Unexpected English!
by LouisLooking for some short, sweet, real life English to improve your listening skills or just have fun? Never too long, never boring, and always something worthwhile for the curious listener or English learner! Transcript included too! Check out the past episodes for more fun!
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Episodes
Jerusalem [Music listening for humanity]
4m · PublishedIs Anybody Home? [Unexpected English]
1m · Published[EP 90] - Are you there? If you are listening to this episode, let me know on @UnexpectedEnglish on Instagram.
Yogurtland! or, What's your favorite flavor? [American Listening]
3m · PublishedYogurtland! or, What's your favorite flavor? [American Listening]
3m · PublishedHot Dogs at Barrio Dog in San Diego! [American English Listening]
4m · PublishedThe Chicken Mom! [American English Listening]
5m · PublishedThe Candy Queen! [American English listening]
4m · PublishedThe Salt Cave [American English Listening]
4m · Published[EP85] Unexpected English brings you surprising audio with a transcription to help you practice your English listening in less than five minutes. This time, we visit a salt cave for some haloterapy. Come join us!
Okay, so I was walking through the mall and I saw a place called The Salt Escape. And it had some... Well, it looked like something I had never seen before. So I thought I would go in and find out a little more. So I'm talking to the... the owner? I'm talking to someone inside who I thought maybe they can tell me... Okay, I'm talking to somebody who could tell me: What is The Salt Escape?
The Salt Escape is basically a halotherapy...
Hold up... a what therapy?
It's halotherapy which is a...
Halo, halotherapy...
Halo, H-A-L-O as in breathing in salt to cure many different ailments you might have whether it's asthma, colds, sinusitis, allergies, and it also is absorbed through your skin, so it helps with psoriasis...
OK, wait wait now, so you tell us what it helps. But what's the deal? Do people go into a room full of salt? Or what is it?
OK, so we have a cave... that you... A cave, okay, we're going slow so people can follow, So I come into salt escape, And then I get put in a cave, a salt cave...
A salt cave that has 7000 pounds of Himalayan sea salt on the ground. And then there's salt lamps all around and salt on the walls. And then we also pump salt in at different intervals throughout that 45 minutes.
Like salt air, you're saying? You pump in salty air?
Um-hum, salty air, we take the salt, we put it in a generator that breaks it down into fine little crystal mist, and we pump into the cave while you're there, sitting in lounge chairs relaxing.. not lounge chairs but reclining chairs.
I'm just sitting in a room...basically I'm sitting in a room full of salt.
Salt.And breathing it and reaping all the benefits that it has to offer.
Do.. do I get naked when I do that? Noooo..Oh, and okay, so it'll go through.. We keep it kind of clean in here.
OK, so I saw the salt goes through my clothes... and...
It goes through your skin, it also, it's absorbed through your skin, but it's the breathing that really helps any respiratory issues that you have.
So yeah, so it's primarily as a respiratory...
But, but also good through the skin absorbing the skin, if you have any kind of skin issues, it helps with that as well. But it helps with anxiety and depression all kinds of wonderful things. But our, our cave is very, very relaxing. It's dark and quiet and we play meditation music so it's...
Ohhh okay don't say it, ohhh, okay, so well, that sounds beautiful! And how long is a session?
45 minutes.
So for 45 minutes, I get to sit in the salt cave... and relax... and breathe in.
Okay people, well you heard it here first, the, the mysteries and marvels of the salt cave, all are 100% organic Himalayan salt. Alright, thanks and thanks for your time.
Thank you! Come visit us!
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The Salt Cave [American English Listening]
4m · Published[EP85] Unexpected English brings you surprising audio with a transcription to help you practice your English listening in less than five minutes. This time, we visit a salt cave for some haloterapy. Come join us!
Okay, so I was walking through the mall and I saw a place called The Salt Escape. And it had some... Well, it looked like something I had never seen before. So I thought I would go in and find out a little more. So I'm talking to the... the owner? I'm talking to someone inside who I thought maybe they can tell me... Okay, I'm talking to somebody who could tell me: What is The Salt Escape?
The Salt Escape is basically a halotherapy...
Hold up... a what therapy?
It's halotherapy which is a...
Halo, halotherapy...
Halo, H-A-L-O as in breathing in salt to cure many different ailments you might have whether it's asthma, colds, sinusitis, allergies, and it also is absorbed through your skin, so it helps with psoriasis...
OK, wait wait now, so you tell us what it helps. But what's the deal? Do people go into a room full of salt? Or what is it?
OK, so we have a cave... that you... A cave, okay, we're going slow so people can follow, So I come into salt escape, And then I get put in a cave, a salt cave...
A salt cave that has 7000 pounds of Himalayan sea salt on the ground. And then there's salt lamps all around and salt on the walls. And then we also pump salt in at different intervals throughout that 45 minutes.
Like salt air, you're saying? You pump in salty air?
Um-hum, salty air, we take the salt, we put it in a generator that breaks it down into fine little crystal mist, and we pump into the cave while you're there, sitting in lounge chairs relaxing.. not lounge chairs but reclining chairs.
I'm just sitting in a room...basically I'm sitting in a room full of salt.
Salt.And breathing it and reaping all the benefits that it has to offer.
Do.. do I get naked when I do that? Noooo..Oh, and okay, so it'll go through.. We keep it kind of clean in here.
OK, so I saw the salt goes through my clothes... and...
It goes through your skin, it also, it's absorbed through your skin, but it's the breathing that really helps any respiratory issues that you have.
So yeah, so it's primarily as a respiratory...
But, but also good through the skin absorbing the skin, if you have any kind of skin issues, it helps with that as well. But it helps with anxiety and depression all kinds of wonderful things. But our, our cave is very, very relaxing. It's dark and quiet and we play meditation music so it's...
Ohhh okay don't say it, ohhh, okay, so well, that sounds beautiful! And how long is a session?
45 minutes.
So for 45 minutes, I get to sit in the salt cave... and relax... and breathe in.
Okay people, well you heard it here first, the, the mysteries and marvels of the salt cave, all are 100% organic Himalayan salt. Alright, thanks and thanks for your time.
Thank you! Come visit us!
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Search and Rescue! [American English Listening Podcast]
4m · Published[EP84] Unexpected English is the podcast where you can practice listening to real American English in just five minutes! This episode is called Search and Rescue. I hope you like it!
[Transcription]
Hey everybody, you're listening to Unexpected English. I've got a new episode for you. And it's a good episode because it's about people doing good things. And I think we need to hear about people doing good things because there's so much..... bad stuff happening out there, as you know, so we won't talk about that. Instead I'll tell you this episode is about search and rescue. There is a transcription in the notes to help you if you need it. And if you want to help the podcast then please leave a good review on iTunes or subscribe on Spotify, or just tell your friends Okay, here we go!
(Interview)
Okay, so I was talking to a neighbor and I found out that he volunteers for some kind of interesting organization. So I thought maybe he would tell us about that.
Actually, my wife and I both volunteer with Sheriff's Search and Rescue, and we are a group of 150 volunteers that go out and look for lost or missing people anywhere in the county.
Okay, so that's the sheriff's...
Search and rescue
And you volunteer to go find lost people. Now, how does that work?
Well, you know, Grandpa goes out for a walk doesn't come home. You call, you know, if you're in the county, you call the sheriff's dispatch, explain it. The deputy will come out and investigate and if it's within reason for us to do, they will dispatch it. So they send out a text message that there's a call out and where it is, and we go out and search for him.
Okay, so what was the last search you went out on? Or some that you remember?
Well, Chelsea King, we looked for her for well over a week, Amber DuBois.
And these are, like, girls who went missing?
Yeah. Chelsea King went missing, actually, 12 years ago and was murdered by a perpetrator.
Oh my gosh! So we're talking about a missing girl who they didn't know what happened....
They called out Search and Rescue, and we worked on that for well over a week.
And in the end, did they find her?
Yes, she was located, unfortunately, deceased.
Oh my goodness. So it isn't always a happy ending, I guess.
No, it isn't. But it's it's a necessary thing, even if it's a homicide case, and we're sent out to see if we can locate the victim. It's necessary, you know, people need to be found and returned to their families.
And how about one with a happy ending? Let's give us a happy ending.
Oh, there's lots of happy endings. I don't remember the person's name. But down in National City one time we were looking for grandpa who'd only lived with the woman for a week. He'd come here from Texas, and when we found him – we located him about two o'clock in the morning – and she asked if she could thank everybody. We gathered all the searchers around and, through the tears, she said, "I never thought I'd see my Dad alive again. Thank you."
Okay, so there you have it. That's a... that's a great story. And I appreciate the time you took talking to us.
Oh, my pleasure.
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Unexpected English! has 101 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 8:58:36. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 25th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 12th, 2024 21:40.