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0:00hey everybody welcome to this b1 english
0:03listening practice video
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0:22so today i'm going to talk about
0:23adulthood this is a topic that many of
0:26you can relate to
0:27because i assume that the majority of my
0:29viewers are adults
0:31some of us wish we were still kids
0:32sometimes but there's nothing we can do
0:34to roll back the time
0:36so first let's talk about some of the
0:38most notable differences that exist
0:41between childhood and adulthood the
0:43first thing that comes to mind is the
0:45responsibility that comes with being an
0:48adult
0:48this is something that most kids and
0:51teenagers underestimate about adulthood
0:54for example when i was in high school i
0:56couldn't wait to be an adult
0:58i thought the responsibilities wouldn't
0:59be as hard as everyone always told me
1:01they'd be
1:02but boy was i wrong young people simply
1:05can't imagine
1:06all the challenges that adulthood
1:08presents of course they know that
1:10they'll probably get married move out of
1:12their parents house and of course have a
1:14career
1:14and make enough money to support a
1:16family it sounds relatively
1:18straightforward but it's definitely
1:19harder than we think it is when we're
1:21still young
1:22it was a challenge for me to become
1:24independent from my parents
1:26because they'd always paid for
1:27everything and helped me with all my
1:29problems
1:30when you take that security away it's a
1:32little scary for a young adult
1:34becoming financially independent is
1:36undoubtedly one of the hardest things
1:38about being an adult
1:40for example those of you who pay rent
1:43know that it can sometimes be a struggle
1:45especially if you're still in an early
1:47stage of your career
1:48i think that parents should spend a lot
1:51of time teaching their kids about
1:53financial responsibility
1:55this way when they're adults they won't
1:56have to learn everything from scratch
1:58they'll already have a good foundation
2:00to build upon how about you
2:02was it hard for you to become
2:04financially independent
2:05aside from the financial aspect the
2:07other huge responsibility
2:09is getting married and raising children
2:12choosing the right husband or wife
2:14is one of the most critical decisions
2:15we'll ever make
2:17if you choose wrong you're going to have
2:19to live with the consequences of that
2:21for the rest of your
2:22life however even if you choose the
2:24right spouse you're still going to face
2:26all kinds of challenges in your marriage
2:28that's a given
2:29it's our responsibility to work with our
2:32spouse as a team
2:33to overcome these challenges those of
2:35you who are married know exactly what
2:37i'm talking about
2:38and of course everything gets a little
2:40more complicated when we have kids
2:42at that point you take on much more
2:45responsibility
2:46okay now let's talk about some of the
2:48positives of being an adult
2:50for me one of the best things is being
2:52able to make decisions for myself
2:55when you're an adult you get to decide
2:57your own future
2:58you can choose the path you want to take
3:01this isn't easy
3:02but i think it's exciting you get to
3:03pick your career your spouse your
3:06residents
3:06etc etc another great thing about being
3:09an adult
3:10is that you understand the world better
3:12when you're a child
3:14you still have a limited view of the
3:16world around you and you have limited
3:18experience but as an adult you're able
3:20to see things more clearly
3:22in turn this means that you solve
3:24problems more effectively
3:26and learn from your mistakes more easily
3:28one last
3:29positive about being an adult is that
3:31you can accomplish more
3:33with the exception of child prodigies
3:35people in general
3:36achieve the most when they're fully
3:38grown as an adult
3:40you've probably already studied and
3:42gained experience
3:44so you're more prepared to do
3:45significant things with your life
3:48i hope i can achieve a lot in my adult
3:50life and i'll definitely continue
3:52setting goals for myself to make sure i
3:54do that okay
3:55now i'm gonna ask you three questions
3:57about today's video to check your
3:59comprehension
4:01write your answers in a comment down
4:02below number one
4:04what's one challenge of being an adult
4:07number two
4:08what's one positive thing about being an
4:10adult and number three
4:12what will i do to make sure i achieve a
4:14lot in my adult life
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