NAME: VENESYA HANDAYANI

NIM:18010106066
PRODI:TBI B/1
ASSIGMENT: LISTENING 1

SPONGER
Niel: hello and welcome to the english we speak, i’m Niel
Li: and i’m li. Niel,os that a new watch?
Niel: yes i got it from my parents.
Li: oh that’s nice
Niel: did i tell you i’m going on holiday soon?
Li: no,where?
Niel: to Hawaii.
Li: wow, how can you afford a holiday to Hawaii?
Niel: my in-laws paid for it. We told them it was too expensive but, you know, we just need a holiday
Li: hmm.... so your in-laws have paid for your holiday too...
Niel: i’m thinking of giving up work actually, Li.
Li: giving up work? What about the cost of living?
Niel: oh m wife can work. Yo know what, li? I really need to move into a bigger house in anicer part
of london.
Li: but you just said you’re going to give up work! How can you afford a new house if you have no
job?
Niel: my grandparents will give me some money. They always do.
Li: Niel, there’s aword for people like you. You’re a sponger!
Niel: a sponger?! How rude!
Li: when i was at university i had no money at all. I had to buy second-hand clothes and i could never
afford to go uot for a meal even though i had a part-time job.
Niel: yeah me too, but there were all these other students with cars and designer labels eating in
expensive restourants all paid for bu Daddy
Li: what a buch of spongers
Niel: yeah.
Li: a sponger is a peson who gets money, food and other things from other people without paying.
Often it’s used very negatively to describe people who live off state benefits.
Niel: just like a sponge.
Li: yes, a sponge
Ni: a sponge soaks up the water all around it. A spongers soaks up gifts, food and money working.
And it can also be used as a verb-to sponge off someone.
Li: it’s also a verb’to sponge off someone’. Be careful to use the word ‘off’ with this verb.
Niel: whatever it’s a verb or a noun, it’s still not a nice thin to say about someone, Li.
Li: well i”m sorry to be rude, but it’s true-you are a sponger.
Niel: you’re right. I’m a sponger but i’m proud of it. Do you fancy taking me out for dinner? There’s
a fantastic restourant i’ve been meaning to go to. It’ very axpensive, but you can afford it Li.
Li: he’s trying to sponge a meal of me! What a sponger

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