Habits of People Who Never Give Up | Intermediate English Podcast (B1, B2) | Everyday English Academy
Everybody has a hobby that is still sitting on the coffee table, half started. Today Sarah and Mike talk slowly about the habits of people who never give up, from a harmonica that gets picked up and put down again to a language app deleted on day sixty-two at a rainy bus stop. It is a calm English podcast conversation that gives you the words to talk about your own stops and restarts, at work, at the gym, or in your studies.
Have you ever announced on a Monday that you are getting back into something, and then quietly stopped by Thursday? Listening to Sarah and Mike, you'll learn how to describe a setback in simple English, how to say you keep meaning to do something, when to lower the bar instead of planning a huge overhaul, and how to use give up on with a person (which means something much heavier than quitting a hobby). You'll also hear friendly, everyday ways to answer when a neighbour asks how your new hobby is going.
This episode is perfect for B1 English learners who want to talk honestly about habits, hobbies and small failures in real-life speaking, using natural everyday vocabulary instead of textbook phrases.
💡 Tip: This week, lower the bar once: swim eleven minutes, then say aloud what you actually did.
📚 Vocabulary in this episode
• setback: a problem that pushes you back
• slack off: to do less than you should
• lower the bar: to expect less of yourself
• resilient: able to come back after problems
• determined: wanting something strongly, not stopping
• halfhearted: done without real effort or interest
• cut your losses: to stop before you lose more
• attempt: one try at something
• trial and error: trying, failing, and trying again
• sunk cost: time or money you can never get back
• overhaul: a big change to everything at once
• sustainable: easy to keep doing for a long time
• obstacle: something that stands in your way
• minor: small, not serious
• unwavering: never weakening or shaking
🎯 In this episode, you can practise:
• Talking About Habits In English
• Describing A Setback
• Give Up On Someone Meaning
• I Keep Meaning To
• Get Back Into A Hobby
• Lower The Bar Phrases
• Trial And Error Vocabulary
• Daily English conversation
• English shadowing practice
• B1 English vocabulary
Everyday English Academy is where Sarah and Mike sit down for slow, easy everyday conversations that help English learners grow their listening, speaking, vocabulary and confidence one relaxed chat at a time.
Pour something warm, sit back, and practise along with us at an easy pace.
Try the eleven minute version of your own habit this week, then come back and practise the words out loud with us. 🔔 Subscribe to Everyday English Academy for a new slow English conversation every week.
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