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[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
[00:57.00]we couldn't take videos in the past.
[00:58.00]We couldn't take videos in the past.You hear...
[00:59.00]Instead of taking photographs today we take videos.
[-1:00.00]And you say...We couldn't take videos in the past.You hear...
[-1:-1.00]I stay in step now when I go dancing.
[-1:-2.00]And you say...You couldn't take videos in the past.OK?Here we go.
[-1:-3.00]Instead of talking photographs,today we take videos.
[-1:-4.00]We couldn't take videos in the past.
[-1:-5.00]I stay in step now when I go dancing.You couldn't stay in step in the past.
[-1:-6.00]Fifty years ago,the only way to get from America to Europe was by boat.
[-1:-7.00]It took five days.Today.we can travel to Europe in a few hours.
[-1:-8.00]We couldn't travel to Europe in a few hours in the past.
[-1:-9.00]A hundred years ago when Mario in Italy wanted to talk to Silvia in Argentina.
[-1:10.00]he wrote her a letter.Today,we can telephone from Italy to Argentina.
[-1:11.00]We couldn't telephone from Italy to Argentina in the past.
[-1:12.00]It used to be when we wanted to see a movie,we had to go to a theater.
[-1:13.00]Now we watch novies on TV.We couldn't watch movies on TV in the past.
[-1:14.00]Jake and Mike are exercising at the gym.
[-1:15.00]They are talking about Steven.Listen to the conversation.
[-1:16.00]Listen closely for the word that follows in.
[-1:17.00]Poor Steven,He's really not in shape anymore.
[-1:18.00]Since the arrival of the new baby.he hasnt' been sleeping well.
[-1:19.00]He used to jog every day.I haven't seen him jog since...
[-1:20.00]well,you know,it was so long ago.I can't remember when.
[-1:21.00]He used to be in great shape.He used to jog evry day before lunch.
[-1:22.00]I konw,I know.Now he takes a nap during his lunch break.
[-1:23.00]Well.that's no way to stay in shape.
[-1:24.00]He needs to exercise,eat right.get his eight hours of sleep every night.
[-1:25.00]In the conversation between Mike and Jake,what is the word that follows in?
[-1:26.00]Shape.The word is shape or great shape.Now listen and repaet
[-1:27.00]not in shape  He's really not in shape anymore.
[-1:28.00]He's really not in shape anymore.in great shape
[-1:29.00]He used to be in great shape He used to be in great shape
[-1:30.00]To be in shape means"to be in good bhysical condition."
[-1:31.00]To be in shape,it's important to eat right.sleep right and exercise.
[-1:32.00]Listen to some people describe what they do for exercise.
[-1:33.00]Then decide if they are in shape or not in shape.
[-1:34.00]My name's George.I don't really worry much about staying in shape.
[-1:35.00]I'm too busy at my job to think about joining exercise programs and aerobics classes.
[-1:36.00]I make a living by playing professional football.
[-1:37.00]That's my job.And that takes up all my time.
[-1:38.00]Do you think George is probably in shape,or is he probably not in shape?
[-1:39.00]He's probably in shape.The name's Thomas.Am I in shape?
[-1:40.00]You bet I'm in shape.I eat only things that taste good.
[-1:41.00]I get plenty of sleep.between nine and ten hours a night.
[-1:42.00]And then I get a lot of exercise reading magazines and playing cards.
[-1:43.00]How about Thomas?Probably in shape.or probably not in shape?
[-1:44.00]He's probably not in shape.Whew...Boy,I am not in shape.I'm Blanca.
[-1:45.00]You know,fifteen years ago I could run ten miles and not be tired.
[-1:46.00]Now I run seven miles,and I'm exhausted.
[-1:47.00]I used to swim five miles every day.now I swim only three.I think I'm getting old.
[-1:48.00]Is Blanca probably in shape,or is she probably not in shape?
[-1:49.00]She's probably in shape.That's all for now.End of Lesson Five.