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• cable
• credit check
• put down
• deposit

• circus
• jump through hoops
• utility
• set up

• worry
• bachelor pad

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Have you ever been to the circus? Circus animals are famous for learning how to do things to please their trainers and the people who come to their show. For example, elephants learn to stand on their back legs. Monkeys or dogs ride on the backs of horses. And lions or tigers often jump through round hoops.

Learning to jump through hoops takes a lot of work, and it’s not done to make the lions and tigers happy. It make their trainers happy. Likewise, if a person has to complete a lot of papers and sign a lot of official forms to get something done, it doesn’t make that person happy. It’s done to please the people responsible for getting that thing done. This is why having to jump through some hoops means having to do extra work to have something one wants.

Sultan has to jump through hoops if he wants utilities in his new apartment, but Gary says that getting those set up is easy. Will he help? Read on in today’s English lesson about moving to a new home.

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Dialog

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Gary

Sultan

Gary:  Hey Sultan, your work looks really good.

Sultan:  Thanks, Gary. I’m learning a lot here.

Gary:  Great. Do you have any questions I can answer?

Sultan:  Actually, I need help with something else.

Gary:  Oh, anything.

Sultan:  I’m getting my new apartment soon.

Gary:  Nice. Your very own bachelor pad.

Sultan:  What’s that?

Gary:  I’ll tell you later. What’s your question?

Sultan:  It’s my first apartment. A friend told me that I have to set up my utilities, but I have no idea what he means.

Gary:  Ah yes, utilities. You’re going to have to jump through some hoops to get those started.

Sultan:  Can you give me an example of a utility?

Gary:  Yeah. There’s electricity, garbage, cable.

Sultan:  Water?

Gary:  Water. Exactly. When you have your own apartment, you’re responsible for the utilities as well as the rent.

Sultan:  How do I do it?

Gary:  You can sign up on the company’s website. You’ll need to know your new address, of course. And you’ll need to know the date that you’re going to start living there.

Sultan:  What else do I need to know?

Gary:  The utility company will probably run a credit check on you to make sure you’re responsible and can pay your bills. And you might need to put down a deposit, too.

Sultan:  This sounds challenging.

Gary:  It’s not that bad. When you’re talking with the utility company, though, you can set up to pay through your bank, which means you don’t have to worry about paying it every single month.

Sultan:  You weren’t joking when you said I will be jumping through hoops.

Gary:  Yeah, a little bit. But once you have everything all set up, you don’t have to do it again. Want to get things started?

Sultan:  Of course. Let’s do it.

Gary:  Alright. Let’s do it.

 

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