The A to Z English Podcast | Jack and Xochitl play a game!

In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Jack and Xochitl play a fun word game! Transcript: 00:00:00 Jack You're listening to the A-Z English podcast. 00:00:14 Jack Welcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm here with my co-host social and today social and I are going to play a little game here. I'm going to give social a topic and we are going to discuss that topic. But there is. 00:00:30 Jack A keyword and I will let you know what the keyword is right now. 00:00:38 Jack The keyword is nature. 00:00:42 Jack But social does not know what the keyword is, and every time she says the keyword a little bell will sound and that will be one. 00:00:57 Jack Point against her. OK. And then when it's my turn, we will discuss a different topic. And if I say the keyword. 00:01:07 Jack More times than she does. Then she is the winner. So what are the benefits of outdoor activities? 00:01:18 Xochitl I think the. 00:01:20 Xochitl Benefits of outdoor activities would be improved mood. 00:01:26 Xochitl A clear mind. 00:01:29 Xochitl And better health. 00:01:32 Jack OK. 00:01:33 Xochitl How about you Jack overhead? 00:01:33 Jack And yeah, like what about what about like getting outside, you know, experiencing the, you know, the trees and the the looking at the sky and the clouds and things like that, is that is that attractive to you at all? 00:01:52 Xochitl Yeah, I would think. 00:01:54 Xochitl Seeing the trees and the clouds and the general scenery is definitely. 00:02:01 Xochitl Unattractive part. 00:02:03 Xochitl Of of the benefits of outdoor exercise. 00:02:07 Jack Yeah, yeah. Are you? Do you like camping? 00:02:11 Xochitl UM, yeah, I do like camping. My dad used to. 00:02:15 Xochitl Drag us out. 00:02:16 Xochitl Camping. When I was a kid, which made me not. 00:02:18 Xochitl Like it? 00:02:21 Xochitl But as I've gotten. 00:02:22 Xochitl Older I really. I really enjoy it. 00:02:26 Xochitl I think just being able to be in that environment you know is really enriching. 00:02:33 Jack Yeah, yeah. I mean, I'm not a big like nature lover. Personally. I kind of like the, the, the comforts of the city and things like that. But I mean, what about you, can you go both ways? 00:02:47 Jack You. You're OK with either or. 00:02:51 Xochitl It's hard because for me, I do like certain city comforts. One big thing for me is I like having access to the shower, and I also like having access to a real toilet. And so the problem about being in an outdoor environment is that. 00:03:10 Jack When nature calls. 00:03:10 Xochitl You don't. 00:03:12 Xochitl Yeah, you you have to use what's available to. 00:03:16 Xochitl You, which sometimes is not the most comfortable, and that's one big thing I don't like about it. 00:03:24 Jack One of my dreams is to like live what we call they called be a digital nomad so I can live in a van with my wife and we can, you know, sleep in the van. But the one issue that I think is the most difficult to reconcile is the toilet issues, you know. 00:03:44 Jack It's just like, how do what do you do like there? I I don't think I I need the comforts of like a house, living an apartment. Living. I agree with you. 00:03:56 Jack All right. Now that concludes the conversation. Again, I I'm not going to tell you if who the winner is until the end of the episode and social your topic is. Let's see here the benefits of reading. 00:04:16 Jack So you can ask me that question. 00:04:19 Xochitl Jack, what do you think the benefits? 00:04:20 Xochitl Of reading are. 00:04:23 Jack The keyword is novel. 00:04:27 Jack OK, the benefits of reading? 00:04:30 Jack Are are various. It will improve your. 00:04:37 Jack Uh. Vocabulary. So you'll you'll be able to, uh, memorize more, learn more words and just become more proficient in whatever language you're reading in. 00:04:53 Jack He makes you more informed about the world, so it just, I think reading makes people smarter. I mean, I I know it's an unpopular thing to say these days, but I