RealLife Radio #72 – Extreme Emotions: From Sad to Happy

By Chad | October 2, 2014

Are you ready to laugh, to cry, and more importantly learn a lot of new English words and expressions?

In this episode we are going to take you through an emotional learning experience describing different emotional states, starting from the bottom of the barrel and finishing on top of the world! Remember to read through the words and podcast structure below to maximize your learning!

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Words you’ll learn:

Tipping
Holla
Hoax
Go viral
Die vs Dye
Hype up
Satirical – See the onion
Bear, bare
See, sea
On duty
Ward
Rock bottom
Bottom of the barrel
Breakdown
Breaking point
Drawn in

Words to know:

Doodling – to draw, especially when nervous or thinking about something
Peeling – to take the skin off a peice of fruit
The gist the general idea
Bond – to spend time with someone and become better friends
Outrageous – having no regard for morality
To crack – to pass an emotions limit, have a breakdown
The straw that broke the camel’s back – the last little problem that makes everything collapse – listen to proverbs episode

Shoutouts:

Ellis En-Liang Wu – Fluency Circle Member

News:

Betty White Dead? Death Hoax Goes Viral Because of Bad Grammar – See article here
Video Lesson: Sound more fluent with alternative English conjunctions

Conversation Topic: Negative – Positive Emotions

Melt down
Get something off your chest
Down in the dumps
To pull through
Light at the end of the tunnel
Keep your chin up
Hang in there
Cheer up
Lighten up
The glass is half full
Blow a fuse
Lose your cool
Get off my back
Bite someone’s head off
Loose cannon
Come down on somebody
Laid back
Chilled out
Easy going
On cloud nine
On top of the world
Jumping for joy

Question:

The pronunciation of “what do you” vs “What are you”

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Song: Eminem – Rock Bottom

A-yo!
This song is dedicated to all the happy people
All the happy people who have real nice lives
And who have no idea whats it like to be broke as fuck[Verse One:]
I feel like I’m walking a tight rope, without a circus net
I’m popping percocets, I’m a nervous wreck
I deserve respect; but I work a sweat for this worthless check
Bout to burst this tech, at somebody to reverse this debt
Minimum wage got my adrenaline caged
Full of venom and rage
Especially when I’m engaged
And my daughter’s down to her last diaper
That’s got my ass hyper
I pray that god answers, maybe I’ll ask nicer
Watching ballers while they flossing in their pathfinders
These overnight stars becoming autograph signers
We all long to blow up and leave the past behind us
Along with the small fry’s and average half pinters
While player haters turn bitch like they have vaginas
Cause we see them dollar signs and let the cash blind us
Money will brainwash you and leave your ass mindless
Snakes slither in the grass spineless[Chorus (x2):]
That’s Rock Bottom
When this life makes you mad enough to kill
That’s Rock Bottom
When you want something bad enough to steal
That’s Rock Bottom
When you feel you have had it up to here
Cause you mad enough to scream but you sad enough to tear

[Verse Two:]
My life is full of empty promises
And broken dreams
I’m hoping things will look up
But there ain’t no job openings
I feel discouraged hungry and malnourished
Living in this house with no furnace, unfurnished
And I’m sick of working dead end jobs with lame pay
And I’m tired of being hired and fired the same day
But fuck it, if you know the rules to the game play
Cause when we die we know were all going the same way
It’s cool to be player, but it sucks to be the fan
When all you need is bucks to be the man
Plus a luxury sedan
Too comfortable and roomy in a six
They threw me in the mix
With all these gloomy lunatics
Walk around depressed
And smoke a pound of ses a day
And yesterday went by so quick it seems like it was just today
My daughter wants to throw the ball but I’m too stressed to play
Live half my life and throw the rest away

[Chorus]

There’s people that love me and people that hate me
But it’s the evil that made me this backstabbing, deceitful, and shady
I want the money, the women, the fortune, and the fame
That Means I’ll end up burning in hell scorching in flames
That means I’m stealing your checkbook and forging your name
Lifetime bliss for eternal torture and pain
Right now I feel like just hit the rock bottom
I got problems now everybody on my blocks got ’em
I’m screaming like those two cops when 2pac shot ’em
Holding two glocks, I hope your doors got new locks on ’em
My daughter’s feet ain’t got no shoes or sock’s on ’em
And them rings you wearing look like they got a few rocks on ’em
And while you flaunting them I could be taking them to shops to pawn them
I got a couple of rings and a brand new watch you want ’em?
Cause I never went gold of one song
I’m running up on someone’s lawns with guns drawn

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