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All Ears English Podcast

AEE 1016: How To Introduce Bad News Using Alas, Unfortunately, and More

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Business, Education, Language Learning

4.62K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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0:00.0

This is an All-Ears English podcast episode 1, 2016, how to introduce bad news using alas, unfortunately, and more.

0:11.0

Welcome to the All-Ears English Podcast, downloaded more than 50 million times.

0:17.6

We believe in Connection Not Perfection.

0:20.8

With your American hosts, Lindsay McMahon,

0:24.0

the English adventurer,

0:25.0

and Michelle Kaplan,

0:27.0

the New York Radio Girl,

0:29.0

coming to you from Boston and New York City,

0:32.0

USA.

0:34.3

And to get your transcripts delivered by email every week, go to all ears English.

0:39.6

com forward slash subscribe.

0:49.0

Today we get a great question from our listener, Kadir. How can you use the phrase alas to share bad news? out how to do it plus get a few other phrases

0:56.2

today.

0:57.2

Hey Lindsay how's it going? How are you?

1:04.0

Hey Michelle, I'm feeling great. We have a big week coming up because guys, you guys know we record a little bit in advance and this weekend we have the Urban Adventures in Boston so we're going to get to meet

1:14.6

some of our listeners.

1:16.6

Oh my gosh. Oh are you having fun getting ready for that?

1:21.1

Oh yeah it's super fun and I'm just excited to meet them

1:24.2

and just to bring them around Boston and we're going to dive into Native English

1:28.2

it's going to be so cool. It's going to be cool. That's great that's great

1:31.8

well have a great time oh wow tell everyone I say hi That's great. great.

1:32.6

Well, have a great time.

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