Nikole for President! (Speak English like an Americans)

This is a conversational lesson titled 'Nicole for President!' where Nicole is running for student body president and enlists Ted to ask his friends to vote for her in exchange for homework help. The lesson focuses on the usage of idioms in everyday conversations, particularly those related to persuasion, relationships, and personality.

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Negotiation and Exchange: Nicole and Ted negotiate an exchange: votes for homework help. This illustrates the idiom 'You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours,' symbolizing reciprocal favors.
Persuasion: Nicole needs Ted to convince his friends to vote for her, highlighting the idiom '(to) talk into,' which means to persuade or convince someone.
Personality and Relationships: The dialogue reveals aspects of Nicole and Ted’s personalities and their relationships with others. Nicole's self-confidence is touched upon using the idiom 'full of oneself', and Ted accuses Nicole of giving his friends 'the cold shoulder', showcasing their strained dynamic.
Idiomatic Expressions: The lesson explicitly teaches and contextualizes various idioms such as 'get some experience under my belt,' 'a run for your money,' 'by far,' 'beside the point,' 'brown-noser,' 'count on someone,' 'get down to business,' 'it's a deal,' 'kid around,' and 'give someone the time of day.'