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0:00hey everybody welcome to this b1
0:03english listening practice video you can
0:06use this video to practice your
0:08listening
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0:19[Music]
0:24so today i'm going to talk about
0:26teenagers
0:27this is a really relevant topic because
0:30all of us were teenagers once
0:31or if you're really young you'll be a
0:33teenager at some point
0:35we're going to talk about some of the
0:36good things about being a teenager
0:38and some of the not so good things
0:40before we get to the cons
0:42let's kick things off with the pros the
0:45first positive thing about being a
0:46teenager
0:47is that you're on your way to becoming
0:49an adult this goes without saying
0:51but kids normally dream about being
0:53grown up
0:54as a kid i'd constantly daydream about
0:57what life was going to be like as an
0:58adult
0:59of course as a teenager you're not quite
1:01there yet but you can see it approaching
1:04adulthood starts seeming like a reality
1:06and not just some distant future idea
1:09it's pretty exciting right another cool
1:11thing about being a teenager
1:13is learning new things as kids a lot of
1:16concepts or ideas are beyond our grasp
1:19but as we get a little older we start to
1:21understand these things
1:23for example teenagers can delve deeper
1:25into subjects like
1:26economics business sociology and tons of
1:30other things
1:31i remember that i first started learning
1:33about government
1:34and politics during my teenage years i
1:37also remember my writing skills
1:38improving a lot when i was at that age
1:41and even now when i look back on some of
1:43my old writing
1:44i don't find it that bad how about you
1:46do you feel like you learned a lot as a
1:48teenager
1:49another positive thing that results from
1:51adolescence is that you get
1:53stronger physically to be honest this is
1:55one of my favorite things about getting
1:57older
1:58i started hitting the weights when i was
1:59about 16 and i became obsessed with
2:02working out
2:03this is a phase that a lot of teenagers
2:05go through during their last couple
2:06years of high school
2:08i was fascinated by the fact that i was
2:10able to lift more and more weight
2:12and that i could get bigger and stronger
2:14this is every boy's dream right
2:16nowadays i'm not that big and strong
2:18anymore and i can barely find the
2:20motivation to do a home workout a few
2:22times a week
2:23okay one more positive thing about being
2:25a teenager
2:26is that you can start driving of course
2:29in most countries you can't drive until
2:31you're about 18 or so
2:32but in the us you can get your license
2:34when you're 16
2:35and not only that but you can also get
2:37your driving permit when you're only 15
2:40and a half
2:40just like i did when you have your
2:42permit you're allowed to drive with your
2:44parents in the car
2:45which is still cool considering the fact
2:47that you're not even 16
2:49yet one of the most memorable days of my
2:51youth was the first day i drove to
2:53school in my own car
2:54after i got my license i thought i was
2:57the coolest kid in the world
2:58alright let's talk briefly about a few
3:00of the negative aspects of being a
3:02teenager
3:03first and foremost puberty anyone who's
3:06gone through puberty
3:07knows that most of the time it's not fun
3:10your body changes
3:11your voice changes a bunch of things
3:14change
3:14and for me the absolute worst part of
3:17puberty was having acne
3:19i'm sure a lot of you had acne or still
3:21have it
3:22i still have acne even though i'm a full
3:24grown man this is definitely one of the
3:26most annoying things about puberty
3:28another negative thing about being a
3:30teenager is the academic
3:32pressure when you're in high school
3:34everyone tells you that these are the
3:35most important years
3:36academically speaking if you don't get
3:39good grades and if you don't get good
3:41scores on the standardized tests
3:42you can't get into a good college
3:45teenagers are well aware of this
3:46and it can take its toll on them one
3:49last thing that could be a negative for
3:51some teenagers
3:52is figuring out what they want to do in
3:54life many adolescents have no idea what
3:57kind of career they want
3:58because they haven't really had any
3:59experience working in any field
4:02i changed my mind a few times about what
4:04i wanted to do and many of my friends
4:06did too
4:07it can be stressful for a teenager to
4:09think about this stuff
4:10okay now i'm going to ask you three
4:12questions about today's video
4:14to check your comprehension write your
4:16answers in a comment down below
4:18number one how old was i when i started
4:20going to the gym
4:22number two at what age can you get your
4:24driver's license in the u.s
4:26and number three what happens if you get
4:28bad grades in high school
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4:39lessons
4:40i'll see you next time
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