7. Luke Meets a Sheep
Listen to a short English conversation about Luke meeting a sheep to practice your English speaking and listening skills. This episode is an example of story telling in an English conversation.
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Emma: You are listening to Dialogue Frog’s short English conversations for listening, speaking and shadowing practice. So Luke, I heard you had an interesting encounter with an animal the other day.
Luke: Yes, Emma, I had an interesting encounter with an animal. Uh, so there I was, just looking out my window, minding my own business, when all of the sudden, it was actually quite gradual, uh I saw a sheep.
Emma: A sheep.
Luke: A sheep. It was a pretty big sheep, too.
Emma: How big was this sheep?
Luke: At least 15 feet tall with these huge arms. It looks like he could pick up a truck and throw it at least a couple feet.
Emma: That’s a monster sheep.
Luke: It is a monster sheep. And um, yeah, nah, he was actually an average sized sheep, as far as I know. So uh he went he actually came up, walked on our driveway and he walked up to the front door. So then I opened the door and then he just starts uh, talking to me.
Emma: Did he ask you to sign for the package?
Luke: Yeah he did. And uh, I wasn’t going to sign for that package, because that is not a….I did not want that delivery.
Emma: So then what happened?
Luke: So then I kinda waited and I kinda tried to decide what to do. So I ended up calling some family members and but it turns out that by the by the time, uh, anyway a couple minutes later, uh, its owners came and got him, so.
Emma: A happy ending for the sheep.
Luke: It was a happy ending to a baa-utiful day.
Emma: A baa-utiful day.
Luke: Yep.
Emma: I’m sure it was.
Luke: Yep. That is the tale of my exciting encounter with uh, the world’s fluffiest animal probably.
Emma: Well that was very entertaining. Thank you for telling us your story of meeting the neighborhood sheep.
Luke: Yep
Emma: That’s all we have for today’s conversation uh, with Luke meeting a sheep. Uh, we hope to hear-to see you next time on Dialogue Frog.
Interesting
Encounter
Animal
The other day
So there I was
Minding my own business
All of the sudden
Actually
Quite
Gradual
Sheep
Pretty big
Feet (unit of measurement)
Huge
Arms
Pick up
Truck
Throw
At least
A couple
Monster
Nah
Average
Sized
As far as I know
Came up
Walked
Driveway
Front door
Open
To sign for
Package
Want
Delivery
Happened
Kinda (kind of)
Wait
Try
Decide
Ended up
Call
Family
Members
Turns out
Anyway
Owners
Happy
Ending
Baa-utiful (This is a joke on the word “beautiful.” It combines the sound a sheep makes (“baa”) and the word “beautiful”)
Tale
World
Fluffiest
Probably
Tell
Story
Meet
Neighborhood
Emma: You are listening to Dialogue Frog’s short English conversations for listening, speaking and shadowing practice. So Luke, I heard you had an interesting encounter with an animal the other day.
Luke: Yes, Emma, I had an interesting encounter with an animal. Uh, so there I was, just looking out my window, minding my own business, when all of the sudden, it was actually quite gradual, uh I saw a sheep.
Emma: A sheep.
Luke: A sheep. It was a pretty big sheep, too.
Emma: How big was this sheep?
Luke: At least 15 feet tall with these huge arms. It looks like he could pick up a truck and throw it at least a couple feet.
Emma: That’s a monster sheep.
Luke: It is a monster sheep. And um, yeah, nah, he was actually an average sized sheep, as far as I know. So uh he went he actually came up, walked on our driveway and he walked up to the front door. So then I opened the door and then he just starts uh, talking to me.
Emma: Did he ask you to sign for the package?
Luke: Yeah he did. And uh, I wasn’t going to sign for that package, because that is not a….I did not want that delivery.
Emma: So then what happened?
Luke: So then I kinda waited and I kinda tried to decide what to do. So I ended up calling some family members and but it turns out that by the by the time, uh, anyway a couple minutes later, uh, its owners came and got him, so.
Emma: A happy ending for the sheep.
Luke: It was a happy ending to a baa-utiful day.
Emma: A baa-utiful day.
Luke: Yep.
Emma: I’m sure it was.
Luke: Yep. That is the tale of my exciting encounter with uh, the world’s fluffiest animal probably.
Emma: Well that was very entertaining. Thank you for telling us your story of meeting the neighborhood sheep.
Luke: Yep
Emma: That’s all we have for today’s conversation uh, with Luke meeting a sheep. Uh, we hope to hear-to see you next time on Dialogue Frog.
Interesting
Encounter
Animal
The other day
So there I was
Minding my own business
All of the sudden
Actually
Quite
Gradual
Sheep
Pretty big
Feet (unit of measurement)
Huge
Arms
Pick up
Truck
Throw
At least
A couple
Monster
Nah
Average
Sized
As far as I know
Came up
Walked
Driveway
Front door
Open
To sign for
Package
Want
Delivery
Happened
Kinda (kind of)
Wait
Try
Decide
Ended up
Call
Family
Members
Turns out
Anyway
Owners
Happy
Ending
Baa-utiful (This is a joke on the word “beautiful.” It combines the sound a sheep makes (“baa”) and the word “beautiful”)
Tale
World
Fluffiest
Probably
Tell
Story
Meet
Neighborhood
