Are You SPONTANEOUS? | Learn English Vocabulary

Hello! This is Jack from tofluency.com and in this English lesson, we're going

to talk about being spontaneous.

Now, I'll explain what that means later but first, I want to tell you a

story from the other night.

So, a couple of nights ago, my wife and I went out on our own,

ookay, we went out without our son to go for a meal somewhere.

Now, we didn't have a plan for where we wanted to go;

we didn't have a set plan, instead, we just went out and we decided to try and

find a restaurant while we were driving. So, we came across our first restaurant

which we both had been to before and we tried to go there.

However, the parking lot was full; we couldn't find a space and when my wife

went into the restaurant, they were super busy. So, we decided to drive to a town

close to where we are now and park our car and just walk around the the center.

Now, we went to a couple of places first but then we decided to go somewhere else.

So, this was a very spontaneous evening -

we didn't have a plan and that is what being spontaneous means - it means not

having a set plan before you do something. Now, think about a time when

you have gone traveling in the past. Now, have you had a set plan about what

you're going to do on this trip?

Or were you more spontaneous about it? Okay, because when i went traveling on my own,

I was very spontaneous. I didn't book hotels or hostels.

I didn't know how long I was going to stay in a certain city or country and I

didn't have any plan for what to do.

I just went to a hostel, stayed the night there and decided what to do in the

morning, and then again in the afternoon.

However, when i travel with my family

things are a little bit different because, for example, my son takes a nap

every day.

So, when we're planning our day, we need to think about getting him back to the

hotel or to where we're staying

so that he can have a nap, and it's difficult to be spontaneous with

children.

However, having said that, we do try to be spontaneous as much as possible when

traveling, so we might go out for the morning without a set plan and just end

up in different places.

Now, I asked you this question before but now I want you to leave a comment:

do you prefer to be spontaneous when traveling or do you prefer to have a set

plan and know exactly what you're going to do? So, please let me know in the

comments section below and thank you for watching!