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200+ essential words and phrasesanchored into your long-term memory

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Vol. 1

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earworms mbt© Rapid Greek puts the words andphrases you need not just on the tip of your tongue, butalso transports them deep into your long-term memory.

Simply by listening to these specially composed melodieswith their rhythmic repetitions of Greek and English a fewtimes, the sound patterns are indelibly burned into youraural cortex. You will have successfully learned the Greekphrase and have the correct accent ringing in your ears.Wherever you are, whatever you are doing: In the car,while jogging, in the bath, doing the ironing… you can belearning Greek at the same time!

earworms mbt© Rapid Languages is the first languagecourse to get your toe tapping.

You know the phenomena of those catchy tunes on theradio that you just can't get out of your head? Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir? Well, earworms mbt©has put this phenomena to positive use. Gone are thedays of learning pressure and frustration at not being ableto remember, the experience of many on conventionallanguage courses. In combination with music, the phrasesyou need are automatically anchored deep into yourmemory, ready for instant recall.

Music is the Key

The idea is as simple as it is old. Before the age of writing,ancient historical events were recorded in verse and songform for easy memorisation. In his book 'Songlines' Bruce Chatwin describes how the Australian Aborigineswere able to navigate their way across hundreds of milesof desert to their ancestral hunting grounds without maps.And how? The extensive lyrics of their traditional songswere exact descriptions of the routes!


Rhythm and words i.e. song and verse have always beena very powerful memory aid, and this is supported byrecent scientific research. The advertising industry knowsonly too well how powerful music can be in gettingthe message across with brainwashing-like jingles andsoundbites.

It really works!

Developed and used over years in the classroom, earworms mbt© Rapid Languages has shownphenomenal success. In tests pupils using this techniqueregularly get average marks of over 90% compared to lessthan 50% with conventional book based learning.Why hasn't music been used more in education up tonow? Imagine kids at school getting a CD of hip hopsongs with all the historical dates they have to learn, or allthe irregular verbs they have to learn! Wouldn't that maketheir (and teachers') school lives much easier, muchmore fun, much more successful? Rest assured, we areworking on it!

What you get

This volume deals with the essentials for your visit abroad. It looks at typical situations: taking a taxi,at the hotel, at the restaurant, requesting, polite phrases,finding your way, numbers, dealing with problems andso on. Volume 2 will have you talking about yourself andothers, past, present and future, likes and dislikes andgeneral conversational items. The themes follow closelythe Common European Framework for language learning,a recognised benchmark of language proficiency, and theemphasis is constantly on usefulness to the learner.


Memory hooks

This booklet contains all the words an phrases spoken onthe CD, both English and Greek, plus the sounds of thewords. An additional aid to learning, 'memory hooks' and comments to assist your memorisation and understanding, can be found on the earworms website. These complement the CD and are really worth checkingout. Memory hooks are for example, if you want to memorise the Greek term: Excuse me! = (phoneticallywritten) 'messee ohriteh', imagine saying, 'Excuse me. I’ve got a messy oil heater.'- and you will easily remember.

How to use earworms: Don't think, just listen!

Sit back, relax and groove along to the melodies withouttrying to listen too hard. Treat them as songs you hear onthe radio. Our recommendation is that you do familiariseyourself with the written words in the booklet - at least the first time you listen. After listening several times, playfully test yourself - cover up the English side of the phrase book and seehow many words and phrases you remember!

Lastly - a word of thanks

The earworms team would like to thank you for puttingyour trust in our 'slightly different' learning conceptand are sure that you will have the success that manyothers have already had. It's motivating to know thatlearners are really benefiting from our research anddevelopment. Also, as accelerated learning is a rapidlygrowing field, we look forward to hearing yourexperiences and successes - so feel free to visit us on the website:

www.earwormslearning.com



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1. I would like…

Tha eethela...Èá Þèåëá...

ena gafeÝíáí êáöÝ

me ghalaìå ãÜëá

baragaloðáñáêáëþ

Tha eethela ena gafe me ghala baragalo.Èá Þèåëá Ýíáí êáöÝ ìå ãÜëá ðáñáêáëþ.

ena tsaiÝíá ôóÜé

Tha eethela ena tsai me ghala baragalo.Èá Þèåëá Ýíá ôóÜé ìå ãÜëá ðáñáêáëþ.

bolee galaðïëý êáëÜ

Bravo!ÌðñÜâï!

meea beeraìßá ìðýñá

Tha eethela meea beera.Èá Þèåëá ìßá ìðýñá.

neroíåñü

leegho neroëßãï íåñü

leeghoëßãï

gadee ya fayeedoêÜôé ãéá öáãçôü

gadeeêÜôé

yaãéá

fayeedoöáãçôü

Tha eethela gadee ya fayeedo.Èá Þèåëá êÜôé ãéá öáãçôü.

Tha eethela leegho nero.Èá Þèåëá ëßãï íåñü.

I would like...

a coffee

with milk

please

I would like a coffee with milk please.

a tea

I would like a tea with milk please.

very good

Well done, bravo!

a beer

I would like a beer.

water

some water

some

some food

something

for

food

I would like some food.

I would like some water.

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2. To order

na barangeelo... íá ðáñáããåßëù...

ena bodoÝvá ðïôü

na barangeelo ena bodoíá ðáñáããåßëù Ýíá ðïôü

veverâÝâáéá

fayeedoöáãçôü

graseeêñáóß

leegho graseeëßãï êñáóß

goggeeno graseeêüêêéíï êñáóß

goggeenoêüêêéíï

asproÜóðñï

ena bougaleeÝíá ìðïõêÜëé

ena keelo graseeÝíá êéëü êñáóß

meeso keelo graseeìéóü êéëü êñáóß

psomeeøùìß

elyesåëéÝò

saladaóáëÜôá

meea horyadeegee saladaìßá ÷ùñéÜôéêç óáëÜôá

Tha eethela na barangeelo leegho grasee.Èá Þèåëá vá ðáñáããåßëù ëßãï êñáóß.

to order...

a drink

to order a drink

of course

food

wine

some wine

red wine

red

white

a bottle

a kilo of wine*

1/2 a kilo of wine

bread

olives

salad

a mixed salad (village salad)

I would like to order some wine.

*Strange but true. Wine is ordered bythe kilo in Greece!

cs to give yourself extra visual input.

To perfect your pronounciation... Let your ears guide you!


3. Have you got…?

Ekhede...?¸÷åôå...;

fayeedo ya hortofagoosöáãçôü ãéá ÷ïñôïöÜãïõò

ena drabeziÝíá ôñáðÝæé

ya theeoãéá äýï

ya drees ãéá ôñåéò

ne, veveríáé, âÝâáéá

neíáé

oheeü÷é

ohee, leebameü÷é, ëõðÜìáé

leebameëõðÜìáé

Tha thelade...?Èá èÝëáôå...;

na barangeeledevá ðáñáããåßëåôå

ena ebeethorbeeoÝíá åðéäüñðéï

Boro na ec-ho agoma ena gafe?Ìðïñþ íá Ý÷ù áêüìá Ýíáv êáöÝ;

Boro na ec-ho...?Mðïñþ íá Ý÷ù...;

agoma enaáêüìá Ýíá

Ola endaxee?¼ëá åíôÜîåé;

olaüëá

endaxeeåíôÜîåé

galee orexeeêáëÞ üñåîç

na bleerosoíá ðëçñþóù

do logharyasmoôï ëïãáñéáóìü

Have you got...?

food for vegetarians

a table

for two

for three

yes, of course

yes

no

no, sorry

sorry

Would you like...?

to order

a dessert

Can I have another coffee?

Can I have...?

another

Everything okay?

everything

okay

bon appetite

to pay

the bill


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Boro...?Ìðïñþ...;

Boro na bleeroso?Mðïñþ íá ðëçñþóù;

me beestodeegee gardaìå ðéóôùôéêÞ êÜñôá

Boro na bleeroso me beestodeegee garda?Mðïñþ íá ðëçñþóù ìå ðéóôùôéêÞ êÜñôá;

ganena provleemaêáíÝíá ðñüâëçìá

Boreede na moo galesede ena daxee?Ìðïñåßôå íá ìïõ êáëÝóåôå Ýíá ôáîß;

Boreede...?Mðïñåßôå...;

na moo galesedeíá ìïõ êáëÝóåôå

ena daxeeÝíá ôáîß

Tha eethela na bleeroso baragalo.Èá Þèåëá íá ðëçñþóù ðáñáêáëþ.

bara bolee gala!ðÜñá ðïëý êáëÜ!

Can I...?

Can I pay?

by credit card

Can I pay by credit card?

no problem

Could you call me a taxi?

Could you...?

call me

a taxi

I would like to pay please.

really very good


4. To the airport

na baoíá ðÜù

sto gendro dees poleesóôï êÝíôñï ôçò ðüëçò

stoóôï

gendroêÝíôñï

dees poleesôçò ðüëçò

sto aerothromeeoóôï áåñïäñüìéï

aerothromeeoáåñïäñüìéï

xenothoheeoîåíïäï÷åßï

sto xenothoheeoóôï îåíïäï÷åßï

efghareestoåõ÷áñéóôþ

Tha eethela na bao sto aerothromeeo baragalo. Èá Þèåëá íá ðÜù óôï áåñïäñüìéï ðáñáêáëþ.

bolee sostaðïëý óùóôÜ

na eneegiasoíá åíïéêéÜóù

ena aftogeeneedoÝíá áõôïêßíçôï

na aghorasoíá áãïñÜóù

ena baghodoÝíá ðáãùôü

Boso ganee...?Ðüóï êÜíåé...;

aftoáõôü

Boso ganee afto?Ðüóï êÜíåé áõôü;

Boso ganee ena baghodo?Ðüóï êÜíåé Ýíá ðáãùôü;

Tha eethela na eneegiaso ena aftogeeneedo.Èá Þèåëá íá åíïéêéÜóù Ýíá áõôïêßíçôï.

efghareesto boleeåõ÷áñéóôþ ðïëý

to go

to the city centre

to

the centre

of the city

to the airport

airport

hotel

to the hotel

thank you

I would like to go to the airport, please.

quite correct

to rent

a car

to buy

an ice cream

How much...?

this

How much does this cost?

How much does an ice cream cost?

I would like to rent a car.

thank you very much


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How often do I have to listen to the earworms CDbefore I can really remember all the language on it?

With the appeal of the earworms songs we hope that it is not a question of 'having to',it is rather a question of 'wanting to'. But seriously:the memory is like a muscle, it needs to be trainedand exercised. Based on scientific studies, the ideal is listening relatively intensively at the beginning (the learning phase), thereafter listening periodically to review what youhave learnt and refresh your memory.

In practical terms this means listening tothe whole album the first day, in order to'tune your ear in' to the sounds of the language. Then listen regularly, several times, over a period of one or two weeks, making sure that you listen to every song equally as many times. While listening,actually speak the words out loud, when you can, to get a feeling for their pronun-ciation. After this, go through the booklet and test your knowledge, picking out anygaps that you may wish to concentrate on.

Lastly, the review phase. As we all know, memories fade, so it is important to refresh your memory by listening to the CD at your leisure, say, once a week for the following few weeks. Thereafter, monthly. This review phase is crucial as it consolidates your knowledge and transfers it into your long-term memory. Although this demands self-discipline, it is of course without effort, as you are only listening to songs. The result is that you will be able to recall the words and phrases with the same ease thatyou remember your telephone number!


5. Numbers and Days

enaÝíá

theeoäýï

dreeaôñßá

desseraôÝóóåñá

bendeðÝíôå

exeeÝîé

eftaåöôÜ

ochtoï÷ôþ

ennyaåííéÜ

thegaäÝêá

dee Thefderaôç ÄåõôÝñá

ThefderaÄåõôÝñá

DreedeeÔñßôç

DedardeeÔåôÜñôç

BempdeeÐÝìðôç

BarasgeveeÐáñáóêåõÞ

SavvadoÓÜââáôï

GeereeageeÊõñéáêÞ

one

two

three

four

five

six

seven

eight

nine

ten

on Monday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday


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6. Is there...?

me seehoreeteìå óõã÷ùñåßôå

Eebarkhee…?ÕðÜñ÷åé…;

ena gadasteema me babootseeaÝíá êáôÜóôçìá ìå ðáðïýôóéá

ena gadasteemaÝíá êáôÜóôçìá

me babootseeaìå ðáðïýôóéá

etho gondaåäþ êïíôÜ

gondaêïíôÜ

ethoåäþ

ena esteeadoreeoÝíá åóôéáôüñéï

ena galo esteeadoreeoÝíá êáëü åóôéáôüñéï

ohee bolee agreevoü÷é ðïëý áêñéâü

leebameëõðÜìáé

thexero. (then xero)

excuse me

Is there a…?

a shoe shop

a shop

with shoes

near here

near

here

a restaurant

a good restaurant

not too expensive

sorry

I don't know.


7. Directions

galeemeraêáëçìÝñá

ya sooãåéá óïõ

Psachno ya...ØÜ÷íù ãéá...

deen baraleeaôçí ðáñáëßá

ena daheethromeeoÝíá ôá÷õäñïìåßï

meea drabezaìßá ôñÜðåæá

Boreede na moo beede…Mðïñåßôå íá ìïõ ðåßôå…

bos na bao…ðþò íá ðÜù…

me leoforeeoìå ëåùöïñåßï

me aftogeeneedoìå áõôïêßíçôï

me trenoìå ôñÝíï

beeyenede eftheeaðçãáßíåôå åõèåßá

streepsde óôñßøôå

areesteraáñéóôåñÜ

thexeeaäåîéÜ

Boso magreea eene?Ðüóï ìáêñõÜ åßíáé;

bereebooðåñßðïõ

theeo heeleeomedraäýï ÷éëéüìåôñá

sta areesteraóôá áñéóôåñÜ

sta thexeeaóôá äåîéÜ

efghareestoåõ÷áñéóôþ

baragaloðáñáêáëþ

good morning

hello (informal)

I'm looking for...

the beach

a post office

a bank

Can you tell me...?

how to get to…

by bus

by car

by train

go straight on

turn

left

right

How far is it?

about, roughly

two kilometres

on the left

on the right

thank you

you're welcome


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The science behind earworms mbt©

1. How we learn

A large part of learning in general and languagelearning in particular is to do with the memorisationof words, facts and other significant information. It'sa well known fact that we use only a fraction of ourbrain power and traditional book learning is nowrecognised as not suiting every learner.earworms uses simple techniques which open upand exploit more of the brain's native power, andcome under the heading of 'accelerated learning'.

In the March 2005 issue of the journal'Nature' researchers at Dartmouth College in the USreported that they had pinpointed the region of thebrain where 'earworms' or catchy tunes reside, theauditory cortex. They found that the sounds andwords that have actually been heard can be readilyrecalled from the auditory cortex where the braincan listen to them 'virtually' again and again.

2. What we learn

earworms mbt© adopts the so-called lexicalapproach to language. In essence, this means welook at language in terms of whole meaningfulchunks, then break these down into their componentbite-sized, easily absorbable parts and thenreconstruct them. You not only learn complete,immediately useful phrases, you also intuitivelylearn something about the structure (the grammar)of the language. These 'chunks' which the learnercan 'mix and match', gradually build up to coverwhole areas of the language.


8. Where, what time?

Boo...?Ðïý...;

Bode...?Ðüôå...;

Dee ora...?Ôé þñá...;

Abo boo boro na baro...?Áðü ðïý ìðïñþ íá ðÜñù...;

ena eeseedeereeoÝíá åéóéôÞñéï

ena eeseedeereeo ya do leoforeeoÝíá åéóéôÞñéï ãéá ôï ëåùöïñåßï

abo do bereepderoáðü ôï ðåñßðôåñï

aboáðü

Boo eene ee valeedsa soï?Ðïý åßíáé ç âáëßôóá óïõ;

Boo eene...?Ðïý åßíáé...;

ee valeedsa mooç âáëßôóá ìïõ

ee valeedsa masç âáëßôóá ìáò

egee beraåêåß ðÝñá

Eene mesa sto thomadeeo.Åßíáé ìÝóá óôï äùìÜôéï.

mesaìÝóá

thomadeeoäùìÜôéï

Boo eene ee dooaleda?Ðïý åßíáé ç ôïõáëÝôá;

ee dooaledaç ôïõáëÝôá

banoðÜíù

gadoêÜôù

Dee ora eene?Ôé þñá åßíáé;

broyevmaðñüãåõìá

Where...?

When...?

What time...?

Where can I get...?

a ticket

a bus ticket

from the kiosk

from

Where is your suitcase?

Where is...?

my suitcase

our suitcase

over there

It's in the room.

in

room

Where is the toilet?

the toilet

upstairs

downstairs

What time is it?

breakfast


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Dee ora eene do broyevma?Té þñá åßíáé ôï ðñüãåõìá;

stees efta ee oraóôéò åöôÜ ç þñá

ee oraç þñá

seemeraóÞìåñá

avreeoáýñéï

do aboyevmaôï áðüãåõìá

What time is breakfast?

at seven o'clock

o'clock

today

tomorrow

this afternoon


9. Problems, problems

Eebarkhee ena provleema.ÕðÜñ÷åé Ýíá ðñüâëçìá.

eebarkhee…õðÜñ÷åé…

ena provleemaÝíá ðñüâëçìá

me deen deeleoraseeìå ôçí ôçëåüñáóç

me do pseeheeoìå ôï øõãåßï

Ekhasa dee fodografeegee moo.¸÷áóá ôç öùôïãñáöéêÞ ìïõ.

Ekhasa…¸÷áóá…

dee fodografeegee mooôç öùôïãñáöéêÞ ìïõ

do theeavadeereeo mooôï äéáâáôÞñéï ìïõ

do bortofolee mooôï ðïñôïöüëé ìïõ

Creeazome…×ñåéÜæïìáé…

grammadoseemaãñáììáôüóçìá

tseerodoôóéñüôï

gadee ya da goonoopyaêÜôé ãéá ôá êïõíïýðéá

andeeleeagee gremaáíôéçëéáêÞ êñÝìá

aspeereenesáóðéñßíåò

gadee ya êÜôé ãéá

do stomakhee mooôï óôïìÜ÷é ìïõ

Creeazome aspeereenes.×ñåéÜæïìáé áóðéñßíåò.

There is a problem.

There is…

a problem

with the TV

with the fridge

I've lost my camera.

I've lost…

my camera

my passport

my wallet

I need…

stamps

plasters

something for mosquitos

suncream

aspirins

something for

a bad stomach (my stomach)

I need aspirins.


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