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Swearing
Swearing

Learn English with this swearing English lesson

Date: Dec 31 2019

Themes: Family

Grammar: Past Progressive Tense

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Swearing can be one hard habit to break. In some families, it’s common and OK. Saying a bad word might happen every day. But in others, it’s totally taboo. Using language that’s considered rude can result in serious punishment, like getting one’s mouth washed out with soap.

And what about swearing around children? Should you try not to have a potty mouth around kids, or are they going to learn it at school anyway? Most parents at least try to follow etiquette when young people are present. Some people find that just being around children causes them to stop cussing, but others really have to concentrate.

Find out how Marni feels about using bad language around her child and Lily’s ideas about one way the problem can be handled.

Dialog

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Marni

Marni

Lily

Lily

Marni:  I was just walking down the street. And there was this woman just letting out the f-bombs. Just letting them fly. She just had the worst potty mouth! You know, now that I’m a parent, I am really trying not to swear around my child. It is just bad news. I feel like it’s totally not OK. There needs to be more etiquette around swearing.

Lily:  It’s odd to me that it’s kind of taboo in our culture to curse around kids. I heard swear words at my elementary school among the kids. It was just part of the slang. It was actually kind of exciting when someone said a bad word. You know what I mean?

Marni:  Oh my goodness, but you would get them in trouble. That’s what happened to me. Whenever I said a bad word, I would just be so afraid that my mom would wash my mouth out with soap, because that was the punishment I would get if I ever said a bad word. And I think we just need to have some more decorum, be better spoken. Bad words should not be socially accepted.

Lily:  Let’s concentrate on vocabulary instead of slang. How about that? Instead of outlawing swear words, try augmenting your vocabulary.

Marni:  All right, I will work on that, and I will also make my goal of not swearing.

Lily:  Right on.

 

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Marni was shocked to hear a woman swearing loudly in public. Now that she’s a mom, Marni’s trying to stop swearing around her child. She thinks that using bad language is not OK, and she wishes more people would stop.

Lily’s surprised that swearing is such a big deal. She heard bad words all the time when she was growing up… in fact, it was kind of exciting when a friend was brave enough to use one. It doesn’t sound like Lily’s into the idea of outlawing swearing, but she is in favor of everyone learning more vocabulary. To Lily, if we knew more words to express ourselves, we might swear a lot less.

Do you agree? Would people swear less if they knew more vocabulary? Or is Marni right, and we should just concentrate on using more polite language?

 

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Zambuka

Zambuka

United States

sometimes it’s hard not to let the f-bomb out)))

06:10 AM Sep 18 2013 |

CandiceAcclo

China

we should using polite language, that means you have a good etiquette and behaviour.


i remember my auntie told me a little story how she treat her son when he said a bad word in the school she using a needle to prick my cousin’s month. after that her son never say unpolite words anymore

05:58 AM Sep 18 2013 |

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Jobee

Jobee

China

 I would rather follow etiquette.hearing others swearing is one thing,hearing parents’ bad words is another thing.I know the kids will learn the bad word anyway,but what attitude  they put on this aspect is important than the potty mouth itself. parents should set good examples,that is not to say,devide bad words into taboo.one has to let out his feelings.but after you swore,please tell your kids that you did an unpolite thing .

05:23 AM Sep 18 2013 |

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renwda

renwda

Canada

Our commonly used vocabulary are simply too narrow so we take curse word to express our angry or unbelieveable feelings, but as audio said that we need to augment our vacab and try to persuade person instead of just curse at them, try to hold etiquette in your life and see how long you never curse, my personal is starting today, I curse this morning during way to work when other people drive badly. So I hope that’s the last F-bomb I was spreading.  

05:22 AM Sep 18 2013 |

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jedla4

jedla4

Czech Republic

It’s surprising for me, how many bad words people use when they are driving. Very gentle girl changes to miner when she holds a wheel… but after she left the car she is the lady again. I have a lot of experiences with it. Strange ;-) 

05:21 AM Sep 18 2013 |

durnapinar

durnapinar

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

as i remember my mom taboo me for  bad words. now i never use swear words.but abt curs i sometimes use them.you know what when i use them i calm down especially when im angry.

03:12 AM Sep 18 2013 |

ola33

ola33

Japan

The other day I happpened to be a witness of a conversation of the girl of 18 years old and a guy. You know, the guy was good, probably because he was quiet, but the girl kept on using and abusing the F word in different interpretations. Was it cool, no! It wasn’t even attractive. It was a show off, misunderstanding how the verbal usage can really make you not attractive. I thought about times of Jane Eyre and felt quite a longing pain, almost a crying for the past time that I wasn’t only  a witness but didn’t live in that time. Probably you understand now, my love to fairy tales, escape from the gruesome, sad reality where Miley Cirus not far away from verbal swearing by her performing like a strip dancer, reins. Probably my time has gone and looks like has never came but I like Elton John and that make think that there’s real art above all that petty swearing.


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12:20 AM Sep 18 2013 |

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