My Neighborhood 🏘️ | Slow English Podcast | Episode 3 | English With Us Podcast | With Subtitles

Speaker 1 English with Us podcast. Hello everyone. I hope you all are doing amazing today. Welcome and welcome back to English with Us podcast. My name is David. Speaker 2 Hello David and hello everyone. I am so excited this morning in New York City. I walked outside in my neighborhood and I saw so many things. I saw a bus, I saw people with coffee, and I heard music from a car. It felt busy and fun. Speaker 1 That is perfect, Emma. Today's topic is in my neighborhood. We will learn English for talking about your neighborhood. We will practice simple place words and simple direction words. Speaker 2 David, what does neighborhood mean? Speaker 1 A neighborhood is the area around your home. It can be a few streets near you. Speaker 2 So neighborhood is like my local area. Local means near where I live. Speaker 1 Yes, local means near where you live. Speaker 2 In my neighborhood, I live in an apartment. An apartment is a home inside a big building. Speaker 1 I live in an apartment. Too many people in San Francisco live in apartments. Speaker 2 Is your neighborhood busy, David? Speaker 1 Some parts are busy, some parts are quiet. Quiet means not loud. Speaker 2 My area is busy most of the day. Busy means many people and many cars. Speaker 1 That makes sense in New York. Speaker 2 I have a small coffee shop near my building. Near means not far. Speaker 1 Nice, I also have a coffee shop close by. Close by means near. Speaker 2 Quick check, near and close by are almost the same right? Speaker 1 Yes, they are almost the same. Now. Emma, when you walk outside, what place do you see first? Speaker 2 I see a corner store. A corner store is a small shop on the corner of a street. Speaker 1 Good. In New York, people also say bodega. A bodega is a small neighborhood store with snacks and drinks. Speaker 2 Yes, I go to my bodega for water and fruit. Speaker 1 In my neighborhood, I see a grocery store. A grocery store is a place to buy food for home, like bread and vegetables. Speaker 2 David is a grocery store big. Speaker 1 Usually, yes, it is bigger than a corner store. Now let us talk about location words. These words help you say where something is. Speaker 2 Like next to. Speaker 1 Yes, next to means very close on the side. Speaker 2 My coffee shop is next to a bookstore. A bookstore is a store that sells books. Speaker 1 Great. Another location word is across from across from Means on the other side of the street. In my neighborhood, the grocery store is across from a gym. Speaker 2 So across from means the street is between them. Speaker 1 Yes, the street is between them. Another phrase is on the corner. On the corner means where 2 streets meet. Speaker 2 2 Streets meet at an intersection. An intersection is where roads cross. Speaker 1 Exactly. Speaker 2 In my neighborhood there is a bakery on the corner. A bakery is a place that sells bread and cakes. Speaker 1 That sounds delicious. In my neighborhood there is a small park on the corner too. Speaker 2 A park is a green place where people walk and sit. Speaker 1 Yes. Now let us talk about distance. Distance means how far something is. Speaker 2 I can say it is 5 minutes away. Speaker 1 Perfect. 5 minutes away means it takes about 5 minutes to get there. In my neighborhood the park is about 10 minutes away by foot. By foot means walking. Speaker 2 So you walk there? I walk a lot too. In New York, walking is normal. Speaker 1 True. Now let us practice direction words. These words help you guide someone. Speaker 2 Go straight. Speaker 1 Yes, go straight means do not turn. Keep going forward. Speaker 2 Another one is turn left. Turn left means go to the left side at a corner and turn right means the other side. Speaker 1 Correct. Also, we often say 1 block. A block is the space between 2 streets in a city. Speaker 2 Quick check, a block is the space between 2 streets. Speaker 1 Yes. Now imagine a visitor asks you, where is the subway? Speaker 2 I can say the subway entrance is on the corner next to the bakery. Speaker 1 Great sentence. In San Francisco a visitor may ask where is the bus stop? I can say the bus stop is across from the coffee shop. Speaker 2 David, can I ask how far is it? Speaker 1 Yes, how far is it is a great question for distance. Speaker 2 And you can answer. It is 2 blocks away. Speaker 1 Exactly. Now let us talk about people in your neighborhood. Who do you see often? Speaker 2 I see my neighbors. Neighbors are people who live near you. Speaker 1 Yes. Do you talk to them? Speaker 2 Sometimes I say hi in the elevator. An elevator is the moving box that goes up and down in a building. Speaker 1 Right. I say hi to my neighbors too. Speaker 2 One neighbor has a dog. The dog is friendly. Friendly means nice and warm. Speaker 1 Nice. In my neighborhood I also see tourists. Sometimes a tourist is a person who visits a place for fun. Speaker 2 I see tourists too. They look at maps and take photos. Speaker 1 Yes, now a safety word. Safety means being safe, not in danger. Speaker 2 I feel safe in my neighborhood in the daytime. Daytime means during the day. Speaker 1 Good. I feel safe too, but I still pay attention. Pay attention means watch carefully. Another useful word is sidewalk. A sidewalk is the path next to the street for walking. Speaker 2 I always stay on the sidewalk. Speaker 1 Great. And when you cross the street, you can use a crosswalk. A crosswalk is the painted lines where people cross. Speaker 2 Quick check for you what is a crosswalk? Speaker 1 A crosswalk is the painted area where people cross the street. Speaker 2 Perfect. Speaker 1 Now, Emma, I want to hear a small story from you. What happened in your neighborhood this week? Speaker 2 OK, yesterday I was looking for a new cafe. I walked to a different St. and I got a little lost. Lost means I did not know where I was for a moment. Speaker 1 What did you do? Speaker 2 I stopped and I looked at a street sign. A street sign shows the street name. Then I found my way. Speaker 1 Great, find my way means I got back to the right place. I have a small story too. Last month I helped someone with directions. They asked me, is the bank near here? Speaker 2 And what did you say? Speaker 1 I said yes, the bank is 2 blocks away, go straight, then turn left at the intersection. Speaker 2 Nice, that is clear. Speaker 1 Thanks. Now, Emma, let us compare our neighborhoods. How do you describe yours? Speaker 2 My neighborhood is busy and convenient. Convenient means easy to use because things are nearby. Great. Speaker 1 Word. My neighborhood is calm in the morning and it has nice views. A view is what you can see, like the city or the ocean. Speaker 2 So a nice view is something beautiful you can see. Speaker 1 Yes, one more word is community. Community means the people who live in the same area and share the same place. Speaker 2 So my community is my neighbors and the people in my local area. Speaker 1 Exactly, and a friendly community can make you feel at home. Now let us do a short review quiz. I ask you answer what does local mean? Speaker 2 Local means near where you live. Speaker 1 Good. What does next to mean? Speaker 2 Next to means very close on the side. Speaker 1 Good. What is a block? Speaker 2 A block is the space between 2 streets. Speaker 1 Perfect, now you ask me 3 quick questions. Speaker 2 Do you have a park near your home? Speaker 1 Yes, I do. Speaker 2 Is your neighborhood quiet at night? Speaker 1 Most nights, yes. Speaker 2 Do you walk or drive more? Speaker 1 I walk more, but I drive sometimes. Speaker 2 So you walk more? I also walk more than I drive. Speaker 1 Nice. Now before we end, one more helpful phrase you can say I recommend it. Recommend means you think it is good and you want others to try it. Speaker 2 I recommend my bakery. The bread is tasty. Tasty means it tastes good. Speaker 1 Wow, that was a very, very long and detailed conversation about in my neighborhood. Now let's have a quick review of today's lesson. Speaker 2 We talked about a neighborhood as the area around your home. We used place words like apartment, corner store, bodega, grocery store, bakery, park, subway and bus stop. Speaker 1 And we practiced location words like near, close by, next to, across from, and on the corner. We practiced direction words like go straight, turn left and turn right. We also talked about one block and we learned safety words like sidewalk and crosswalk. Speaker 2 Yes, and we practiced useful questions like how far is it and is it near here? These are great for daily life. Speaker 1 Now, your final homework For this lesson, comment one to two sentences in the comments section about your neighborhood. Tell us one place near your home and one thing you like. Speaker 2 Here are two example answers. My neighborhood is quiet and I have a park near my home. My neighborhood is busy and I have a bakery on the corner. Speaker 1 Thank you everyone for watching. Please don't forget to like the video and subscribe to the channel. We can't wait to read all your comments. Speaker 2 Keep practicing and see you later in the next video.