Category: Conversation
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Freezing to Death in Scotland
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New Vocabulary: ‘It hits different’, Camper van, Ceilidh, Close the loop, Emotional breakdown, Heart rate variability, Pass rate, Peter Pan syndrome, Puer aeternus, Quaker, RV, ShibbolethWord Count: 5594So I recently went to my cousin’s wedding in Edinburgh, which turned out to be much colder than expected, ESPECIALLY since I was camping! Fortunately, the beauty of the Quaker wedding ceremony more than made up for it. I couldn’t stick around for long, though, as I had to whiz back to London on the train to take the highest level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. Sounds boring, but in fact it allowed me…
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I Got Kicked Out!
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New Vocabulary: Ball (party), Bumper cars, Checkmate, Gen Z, Hay fever, Helter skelter, Incense, Joie de vivre, Middle of the road, ShishaWord Count: 6405Yes, that’s right, I was kicked out of a public building… Not only that, I went to a wild party in Cambridge, and I’m setting the house on fire with incense. Sort of.
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Who is Middle Class?
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New Vocabulary: Chav, Nouveau riche, Parvenu, Posh, Processed food, Received Pronunciation, Social bubbleWord Count: 5444Want to really know how the UK works? Then you need to understand class. Come with me on a journey through food, supermarkets and sports to discover what the hoi polloi and high society do different.
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Giving Up Sugar for Lent
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Genre: ConversationNew Vocabulary: Abstain, Crave, Daylight savings, Flashcards, Give something up, Hojicha, Hold someone accountable, Lent, Ramadan, Spring (verb), Taste buds, VainWord Count: 3773Lent is the 40 days leading up to Easter. Traditionally, during Lent, Christians fast or give something up. In today’s episode, I talk about giving up sugar, plus give some tips on how best to use flashcards to learn vocabulary.
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Life, Love and Learning Japanese
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Word Count: 5256I catch you all up on what I’ve been up to recently. There’s a bit of philosophy, some dating, and some very manic studying for Japanese.
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How I Celebrate Christmas
Chocolate oranges, burning puddings and white carrots: British Christmas is quite unique. Find out all about how it’s celebrated in today’s episode.
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New? Start here!
In today’s episode I reintroduce myself, answer some frequently asked questions and recommend you my favourite episodes.
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The Superpower of Story with Bree Aesie
Learn about how to use stories in your everyday life in this fascinating interview!
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Hamburg, City of Water
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Genre: ConversationNew Vocabulary: ‘How did you find…?’, Ban, Bubbly, Bucket list, Bulge out, Cityscape, Cobbled, CV, Demolish, Leafy, Model railway, Mortar, Nanny state, Nerd, Overwhelmed, Phased ban, Privilege, Rejection, Resilient, Rest on your laurels, Second-hand smoke, Streak (record), Suburb, Trial shift, Vaping, VRWord Count: 8540Download this episode as a PDF Watch on YouTube Attributions Hello my lovely learners! My Story Builders course is now open. If you want to sign up straight away, go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Build. Let’s get to work! [intro] Welcome to Easy Stories in English, the podcast that will take your English from OK to Good, and […]
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My Sister’s Wedding
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Genre: ConversationNew Vocabulary: A rule of thumb, Adman, Beaver, Bonfire, Brother-in-law, Buddy, Calf (cow), Calves, Cartwheel, Ceilidh, Civil partnership, Conscript, Double whammy, Eyewitness, Fasting, Food for thought, Gaelic, Gen Z, Killing me, Livestock, Nomenclature, Polyamorous, Pull a hamstring, Ramble, Registrar, Rewilding, Sedate, Segment, Stoic, Tabloid newspaper, Testify, Two sides of the same coin, Ultra-processed food, Woo woo, YapWord Count: 8449I talk all about how I injured my leg at my sister’s wedding, the race riots currently happening in the UK, not so nice, and end with some motivation for all of you. Very nice.
