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M:Helloeveryone!WelcometoEnglishPod!MynameisMarco.

C:Higuys!MynameisCatherine.

M:Andtodaywe’regonnabelookingatanotherlessona…aspartofoursportsseriesand

thistime,well,it’sadebate:isitagameorisitasport?

C:Ooh,it’sasport.Youhavetoworkyourmind.

M:Yeah,sowe’relookingatchess–averyold,verypopularsport;verydifficulttoplayas

well.

C:Ittakesalotofpracticeandbelievemeit’sfrustratingatthebeginningandI’mstillkind

ofinthebeginning,inthemediumstages,but,uh…Yeah,ittakesalotofpracticeandit

takes,uh…Well,ittakesalotoftimetofamiliarizeyourselfwiththerules.

M:Right.

C:Sowe’regonnabelearningalittlebitmoreaboutthepiecesandtherulestoday.

M:Okay,perfect,sowe’renotgonnapreviewanything.Let’slistentothedialogueforthe

firsttimeandthenwe’llcomebackandtalkaboutthesport.

DIALOGUE,FIRSTTIME

M:Alright,so,um,thekidisobviouslynotveryinterestedinlearninghowtoplaychess.

C:Notatall,youknow,theartsofthesekindofslowergamesmightbereplacedverysoon

bygames.

M:Yeah,Iguess,uh,itdoesn’treallyappealtoalittlenine-yearoldorten-yearoldinstead

of,youknow,playingsomethinglikethiswiththis…

C:Tf-tf-tf-tf.

M:Yeah,shooting.

C:Yeah,exactly.

M:Butit’saverygreatgame;it’sverydifficultlikewementioned.Sowe’regonnalookat

thenameofthepiecesandtherulesthatarerelatedtothesepiecesin“language

takeaway”.

Voice:Languagetakeaway.

C:Well,thefirstoneyoumighthavehearditbefore,becausethisisawordthatisoften

usedinstrategyingeneral,so…

M:Uhu.

C:Um,thewordpawn.

M:Apawn.

C:Apawnusuallymeans,uh,somethingthatisnotveryimportant,thatyoucanuse

todistractanopponent.

M:Uhu.Alright,soonthechessboardyouhaveeightpawns,sothesearetheonesthatyou

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