A slow English story about Picking up an old friend at the airport and showing him around San Francisco. 15 simple sentences. Word by word. About 17 minutes.

📝 Today's sentences

① Texas is two hours ahead of California. This morning I almost overslept.

② My friend texted me. He landed. I jumped out of bed.

③ Good thing I live close to the airport. I washed my face and drove straight there.

④ The airport roads were confusing. So I followed the signs to arrivals.

⑤ I put on my hazard lights and waited to pick him up.

⑥ Perfect timing. My friend just came out.

⑦ He was looking around. I pulled up right in front of him.

⑧ And he finally recognized me.

⑨ We hadn't seen each other in over four years.

⑩ But it felt like we were back working together.

⑪ He had a tight schedule, so we headed straight downtown.

⑫ We hit the Golden Gate Bridge. We drove past 890 California Street. That's where they filmed Inception.

⑬ Then we went to Fisherman's Wharf. We took tons of photos along the way.

⑭ We had a lobster roll and some clam chowder there.

⑮ I dropped him off at his hotel after dark. We'll meet again at nine tomorrow.

🔑 Vocabulary

• two hours ahead /tuː ˈaʊərz əˈhed/

• overslept /ˌoʊvərˈslept/

• jumped out of bed /dʒʌmpt aʊt əv bed/

• arrivals /əˈraɪvəlz/

• hazard lights /ˈhæzərd laɪts/

• pick him up /pɪk hɪm ʌp/

• perfect timing /ˈpɜːrfɪkt ˈtaɪmɪŋ/

• looking around /ˈlʊkɪŋ əˈraʊnd/

• pulled up /pʊld ʌp/

• recognized /ˈrekəɡnaɪzd/

• tight schedule /taɪt ˈskedʒuːl/

• lobster roll /ˈlɒbstər roʊl/

• clam chowder /klæm ˈtʃaʊdər/

• dropped him off /drɒpt hɪm ɔːf/

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