AEE 2635: You're an All-Star! How to Spot and Compliment Talent in English
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This is an All Ears English podcast episode 2635. You're an all-star. How to spot and compliment talent in 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 hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl, coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA. To get real-time transcripts right on your phone and create your personalized vocabulary list, try the All Ears English app for iOS and Android. Start your seven-day free trial at allearsenglish.com app.
Who do you admire? Do you have a favorite athlete, actor, or performer? Today, find out why using this simple word makes it clear that you are a fan and says certain things about what you value for a better connection.
Hey, Lindsay, how are you? Hey, Michelle, I'm doing great. How are you? How's it going?
How can you become fearless and fluent in English?
Um, yeah, everything is good over here. Lindsay, what is your favorite Olympic sport?
Oh my gosh. My favorite Olympic sport. That's a good question. I love, um, a bump skiing. I love mogul skiing and you know, Lindsay Vaughn is kind of the famous person there, right? Actually, I don't think she does mogul. She does racing, but any kind of downhill skiing I love. What about you, Michelle?
So, yeah, Lindsey Vonn is like an all-star for sure.
She's an all-star. Oh, my gosh.
She's incredible. I like gymnastics. I like figure skating. Now, I'm actually – I wasn't too into it, but then I finally – did you ever see the movie Cool Runnings? Of course. Who hasn't seen that? That's a great one. I had actually never seen that. And we watched it a week ago or so. And I loved it. It was so good. It's so funny. It's so good. Yeah, it's really, really a good movie. So guys, if you haven't seen it, it was really good. So it made me next time around, I'll get into bobsledding maybe.
Yeah, Bob Sledding. We highly recommend that movie, guys. Lots of all-stars out there. And I remember watching the Olympics as a young child, right, with my family. And there were all the figure skaters that became big names, you know, Nancy Kerrigan. There's so many names.
Oh, I love Michelle Kwan. I always love Michelle Kwan because she has my name and she has my initials.
Yes, yes. So cool. So, so many all-stars. And we did mention this word all-stars in our conversation here. What does that mean? Are we talking about the, you know, the solar system here, Michelle, or what?
Yeah, it means, it refers to someone who is really good at something.
Who do you admire and why is that important?
So it's just a natural way to really rave about someone's talent.
Perfect. It's a good word for connection. Why do you think it is, Michelle? Well, it's a good word for connection.
Yeah, because it's, I mean, one way to really connect with someone is to talk about someone who you admire. I mean, it's like, oh, I love this person. Oh, they're awesome. Right? You get excited. Then it kind of shows what skills and talents we value in a person. Exactly. Yeah. And the other thing is sometimes you can call someone you know an all-star. I mean, you can just say, hey, you're an all-star. And that's a really big compliment. Yes. Yeah. You're acknowledging their contributions. And it's just such a great way to connect, to use this word. It's also kind of casual, cool sounding.
So I love it. Yeah. And I think anytime we point out someone we admire, like you said, Michelle, I want to highlight this. It shows what skills and talents we value in a person. So for example, Lindsey Vonn, she, I mean, did you see what she just did? She came back. She literally just skied a race on on a torn acl yeah i mean she ended up falling for another reason unfortunately but in my mind when i think of her she has incredible grit g-r-i-t grit and i really admire people with grit right so when i say i like lindsey vaughn i feel like it says something about what i admire in other people right yes yeah definitely who you choose to to like i mean like we both like pink right yeah
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main focus of this podcast episode?
0:00–1:25
2
How can you become fearless and fluent in English?
1:25–3:04
3
Who do you admire and why is that important?
3:04–9:16
4
What does it mean to call someone an all-star?
9:16–9:42
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How can using the term 'all-star' enhance connections?
9:42–15:39
Speakers
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