[00:00.00]LESSON  FIVE
[00:-1.00]Steven and Jake are jogging.Let's listen to their conversation.
[00:-2.00]Listen carefully for the past form of I can.
[00:-3.00]A few months ago,I could jog without any problem.
[00:-4.00]How long ago?A few months or a few years?
[00:-5.00]When I was in college,I used to be on the track team.
[00:-6.00]I could run a mile in five minutes.Oh,come on.I bet you couldn't.Oh,Yes,I could.
[00:-7.00]whey I was in college.I could swim ten miles.
[00:-8.00]Steven,what happened to you?
[00:-9.00]OK.Answer this question.What's the past form I can swim ten miles.
[00:10.00]I could swim ten miles.Now listen and repeat.
[00:11.00]could     I could jog  I could jog without any problem
[00:12.00]a few months ago  a few moonths ago,I could jog without any problem.
[00:13.00]a few moonths ago,I could jog without any problem.
[00:14.00]You hear...Can you still jog every day?And you say...
[00:15.00]No.I can't.But a few months ago.I could jog without any problem.
[00:16.00]You hear...Can you still swim ten miles?And you say...
[00:17.00]No.I can't.But a few months ago.I could swim ten miles without any problem.
[00:18.00]Ready?Let's begin.Can you still jog every day?
[00:19.00]No.I can't.But a few months ago.I could jog without any problem.
[00:20.00]Can you still swim ten miles?No.I can't.
[00:21.00]But a few months ago.I could swim ten miles without any problem.
[00:22.00]Can you still kick a football fifty yards?No,I can't.
[00:23.00]But a few months ago.I could kick a football fifty yards without any problem.
[00:24.00]Can you still sleep nine hours a night?No.I can't
[00:25.00]But a few months ago.I could sleep nine hours a night without any problem.
[00:26.00]Well.can you still stay up all night and not be tired the next day?NO.I can't.
[00:27.00]But a few months ago.I could stay up all a night and not be tired the next day without any problem.
[00:28.00]Can you still eat six cheeseburgers for lunch?NO.I can't.
[00:29.00]But a few months ago.I could eat six cheeseburgers for lunch without any problem.
[00:30.00]Can you still relax with your friends every Saturday night?No.I can't,
[00:31.00]But a few months ago.I could relax with my friends every Saturday night without any problem.
[00:32.00]Well,there are many things we could do in the past that we can't do anymore;
[00:33.00]ride a bus for a nickel;see a movie for a dime,for example.
[00:34.00]But there are also many things we can do now that we couldn't do in the past:
[00:35.00]fly from New York to London in a few hours;
[00:36.00]telephone Tokyo in a few minutes.for example.
[00:37.00]Anne and Steven are talking about things they can do now that they couldn't do in the past.
[00:38.00]Let's listen to the conversation.
[00:39.00]I don't know.Anne.We're both exhausted from being up all night with the baby.
[00:40.00]I take naps at work.I'm in terrible shape.
[00:41.00]I used to run a mile in five minutes;now I can't run a mile at all.
[00:42.00]We used to go out dacing every Saturday night.Remember?
[00:43.00]We can't do that anymore.What can I tell you?
[00:44.00]The party's over.We're old.Anne.We're old.Oh,come on.Steven.Really!
[00:45.00]You make it sound like we're ready for rocking Chairs.I don't feel that old.
[00:46.00]So you can't run a mile in five seconds...Five minutes.Oh,excuse me.Five minutes
[00:47.00]...So what?So we don't go dancing anymore.
[00:48.00]You were a terrible dancer,anyway.I was?
[00:49.00]You couldn't stay in step.Anyway.listen,Steven,
[00:50.00]there are lots of things we can do now that we couldn't do then.
[00:51.00]Name one.Well,we couldn't take little Peter to the Nature Center,could we?
[00:52.00]No,We couldn't.He wasn't born yet.We couldn't take videos in the past.
[00:53.00]videos of him smiling at the animals the way we did last Saturday.
[00:54.00]We couldn't watch our son change from a baby into a child...
[00:55.00]OK.OK.Enough!Enough!Maybe if I run every day...
[00:56.00]Now listen and repeat.couldn't  we couldn't  we couldn't  take
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