Actual English 6 - Elementary School

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Actual English

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W: Peter! I saw a picture of your baby boy, and he looks very much like you *physically.

M: He’s very chubby Rachel, what are you trying to say?

W: No, not the chubby part, but his eyes and his nose and his mouth.

M: Yeah, I think physically he’s similar to me but like emotional-wise and *personality-wise he’s quite different.

W: What were you like when you were younger?

M: When I first went to elementary school, we called it primary school in the UK, I cried so much that first day. I was a really shy kid.

W: Were you a *mama’s boy?

M: I was a big time mama’s boy. I’m an only child, and I didn’t like to disturb anyone or anything like that, but Geeho, he likes shouting and screaming and getting everyone’s attention. So I think emotionally we‘re very different. But at primary school, it’s really tough to make friends if you’re really shy.

W: That’s true.

M: Did you have the same problem at all?

W: I think when you have older siblings you end up learning how to talk quicker and your vocabulary grows faster. So I was very talkative but I did cry a lot like you, too. I was a crybaby and it was because I always wanted to be with my mom.

M: And you being the youngest, as well.

W: I think so. Every time my mom left me with another family member I would just cry, cry and cry. So I was really disliked by many of my family members.

M: Well, I really hope *for Geeho’s sake that he’s not like us. I hope he doesn’t cry so much when he first goes to school.

W: I hope so, too. Do you think he is very similar to your wife then?

M: He’s got *half-half and I think that is great for kids… to take a bit from each parent. Nobody’s perfect.

 

 

• physically / appearance / looks appearance-wise / looks-wise Physically, we have a lot of similarities. Their appearance / looks are similar. Looks-wise, I take after my mother. personality-wise Personality-wise, we’re very much alike.
• mother's boy / mummy's boy / mama's boy : a man who is excessively attached to his mother at an age. father’s girl / papa’s girl when men are expected to be independent (e.g. live on their own, be economically independent, married to a woman or about to be married). A mother's boy, some say, has difficulty maintaining a healthy partnership with a woman. Being mother-bonded is sometimes seen as a sign of weakness, and has a social stigma attached to it in many places, although in other places it may be more acceptable or perceived as normal.
• For the sake of someone / something: for the purpose or benefit of someone or something I often try to use easy vocabulary for the sake of the viewers that find the lectures difficult. for one’s sake: for one’s good You should thank me. I did it for your sake.
• half-half / half and half: half A and half B a mixture of half cream and half milk fifty-fifty: divided in two equal parts or portions; being equally likely or unlikely All the participants had a fifty-fifty chance of passing.

 

 

 

Actual Story

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(Actual Interview Question: What were you like when you were little?)

 

Well, I can’t really recall my childhood because it was a long, long time ago. But from what I remember, I was wild and also very independent. From what I remember, I was a shy student. From what he remembers, I was a trouble maker. I was a teacher’s pet. (someone who is greatly favored by a teacher – takes a lot of work to become one) David brought gifts like cookies and did extra work in class. He was definitely the teacher’s pet. When you're a teacher's pet, the teacher is more likely to accept excuses from you, and you are guaranteed a good high school recommendation. I was spoiled and I kind of bullied other students. I used to bully kids in school. I was bullied in elementary school.