A1 English Listening Practice - Traveling With Kids — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hey English learners, welcome to this A1
2. 0:03English listening practice video. I hope
3. 0:07you're doing well. Today, I'm going to
4. 0:10talk about traveling with kids,
5. 0:14traveling with children. This is
6. 0:17something that is on my mind because I
7. 0:21just recently traveled to Europe, first
8. 0:26to Greece,
9. 0:27and then 2 days in Paris
10. 0:30with my family, my wife, and my two
11. 0:36children. And my kids are very young. My
12. 0:42son is still 4 years old. He's almost 5.
13. 0:49And my daughter is 2 years old. They are
14. 0:54both very young.
15. 0:56And many people
16. 0:59decide not to travel a lot when they
17. 1:05have young children because it can be
18. 1:10complicated.
19. 1:11But I did this trip with my kids. It was
20. 1:18so much fun.
21. 1:20And now,
22. 1:22today, I'm going to talk a little bit
23. 1:25about the differences between traveling
24. 1:30with young children and traveling
25. 1:34without young children. Remember that if
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32. 1:54Okay.
33. 1:55Let's talk about traveling with
34. 1:59children. Specifically,
35. 2:01for me, traveling with young children.
36. 2:06Well, the first thing I think of
37. 2:10when I think about traveling with
38. 2:13children
39. 2:14is the flight.
40. 2:17Flying to
41. 2:19the place where you're going.
42. 2:23This can be complicated.
43. 2:26Thankfully,
44. 2:28the planes that we were on
45. 2:32had entertainment.
46. 2:35Meaning, they had screens to watch
47. 2:40things.
48. 2:41When you have this,
49. 2:43it's a very big help because
50. 2:48children can watch movies and TV shows
51. 2:54for hours
52. 2:56uh on the plane using these screens.
53. 3:00That's what my children did. Uh that's
54. 3:05one of the things that they did. So,
55. 3:08this really helped.
56. 3:11But, also, they slept on the plane.
57. 3:16Many times when you travel far with
58. 3:21children,
59. 3:22they get tired and need to sleep.
60. 3:27Sometimes, we need to sleep on the
61. 3:30plane.
62. 3:31Adults, too.
63. 3:32But, my children also fell asleep on the
64. 3:37planes.
65. 3:38That's also
66. 3:40helpful.
67. 3:42That takes time, right? And the food is
68. 3:46also helpful. They serve you food on the
69. 3:50plane, and
70. 3:52that's good for kids, usually. So,
71. 3:57uh flying can be complicated with kids,
72. 4:01but with the entertainment,
73. 4:04sleeping, eating,
74. 4:07it's possible.
75. 4:09It was not very hard for us, thankfully.
76. 4:13So, that's one thing.
77. 4:15How about packing for the vacation?
78. 4:19When you have small children,
79. 4:22you need to pack different things that
80. 4:27you don't normally pack.
81. 4:29You need to pack diapers if you have a
82. 4:34small child or a baby.
83. 4:37We had to bring diapers. We had to bring
84. 4:42a lot of clothes. And
85. 4:45kids often
86. 4:47get messy, meaning they spill food on
87. 4:52their clothes, they have accidents.
88. 4:56So, they need
89. 4:58a lot of clothes.
90. 5:00So, you have to pack differently.
91. 5:05Another thing is transportation
92. 5:09when you are in the country or the city
93. 5:15that you're going to.
94. 5:17With small children,
95. 5:20it can be a little complicated
96. 5:24to take public transportation,
97. 5:27uh especially if the children have to
98. 5:32stand up on the bus or on the train, the
99. 5:37metro.
100. 5:39My kids had to do this, and they
101. 5:43uh almost fell down
102. 5:46on the public transportation,
103. 5:49that can be a little hard. Uh we also
104. 5:54rented a car
105. 5:56in Greece.
106. 5:58This makes it easier for kids because
107. 6:03you can just drive places.
108. 6:06But, you have to rent cars with car
109. 6:11seats for the children, right? Uh so,
110. 6:15you have to pay extra.
111. 6:18Another thing that is uh different when
112. 6:23you're traveling with young children
113. 6:26is that it's more difficult to take
114. 6:30an Uber or other
115. 6:33ride-sharing
116. 6:35um cars like that because they don't
117. 6:40have car seats, usually. So, uh
118. 6:44sometimes
119. 6:46uh they won't take you. But, you can
120. 6:48usually still take a taxi.
121. 6:52Uh
122. 6:53another thing that is different
123. 6:57is uh walking around
124. 7:00when you travel
125. 7:02uh with kids, you can't walk
126. 7:06that far. You can't walk that much
127. 7:11because kids
128. 7:13don't like walking
129. 7:15for very long. They complain.
130. 7:20They don't want to walk a lot. So, you
131. 7:24can't do many, many things walking
132. 7:30around while traveling.
133. 7:33You have limits when you're traveling
134. 7:37with young children.
135. 7:39My kids walked a lot in Greece
136. 7:43and in Paris,
137. 7:45but my daughter
138. 7:47gets tired easily. So, we had to carry
139. 7:53her while we walked. Uh my son walked a
140. 7:57lot, but he also got tired, too. So, we
141. 8:05had to
142. 8:06uh be careful and not do too much with
143. 8:12the kids because
144. 8:14it's very tiring to walk and go up and
145. 8:19down stairs.
146. 8:21In Greece, there are many many stairs to
147. 8:25go up and down. So, that can be hard
148. 8:29with kids. That's a little bit
149. 8:32different.
150. 8:33Also, the things that you decide to do
151. 8:38are
152. 8:40usually different when you travel with
153. 8:43kids because
154. 8:45kids don't want to do the same things
155. 8:49that you want to do.
156. 8:51Kids want to do other things. So,
157. 8:55sometimes you have to do what your kids
158. 9:00want to do so they can have fun. And
159. 9:04then maybe they can do what you want to
160. 9:07do. Right? Uh you have to
161. 9:10think about your kids and what type of
162. 9:15fun activities
163. 9:17they want to do, where they want to go.
164. 9:22That's another thing you need to think
165. 9:24about. And another thing that can be
166. 9:28complicated
167. 9:30when you travel with young children
168. 9:33is when you go to restaurants, Uh
169. 9:38depending on the country and the city.
170. 9:42Uh
171. 9:43in the US,
172. 9:45it's very easy in most places
173. 9:50to go to restaurants with your children.
174. 9:54Uh it's very normal.
175. 9:57However, I know that in some countries,
176. 10:01some places,
177. 10:03it's not very normal to take your young
178. 10:08children uh to a nice restaurant,
179. 10:12for example. So,
180. 10:14it can be a little hard to go to
181. 10:19all the restaurants you want to go to if
182. 10:23you have little kids.
183. 10:26When we were in Europe,
184. 10:28at some restaurants, they didn't have
185. 10:32chairs for children. And many times, my
186. 10:37children were the only children in the
187. 10:40restaurant. So,
188. 10:42it can be a little complicated when you
189. 10:45go to restaurants in other countries
190. 10:49with your children, but this depends on
191. 10:53the country, like I said. Here in the
192. 10:56US,
193. 10:58it's not a big problem. It's very easy
194. 11:02to go to many different restaurants with
195. 11:05your children. They have high chairs,
196. 11:08the chairs for babies, little kids.
197. 11:13It's
198. 11:14very nice. But, in some places, they
199. 11:17don't have this. So,
200. 11:19those were some of the things that are
201. 11:22different when you travel with young
202. 11:25children.
203. 11:26It can be hard, but I think that it's
204. 11:31still a great experience. I had a lot of
205. 11:35fun in Europe with my children.
206. 11:38Specifically, my son really liked it. I
207. 11:43think my daughter did, too. I uh
208. 11:47recommend traveling with children if you
209. 11:50can. It's a great experience, and your
210. 11:55children can remember this when they're
211. 11:59older. It's a great family experience.
212. 12:04So, uh that's something that you can
213. 12:07think about, maybe. I hope you enjoyed
214. 12:10this video. If you want to improve your
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219. 12:25all for listening, and I'll talk to you
220. 12:27in the next video.