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Hello there and welcome to Real Easy English, the podcast where we have real conversations in easy English to help you learn.I'm Neil.
And I'm Beth.Remember, you can read along with this episode on our website bbclearningenglish.com.
How's your week going, Beth?
Yeah, very good.Thank you, Neil.How are you?
I'm pretty good, thank you.What are we talking about today?
Well, today we are talking about our hometowns – that is, the places that we are from.
OK, so where are you from, Beth?
I am from Cumbria, but specifically I grew up in a very small, quiet village, almost in the middle of nowhere.What about you?Where did you grow up?
Well, I am originally from Portsmouth, which is a city on the south coast of England, but I've moved around quite a lot.Not really lived in Portsmouth much.
Ah, OK. So Neil, you lived in a lot of places when you were younger, but where would you say that you grew up?So where did you live mostly when you were a child?
Well, I lived in Canada from the age of four until ten, so I grew up a lot in Canada, but also then we moved back to England and I did the rest of my growing up in the south of England.
Really interesting.So when you lived in Canada, what was your hometown like?What kind of place was it?
Well, it was a suburb, so it was quite quiet, but it was quite close to a big city, Toronto.So you could go to the big city, but mostly when I was that age, I just stayed in my neighborhood, which was quite quiet and boring.
Yeah, I suppose I didn't live in a suburb, I lived in a village, but it was outside of a city, and that city was quite busy, so lots of people, but because I didn't spend loads of time there unless I went shopping, where I grew up was just quite quiet and small, maybe even boring, to be honest.
So Beth, do you miss your hometown?
I really liked living in the countryside.There were loads of fields around and it was really easy to just have a nice walk and not see anybody.Whereas where I live now, there's lots of houses and lots of people, so it's quite different.
Do you miss growing up in Canada?Would you consider moving back there?
I don't know.It's a long time ago.I had a nice time as a child.There was lots of freedom and I could go and play in the woods and in fields with my friends.So that was really good fun.
And there was loads of snow in the winter, which was brilliant because we always had a white Christmas. Let's recap the vocabulary we heard during the conversation.We had grew up in… lived somewhere when you were a child.
And we heard lots of adjectives to describe places, like busy, meaning lots of activity and people.
Quiet – not much noise or activity.For example, Beth, your village was quiet – there was not much happening there.And boring – not interesting.
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Black Friday is coming, and for the adults in your life who love the coolest toys, well, there's something for them this year, too.
Bartesian is the premier craft cocktail maker that automatically makes more than 60 seasonal and classic cocktails, each in under 30 seconds at the push of a button.And right now, Bartesian is having a huge site-wide sale.
You can get $100 off any cocktail maker or cocktail maker bundle when you spend $400 or more. So, if the cocktail lover in your life has been good this year, or the right kind of bad, get them Bartesian.
At the push of a button, make bar-quality Cosmopolitans, Martinis, Manhattans, and more.All in just 30 seconds.All for a hundred off.Amazing toys aren't just for kids. Get $100 off a cocktail maker when you spend $400 through Cyber Monday.
Visit bartesian.com slash cocktail.That's B-A-R-T-E-S-I-A-N dot com slash cocktail.
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