This is an All-Ears-English podcast episode 817, one simple strategy to start conversations in English naturally.

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In this episode we answer a question from a listener about how to get the conversation going when you are around people who are less talkative. We'll show you one easy strategy that you can start using today. Hey Michelle, what's going on?

Hey, Lindsey, not too much, not too much.

I just had an awesome, well now it's already Thursday,

but yeah, I had that awesome weekend in Boston. It was so much fun.

Oh my gosh, yeah, you've been to Boston a couple times in the last few months, haven't you?

You came here for the Boston Adventure.

It was actually just two weeks apart.

Did you go back to the Life Alive place, the health?

I didn't. I didn't, but I went to a really cool bakery that my friend recommended.

Have you ever been to Tata Bakery?

Oh, Tata, yeah, yeah, yeah. They're really yummy, really yum. Oh my gosh, yeah, and then I went to one and then I kept on

passing others. I was delicious. Yeah, they pretty good pretty good. Oh me too.

So Michelle have you been hanging out with friends a lot lately?

Yeah, definitely.

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