Rory: Yes, that's right. But it could be called a diary or a diary planner or a scheduler. There are so many names for this.
Maria: Yeah, and Rory, Rory, tell me, like, when did you start planning out your life? Because I know you plan out pretty much everything. Like, have you always been like this? Or like you started at some point in your life? Because, dear listener, like Rory, seriously, he plans every day of his life. He plans everything. He plans a plan to plan.
Rory: I think I started doing this in a written form. Oh, boy, it must have been at least as far back as 2012, just from my work. This is before I was a teacher.
Maria: Oh, before you were a teacher. What did you do before you were a teacher? I thought you've always been a teacher.
Rory: I worked in publishing.
Maria: Wow.
Rory: I always wanted to be a teacher, but I worked in publishing before.
Maria: Hmm, OK, so you published books?
Rory: Well, I, not quite. I have published books since I became a teacher. But I worked in a publishing house at a very low-paying job. So I didn't make any of the big decisions.
Maria: Dear listener, Rory's secret life before teaching. What did Rory do?
Rory: I don't think it was much of a life, to be honest with you.
Maria: Wow, interesting. And you lived in Scotland, right?
Rory: Yes. At that point.
Maria: Yeah. And now it's an interview. Rory, tell us more about your life.
Rory: Because we have nothing to say about plans.
Maria: Yeah, plans is kind of like, yeah, like you plan out your life. That's it.
Rory: Make a plan, put it into action.
Maria: Yeah, that's all. No, like the execution of a plan. This one is a good one. Yeah, this part is pretty fast. So the examiner usually asks you like four questions, three or four questions. You use phrasal verbs, synonyms. You lie. You tell the truth. You use the “financially speaking”, you know. I'm a very orderly person. Oh, yeah. We forgot that Rory is a very orderly person. And if you are orderly, you are super organised. And dear listener, we'll wrap it up with a joke.
Rory: How can I be a joke about making plans?
Maria: Oh, yeah, I found one. And I found a good one. Uh, so Rory, first of all, some pre-teaching. So, what do you call this creature who lives in a haunted castle? This… like scary on Halloween. What do you talk about? Something that…
Rory: I, I, I, it could be anything. It could be a ghost or a vampire. I don't know.
Maria: Yeah, a ghost. Yeah, I was looking for a ghost. So, dear listener, a ghost, you know, the spirit of a dead person, a ghost. So the joke is about ghosts. So here is how does a ghost plan his day? How does a ghost plan his day? He makes a taboo list. Funny, huh? So did you get it, dear listener? So what does a ghost usually say? The ghost says, like, boo, boo. And the person is scared. So how does a ghost plan his day? The ghost makes a toboo list. Toboo.
Rory: Thank you very much for listening.
Maria: Remember to plan out your IELTS life with our podcast. OK, bye.
Rory: Bye.