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A: This is Madeline Wright, for BCC News reporting live from Washington D. C. where, very shortly, the new President will deliver his inaugural address.
Just moments ago, the President was sworn into an office;
following the United States Constitution the President swore an oath to faithfully execute the office of the presidency.

B: And what exactly is going on now, Madeline?

A: Well, Tom, true to American tradition, the band has just played “Hail to the Chief”, and the President has been honored by a 21-gun salute.
Now we’re waiting for the President to take to the stage and deliver his speech.
Tom, it’s like a who’s who of the political world here on Capital Hill, with dignitaries representing several different countries.

B: What’s the mood on the ground like, Madeline?

A: In a word, the mood here is electric.
The excitement in the air is palpable;
I’ve never seen a larger crowd here on Capital Hill, and the audience is shouting, crying, and embracing each other.
On this, a most historic day, you can feel the hope and the excitement in the air.
The 20th of January will go down in history as the... Oh, Tom, it looks like the President is about to begin...

C: My fellow Americans, I stand before you today...

M: Hello English learners!
Welcome back to another great lesson here with EnglishPod!
My name is Marco.

E: And I’m Erica.

M: And today we’re bringing you an upper intermediate lesson.

E: A special lesson about the new president.

M: Right, it’s been a hot topic in the US.

E: Uhu.

M: The new president-elect, president Obama.

E: Yes.

M: So, today we’re bringing you something that you might see at his inaugural address.

E: That’s true.
So, Marco, can you explain this word – inaugural address?

M: The inaugural address is the first speech the president gives at the ceremony when he is officially president.

E: Okay, alright, so…

M: Right.

E: So, it’s his first presidential speech.

M: Exactly.

E: Uhu.

M: Great, so, let’s take a look at some other words that we’re gonna find in the dialogue today in “vocabulary preview”.

Voice: Vocabulary preview.

M: Alright, on vocabulary preview today we have two words.
The first one is swear in.

E: Swear in.

M: Swear in.

E: Swear in.
We’ll see this word in its past tense in the dialogue, right?

M: Right.

E: Sworn in.

M: Sworn in.

E: So, it means…

M: So, to swear someone in is to officially give that person a very important position…

E: Right.

M: Usually in government.

E: Yeah-yeah.

M: And our second word is oath.

E: Oath.

M: Oath.

E: O-A-T-H, oath.

M: And oath goes hand in hand with swear in, right?

E: That’s right.
When you swear someone in, they make an oath - a promise, right?

M: A promise.

E: An official promise to carry out the duties of that job.

M: Right, so, they promise that they will do their job.
Okay, great, so now let’s listen to our dialog for a first time.
Where are we?

E: Well, we’re actually watching a news reporter on TV.
She’s in Washington and she’s gonna tell us all about what’s happening.

M: Great, so, let’s listen.

DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME

M: Okay, some technical problems at the inaugural address.

E: Yeah, I certainly hope this doesn’t happen.

M: No… well, if it does, you heard it first at EnglishPod.

E: Predictors of the future here.

M: Hehe.
Okay, let’s take a look at “language takeaway”.

Voice: Language takeaway.
M: On language takeaway today we’re bringing you four words.

E: The first word is deliver.

M: Deliver.

E: Deliver.

M: Like deliver a pizza.

E: No.

M: Hehe.

E: Let’s listen.
We’ve got three examples that will show the meaning of this word.

Voice: Example one.

A: Who’s going to deliver the welcome speech?

Voice: Example two.

B: I’ve been asked to deliver a presentation on the findings of our research project.

Voice: Example three.

C: Dr. Rosen is delivering a lecture on macroeconomics.

M: Okay, so, deliver a speech.

E: Say a speech.

M: To say a speech.

E: Yeah.

M: So, you wouldn’t say “say a speech”, you would say “deliver a speech”.

E: Exactly.

M: Okay.
Okay, our second word for language takeaway – the who’s who.

E: The who’s who.

M: The who’s who.

E: So, this is a funny expression, hey?

M: It’s kind of weird.

E: The who’s who is the important people in a particular field, right?

M: Right, so, for example, there was a party last night and the who’s who of the film industry was there.

E: Wow, so, all the important stars and…

M: And directors…

E: Yeah.

M: And all that stuff.

E: Okay.
You could also say “the funeral was like a who’s who of the political world”.

M: Okay, so, all the important political figures were at this funeral.

E: Exactly.
Let’s move to our third word.

M: Dignitaries.

E: Dignitaries.

M: Dignitaries.

E: Dignitaries.

M: Okay, we have some great examples, so you can understand what this word means.
So, let’s listen.

Voice: Example one.

A: Several important dignitaries were presented at the opening ceremony, including the President of Brazil, the King of Spain and the Pope.

Voice: Example two.

B: There’re going to be a lot of foreign dignitaries at the dinner.

E: So, basically, we can understand that dignitaries are really important people, right?

M: Right, important political or religious figures.

E: I see.

M: Alright, now our last word for language takeaway – palpable.

E: Palpable.

M: Palpable.

E: Palpable.
When something is palpable, it’s so strong you can feel it.

M: Okay, so, it’s a very strong feeling.
You can almost touch it.

E: Yeah, like the excitement was palpable or the fear was palpable.

M: Okay.

E: Uhu.

M: Interesting word palpable.
Let’s listen to our dialogue again and now let’s try and listen to all these words we just talked about.

DIALOGUE, SECOND TIME

M: Okay, so, if you noticed in our dialogue we have some really interesting phrases there.

E: Yes.

M: So, I think it’s time for us to take a look at “fluency builder”.

Voice: Fluency builder.

M: On fluency builder today we’re gonna be looking at three phrases that are very interesting, because we can change them a little bit…

E: Uhu.

M: And form different patterns.

E: Yeah.
So, the first phrase we have is in a word.

M: In a word.

E: In a word.

M: In a word.

E: We use this expression when we want to describe something in one word.

M: Right.

E: Pretty simple, hey?

M: It’s really simple.

E: Let’s look at the pattern.
We’ve got examples of how you could use this phrase.

Voice: Example one.

A: In a word the situation is serious.

Voice: Example two.

B: What’s it like there?

C: In a word, it’s amazing.

M: Okay, so, in a word this podcast is…

E: Awesome.

M: Amazing.

E: Aha.

M: Okay.
Okay, let’s look at our second phrase today – go down in history.

E: Go down in history.

M: Go down in history.

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