Day 55 · Good Job, Businessman

<p>A slow English story about A lazy weekend, a farmers market across the street, and a little businessman at one stand. 14 simple sentences. Word by word. About 13 minutes.</p><p>📝 Today&#39;s sentences</p><p>① This weekend, I slept in really late.</p><p>② I skipped breakfast and went out for some porridge.</p><p>③ Then I noticed a lively crowd across the street.</p><p>④ I love a good crowd, so I went over to check it out.</p><p>⑤ It turned out to be a farmers market, and I absolutely loved it.</p><p>⑥ Local farmers were selling homegrown veggies and homemade food.</p><p>⑦ I bought tomatoes in all kinds of colors.</p><p>⑧ I also got some yellow cherries called Rainier.</p><p>⑨ At one stand, a Mexican boy was translating for his dad.</p><p>⑩ He counted out my change, but he didn&#39;t seem very good at math.</p><p>⑪ His dad did the math in his head really fast.</p><p>⑫ Then he told his son in Spanish, and the boy told me in English.</p><p>⑬ I wanted to say, I already did the math myself.</p><p>⑭ But I just told him, Good job, businessman!</p><p>🔑 Vocabulary</p><p>• slept in /slept ɪn/</p><p>• skipped breakfast /skɪpt ˈbrekfəst/</p><p>• across the street /əˈkrɔːs ðə striːt/</p><p>• check it out /tʃek ɪt aʊt/</p><p>• turned out /tɜːrnd aʊt/</p><p>• homemade /ˌhoʊmˈmeɪd/</p><p>• all kinds of /ɔːl kaɪndz əv/</p><p>• change /tʃeɪndʒ/</p><p>• good at math /ɡʊd ət mæθ/</p><p>• did the math /dɪd ðə mæθ/</p><p>🎧 New episode every weekday</p><p>Subscribe so you don&#39;t miss the next sentence.</p>