Upper Intermediate Season 1 S1 #8 - The White House is Meeting with the Capitol to Talk about Wall Street

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

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learn how to use the conditional in positive and negative forms

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, Jonathan here.
0:07.0	And I'm Day Day.
0:08.0	The White House is meeting with the Capitol to talk about Wall Street.
0:12.0	In this lesson, we will learn to use metonyms.
0:15.0	Metonyms are words that are used to represent something they are related to.
0:19.0	We'll hear a conversation inside a hallway in the U.S. Capitol building.
0:24.4	This conversation takes place between Dave and Sheila.
0:27.5	They're discussing their work.
0:29.1	Since Dave and Sheila are friends, we'll be speaking very casually.
0:33.3	Let's listen to the conversation.
0:43.3	Thank you. Let's listen to the conversation. Oh, hey, Dave. I'm so sorry to hear that you got mugged. That's terrible.
0:48.1	Yeah, I'll be okay, though. The police officer was actually really cute. I think I'm going to ask her out. How's your work going?
0:56.0	You dog. Work is all right. I'm super busy, though. I'm on my way to meet with the Congressional
1:01.8	Research Service right now. Really? You're going over to the Library of Congress? What for?
1:07.8	I'm writing this big memo for next week's hearing about Wall Street.
1:11.6	The White House is coming over to meet with us and K Street keeps trying to sneak their way into the discussions.
1:16.6	Geez, sounds crazy.
1:19.6	It is.
1:20.6	Ugh, I'm so stressed out.
1:22.6	If I had a bit more time, it would be so much easier.
1:25.6	If I were you, I wouldn't whine.
1:28.2	It sounds like really interesting work.
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