2023-12-04 17:33:48
This is Eun-kyung Lee, host of Everyday English VOA, where you study conversation and grammar at the same time. Be generous today. Let’s look at how to say please take a look in English. Let’s listen to the conversation. J: Can I borrow your car? A: No way. J: Come on, don’t be like that. I just need it for a quick errand. A: Sorry John. I can’t lend it to you. J: I promise I’ll be careful. A: I can’t risk anything happening to it. You know how much I love that car. J: Have a heart. I’m in a tight spot, and it’s just for today. A: But it’s still a no. I can’t have someone else driving it. J: I’ll owe you big time. I’ll wash it, fill up the tank, whatever you want. A: It’s not about that. I just don’t want anyone else behind the wheel. J: Seriously, you’re being unreasonable. It’s just for a few hours. A: Nope, not happening. Ask someone else. John asked to borrow my car and I said no, so please take a look. It is said to have a generous heart. Have a heart. Show recognition to the other person. Use your mind. This is an expression asking you to take a look. Have a heart. Cut me some slack. Slack means loosely. Cut Cut. Please cut me some slack. Please cut me some slack. So please be lenient. Please take a look. Give me some slack. Give me some slack please. Cut me some slack. Have a heart. Please take a look. Have a heart. Let’s listen to today’s conversation at a slow pace, remembering the expressions. J: Can I borrow your car? A: No way. J: Come on, don’t be like that. I just need it for a quick errand. A: Sorry, I can’t lend it to you. J: I promise I’ll be careful. A: I can’t risk anything happening to it. You know how much I love that car. J: Have a heart. I’m in a tight spot, and it’s just for today. A: But it’s still a no. I can’t have someone else driving it. J: I’ll owe you big time. I’ll wash it, fill up the tank, whatever you want. A: It’s not about that. I just don’t want anyone else behind the wheel. J: Seriously, you’re being unreasonable. It’s just for a few hours. A: Nope, not happening. Ask someone else. Let’s interpret the conversation. Can I borrow your car? Can I borrow your car? No way. Absolutely not. I just need it for a quick errand. Errand means running errands. I just need it for a quick errand. I just need to run a quick errand. I can’t lend it to you. I can’t lend it to you. Have a heart. Please have mercy. Please take a look. I’m in a tight spot. I am in a difficult situation. But it’s still a no. But it still doesn’t work. You’re being unreasonable. You are being irrational. It’s just for a few hours. Just a few hours. Nope, not happening. It’s not possible. It doesn’t happen. This means that there is no need to lend a car. Show recognition to the other person. Use your mind. This is an expression asking you to take a look. Have a heart. Let’s listen to today’s conversation one more time, remembering the expressions. J: Can I borrow your car? A: No way. J: Come on, don’t be like that. I just need it for a quick errand. A: Sorry, I can’t lend it to you. J: I promise I’ll be careful. A: I can’t risk anything happening to it. You know how much I love that car. J: Have a heart. I’m in a tight spot, and it’s just for today. A: But it’s still a no. I can’t have someone else driving it. J: I’ll owe you big time. I’ll wash it, fill up the tank, whatever you want. A: It’s not about that. I just don’t want anyone else behind the wheel. J: Seriously, you’re being unreasonable. It’s just for a few hours. A: Nope, not happening. Ask someone else. Everyday English VOA Everyday English Have a heart today. When complaining about being kind to the other person, I learned the expression to ask them to take a look.
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