IELTS Speaking for Success - 🕺 Going out (S05E23) + Transcript

Episode Date: May 3, 2021

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Hello, Love, I'm Maria. And my name is Rory, and we're the host of the IOL Speaking for Success podcast. The podcast that aims to help you improve your speaking skills, as well as your listening skills along the way. We started this podcast to give you a high-level vocabulary and grammar for your I-old speaking and for your English life. Wow, Rory, look at you. You all dressed up tonight? Yeah, I'm going out later. Let's talk about going out. Okay, whatever. Can we hurry up so I can go out, please?

Sure, sure. In speaking part one, they can ask you questions about going out. Roy, do you like going out or staying at home? To tell the truth, I'm much more of a homebody, to be honest. I rarely like going out to clubs these days because I'm a little bit past it, and I hate loud music and crowds. It's the kind of combination that sort of makes your inside. vibrate at the same time they're being crushed out of existence.

Do you often go out in the evenings? Almost never if I'm honest, unless I'm going to the gym and shopping and then walking back. Does that count? I think the last time I was in a club was about a month ago and it was like being in a time warp. I went in at 11 o'clock at night and emerged at 7 in the morning and I have no idea how I managed to spend eight hours of my life in one place. I don't even spend that much time in bed normally. What do you like to do when you go out? I like talking to people.

Hence why bars and clubs are annoying because you can scarcely hear yourself think. It was easier when I smoked because you could always nip outside and speak to people there. Now I have to sort of yell over the din to make myself heard. I think the last time I was out

I just sat and spoke to random people, including the barman actually. Do you prefer going out on your own or with friends? Does anybody go out by themselves. I either go out with them or I meet them at whatever venue we picked. And by we, I mean they, because I'm so old that all the places that I know closed down years ago, probably. Do people in your country go out a lot? Well, not at the moment because of the lockdown

restrictions, but if we speak more generally about times past, then yeah, they did. Not just for fun either. people would go out walking or jogging or they would take dogs for a walk. If you speak about recreational drinking, then it's like a famous thing in Scotland. Some nights the town centres resemble a war zone. Scotland! Freedom. Freedom. Drinking. What is this? War? No, it's just Scottish night out. Where do most young people like to go out in your country?

Well, clubbing was popular. You used to have clubs for everything, like even certain age groups or fashion tastes. Like you had rock and sort of, I suppose, grunge nightclubs. And people there would wear black and they would be like Gothic people there. And that was cool. And of course, there were times when people were just wandering groups of friends. And I imagine they still do when they can.

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So going out, Rory, what's going on with this going out thing? When I go out, does it mean that I hit the clubs? Or I can go out, as you said, like to take a dog for a walk or to go jogging. Well, it can mean both, really. And when I was answering the questions, I was using both. sort of ideas. So when we were talking, I was using both understandings to choose which things I talked about. But usually, for me, it means going out to a club or out with friends. Yes, dear listener. So when you say going out or I went out, we usually mean a night out. So you meet up your friends

for a beer or you do some sensible drinking. Or you go out in a club, in a restaurant, or you have a night out in a club, in a restaurant, it could be a bar party or something on a rooftop. Also, you can go out just to take your dog for a walk. So, Roy, you mentioned go out jogging. What else did you say? What else did I say? Yeah. Okay, so take the dogs for a walk.

That's all, basically. Walking, go out jogging. So basically you go out, you don't stay in. So Anthony is going to be to stay. in. We're not really into our freedom right now, I'm afraid. No. Maybe we will be again. So, Rory, you used to be a homebody, or you are a home body.

I am a homebody. I like to be at home. Well, meaning, yeah, like, Rory enjoys being at home, so he's a homebody. Is it the same as being a homie? A homie? Is it the same thing as being a homie? Yeah, I'm a homie. No, a homie is like, isn't that African-American slang for like a friend? Really? I think so.

A person who enjoys being at home is a homie. No, a homie is like a homie is a friend, I'm pretty sure. A homebody is someone who stays a home. Oh, there we go. Mainly US slang. Homeboy is, huh. Well, yeah, not somebody who enjoys me as home. but a boy from your own town.

Why do you always pick the most racially sensitive topics? Anyway. Anyway. Yeah, moving on. So when Rory hits the clubs, so he goes out to clubs, his insides vibrate. Yeah, everybody's insides vibrate when they're standing next to loud music, though. It's not just me.

And also I like when you said, like, my insides were crushed. out of existence. Yeah, but that just means that you're being crushed in a crowd. Oh, okay. Well, I mean, in this context it is, if you crush something out of existence, then obviously it means like you're being crushed so much that you're being crushed so much that you,

it's like you don't exist, basically. Yeah, and you can say, like, I hate loud music and crowds. I'm a bit, I'm a little bit past it. So Rory now is a little bit past it. which means that... I'm old and I can't do anything anymore. As old as the hills. Yeah, Rory prefers snuggling under a duvet for some good old-fashioned sober movie watching or gameplay.

What do you do at home? Sleeping? Oh, come on. Stop it. Stop it. I'm so old. Okay. And when you said it was like being in a time walk. What's a time warp?

A time warp is just a place where the rules of time don't apply. So, like, I basically spent eight hours of my life in a club, and I have no idea how that happened because it didn't feel like eight hours. Eight hours is a long time. That's longer than most flights, you know? And you're very aware that you're on a flight. But for me, I was like, wow, I have no idea. I remember.

No, this is the thing. I wasn't even that drunk. I remember everything. but I just don't remember how the hours passed. I have a friend like that. I have a friend. Every time we go to his place, we just spend, like, days there,

and it doesn't seem like days until you, like, wake up and it's a Sunday morning. Nice. Did you do club crawling, like a pub crawl? You do the club crawling. You move from club to club? I think I did when I was a fresher at university. But now, no, I'm too old for that kind of stuff.

And if you are in a club, you can scarcely hear yourself think. Scarcely. Not scarcely, scarce. Scarcely. Okay, once again. So if you're in a club, you can scarcely hear yourself think. Yeah, which is like actually quite a nice expression. You can scarcely do something.

So here, if you scarcely hear yourself think, it means that you can hardly hear yourself and your thoughts to organize them. But you could also say like I could scarcely or hardly get a word in edgeways, which is like saying that you can't get a chance to talk. So both of these structures describe ways of speaking or not being able to speak. I can scarcely hear myself think. And when you used to smoke, you would nip outside. Nip outside. Yes.

If you nip outside, it's like saying just go outside very quickly for a short period of time. Oh, I enjoy nipping outside for a smoke. Well, I mean, like, it is, but I mean, well, it's nice to go outside for a short period of time, especially now the weather is turned to rubbish. Again, in April. Yeah, not for smoking, though. Don't smoke. It's really bad for you. Yeah, so nip outside just for some fresh air. For a breath of fresh air. A breath of fresh air. Yay.

So you speak to random people, including the barman. and interesting, like you said the barman. There was only one barman. Well, there were many barmen, but I only spoke to one of them. And he was the only one serving us for the whole evening, so it's like a specific barman. Nice. When you go out, you pick the venue. You pick, meaning you choose.

So choose the venue or pick the venue. And a venue is a club, it could be a restaurant, could it be a bar or a pub, Yeah, it could be anything A concert hall A place where you drink Or well At least in this concept In this conception of things

It's a place for your drink But a venue is usually like a place Where something happens Or something is going to happen Yeah, if you talk about your favourite restaurant You can say that's a good venue So you can go drinking midweek For some drinking

Promotions Of picnic night you know. Did you do that? No, well, yes, but when I was like 21, I'm 31 now. I mean, let's get real. Oh, 31, wow. And you mentioned recreational drinking. What kind of drinking is that? Recreational drinking is just drinking for fun. So it's like you drink in order to get drunk and then whatever happens happens. It's not a great way of spending your time. I would not encourage people to do it, but it does happen, so there you have it. Yeah, you listen and be very careful with your recreational drinking.

Make sure you don't save up all your drinks during the week and then bam, you drink everything at one go. Okay? It could lead to some neurological brain damage, all right? So, Rory knows about that. Right, Rory? About neurological brain damage? Neuro... What?

Like, what neurological brain damage are supposed to what? Neurological foot damage? Those things are the same thing. And when we say like, okay, I go out, or let's go out, we have some nice synonyms, like, live it up on Friday nights. Hey, I used to live it up. Living the high life, perhaps. Living the high life, high life? Hmm, okay, let loose. Living de Vida Loka. Oh, wow, living Lovida Loka. Okay, Ricky Martin is on this podcast. Hello, Mickey Martin. Let Lose, what about let loose? I enjoy letting loose on Friday night I haven't heard all of these different ways I talk about getting drunk in so long Oh what's what let your hair down

Let your head down Yeah all of these things mean the same thing to me It's just another way of saying Ha ha get drunk It's like doesn't sound very mature Let's hit the boss Hit the bars hit the clubs Let's paint the town red tonight

Yeah I like that Paint the town red like you go out your drink, you kind of like, wow. Yeah, you go crazy. But no one says any of these things anymore. Really? I don't. I haven't heard them so, like, they're said, but they're said, like, ironically.

Hmm. Okay, so better not use them then. No, no, you can use them. It's just funny for me. Yeah, because I came across these expressions in articles. I read some articles. Well, I do get prepared for this episode, so you know, the listener. So I read up some articles on going out.

out. Can you imagine? And they gave all these synonyms for going out. Like American articles, British articles. Yeah. They tell you what to do before you go out. Like, plan how to get home. Eat. Drink water before you go. Have a shower. Yeah, how to dress up before you go out. Oh, God. So Scottish going out. So when you go out in Scotland on a Friday night, it could result. It could resemble a war zone. That's really funny. Yes. So if something resembles a war zone, it just looks like there's been a war there. So like, for example, the town centers in Scotland every Sunday morning look like a war zone. They don't really. It's just the way of saying they're a little bit messy, and people that don't like mess say that. Yeah, in Moscow, some areas resemble a war zone on

a Friday night or Saturday night. You go, what's going on? Or any day of the week, really. It's a war zone here, Moscow. It's April and it's snowing. I can't believe it's snowing in April. This is ridiculous. It's so cold. Okay, dear listener, now you're all packed with a nice vocab about going out

and some nice, juicy synonyms. What's the best part of going out, worry? I think it's like pigging out some expensive takeaway food, street food. Oh my God. The morning. I went out and when I drink a lot, I get really, really, I get really hungry. Yeah, so my, one night I was out with one of my friends and I went to this takeaway place.

And I should say my friend had anorexia. And I was like, I will have a large spicy chicken pizza and nuggets and chips and a burger. Wow. And a large Coke. And my friend next thing was like, I'll just have a little bit of. Snickers, please. Nice, quality, Rory. Yeah, pizza burger and large coke.

Wow, I'm proud of you. Cool. Thank you very much for listening. Please share our podcast with all your friends, so they are converted into Scottish Roryness and Marianus. Bye. Bye. Roy, do you like going out or staying at home?

To tell the truth, I'm much more of a homebody, to be honest. I rarely like going out to clubs these days because I'm a little bit past it, and I hate loud music and crowds. It's the kind of combination that sort of makes your insides vibrate at the same time they're being crushed out of existence. Do you often go out in the evenings? Almost never, if I'm honest, unless I'm going to the gym and shopping and then walking back.

Does that count? I think the last time I was in a club was about a month ago, and it was like being in a time warp. I went in at 11 o'clock at night and emerged at 7 in the morning and I have no idea how I managed to spend eight hours of my life in one place. I don't even spend that much time in bed normally.

What do you like to do when you go out? I like talking to people. Hence why bars and clubs are annoying because you can scarcely hear yourself think. It was easier when I smoked because you could always nip outside and speak to people there. Now I have to sort of yell over the day,

to make myself heard. I think the last time I was out, I just sat and spoke to random people, including the barman, actually. Do you prefer going out on your own or with friends? Does anybody go out by themselves? I either go out with them or I meet them at whatever venue we picked.

And by we, I mean they, because I'm so old that all the places that I know closed down years ago, probably. Do people in your country go out a lot? Well, not at the moment because of the lockdown restrictions, but if we speak more generally about times past, then yeah, they did. Not just for fun either. People would go out walking or jogging or they would take dogs for a walk. If you speak about recreational drinking, then it's like a famous thing in Scotland. Some nights the town centres resemble a war zone.

When do most young people like to go out in your country? Well, clubbing was popular. He used to have clubs for everything, like even. certain age groups or fashion tastes. Like you had rock and sort of, I suppose, grunge nightclubs. And people there would wear black and they would be like Gothic people there. And that was cool. And of course, there were times when people were just wandering groups of friends. And I imagine they still do when they can.