Wednesdays with Bob #23: The Seasons of Life (An English Listening Practice Lesson)

- Well, hey, welcome to Wednesday's

with Bob Number 23.

Remember, even though this isn't

really an English lesson,

there are word for word English subtitles

if you need to turn them on,

and there's a complete transcript in the description.

Good morning.

Welcome to the great outdoors.

It is the beginning of Fall here

in Ontario, Canada.

And again, I just like to be outside

when the seasons change.

Right now it is the changing of the seasons.

You can see the trees behind me

are just starting to turn color.

The Fall colors are beginning,

and it's one of the most beautiful times of year.

I like Winter the best, you know that.

And I like Fall and Spring 'cause it's cooler

and Summer is a little too hot for me,

but I also like the changing of the seasons.

It's really cool when Winter starts to go away

and spring begins.

It's really cool when Summer

starts to end and Fall begins.

I just love it when the trees

start to turn color.

And it just reminded me

that we use seasons to talk

about our lives as well.

In your life, you go through different seasons.

I remember when I was really young,

when I was a kid,

that season of my life was amazing.

I just rode my bike all the time.

I just played outside after school,

I helped on the farm a lot,

but that season of my life

was a really nice season.

I remember when I was a teenager,

that season of my life was a little more rough.

I fought with my parents a bit.

I didn't like all the rules all the time,

sometimes I stayed out late

when I wasn't supposed to.

That season of my life

was really cool for me,

but my relationship with my parents

wasn't very good during that season.

I remember when I was in my 20s,

when I was finishing university,

when I started dating Jen,

that season of my life was amazing.

I got along really well with my parents.

I think I was a little more mature,

and it was just fun to go out on dates

with Jen and get to know each other

and then to eventually get married.

That was a great season in my life.

I had a lot of freedom back then.

And then I got to the season of being a dad.

When we started having children,

that was a wonderful season as well.

I did like the responsibility.

I liked having children.

When I was in my early 30s

having a whole house full of kids,

really little kids was super fun

and I really, really enjoyed it.

And now we've kind of moved

into the season where I'm getting older.

The kids are getting older,

my oldest son is actually at university,

my youngest four still live with us

and obviously are in school.

This season of my life is really cool.

Jen and I just yesterday

were talking about how

we've enjoyed every season of our life.

Every season that we've been through

so far has been really, really fun,

and we try really hard to enjoy

the season that we're in when we're in it

because we don't want to think too much

about the future and we don't want to dwell

too much on the past.

So, I'm hoping you're in a really cool season

of your life right now.

By the way, if you've noticed

this members only video,

I actually released to everybody.

I thought that every few months

I should just let everyone have a little taste

of what you get if you have a membership.

So enjoy this video.

These Wednesday videos,

again, aren't designed to be English lessons,

but they can be English lessons in a way

if you use them for listening practice,

if you just use them to get to know me

a little bit better as well.

But hello to all of you

and a special thank you to all of you

who are members,

who have clicked that join button

to support my channel.

Thank you very much.

I'm glad that you are in a season of your life

where you're able to support me

in the work I do here on YouTube,

helping people learn English.

So again, it is a beautiful time out here.

I should actually-

Let me do this,

let me take this camera,

let me just tilt up a little bit

so that you can see

how beautiful it is out here right now.

It is just a gorgeous day.

Bye.