Words & Phrases
[L56P1 & L56P2]

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Lesson [L56P1]

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Translation[L56P1]

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Lesson [L56P2]

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Translation[L56P2]

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English USA
Lesson 56, Part 2

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HARVEY:

Pardon me. What did you say Ms. Johnson?

 

 

 

MS.JOHNSON:

Call me Cynthia, please. I said, What will we call the organization.

 

 

 

HARVEY:

I don't know. What does everyone think?

 

 

 

EDITH:

Let's call it Community Led Environmental Action Now.

 

 

 

MALE:

That's too long.

 

 

 

MS.JOHNSON:

I like environmental.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

We can call it CLEAN. C for Community, L for Led, E for Environmental, A for Action, and N for Now.

 

 

 

LOUIS:

I don't like clean. Our neighborhood isn't dirty. We don't need to clean it. We need to make it--neat.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

That could be Needed Environmental Action Today. NEAT.

 

 

 

MALE:

Or maybe Necessary Environmental Action Today. It's still N-E-A-T. NEAT.

 

 

 

HARVEY:

I like that. Let's vote on that name. NEAT. All of those in favor of NEAT raise your hand. Good. That's everybody. The organization has a name. Now, let's vote on some officers.

 

 

 

MS.JOHNSON:

Can you tell us what you do? Professor Hill, what do you do?

 

 

 

EDITH:

I'm Edith Hill. I teach psychology at the university. I also work at the public clinic on the south side of the city.

 

 

 

MALE:

We need a psychologist. You know how to make people behave.

 

 

 

FEMALE:

We need Martin too. He's a writer. He can write anything we need.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

We need Harvey. He's a businessman.

 

 

 

MALE:

He can pay for it!

 

 

 

HARVEY:

Oh, no. I can't pay for it, but I can help.

 

 

 

MS.JOHNSON:

Dr. Sanders can speak about health and the environment.

 

 

 

FEMALE:

Ms. Johnson is a teacher. She can help Martin write things for children in school.

 

 

 

HARVEY:

Excuse me. Quiet please. We have a lot of work. We must have officers. Then we must decide what to do next.

 

 

 

FEMALE:

I nominate Martin for secretary. He can write.

 

 

 

MALE:

I nominate Harvey for treasurer. He knows about money.

 

 

 

HARVEY:

Martin, can you write these down for us, please. Any more nominations?

 

 

 

MARTIN:

We need more. We need a president.

 

 

 

MALE:

I nominate Edith for president. We need a psychologist for president.

 

 

 

HARVEY:

Any more nominations? I think we need more.

 

 

 

MALE:

That's enough. Let's vote.

 

 

 

HARVEY:

Can we do that? We have only one nomination for each officer.

 

 

 

MS.JOHNSON:

Yes, we only need one.

 

 

 

HARVEY:

All right. All in favor of the nominated officers raise your hands. Good. We now have a name, and we have officers. Edith, you are the new president. You go on.

 

 

 

EDITH:

Thank you. Let's begin with Webster Park. It's very crowded. It's not very clean.

 

 

 

LOUIS:

It's not very neat.

 

 

 

EDITH:

It has paper, glass bottles, and trash.

 

 

English USA L56P2J
Courtesy of Voice of America