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Episode 6 · English Energy

Caught in
the Rain

The same bus shelter, a smaller roof than they need, and nobody checking the time.

Level A2 ≈ 25 minutes British English Right now

How to Get the Most from This Lesson

  1. First, just read and listen. Nothing is checked here. Tap the underlined words to see them in Ukrainian.
  2. Then do the exercises.
  3. At the end, speak out loud. This is the most important part of the lesson. Do not skip it.
Nina and Tom sheltering from the rain under a small bus shelter roof
Lesson 1 Lesson 1 · On your own · текст, аудіювання, словник
Warm-up · From Episode 5
Before you start

Two minutes on Episode 5

Do not look back at the lesson. Guess, even if you are not sure. Remembering something badly is what makes it stay.

There is exactly one empty . It is at Tom’s table.

do you work?

do you come here? “Most days.”

Tom always sits by the : better light, and a good view of the door.

Nina’s honest line: “I was away.”

Episode 5 in one line: real questions get real answers, and twenty minutes of them changes something.
This episode asks what happens next, and the weather decides for everyone.
Before you read

Right now, what is happening around you?

Stop for a second. Not your routine, not your plans. What is actually happening, this exact minute?

Step 1 · Text

The Same Roof

Read it twice: once on your own, then again with the audio.

It starts raining exactly when Nina is three streets from anywhere with a roof. Typical.

Дощ починається саме тоді, коли Ніна за три вулиці від будь-якого даху. Типово.

She is running now, her bag over her head, when someone says her name. Tom is standing under the bus shelter, the very same one from the story that started all this.

Вона зараз біжить, з сумкою над головою, коли хтось гукає її ім'я. Том стоїть під тим самим навісом на зупинці, з якого й почалась ця історія.
Nina running through the rain towards the bus shelter where Tom is standing

“You’re getting soaked,” he says, moving over. “I’m aware,” she says, arriving under the small dry rectangle of roof.

«Ти вся промокла», каже він, посуваючись. «Я в курсі», каже вона, опиняючись під маленьким сухим прямокутником даху.
Tom moving over to make room for Nina under the shelter

They are standing very close, because the shelter is small and the rain is getting worse. Somewhere behind them, a bus is pulling away empty. Neither of them is watching for it.

Вони стоять дуже близько, бо навіс маленький, а дощ посилюється. Десь позаду них порожній автобус від'їжджає. Жоден з них його не пильнує.
An empty bus pulling away behind the shelter, unnoticed

“Are you going anywhere in particular?” he asks. “Not really,” she says. “Good,” he says. “Neither am I.”

«Ти взагалі кудись їдеш?» питає він. «Не особливо», каже вона. «Добре», каже він. «Я теж ні.»

The rain is not stopping. Nina is not checking her phone. For the first time in a long time, nobody is hurrying.

Дощ не вщухає. Ніна не перевіряє телефон. Вперше за довгий час ніхто не поспішає.
Nina and Tom standing together under the shelter, in no hurry at all

Some conversations only happen because the weather refuses to cooperate.

Деякі розмови трапляються лише тому, що погода відмовляється співпрацювати.
Step 2 · Listen and write

What did you hear?

Five sentences from the story. Play each one on its own with the button beside it, as many times as you need, and write the missing word.

She is now, her bag over her head.
“You’re getting ,” he says.
The rain is getting .
The rain is not .
Nobody is .

Step 3 · Words and phrases

Listen and repeat

Try to remember first, then flip the card. Say every phrase out loud. Not in your head, out loud, so your mouth remembers it.

  • getting soaked промокати наскрізь
  • I’m aware. Я в курсі, я знаю.
  • Barely. Ледь-ледь, заледве.
  • Are you going anywhere in particular? Ти взагалі кудись їдеш?
  • Neither am I. Я теж ні.
  • I’ll take the trade. Мене це влаштовує (жартівливо про обмін)
  • smooth /smuːð/ чарівний, вправний у словах
  • Ask me when the rain stops. Спитай мене, коли дощ припиниться.
  • Technically dry. Формально суха.
  • hurrying /ˈhʌriɪŋ/ поспішаючи
  • pulling away від'їжджаючи
  • You’re doing it again. Ти знову це робиш.
  • refuses to cooperate відмовляється співпрацювати
Lesson 2 Lesson 2 · With your teacher · діалог, граматика, вправи, говоріння
Before we start

Caught in the rain

You just read about Nina getting caught in the rain, right next to Tom. Does bad weather ever bring you closer to someone?

Before the dialogue

Quick check: the text

You read this at home. Three questions, no looking back.

Tom is standing under the same bus shelter from Episode 1.

Nina is surprised to see Tom.

Nobody is hurrying, and nobody checks their phone.

Before the dialogue

Answer in a few words

Short answers, from the text. The last one needs a full thought, not one word.

Where does Nina meet Tom again?
How does Tom feel about the rain?
What is the bus doing while they talk?
What does Emma notice about Nina?
What does the closing line say makes some conversations happen?

Step 4 · Dialogue

Tom, Nina, and Emma

A bus shelter, in the rain. Then, the next day, a café.

Scene 1 · Under the shelter
TomYou’re getting soaked.
NinaI’m aware.
TomThere’s room. Barely.
NinaThanks. This is fine, actually.
TomAre you going anywhere in particular?
NinaNot really. You?
TomNeither am I. Not anymore.
Tom telling Nina she's getting soaked, making room under the shelter
Scene 2 · Waiting it out
NinaWhat are you thinking?
TomHonestly? That I’m glad it’s raining.
NinaThat’s a strange thing to be glad about.
TomIs it? I’m standing next to you instead of sitting across a table. I’ll take the trade.
Nina(laughing) You’re very smooth for someone standing in a bus shelter.
Nina laughing at Tom's smooth conversation under the shelter
TomI’m trying my best. Is it working?
NinaAsk me when the rain stops.
Nina smiling, telling Tom to ask her when the rain stops
Scene 3 · Emma finds out
EmmaSo you’re telling me you just… stood there. In the rain.
NinaUnder a roof. Technically dry.
EmmaFor how long?
NinaI’m not sure. Twenty minutes? Longer?
EmmaAnd what were you two talking about this time?
NinaNothing important.
EmmaYou’re smiling right now. You know that?
NinaI’m not smiling.
EmmaYou’re doing it again.
Emma teasing Nina after finding out she stood in the rain with Tom
Переклад діалогу. Сцена 1: «Ти вся промокла.» «Я в курсі.» «Тут є місце. Ледь-ледь.» «Дякую. Так насправді нормально.» «Ти взагалі кудись їдеш?» «Не особливо. А ти?» «Я теж ні. Вже ні.» Сцена 2: «Про що ти думаєш?» «Чесно? Що я радий, що йде дощ.» «Дивна річ, аби радіти.» «Хіба? Я стою поруч із тобою, а не сиджу через стіл. Мене це влаштовує.» «Ти дуже чарівний як для того, хто стоїть на зупинці.» «Я стараюсь щосили. Це працює?» «Спитай мене, коли дощ припиниться.» Сцена 3: «То ти кажеш мені, що просто... стояла там. Під дощем.» «Під дахом. Формально суха.» «Скільки часу?» «Не впевнена. Двадцять хвилин? Довше?» «І про що ви цього разу говорили?» «Нічого важливого.» «Ти зараз усміхаєшся. Ти в курсі?» «Я не усміхаюсь.» «Ти знову це робиш.»
After the dialogue

Complete the line

Straight from the scenes you just heard. Pick the word that completes each line.

“You’re getting .”

“There’s room. .”

“I’m standing next to you instead of sitting across a table. I’ll take the .”

“You’re very for someone standing in a bus shelter.”

“Ask me when the rain .”

Step 5 · Grammar

Present Continuous: happening right now

1 · Meaning: two jobs, both about now

Present Continuous has two uses, and both of them are about now, not about habits.

Present Continuous має дві функції, і обидві про зараз, а не про звички.
an action in progressIt is raining.
Happening at this exact moment.
a temporary situationShe is staying with her sister this month.
True now, but not forever.

Remember the pair from Episode 2: She talks a lot (in general, Present Simple) against She is talking now (this moment, Present Continuous). This episode is built entirely on the second half of that pair.

Згадай пару з Епізоду 2: She talks a lot (загалом, Present Simple) проти She is talking now (цієї миті, Present Continuous). Цей епізод повністю побудований на другій половині тієї пари.
2 · Form: am/is/are + verb-ing
Ihe, she, ityou, we, they
+I am running.It is raining.They are standing.
−I’m not running.It isn’t raining.They aren’t standing.
?Am I running?Is it raining?Are they standing?
Стверджувальна форма: am/is/are + дієслово з -ing. Заперечення: am not / isn't / aren't + -ing. Питання: Am/Is/Are + хто + дієслово-ing?

Spelling of -ing:

most verbs+ ing   stand → standing, running is different, see below
ends in silent -edrop the e, + ing   write → writing, arrive → arriving
one vowel + one consonantdouble the consonant + ing   run → running, get → getting, stop → stopping
Більшість дієслів: додай -ing. Якщо закінчується на німе -e: прибери e, додай -ing (write → writing). Одна голосна + один приголосний: подвой приголосну, додай -ing (run → running, stop → stopping).
3 · Four mistakes almost everybody makes

I am know him. → I know him. Know, like feel, need, want, love, is a state verb. States describe how things are, not an action in progress, so they never take -ing.

Know, як і feel, need, want, love, це дієслово стану. Стан описує, який є факт, а не дію в процесі, тому воно ніколи не приймає -ing.

She raining. → It is raining. Verb-ing alone is not a sentence. Am, is or are always has to be there too.

Дієслово-ing саме собою не є реченням. Am, is або are завжди мусить бути присутнім.

I are standing here. → I am standing here. I always takes am, never are or is.

I завжди бере am, ніколи are чи is.

He is runing. → He is running. One vowel before one final consonant means the consonant doubles: run → running, not runing.

Одна голосна перед одним кінцевим приголосним означає, що приголосна подвоюється: run → running, а не runing.

4 · Check the idea before you practise
“It is raining.” Is this a habit, or something happening right now?
Right now. Present Continuous never describes a routine.
Прямо зараз. Present Continuous ніколи не описує рутину.
“I know him.” Why is “I am knowing him” wrong?
Because know is a state verb. States are never in progress, so they stay in Present Simple.
Бо know це дієслово стану. Стани ніколи не тривають, тому лишаються в Present Simple.
“She is staying with her sister this month.” Is this forever, or temporary?
Temporary. This month signals a situation that will end, which is exactly what Present Continuous is for, beyond just this-second actions.
Тимчасово. This month сигналізує ситуацію, яка закінчиться, а саме для цього й потрібен Present Continuous, окрім дій просто цієї секунди.

Now the practice. Every sentence comes from this episode. Write the correct form of the verb in brackets.

It . (rain)
She to the bus shelter. (run)
They very close. (stand)
The rain . (not / stop)
Nina her phone. (not / check)
anywhere in particular? (you / go)
right now? (you / smile)
I don’t need to check, I already the answer. (state verb, no -ing)

Part 3 · Speak
Speaking 1 · From the text

Retell the story in five steps

One sentence out loud for each card. Say it yourself first, and only then open the model.

Step 1 · the rain

What happens while Nina is three streets from a roof?

It starts raining exactly when Nina is far from any roof.
Step 2 · the shelter

Where is Tom standing?

He is standing under the same bus shelter from before.
Step 3 · close together

Why are they standing so close?

They are standing close because the shelter is small and the rain is getting worse.
Step 4 · no plans

Is either of them going anywhere?

Neither of them is going anywhere in particular.
Step 5 · no hurry

What is Nina not doing, for once?

She is not checking her phone, and nobody is hurrying.

Now all five sentences in a row, in one recording.

Speaking 2 · From the dialogue

Be Nina

Tom speaks, you answer as Nina. Round 1: read along with the model. Round 2: speak on your own, with only a Ukrainian hint on screen.

Speaking 3 · Your turn

Right now, around you

Look up. Describe three things happening around you at this exact moment.

1 · What you're doing “I am __________.”
2 · What's happening around you “Right now, __________.”
3 · What you're NOT doing “I’m not __________.”

Now say them out loud. The page will listen and tell you which phrases from the lesson you used.

Speaking 4 · Fast

Ten seconds to answer

Five questions in a row, all about right now. Answer short and answer fast.

Get ready to speak out loud.

Lesson 3 Lesson 3 · On your own · місія, рефлексія, надсилання
Part 2 · Exercises
Exercise 1

Match the pairs

Tap a phrase on the left, then its meaning on the right.

Exercise 2

True or False?

About the text and the dialogue.

It starts raining while Nina is far from any shelter.

Tom is standing at the same bus shelter from Episode 2.

Nina runs to catch the bus that is pulling away.

Tom says he needs to leave quickly.

Tom says he is glad it’s raining.

Nina happily admits to Emma that she is smiling.

Exercise 3

Present Simple or Present Continuous?

Habit, or happening right now? Pick the correct form.

Look outside, it .

Tom to this café most days.

Right now, they under a small roof.

I exactly how this feels.

Look, Nina again.

She her phone right now.

Exercise 4

Put the lines in order

This is Scene 1. Drag a line by its handle, or move it with the arrows, until the conversation makes sense. Not sure? Listen to the scene and let your ear decide.

  1. Tom: You’re getting soaked.
  2. Nina: I’m aware.
  3. Tom: There’s room. Barely.
  4. Nina: Thanks. This is fine, actually.
  5. Tom: Are you going anywhere in particular?
  6. Nina: Not really. You?

Exercise 5

Translate into English

Write full sentences. Capital letters and punctuation are not checked.

Йде дощ.
Вони стоять дуже близько.
Ніхто не поспішає.
Ти кудись їдеш?
Я не усміхаюсь.

Speaking 5 · In real life

Your mission this week

Notice one unplanned moment, and describe it in English, right as it happens.

Bonus · Right now
Bonus

Right now, I am…

Not checked, not sent anywhere. Just yours. Describe this exact moment, honestly, even if it is boring.

Nina’s honest line, under the shelter: “For the first time in a long time, nobody is hurrying.”

Most of life is not a big event. It is small, ordinary moments, happening right now, that nobody usually stops to name.

Tap a starter, then finish the sentence. Three lines are enough.

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