2026-08-21
29 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.
When I lived in Berlin years ago, I used to go to nightclubs where the music was loud.
Techno, house music.
There was a lot of jumping up and down.
Now, it wasn't really my go-to style of music,
but I tagged along with friends, and to be honest, it was a good workout.
Most of the time, I felt like my jump roping skills were all that I needed.
And, of course, stamina.
Stamina is the physical or mental strength to keep doing something for a long time.
I needed stamina to keep jumping up and down to techno music.
Back then, my stamina also came in the form of Red Bull and my youth.
The point is, for that genre of music, I didn't need dance lessons to get by.
Then I moved to Colombia.
Well, I guess you could say I went on vacation.
For three months in 2015, I was in Barranquilla, the birthplace of Shakira.