Learn English with this driving English lesson
Date: Feb 26 2013
Grammar: Direct vs. Reported Speech
Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
Everyone likes to multitask. If you can do two things at once, it will save you time. Unless, of course, one of those things is driving. In that case, multitasking can kill you, or someone else.
Driving requires your full attention to be safe. Looking away from the road for a few seconds to push a few buttons on your phone seems harmless, but it’s actually very dangerous.
Texting while driving is very tempting though. We live in a world of instant communication. It’s hard to wait until you’re finished driving to respond to any messages you get on the road.
So pull over, put down your phone, and listen to Sara and Vanessa talk about texting while driving in this English lesson.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
Sara: I have a confession to make. It’s really bad…
Vanessa: What is it?
Sara: ...and I know I shouldn’t do it, but I can’t stop texting while driving.
Vanessa: Oh no. That’s really dangerous. Really risky.
Sara: I know. It’s just…your friend texts you, and you’re driving, and you think, “I can text them back in 15 minutes when I get home, but what if it’s really important and I need to communicate right now?” You know?
Vanessa: I know, I know, and sometimes you’re stopped at a light or something, or you don’t have a hands-free or a headset or anything like that. But don’t you find that it breaks your concentration? Don’t you need to focus when you’re driving?
Sara: I do. I think I convince myself that I can do both even though I know I’m pressing my luck by doing it.
Vanessa: Yeah. I have a confession to make.
Sara: What is it?
Vanessa: Sometimes I do it too.
Sara: Were you in the car when I texted you earlier?
Vanessa: Um….maybe.
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Discussion
Sara admits to Vanessa that she sometimes texts while driving. She knows it’s dangerous, but she does it anyway. Sometimes she just worries that the text she got was too important to ignore.
Vanessa agrees that texting while driving is very dangerous, but she understands why Sara does it. They make hands-free devices and headsets to help with this problem, but you don’t always have one on when you need it.
Ultimately, Vanessa admits she texted Sara while driving earlier in the day!
Do you ever text while driving? What are some good ways to avoid this risky (and often illegal) behavior?
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