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Global Warming / Advanced
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M: Hello English learners! Welcome back to another podcast here with us at EnglishPod!
My name is Marco.
E: And I’m Erica.
M: And today we have an advanced lesson for all of you and a very good one, because
we’re going to be talking about a very serious topic – global warming.
E: That’s right, um, and, you know, even though most people agree that global warming is
a big problem, there’s still this sort of fringe element of people who believe that actually
global warming doesn’t exist. [NOTE: fringe element is a relatively small group of people
whose views contradict with the common, mainstream views]
M: Exactly, so, that’s what we’re gonna be looking at today, but before we tell you more or
less what the dialogue is about, let’s take a look at some words in “vocabulary preview”.
Voice: Vocabulary preview.
E: We’re gonna look at two words here and you’ll hear both of these in the dialogue, so, the
first one is polar ice caps.
M: Polar ice caps.
E: Polar ice caps.
M: So, when we talk about polar ice caps, polar is…
E: Like the poles, the…
M: The poles, right?
E: The North and South poles of the earth.
M: Okay, so, the extreme…
E: The top and bottom.
M: The top and bottom of the planet.
E: Yeah.
M: Okay, and what about ice caps?
E: So, the polar ice caps are masses of ice that, uh… that live or that exist on the top and
the bottom of the world.
M: We have these big chunks of ice that are on the top and the bottom of the planet.
E: Yes, so, they’re there all year around.
M: Okay, so, these are the polar ice caps. What about our next word?
E: Well, next word is endangered species.
M: An endangered species.
E: An endangered species.
M: Okay, so, endangered species…
E: It’s a type of animal that is, um, at risk of completely dying out.
M: Okay, so, it’s not completely extinct.
E: Right.
M: So, it… there’s still…
E: It’s in danger.
M: Okay, in danger of.
E: Yeah.
M: So, an example of endangered species would be…
E: Uh, the Bengal tigers.
M: Okay, the tigers or…
E: Aha.
M: The pandas.
E: Uhu.
M: Right?
E: Or maybe gorillas.
M: Right, so, all of these animals, that are very few of them left in the world, so, they are
endangered species.
E: Okay, so, with that I think we’re just about ready to turn to our dialogue. Now, here
we’re gonna learn a lot of language that you can use when you want to, uh, make an
argument or express your point of view in a very sort of academic way. But, Marco, what
are we arguing about here?
M: So, we’re gonna listen as a college professor is lecturing about global warming and well,
one of the students doesn’t really agree with what he’s saying.
DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME
M: Alright, so, apparently this college professor is, uh, not very, uh, truthful in what he’s
saying, right?
E: Well, yeah, maybe he believes it, but, uh, they certainly have very strong
and differing opinions.
M: Uhu, so, that’s the interesting part is that we heard a lot of language that she used to
argue her point of view, so, this is interesting and we can start now looking at some of this
language in “language takeaway”.
Voice: Language takeaway.
E: So, the college professor was arguing against this idea of global warming and she said
“look, it’s an indisputable fact”. [NOTE: actually, he said]
M: Okay, an indisputable fact.
E: An indisputable fact.
M: Okay, so, let’s break it down and let’s take a look at this wordindisputable.
E: You can’t argue against it.
M: Okay, so, something indisputable is you can’t argue with it. And, well, a fact…
E: That’s something that’s true.
M: Okay, so, you can’t argue with this… truth.
E: This peace of information, yeah.
M: Alright, indisputable fact.
E: So, why don’t we give a few examples? Um, it’s an indisputable fact that China is the
most populous nation on earth.
M: Okay, exactly, or it’s an indisputable fact that EnglishPod is the best podcast out there.
E: Indeed, it is indisputable.
M: Alright, so, indisputable fact. And what about our next word?
E: Well, the student accused the professor of scaremongering. [NOTE: to accuse = to
blame]
M: Scaremongering.
E: Scaremongering.
M: Scaremongering.
E: Scaremongering.
M: Okay, now, this is kind of a strange word scaremongering.
E: Yeah, and I think some examples will help us to understand the meaning a little bit
better.
Voice: Example one.
A: Software flaws are not the same as virus attacks and saying otherwise it’s just
scaremongering.
Voice: Example two.
B: There’s been a lot of scaremongering caused by the rumor that mobile phones cause
cancer.
M: Okay, so, basically we understand that it’s kind of putting fear in people’s minds.
E: Yeah, it’s sort of like selling fear for your own benefit.
M: Uhu. Okay, so, making people afraid for some objective or some purpose.
E: Yeah, and you know, this word reminds me of the word afishmonger.
M: Okay, a fishmonger, what’s that?
E: Which is basically a seller of fish, so, a scaremongerer is a seller of fear.
M: Okay, interesting, so now, we have a way of remembering, ah…
E: Yes.
M: Scaremongering. Alright, and moving on to our next word we haveautocratic.
E: Autocratic.
M: An autocratic country.
E: Uhu. So, an autocratic country is ruled by someone who holds total power.
M: Okay, so, we have an autocratic country, so, basically we have, ah… a leader that… that
rules everything, right?
E: Right.
M: But we can apply it not only to a country, we can say a person is autocratic.
E: Yeah, you could say “oh, I can’t stand my boss’s autocratic leadership style”.
M: Or maybe a company.
E: Uhu. Um, “this company is a very autocratic organization”.
M: Okay, very good. And what about our last word?
E: The student accused the professor of being duplicitous.
M: Okay, so, she said he is duplicitous.
E: Yes, duplicitous.
M: Alright, what does that mean?
E: When you’re duplicitous, you, um… you have behavior that is dishonest and is designed
to trick people.
M: Okay, so, you’re not a very honest person, if you’re duplicitous.
E: Yeah, you’re telling lies as a means of… of making people do something or tricking
them.
M: Okay, very good. So, a duplicitous person or a duplicitous idea, maybe?
E: Uhu.
M: Okay. Alright, so, these are all the words that we have on language takeaway today, but
now let’s move on to some very interesting phrases that we can use to put forward some
arguments in “fluency builder”.
Voice: Fluency builder.
E: Okay, and Marco, you actually just mentioned our first phrase which is I’m putting
forth the argument that. [NOTE: actually, Marco saidput forward which means
something very similar, if not the same]
M: Okay, so, putting forth the argument that.
E: Uhu.
M: So, if you put forth an argument…
E: You present it.
M: You present it.

E: Yeah.
M: Or you push it towards somebody, right?
E: Yeah, you give it.
M: Aha. So, can we just put forth an argument?
E: Well, actually you can put forth a lot of things like put forth a suggestion.
M: Okay, I’m putting forth a suggestion that we should get a new computer.
E: Or an idea.
M: Tim put forth the idea that we should go on vacation to Hawaii.
E: Oh, good idea.
M: Alright, so, you can put forth many different things.
E: So, the professor obviously is putting forth the argument that global warming is
a myth and the student obviously totally disagreed and she said you have to concede
that.
M: Okay, you have to concede that.
E: You have to concede that.
M: Alright, so, this word concede or you have to concede. Why don’t we listen to some
examples before we listen to the meaning?
Voice: Example one.
A: I’m sorry, but I can’t concede with you on this point. [NOTE: you might also say "I'm
sorry, but I can't concede this point to you]
Voice: Example two.
B: Julie conceded that she might have forgotten her sister’s birthday.
Voice: Example three.
C: All philosophers conceded that their philosophies have some errors.
E: Okay, so, you have to concede that, um, basically you have to agree that this one
point in my argument is true.
M: Maybe you’re arguing many different points with somebody, but you tell them “well, you
have to concede that the earth is round”.
E: Okay, so, that… that part I can’t… I can’t argue with. It’s really true.
M: Okay, very good. So, concede.
E: Uhu. Now, at the end of the dialogue the student accused the professor of being in the
pocket of the oil lobby.
M: Okay, so, he is in the pocket of.
E: To be in the pocket of.
M: Alright, so, if I have somebody in my pocket, what does that mean?
E: It means basically you’re bribing them.
M: Okay, so, maybe I have the senator in my pocket.
E: Okay, so, obviously you’re paying the senator to do what you want.
M: Okay, very good, so, it’s another way… it’s a very informal way of saying “I’m bribing
somebody” or that person is being bribed.
E: That’s right.
M: Alright.
E: So, why don’t we move to