{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"學英文不用背單字 Learn By Listening","title":"學英文不用背單字 EP-24 CEFR B1 The \"Boy vs. Girl\" Survival Guide w/ Special Guest Tracy Hsu","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":342,"description":"Podcast Title: The \"Boy vs. Girl\" Survival GuideHost: Duncan Guest: TracyTopic: [Dialogue] Conversation about children’s behaviorFocus: Comparing/Contrasting, Descriptive Adverbs, and Childhood behavior.[Script]Duncan: Welcome back to the podcast! Today is a very special episode because I am joined by my partner, Tracy. Tracy, how are you? Are you surviving the week?Tracy: (Sighs) \"Surviving\" is exactly the right word. My house is currently a disaster zone. I have a son and a daughter, so it’s like living with two different types of weather. One is a thunderstorm, and the other is a hurricane.Teacher: (Laughs) I understand completely. I have two boys, so my house is basically a constant wrestling match. Why is it that boys never just... sit? They are always moving, jumping, and running around!Tracy: Exactly! My son thinks he is a professional stuntman. Last Tuesday, I walked into the living room, and he was standing on top of the bookshelf. I asked him, \"What are you doing up there?\" and he just looked at me and said, \"I’m a mountain goat, Mom. Do you have any grass for me to eat?”Teacher: A mountain goat! That’s hilarious. My boys don't climb bookshelves, but they do turn everything into a weapon. A spoon? That’s a sword. A pillow? That’s a bomb. Last night, they were \"fighting\" in the hallway, and I heard a loud CRASH. I ran out, and they had knocked over a giant lamp. I asked who did it, and they both pointed at the dog. We don't even have a dog, Tracy!Tracy: (Laughs) They blamed a ghost dog! That’s classic. But you see, with my daughter, the trouble is different. She is the \"Drama Queen.\" If her brother even looks at her favorite doll, she falls to the floor and cries like her heart is broken. She says, \"Mom, he is destroying my soul!”Teacher: \"Destroying her soul?\" Wow, that is very poetic for a kid!Tracy: She is very dramatic. And the clothes! She changes her outfit five times a day. If there is one tiny spot of dirt on her dress, she acts like it’s a...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bgDVp1tmhHocRwizKpwdIa1RZbrvXmzLrM6-qKDqpl8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kOGY0/YzQzZWRhMDFkM2U4/MGYwNDE3Njk3NTQw/OTk3OS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}