Shadowing-Übung: I am cycling across Africa 🌍 - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video

My name is Max and this is my bicycle which I'm going to ride around Africa.

Man, I can't make intros like this.

But the statement is true.

So let's hop on the bike and I'll explain a bit more.

Now, where am I?

I am in the northern African nation of Tunisia in a city called Gables.

I don't know much about it.

Here we have the flag.

And yeah, I chose the city as the starting point for my journey across Africa.

Let's go.

Now how did I end up here?

You know the last video I was in Afghanistan or Pakistan.

But if you watched the last video you will notice that I had a bit of an accident there.

Watch out of the traffic.

Oh it's quite busy.

Let me get out of the city first and then I'll explain a bit.

Now if you watched my last video you will remember

that I was in Afghanistan and I crossed into Uzbekistan

and I didn't have the best time there because I was a bit sick and I also had that crash,

the crash with the car.

So and after I arrived in Uzbekistan it was also like 40 degrees Celsius

and you know So that area of the world right now is a bit difficult regarding geopolitics.

You know, I wanted to go back to Europe,

but I would have to go either through Russia or through Iran.

And I would have preferred to go to Iran,

but after the recent developments there,

it was no longer possible to go independently.

Now you can only go with a tour guide.

And so that left Russia,

but Russia there have been multiple cases of tourists being arrested recently,

also like bike travelers.

So that was not a great option either.

And yeah, that pretty much...

And the fact that I also hadn't seen my family in like over a year,

basically made me decide that I will fly home.

Back to Germany.

And in Germany I spent like a month or so,

you know, reconnecting with friends and family.

And I also got some upgrades regarding my bike or my camera gear.

And yeah, then I had to decide where to go next.

And I decided on Africa.

And here we are in Tunisia.

It is quite nice here.

It looks like we have some fast food over there.

I haven't had breakfast yet,

so let's give it a shot.

Hello.

Do you speak English or English?

Do you speak English?

I speak English.

I'll take sandwich.

Two sandwiches.

Shawarma?

Yes.

Thank you very much.

Is it enough?

Five.

Alright.

Let's take a break right here under the tree and I'll explain a bit about the plans for Africa.

By the way, this is how my bike looks like now.

I made quite a few changes.

So if you're interested in a gear video, let me know.

Because I got some new stuff.

Like this.

This right here is a camping chair.

Special one.

Easy to set up and a lot more comfortable than just sitting on the ground.

Now I can have my breakfast like this.

hello what are you doing first? in water you have water

for me

for my children

on the bicycle onto the bicycle 말을 sayFE you can drink

yes of course Japanese give me Thought You can drink It's water

you don't want you have coffee OK in water in the water the struggle with the languages continues.

The people here speak both Arabic and French.

I don't really know any Arabic and just a few phrases in French,

but not really enough to have a conversation.

So I'll go to some more French-speaking countries and so I'll definitely need to improve that.

And let's talk about the plans.

So I'm in Tunisia right now and the goal is to make it to South Africa,

which is gonna take me a while.

And the route that I'm planning to take is across West Africa.

So next I'll go to Algeria,

then to Morocco, and then through Mauritania,

towards Senegal, and then all of West Africa.

And over there people also oftentimes speak French.

And then I'll continue towards Cameroon,

Angola, and then Namibia, and eventually South Africa, hopefully.

So it's gonna be a long journey.

I estimate it's gonna take me at least one and a half years.

And yeah, I'll continue documenting my journey and I want to of course thank you for the support so far.

It's been overwhelming honestly, much better than I imagined it to ever be.

So yeah, it's gonna be an exciting journey I had and I can't wait to get started.

The first impression of Tunisia was pretty decent,

The people are friendly, the food is good.

But one thing is this, that I don't like.

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There's quite a lot of trash around everywhere.

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Which is a bit of a shame, honestly.

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But other than that, I'm enjoying it.

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So let's see what the country has to offer.

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I made it to the next town, Nouvelle Matemata.

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Let's see if we can find some water here.

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Because it's still very hot, like 35 degrees.

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In winter it would be more manageable.

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All right.

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Okay, thank you very much.

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That market was pretty well stocked and one of these two liter bottles is less than 30 cents,

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which is a good deal.

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I just turned onto the smaller road right here

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and yeah there's not a whole lot going on in the countryside of Tunisia.

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I believe it's because it's the midday heat and most people are indoors

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and they usually go out when it gets dark but it's very peaceful.

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And we've got some hills ahead.

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Small but better than nothing.

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No traffic at all.

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Love it.

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I just love places like these rolling hills,

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not a single person around,

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empty roads, just me in the middle of nature.

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What more can you ask for?

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Let's have a look at that!

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There's a cave there.

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Let's have a look.

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So what's interesting about this part of Tunisia is that you have these caves where people still live in nowadays.

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Of course not all of them,

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but in some, like this one is abandoned.

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And I would love to camp in one of those.

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Oh wow, look at this.

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Dude, that is crazy.

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Wow, it's really fascinating.

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These are dating back hundreds of years, of course.

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And nowadays, there are still some people living in them in some places,

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but not here, for example.

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So I might as well camp here, right?

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I mean, I'm gonna have nice shade from right now until tomorrow.

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the whole time if I go inside the cave.

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Yeah, first night in Africa.

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How about that for a campsite?

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Let's go.

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How sick is that?

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I believe these houses or like groups of houses are called Xar.

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K-S-A-R.

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And yeah, they were used by the Berbers, by the Amazigh.

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The adventure of course is that it doesn't get as hot inside there.

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This video was not meant to be like the first proper travel video

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but rather just an update video on where I've been

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and what I'm planning to do but I think we're off to a nice start.

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So yeah I'm gonna set up I'm gonna pick a cave and then set up my tent.

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Alrighty, I picked my cave.

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Unfortunately in most of them there was quite a bit of trash but this one isn't too bad

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So let's put up the tent.

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And here we go.

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How cool is that?

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First night in Africa.

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The sun is starting to set,

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but there was one more thing I wanted to talk about.

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But let's do so while we make a campfire.

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It's quite windy.

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How amazing is that?

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And yeah, what else I wanted to talk about was charity.

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Ever since I started growing on YouTube and thanks to your guys' support,

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I can basically afford to continue traveling this way.

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And because of that I thought,

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why not give something back to those in need.

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Now that I'm in Africa,

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there are many of those people who could use some support.

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I was personally thinking about maybe building a school or something somewhere and I wanted to hear your guys' thoughts on that.

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Maybe you have some ideas or recommendations.

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Because I think it would be great to give back a little.

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I received so much hospitality in all these countries.

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And yeah, with the community I think we could make something special happen.

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So let me know your thoughts.

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Fire is almost out.

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Time for some noodles.

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Okay, before it gets too dark, I'm gonna peace out.

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Thanks for watching.

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Subscribe if you haven't and I'm gonna see you tomorrow.

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See ya!

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Shadowing ist eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Sprachlerntechnik, die ursprünglich für die professionelle Dolmetscherausbildung entwickelt und durch den Polyglotten Dr. Alexander Arguelles populär gemacht wurde. Die Methode ist einfach aber wirkungsvoll: Du hörst englisches Audio von Muttersprachlern und wiederholst es sofort laut — wie ein Schatten, der dem Sprecher mit nur 1–2 Sekunden Verzögerung folgt. Anders als passives Hören oder Grammatikübungen zwingt Shadowing dein Gehirn und deine Mundmuskulatur, gleichzeitig echte Sprachmuster zu verarbeiten und zu reproduzieren. Studien zeigen, dass es Aussprachegenauigkeit, Intonation, Rhythmus, verbundene Sprache, Hörverständnis und Sprechflüssigkeit signifikant verbessert — was es zu einer der effektivsten Methoden für die IELTS Speaking-Vorbereitung und reale englische Kommunikation macht.

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