Mónica’s story – Your Way 24
Does life send you signals? Do you believe in fate?
Today’s podcast is quite different from the rest.
Do you like stories?
Si te gustan las historias, el episodio de hoy no te va a dejar indiferente. NO contestamos una duda de gramática, no hablamos de técnicas de estudio ni exámenes. El podcast de hoy es una historia muy especial. Algo que Mónica ha querido compartir con todos nosotros y que, créeme, merece la pena escuchar.
I wont’ give you more information. You’ll have to listen to find out.
Let’s do this!
Signals, Mónica’s story – Listen to the episode!
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Ideas mentioned in this podcast
– Topic of the day: Mónica’s story – 1:05
– Mónica’s mum passed away – 03:05
– The connection between what happened and learning English – 6:55
– Mónica and her family travelled to La Palma – 08:00
– They found something unusual on the hike they were doing – 09:50
– The family found a crossroads on their way back and found themselves in a tricky situation – 13:15
– What Mónica’s husband asked his son to do! – 16:20
– The reason why the board had been put there. A good way to keep strangers away from your house – 17:05
– Mónica’s hubby vanishes and the hunch she suddenly had – 19:00
– Her mother got worse and how she connected the dots – 24:00
– How Mónica looked at the whole situation after the funeral – 26:05
– The unbelievable story of a window psychologist who taught her children to be grateful – 30:00
Vocabulary used in this episode
To be all ears: ser todo oídos
A signal: una señal
To pass away: fallecer
In spite of + noun: a pesar de
Beyond: más allá de
To thrive: prosperar
To look on the bright side of things: verle el lado bueno a las cosas
X goes back to: X data de / se remonta a
A palm tree: una palmera
A vegan: vegano/a
A cliff: un acantilado
A slope: una pendiente / rampa
Steep: empinado
Clumsy: patoso/a, torpe
A crossroads: un cruce de caminos
A board: una tabla/tablón
Narrow: estrecho
I said to myself: me dije a mí mismo/a
Thorns: espinas (planta)
Why don’t you + infinitive without “to”: ¿Por qué no….?
A hillside: la ladera de una montaña
All of a sudden: de repente
So-called X: un “supuesto” X (entre comillas, irónico)
“I made it”: lo conseguí
To pick someone up: recoger con el coche / ligarse a alguien
A milestone: un hito kilométrico / un hito (figurado, un logro)
A minor illness: una enfermedad o dolencia poco seria
An infection: una infección
To recall something: recordar algo (más formal o literario que “remember”)
To be thankful/grateful for something: estar agradecido por algo
To be moved: estar emocionado, impactado
Hope: esperanza
Everything comes together: toco cobra sentido, coge forma