Hey, everybody! How’s it going? This is Ana Luiza, with a new episode of the inglesonline podcast. To download or just listen to other episodes and download transcripts, go to inglesonline.com.br and click Podcast Inglesonline.
Today we have the last episode.. that’s the fourth episode in the series where we talk about past forms of verbs that end in -ew. You’ve already listenend to podcasts about blew, flew and grew and today we’re gonna have threw take the stage.
So threw is the past of throw. Threw, t-h-r-e-w. First of all, do you remember what “throw” means? Look at the picture. That man is about to throw a ball. Kids sometimes throw stuff. They love to throw food while they’re eating and sometimes they throw food at the person who’s feeding them!
And we throw stuff away all the time. That usually means we are throwing something in a trash can. For example, last week I cleaned the place where I store old stuff from school, old documents, bills… and I threw a lot of stuff away. I threw it all away. Sometimes we buy something to eat because we think it’s going to taste delicious and then… after the first bite we realize we don’t like it. Has that ever happened to you? That used to happen to me all the time. Once I bought bread at this really fancy bakery. The bread was so expensive that I thought it had to be the best-tasting bread in the world. You know what happened? I had a bite and it was awful. It was so dry and hard that I didn’t even wanna eat the rest of it. I just threw it away.
On another occasion I bought what looked like delicious soup at a supermarket. I was really hungry so when I got home I wasted no time: I heated the soup and started eating it. Well, it tasted awful and I was eating alone, I didn’t have anyone to give the soup to, so I just threw it away. So what do you do when you buy something to eat and then you don’t like it? Do you eat it anyway, to get what you paid for, or do you just throw it away?
OK, now imagine that this is going on: you’re talking to a friend and he’s telling you about a new place in town. It’s a bar, it’s also a restaurant, and it’s really cool. And your friend was there last night and he loved it, so tonight he wants to go again and he wants you to come with him. You’re very excited because you’ve been studying a lot lately for your exams and you haven’t been out with your friends in a while, so you’re really looking forward to this place. Your friend tellls you it’s the best bar he’s been to this year, the music is great, the atmosphere is so awesome… And then you ask your friend what the name of this place is, and your friend tells you “Cemetery Bar and Restaurant! So, how about we meet there at 8?” And you just stand there, in silence.
You were getting so excited about this place, and then your friend told you what it’s called. Cemetery Bar and Restaurant? That was not what you were expecting for a name. Your friend just told you that this place with great food, great people and great music is called Cemetery, and then he suggested you guys meet there at 8. You’re still silent, you’re kinda surprised… that name threw you off a little bit. I mean, you would never expect a great place to eat and meet people to be called Cemetery. That name threw you off a bit. Now you’re wondering if this place is really what your friend says it is. You think your friend may be confused, or maybe he’s making this up… maybe he’s trying to be funny? You can’t believe a bar or a restaurant would be called Cemetery. That name threw you off completely, to be honest. That means that you’re confused, you thought you had a good idea of what this place was all about, but now you’re not so sure. Cemetery? That name threw you off, and you have to ask your friend a few more questions before you’re sure you wanna go there.
Here’s another example: Sally and John have been chatting for thirty minutes, and right now John is inviting Sally to a party on Saturday. He says “I would love for you to come to the party with me! I’m really glad you’re coming. I’m gonna pick you up at 8!” So Sally thinks “Wow, John is so cute! And he just asked me to go to a party on Saturday night! I think he’s into me!” And then John’s cell phone rings and he says “Just a minute, it must be my girlfriend”. And then he starts chatting with his girlfriend on the phone. Well, that just threw you off a little! He seemed so excited to take you to the party and now you find out he has a girlfriend? That totally threw you off and now you don’t know what to think! You’re surprised, you’re confused, you’re thinking maybe you misheard him! Maybe he was saying that he was going to take his girlfriend to the party, and not you!
So tell us about a time when someone said something that completely threw you off: it was something you were not expecting at all, it confused you and you didn’t even know what to say! Also, take a look at the transcript on the website: I’ve included a link to an excerpt of a Friends episode (that means a little piece of a Friends episode) where Ross gets really mad because someone threw his sandwich away. Talk to you next time!
Watch Ross’s sandwich
Key expressions
throw something away
it threw me off
Glossary
take the stage = ser o centro das atenções, o foco
fancy = sofisticada
he’s making this up = ele está inventando isso
what this place is all about = como é esse lugar, o que ele representa
Ana criou um blog de dicas de inglês em 2006, e depois de muito pesquisar o que faz alguém ganhar fluência numa segunda língua, criou seu primeiro curso de inglês em 2009.
Hi dear Ana,
how’s going ? just an passant and want jot down good words for your about your blog progress, it not only teach us about this nice language, but it is cool, nice and easy to follow. congratulations. keep up the your good work.
i have already fallen in love with a long blondy hired girl that i met at my last job…she seemed to be the prettiest girl in the world…but after some months later i realized that she was not the kind of girl i would like to stay with..it really threw me off a bit….
Your podcasts never threw us off, they are clear and we are looking forward to listen them again!
Smallville 10X01
Jorel to Clark Called as Khalel too):
– Khalel you throw me off fully with your vanity and proudy!
ola Ana, eu acompanho os seu podcasts e eu estou simplesmente adorando, eu gosto ,uito de suas aulas por meio de situações práticas e ainda mais usando áudio, o que aumenta muito o aprendizado. então; eu gostaria que você fizesse um podcast das expressões do tipo “Se não fosse assim… (não daria certo)” e “esta foi/é a unica maneira…”
até mais
Hi Analuiza. I have tried to get a download of the pdf file but a notice comes like that “the file must be corrupted”. So i couldn´t go on. Can you help me?
Well, when I tasted a strawberry milkshake at the mall some time ago, I got sick immediatly. So, I gave it to my mom (she loved it!). When I´m alone, and I buy something that I don´t like, I usually eat it anyway. But, if I´m with someone else, I threw it away.
I had a friend, but after school, we haven´t talked anymore. I saw her two months ago, and she´s too ugly! I don´t know what happened in her life; she used to be beautiful, and her situation threw me off.
Hi Ana, Sometimes this happens to me too. I’ve bought a kind of cake that was look like so good, but then my first bite I realize that it wasn’t tasteful, I just threw it away and I bought another food.
Hi Ana!
I remember one time when I really wanted to personally meet the members of a band called Fresno. I had a friend who knew them, and he promised me he would take me to the band’s dressing room at the concert we had agreed to go. I could hardly sleep in the night before the show.
When I saw the band guys personally I realized they weren’t what I expected, and I didn’t like them. They were really snobby e ridiculous. This meeting threw me off completely! I don’t even listen to their music anymore.
to podcasts about blew, flew and grew and today we’re gonna have threw take the stage.
