Funky Phrasals
 
Childhood
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Childhood


PART 1: TO TAKE SOMEONE BACK, TO GROW UP AND TO BRING UP

 

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VICKI: I?d like to start by talking about your early life - your childhood...
CALLUM: My childhood?
VICKI: Yes, I want to take you back, to remember your childhood?.
CALLUM: So we?re going back in time?
VICKI: Yes and on the journey we'll be meeting lots of phrasal verbs, so let?s take you back in time now!
VICKI:So, Callum, where were born?
CALLUM:I was born in Scotland.
VICKI: And where did you live as a child?
CALLUM: Well?I grew up in a town called New Milton which is on the South Coast of England, between Bournemouth and Southampton.
VICKI: So you grew up there - you spent your childhood there. And what kind of upbringing, did you have? I mean were your parents strict with you?
CALLUM: I guess my parents didn?t really bring me up too strictly.

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PART 1: TO STAND UP FOR YOURSELF, TO GET ON

 

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VICKI: So your upbringing - the way your parents brought you up, wasn?t too strict?
CALLUM: Well, I was always told to be polite and have respect and so on, but they tried to let me make my own mistakes. I think it was because they wanted me to be able to stand up for myself.
VICKI: Well, yes - being able to stand up for yourself, being independent and confident is important!
CALLUM: Yeah, you need to stand up for yourself in this world.!
VICKI: Anyway, what about brothers and sisters? Do you have any?
CALLUM: Yes I've got an older brother and a younger sister.
VICKI: Do you get on with them?
CALLUM: Yes, we get on well - we have a great time when we see each other.
VICKI: So you get on well now, but what about when you were children? Didn?t you ever used to fight?
CALLUM: Well sometimes of course, but even as children we got on quite well - we used to play together a lot.
VICKI: Well you were very lucky - I didn?t get on with my brother very well at all when we were children - we used to argue about everything!

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