Real English Conversation 1 - English Conversation about the Past - Travel

Hello students welcome back to the channel and  today Sarah and I are going to have a real English  

conversation. We don't have a script or anything  we're just going to be making up a conversation  

right now. So, the conversation is going to  be about the past right Sarah? That's right,  

today we're going to have a conversation and use  some past tense in a real conversation so you can  

hear what it sounds like when English speakers  have a conversation about the past that's real.  

Hey Danny, how's it going? I’m doing well. How  about you? Doing pretty good. Not much happening  

these days. You know lately I’ve been thinking  a lot about travel, and I know you have traveled  

a lot right. Yeah, I’ve been, I’ve been to some  places sure. So, what is your favorite place that  

you've traveled to? hmm I’ve traveled to about  30 countries. So, it's hard to choose a favorite,  

but I would have to say maybe my favorite country  is Greece. Greece! I have never been there, but  

it sounds really cool. When did you go there?  Oh, a long time ago. A very long time ago. Oh,  

I see. So, what did you do when you were there?  Well, I went to the beach. I relaxed on a beach.  

I had some uh drinks in a bar. I see. So, what  kind of food did you eat there? I’ve heard that  

Greek food is really delicious. Greek food is  wonderful. I had some traditional Greek food  

which often has feta cheese. Which I  really like. Oh, I really like feta too. So  

how long did you visit Greece for? I’ve been to  Greece several times and usually for about a week  

or so at a time. Wow that sounds really nice. What  cities did you go to when you were in Greece? I  

went to Athens, which is the capital city of  Greece, but also to several islands in Greece.  

Very cool! I know that there are a lot of  interesting historical things in Greece. Did  

you see any historical sites while you were in  Greece? Yeah absolutely! I went to the Parthenon  

the Acropolis, and I also went to an old  Olympic stadium. Very old Olympic stadium.  

That sounds awesome! It sounds like you had a  great time in Greece. I did I did. How about you?  

What's your favorite country that you've traveled  to in the past? I think my favorite country that  

I have traveled to is Vietnam actually. Why  do you think Vietnam is your favorite? Vietnam  

is a very special country to me. I went  there in around 2016 and I just really loved  

the culture, and the food, and met some really  wonderful people there as well. So, I really love  

Vietnam. Okay, what kind of weather is in Vietnam?  Well, when I went to Vietnam I went to Hanoi,  

which is in northern Vietnam, but even still  it was very hot. One time I visited Vietnam,  

I went in the winter, and it was still about  70 degrees. So still warm, but very nice.  

Then another trip I went in the summer, and  it was extremely hot and humid. So, it was  

a little uncomfortable to be outside during  the day for long periods of time. So,  

we would go into restaurants and go get nice  cold drinks and things like that to help  

deal with the hot weather. That's  interesting. How long did you stay in Vietnam?  

For one trip we only went for about four or  five days and on the next trip it was about  

a week maybe seven to ten days we were there.  Okay and who did you go to Vietnam with?  

I went with my husband John, and we had a really  great time when we were there. It's always fun  

to travel with another person to have to be able  to share your experiences with. Vietnam must have  

been a really interesting country to travel to.  It was I really loved it. Okay students make sure  

to click the link in the description to go to our  website and you can get the transcript from this  

conversation you can also get a free pdf lesson.  We'll see you in the next video. See you soon!