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Category: Scenarios

This category is for role-playing or story-telling posts. The purpose of this post should focus on learning something new about English in some way — vocabulary, sentence or speech patterns, idioms, phrasal verbs, etc.

Car Accident – Fender Bender

August 7, 2017 TeacherLee Listening, Pronunciation, Scenarios, Speaking, Vocabulary Leave a comment

Role Dialog Narrator This scenario covers a fender-bender accident between Roza, who is driving a red car, and Karolin, who is driving a black car, and the typical post-accident process that is recommended by most insurance companies.  Roza  (talking to herself) There’s Main Street up ahead. I need to make

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SpaceX Dragon Class

July 4, 2017 TeacherLee Listening, Posts, Pronunciation, Scenarios, Speaking, Technology, Technology - New, Vocabulary Leave a comment

A teacher conducts a science class and discusses America’s retired space shuttle program and its replacement, a private sector Dragon spacecraft.

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Building a New Home

May 1, 2017 TeacherLee Listening, Posts, Pronunciation, Scenarios, Speaking, Vocabulary Leave a comment

Role Dialog Narrator A couple, Nathan and Sheila, have hired an architect, Allan, to build them a new home according to a blueprint that they provided him.  The new home is under construction and the couple have just arrived at the work site to see how things are going.  Allan

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Planetarium Visit 3 – Our Planets

April 23, 2017 TeacherLee Listening, Pronunciation, Scenarios, Speaking, Vocabulary 8 comments

A school field trip to a planetarium show about the nine planets of our solar system proves to be information and interesting. If only the students can remember the show long enough to pass their quiz the next day…

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Let’s Learn about Mars

March 16, 2017 TeacherLee Listening, Posts, Pronunciation, Scenarios, Speaking, Vocabulary One comment

The United States space agency called NASA has committed to landing a crew of men on Mars by the year 2033. This scenario will teach you a little bit about Earth’s neighboring planet that we call Mars, the fourth planet from the sun in distance.

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New Student in a Foreign School

March 9, 2017 TeacherLee Listening, Posts, Pronunciation, Scenarios, Speaking, Vocabulary 6 comments

A Palestinian family moves to Florida in the United States due to the father’s job reassignment. Their son and daughter are starting their first day of school in a new country in the 11th Grade. They know no one, and everything they see is new to them. Fortunately, they have had good teachers and have a good knowledge of English.

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International Teleconference Call

March 4, 2017 TeacherLee Listening, Posts, Pronunciation, Scenarios, Speaking, Vocabulary 3 comments

A corporation schedules and holds a teleconference call between their international offices scattered around the world.

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Informal Get-Together at a Starbucks

February 24, 2017 TeacherLee Listening, Posts, Pronunciation, Scenarios, Speaking, Vocabulary Leave a comment

A Chinese friend of Teacher Lee’s invites him to meet two Chinese college teachers for a cup of coffee at a Starbucks restaurant so they can practice speaking English with a real native English speaker. During this informal get-together, they introduce themselves and make small talk.

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Business English Series – Meetings

February 23, 2017 TeacherLee Listening, Posts, Pronunciation, Scenarios, Speaking, Vocabulary Leave a comment

An annual general meeting is scheduled and conducted to discuss a company’s past-year performance and to project the new-year’s performance. During the meeting, some ballots are cast and votes counted, and some SWOT analysis occurs — strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

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Sales Presentation Training Class

February 23, 2017 TeacherLee Listening, Posts, Pronunciation, Scenarios, Speaking, Vocabulary 2 comments

A trainer is training some sales personnel, Suki and Victor, both of whom work in the bedroom furniture department. They are being trained on how to greet and treat the customer with politeness and courtesy. Can they both meet the store’s strict training requirements?

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Tour Boat Ride

February 19, 2017 TeacherLee Listening, Pronunciation, Scenarios, Speaking, Vocabulary 3 comments

A family decides to take a harbor tour on a pirate ship tour boat. Arr.

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Travel Agency Booking

February 15, 2017 TeacherLee Listening, Pronunciation, Scenarios, Speaking, Vocabulary 2 comments

A couple want to take a two-week vacation. The wife goes to a travel agency to get ideas where to go and to book the necessary reservations. Madagascar, Thailand, Seychelles — where will they go?

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