京都で英会話を習うなら!四条烏丸より徒歩5分
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Topic: Listening Exercise
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oil well: (n.) a hole in the ground used to extract petrol
sweepstake: (n.) a gambling contest for money
crying shame: (n.) used to indicate a situation is unfortunate (often sarcastic)
pester: (v.) harass or bother someone
figure (something) wrong: (v.) make a mistake or error in understanding something
Uncle Sam: (n.) a personification of the United States of America; often used to refer to its government
get oneself killed: (v.) put oneself in a very dangerous position
hamstring (someone): (v.) to damage or remove the hamstring muscles, located at the back of one’s thighs, with the intention of crippling or hindering them
IRS: (v.) Internal Revenue Service, a US governmental agency that collects taxes
tell (someone) where the bear shits in the buckwheat: (idiom) to tell someone something obvious they are already familiar with (not understood by most English native speakers)
suds: (n.) foam or bubbles from soap/detergent; (in this case) slang for beer.
Part1: Vocabulary Challenge
Part2: Comprehension Questions
Disucussion Questions
- Do you think Hadley’s treatment of the prisoners is fair, considering they are all supposed to be criminals?
- These kinds of deals between prisoner and guard are common in fiction. Do you think they really exist? What kind of deals do you believe to be the most common?
