Indra Ban's Australian Story (Part 3): The arrival of Nepalis
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To be up to is a humorous way to say 'doing' all kinds of things. We often use it when we are talking about children who are playing or even doing things they should not be doing! Over the years is a saying that means over a long period of time from the past into the present. 'It's been quite a ride' is a phrase that their time together has been full of action, like on a roller coaster ride where there are plenty of ups and downs, or changes. Choosing which past tense to use in English can be very tricky. In the dialogue Claire and Allan use two different past tenses (the present perfect have-has + past participle) - and the past simple – verb + ed) to signal different meanings. We use the present perfect when something started in the past but is still continuing to the present, and the past simple when we have in our minds a specific time when something happened. So Claire says: "... it's been two years since we started here." it's been present perfect: has + been) three years since we started (Simple past: verb + ed) here She does this because she started at a particular time (3 years ago) but the work they are doing is still continuing from that time up to the present. So we often use the present perfect when we use the word since because we are talking about something that started earlier and is still continuing. They therefore both continue to talk about their work using the present perfect, because they are still working and haven't finished yet: Allan : Wow, I can't believe it's ( has ) been that long already ! Claire : Yeah, it's (has) been quite a ride ! We've (have) come so far since that day . 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I'm Josipa, and today, in classic Learn English style, we're celebrating by focusing on work and wedding anniversaries, and how to talk about them in everyday English. It feels just like yesterday that I started making this podcast, but it's been 3 years and counting! What a journey! We can say it feels like yesterday as a way of saying it feels like it was not long ago even though it was quite a while ago, and we all know that time feels like it goes quicker when you're having fun! I'll tell you what else has been an amazing journey? Allan and Claire's relationship! We've been lucky to hear all kinds of chats over the years, and it feels just like yesterday when I heard their first one. By the way, 'over the years' means that a lot of time has gone by. Allan and Claire have worked together over the years and are talking about that right now. Let's listen in on their conversation. Claire Can you believe it's been two years since we started here? Allan Wow, has it already been that long? Time really flies. Claire: Yeah, it's been quite a ride! We've come so far since that day. Allan And we're only getting started! Speaking of anniversaries, my sister and her husband just celebrated their silver wedding anniversary last week. Claire Wow! What a milestone! Are they having a celebration? Allan Yep. They'll have a party soon so we can wish them a happy anniversary. Allan and Claire sure have come a long way, haven't they? We say something has come a long way when we mean that a lot of progress has been made, and whatever it is has got a lot better over that time. Enough celebrating Allan and Claire! let's see what they were talking about. Claire said, Can you believe it's been two years since we started here? So, Claire isn't asking Allan whether he actually believes her, she's trying to show her surprise that it is so long because it doesn't feel that long to her. We can say c an you believe before we talk something that is unexpected, amazing or even shocking. For example, can you believe how much better you are at speaking English since listening to this podcast? Haha, anyway, can you believe we are only at the start of the dialogue? We still have so much to get through! Allan replied, Wow, has it already been that long? Time really flies. Time flies. We say this when we feel that time is passing very quickly. We often say this when we are surprised time has passed so quickly. For instance, can you believe it's been 3 years since this podcast started? Time really flies. Allan also said, Has it already been that long? Allan's agreeing with Claire and is saying that he also doesn't feel like much time has past since they started here th years ago – it seems much shorter. Here's an example. If you moved into your new house 5 years ago but if feels like it was only short time, well, it would be a perfect time to say, 'I can't believe it's been that long already!' Back to Claire, Yeah, it's been quite a ride! We've come so far since that day. We know Allan and Claire work has developed and got so much better, so they can say that they have come so far, but what kind of ride are they talking about? 'It's been quite a ride' is a phrase that their time together has been full of action, like on a roller coaster ride where there are plenty of ups and downs, or changes. We know Allan and Claire have been up to all kinds of things on this podcast so it's definitely true that their time together has been quite the ride! By the way 'up to' is a humorous way to say that hey have been doing all kinds of things. We often use it when we are talking about children who are playing or even doing things they should not be doing! We can also use it to find out what our friends have been saying. We can ask them: 'what have you been up to lately?' Allan replied, And we're only getting started! And we're only getting started! Allan is saying - even though they've been working together for two years, that's just the start so there will be many more years of working together in the future. Isn't that nice?! He then said: My sister and her husband just celebrated their silver wedding anniversary last week. Allan said his sister and her husband just celebrated their silver wedding anniversary which means that they have been married for 25 years. Cool fact, there are names for all the different wedding anniversaries, like gold is 50 years and platinum is 70 years. Can you imagine being married for 70 years? Even 50? That would be quite a ride. Congratulations to Allan's sister! A milestone is an important and memorable moment or event in the development of something. 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Indra Ban's Australian Story (Part 3): The arrival of Nepalis
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I'd seen so many videos on Instagram where people have found out they're pregnant. They're crying, their partner's crying. And it wasn't that I wasn't grateful or happy. I was in complete shock. I actually didn't get emotional at all until I told Steph [Claire Smith, Henshaw's business partner and co-founder of their health and wellness company Kic] about five days later. Her reaction was so beautiful. She was sobbing, and then it kind of hit me. I had a fear that I didn't know how I would feel. But I do feel really happy. 'It's a question we shouldn't ask women!' Laura Henshaw on comments made to her before her pregnancy was revealed publicly. Picture: Steven Chee for Stellar Stellar: As part of the parasocial relationship you have with your audience, you've had to deal with people repeatedly asking, 'Oh, are you pregnant?' Stellar has had a policy for six years now not to ask high-profile celebrities – male or female – whether they want to have kids. But it's a question that gets asked of women much more often than it's asked of men. Laura Henshaw: In terms of the unsolicited stuff that comes through, people had said to me, 'Are you pregnant?' And that was actually to do with the way my body looked. I got a few messages saying, 'Oh, you've got a little pot belly and it just made me think, like, are you pregnant?' or, 'I probably shouldn't think this, but I wanted to send the message through...' I think if you're ever going to write to someone, 'I probably shouldn't think this, but I just wanted to send it through', it's probably a time not to send that through. It's a question we shouldn't ask women. We should never assume. You never know what anyone is going through behind the scenes. Listen to the full interview with Laura Henshaw on the Stellar podcast, Something To Talk About: Stellar: Your husband Dalton (né Graham, founder and CEO of Melbourne creative agency Bullfrog) took your surname when you got married in 2021. Have you had any discussions about what the family name will be for your baby? Laura Henshaw: When we got married, I said to him, 'I don't really want to change my name. I've built my brand around my name, it means a lot to me. However, I don't expect you to change your name.' We had a really open conversation about it. There was no expectation that because I was female, I would change my name and because he was the man, I would take his. He said, 'Well, it makes sense for you to keep your name. And I want to have the same surname as our kids, so I'll change my name.' So that will mean our baby will have our shared surname: Henshaw. Laura Henshaw announced her pregnancy last week. Picture: Instagram Kic co-founders Laura Henshaw and Steph Claire Smith. Picture: Supplied Stellar: Last month, Australian podcaster Chris Griffin made headlines with his views on gender roles in relationships, saying, 'I don't want my partner working unless she wants to work', adding he would prefer to come home to 'calm, harmony, peace and love that a man that's got a busy life, that's chasing his dreams, needs when he's trying to wind down'. You responded to his comments, with your remarks going viral. Did you ever hesitate about speaking up and taking on the manosphere? Laura Henshaw: I watched it and felt this combination of rage and also… what the heck is going on here? How is this content? In all the research I've done over the past few weeks, I've found that the 'manosphere' content is actually now mainstream. And that's really scary, but it hadn't hit my algorithm. The first thing you feel is defeat. We've come so far; we're not an equal society in any way from a gender perspective, but we're making progress. So when you see content like that – especially from a 23-year-old male that isn't in a relationship talking to another male of a similar age that also isn't in a relationship, hasn't experienced having children – I just felt defeated. There were no comments pushing back, [they were all], 'Wow, you're amazing.' I thought, this is insane. Picture: Ian Currie 'This limiting view of women is so dangerous.' Picture: Suppied Laura Henshaw (continued): As someone who grew up in a household where my parents separated when I was 12 – my mum wasn't working full-time, she didn't have super, and then had to go out and find a full-time job and be a single mum – I have experienced first-hand what happens when you have these traditional gender roles at home and you don't have conversations about finances. This [Griffin clip] was [filmed] in this beautifully lit studio, it had this violin music or piano behind it, and so it made it seem like it was motivational. Like: this is the life that you want to live, you need to follow this person. And I was like, you know what? That's it. I'm going to talk about this. This limiting view of women is so dangerous that I ended up doing a miniseries on it that we released last week called Am I Equal? It was really important for me to do because I think in a heterosexual relationship, if the wife does want to stay home, that's absolutely fine. But they need to have all of the information. They need to have conversations with their partner. They need to have financial control together. Not one person has financial control and then the other one is like, oh, it will be fine. Because you actually don't know if it's going to be fine. Stellar: The #TradWife and #stayathomegirlfriend TikTok trends made the notion of opting out of paid employment seem very appealing to young women. Have the young women in your audience been receptive to the cautionary messages in your commentary and this new miniseries? Laura Henshaw: TradWife content and stay-at-home girlfriends are trends I've struggled with so much. What's really scary with that content is it's so glamorised. It looks amazing. The thing with these content creators is, if you're creating content all day, you have a job, right? So they're showcasing that they don't work, but they really do. Because being a content creator is a job in itself. But you only see 1 per cent of someone's life on social media. This is why I wanted to call out [the Griffin clip], in terms of it being benevolent sexism. It's control disguised as care. They say they're doing it because it's loving, they want to look after you, they want you to 'be in your feminine' – whatever the heck that means – they want you to have freedom. There's no such thing as freedom if it's dictated how you need to be. That's not free. Listen to the full interview with Laura Henshaw on the Stellar podcast, Something To Talk About: Laura Henshaw (continued): The amount of women that reached out to me and said 'Thank you for sharing', or devastatingly, that they had been through [that experience] because their partner said they cared about them and didn't want them to work, and now they're a single parent in a lot of debt, they're struggling, they're living on Centrelink and they wish they had known and had those conversations… That's been really nice to speak to them, and for them to feel empowered by these conversations now being more mainstream. For more on Laura Henshaw, visit See the full cover shoot with Laura Henshaw in today's Stellar, via The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), Sunday Herald Sun (VIC), The Sunday Mail (QLD) and Sunday Mail (SA). Click here for more from Stellar and the podcast, Something To Talk About.
