IELTS Speaking for Success - 🎇 Happy New Year (+ 2024 Bloopers)

Episode Date: December 31, 2024

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Hello, lovely. I'm Maria. And my name is Rory, and we are the host of the AILT Speaking for Success Podcast. And welcome into our super special episode. In this episode, what happens, Rory here? Well, it's that time of year. It's the end of the year. People are tired, they've worked hard, and they're going on a holiday. So, to give you a good start to your holiday period,

we have decided to release all of the times when we have made funny mistakes on the podcast. You do not normally hear these during episodes because we are professional and we want you to focus on learning, but now it's time to have some fun. Yay, when we record, we make like funny mistakes, you know, like we make funny comments, mistakes, we do all this like, let me say it again. And then the episodes get edited and all the fun parts are left out with our silly mistakes. And that's why this is called a blooper episode. A blooper is a funny mistake made by an actor during the making of a film or a television program or a podcast. And bloopers are usually removed from the film or the program because, well, sometimes they are inappropriate. They have some rude language, some funny jokes. And if you are sensitive to, rude language. Please do not listen to this episode. So this is just for fun, dear listener.

We are not laughing at terrible things happening. We are just making some dark jokes, some funny remarks. Humor is culturally sensitive and so are we. So now that we have warned you, let's get on with the bloopers. Hello, lovely. I'm Maria. And my name is Rory and we are the host of the aisle speaking for success. Oh, hold on. Let me say that again. Hello, dear premium listener and welcome into IELD speaking part two. Describe an activity you enjoyed... Before you got cancer. Do you spend a lot of money?

I'd love to tell you, but it appears someone is messing around with the script. Who do you usually sleep with? That's not one of the questions. Let's think about sport, golf. It takes a lot of balls to golf the way I do. No, we can't say that. Why not? It's funny. Because you talk about balls.

Nope. That's bad. Or maybe they value the fact that they can do what they want. They can act as they wish. You know, I want to do this. I'm going to do it. I'm going to p-k in the street. Can I say p-k in the street on this podcast? Is it okay?

You cannot say p-p-no. No, I cannot say p-b-k! You cannot say p-k! You cannot say p-k! You cannot say p-k! No! Yes! Oh, come on!

Jeez! Christ! The sensors. So you see in our internet culture, coffee is more common. Oh, and cybersyx. Stop! So you have your elbow, that's a joint that helps you move your arm. Or you have your knee.

that's a joint that helps you move your leg. Or you are a snoop dog and you have a joint that helps you relax. Woo! That's not going in the podcast. Why do some people like to buy expensive things? Because they're consumerist pigs. No. Possessions. S, double S.

Actually, we have like five S's in this word, possessions. Oh, wow. That's a lot of S's. This is different to endotherms. Like, oh, fuck, we're going to know how to delete this. whole thing because I've just f*** up the difference between ectothermic and endothermic. Shit. Delete this.

And also workers who create such products, they're in danger. Yes. Like the children who are mining cobalt in the Congo for our smartphones. Let's dwell on that for a moment, shall we, as we broadcast this to people on their smartphones? Really. Oh, okay. What a reaction. That was like Paris Hilton when she was like, hi, I'm Paris Hilton, and all of this plastic came from the stomachs of baby turtles.

So sad. Popular topics include fashion, music, religion, sacks and d'ffs. Stop. Yeah, who likes uniforms, you know? Do you like uniforms? Fascists, that's who likes them. And remember, you don't put headphones on your headphones. head.

You don't put sunglasses on your head, you mean? What did I say? So, do you listen, when the examiner asks you what you usually do in your free time, it's better to... That fucking hell. It's better to fuck. Fucking hell. You should also be ready...

Nah. Don't be ready to f***. Not in your exam. What do people often do with electric devices? I mean... Oh, yeah. I'll tell you what they're going to do I'll tell you what they do.

I mean, what don't they do with them? So, golden shower flower. Sorry, people from the glance. How do you pronounce? We can't include that? Oh my fucking God. No, it's according to Wikipedia, golden shout or flower.

We can't include my reaction to that. Wow. That's fucking mental. Okay. We can't include. that because I've said the word I deliberately picked that in the vain hope that you

would notice. Well done. You have fallen into my trap, Maria. Oh, by the way, I'm a photographer so I often go to this studio and take photos of naked people. Do they say naked? I don't know. It depends on what

you're taking pictures of them for. Nude models, perhaps. Look at us talking about nudity. as if any of that's going in the podcast, especially not whether I've said shit. How many hours a day do you usually sleep at night?

What kind of question is this? How many hours of day do you usually sleep at night? Well, considering there's no night in the day, zero. Do you mean this question should be rephrased, shouldn't? I only just hired it there.

Like, that doesn't make any sense. Yeah, because, like, compare, like, Obama's communication skills and my communication skills. Okay, I am not sure I can speak publicly like Obama. Compare Obama's communication skills to Joe Bidens. Let's see if that makes it into the podcast. If you want to see real wild animals, you should just go to where our government sits. In London. We have our own government in Edinburgh.

So unsavory reputation, unsavory social practices. Stop. Anyway, what the fuck we're talking about? If only there was some sort of process by which we could remove the current government and install something that was more effective. I wonder what that would look like. I wonder what kind of word we would use to describe that situation. It starts with R and ends with...

We wish you a super happy New Year. Merry Christmas. Okay, dear listener, sending you hugs and love. And thank you so much for being our listener. We love you. We hug you. Mua. Mwam, wow.

And we'll see you in 2025 for more band-nine vocabulary and grammar. Gorgeous grammar for your high school. Your band-d-d-skore.