2023-12-06
34 分钟Earlier this year, I asked some friends and family members if they could write a short story about their favorite decade. A decade is a ten-year time frame. For example, 1970-1979 is a decade. 1980 -1989 is another decade. I asked some friends and family members if they could write a short story about their favorite decade.My thought was that it would be interesting to step out of the 2020s and relive a decade in the life of someone else.What would their world look like? Culturally? Politically? What were they doing? What is it that made that decade so memorable? Today, my uncle Alex will paint his 1980s world for you in his own words. Get ready for college, fun on the beach, Silicon Valley in its infancy and a big earthquake. Oh! And of course a lot of decade-specific vocab! Do you know what a Walkman is? By the end of this episode you will.Premium Content: Season 4 (Episodes 150 - 200) = Includes quiz, transcript with definitions and mp3. All Premium Content for Seasons 1, 2 and 3 (Episodes 001 - 150) Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hi, everybody.
My name is Shawna and this is the american English podcast.
My goal here is to teach you the English spoken in the United States through common expressions, pronunciation tips, and interesting cultural snippets or stories.
I hope to keep this fun, useful, and interesting.
Let's do it.
Hi, everyone.
How are you?
How's the weather where you're at?
Is it sunny?
Is it cloudy with a chance of showers?
Do you have snow?
I find it funny talking about cold weather and just winter in general when half of you are in the southern hemisphere spending days on the beach in the hot, hot sun.
So for right now, we're going to change that topic and we're going to immerse ourselves in another time entirely.
The 1980s.
Were you alive in the 1980s?
If you were, or if you weren't, hold onto your seats.
This is going to be a very fun episode.
First, let me give you some context.
Earlier this year, I asked some friends and family members if they could write a short story about their favorite decade.
Now, a decade is a ten year timeframe.