Transcript: “Listening Time” Episode 2
Welcome to the Listening Time podcast. I'm Conner from polyglossa.com, and you're
listening to Episode Two of the Listening Time podcast. If this is your first time listening
to this podcast, I can assure you that this podcast will be very helpful for you in
practicing your listening skills. So, this podcast is for people who want to practice their
listening, but who still can't understand native speakers when they speak at normal
speed, or when they speak with other native speakers. If you can't yet understand
native speech, like that, then this podcast is perfect for you. Because I talk about
different topics in this podcast, but I don't read a script. Okay, so I haven't planned what
I'm saying right now. I'm not reading anything. I'm just talking, naturally, as the words
come to my brain. And even though I'm speaking naturally with normal words, I'm
speaking a little more clearly and a little bit more slowly so that you can understand me
better. And so, this is the format of the podcast. I talk about a couple different topics
each time in a clear and a little bit slower way... but still natural speech. I'm still speaking
with the words and phrases and expressions that I would normally say in real life. I also
have the transcript available, attached to every episode. So, if you need the transcript to
help you understand what I'm saying, you can find the transcript with every episode. So
that should also be very helpful for you. Okay, so in this episode, I'm going to talk about
two different topics. I'm going to talk about breakfast and I'm going to talk about
camping... two random topics, but two interesting topics. So, before we start, remember
that if you need more listening practice, you can go to www.polyglossa.com and sign up
for our listening practice seminars to practice your listening. The seminars are only $1
each, so make sure to sign up if you want to practice more. Okay, let's get started.
Alright, so first we're gonna talk about breakfast. This is actually a really good topic for
me. This is one of my favorite topics because breakfast is probably my favorite meal of
the day. Right. We usually have three meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Or maybe in
your country, there are more than three meals. But in most cultures, in most countries
we have some kind of breakfast. Right. It's the first meal of the day. So first, I want to tell
you a little bit about the American breakfast, the classic American breakfast. People see
a certain style of American breakfast when they watch American movies and TV shows,
and for the most part, this... this image of the American breakfast is pretty accurate, but
what I would say is that we don't eat this type of breakfast every day. So, on Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday... on weekdays, most Americans don't have
time to make a big breakfast, right, we have to get ready, we have to prepare ourselves
for our day at work, and we don't have a bunch of time to practice... sorry... to cook
breakfast in the morning. So many Americans tend to make a simple breakfast, or they
might not even cook anything. They might just eat cereal and milk. Right. When I was...
let's see... when I was in elementary school, middle school, and sometimes when I was
in high school, I would eat cereal for breakfast. I loved cereal and it wasn't a bad
breakfast. I actually enjoyed this. I'm sure many of you... many of the Listening Time
listeners, probably enjoy cereal as well. It's good. There's a reason why it's so popular
among people everywhere in the world. Some of my favorite breakfasts, were... let's
see... Honey Nut Cheerios, Apple Cinnamon Cheerios, Apple Jacks, a lot of different
cereals. But, yeah, many Americans eat cereal on the weekdays, but on the weekends,
we like to eat a bigger breakfast. You've probably seen the American breakfast in TV
