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[English]

hello welcome back to my slow English

podcast today I want to talk to you

about a story I saw the other day while

I was riding on the bus I was riding on

the bus with my mom we were going to

Starbucks to work on the bus there was a

little girl maybe around four or 5 years

old she looked very

sweet she was dressed in pink from head

to toe and she was with her mother she

was playing games and laughing with her

mother but

then the mother had to leave she had to

stop and get off for work so her mother

handed over her daughter to her

Grandpa and the little girl started

crying and crying her eyes out she

didn't want her mom to leave but

eventually the little girl was carried

away by her Grandpa she said bye to her

mom

and she left it reminded me of when I

was a little girl and I could sympathize

with the feeling of missing your mom so

much when your mom is literally the

whole world for you when your a little

girl that's the feeling you have and you

can't go even a few hours without your

mom let alone a whole day without your

mom so you just miss

her and think about her all day long it

made me tear up a little bit on the bus

because it reminded me of of when I was

a little girl and it reminded me of how

fast we all grow up one day you're

crying because your mom went to work the

next day you don't think about your mom

for days or maybe even weeks our parents

grow up so

fast and we grow up even faster before

you know it we're all

grown-ups living our own lives I'm sure

every mom remembers when their daughters

would

cry or their sons would cry when they

had to leave for work and sometimes I

wish I could go back

to the days where my only worry

was when is mom coming home let me know

if you enjoyed this bus story this is a

more advanced level story but it's

something I enjoy speaking about with

you guys let me know in the comments if

you have any nice bus stories you would

like to share

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
riding ˈraɪdɪŋ A1	verb - to travel in or on a vehicle
Starbucks ˈstɑːrbʌks A1	noun - a popular coffee shop chain
sweet swɪt A1	adjective - pleasant in taste; kind or gentle
dressed drɛst A1	verb - to wear clothes
playing ˈpleɪɪŋ A1	verb - to engage in a game or activity for enjoyment
crying ˈkraɪɪŋ A1	verb - to shed tears, often due to sadness
sympathize ˈsɪmpəθaɪz B1	verb - to feel or show understanding and care for someone else's suffering
missing ˈmɪsɪŋ A2	verb - to feel sadness because someone or something is not there
tear tɪr A1	noun - a drop of liquid from the eye, often due to emotion verb - to produce tears
reminded rɪˈmaɪndɪd A2	verb - to make someone remember something
grow ɡroʊ A1	verb - to develop or increase in size or age
advanced ədˈvænst B1	adjective - at a high level of complexity or development
enjoyed ɪnˈdʒɔɪd A2	verb - to take pleasure in something

Key Grammar Structures

• I was riding on the bus with my mom we were going to Starbucks to work

  ➔ Present Continuous for future arrangements

  ➔ The phrase "was going" highlights the use of the present continuous tense to describe a future arrangement, indicating a planned action.

• she was dressed in pink from head to toe

  ➔ Prepositional phrase for description

  ➔ The phrase "from head to toe" is a prepositional phrase used to describe the extent of the girl's pink outfit, emphasizing completeness.

• her mother handed over her daughter to her Grandpa

  ➔ Past Simple for completed actions

  ➔ The verb "handed over" is in the past simple tense, indicating a completed action in the past.

• she said bye to her mom and she left

  ➔ Past Simple for sequential actions

  ➔ The verbs "said" and "left" are both in the past simple tense, showing a sequence of completed actions.

• it reminded me of when I was a little girl

  ➔ Past Continuous for background actions

  ➔ The phrase "was a little girl" uses the past continuous tense to set the background for the memory, indicating an ongoing state in the past.

• before you know it we're all grown-ups

  ➔ Future Simple in a colloquial expression

  ➔ The phrase "we're all grown-ups" uses the future simple tense in a colloquial way to express a sudden realization.