Improve Your English: English in Everyday Life

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it. I mean, uh, uh, so it 
winds up
: “Th
e pitch,” “Strike.” 
Well. But-but in the radio, you got, you know, this, this, 
this, and this 
’cause
they 
gotta
keep—and they’re good—
they gotta keep it going. And, so I do f—, actually, a lot of 
times when the television is on, I will have the radio, um, 
with, uh, the-the-the sound off .
3. FOOTBALL 
TRYOUTS
MAN:
I think it’s gonna be kind of intimidating, seeing 
that, um, there’s gonna be a lot of people there probably 
bigger than me, probably stronger than me, but I’m just 
gonna have to prove it, that I’m worth it for the team.
INTERVIEWER:
Do you know what the routine is for 
open 
tryouts
? Do they tell you what drills you’re gonna have 
to do—what exercises—what you’re gonna have to 
demonstrate?
MAN:
Uh, I don’t know at this point. I’m just hoping to 
go on luck right now. Um, hoping that they just give me 
some drills that I can actually just pass and hopefully 
make the 
fi rst cut
. And from there, we’ll, I’ll fi gure out 
where to go.
INTERVIEWER:
Are you doing your own conditioning and 
training program to prepare for that?
MAN:
Um, I’m using the tire shop mostly, as my condi-
tioning. I lift the tires, try to build up my arms. Um, I’m 
constantly walking around fast, to keep my cardio up. 
Um, I ch—, I try to eat a lot of protein so I can keep my 
muscles strong—stuff like that.