Author Archives: Dr. Lucy Tse

Celebrity Contract Riders

Posted on Tuesday - November 25, 2008 by Dr. Lucy Tse

An interesting website that is often mentioned in the media is The Smoking Gun. This website gets interesting and often confidential (secret) documents from the government, police, and the courts by using the Freedom of Information Act. The Freedom of … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in the United States | 4 Comments

What’s Up? What Happened? What’s the Matter? What’s Going On?

Posted on Tuesday - November 18, 2008 by Dr. Lucy Tse

QUESTION: Raul from Mexico wants to know what the difference is among these phrases: What happened? / What’s up? / What’s the matter? / What’s going on? ANSWER: “What’s up?” can be used in two ways. One common way is … Continue reading →

Posted in Language & Terms | 28 Comments

Barack Obama – 44th President of the United States

Posted on Wednesday - November 5, 2008 by Dr. Lucy Tse

On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama will become the first minority (non-white) American to be the president of the United States. If you had asked me two years ago–or even a year ago–whether I thought an African American could get … Continue reading →

Posted in News and Current Events | 47 Comments

“Desperado” by the Eagles

Posted on Tuesday - October 28, 2008 by Dr. Lucy Tse

It’s difficult to think of classic American rock without thinking of the Eagles. The Eagles formed in the early 1970s in Los Angeles and broke up (stop working together) in 1980. They were one of the most successful rock groups … Continue reading →

Posted in Karaoke English | 11 Comments

NEW: “Simple English Stories” for Children (and Adults)!

Posted on Tuesday - October 21, 2008 by Dr. Lucy Tse

Over the past several years, many of our listeners have asked us about English courses for children, especially at a low English level. We have finally completed three courses called “Simple English Stories” just for children — and for adults … Continue reading →

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The Flavor is in the Nose

Posted on Tuesday - October 7, 2008 by Dr. Lucy Tse

Earlier this year, I had a pretty bad sinus infection. The sinus is the passageway (long, narrow way) in your nose; an infection is when something that causes disease in the body makes that part of your body red and … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in the United States | 19 Comments

Happy Birthday, Jeff!

Posted on Wednesday - September 24, 2008 by Dr. Lucy Tse

Today is Dr. Jeff McQuillan’s birthday! If you’ve been a longtime listener, you know how old he is (but I won’t tell). Here at ESL Podcast, we wish him the very best for this special day. It’s hard to know … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | 153 Comments

A Candidate’s Personal Life

Posted on Tuesday - September 16, 2008 by Dr. Lucy Tse

We are now less than two months away from the U.S. presidential election and the media (newspapers, television and radio news, Internet news sites) is full of stories about each of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates. In addition to media … Continue reading →

Posted in News and Current Events | 20 Comments

ESL Cafe 153 – Kicking Our Butts

Posted on Wednesday - September 3, 2008 by Dr. Lucy Tse

In today’s ESL Cafe 153, Jeff is too polite and gentlemanly to say the phrase “to kick (someone’s) ass.” We’ll let someone else do it for him. Although “ass” is one of the bad words that parents don’t want their … Continue reading →

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I Want My Food…Now!

Posted on Tuesday - August 19, 2008 by Dr. Lucy Tse

One thing that Americans are known for is their love of fast service. We want things now, and the faster the better. This is true for our food, too. Americans already eat a lot of fast food. We order our … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in the United States | 16 Comments