Freezing to Death in Scotland (Conversation)

苏格兰严寒之死(对话)

Easy Stories in English

2025-07-22

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Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Your support is appreciated! So I recently went to my cousin’s wedding in Edinburgh, which turned out to be much colder than expected, ESPECIALLY since I was camping! Fortunately, the beauty of the Quaker wedding ceremony more than made up for it. I couldn't stick around for long, though, as I had to whiz back to London on the train to take the highest level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. Sounds boring, but in fact it allowed me to process old failures, reconnect with academia, and set me up on a good mental path for my move to China. Learn all this more in this episode of Easy Stories in English! Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Freezing for the full transcript. Vocabulary: Camper van, RV, Quaker, Ceilidh, Pass rate, Emotional breakdown, Close the loop, Peter Pan syndrome, Puer aeternus, Heart rate variability, 'It hits different', Shibboleth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Hello, my lovely learners, and welcome to Easy Stories in English,

  • the podcast that will take your English from OK to good and from good to great.

  • I am Ariel Goodbody, your host for this show.

  • Today's episode is a conversation about my cousin's wedding in Edinburgh,

  • my Japanese exam and tourism in London.

  • As always,

  • the transcript and PDF are available at easystoriesinenglish.com and you can find the link to that in the description.

  • So yes, as if starting a new job,

  • going to a party in Cambridge and preparing to move to China weren't enough,

  • a few weekends ago I also took the four and a half hour train from London to Edinburgh,

  • the capital of Scotland, for my cousin's wedding.

  • Now, I talked a lot about weddings last year when there was my sister's wedding.

  • I have a big family.

  • My mum has seven siblings.

  • Well, it's big by European standards anyway.

  • So, I was excited for the wedding, but I was also tired.

  • I was so exhausted going up there and stressed.

  • So, key context.

  • Edinburgh, when I was growing up, was a popular city for students.

  • it wasn't this really popular tourist destination.