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like I'm asking you the

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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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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
interview /ˈɪntərˌvjuː/ B1	noun - a formal meeting to ask someone questions and get information verb - to ask someone questions to get information
childhood /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/ A2	noun - the time when someone is a child
tornado /tɔːrˈneɪdoʊ/ A2	noun - a violent storm with a rotating column of air
basement /ˈbeɪsmənt/ A2	noun - a room or area below the ground floor of a building
stuffed /stʌft/ A1	adjective - filled with a soft material
swimming /ˈswɪmɪŋ/ A1	noun - the activity of moving through water using your body
memories /ˈmɛməriz/ A2	noun - something remembered from the past
Christmas /ˈkrɪsməs/ A1	noun - a Christian holiday celebrated on December 25
storytelling /ˈstɔːriˌtɛlɪŋ/ B1	noun - the activity of telling stories
dreaded /ˈdrɛdɪd/ B1	verb - to feel very anxious or worried about something
pivotal /ˈpɪvətl/ C1	adjective - of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something