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ESL Podcast 621 – Picking a Fight
ESL Podcast 621 – Picking a Fight
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Daily Life
Audio Index:
Slow dialogue: 1:08
Explanations: 3:58
Fast dialogue: 18:35
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I was sitting at my local bar waiting for my
friends to arrive to watch the game. Two guys
sitting a few seats away kept giving me
strange looks, and one of them said,
“What are you looking at?” I looked
around to make sure that he was speaking to
me, and before I could respond he said,
“You want a piece of me? You
and what army? Let’s take it
outside.”
By this time, I realized that this guy was trying
to pick a fight with me and I wasn’t
sure what to do. I was hoping that I could
make peace with him or at least
hold him off until my friends got
there.
I said to him, “I’m just sitting over here
minding my own business. I’m not
trying to get in your face. I don’t
have a problem with you. Let’s just chill
out and I’ll buy you and your friend a
drink.” He didn’t seem to like what I’d said.
“Chill out?” he said. “I don’t need to chill out.
Those are fighting words. Let’s take
this outside. I want to see you running with
your tail between your legs.” He got
up and started to walk toward me.
Just then, my friends arrived. When the man
saw my six friends walking toward me, he
stopped in his tracks. I think he was
weighing his odds and doubting his
own chances. He turned around and said
something to his friend, and then they both
got up and walked out the door.
That was a narrow escape. I had
never been so happy to see my friends as I
was at that moment. Needless to
say, the first round was on
me.
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
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