Pre-Reading Questions:
- Do you have a diary when you were young?
- What is your unforgettable moment when you were a teenager?
Vocabulary:
- embarrassing /em-BAR-uhs-sing/
- edit /ED-it/
- percentage /per-SEN-tij/
- ecstatic /ek-STAT-ik/
- gender /JEN-der/
[adjective] making you feel shy or ashamed
I once fell in front of my classmates and it was so embarrassing!
[verb] to make changes to a text or film in order to prepare it
You need to edit it first before showing it to others.
[noun] an amount of something, often expressed as a number out of 100
The percentage of television show ratings are going down.
[adjective] extremely surprising
She was ecstatic when her parents gave her a car as a birthday gift.
[noun] the physical and/or social condition of being male or female
The man forgot to fill in his gender on the form.
Do you still remember the embarrassing moments of your teenage life? A podcast name Berkhamsted Revisited will make you relive those experiences. The podcast is about shared experiences of two women as they read their teenage diaries. Laura Kirk and Laura Gallop are the two hosts of the show.
One of the presenters of the podcast Laura Kirk shared that they do not edit any details from their diaries in their podcast sessions. Surprisingly, the percentage of ratings who listen to the podcast are mostly men. The hosts were ecstatic on the support they get from men on their twitter page.
Moreover, Kirk shared that the teenage experiences were actually part of a collective experience among men and women. Thus, making their podcast so relatable to all genders.
One of the presenters of the podcast Laura Kirk shared that they do not edit any details from their diaries in their podcast sessions. Surprisingly, the percentage of ratings who listen to the podcast are mostly men. The hosts were ecstatic on the support they get from men on their twitter page.
Moreover, Kirk shared that the teenage experiences were actually part of a collective experience among men and women. Thus, making their podcast so relatable to all genders.
Comprehension Questions:
- According to the passage, what is the podcast that will relive your embarrassing moments?
- Give at least one name of the hosts.
- Which gender has the higher percentage of listeners?
- What is the podcast Berkhamsted Revisited all about?
- According to the article, why does everybody can relate to the topic?
Discussion Questions:
- Do you listen to a podcast? Why or why not?
- What kind of topics do you want to listen to?
- Was your teenage life memorable? Discuss your answer.
- If you have a diary, would you like to share it with other people? Explain your answer.
- If given a chance, would you like to go back to the time when you were young? Explain your answer.