ESL Podcast 215 – Getting a Men's Haircut

Question 1

a place where men get their hair cut

Answer 1

It’s been almost three months since I got a haircut and I went to the …….
where I always get it cut. But when I got there, the barbershop had been
replaced by a hair salon.

I’m taking my brother to the barbershop tomorrow to get his hair cut before
school starts on Monday.

Question 2

a place where men and women get their hair cut

Answer 2

It’s been almost three months since I got a haircut and I went to the barbershop
where I always get it cut. But when I got there, the barbershop had been
replaced by a ……

• When I was little, I didn’t like going to the hair salon with my mother because it
  smelled of chemicals and hair spray.

Question 3

not straight; wavy; hair that curls

Answer 3

Shinobu: Hi, I used to get my hair cut at the barbershop that was here.
Nicole: Yeah, they closed. We’ve been open for about a month. I can cut your
hair.
Shinobu: Uh…I guess that’s okay.
Nicole: Why don’t you come over here and sit down. What do you have in
mind?
Shinobu: Well, as you can see, my hair is pretty …… When it’s long, it looks
like an Afro. I want it to be a lot shorter, but I don’t want a buzz cut
* He has curly hair and has to keep it short or it’ll look messy

Question 4

a thick hairstyle with very tight curls sticking out all around the head;
bushy hairstyle with curly hair

Answer 4

Shinobu: Hi, I used to get my hair cut at the barbershop that was here.
Nicole: Yeah, they closed. We’ve been open for about a month. I can cut your
hair.
Shinobu: Uh…I guess that’s okay.
Nicole: Why don’t you come over here and sit down. What do you have in
mind?
Shinobu: Well, as you can see, my hair is pretty curly. When it’s long, it looks
like an …… I want it to be a lot shorter, but I don’t want a buzz cut

• I’m tired of wearing my hair straight. I’m letting it grow out naturally into an Afro

Question 5

a haircut given with a razor or a machine normally used for men’s
shaving to leave the hair very, very short

Answer 5

Shinobu: Hi, I used to get my hair cut at the barbershop that was here.
Nicole: Yeah, they closed. We’ve been open for about a month. I can cut your
hair.
Shinobu: Uh…I guess that’s okay.
Nicole: Why don’t you come over here and sit down. What do you have in
mind?
Shinobu: Well, as you can see, my hair is pretty curly. When it’s long, it looks
like an Afro. I want it to be a lot shorter, but I don’t want a ….
* When my brother went into the military, they gave him a buzz cut.

Question 6

a hairstyle in which all the hair is braided into long, thin braids

Answer 6

Nicole: Why don’t you come over here and sit down. What do you have in
mind?
Shinobu: Well, as you can see, my hair is pretty curly. When it’s long, it looks
like an Afro. I want it to be a lot shorter, but I don’t want a buzz cut.

Nicole: Are you sure you want to cut it? If you keep it long, you could have great
……
Shinobu: Uh, I’m not sure that that style would work for me.

• Dreadlocks take a long time to create, but don’t require a lot of care afterwards

Question 7

the right and left sides of the head; the area around the ears

Answer 7

Shinobu: Well, as you can see, my hair is pretty curly. When it’s long, it looks
like an Afro. I want it to be a lot shorter, but I don’t want a buzz cut.

Nicole: Are you sure you want to cut it? If you keep it long, you could have great
dreadlocks.
Shinobu: Uh, I’m not sure that that style would work for me.

Nicole: Okay, then. How about if I cut it short on the ……., leave the bangs
medium length, and then keep the back long?

• Did you see the drummer for that band? He has blue hair in the middle and
  pink hair on the sides!

Question 8

the part of the hair that covers part of one’s forehead

Answer 8

Nicole: Are you sure you want to cut it? If you keep it long, you could have great
dreadlocks.
Shinobu: Uh, I’m not sure that that style would work for me.

Nicole: Okay, then. How about if I cut it short on the sides, leave the ……
medium length, and then keep the back long?

• This kind of dog has long bangs that covers his eyes and makes it hard for him
  to see.

Question 9

to cut hair so that it stops an inch above the shirt collar

Answer 9

Nicole: Okay, then. How about if I cut it short on the sides, leave the bangs
medium length, and then keep the back long?
Shinobu: No, I don’t think that would work, either. I’d like it …..
in back, above the ears, no sideburns, with a part down the right side. I really
just need a trim.

• The school has a very strict dress code and requires that all male students cut
  their hair at least an inch off the collar.

Question 10

the area around the top of the ears

Answer 10

Nicole: Okay, then. How about if I cut it short on the sides, leave the bangs
medium length, and then keep the back long?
Shinobu: No, I don’t think that would work, either. I’d like it an inch off the collar
in back, ……, no sideburns, with a part down the right side. I really
just need a trim.

• Oh no! The barber cut the two sides above the ears to different lengths, and
  the left side definitely looks shorter than the right.

Question 11

strips of hair grown by men on each side of the face in front of the
ears

Answer 11

Nicole: Okay, then. How about if I cut it short on the sides, leave the bangs
medium length, and then keep the back long?
Shinobu: No, I don’t think that would work, either. I’d like it an inch off the collar
in back, above the ears, no sideburns, with a part down the right side. I really
just need a trim.

Long sideburns were a popular style back in the 70’s.

Question 12

the line where the two sides of hair are separated on someone’s head

Answer 12

Nicole: Okay, then. How about if I cut it short on the sides, leave the bangs
medium length, and then keep the back long?
Shinobu: No, I don’t think that would work, either. I’d like it an inch off the collar
in back, above the ears, no sideburns, with a ….. down the right side. I really
just need a trim.

• My cousin wears his part on the left to cover a scar on the right side of his
  forehead.

Question 13

cutting off a little hair

Answer 13

Nicole: Okay, then. How about if I cut it short on the sides, leave the bangs
medium length, and then keep the back long?
Shinobu: No, I don’t think that would work, either. I’d like it an inch off the collar
in back, above the ears, no sideburns, with a part down the right side. I really
just need a……

• I told the hair stylist that I wanted a trim, but he cut off three inches of my hair!

Question 14

to use a razor or a men’s shaving device to take off all the hair

Answer 14

Nicole: Okay, then. How about if I cut it short on the sides, leave the bangs
medium length, and then keep the back long?
Shinobu: No, I don’t think that would work, either. I’d like it an inch off the collar
in back, above the ears, no sideburns, with a part down the right side. I really
just need a trim.
Nicole: Hmm…how about if I …..your head? You’d look great bald.

• I’m afraid of shaving without an electric razor because I might cut myself.

Question 15

– having no hair

Answer 15

Nicole: Okay, then. How about if I cut it short on the sides, leave the bangs
medium length, and then keep the back long?
Shinobu: No, I don’t think that would work, either. I’d like it an inch off the collar
in back, above the ears, no sideburns, with a part down the right side. I really
just need a trim.
Nicole: Hmm…how about if I shave your head? You’d look great ……

• Benjamin likes being bald because he doesn’t have to worry about drying his
  hair after he swims.

Question 16

– a hairstyle with most of the hair shaved, except for a line along the
middle of the head

Answer 16

Shinobu: No, I don’t think that would work, either. I’d like it an inch off the collar
in back, above the ears, no sideburns, with a part down the right side. I really
just need a trim.
Nicole: Hmm…how about if I shave your head? You’d look great bald.
Shinobu: No! I definitely don’t want that. You know what, I just remembered
that I’m supposed to be somewhere else right now.
Nicole: Oh, are you sure? I’m sure I know exactly what you want.
Shinobu: I’m sure you do, but I really have to go.
I left that hair salon as quickly as I could. Who knows what would have
happened if I’d stayed there? She may have given me a …..!

• When my brother walked in to the house with a Mohawk, my mother almost had
  a heart attack.