Slow English - Family Life: Dividing the Chores - Daily English | Intermediate Podcast
#everydayenglish #familylife #englishpodcast #learnenglish #livebetter Slow English - Family Life: Dividing the Chores - Daily English | Intermediate Podcast Welcome to “Learn English – Live Better” — the podcast that helps you practice real-life English through slow, clear, and natural conversations. In today’s episode, Tina and Leo talk about family life — how we divide household chores and share responsibilities at home. 🏠🧹 They explore traditional roles like the breadwinner and homemaker, and how modern families find a fair division of tasks. 💬👨👩👧👦 Do you help with chores at home? 👉 Who does the cooking or laundry in your family? 👉 Is it easy to make things fair? This practical episode helps you: ✅ Learn everyday English phrases about housework and family life ✅ Discuss teamwork, fairness, and daily routines in English ✅ Improve listening + speaking skills through real conversation ✅ Build vocabulary for home, chores, and daily habits 🧠 What You’ll Learn Today: • Talking about household chores and family roles • Phrases for sharing responsibility and dividing tasks • Useful idioms and phrases: heavy lifting, fair division, manage the home • How to describe your daily routine and life skills in English 📚 Vocabulary from This Episode: • Breadwinner • Homemaker • Household chore • Heavy lifting • Share the responsibility • Do the laundry • Do the washing-up • Put out the rubbish • Make a list • Fair division • Manage 1. breadwinner /ˈbrɛdˌwɪnər/ Meaning: The person in the family who earns the money to support everyone. 2. homemaker /ˈhoʊmˌmeɪkər/ Meaning: A person who manages the home and family, often as their main job. 3. household chore /ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld tʃɔːr/ Meaning: A routine task done around the house, such as cleaning or washing. 4. heavy lifting /ˌhɛvi ˈlɪftɪŋ/ Meaning: Literally lifting heavy objects; also means doing the most difficult part of a job. 5. share the responsibility /ʃɛr ðə rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪləti/ Meaning: When more than one person is responsible for a task or duty. 6. do the laundry /duː ðə ˈlɔːndri/ Meaning: To wash, dry, and often fold clothes. 7. do the washing-up /duː ðə ˌwɒʃɪŋ ˈʌp/ Meaning: (UK) To wash the dishes after a meal. 8. put out the rubbish /pʊt aʊt ðə ˈrʌbɪʃ/ Meaning: To take the garbage from inside the house to the outside bin. 9. go grocery shopping /ɡoʊ ˈɡroʊsəri ˈʃɒpɪŋ/ Meaning: To go to the store to buy food and household items. 10. make a list /meɪk ə lɪst/ Meaning: To write down items to buy or tasks to do. 11. divide the tasks /dɪˈvaɪd ðə tæsks/ Meaning: To split jobs or responsibilities between people. 12. fair division /fɛr dɪˈvɪʒən/ Meaning: A way of sharing something equally so everyone feels it’s reasonable. 13. instead of /ɪnˈstɛd əv/ Meaning: Used to show an alternative or replacement. 14. learn a life skill /lɜːrn ə laɪf skɪl/ Meaning: To gain a practical skill useful in daily life. 15. manage /ˈmænɪdʒ/ Meaning: To be in charge of or take care of something. 📌 Episode Sections: 0:00 – Introduction: Welcome & Family Life Theme 01:12 – Traditional Roles vs. Modern Families 07:22 – The Daily Routine: Chores and Tasks 13:13 – Making It Fair: Sharing Responsibilities 19:31 – Useful Phrases + Listener Challenge 20:24 – Summary & Vocabulary Review 21:21 – Outro: Next Episode Preview 📚 Download PDF Transcript : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P4UU... 📚 Download Practice Exercises: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WW6R... 🎧Daily English – Beginner • Daily English - Beginner Start your English journey with simple, clear conversations about daily life. From shopping and food to family and routines, these episodes help you practice everyday English and build confidence step by step. 🌱How to Improve Yourself – Intermediate • How to Improve Yourself | Intermediate Pod... Take your English to the next level with thoughtful discussions on life choices, self-improvement, mental health, lifestyle habits, reflections, and motivation. These episodes guide you to improve not only your English, but also yourself #ESLPodcast #DailyEnglish #EnglishListeningPractice #EnglishSpeaking #EasyEnglish #EnglishConversation #ESLListening #ESLPractice #FamilyLife #HouseholdChores #LearnEnglishDaily #EnglishIdioms #EnglishVocabulary #HomeAndFamily #Teamwork #FairDivision #DoTheLaundry #livebetter #slowenglish #simpleenglish
