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Hello, my name is Jay and this is a slow English vlog.

Today, I am taking a flight.

I am getting on this plane to go to Geneva on a day trip.

But first, let's rewind to yesterday.

Hello from yesterday.

I am going to pack my bag for tomorrow.

And this is everything I'm bringing on my day trip.

So first, my laptop, which is quite heavy, but I do need it for work.

And my laptop charger.

and I'm bringing a European adapter so

that I can switch out the British head for this to allow me to charge in Switzerland.

I'm going to put them into this bag so that the cables don't get tangled up.

This is my wallet and my notebook and pen.

These are my microphones to help me film and probably most important, my passport.

I can't get on the plane without this.

and my airpods and some toiletries.

So this is my deodorant,

my toothbrush, my toothpaste and dental floss and my tongue scraper. and lastly my sunscreen

because it's going to be sunny in Geneva I'm going to zip it up

and I'm also bringing my cap to protect me from the

sun let's put all of these items into my backpack I'm going to unzip it

and slide my laptop in and all of the other items as well.

I'm putting my wallet and AirPods into the top compartment so I can access them easily.

Also my passport into the top.

and zip it up and that's it.

It's not too heavy because it's only a day trip.

I'm all set to go and the time is already 9 p.m.

I need to wake up at 4 a.m which is in seven hours.

So I'm going to get ready for bed and see you in the morning.

Good morning.

I am currently in a taxi on my way to the airport.

It is 5 past 5 a.m.

and the traffic is not too bad at this time so we should be at the airport in about 20 minutes.

I got about five hours of sleep last night, which is not too bad, but I am still feeling a little bit tired,

so maybe I can get a quick nap on the flight.

See you at the airport.

I'm in the airport.

It's honestly quite busy, but luckily I am not checking in a bag.

I'm only bringing my backpack so I can head straight to security.

Okay, I think that is the lounge.

Apparently with my credit card, I can get in.

So let's see if that's true.

I managed to get into the lounge and behind me is a departures board.

My flight is at 7am, it's to Geneva, and it says gate shown at 6.15.

So let's come back and check for our gate in a few minutes.

But in the meantime, let's head into the lounge and find some breakfast.

So this is what I got myself for breakfast, starting with the drinks.

I got a bit greedy and got three.

This is my coffee, my glass of orange juice, and glass of water.

I got this tiny little croissant, and this strawberry bircher muesli.

And over here, it's sort of like an English breakfast with scrambled egg,

baked beans, some diced potatoes, a slice of cheese and some bacon.

And over here is my cutlery.

A spoon, knife and fork.

You can see how short the tip of the knife is.

That's due to safety regulations as we're in an airport.

Before I get on my flight, I want to get a bottle of water, or as some say, a bottle of water.

I'm going to get one for myself and one for my cameraman.

Let's go and check out.

Alright, thank you.

Alright, we've got the waters.

I am getting on this plane.

I am walking down the boarding bridge, about to board my flight.

Here is the entrance to the plane.

Morning.

The flight was packed, so I couldn't film much, but my seat had a good amount of legroom,

was a place to put my water bottle

and a nice big tray table and they brought everyone a chocolate which was a very nice touch.

I have landed in Geneva Airport.

The flight was only about one hour long.

I didn't really get any sleep but that's okay.

We are headed to Passport Control and this is a moving walkway which allows you to walk faster.

I'm just waiting in line at passport control.

It looks to me like quite a long queue ahead so I hope it doesn't take too long.

So passport control didn't take too long, maybe 20 minutes or so.

Geneva or Switzerland as a whole is very known for their watches which reminds me that

I need to change the time on my watch because the time here is one hour ahead of the time in London.

So I'm just looking for signs for the train.

I think it's that way.

I found the sign.

Trains that way.

This is the ticket machine and I am trying to buy a train ticket to Geneva Station.

I've got my train tickets and this is the train that I will be getting on.

It has two floors, which means it's a double-decker train.

Let's head over to the door and press this button, which should open the door,

and I am I'm stepping onto the train and I actually want to go up the stairs to the upper deck.

Look at this, it's like a curved sofa.

I've never seen something like this on a train.

So spacious I could even lie down.

But let's not do that.

The train journey to Geneva is actually only 7 minutes.

So we should be there in a couple of minutes actually

and I will have to get up from my very comfortable seat.

But yes, very excited to see Geneva and explore the city.

I'll see you there.

So, I have made it into the city and I am actually heading to a cafe now

because I have to attend an online meeting for work.

I think the cafe is just around the corner here.

Here it is.

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This is the cafe.

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I got an espresso tonic, which was nice and refreshing.

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I sat down on my laptop to join the meeting.

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So I've come to the park and this is part of the University of Geneva.

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The good news is that I'm all done with my work meetings today,

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but the bad news is that both my phone and my laptop are dead.

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They are out of battery,

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and apparently in this library they have plugs where I can charge my laptop and phone.

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So let's go inside and charge my devices.

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So, I'm in the library now.

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I have to speak very quietly so that I don't bother the other people.

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But right below here, I found some plugs.

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So, I managed to charge both my phone and laptop.

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My phone is now on 80%,

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so that should last me all the way back home tonight and I am feeling quite hungry,

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so I am on my way now to look for some lunch.

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I'm at a restaurant.

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This was recommended to me as a famous galette restaurant,

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and this is the menu with a long list of options, but I have decided to get the Popeye,

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which is egg, cheese and spinach.

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Since it's such a beautiful day outside,

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I decided to do takeout and I'm going to the park to have a picnic.

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So, I've made it to the park.

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I found this nice spot which overlooks the lake.

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And over here, a beautiful fountain.

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I mean, this is really nice, but I have my eyes on the food because I am really...

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Oh no!

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I almost spilled my drink.

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Let's make sure not to do that.

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And I'm going to open up the box.

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Alright, let's give it a try.

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I wonder if I'm supposed to dip it into the yolk.

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Let's try that.

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Okay.

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It's nice, but it is pretty salty.

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And for my drink, I got an iced cacao latte, or at least that's what they called it in the cafe.

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I'm assuming it will be sweet?

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Okay, actually it's quite bitter.

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I do taste the chocolate, but it's like dark chocolate.

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And there is also a hint of cinnamon.

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But overall, it's quite nice.

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I finished my lunch and I am just lying here on the grass.

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I need to make sure I don't accidentally fall asleep because it's already 5pm and my return flight departs at 8.50pm,

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which means I need to head to the airport in about an hour and a half.

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So I'll probably get up and go for a little walk along the lake.

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behind me is the famous water fountain called

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jet d'eau which is French for water jet

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and apparently it launches water up to a height of about a hundred

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and forty meters I didn't know that you can actually walk up very close to the source of the jet stream.

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You can see how the water is kind of blocking the sunlight and I don't know if it's because of the water,

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but it does definitely feel a bit cooler here by a couple of degrees.

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So, I've been walking in the sun for quite a while now and I really could do with some gelato.

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And I've heard that Geneva has some good gelato spots.

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So I'm going to go on my phone and look up some places nearby.

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I think I found the perfect spot.

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It's only seven minutes away.

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So let's walk over to get some gelato.

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So this is a pedestrian crossing and you can see the green light is flashing,

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which means I need to hurry up.

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I think I have found the store Gelatomania.

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It's pretty busy though, so I'll have to wait a little bit.

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Can I get the three in a pot?

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Yes, in the pot, okay?

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Yeah, and I'll get the sea salt, the coconut and the peach, please.

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Okay.

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I'm ready to get this one.

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Okay.

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Wow, I think he gave us a little bit extra on top because look at this.

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This is supposed to be a small one, but it's huge.

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Okay, I'm gonna try the top layer, which I think is the peach.

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Oh, that is.. that is amazing.

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It feels like I'm biting into a real peach.

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And the second layer, which I think is coconut.

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Mmm.

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Not only does it taste like coconut, I feel like there's little bits of real coconut in there.

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Wow.

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And the bottom layer, which is the sea salt.

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It's like the perfect balance of salty and sweet.

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Genuinely, this is probably the best gelato I've ever had in my life.

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I would probably come back to Geneva just to have this again.

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And just like that, it is now time to head back to the airport.

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I am going to walk to Geneva station, take the train to the airport,

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and fly back to London.

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I am back at the airport and my flight is this one, 8.50pm to London Heathrow.

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But one thing I cannot forget is to buy some chocolates for a gift.

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So let's go into the chocolate shop and take a look around.

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Wow, so many chocolates.

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And this is pretty cool, it's a fake cocoa tree,

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and inside is a chocolate fountain, but it says, do not touch, so let's keep walking.

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I really like the packaging, so I'm going to get this one.

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And then it was time to board.

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There's my plane.

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I was so tired that I slept through most of the flight,

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but I still managed to get a view of Windsor Castle as we were coming in to land.

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I have made it back to London Heathrow Airport.

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It's been about 16 hours since I came here this morning.

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I am exhausted, but I hope you enjoyed the video.

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Please let me know your thoughts in the comments and I'll see you in the next one.

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Bye!

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “A Day in Switzerland”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Geneva, airport, flight, train. Este vídeo tiene 198 frases y 2036 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 18:40. El hablante habla despacio, unas 109 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. Solo el 80 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
laptop sustantivo	/ˈlæp.tɑp/	portátil, computador portátil
passport sustantivo	/ˈpæspɔɹt/	pasaporte
café sustantivo	/ˌkæˈfeɪ/	café, cafetería
coconut sustantivo	/ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/	coco, laña
peach sustantivo	/ˈpiːt͡ʃ/	durazno, melocotón
fountain sustantivo	/ˈfaʊn.tɪn/	fuente, chafariz
salty adjetivo	/ˈsɔlti/	salado, salobre
backpack sustantivo	/ˈbæk.pæk/	mochila, alforja
plug sustantivo	/plʌɡ/	enchufe, clavija
wallet sustantivo	/ˈwɑl.ət/	cartera, billetera
cameraman sustantivo	/ˈkæm(ə)ɹəˌmæn/	camarógrafo, camarógrafa
croissant sustantivo	/kɹəˈsɑnt/	croissant, cruasán
cutlery sustantivo	/ˈkʌt.lə.ɹi/	cubertería, cubiertos
deodorant sustantivo	/diˈoʊ.də.ɹənt/	desodorante
espresso sustantivo	/ɛˈspɹɛsoʊ/	espresso, expreso

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
check out verbo		investigar, chequear
get up verbo		levantarse
go up verbo		subir
lie down verbo		echarse, tenderse
look up verbo	/ˌlʊk ˈʌp/	mejorar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

I can't get on the plane without this.
Let's go and check out.
Alright, we've got the waters.
I didn't really get any sleep but that's okay.
Can I get the three in a pot?

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

Estructura	En el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora	have landed · I've never seen · have made
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa	laptop, which is · night, which is · chocolate which was
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace	are headed · was recommended
Consejo con “should” should + verbo — decir qué es buena idea	should be

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 52 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, I've, I'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Los sonidos de “th”: toothbrush /ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/, toothpaste /ˈtuθpeɪst/
Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: spacious /ˈspeɪʃ.əs/, toothbrush /ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/, refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/
Palabras largas — cuida el acento: cameraman /ˈkæm(ə)ɹəˌmæn/, deodorant /diˈoʊ.də.ɹənt/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: scramble /ˈskɹæmbl̩/, scraper /ˈskɹeɪpɚ/, spacious /ˈspeɪʃ.əs/, spinach /ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/, strawberry /ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/
/v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: overlook /ˈoʊ.vɚˌlʊk/, curve /kɚv/
/z/ — sonora, no /s/: muesli /ˈmjuːzli/, exhaust /ɪɡˈzɔst/, stairs /ˈstɛɹz/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como laptop, passport, café.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Gramática en este vídeo

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?