The Sound of Silence

(EP 26) This is Unexpected English! She's 15 and 1⁄2! She's learning to drive! [Transcript, including the intro, below]
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**** INTRO Hey everybody and welcome back to another episode of Unexpected English! Your favorite English podcast! That's right! You know what, uhh I don't even believe that myself to be honest. But anyway, this podcast is about driving as maybe you could tell from the intro music, Maybe? I can tell you this about driving in the United States there is no national drivers license every state is different, and so every state has different regulations. For example the age that you can drive or the conditions. For example, who's in the car or what hours of the day can you drive when you are a learner. When you finally get a full license will depend again on the state, because in some states you can get a full driver's license at age 16 1/2 other states you have to be 18. The same for beginning to learn. You can begin to learn to drive as young as 14 1/2 in some states, 15 1/2 in some states... Anyway, if you're interested you can look in Wikipedia. But I think right now we should get right to the podcast. What do you say? OK, here we go! INTERVIEW OK so I was walking through the parking lot and I saw a car with a sign on the side that says student driver. So I thought I would see what was going on. Are you a student driver? Yes. And tell me about this experience. Umm, so I'm 15 1/2 right now I just got my permit the other day, and so... Permit means what? Umm, I... am permitted to drive with an adult who is over 25 years of age with me in the car for six months until I can get my drivers license. OK, so a permit is not like a driver’s license, it's like a first step for as long as there's an adult in the car then you can drive. Yes. And so, who's your teacher here? This is my dad. Actually I have my first driving lesson on September 15 with the teacher. OK so we've got a student driver and we got dad in the car making sure everything is going OK. Are you excited about learning to drive? Umm, I am quite scared but I am really excited. I think driving is really fun, so yeah. I'm really excited. OK well that sounds sounds great I know you're going to have a great... great experience learning to drive and you'll be a great driver, right? Yes! And drive safely, OK? Thank you. Thank you Bye! Follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts to listen to ALL the episodes of your favorite English podcast, Unexpected English!