ABOUT THE LESSON 📚 Every YouTube channel has a story, and this is a conversation about how Interactive English all began. We talk about the inspiration behind starting our channel as well as our love for teaching. Throughout the conversation, we'll highlight useful vocabulary to help you better understand the discussion. So this lesson is helpful for your listening and building vocabulary. Here are the words from the lesson and their meanings. 1) BART - Bay Area Rapid Transit 2) TESOL - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages 3) a side note - additional information worth mentioning and related to the topic 4) entrepreneur - a person who starts a business 5) script - the written words of a show, play, or movie 6) stand-alone (adjective) - can operate on its own without help 7) accessible - to be able to easily reach or get something 8) quarters (noun) - a place where someone lives or has a business 9) analogy - comparing things for the purpose of explaining something 10) to be anal (adjective) - worried about things being in order; stubborn 11) the grind (expression) - work that becomes routine and consumes your life 12) pros and cons (expression) - refers to the advantages and disadvantages 13) burnout (expression) - having no energy or enthusiasm because of working hard 14) to trivialize (verb) - to make something seem less important than it really is 15) to get exposure - the fact of experiencing something -------------------------- HELP SUPPORT INTERACTIVE ENGLISH 💖 Become a Member on YouTube 🎊 👉http://bit.ly/Membership_InteractiveEnglish Support Our Lessons On Patreon (awesome rewards) 🎉 👉 http://bit.ly/Patreon_InteractiveEnglish -------------------------- JOIN OUR COMMUNITY 📬 (Access the Secret Fluency Lesson) 🤫 👉 https://subscribe.interactiveenglishvideos.com/ -------------------------- LINKS TO PRACTICE & IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH ✅ Improve Your Listening w/ Audiobooks. FREE TRAIL! http://www.audibletrial.com/InteractiveEnglish Find a teacher with italki. Buy 1 lesson, get $10 free credits: 🙋 https://go.italki.com/interactive-english Eliminate Writing Mistakes ✍ Grammarly: http://bit.ly/Grammarly_InteractiveEnglish Wes’ Teaching Adventures 🌎 Happy Time Go Fast (South Korea): http://amzn.to/2FmYhSS Watermelon Is Life (Namibia): http://amzn.to/2FEjE1j **Please know that links to Audible, italki, Grammarly are affiliate links. We earn commission through these links. -------------------------- FOLLOW INTERACTIVE ENGLISH 👍 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InteractiveEng/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/interactiveeng/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/interactiveeng -------------------------- OTHER SHOUT-OUTS 💬 Royalty-free images provided by Pixabay -------------------------- MESSAGE TO YOU 😊 Thanks so much for being a part of our community. Learning English is an enriching experience that brings everyone all around the world closer together. Be sure to say “Hello” and write to us in the comments. We love hearing from all of you. THANKS FOR WATCHING!