A Conversation in English About Travel (with Subtitles)
source: To Fluency 2017年1月30日
Listen to this natural conversation in English about traveling. My wife and I have a real conversation that will give you listening practice and build your vocabulary.
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KEY PHRASES FROM THE LESSON
- we are being quite ambitious
- we have brought our daughter along with us
- It’s flown by, hasn’t it?
- how many vacations have we been on since we’ve been here.
- I think a lot of times we end up traveling to visit family
- to get away from it all
- why don’t you tell everyone about our latest vacation?
- we met up with your parents and sister
- we had more of a beach vacation
- it didn’t really feel like Christmas
- There were park rangers passing out / giving out free sunglasses
- we are thinking about going away this summer
- I have always wanted to travel to somewhere different
- We nearly went while we were living in Spain
- That was the time to go
- I mean, I think that once you start a family…
- Take advantage of this time right now
- We’ve been talking a lot with our son about koala bears and kangaroos
- I would love to travel around Asia as well
- I haven’t been to anywhere in Asia.
- You have been all the way down to Patagonia
- And he got excited about that
- I don’t really know, to be honest
- I remember being in my mum’s arms
- I remember seeing our neighbor
- Are you gonna remember this?
- She’ll have the video to look back on
- it used to take us 3 days to get to the south of France
- we would spend about two weeks there.
- they had sports going on
- there was a big heat wave
- that’s what I remember about it
- that’s something that we take for granted
- it doesn’t get that hot
- my family and family friends would rent a house on an island
- we would drive and take a ferry out to the island
- we would grill seafood at night
- my mom actually grew up going there when she was a kid too
- when was the first time you went abroad?
- do you remember?
- my father actually passed away when I was in college
- Do you remember the journey?
- it was the most exciting thing that had ever happened to me
- ... the novelty of everything - being able to look out an airplane window
- my uncle used to fly back and forth
- I’m getting confused
- we got bumped up to first class
- have you seen some of those recent pictures
- it just looks incredible
- that would make flying with small children worth it.
- Yeah, no, definitely.
- it’s hard, isn’t it, with small children
- you just never know what you’re going to get
- You mentioned Morocco before as an ideal place to go on vacation.
- I was gonna.
- I was thinking about this while we’ve been having this discussion
- When I went traveling, I was on my own. I had a tiny backpack.
- Oh, so much easier on my own.
- I was worried that you were going to say that.
- When you are on your own, you have your stuff and that’s it.
- if you’re like you just don’t want to talk to someone
- if you wanna be outgoing, you can meet other people
- it’s more fun traveling with someone
- You get to share your experiences
- Shall we wrap it up?
- I’ve put you on the spot
