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Welcome to the Listening Time Podcast.
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Hey everybody, this is Connor and you're listening to episode 123 of the Listening Time Podcast.
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I hope you're all doing great.
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At the time of recording this, it's the very end of summer here in the Northern Hemisphere,
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and so autumn is just around the corner.
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In English, when we say that something is just around the corner,
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we're saying that it's about to appear or it's about to happen.
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It's gonna happen very soon.
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So fall is just around the corner
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and a lot of people are really happy about this because a lot of people here like this season.
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They like autumn.
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They like to see the colors changing.
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They like the seasonal food.
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There are a lot of different types of food
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that people start to eat during autumn that they don't eat during the spring or summer.
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And so a lot of people like this season.
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One fun thing about this season is that there are a lot of activities for children.
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For example, pumpkin patches, these places where they sell pumpkins,
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but they also have a lot of activities for kids.
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And me and my family, we're planning on going to a couple pumpkin patches this season.
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And I think that I'll do an episode on pumpkin patches.
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So you'll get to hear about that, hopefully.
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And I was thinking about this topic of fun activities for children
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because I was thinking about pumpkin patches and about different things like that.
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And I decided that I wanted to do an episode about some of my favorite activities
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that I did when I was a kid.
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So my childhood activities, specifically things that I did outdoors, things that I did outside.
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I thought it would be fun to look back
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and remember my childhood and some of my favorite things that I did outside
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So I hope that this will be an interesting episode for you today And before we start,
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I want to remind you that my new podcast is available now U.S.
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Alright, let's get started. Are your ears ready?
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You know what time it is.
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It's listening time.
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Alright, let's talk about some of my favorite childhood activities that I did.
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some of my favorite things that I did outdoors because I did some things indoors as well.
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I had some fun activities that I did inside, but I want to focus on the outdoor activities today.
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So the first one that I want to talk about is building a tree house.
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So you've probably seen this in movies or TV shows before where the kids build some type of house in their backyard,
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maybe in a big tree.
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And this is something that is a pretty classic tradition here in the U.S.
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people like tree houses this is a fun thing for kids however I built a tree house
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that was a little bit different from what you're probably imagining we didn't build a house
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that was a closed box like you see in the movies usually
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we built a treehouse where we just had these different platforms on different branches of the tree.
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A platform is just a flat space and in this case a space where you can stand on.
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So my friend and I we built this treehouse
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that had many different platforms at different levels and on different branches
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and we would have to climb to the different platforms using these steps that we also built.
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We used wood and nailed the wood into the tree to build steps that we could step on.
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By the way, when we say that you nail something,
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we're saying that you use a nail this sharp little tool
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and you use that and you hit it into the object you nail it
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so we nailed these wooden steps into the tree trunk so
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that we could climb the tree to get to the different platforms
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I know that this might be a little difficult to visualize, but that's probably the best way that I can describe it.
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And building this treehouse was really fun.
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I think we had more fun building the treehouse than we did playing in the treehouse.
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So it was really fun to construct this, and we were pretty young when we built this.
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I think I was like 10 years old maybe.
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So we were young.
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It was probably a little dangerous, but we did it anyway.
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And this was the first time that I really used a hammer and nails on my own.
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So I learned how to hammer things when I built this treehouse.
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and it was a great place to play
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and to use our imagination to create games and things like
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that in this treehouse and in general I always really liked climbing trees as a kid
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that was always something that I enjoyed and
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so this was a perfect project for me because I got the chance to climb this tree and also build something,
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use my imagination, play, etc. So that was one of my favorite activities as a kid.
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Another childhood activity that I wanted to mention is that I actually collected bugs for a time.
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The word bug just means insect, right?
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So I actually collected bugs during a brief time in my life.
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Now, when I look back on this, it seems kind of gross to me.
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The word gross just means disgusting.
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So it seems kind of gross when I think back to all the bugs that I collected.
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I remember that in particular, I collected caterpillars, you know,
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these things that turn into butterflies, right?
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So I collected caterpillars and I remember putting them in a container
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and I tried to create a good environment for them in this container.
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I put leaves and sticks and things like that inside and I fed them fruit.
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I remember feeding them cantaloupe, actually.
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If you don't know what a cantaloupe is,
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this is that type of melon that's orange on the inside.
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That's cantaloupe.
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So I remember feeding them cantaloupe and cleaning the container.
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And I don't know why I was so interested in them,
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but for some reason, I like to collect them and watch them interact with each other in this container.
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And I also remember collecting some beetles.
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I remember doing that.
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I don't remember all of the other specific bugs that I collected,
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but I just remember that I liked to watch them interact with each other.
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I would combine
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some different bugs together and watch what they did to see
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if they would get along or if they would fight or whatever.
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By the way, the phrasal verb get along means that you are in harmony with another person or another animal.
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So it means that you don't fight with each other, you get along.
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So I think that I liked to experiment a little bit and see if these bugs would get along with each other.
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So that's another activity that I did as a kid.
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And another one was making paper airplanes.
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So I loved making paper airplanes as a kid,
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especially because I loved trying to find the different combinations of folds that would result in the best airplane.
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I don't know if you have much experience making paper airplanes,
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but of course it really matters how you fold the paper.
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So if you fold the paper in certain ways and you follow a certain design,
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you can make a pretty impressive airplane actually.
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Some airplanes that we made actually stayed in the air for quite a while.
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And I remember that we had one design in particular that was the best one.
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So my neighbor and I found this perfect design
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that we would recreate time and time again and create these airplanes
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and try to make them fly as high and as long as possible.
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And so it was a very intricate design.
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The word intricate means that something is very detailed.
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And so this was an intricate design.
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I still remember how to make this paper airplane even now as an adult.
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That's how many times I made it.
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I made it so many times that I still have that muscle memory.
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I still remember exactly how to make this airplane.
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So we found that perfect design and we always tried to improve it or find an even better design.
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So we found some other combinations of folds that worked pretty well,
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but we never ended up beating that one really good design that we found.
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but it was really fun to do that and to experiment with different types of designs.
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I really like that.
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I like experimenting with different options and trying to create different designs with things like that.
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That's something that I enjoy and I really enjoyed it as a kid.
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So that was another good activity that I had.
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And another one was something that we called cardboarding.
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So we would slide down this big hill on pieces of cardboard.
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Cardboard is that material that is used to package items,
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to transport them or ship them to another place.
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By the way, when we say shipping, when we say that an item ships, we're saying that it is sent from one place to another.
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So cardboard is that material that's used to ship items, to package them and ship them.
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So we would cut big pieces of cardboard from these different boxes
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and we would sit on them and then slide down this big hill that was behind my house.
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So this was something that my friend came up with.
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By the way, when we say that you come up with something, we're saying that you think of an idea.
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So this is something that he came up with and I joined in and we had a lot of fun doing this.
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It didn't always work really well because sometimes the grass grew in a way that didn't allow us to slide very well.
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So we had to work around that
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and do our best to be able to make it to the bottom of the hill on this cardboard.
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but it was actually a little bit dangerous because we weren't able to stop very well.
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You don't really have a brake system with this type of cardboard obviously. So
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if we made it to the bottom of the hill on
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the cardboard sometimes we wouldn't be able to stop well and we would
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kind of fall off of it and maybe it would hurt a little bit.
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Or we might run into something and we would crash, right?
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So it was a little bit dangerous.
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And I think there were a few times when I got hurt, but nothing serious, just minor things.
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But that was an activity that was a fun one in the sense
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that we created it and it wasn't something that other people really did.
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We didn't learn about it from anyone else.
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My friend just created it.
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He had this idea and we just did it
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and we were the only ones that we knew who did this type of activity.
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So that was pretty cool.
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It was born out of kids imagination, right?
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It was just something that we decided to do
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because it sounded fun and we had the material and we made it work.
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We did it until we found the perfect way to do it and then we had fun with it.
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I really like when kids come up with interesting games and activities like that.
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I think that's really cool.
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And speaking of that, the last activity that I want to talk about is playing make-believe.
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In English, when we say that you make-believe or you play make-believe,
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we're saying that you create situations and games from your imagination.
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things that aren't real but you imagine them and then you play this game or you do this activity.
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So I played make-believe a lot when I was around the age of six or seven around that age.
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I remember playing with my old neighbor in my old house,
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my first house, and I remember inventing different games together where we would have to make believe,
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we had to pretend and imagine these different situations.
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By the way, in this context, the word pretend means that you imagine something that isn't real,
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but you act like it's real.
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Okay, so for example, if I pretend that I'm a superhero,
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this means that I'm acting and imagining that I'm a superhero, even though it's not real, right?
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So I remember pretending and coming up with all of these different scenarios with my neighbor.
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And we just went through these whole storylines and pretended that we were different characters doing different things.
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And it was tons of fun.
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I remember that our favorite thing to pretend was that we were on a big boat.
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We called it the boat game.
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And we pretended that we were these sailors on this big boat
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and we were navigating the open seas and we encountered all of these different complications and problems.
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I don't know where we got that idea from.
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I have no idea how we started that,
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but I just remember that we loved playing this boat game and using our imagination.
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So I really like that type of activity, that make-believe type of activity,
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because I think it's really good for kids.
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It helps kids use their imagination and not just rely on being given the stimulation from a screen or from something else.
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Kids have to think of things on their own and create things from nothing.
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I really like that.
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And I think it's also beneficial in the sense that it helps kids become more social, right?
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You have to work with your friends and you have to
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agree with each other and get along with each other while you're imagining these situations and playing in this context.
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And I think it also helps kids become a little more independent
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and it helps them begin to play on their own and not just need their parents to play with them, for example.
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So I think that there are a lot of good benefits for kids to play make-believe.
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I really like that.
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and I'm interested to see when my son will start to play make-believe and create scenarios like that that are imaginary.
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I'm looking forward to that stage in his life.
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I think that will be fun.
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All right, why don't I stop there?
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I hope this episode was interesting for you.
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remember that you can sign up for my new podcast US Conversations
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All right, thank you for listening to this episode and I'll talk to you on the next episode of Listening Time.
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Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição
Esta aula de conversação de nível B1 usa o vídeo “English Listening Practice - Childhood Activities”. Este vídeo tem 227 frases e 2796 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 24:18. O falante mantém um ritmo estável de cerca de 115 palavras por minuto, confortável para o shadowing. 86% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês; vale a pena estudar o restante antes de começar.
Vocabulário principal deste vídeo
As 15 palavras mais avançadas do vídeo, com pronúncia e significado:
| Palavra | Pronúncia | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| airplane substantivo | /ˈɛɹˌpleɪ̯n/ | avião, aeroplano |
| treehouse substantivo | /ˈtɹiːˌhaʊs/ | casa da árvore, casa na árvore |
| cardboard substantivo | /ˈkɑɹdˌbɔɹd/ | papelão |
| podcast substantivo | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast |
| pretend verbo | /pɹəˈtɛnd/ | fingir |
| bug substantivo | /bʌɡ/ | hemíptero |
| nail substantivo | /neɪl/ | unha |
| imagination substantivo | /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/ | imaginação |
| pumpkin substantivo | /ˈpʌm(p).kɪn/ | abóbora, aboboreira |
| cantaloupe substantivo | /ˈkæn.tə.loʊp/ | meloa, cantalupo |
| container substantivo | /kənˈteɪ.nəɹ/ | recipiente |
| fold verbo | /ˈfəʊld/ | dobrar |
| patch substantivo | /pæt͡ʃ/ | remendo |
| climb verbo | /ˈklaɪ̯m/ | subir |
| intricate adjetivo | /ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kət/ | intrincado |
Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir
| Palavra | Significado |
|---|---|
| come up with verbo | pensar (em), alcançar |
| get along verbo | dar-se bem, dar-se |
| check out verbo | verificar, sacar só |
| end up verbo | terminar, acabar |
| look forward to verbo | ansiar por, estar ansioso para |
| sign up verbo | subscrever |
Frases que vale a pena repetir
Frases curtas e completas do vídeo que você pode usar na conversa do dia a dia:
- I hope you're all doing great.
- Are your ears ready?
- That's how many times I made it.
- We didn't learn about it from anyone else.
- All right, why don't I stop there?
Gramática neste vídeo
As estruturas que o falante mais usa, com as palavras exatas do vídeo:
| Estrutura | No vídeo |
|---|---|
| Frases condicionais if + oração, will/would + verbo — uma condição e seu resultado | if you like this podcast, I'd appreciate |
| Voz passiva be + particípio passado — o foco está no que acontece, não em quem faz | is sent · was born · being given |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — uma ação em andamento em um momento do passado | was thinking · was making · were navigating |
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — o maior ou o menor de um grupo | the best · our best |
Pronúncia para ficar de olho
O falante usa 43 contrações e formas reduzidas, como don't, you're, we're. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.
- Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: imagination /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/, specialize /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/, combinations /kɑmbɪˈneɪʃənz/, complication /ˌkɑm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, visualize /ˈvɪʒuəˌlaɪz/
- Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: imagination /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/, caterpillar /ˈkætɚˌpɪlɚ/, combinations /kɑmbɪˈneɪʃənz/, superhero /ˈs(j)upɚhɪɹoʊ/, complication /ˌkɑm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Sons difíceis para falantes de português:
- Consoante final — sem acrescentar um “i” depois: cardboard /ˈkɑɹdˌbɔɹd/, podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/, pretend /pɹəˈtɛnd/, bug /bʌɡ/, cantaloupe /ˈkæn.tə.loʊp/
- /l/ final — a língua toca o céu da boca, não vira “u”: nail /neɪl/, phrasal /ˈfɹeɪzəl/, beetle /ˈbiːtəl/, seasonal /ˈsiːzənəl/, beneficial /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/
- /h/ — um sopro suave, diferente do “r”: treehouse /ˈtɹiːˌhaʊs/, superhero /ˈs(j)upɚhɪɹoʊ/, hammer /ˈhæmɚ/, harmony /ˈhɑ̟ɹ.mə.ni/
Como praticar com este vídeo
- Ouça o vídeo inteiro uma vez sem falar e anote as palavras que você não conhece.
- Faça shadowing frase por frase na velocidade normal, repetindo cada uma até o seu ritmo ficar igual ao do falante.
- Grave a sua voz e compare com o original, prestando atenção a palavras como airplane, treehouse, cardboard.
O que é a Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing é uma técnica de aprendizado de idiomas com base científica, originalmente desenvolvida para o treinamento de intérpretes profissionais. O método é simples, mas poderoso: você ouve áudio em inglês nativo e repete imediatamente em voz alta — como uma sombra seguindo o falante com 1-2 segundos de atraso. Pesquisas mostram melhora significativa na precisão da pronúncia, entonação, ritmo, sons conectados, compreensão auditiva e fluência na fala.