0427Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—take cover
Daily Easy English Expression Podcast
Shane Peterson
4.7 • 812 Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2015
⏱️ 5 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody, my name is Coach Shane and welcome to easy English expressions. |
| 0:11.0 | You and me every day, come on, let's master English. |
| 0:29.5 | Hello everybody, welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression. |
| 0:32.4 | I'm your coach, Coach Shane. |
| 0:36.6 | Today we have a great expression to learn. |
| 0:41.4 | It is take cover, Take cover. Take cover. |
| 1:02.5 | T-A-K-E take cover. C-O-V-E-R. What does it mean to take cover? To take cover means protect yourself. And this expression is perfect in a war. If there are bombs coming, if somebody is shooting a gun, you need to protect yourself. You need to cover yourself |
| 1:09.1 | with something very strong that will protect you. You need to cover yourself with something very strong that will protect you. |
| 1:13.2 | You need to take cover. |
| 1:15.2 | So, of course, in a dangerous situation where there are bombs and guns and whatever, crazy chaos, |
| 1:24.7 | maybe there's an earthquake you need to take cover. But there's another very common situation. |
| 1:34.4 | And if you listen to the dialogue, you'll understand. Here we go. |
| 1:42.4 | The boss is coming. Take cover. |
| 1:45.4 | Oh, is he in a bad mood again? |
| 1:48.4 | You didn't hear? Someone broke his coffee cup. |
| 1:52.5 | His best boss in the world cup? |
| 1:57.0 | Ah! |
| 2:00.2 | I used to have a boss who had a coffee cup, |
| 2:04.6 | and the coffee cup said, best boss in the world. |
| 2:11.3 | And it was a nice cup, but it was always a mystery, |
| 2:14.8 | because we would ask, did you buy the boss that cup? |
| 2:19.1 | And everybody said no. |
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