1. Introducing Yourself

• ==It took me a while to learn the ropes==
• I wasn’t much interested in sports

Translation

• Original Let me tell you a little about myself.
  I was born and raised in Minnesota and I’m a native of the city of Saint Paul. I grew up there with my parents and my eight brothers and two sisters. I’m the eleventh child so you could say I’m the baby of the family, but I swear I wasn’t spoiled.
  That’s right, I’m part of a big family, probably the biggest family in the neighborhood, perhaps the biggest family in the state! I had a happy childhood, for the most part. My father and mother didn’t have a lot of money, but because they both worked hard, we never felt deprived.I wasn’t much interested in sports, like my brothers were. I enjoyed reading and listening to music while growing up. I went to grade school near my house, and then to high school about two miles away from our home.
  After graduating from high school, I went on to the University of Minnesota for my bachelor’s degree. ==It took me a while to learn the ropes== at the university, but I finally graduated about six years later. Better late than never, as my father used to say.
  I then went to Mexico for a couple of years to teach English and to study Spanish. When I returned, I decided to become a teacher, so I went back to school to get my master’s degree. After teaching high school for a few years, I was offered a job in California, so I moved to Los Angeles in 1991. After working here for a few years, I went back to school (again!) to get my Ph.D. I was starting to become a professional student.
  Well, I completed my Ph.D. in four years and then taught at the university for several years. Now I work at a small research organization here in Los Angeles. I am happily married, and I still enjoy reading and listening to music, and of course, creating ESLPod.com lessons.

• Chinese 让我来介绍一下自己。 我出生并成长于明尼苏达州，是圣保罗市的本地人。我和我的父母、八个兄弟以及两个姐妹一起长大。我是家里的第十一名孩子，可以说我是家中的“小宝贝”，但我发誓我没有被宠坏。 没错，我来自一个大家庭，可能是整个社区最大的家庭，也许是整个州最大的家庭！ 我有一个大体上很幸福的童年。虽然父母的收入并不多，但他们都非常努力工作，所以我们从未感到匮乏。 我对运动不太感兴趣，不像我的兄弟们那样热衷。我小时候喜欢读书和听音乐。我在家附近的学校上小学，然后去了离家大约两英里的高中。 高中毕业后，我进入了明尼苏达大学攻读学士学位。一开始我在大学里有些摸不着头绪，但最终还是在六年后毕业了。正如我父亲常说的那样，“迟到总比不到好”。 之后我去了墨西哥两年，教英语并学习西班牙语。回国后，我决定成为一名教师，于是又回学校攻读硕士学位。教了几年高中后，我收到了一份来自加利福尼亚的工作邀请，于是我在1991年搬到了洛杉矶。 在这里工作了几年后，我又回到了学校（再次！）攻读博士学位，我简直快成了职业学生。 最终，我用了四年时间完成了博士学位，之后在大学教了几年书。现在，我在洛杉矶的一家小型研究机构工作。我婚姻幸福，依然喜欢阅读和听音乐，当然，还有制作 ESLPod.com 的课程。

• First January 23, 2025 12:11 PM

  Let me intruduce myself. tell you a little about myself. I was born and raised up in Minnesota and I’m a native of the city of Saint Paul. I lived together grew up there with my parents and my eight brothers and two sisters. I’m the eleventh child of my family. so you can could say I was am the baby of my the failmy, but I swear that I was not spoiled. You are That’s right. I’m from part of a big family, probably it’s the biggest family in the whole neighbourhood. Maybe it’s perhaps the bigeest family in the state. I had a happy childhood life for the most of all part. My parents father and mother doesn’t didn’t have a good salary lot of money, but because they both worked very hard, so we didn’t never feel be felt deprived. I wasn’t much interested in sports, like my brothers were. I like enjoy reading and listening to music when I was a child while I growing up. I went to grade school near my home house, and then went to high school near my home about two miles away from our home. After graduating from high school, I went on to the University of Minnesota university for master my bachelor’s degree. As It took me a while to learn the ropes at the university , but I finally graduated from there after about six years later. Like my father always said，‘Later is better than never’. Better late than never, as my father used to say. From there I then went to Moxigo Mexico for a couple of years to teach English and learn to study Spanish for two year. When I returned home, I decided to become a teacher, so I returned went back to school for get my master’s degree PHD. After teaching high school for a few years, I received was offered a job offer from in Canifornia, then so I moved to Los Angeles in 1991. After working in there here for a few years, I went back to school ( again) for to get my Ph.D , I almost was starting to become a prophial professional student. At last, it took me four years to get my PHD Well, I completed my Ph.D. in four years and then teached taught in at the school university for serveral years. Now I~~’m working~~ work for at a small research organization in Los Angeles. I am happily married happily and I still enjoy reading and listening to music and, of course, to make creating the ESLPod.com course lessions.

• Second January 23, 2025 8:03 PM

  Let me tell you a little about myself. I was born and raised in Minnesota. I was am a native of the city of Saint Paul. I grew up there with my parents and my eight brothers and two sisters. I’m the eleventh child of my family. so you could say That’s said I‘m was the baby of my the family, but I swear I was not spoiled. That’s right, I’m was a part of big family, probably the biggest family in the neighbourhood, perhaps the biggest in the state. I had a happy childhood, for the most of the part. My parents didn’t have a lot of money, but they both worked hard, so we never felt deprived. I was not much interested in sports, like my brothers were. When I was a child, I enjoy reading and listening to music while growing up. I went to grade school near my house, and then went on to high shcool about two miles away from our home. After graduating from high school, I went on to the University of Minnesota for my bachelor’s degree. At the begin I didn’t It took me a while to learn the ropes at the university, but I finally graduated about six years later. Better late than never, like as my father used to say. After working in here for a few years, I went back to shcool (agin) to get my Ph.D. I was starting be a professional student. From there I then went to Mexico for a couple of years to teach English and to learn study Spanish. After returning I returned, I decided to become a teacher, so I went back to shcool for my master’s degree. After teaching serveral years in high school, I got an offer to work in Canifornia,so I moved to Los Angeles in 1991. Well, I got my Ph.D. in four year and then teached taught in there for a few years. Now, I’m working for a small research orginazation. I’m happily married. I still enjoy reading and listening to music, and, of course, creating ESLPod.com lessons.

• Third Let me tell you a little about myself. I was born and raised up in Minnesota. I’m a native of the city of Saint Paul. I grew up there with my parents~~,~~ and my eight brothers and two sisters. I’m the eleventh child of my family. so you could say I’m the bady of my family, but I swear I~~’m~~ was not spoiled. Well That’s right, I’m from part of a big family, probably the biggest family in the whole neighbourhood, maybe perhaps the biggest family in the whole state. I had a happy childhood, for the most of it part. My parents did’t have a lot of money, but becuase they both worked very hard, so we never felt deprived. I wasn’t much interested at in sports, like my brothers were. I enjoyed reading and linstening to music since I was child while growing up. I went to the grade school near my house, and then went to high school which about two miles away from our home. After graduating from high school, I went on to the University of Minnesota to get for my bachelor’s degree. From start I didn’t It’ took me a while to learn the ropes at the university, but at last I finally graduated from there about six years later. ‘Better late than never’, like as my father said used to say. Since then, I then went to Mexico for a couple of years to teach English and to learn study Spanish. After When I returned, I decided to became a teacher, so I get went back to school to get my master’s degree. After teaching high school for a few years, I was offered a work job in Canifornia, so I moved to Los Ageles in 1991. After working in there here for a several few years, I went back to school (again!) to get Ph.D., I almost was starting to became a professional student. Finally Well, I get completed my Ph.D. in four years~~,~~ and then teached taught a few years in the school at the university for several years. Now I~~’m~~ working for at a small research oganization here in Los Angeles. I am happily married happily , and I still enjoy reading and linstening to muisc, and of course, creating the ESLPod.com lessons.

Retell

• First 2026-03-31 12:28 Today’s story is about talking about the speaker’s information. He was grow up at Minisota. There’re eleven child at home, which is rarely in China, and the most child in a home that I know is six. Since the speaker’s home have so many children, they family were not very rich. His parents works very hard to provide them, so they never feel depreviating. The speaker went 小学 at a school near their home, then go to high school where is far from his home. After his graduated from university, he went to Moxico to teach English and to study * . A few years later, he went to school to study to get his bacholer. Then he worked as a teacher for a few years and went to school to study again. So he laughed himself that he was professional student. After getting his * , he went to Canifornia to do the ESL Podcast, which is the materials that I’m learning English. His is not like his brothers like sports. He like reading.

  Retell review: 1. Introducing Yourself - Review Key Takeaways:

  • Use grew up in Minnesota, not was grow up at Minnesota.
  • Keep the life timeline in order: bachelor’s degree → Mexico → master’s degree → California job → Ph.D.
  • Watch plural nouns and agreement: eleven children, his parents worked, his family wasn't rich.
  • If you forget a detail, skip it instead of leaving *.