In this episode: Congratulations on 100 episodes of Aprender Inglés con Reza y Craig and let’s open the champagne!

Also, how to pass the FCE speaking exam, the word LAST and the difference the prepositions between OF and FOR

Listener feedback from Mamen who passed her speaking test

Listener Feedback: Sergio
My name is Sergio. It is not my first time writing to you.
I listen to your podcast everyday and I have listened some podcasts about the FCE Exam, and I would like to know which is the ‘required’ (or minimum) level to pass the exam.

I mean, I have studied English for many years, and I use it very often at my work. Perhaps, I should try to improve my vocabulary in general, but I think I can follow a normal conversation with a native speaker.

I have listened to some podcasts, as I said before, about some of your students doing a FCE speaking exam, and I would like to know if they could pass the exam.
Could you tell me a podcast number/episode in which I could listen to a person who ‘pass’ (has passed) the exam, please?

Bea and Tatania speaking test: PassFCE episode 14

Audio feedback from Nadia from Morocco who has improved her English and can now communicate much better with her clients.

Audio feedback from Elisa from Finland

Feedback from Marga Arroyas

Hola Reza and Craig,

This is my first mail to any of you and….

I could tell you how wonderful you are… I could tell you how nice it is listening to you and how much I learn when doing it… I could tell you I´ve downloaded all your podcasts…
I could tell you I listen to them as much as possible (when cooking, driving or even sleeping)… I could tell you you are the best English teachers I´ve ever had…
I could tell you how English has helped me in my life… I could, I could, but I won´t…

      

Cars and driving

driving license (driver’s license US) – to take/pass a driving test
brake, handbrake, clutch – embrague, accelerator, gas pedal (US), baby seat, seatbelt, boot (UK) / trunk (US), bonnet (UK) / hood (US), steering Wheel – volante,
windscreen (UK) / windshield (US), rear window, rear-view mirror, wing mirror, number plate (UK) / license plate (US), jack – gato, puncture – pinchazo, tyre (UK) / tire (US) – neumático, airbags, GPS (Global Positioning System), bumper (UK) / fender (US) – parachoques / paragolpes, to reverse – dar marcha atrás, to put it in gear, gears, stick shift (US) – cambio manual, exhaust (pipe) – tubo de escape, (spare) tyre, headlights – faros, indicator – intermitente, car horn / hooter – claxon

To double park
To give someone a lift / ride
to run someone to the station / To run someone over
Back seat driver
To put the peddle to the metal – to put your foot down – to step on the gas – to sink the boot – to give it some wellie

LIFESTYLE

Nuclear family – A nuclear family or elementary family is a family group consisting of a pair of adults and their children.
This is in contrast to a single-parent family, to the larger extended family, and to a family with more than two parents.

Modern family – When my parents were married, the ideal family consisted of a mother, father, two kids and a house in the suburbs.
The traditional family unit has evolved with extended families, single parents, gay parents, adoption and no children.

Jet setter – The definition of a jet setter is a person who travels frequently – Someone in high society with a glamorous life.
An example of a jet setter is someone who flies off to Paris to shop.

Millennials – Millennials (also known as the Millennial Generation or Generation Y) follow Generation X.
There are no precise dates for when the generation starts and ends; most researchers and commentators use birth years ranging from the early 1980s to around 2000.

Generation X – commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the Western Post–World War II baby boom.
Most demographers and commentators use birth dates ranging from the early 1960s to the early 1980s.

Yuppies – A yuppie – short for “young urban professional” or “young upwardly-mobile professional”) is defined by one source as being “a young college-educated adult who has a job that pays a lot of money and who lives and works in or near a large city”.
This acronym first came into use in the early 1980s.

      

dubbed – doblado
nurse – enfermera
surgeon – cirujano
judge – juez, juzgar
patient – paciente
lively – animado/a, alegre
sociable – sociable
beard – barba
moustache – bigote
chemist – farmacia, farmacéutico/a , chemistry – química
butcher – carnicero/a
weird – raro/a, extraño/a (That’s weird! – ¡Qué raro!) ‘He’s a wierdo’
mechanic – mecánico
cough – tos, toser
headache – dolor de cabeza
drought – sequía (flood – inundación )
hitch hiking – autostop, a dedo

Urban slang

Chillax – calm down and relax (chill + relax)
Selfie – a picture one takes of herself or himself, usually with a camera phone, and often with the purpose of uploading it to social media sites
to freak out – to be in a heightened emotional state, such as that of fear, anger, or excitement
A crapella — singing (badly) while listening to music through headphones