Daily Life - New Guy in Town (C0011)

Daily Life - New Guy in Town (C0011)

A: Oh, I don’t know if you heard, but someone moved into that old house down the road.

B: Yeah, I know. I met the owner of the house yesterday as he was moving in. His name is Armand.

A: Really? What’s he like? You have to fill me in.

B: Actually, he’s a bit strange. I don’t know... I’ve got a bad feeling about him.

A: Really? Why?

B: Well, yesterday I brought over a housewarming gift, but Armand started acting really weird, and then he practically kicked me out! I tried to, sort of, peek into his house, but everything was so dark inside that I couldn’t really get a good look.

A: Well, you’ll never guess what I saw this morning.

A delivery truck pulled into his driveway, and it dropped off a long, rectangular box. It almost looked like a coffin!

B: You see! Why would he...

C: Hello ladies...

B: Ah, Armand! You scared the heck out of me! This is my friend Doris.

C: A pleasure to meet you...If you are not doing anything tonight, I would like to have you both for dinner.

I mean...I would like to have you both over for dinner.

Key Vocabulary

I don’t know if you heard

phrase 

phrase used to intro-duce a piece of informa-tion

fill me in 

phrase tell me about it

a bad feeling phrase a sense or feeling that

something bad is going to happen

weird 

Adjective 

strange, unusual

kick out 

principle verb, past simple

make or force someone leave when they don't want to

creep me out 

phrase 

make me feel uncom-fortable and a bit scared

you’ll never guess

phrase 

phrase used to intro-duce a piece of news

scare the heck out of me

phrase 

cause someone to feel a lot of fear

Supplementary Vocabulary

bizarre 

Adjective 

strange or unusual

creepy 

Adjective 

strange or scary, causing people to feel nervous and afraid

vampire 

common noun, singular

a dead person who drinks the blood of living people

have you heard

phrase 

phrase used to introduce a piece of gossip

guess what 

phrase 

phrase used to introduce an interesting or surprising piece of information