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question. Hello and welcome back to my
slow English podcast. Today I'm making
an interview for you to practice
listening to questions and answers.
Today we're starting with some
intermediate questions, moving on to
advanced questions afterwards. Try and
follow along as far as you can go. Today
I'm going to be interviewing and asking
questions to my sister
Brianna. So, first of all, where did you
grow up? Um, I grew up in Norfol,
Nebraska in the United States. And what
was your childhood home like? My
childhood home was very American, you
know, wooden houses. It was a
two-bedroom house, one bathroom with a
basement because where we lived, there
were a lot of tornadoes. Did the
basement ever scare you? As a kid, yes,
it did scare me a lot. Um, when it came
to going to bed or turning off the
lights, I would always run back up the
stairs so monsters wouldn't get me.
And did you have a favorite toy or
stuffed animal when you were younger?
When I was younger, I did have a
favorite toy. It was a stuffed toy cat.
It was a Persian cat. She was white and
fluffy, and I loved her a lot. And what
was your favorite thing to do as a
child? My favorite thing to do as a
child was probably swimming. We enjoyed
swimming a lot. Wherever I lived, there
was always a public pool nearby and um
yeah, we'd spend all all day long when
it was summer over there. Mhm. And who
did you enjoy hanging out with the most
when you were younger? Uh I don't know.
I enjoyed hanging out with my sister a
lot. We have a 2-year age difference and
we always got along really well. It was
always a great time. Mhm. And where do
you think your favorite childhood
memories have been? My favorite
childhood memories have probably been in
my second house, which was a house in
Iowa, one state over from Nebraska.
And that house was a little bigger. It
was a I think five bedroomedroom twob
and I was really excited to move in. So
was the rest of my family. We created a
lot of memories with my cousins and with
new friends. And what was your favorite
holiday to celebrate as a child? My
favorite holiday was probably Christmas.
Christmas was always a big deal from
where I'm from. It is a very Christian
community and there was always a big
fuss about it. Lots of gifts, lots of
dinners, lots of parties. It was a great
time. Mhm. And what has been your
favorite present you've ever received on
Christmas? My favorite present was
probably when I got a Ken doll and a
baby Barbie doll so I could finally have
a whole family for my Barbie dolls. And
why did you enjoy playing with Barbies?
I enjoyed playing with Barbies because
I've always loved storytelling, I feel.
And with Barbies, you can be anything.
You can create anything. So, it was
always fun that there were no no limits
to what I could do. Do you remember any
places that you dreaded visiting when
you were younger? I can't remember now.
Maybe a dentist or the doctor or maybe
even school. A place I dreaded as a kid.
So, the million-dollar question. I know.
What was the the place you dreaded
visiting when you were younger? I
dreaded visiting. It wasn't so much my
grandparents house, but in the back of
my grandparents house when I was a kid,
there is a chicken coupe and they had a
few roosters. And the roosters were
always really mean and would chase me
around and pick up my legs. So, I didn't
dread my grandma and grandpa's house,
but I dreaded seeing the roosters. Mhm.
Okay. And what was your favorite thing
about going to your grandpa's farm? My
favorite thing about going to the farm
was probably I have two favorite things.
I enjoyed seeing the animals around the
farm, especially the pigs, the baby
pigs. And I also really enjoyed being
inside my grandparents house because my
grandma's house had a lot of toys and
that was really fun. And what was your
favorite subject in school? My favorite
subject has probably always been math or
science because they're my strong suit
and it was something I could also always
comprehend and find beauty in. And
what's some what was your least favorite
subject in school? My least favorite has
probably always been social studies and
history. I do like social studies and
history, but I kind of like to choose
the topics that I want to learn about
and I feel like there's a lot of
unnecessary information in history
classes.
Hot take. Hot take. Did you play any
sports
or have any hobbies growing up? Growing
up, I I had hobbies like swimming,
volleyball, mostly sporty hobbies. I did
want to get into musical hobbies, but I
only ever got to play piano for a few
years. And what type of musical hobbies
would you have wanted to get into? I
probably would have wanted to try
violin, possibly drums. I feel like my
sense of rhythm is probably the weakest
thing um as far as my musical expertise
goes. So something in that area would
have been nice. And did you ever get
into trouble at school? Were you ever
the troublemaker in school? Not really.
I was I was a pretty good kid. Maybe you
were a little bit of a troublemaker.
A little bit more than you, I guess. A
little bit more. But what's a moment
that you can remember where you got in
trouble at school? something memorable.
I can't remember specifically trying to
get into trouble or or being bad, but I
do remember one time when all the
students were having a water balloon
fight. I don't know. I think somebody
just brought water balloons to school
and we were all fighting. But for some
reason, I was singled out and told that
I can't be doing that or I'd get written
up and was threatened to talk to my
parents about it. But I mean, everybody
was doing it, so I wouldn't say it was
necessarily a troublemaker thing. Mhm.
Yeah, I guess that's true. You've never
gotten into trouble. I can't even think
of a time. I know. I have a few examples
that I could think of, but I don't think
you have any. What was your favorite
meal or snack as a kid? My favorite
snack has probably always been, and I
get hated on a lot for it, celery with
peanut butter.
I think it's one of the best snacks.
It's fresh. You can eat it in the
summer, in the winter, like whenever.
And yeah, probably celery and peanut
butter sticks. Okay. I thought you were
going to say flaming hot Cheetos. Oh, I
guess that would be another one of my
favorite snacks, but now if I eat
Flaming Hot Cheetos, my stomach really
hurts. Did you have any chores at home?
I didn't have many chores, but I had the
basic ones. doing dishes, taking out the
trash every once in a while, and just
making sure the house was picked up. How
do you think childhood today is
different from when you were younger?
Well, obviously a big difference is the
how technology centered childhood is
nowadays. Um, most kids have iPads,
phones, or at least are exposed to it.
And in my time, the most contact I ever
had with technology with technology was
through the TV. Um, but even then, my
access to TV was limited to one or two
hours a day. So, I think there's a not a
lot of creativity and not a lot of
outdoorsiness to the fun that kids have
today. It's a lot of being inside and on
the phone. And what was your favorite
show when you had your TV time? When I
had my TV time, I would love to watch
Adventure Time with Finn and Jake and
probably also The Amazing World of
Gumball, Regular Show, and Spongebob
every once in a while. Those were
probably my top favorites. Spongebob's a
gem. And what advice would you give your
younger self? I would tell my younger
self
to not be so afraid that it's okay to
show who you are and that people are
going to love you for it. Mhm. Nice.
Now, what do you think has been your
favorite age and why? My favorite month.
My
favorite or was it a month?
your perfect date.
I'd have to say April 25th because it's
not too hot, not too cold. All you need
is a light jacket.
Sorry, ask me again. So, what has been
your favorite age and why? My favorite
age, I probably didn't have a favorite
age, but rather a favorite moment, which
was when I was about 12 years old. Um,
and we had to move to Mexico with my
entire family. Uh, it's my favorite
moment because I feel like it was a
pivotal moment in both of our lives and
it changed us and our family for the
better. Good age. Good answer. So, can
you explain what pivotal means? Pivotal
comes from pivot, which is a sharp turn.
So, it turned big change. Yes, it was a
big change. A pivotal change. Pivotal.
All right. Now, if you could go back to
one specific moment in your childhood,
what would it be? What moment would you
choose? It could be like a Christmas or
I don't know, a time when you went ice
skating or I remember for one Christmas
I came down a little too early. It was
about 6:00 in the morning and I came
down and saw the tree and saw that there
were no gifts and I was very sad and I
went back upstairs and I fell asleep for
a couple more hours and when I came down
uh I saw there were presents under the
tree and that's when I started to
suspect what we all
know. So I would have sent myself back
to sleep probably. So you would go back
to that moment to send yourself back to
sleep? Yes. To keep the magic going.
I meant like return to the feeling of
the moment. Oh, well, I thought you were
like you would want to experience going
back in time. I thought that's what it
meant. Oh, well, now I got to think
about that one.
I would probably try and go back. I
believe it was my 8th birthday. I don't
remember a lot, but whenever I see a
photo of it, it just really brings up a
warm fuzzy feeling. Uh, my grandma had
cooked me a lemon cake for my birthday
and they were visiting in our house and
I think I invited two of the neighbors
that we had around and I was with my
sister and it was a really nice time. It
was a simple but fun birthday. Nice.
Well, thank you, Brianna, for joining me
on my slow English
podcast. And this was the interview
about childhood memories with my sister,
Brianna. Say thank you, Brianna. Thank
you, Brianna.
All right. Thank you for watching. Bye.
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