2025-05-29
40 分钟Hi, everybody.
My name is Shauna 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.
relaxed.
Yesterday, I woke up at the crack of dawn and drove to the Great Smoky Mountains.
I hiked, learned a lot of history, and was blown away by the magic of it all.
Imagine misty mountains that look sort of blue, rich green pastures with elk and bear,
Old log cabins preserved from the 1800s and 1900s, fireflies at dusk,
and epic waterfalls, always with those bluish peaks in the distance.
It's what we'd call a sight for sore eyes.
In other words, it's visually very impressive.
But there's so much more to the Great Smoky Mountains than meets the eye.
They're the heart and birthplace of Appalachian culture.
Where I was raised, it was common to say Appalachian.
Many Americans do say Appalachian, but when you're here,
just in the mountains, people call it Appalachia and the Appalachian Mountains.
They take a lot of pride in the name.