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All Ears English, 73- How the All Ears English Podcast Almost Failed

73- How the All Ears English Podcast Almost Failed

Lindsay: This is an All Ears English Podcast, Episode 73: “How the All Ears English Podcast Almost Failed.”

Gabby: Welcome to the All Ears English Podcast, where you'll finally get real, native English conversation. Now here are your hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the ‘English Adventurer' and Gabby Wallace, the ‘Language Angel,' coming to you from Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

In this episode, learn the secret story of how All Ears English almost failed and what this means to you and how you can apply our learnings to your English improvement.

Gabby: Hi Lindsay.

Lindsay: Hey Gabby. What's going on with you today?

Gabby: Not much. But I'm super excited. We have a great review. I just want to share with you guys. It's from kskosm. And he says “Very helpful for improving English listening and speaking ability. Thank you.” Well thank you for the review.

Lindsay:

Yeah, we really appreciate those reviews guys. And the reviews really help the All Ears English podcast to kind of move up in the rankings, so we can provide a better podcast for you. So please if you haven't done that yet, go ahead and leave us a review. Tell us what you think.

Gabby:

Yeah.

Cool. So today we're talking about tenacity and how the All Ears English podcast almost failed.

Lindsay:

Almost never existed actually.

Gabby:

Can you imagine?

Lindsay:

(I mean what) would life be without this podcast.

Gabby:

Yeah, but (I mean) we're at a million downloads.

Lindsay:

Yeah, that's incredible.

Gabby:

So, yeah, we wanna (want to) share the story of how we almost never happened.

Lindsay:

And how we actually did end up happening.

Gabby:

Yes. And how you can apply that to your English learning.

Lindsay:

What that actually means for you.

Gabby:

Yeah.

So we have a quote that we want to start off with from Amelia Earhart, the famous aviator. It's (um): “The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity.” Lindsay:

What is tenacity?

Gabby:

To keep going, to continue.

Lindsay:

Yeah.

Gabby:

To not give up.

Lindsay:

To dig in.

Gabby:

Yeah.

Keep going.

Lindsay:

To have grit.

Gabby:

Yes. Oh, great phrase.

Lindsay:

Grit. That's a great word.

Gabby:

Yeah.

Lindsay:

We'll talk about that in another episode.

Gabby:

Yeah.

Sounds good. Well, so we were talking about how this happened with our podcast, right, because Lindsay and I, well we got together and we were talking about how we could combine our ideas and, (you know), how to work together and we're both English teachers and we're both pretty ambitious and we like to create things. And thinking “Oh, what can we do?” So, yeah, one day, (you know), I think you asked me if I would be interested in a podcast.

Lindsay:

Right.

And you said “Yeah, definitely.” Gabby:

Totally.

Lindsay:

So we met. We had a coffee and we got really excited, got a lot of ideas on the napkin, and… Gabby:

Yeah.

Lindsay:

…(you know) the – as they usually say.

Gabby:

Yeah, yeah. So we decided to do it. We decided to act and to create a podcast, but then we actually had to do it.

Gabby:

Lindsay:

We actually had to do it and, and (you know), we got some pieces of equipment in the beginning and then we realized it was actually harder than we thought.

Grabby:

Way harder.

Lindsay:

We ran into some problems.

The planning, and the, (you know), implementation and just figuring out how to do everything was (like) really much harder… Lindsay:

Really tough.

Gabby:

…than we thought.

Lindsay:

We didn't know anything about audio.

Gabby:

Nothing.

Lindsay:

We didn't know anything about editing podcasts.

Gabby:

Right.

Lindsay:

(Um) we didn't know how we were going to structure the show. We didn't know what to focus on.

Gabby:

Everything was new to us.

Lindsay:

So all we had was the decision that we had made.

Gabby:

Right.

And a few times we had (um) technical issues, like, (you know) the audio didn't sound good. And we thought, “Oh, we have no idea how to fix this. So what are we gonna (going to) do?” And I think… Gabby:

Lindsay:

We spent an entire day recording – we spent eight hours in the last weekend of summer… Gabby:

Yeah.

Lindsay:

…the last beautiful weekend recording episodes that we eventually had to throw out.

Gabby:

Yeah, out.

Lindsay:

Completely wasted. Complete waste of a day.

Gabby:

Yeah.

So I think that was (like) the lowest moment when we were just thinking, “Oh my goodness. Is this worth it? Can we do it?” Lindsay:

Yeah.

“Can we pull through?” But we did.

Lindsay:

We did. So we had all those moments where we had to decide if we were going to be, (you know), if we were going to be tenacious and keep going.

Gabby:

Right.

Lindsay:

And we did and now, (you know), we're so happy to be here and we're so happy to have you guys here listening to this podcast.

Gabby:

Yeah, I would say it took us over a month to really get started, (like) from the time we made the decision to actually (um) having an episode in iTunes.

Lindsay:

A couple of months.

Gabby:

A couple of months.

Gabby:

Lindsay:

It was a couple of months ‘cause (because) we also had to stop for another reason.

Gabby:

Right.

Lindsay:

And, yes. So what does this mean for our listeners? For their English?

Gabby:

Well you can connect this to your English learning because it's easy to decide to learn English, right? You can say “Yes, I'm going to learn English. I'm going to improve my English, I'm going to be fluent,” (um) but the most difficult thing is (um) – well it's tenacity – it's a little different from the quote that we read, but I think I actually disagree with Amelia Earhart, I guess. (Uh) now that I look at the quote again, she says “The most difficult thing is the decision to act,” but I think it's the opposite. I think it's easy to decide and then the difficult part is to follow through.

Lindsay:

(Mm). Follow through is so important.

Gabby:

Yeah.

Lindsay:

And once you've got (sort of) a routine going, it gets easier.

Gabby:

Yeah.

Lindsay:

Right.

So for us it's gotten a lot easier.

Gabby:

Yeah.

Lindsay:

So you need to make the decision to improve your English and then decide, get yourself into a habit. What are you going to do every day? And – yeah.

Gabby:

Yeah and if you have some setbacks like we did, (you know), don't give up. Just think of another way around it. And, (you know), I have to say one of the reasons why we've gotten through the setbacks is because we're working together as a team. Right?

Lindsay:

I'm sure I would've quit by now if I were working by myself.

Gaby:

Yeah, me too. Me too. But (um), just knowing that someone else is out there and working on it together with you, it, it really helps so, (you know), maybe you can apply that to your English too and study with a buddy.

Lindsay:

Definitely. Get into a study group – people who will hold you accountable, people who won't let you quit because if you're quitting, you're quitting on them… Gabby:

Yeah.

Lindsay:

…and yourself, right?

Gabby:

Yeah.

Gabby: If you wanna (want to) learn four ways to win with English, come to our website and join our email group and we will send you a special audio message that shares our four All Ears English strategies for learning English and winning at English. That's allearsenglish.com/win. (w-i-n.) [Instrumental]

Lindsay: If you like to put your ears into English with Lindsay and Gabby, be sure to subscribe to the podcast audio in iTunes for free on your computer or on your smartphone. Thanks for listening to the All Ears English Podcast. See you next time.

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Lindsay: This is an All Ears English Podcast, Episode 73: “How the All Ears English Podcast Almost Failed.” |||||||||||||||nearly|episode title Lindsay:這是一個全耳英語播客,第 73 集:“全耳英語播客幾乎失敗了。”

Gabby: Welcome to the All Ears English Podcast, where you'll finally get real, native English conversation. |||||Ears Podcast|All Ears English|All Ears English|in which||at last||||conversation|dialogue Now here are your hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the ‘English Adventurer' and Gabby Wallace, the ‘Language Angel,' coming to you from Boston, Massachusetts, USA. |||||||||English Adventurer||Gabby Wallace|Gabby Wallace||||||||||

In this episode, learn the secret story of how All Ears English almost failed and what this means to you and how you can apply our learnings to your English improvement. ||||||||||||||||||||||||||学习成果|||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||学び|||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||insegnamenti|||| 在本集中,了解 All Ears English 幾乎失敗的秘密故事,這對您意味著什麼,以及如何將我們的知識應用於您的英語進步。

Gabby: Hi Lindsay.

Lindsay: Hey Gabby. What's going on with you today? 你今天怎麼了?

Gabby: Not much. But I'm super excited. 但我非常興奮。 We have a great review. 我們有一個很好的評論。 I just want to share with you guys. 我只是想與大家分享。 It's from kskosm. ||kskosm ||kskosmからのもの ||kskosm And he says “Very helpful for improving English listening and speaking ability. 他說:「對於提升英語聽說能力很有幫助。 Thank you.” Well thank you for the review.

Lindsay:

Yeah, we really appreciate those reviews guys. 是的,我們真的很感謝這些評論。 And the reviews really help the All Ears English podcast to kind of move up in the rankings, so we can provide a better podcast for you. |||||||||||||||||排名||||提供||||| |||||||||||||||||classifiche||||||||| І ваші відгуки дійсно допомагають подкасту All Ears English підніматися в рейтингах, щоб ми могли створювати кращі подкасти для вас. 這些評論確實有助於 All Ears English 播客的排名上升,因此我們可以為您提供更好的播客。 So please if you haven't done that yet, go ahead and leave us a review. 因此,如果您還沒有這樣做,請繼續給我們留下評論。 Tell us what you think. 告訴我們你的想法。

Gabby:

Yeah.

Cool. So today we're talking about tenacity and how the All Ears English podcast almost failed. |||||韧性||||||||| |||||粘り強さ||||||||| 所以今天我們要討論的是堅韌以及 All Ears English 播客是如何差點失敗的。

Lindsay:

Almost never existed actually. ||存在过| Почти никогда не существовал. 實際上幾乎從未存在過。

Gabby:

Can you imagine? 你可以想像?

Lindsay:

(I mean what) would life be without this podcast. (我的意思是)如果沒有這個播客,生活會變成什麼樣子。

Gabby:

Yeah, but (I mean) we're at a million downloads. 是的,但是(我的意思是)我們的下載量已經達到了一百萬次。

Lindsay:

Yeah, that's incredible. 是的,這太不可思議了。

Gabby:

So, yeah, we wanna (want to) share the story of how we almost never happened. |||||||その||||||| 所以,是的,我們想分享我們幾乎從未發生過的故事。

Lindsay:

And how we actually did end up happening. Et comment nous avons fini par arriver. 以及我們實際上是如何最終發生的。

Gabby:

Yes. And how you can apply that to your English learning. Et comment vous pouvez appliquer cela à votre apprentissage de l'anglais. 以及如何將其應用到英語學習中。

Lindsay:

What that actually means for you. 這對你來說實際上意味著什麼。

Gabby:

Yeah.

So we have a quote that we want to start off with from Amelia Earhart, the famous aviator. |||||||||||||||||飞行员 |||||||||||||アメリア|アメリア・エアハート|||飛行士 我們想從著名飛行員阿米莉亞·埃爾哈特的一句話開始。 It's (um): “The most difficult thing is the decision to act. それは(えっと):「最も難しいことは行動する決断です。」 Це (гм): "Найскладніше - це рішення діяти. 是(嗯):「最困難的事情是採取行動的決定。 The rest is merely tenacity.” Lindsay: |||仅仅是|| |||単に|粘り強さ| 残りはただの粘り強さです。」リンゼイ: Остальное - просто упорство". Линдсей: 剩下的就是堅持。”林賽:

What is tenacity? 粘り強さとは何ですか?

Gabby:

To keep going, to continue. 繼續前進,繼續前進。

Lindsay:

Yeah.

Gabby:

To not give up.

Lindsay:

To dig in. |挖掘| Покопаться. 去挖掘。

Gabby:

Yeah.

Keep going.

Lindsay:

To have grit. ||毅力 ||根性 ||grinta 要有毅力。

Gabby:

Yes. Oh, great phrase. 哦,很棒的短語。

Lindsay:

Grit. 根気 That's a great word.

Gabby:

Yeah.

Lindsay:

We'll talk about that in another episode. 我們將在另一集中討論這一點。

Gabby:

Yeah.

Sounds good. 聽起來不錯。 Well, so we were talking about how this happened with our podcast, right, because Lindsay and I, well we got together and we were talking about how we could combine our ideas and, (you know), how to work together and we're both English teachers and we're both pretty ambitious and we like to create things. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||结合||||||||||||||||||||||||| 好吧,所以我們正在談論我們的播客是如何發生這種情況的,對吧,因為林賽和我,我們聚在一起,我們正在討論如何結合我們的想法,以及(你知道)如何一起工作,我們'我們都是英語老師,我們都雄心勃勃,喜歡創造東西。 And thinking “Oh, what can we do?” So, yeah, one day, (you know), I think you asked me if I would be interested in a podcast. 並思考“哦,我們能做什麼?”所以,是的,有一天,(你知道),我想你問我是否對播客感興趣。

Lindsay:

Right.

And you said “Yeah, definitely.” Gabby: 你說:“是的,當然。”蓋比:

Totally. 完全。

Lindsay:

So we met. 於是我們見面了。 We had a coffee and we got really excited, got a lot of ideas on the napkin, and… Gabby: ||||||||||||||||餐巾纸|| ||||||||||||||||ナプキン|| Nous avons pris un café et nous nous sommes vraiment excités, avons plein d'idées sur la serviette, et... Gabby : 我們喝了一杯咖啡,我們非常興奮,餐巾紙上有很多想法,然後…加比:

Yeah.

Lindsay:

…(you know) the – as they usually say. ……(你知道)——正如他們通常所說的那樣。

Gabby:

Yeah, yeah. So we decided to do it. 所以我們決定這麼做。 We decided to act and to create a podcast, but then we actually had to do it. 我們決定採取行動並創建一個播客,但後來我們實際上不得不這樣做。

Gabby:

Lindsay:

We actually had to do it and, and (you know), we got some pieces of equipment in the beginning and then we realized it was actually harder than we thought. |||||||||||||||设备|||||||||||||| 我們實際上必須這樣做,而且(你知道),我們一開始就得到了一些設備,然後我們意識到這實際上比我們想像的要困難。

Grabby: つかみどころのある

Way harder.

Lindsay:

We ran into some problems. 我們遇到了一些問題。

The planning, and the, (you know), implementation and just figuring out how to do everything was (like) really much harder… Lindsay: ||||||实施|||||||||||||| ||||||実行|||||||||||||| 規劃、(你知道)、實施以及弄清楚如何做所有事情(就像)真的要困難得多… Lindsay:

Really tough. |dura

Gabby:

…than we thought.

Lindsay:

We didn't know anything about audio. 我們對音訊一無所知。

Gabby:

Nothing.

Lindsay:

We didn't know anything about editing podcasts. |||||编辑| |||||編集| 我們對編輯播客一無所知。

Gabby:

Right.

Lindsay:

(Um) we didn't know how we were going to structure the show. (嗯)我們不知道如何組織這個節目。 We didn't know what to focus on. 我們不知道該關注什麼。

Gabby:

Everything was new to us. 一切對我們來說都是新的。

Lindsay:

So all we had was the decision that we had made. 所以我們所擁有的就是我們所做的決定。

Gabby:

Right.

And a few times we had (um) technical issues, like, (you know) the audio didn't sound good. 有幾次我們遇到了(嗯)技術問題,例如,(你知道)音訊聽起來不太好。 And we thought, “Oh, we have no idea how to fix this. 我們想,「哦,我們不知道如何解決這個問題。 So what are we gonna (going to) do?” And I think… Gabby: 那麼我們要做什麼呢?”我認為…加比:

Lindsay:

We spent an entire day recording – we spent eight hours in the last weekend of summer… Gabby: 我們花了一整天的時間來錄音——在夏天的最後一個週末我們花了八個小時…Gabby:

Yeah.

Lindsay:

…the last beautiful weekend recording episodes that we eventually had to throw out. |||||||||||捨てる| ……最後一個美好的周末錄製的劇集我們最終不得不扔掉。

Gabby:

Yeah, out.

Lindsay:

Completely wasted. 完全浪費了。 Complete waste of a day. 完全浪費了一天的時間。

Gabby:

Yeah.

So I think that was (like) the lowest moment when we were just thinking, “Oh my goodness. |||||||最低||||||||| 所以我認為那是最低潮的時刻,我們只是在想,「哦,天哪。 Is this worth it? 這值得嗎? Can we do it?” Lindsay: 我們能做到嗎?林賽:

Yeah.

“Can we pull through?” But we did. ||get|||| “我們能挺過去嗎?”但我們做到了。

Lindsay:

We did. So we had all those moments where we had to decide if we were going to be, (you know), if we were going to be tenacious and keep going. |||||||||||||||||||||||||顽强||| ||||||||||||||||||||||進む|||粘り強い||| 所以我們經歷了所有那些時刻,我們必須決定我們是否要,(你知道),我們是否要頑強地繼續前進。

Gabby:

Right.

Lindsay:

And we did and now, (you know), we're so happy to be here and we're so happy to have you guys here listening to this podcast. 我們做到了,現在,(你知道),我們很高興來到這裡,我們很高興讓你們在這裡收聽這個播客。

Gabby:

Yeah, I would say it took us over a month to really get started, (like) from the time we made the decision to actually (um) having an episode in iTunes. |||||||||||||||||||made||choice||to actually||||episode one|| 是的,我想說我們花了一個多月的時間才真正開始,(就像)從我們決定在 iTunes 上實際(嗯)製作一集的那一刻起。

Lindsay:

A couple of months. 幾個月。

Gabby:

A couple of months. 幾個月。

Gabby:

Lindsay:

It was a couple of months ‘cause (because) we also had to stop for another reason. 這是幾個月的事情,因為(因為)我們還因為另一個原因不得不停下來。

Gabby:

Right.

Lindsay:

And, yes. So what does this mean for our listeners? 那麼這對我們的聽眾意味著什麼? For their English? 為了他們的英語?

Gabby:

Well you can connect this to your English learning because it's easy to decide to learn English, right? 好吧,您可以將其與您的英語學習聯繫起來,因為決定學習英語很容易,對吧? You can say “Yes, I'm going to learn English. 你可以說「是的,我要學英文。 I'm going to improve my English, I'm going to be fluent,” (um) but the most difficult thing is (um) – well it's tenacity – it's a little different from the quote that we read, but I think I actually disagree with Amelia Earhart, I guess. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||不同意||||| 我要提高我的英語,我要說得更流利,」(嗯)但最困難的是(嗯)——嗯,是堅韌——這與我們讀到的引文有點不同,但我想我我想,實際上不同意阿米莉亞·埃爾哈特的觀點。 (Uh) now that I look at the quote again, she says “The most difficult thing is the decision to act,” but I think it's the opposite. (呃)現在我再看一遍這句話,她說“最困難的是採取行動的決定”,但我認為事實恰恰相反。 I think it's easy to decide and then the difficult part is to follow through. 我認為決定很容易,困難的是堅持到底。

Lindsay:

(Mm). Follow through is so important. 堅持下去是如此重要。

Gabby:

Yeah.

Lindsay:

And once you've got (sort of) a routine going, it gets easier. 一旦你養成了(某種程度的)日常習慣,事情就會變得更容易。

Gabby:

Yeah.

Lindsay:

Right.

So for us it's gotten a lot easier. 所以對我們來說,事情變得容易多了。

Gabby:

Yeah.

Lindsay:

So you need to make the decision to improve your English and then decide, get yourself into a habit. ||||||choice|||||||||||| 因此,您需要做出提高英語能力的決定,然後決定讓自己養成習慣。 What are you going to do every day? 你每天打算做什麼? And – yeah.

Gabby:

Yeah and if you have some setbacks like we did, (you know), don't give up. ||||||後退|||||||| ||||||imprevisti|||||||| 是的,如果你像我們一樣遇到一些挫折,(你知道),請不要放棄。 Just think of another way around it. 想想另一種方法吧。 And, (you know), I have to say one of the reasons why we've gotten through the setbacks is because we're working together as a team. ||||||||||||||||挫折|||||||| 而且,(你知道),我必須說,我們度過這些挫折的原因之一是因為我們作為一個團隊共同努力。 Right?

Lindsay:

I'm sure I would've quit by now if I were working by myself. 我確信如果我自己工作的話我現在就辭職了。

Gaby:

Yeah, me too. Me too. But (um), just knowing that someone else is out there and working on it together with you, it, it really helps so, (you know), maybe you can apply that to your English too and study with a buddy. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||amico 但是(嗯),只要知道有人在那裡並與你一起努力,這確實很有幫助,(你知道),也許你也可以將其應用到你的英語中並與好友一起學習。

Lindsay:

Definitely. Get into a study group – people who will hold you accountable, people who won't let you quit because if you're quitting, you're quitting on them… Gabby: ||||||||||||||||||||||放弃||| 参加する||||||||||責任を持つ||||||||||||||| ||||||||||responsabile||||||||||abbandonare||||| Get into a study group – people who will hold you accountable, people who won't let you quit because if you're quitting, you're quitting on them… Gabby: 加入一個學習小組-那些會讓你負起責任的人,那些不會讓你放棄的人,因為如果你放棄,你就放棄了他們…加比:

Yeah.

Lindsay:

…and yourself, right?

Gabby:

Yeah.

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