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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast!
Hello, after a long time.
Thank you.
Yup.
So...
Fixing your mic?
Yeah, sorry.
We just had lunch together.
Yeah, we did, we did.
We did eat lunch together.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Good lunch.
Good lunch, yeah.
Lunch, yeah.
We can't tell you what we ate, but...
Yeah.
Lunch.
It was good lunch, yes.
Yes.
Are you enjoying it?
This...
All the meals?
All the meals?
Yeah.
Uh, yeah, yeah.
Um...
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, we're doing this thing.
We can't tell you yet.
Yeah, sorry about that.
It's going to be up on YouTube later, so you'll know what we're talking about.
Yeah.
All right.
So...
Let's read a message.
Yup.
Okay, this one.
Oh.
Oh, oh, oh, this is a really long one.
All right.
Okay.
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Thank you.
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Sorry, I got a phone call.
Oh.
Oh.
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Oh.
Oh, do you need to take that?
Go ahead if you can take it.
[Japanese]
Cut off?
Yeah, he cut off, so...
Okay.
Okay.
If it's really important, he will call me back again.
Yeah, yeah, probably.
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Because we're in the middle of working, right?
Right, right, right.
It's our job.
Right.
So...
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Okay.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you, thank you.
You know, I think it's a matter of just experience.
Yeah.
I feel like being exposed to more English, being exposed to more people talking and exposed
to more vocabularies, and I think we'll, you know, eventually you'll get there to the
level where you'll be able to join the conversation, I feel like, you know, it's just...
I feel like, you know, you have the ambition, right?
Now all you just need is some exposure to more English.
I feel like it's just a matter of time, I feel like, you know?
Yep.
Yeah, you're rushing, I feel like.
Rushing is what I'm feeling.
Because it's just like five years, right?
Yeah.
Like five years ago, she was just...
Only she was able to say like her name in five years now.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I agree, I agree.
So, I think...
Don't worry, just keep, you know, progressing and I think you'll get there.
What I do is I listen to other people's podcasts, like from the US.
Keep your English skills improving, at least keep it.
Yeah.
And I may...
And you know how people have a certain way of talking, right?
People have this certain phrase that this guy uses or this guy uses a lot of these idioms
or this way of saying.
And I try to listen to different people as much as possible to open up to new way of saying things
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or like not forget about how things are being said.
So, that's what I do.
I listen to other...
A lot of podcasts.
I listen to the news and...
Yeah.
You know, if you go to YouTube, there's live news you can watch for free.
I do NBC Live today.
Yeah.
That's what I watch.
Yeah, that's what I do.
Yeah.
That's great.
To keep my English, you know, up to date.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's important.
What I do is if you talk about English, I speak with you.
This is, I guess, the biggest, you know, learning opportunity to me.
So, I speak with you like once a week for like...
Four hours.
Four or five hours, yeah.
And also I listen to...
See, I watch football games, you know, all the time.
So, basically I watch the football game in the United Kingdom, England League.
So, sometimes commentaries are in English, more like, you know, those interviews to the players.
Right.
Obviously, everything was in English.
So, I listen to them speaking.
And I feel like my English is getting more like those way every day.
British way?
Yeah, because what I listen is just British English every day.
Right.
So, that's what I do.
And I start listening to French actually.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
Like French conversations?
French conversations, yes.
See, that was when I was a high school student.
When you went there.
When you went there.
When I went there.
And then since then, I haven't had the big opportunity to talk like the real conversation in French.
Because I was in Japan.
And you remember like last week, we talked about what would you feel if you visit again to France and things like that.
Yes.
And I kind of felt that, oh yeah, I want to meet my old friends and speak in French.
Right.
And then I kind of, oh, my French skills is I guess getting like lower and lower.
Okay.
So, I need to keep it up.
Yeah.
So, I just like three or four days ago, I started listening to podcasts.
French conversation?
French, yeah.
French daily conversation podcasts.
How's, so do you think that your, how was the listening skill?
Was it getting lower?
Or was it the same?
At the very first day, I started listening to podcasts.
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I was like, wait, they speak fast.
And I couldn't like catch all the words.
Okay.
So, I felt my French listening skills was, you know, quite lower than back then.
But now I kind of getting used to the speed, the words.
Okay.
Yeah, kind of, you know, things are kind of getting back now.
You're back on your feet in four days.
That's pretty quick.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But I don't know.
Not perfectly, I guess.
Not perfectly.
So, do you think you're still kind of not at that level where you used to be at?
I think so.
Yeah.
And what I do is just listening.
So, I'm not sure about my speaking.
Right.
Right.
So, do you have any friends that do speak French?
In Japan?
Yes.
Anyone who you can reach out to?
I mean, yeah.
Yeah.
I have some friends, but.
But it's not, it's not like.
Yeah.
It'll be kind of awkward if you just reach out to them and be like, "Let's go to a cafe."
Yeah, I'm okay with that, but.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You don't know what they're doing in life, right?
Of course.
They might have kids or something like that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So, yeah, I'm just finding and searching some, you know, platform that I can like talk through
the, you know, internet.
Yeah.
Oh.
French people.
Right, right, like, eikaiwa lessons?
Yeah.
Those.
What's it?
French?
French?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But, you know, from the first step is.
Nice.
Listening to podcasts.
Nice.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yes.
So, those are the things we do to keep language skills.
Yeah.
Yeah.
How long has she been with that guy?
That Italian person?
Five?
Should I say five?
She didn't mention when she started dating.
So, we don't know.
We don't know.
Right.
Why?
Because, you know, she hit this, you know, he hit a wall, right?
Yeah.
She can't pass.
Yeah.
I was wondering how, which stage her relationship was in, like.
True.
It's just one year or like five years.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Hmm.
But, you know, being able to live with an English speaker, right?
That's, that must get your English level excelling really quick.
I really do think so.
It's all English, right?
Just, I mean, don't worry about it.
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Yeah.
Don't worry about it.
And, you know, the partner is Italian guy, right?
Yeah.
So, I guess his mother tongue, native language is English, right?
Yeah.
I guess.
So, it's like both of them are trying to speak in second language.
True.
Which makes it a bit difficult.
That's true.
That's true.
Yeah.
So, if you learn Italian, then you might be, you know, more directly, you know, connected maybe.
Why not go for Italian?
Yeah.
Right?
Maybe she loves English?
Maybe, yeah.
But, if she decided to live with his, you know, this Italian guy forever, then.
Maybe it might be a better idea, right?
Yeah, to learn.
Either one to adapt to the other.
Yeah.
That's true.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Sorry, Italia, for this World Cup.
Was it a failure?
Did they lose?
I mean, they can't join this World Cup this year.
Really?
Because they lost.
They lost in the qualifiers in Europe.
Oh, okay.
Sorry.
It's a disappointment.
Yep.
Why are you apologizing for that?
Why are you saying sorry?
Sorry.
Because Italy is kind of a huge country.
Oh, okay.
So, you're feeling sorry for them.
Yeah.
I mean.
Being sympathetic.
I mean, yeah.
Yeah.
I'm rather, you know.
Are you not rooting for them?
Rather for, you know, friends.
So.
Okay.
So, you're kind of happy that they won.
Sorry for that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
All right.
So, thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
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