AEE 2694: We're Ahead of Schedule With Michelle's Exciting News

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What exciting personal news does Michelle share at the start of the episode?

Lindsay McMahon 0:00

This is an All-Airs English Podcast, episode 2694. We're ahead of schedule with Michelle's exciting news.

Aubrey Carter 0:10

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, 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.

Michelle Kaplan 0:51

You don't want to miss my exciting announcement and today's episode will also share three ways to describe something that arrives early. Hello Michelle, how are you? I am doing well, Aubrey. How are

Lindsay McMahon 1:08

you? I am great. Quick question for you. Have you ever had an Amazon delivery that came way earlier than expected?

Michelle Kaplan 1:18

Mm, yeah, sometimes Amazon, it's weird. I uh sometimes they're not as fast as as you would hope. And sometimes all of a sudden you think it's gonna be it's gonna take much longer, and then it just arrives earlier than expected. So yeah, that has happened to me. That's always a special surprise. But um speaking of special surprises, I have had something else come earlier than expected. Um I did not even get a chance to announce on the show that I was pregnant with another baby. Um and I already had that baby earlier than expected. Um

Lindsay McMahon 1:55

Congratulations by the way on behalf of all the listeners. I'm sure everyone's excited and also probably very surprised 'cause yeah, the baby came very early. So you hadn't even had a chance to announce that you were expecting.

Michelle Kaplan 2:07

Yes, I I did not have a chance. Um, so I had a baby um just at the pr pretty early on in my third uh trimester. And so I have uh three children now. I'm a mother of three. I have a little baby girl. Um she's been in the NICU for quite some time, but I wanted to officially announce it. She's doing well, hoping I'll have her home soon. But yes, early

Lindsay McMahon 2:34

Yes. Oh, it's so tricky because sometimes things are so exciting when they come so early and then with something like a baby it's kind of scary.

How do the hosts explain the phrase “ahead of schedule” with everyday examples?

Lindsay McMahon 2:42

So I'm grateful that there are NICUs that can provide the medical care necessary. I'm glad you've been able to be with her in the hospital. And so yeah, and I'm glad you are sharing it with us now. Congratulations. We're so excited for you to welcome a third baby into your cute family. Thank you.

Michelle Kaplan 2:59

Thank you. And um, you know, I'm sure that we've had listeners who have had something like this happen. I mean, maybe a NICU stay or something like that. NICU, um, it's uh like that's where the babies go when they need a little extra support, or maybe they've been born early. Um, so yeah, if um I'd definitely be curious if you had have experience with that or questions about That let me know. Um definitely um feel free to write us your questions.

Lindsay McMahon 3:27

Yeah, definitely. And In celebration of Michelle's Early Baby, we thought it would be fun to share an episode with vocabulary when things do come earlier, happen earlier before we're expecting it. So we're excited to share some of this fun vocab because what a great way to connect. If something like, and it certainly not about babies, lots of different things could happen before you expect it, right? Getting a job, maybe getting into a certain universe. Diversity, if you're immigrating, sometimes things take longer than we want, but sometimes it happens earlier than we expect. Yeah. And

Michelle Kaplan 4:03

um yeah, so we are gonna talk about, you know, the just we're gonna share three ways that you can talk about something arriving early. Um, and so we're gonna get into it in just a second, but we wanna remind you wherever you're listening to the All Ears English podcast or watching us on YouTube, hit the follow button or subscribe so that you never miss anything.

Lindsay McMahon 4:25

Awesome. Yes. All right. Let's dive into this, Michelle. Our first phrase is ahead of schedule. We use this a lot at work, right? But it could be for anything that's planned. It's generally positive, right?