Buying Underwear
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Marco: Hello, everyone! Welcome back to EnglishPod! My name is Marco.
Erica: And I’m Erica.
Marco: And today we’re bringing you a very… I would say, embarrassing lesson for us men.
Erica: Right, embarrassing for men, but, I think, uh, it’s okay for women.
Marco: Hehe. That’s right. We’re gonna be talking about buying underwear, specifically women’s underwear.
Erica: Right, so, um, obviously not the favorite thing for men to do.
Marco: Well, apart from being a little bit uncomfortable, it’s also boring.
Erica: Yeah, it involves shopping, right?
Marco: Involves shopping, so we… we’re not really big on that.
Erica: Alright, but… well, even though it might be a little bit of an uncomfortable, um, topic, there’s some great language in here, isn’t there?
Marco: Yeah, there’s some really good words and, of course, ah… the different types of underwear, that we’re gonna be looking at.
Erica: Yeah.
Marco: But we also have some words that we’re gonna take a look at before we get into our dialogue, so let’s start with vocabulary preview.
Voice: Vocabulary preview.
Erica: Well, we’re gonna look at two words that will appear in our dialogue. And the first one is lingerie.
Marco: Lingerie.
Erica: Lingerie.
Marco: Okay, so, lingerie. This is a nice fancy word.
Erica: Uhu.
Marco: Basically for underwear, right?
Erica: Right, for women’s underwear.
Marco: Women’s underwear.
Erica: Yeah.
Marco: So, lingerie, but it’s very nice, very…
Erica: Like pretty sexy.
Marco: Sexy underwear.
Erica: Yeah, yeah. Now, the spelling of this word is interesting, isn’t it?
Marco: Yeah, it’s spelled L-I-N-G-E-R-I-E.
Erica: Lingerie.
Marco: Lingerie.
Erica: Yes, don’t you love English spellings?
Marco: Hehe. So, women’s nice, pretty sexy underwear.
Erica: That’s right. And our second word, awkward.
Marco: Awkward.
Erica: Awkward.
Marco: Awkward.
Erica: So, this is a feeling that men have, especially when they’re buying women’s underwear.
Marco: Well, yeah, you feel a little bit uncomfortable…
Erica: Yeah.
Marco: Or it’s a strange situation.
Erica: Or weird…
Marco: Yeah.
Erica: Or out of place.
Marco: It’s awkward.
Erica: Yes. Alright, so, we’re gonna be hearing both of these two words in the dialogue. Now, Marco, where are we here?
Marco: We’re gonna be at a department store at the section, where they have women’s, uh, lingerie and we have a guy buying underwear for his girlfriend.
Erica: Alright, well, let’s find out what happens.
Saleswoman: Good afternoon, sir. Can I help you find anything, or are you just browsing?
导购：下午好，先生。需要我帮您找点什么，还是您先随便看看？Man: Oh, um... I’m looking for a gift for my girlfriend. Her birthday is coming up.
男士：哦，嗯……我想给我女友买件礼物。她的生日快到了。Saleswoman: Wonderful! We have a magnificent selection of fine women's lingerie. What style does she prefer? Something sexy, or maybe some cute sleepwear, like these silky nighties?
导购：太棒了！我们这里有非常精致的高档女士内衣可供挑选。她平时偏好什么风格呢？是性感路线的，还是可爱款的睡衣，比如这些丝绸睡裙？Man: Uh... I’m not really sure. I mean, nothing like granny panties or anything, but... oh man, this is so awkward. I just feel so out of place here.
男士：额……我其实不太确定。我是说，肯定不能是老太太穿的那种大裤衩，但是……天哪，这简直太尴尬了。我觉得自己站在这儿格格不入。Saleswoman: Don't worry at all, sir! Men shop here for their partners all the time. How about these lace undies?
导购：先生，您完全不用担心！经常有男士来这儿给伴侣挑选礼物。这款蕾丝内裤您觉得怎么样？Man: (Thinking) Oh God, that security guard is looking at me funny. This is mortifying. I need to just pick something and get the hell out of here!
男士：（内心独白）天哪，那个保安正在用奇怪的眼神盯着我。这简直太丢人了。我得赶紧随便选个东西，然后赶紧逃离这个地方！Man: Uh, yeah, those look fine. I'll take them. Let's just get this over with, please.
男士：额，行，那款看着挺好的。我就要那个了。麻烦快点帮我结账吧，赶紧结束这一切。
Erica: Oh, the poor guy, I totally feel bad for him.
Marco: Yeah, he was really nervous and, of course, it was very uncomfortable for him.
Erica: I know and then the security guard shows up and…
Marco: Hehe. Exactly. But we have an opportunity to take a look at some really great words and phrases, so let’s start off with our first on in “language takeaway”.
Voice: Language takeaway.
Erica: Alright, we’re gonna look at words here that mostly have to do with underwear, describing underwear.
Marco: Right.
Erica: And the first one is granny panties.
Marco: Granny panties.
Erica: Granny panties.
Marco: This isn’t like a real, real word, right? It’s not something that you find in the dictionary.
Erica: No, it’s a slang word, um, and we use it to describe really big, ugly underwear like your grandmother would wear.
Marco: Alright, so, they’re not like the sexy little underwear.
Erica: No.
Marco: It’s more like long and it’s not very appealing?
Erica: Just picture what your grandmother would wear.
Marco: Hehe. No.
Erica: Hehe.
Marco: Alright, so, granny panties.
Erica: So, obviously, uh, this guy doesn’t want to be buying any of those, but the saleswoman suggests that he try some sleepwear.
Marco: Sleepwear.
Erica: Sleepwear.
Marco: Sleepwear. Okay, so, sleepwear.
Erica: Obviously, clothes you wear when you’re sleeping.
Marco: Now, this is really interesting, because men aren’t really that complicated when they come to sleeping. Just… throw on a t-shirt and that’s it.
Erica: Well, obviously, for women there’re more options an… and more different things you can chose from, so…
Marco: Okay.
Erica: It’s a whole separate category for women.
Marco: I know. Even when you’re sleeping, you must wear something nice.
Erica: Yes.
Marco: One type of sleepwear is silky nighties.
Erica: Nighties.
Marco: Nighties.
Erica: N-I-G-H-T-I-E-S.
Marco: Okay, so, a nighty.
Erica: Um, it’s basically a dress that you wear when you sleep.
Marco: Okay. Now, the pronunciation is interesting, because the first five letters are night.
Erica: Right.
Marco: Right? But you don’t say nighT.
Erica: You don’t say nighTy.
Marco: You say nighDy.
Erica: Yeah, you… you make the T a D.
Marco: Hm.
Erica: NighDy.
Marco: Now, she offered him some silky nighties.
Erica: Right, so, silky. Obviously, we know silk.
Marco: Right.
Erica: Is a soft, shiny fabric, right?
Marco: Right.
Erica: So, when something is silky, it’s either made from silk or it’s…
Marco: The similar.
Erica: Soft and shiny.
Marco: Okay, so…
Erica: Yeah.
Marco: Some silky nighties - very soft, shiny, uh, nighties.
Erica: Exactly.
Marco: Okay. What about our next word?
Erica: Well, the salesgirl offers different styles of undies.
Marco: Undies.
Erica: Undies.
Marco: Undies.
Erica: So, undies is an interesting word. It’s basically short for underwear.
Marco: Underwear, okay.
Erica: Uhu.
Marco: So, you can just call underwear undies.
Erica: Yes, but I think you mostly use this when you’re talking about women’s underwear.
Marco: Oh, really?
Erica: I mean I don’t know I would say undies when I’m talking about men’s underwear.
Marco: No, I don’t think so. Maybe children’s underwear.
Erica: Yeah, yeah, yeah, for children. Yep.
Marco: For children, right?
Erica: Yep.
Marco: Okay. Alright, so, we saw some of the different types of clothing, but now, let’s take a look at this interesting adjective, mortifying.
Erica: Mortifying.
Marco: This is mortifying.
Erica: Mortifying.
Marco: Okay, so… when something is mortifying…
Erica: Well, I think, we’ve got some examples to show you what that is like.
Voice: Example one.
A: And then I fell in front of everyone. It was mortifying!
Voice: Example two.
B: I was completely mortified, when I realized what I had done.
Voice: Example three.
C: It must’ve been mortifying for her, when she realized that her underwear was showing.
Marco: So, basically, it’s very embarrassing.
Erica: Super embarrassing.
Marco: You want to die almost.
Erica: Yeah.
Marco: Okay.
Erica: Which is… I… interesting. I mean, mort.
Marco: Right, from…
Erica: French.
Marco: Mourir.
Erica: Yeah.
Marco: Uhu.
Erica: Interesting. Alright, well, um, etymology, here at EnglishPod.
Marco: Hehe. Alright, so, some interesting… Okay, so, we saw the different types of underwear, we saw this really great word for when you’re really embarrassed.
Erica: Uhu.
Marco: So, now, let’s take a look at some of the phrases that you would use, when you’re really embarrassed in “fluency builder”.
Voice: Fluency builder.
Erica: Alright, we have two phrases to look at here. And the first one – get the hell out of here.
Marco: Get the hell out of here.
Erica: Get the hell out of here.
Marco: Okay, so, if I say I want to get the hell out of here…
Erica: You wanna leave this place really quickly.
Marco: Really quickly. Just…
Erica: Yeah.
Marco: I wanna leave.
Erica: Right now.
Marco: Now, when you’re using this… this phrase of this sentence, uh, “get the hell out of here”, is it really polite?
Erica: No, of course not, it’s… it’s impolite.
Marco: Okay, so…
Erica: It’s really negative.
Marco: Very negative and informal, right?
Erica: Yeah, yeah.
Marco: So you would use this maybe with your friends or th… like in this case think it to your self.
Erica: Yes, but it’s not a good idea to use with your boss or your mother.
Marco: Hehe. Right.
Erica: Yeah.
Marco: Okay. I guess, sometimes depending on the tone you use…
Erica: Uh.
Marco: How you say it, you can sound really angry, right?
Erica: Definitely.
Marco: Right, okay.
Erica: Alright, well, let’s listen to some examples.
Voice: Example one.
A: This place is scary. Let’s get the hell out of here!
Voice: Example two.
B: What are you doing in my house? Get the hell out of here!
Voice: Example three.
C: We were at a friend’s party and all of a sudden her parents arrived. We got the hell out of there as quickly as possible!
Marco: Alright, so, get the hell out of here.
Erica: Get the hell out of here.
Marco: Now, let’s take a look at our last phrase for fluency builder - get this over with.
Erica: Get this over with.
Marco: I want to get this over with.
Erica: So, you want to finish it really quickly.
Marco: But you wanna finish it because you’re not really enjoying it, right?
Erica: Exactly. It… this is something that you use when the situation is negative.
Marco: Is negative, okay.
Erica: Yeah.
Marco: In case of… I just want to get this over with.
Erica: Yeah, I wanna get this test over with. I wanna get this day over with. I wanna get this…
Marco: Maybe, if you’re on a bad date. I wanna get this date over with.
Erica: Yes, exactly.
Marco: Okay.
Erica: Alright, well, interesting phrases and I think w… it would help us to hear them once more in context in the dialogue.
Saleswoman: Good afternoon, sir. Can I help you find anything, or are you just browsing?
导购：下午好，先生。需要我帮您找点什么，还是您先随便看看？Man: Oh, um... I’m looking for a gift for my girlfriend. Her birthday is coming up.
男士：哦，嗯……我想给我女友买件礼物。她的生日快到了。Saleswoman: Wonderful! We have a magnificent selection of fine women's lingerie. What style does she prefer? Something sexy, or maybe some cute sleepwear, like these silky nighties?
导购：太棒了！我们这里有非常精致的高档女士内衣可供挑选。她平时偏好什么风格呢？是性感路线的，还是可爱款的睡衣，比如这些丝稠睡裙？Man: Uh... I’m not really sure. I mean, nothing like granny panties or anything, but... oh man, this is so awkward. I just feel so out of place here.
男士：额……我其实不太确定。我是说，肯定不能是老太太穿的那种大裤衩，但是……天哪，这简直太尴尬了。我觉得自己站在这儿格格不入。Saleswoman: Don't worry at all, sir! Men shop here for their partners all the time. How about these lace undies?
导购：先生，您完全不用担心！经常有男士来这儿给伴侣挑选礼物。这款蕾丝内裤您觉得怎么样？Man: (Thinking) Oh God, that security guard is looking at me funny. This is mortifying. I need to just pick something and get the hell out of here!
男士：（内心独白）天哪，那个保安正在用奇怪的眼神盯着我。这简直太丢人了。我得赶紧随便选个东西，然后赶紧逃离这个地方！Man: Uh, yeah, those look fine. I'll take them. Let's just get this over with, please.
男士：额，行，那款看着挺好的。我就要那个了。麻烦快点帮我结账吧，赶紧结束这一切。
Marco: Alright, so, I guess the situation is very common: men either having to shop for this type of article for their girlfriend or wife…
Erica: Uhu.
Marco: Because it’s their birthday…
Erica: Yeah.
Marco: Or sometimes we get dragged into a store to… to buy this…
Erica: So you're shopping with your girlfriend and she’s gonna make you go look at underwear with her.
Marco: Hehe. Yeah, I usually don’t do that, though. I just, uh, go to the next section and just look around.
Erica: Look at tools.
Marco: Look at tools.
Erica: Hehe.
Marco: Hehe. TVs…
Erica: Yeah.
Marco: And play stations.
Erica: Yes, but you know what, I have seen some men, who go shopping with their girlfriends or wives and actually enjoy buying underwear.
Marco: See, that’s the thing… I think i… i… it makes sense, but I don’t know how comfortable you’re actually be. I don’t know why. I guess it just a… how it indicates sexuality and other stuff.
Erica: Yeah, well…
Marco: I… I could do it for maybe five or ten minutes, give my professional advice…
Erica: Yeah.
Marco: And then I’m out of there.
Erica: Alright, well, maybe those guys, who look like they’re enjoying themselves are just really talking in their heads…
Marco: Hehe.
Erica: Um, telling themselves how much they hate this.
Marco: Exactly, maybe they just, uh…
Erica: They’re pretending.
Marco: Pretending or listening to their IPod.
Erica: Well, tell us… well, guys… I know we’ve got a lot of male listeners… tell us what you think, um… are you embarrassed by women’s underwear?
Marco: Right, or, women, why aren’t you embarrassed when you buy men’s underwear for your boyfriend or husband?
Erica: I think there’s a lot to talk about here…
Marco: Hehe.
Erica: So, come to our website at englishpod.com.
Marco: Right, leave you questions and comments and, of course, tell us what you think about this topic.
Erica: Well, thanks for downloading this lesson and until next time… Good bye!
Marco: Bye!
