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Hello and welcome
to Real Easy English.
In this podcast,
we have real conversations
in easy English to help you learn.
I'm Neil.
And I'm Georgie.
Remember, you can watch a video version
of this podcast on our website –
bbclearningenglish.com.
How are you today, Georgie?
I'm very well, thank you,
today, Neil. How are you?
I'm OK. I've got one
or two little worries.
Have you? Well, that's interesting
because we are talking
about worries today in this podcast.
Worries are problems
that make you feel upset or scared.
So, shall we start the conversation?
Let's do it.
So, Neil, you said you've got
a couple of little worries.
Do you want to share them?
Yeah. I think... I think
when you have kids, you're kind of
slightly worried all the time.
And yesterday,
my son got hurt playing cricket.
And so this morning, I just
wanted to make sure
he was feeling OK
before he went to school.
And how was he this morning?
He seemed OK.
Yeah?
He seemed a bit bruised.
Oh no! An injury to the knee
or something?
Shoulder.
Ouch!
And arm.
Gosh!
Yeah.
And do you... are you
someone that worries a lot?
No. Not really.
Sometimes.
But I think there's lots of stuff
that you can worry about.
And if you... if you worry about all of
it, it can really affect you badly,
so I try – I know it's difficult
sometimes – not to worry too much
about things
that aren't so important.
My thing is that worrying
about a problem
or a thing doesn't actually help.
So I'm... I'm a...
In general, I'm a person
that doesn't worry too much.
I kind of just think
whatever happens, happens.
So I'm generally quite chilled
and relaxed and, yeah,
my friend always says that to me
because she's someone
that worries a lot about everything –
travel, you know,
all of those things.
And she always says, 'How are you always
so relaxed about things that go wrong?'
But you can't change...
you can't change them, so...
That's true.
That's a very
healthy attitude probably.
So, I don't tend to worry a lot.
But you... you worry a little bit
because you have kids.
What kinds of things do you do
to make yourself feel more relaxed?
Well, I think, like you said,
one useful thing to do
could be to try to be rational.
So, to think that what you're worried
about probably isn't that important or...
or likely to happen.
Yeah. So, you're quite chilled,
as you said.
That must be nice
for your friends.
Yes.
And if you have, like you said, a friend
who worries about everything,
how do you help them?
Finding maybe a distraction.
Like something
that makes you feel good.
Like a TV programme that you love.
Or seeing friends that love you, that
can make you feel more relaxed.
Mindfulness techniques as well.
Maybe jigsaws.
I've talked about puzzles
in the past.
Do you have any other tips?
No. These are all very good ideas.
Thank you.
Yeah, I think it can be useful
to have something that distracts you.
Like maybe drawing.
Listening to music,
playing an instrument can help.
Something that
just kind of takes that time away.
It takes your mind off
the stress, yeah.
OK. Let's recap the vocabulary
we heard during the conversation,
starting with 'worry'.
A worry is a problem
that makes you feel upset or scared.
And 'worry' is also a verb.
So, for example,
I worry about my kids.
Yes. And we also use the adjective
'worried' to describe that feeling
of being scared
or upset about something.
For example,
I'm worried about climate change.
And we heard the expression
'take your mind off' something,
which means to do something
to stop you worrying.
For example, I play my guitar
to take my mind off my worries.
We also heard 'chilled', which is
another word for relaxed or calm,
and it's quite an informal word.
That's it for this episode
of Real Easy English.
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Goodbye.
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