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All Ears English Podcast

AEE 88: Schedule Shock in America – When to Eat, Work, and Sleep in the US

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Business, Education, Language Learning

4.62K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2014

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Taking IELTS? Get our free IELTS video training course now In today’s episode you will learn how to adjust to an American schedule if you are living in the US or visiting the US for business or vacation. Do you feel like the daily schedules here in the US are quite different than the typical... Read More The post AEE 88: Schedule Shock in America – When to Eat, Work, and Sleep in the US appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is an All-Ears English podcast episode 88.

0:03.6

Schedule Shock in America, when to eat, work, and sleep in the US.

0:08.6

Welcome to the All-Ears English podcast where you'll finally get real native English

0:17.3

conversation and fluency for business and

0:23.0

connection not perfection when it comes to learning English.

0:27.0

Now here are your hosts,

0:29.0

Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York Radio Girl coming to you

0:36.9

from Boston and New York City, USA. What is your daily schedule for meals and how is it different around the world?

0:50.0

Today Aubrey shares a funny story about a mistake she made in Belgium as an

0:54.2

au pair and get her advice on how to manage these cultural differences. Are you afraid of making mistakes when you talk with native speakers? Do you just

1:09.6

want to be able to have a smooth conversation with clients or friends in English? Maybe you want to be able to speak in a group. You need vocabulary, confidence, and connection. Our connection method will get you there. Start your study plan now in our English fluency course.

1:26.4

All ears English.com slash Connection. Have you already had lunch? Yes, I eat lunch pretty close to noon every day. I have a pretty strict schedule. I don't like to feel hungry. I feel like my serotonin dives and I get grumpy.

1:45.0

Yes, I feel that I understand what you may. I don't like that either. You get a little

1:49.7

hangry? I do get hungry. So I eat breakfast like first thing in the morning when I wake up and like

1:56.4

lunch right at noon we usually eat dinner by five six at the latest here our kids are

2:02.0

hungry and I'm hungry. Yeah, pretty early.

2:04.3

Oh, guys, you have a very clear schedule. I also like to eat right away. These days I go for a walk with my

2:09.4

dog, but then I immediately have to eat. I find those people a mystery, the people who say,

2:14.8

I don't really eat breakfast, or I don't eat until, you know,

2:17.2

10, 11 a.m. I do not get that.

2:19.2

How can you do half a day of work or half a day

2:21.8

without eating no calories, no I would not function well I sort of start

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