps because you want to capture the animal When we’re talking about humans, we often use this verb when we’re describing making yourself attractive to another romantic partner or to someone who you would like to be your romantic partner Pepe, however, says, “I’ll pass up that chance.” “To pass up” something, or “to pass something up,” means to decide not to something or to have something He says, “If I follow your advice and buy this perfume-smelling detergent, women will definitely get the wrong idea about me.” He’s saying that women will think something different about him than what, I guess, Kitty thinks women will think about him It’s confusing I know Now let’s listen to the dialogue, this time at a normal speed [start of dialogue] Kitty: Oh, smell that Isn’t that delectable? Pepe: Yes, it’s pleasant Kitty: Pleasant? It’s heavenly It has a nice fruity scent, not too sweet These materials are copyrighted by the Center for Educational Development (2015) Posting of these materials on another website or distributing them in any way is prohibited English as a Second Language Podcast www.eslpod.com ESL Podcast 1123 – Describing Pleasant Scents Pepe: If you say so I don’t want to buy anything that has a strong perfume smell I’m a guy Kitty: I know, but you want to exude a sexy scent that captivates the opposite sex, right? Pepe: I’m not sure about that I just want to smell fresh and clean Kitty: All right, how about this one? Pepe: Uh, it smells musky Kitty: Musky is good Musky is sexy Pepe: Not to me Let’s stick with something basic I’m buying this one Kitty: But that one smells like detergent! Pepe: Yes, because that’s what I’m buying – detergent for my clothes I don’t need any fancy scents on my clothes Kitty: Have it your way, but you’re missing out on a chance to lure women with your scent Pepe: I’ll pass up that chance, thank you very much If I follow your advice and buy this perfume-smelling detergent, women will definitely get the wrong idea about me! [end of dialogue] Don’t miss out on some of the best dialogues on the Internet, written by our one and only Dr Lucy Tse From Los Angeles, California, I’m Jeff McQuillan Thank you for listening Come back and listen to listen to us again right here on ESL Podcast English as a Second Language Podcast was written and produced by Dr Lucy Tse, hosted by Dr Jeff McQuillan Copyright 2015 by the Center for Educational Development These materials are copyrighted by the Center for Educational Development (2015) Posting of these materials on another website or distributing them in any way is prohibited  ... circus today! to lure – to tempt; to bring someone or something closer by offering something that is attractive or rewarding in some way * A bad man has been trying to lure children into his... means to bring someone closer to you by offering the person something attractive or rewarding It could also be used for an animal To lure an animal” would be to get an animal to come close to you,... or to give something to many people: “They passed out free samples inside the grocery store.” Finally, the phrase to pass over” means to give a promotion or honor to a lower-ranking person in