This is an All-Ears English Podcast episode 1669, the thrill of getting to know someone

through Theme Park Talk. Welcome to the All-Ears English Podcast,

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We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection.

With your American hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan,

the New York Radio Girl, coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA.

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Did your friend or coworker just visit an amusement park? This is a gold mine for connection.

Learn when you can ask them about their experience in English to get to know them and build a strong

connection. All right, Michelle, how's it going today? Good, good, how are you?

Oh my gosh, I'm feeling good. You know, it's a beautiful sunny day here in Denver, Colorado.

It's pretty nice out. You guys are going to get some rain there today, isn't that right?

A lot of rain. But I'm still like, have my fingers crossed that it'll just be like a false alarm.

I really hope so. I really hope so. We'll see what happens. We'll see what happens. But take care.

But when it's not raining, do you like to go to amusement parks?

Yes, I'm much better than when it's raining. Did you go to amusement parks growing up or maybe

not like an amusement park, but maybe just like a beach with a big boardwalk or anything like that?

Totally. I have a memory that my dad still talks about today. You know how dad they get their

memories with their kids and they just keep talking about them your whole life. Yeah, when we were

kids, we used to drive out to this place called the Great Escape in upstate New York. We would

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