Hello everyone and welcome to EnglishPod.
My name is Marco.
My name is Catherine and today we're tackling a very difficult issue for many English learners.
We're talking about taking things from other people and giving them back.
That's right.
So today we are going to talk about money and we're going to lend money and borrow money and we're going to talk more about this after we listen to the dialogue.
Can I borrow five bucks?
No.
Come on, I'll pay you back on Tuesday.
Last time I lent you money, you never paid me back.
I promise, if you lend me five dollars today, I will repay you in full next week.
Okay, but I'm taking your skateboard as collateral.
Fine, can't believe you don't trust me.
It's nothing personal, just business.
Alright, so now let's take a look at that language on language takeaway.
Language takeaway.
So first up we have the key verbs for today.
The verb to borrow and to lend.
Now this is a really important difference to make
because many people make this mistake where they use the wrong verb.