A1 English Listening Practice - Are You Bored?

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by AnacarenCorona

Hey English learners, welcome to this A1

English listening practice video. I hope

you're doing well. Today, we're going to

talk about a boring topic, which is

boredom. Let's talk about being bored.

This is not something that people like.

For many people, this is a terrible

feeling. Especially for kids. I remember

when I was a kid, when I felt bored, it

was awful. I complained.

I whined.

Right? Where you complain in that voice

that kids make when they're not happy.

Uh, I would tell my parents that I was

bored, that I wasn't happy.

People don't like being bored, of

course.

Uh, a lot of people hate this feeling.

And, uh, I think that nowadays,

kids don't really have many

opportunities

to be bored like when I was a kid.

Because nowadays, kids have so many

different things, different forms of

entertainment.

Uh,

they have phones and screens,

and they can always watch something if

they feel bored. I didn't have that when

I was a kid.

Sometimes, I was just in my room, bored,

with nothing to do. And I can remember

that feeling very well. Today, I think

that

uh, kids always have something to do.

They can always find something to

entertain them. Right? So, it's a little

different nowadays. Uh,

as an adult, when you're an adult, you

don't really have as much time to be