Are you Going to This Year's Mardi Gras in the US? — Video Conversation

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Lesson Transcript

In this lesson, you'll listen to a dialogue with the text.

Second, you'll review the key vocabulary followed by the English translations.

And finally, you'll review the dialogue with the text again to master what you learned.

First, listen to the dialogue with the text on the screen.

Could you hand me the comb? Yep, here you go.

Thanks. Do you think this Mardi Gras costume fits me? I think it looks fabulous.

Did you know that this is my first time in New Orleans?

Now you'll hear the key vocabulary followed by the English translation.

Comb. A strip of plastic,

metal or wood with a row of narrow teeth used for untangling or arranging hair.

Comb. Comb.

Our second word is costume. Set of clothes for a specific occasion.

Possibly meant to make the wearer look like someone or something else.

Costume. Costume.

Next we have fabulous. Extraordinary. Amazingly good.

Fabulous. Fabulous.

Our next word is first. The starting item or person in a lineup.

First. First.

Next is time. A moment, hour, day or year.

Time. Time.

Next we have fits. To be of the right size or shape.

Fits. Fits.

And our last word is Mardi Gras. A carnival celebration held most famously in New Orleans.

Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras.

Finally, let's review the dialogue again. See if you can understand more this time.

Could you hand me the comb? Yep, here you go. Thanks.

You think this Mardi Gras costume fits me? I think it looks fabulous.

Did you know that this is my first time in New Orleans?

This is the end of the lesson.

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