S5/E8 - This Is Your Life: Childhood, Motherhood and Memories with Vanessa
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Who's your first person you fancy?
Oh, well, I have to tell you. In kindergarten, Randy.
So American, Randy.
And he gave me his school picture. What a little player. Then at recess, I kissed him and the teacher had to make a rule that we can't kiss boys at recess because of little timid Vanessa. Funny thing is my oldest son, he had lists and lists of things that he's selling, like these mushrooms. He said, but I'm selling them in my shop.
Wow, what shop?
He has a table across the street. He just puts things over there with a sign.
He's officially made money at nine.
Yes, and he has employed, he has made contracts. So I secretly listened to the radio, mainstream music. I was so naughty.
Hello and welcome back to the British English Podcast. In this one, we're doing a this is your life style episode where I invite well-known English teachers to take a slightly nostalgic trip through their lives, exploring the experiences and people and cultural moments that helped shape who they are today. And today I'm joined by someone many of you will already know, Vanessa from Speak English with Vanessa. And just so you know, if this is your first time listening to the show, here's how it all works. In the free version of the episode, I aim to give you a culture led conversation, something natural, interesting and hopefully engaging that exposes you to B2 plus level vocabulary in context. So you can hear how English is really used in real conversations.
But as always, it's the Academy or the Academy that makes this show possible and allows us to go deeper into the language from the conversation. So inside my Language Academy, I take the key vocabulary that comes up in the episode and uh expressions and phrases from the conversation and break them down through a weekly learning rhythm and i show you exactly how native speakers use them what they really mean the situations they belong in and and then guide you from simply recognizing the language to confidently reproducing it yourself in natural conversation So if you did want to take your English to the next level in a fast and fun way, then check out thebritishenglishpodcast.com slash academy right now.
But yes, whether you're here to simply get some good listening practice in or you're ready to turn it into a proper English learning experience, I think you're going to really enjoy this one. I personally loved recording it and then editing it afterwards. So yes, thank you in advance to Vanessa. But let's jump in, shall we? You said that you just had a little cleanup, so it doesn't look as clean as this normally in your household?
Well, this room is actually a new room that we built onto our house. It is, for the first time in over 10 years, I have my own office.
I think that deserves a round of applause. Very good.
Thank you.
It's a lovely feeling. I mean, you've gotten to a point where you probably could have got an office a while ago. Is there a reason why you delayed in getting an office?
There just wasn't space. I mean, when you've got five people living in a house with three bedrooms, there's always someone living somewhere.
Yeah.
I used to, when I was pregnant with my third, I worked in a co-working space for a couple months and it was so great. I loved it. I was in the world. I was sitting with other people. There was food trucks and free snacks. I mean, it's not just about the food, but it is.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It was so great. So at some point when all my kids are in school, I am definitely going to do that again. But I got to make use of this nice new room while I can.
Yeah, I think it's good to mix it up. I really like co-working spaces for that fact that you actually feel like you're part of civilization, that you're not just a hermit living online. Yes. But equally, it's nice to have a space at home that's your area to work from. And yeah, wow, three kids, that must be quite manic to try and escape from. I did a podcast at my sister's house, who's got three, and I was allowed 35 minutes before the kids started knocking and being like, hey, and like tried to creep into the frame.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–12:16
2
How did Vanessa create a quiet workspace at home and why did she wait?
12:16–20:20
3
What does 'fandangle' mean and how does Vanessa describe her planning process?
20:20–35:15
4
What drinks does Vanessa prefer on camera and how does she make her 'green tea a la Vanessa'?
35:15–38:30
Speakers
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