AEE 2544: Did You Up and Start Learning English?
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This is an All Ears English podcast, episode 2544.
Did you ever up and start learning English?
Did you up and start learning English?
Welcome to the All Ears English podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection. With your American host, Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl, and Aubrey Carter, the IELTS whiz, coming to you from Arizona and New York City, USA. And to get your transcripts delivered by email every week go to allearsenglish.com forward slash subscribe.
Do you ever do things on a whim? Today Aubrey and Michelle talk about spontaneity and why it is a good connection topic. Hear all about it and learn many phrases to describe it today.
New year, new you. But what about your business English? Are your emails too formal? Are you still saying, could you kindly, when native speakers just say, can you? Do you hesitate in conversations because you're not sure what actually sounds natural? Do you feel awkward jumping into casual work conversations or even small talk? If you said yes to any of these, your English might be holding you back at work.
How can you become fearless and fluent in English?
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Hello, Michelle. How are you today? I'm good. Aubrey, how are you? I'm excited to record with you. Yes, this is going to be so fun. And I have a question to start out. I'm very curious about your answer here. Have you ever up and quit a job without giving notice? Oh, no. I have never done that. I mean, I have left jobs, but it's always with like a two week notice. What about you? I did this once. I was very young. I was working in a spook alley in my hometown. And I don't remember details, but I remember feeling like the person, sort of the manager, was being inappropriate. They were either saying things or whatever it was, and I complained to my parents. And I was uncomfortable saying something to them, so I just never went back.
I just up and quit, never went in again, didn't want to see them ever again. What is a spook alley? Oh, like a haunted house. Oh, that's funny. We call it a spook alley in Idaho, but like a haunted house. Oh, that's funny. Yeah, I never heard it called that. Very interesting. Well, it's kind of a small local one. There are like those big expensive ones. This wasn't that. This was a very small town. I'm imagining an actual alley.
What does spontaneity mean in the context of language learning?
Is that how it is? No, it's the same as a haunted house where it's some kind of building and it's all you go through and I was one of the scarers. Like people come through and I would jump out and scare them. I would like to see you do that. But it wasn't in an alley. I don't know why they call it a spook alley. That's always what we call it. All right. Well, okay. Good to know. But yeah, it's good that you left, especially under those circumstances. Yes, I agree. But the reason I asked, we're talking about this interesting phrase to say you up and did something. This was inspired by in a recent role play, Lindsay said, I up and moved to Japan without even considering and she didn't really do that. She considered first, but it was something in the role play.
And it made me realize, oh, this is an interesting phrase. And there are quite a few ways that we say this. So we're going to cover those today.
Are your business emails too formal for native speakers?
Awesome. Yeah, absolutely. This is very common. Yes. But guys, be sure to hit follow wherever you listen to the All Ears English podcast. If you haven't followed the podcast, you are likely missing episodes. So we have so many every week. So wherever you listen to podcasts, just search All Ears English and hit subscribe. Yeah, it just means to do something pretty suddenly, right? Exactly right. Spontaneously, without notice, without thinking about it ahead of time. Usually, for example, he up and moved to Chicago because he felt like he needed a change.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:04
2
Did you ever up and start learning English?
0:04–1:33
3
How can you become fearless and fluent in English?
1:33–3:24
4
What does spontaneity mean in the context of language learning?
3:24–4:09
5
Are your business emails too formal for native speakers?
4:09–11:04
6
How does the phrase 'up and quit' relate to spontaneity?
11:04–12:54
7
What are other phrases similar to 'up and' that indicate spontaneity?
12:54–15:45
Speakers
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