Name: English Conversation Practice - Listen to a Real Conversation in English with Subtitles
Uploaded: 2017-01-30T14:59:15.000Z
Duration: 20 min 38 s
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...Watching the replay on Facebook, welcome. If you’re watching the replay on Periscope,

welcome to you too. And, if you are joining live, it's great to have you.

It’s another beautiful day in Asheville, North Carolina. You can see the sun shining

through the tree there. It feels like fall or autumn as we say in British English. But,

there’s not a cloud in the sky... 20 degrees Celsius and had a great day so far. I’m

going to turn on my camera. Hello. Good to have you all here. So again,

if you’re watching the replay, it's great to have you on the replay. Today, I have something

very special to share with you and I’ve been wanting to do this for quite a while,

So, this is Kate and, Kate, introduce yourself. Tell everyone what you do.

Hello everyone. I’m Kate. I’m Jack’s wife and I am a middle school teacher. I teach

English Literature to middle schoolers. So, my students are about 13 years old, turning

14 and we have a day off from school today so that’s why I’m able to be here, out

on the porch on a nice fall day. Yeah, so it’s Veterans Day today. Hello

everyone. “How are you?” We are doing very well. Nice to meet you. “Good afternoon,

Jack and Kate. It is nice to meet you.” That’s Marcelo.

Thank you. “Hello from Russia and Istanbul.” So yeah,

today is a National Holiday and there is no school. So, Kate has a day off and it’s

been wonderful so far. We went to a tea shop. What kind of tea did you get, Kate?

I got Masala tea which has... it’s a black tea with a lot of different Indian spices

in it. It was really delicious and I had it with honey and with milk.

Yeah and I had Pu-erh which is like a very good black tea. “Good weather.” Yeah,

“Nice to meet you.” Nice to meet you too. Is it Veterans Day? It is. Yeah, today is

Veterans Day in the US. So, there is no school today and it couldn’t be any better, couldn’t

be any better. So, hopefully Kate is going to join us on future scopes but it’s just

great to have her here today and I thought the best thing we could do is to open it up

for questions. So, do you guys have questions about British / American English, any questions

for Kate, for me? Just send them in. A lot of people are here today which is great. This

is Kate’s first time on Periscope so she’s enjoying it.

Yeah, it’s exciting. It’s strange to see myself though.

Yeah, so a question here “Are you English?” No. I’m American.

Yeah, so Kate is American from Connecticut. I’m just going to explain a couple of things

to Kate. So, you can see the comments coming in here.

Oh wow, neat. Marcelo says “It’s cool to be able to

hear both versions of English. It can improve our listening.” Absolutely, And then, you can see the

hearts flying up here. That’s when people tap their screen to say they’re enjoying

it. Oh, that’s so nice. Good to see that.

Yeah, so guys, just tap the screen. Let’s see lots of hearts come in. So, you can see

them coming in. And, Angel, if I remember correctly you’re from France, agrees with

Yeah, so it is. It’s great for you guys to be able to hear British and American English

at the same time. We are hoping next year to provide something very interesting I guess

which will be based on American and British English. Quick question, “Have you been

to Turkey?” I have. I have been to Turkey. I went to Istanbul

for about a week when I was in university. I’ve never been to Turkey but Kate's talked

about it a lot. Mustafa is saying he’s from Turkey or she’s from Turkey I guess, yeah

Mustafa. Yeah, how old were you when you went to Turkey?

I was about twenty, 20 years old. Okay. This is one for you, Kate. “I heard

an idiom. Let live freak fly.” Oh, I think that idiom is “Let your freak

flag fly.” Which is, I think it was very popular in the sixties and it just means kind

of not being afraid to be different and put yourself out there.

Very cool. I had no idea what it was. It’s good to have Kate here. Yeah, people from

Brazil are coming. “Are you from Britain?” So, yeah, I’m from the U.K. and…

And, I’m from the United States. I’m an American.

And, we both live in North Carolina. “Have you already been to Brazil, Kate?”

I have never been to Brazil and I would very much like to visit. We have some good family

friends that live there, near Sao Paulo and I would love to go visit some day.

Yeah, I was in Brazil in 2007 but only for about 5 days. So, I’d love to go back. Love,

love to go back. “You are great.” I think that’s for you.

Oh, it could be for you too. “Hi from Moscow. [name] is here.

Are you a couple?” Yes, we are married. We’ve been married for, how many years?

Six years, 2009 or was it 2010? We can’t remember. We always forget our anniversary.

But yeah, we are a married. “Hi from Sochi.” Hello, good to have you. “Hello from Peru.”

Good to have you too. Where in Peru are you from? Let me know. Keep the questions coming

in and it’d be great. Yeah, we forget about this. We forget about the year we got married.

Anastasia’s taking her Master’s Degree in Linguistics.

Wow, that’s impressive. From Lima. Hearts from, how do you pronounce

Antalya, Turkey. From Sochi: “Oh shame, you don’t know the day.” Okay, languages.

What languages do you know? The same as Jack. Jack and I have both lived

in Spain briefly so I speak some Spanish. I’m a little bit rusty which means I’m

out of practice but I do speak some Spanish. Someone’s saying here go to foz do Iguacu?

No, I’m saying that wrong. But, I’ve been to the Argentinian side. Kansas here as well,

Long time follower of To Fluency, a To Fluency program member. Someone asked if we have children.

We do. We have one son. He is currently 2 years old and he is busy at daycare today.

Yeah, so he’s at daycare. It is a good surprise to have her here today. Yeah, so he’s at

daycare. Kate’s got the day off work and we’ve just spent the morning together in

a tea house and then at the local restaurant. We have both had a salad. It was very good.

With bacon. Yeah, lots of bacon and other things too.

Nageb asks “How are you Jack’s wife?” I’m very well. Thank you for asking.

Yeah. “We’ve got a surprise.” Yeah, it’s a surprise. Oh, here’s a good question.

Yeah. What would you advise: which variant of English

to stick to and how to choose? Oh, that’s a good question. Well, personally,

I’m going to recommend American English and I think he would recommend British English.

But, I think it all depends on what you think will be most useful to you. If you’re going

to be exposed to more American English or if you want to travel in countries that have

an American accent, I would recommend learning American English. And, probably if you’re

based in Europe and have business contacts or friends who are British, it would make

more sense to be exposed to British English. Although, once you get to an advanced level,

I think the distinctions aren’t as important. Yeah, that’s the answer I always give too.

“What time is it there?” Kate, do you have your watch on?

I do. It is 1:35. One thirty five, yeah, in the afternoon. It’s

just getting warmer and warmer. Just to let you all know. Kate used to teach English in

a couple of schools in Spain. “Do you speak Turkish?” “Do you know Spanish?” We

don’t speak Turkish but we “podemosr hablar en Espanol”.

We can. You didn’t tell me you would be making me speak in Spanish.

No. I sometimes do accents here too. Okay. Really?

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