Advanced English Conversation Lesson #1: Travel 🛩 🌍 (learn real English w/ subtitles)

Listen to this natural conversation in English about traveling. My wife and I have a real conversation that will give you listening practice and build your vocabulary.

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KEY PHRASES FROM THE LESSON

we are being quite ambitious
we have brought our daughter along with us
It’s flown by, hasn’t it?
how many vacations have we been on since we’ve been here.
I think a lot of times we end up traveling to visit family
to get away from it all
why don’t you tell everyone about our latest vacation?
we met up with your parents and sister
we had more of a beach vacation
it didn’t really feel like Christmas
There were park rangers passing out / giving out free sunglasses
we are thinking about going away this summer
I have always wanted to travel to somewhere different
We nearly went while we were living in Spain
That was the time to go
I mean, I think that once you start a family…
Take advantage of this time right now
We’ve been talking a lot with our son about koala bears and kangaroos
I would love to travel around Asia as well
I haven’t been to anywhere in Asia.
You have been all the way down to Patagonia
And he got excited about that
I don’t really know, to be honest
I remember being in my mum’s arms
I remember seeing our neighbor
Are you gonna remember this?
She’ll have the video to look back on
it used to take us 3 days to get to the south of France
we would spend about two weeks there.
they had sports going on
there was a big heat wave
that’s what I remember about it
that’s something that we take for granted
it doesn’t get that hot
my family and family friends would rent a house on an island
we would drive and take a ferry out to the island
we would grill seafood at night
my mom actually grew up going there when she was a kid too
when was the first time you went abroad?
do you remember?
my father actually passed away when I was in college
Do you remember the journey?
it was the most exciting thing that had ever happened to me
... the novelty of everything - being able to look out an airplane window
my uncle used to fly back and forth
I’m getting confused
we got bumped up to first class
have you seen some of those recent pictures
it just looks incredible
that would make flying with small children worth it.
Yeah, no, definitely.
it’s hard, isn’t it, with small children
you just never know what you’re going to get
You mentioned Morocco before as an ideal place to go on vacation.
I was gonna.
I was thinking about this while we’ve been having this discussion
When I went traveling, I was on my own. I had a tiny backpack.
Oh, so much easier on my own.
I was worried that you were going to say that.
When you are on your own, you have your stuff and that’s it.
if you’re like you just don’t want to talk to someone
if you wanna be outgoing, you can meet other people
it’s more fun traveling with someone
You get to share your experiences
Shall we wrap it up?
I’ve put you on the spot

DISCUSSION

We used 'remember' a lot in this video. We also used 'used to' and 'would't to talk about the past.

What about you. Where would you go if you could go anywhere? And do you prefer to take a lot of things with you or travel light?

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