Pratique du Shadowing: what i spend in a week living in nyc (it’s bad) - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec YouTube

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Hey guys, it's Syd.
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I have been avoiding filming this video because I don't want to know how much I spent in New York.
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And I also don't want you guys to know how much I spent in New York.
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Every time I leave my apartment, minimum $100 down the drain.
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And I don't know how.
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That is what inspired this video is I looked at my credit card and I was like, what happened?
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So yeah, I'm getting my day started late.
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It's 1 p.m., but I thought I would pick up my camera,
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film how much I spend every single day in a week living in New York.
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Please go easy on me, guys.
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Starting the day out strong,
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just spent $9 on a latte.
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Something about me that I'm not proud of is I will spend all of my money on coffee.
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Here's how I justify this.
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Because I work for myself,
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I work from home, and I don't have an office space.
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I like to go out to a coffee shop every single morning because it gets me out,
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it gets me in like a routine.
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So I consider this $9 latte basically my rent to work at the coffee shop for about 3-4 hours.
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This is how I can justify this in my head.
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This is how it makes sense to me.
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even though $9 is actually absurd.
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I do have a punch card here.
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I'm a loyal member.
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Every eight coffees, I get a free one.
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Everything adds up, so I'm gonna work here and enjoy this $9 latte.
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When I got home, I desperately needed to do laundry.
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One thing about my apartment is I don't have in-unit laundry,
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which means I do have to pay for it.
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It's $3 to wash, so through my laundry in.
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While my laundry's going, I thought I'd go for a little walk.
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I love walking on the West Side Highway.
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It's so beautiful.
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This is my gym replacement in the summertime often,
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and it's also free, so that's a perk.
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So I just texted one of my friends,
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and she's going to meet me down there in 20 minutes.
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That's my update.
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It is a little bit chilly.
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I'm having one of those weeks where I just I've been feeling
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so lonely I feel like I miss my family like extra
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oh hold on hello Melissa I think you have the wrong
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number I'm with Helga hi hi everyone guys Helga is like
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a real life angel she's just like the sweetest person ever
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my mood's always lifted I'm no longer lonely literally same can I show them your nails oh Yes, of course.
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Look at her nails.
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These are real, right?
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They're real.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Real nails.
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Always real.
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Look how beautiful.
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Oh, my nails could never.
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Thank you.
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No, I can do your nails.
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All right, guys.
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I'm back for laundry.
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That means I'm about to spend three more doubles.
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dinner is served this oh wait we do care
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if you're in the background like hey am i she's cooking
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dinner i'm about to sit down to eat dinner we actually usually eat together we usually like coordinate our meals
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but i was just in a rush i'm having leftovers this
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is one of our favorite meals to have it's just
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so easy
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and it's actually makes for good leftovers this is one of
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my rotation dinners though it's ground beef white sweet potato cottage
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cheese okay hear me out it's good i don't know why i really doubted this
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but together it tastes great iceberg lettuce
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and hot honey this is kind of like a little bowl
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that olivia came up with and showed me i've been trying to not eat out so much during the week.
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One, cause financially, two, just it's like so much better, healthier.
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And I think I've been doing a lot better at that this year.
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You guys know I've been golfing and I really don't have any golf clothes.
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Not that I need like this perfect outfit,
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but for like the club,
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I need something to wear.
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I've literally been just wearing leggings.
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So I just went on ThredUp and I found a couple of things.
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I don't know, I just got this skirt and like tank top.
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I love ThredUp, it's so great.
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They have good pieces that are inexpensive.
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My total, $55.03.
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Not too bad.
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These are the things that I got.
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I think I'm safe for the night though.
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I think I'm done spending money today.
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I don't think I'll buy anything else.
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I better not.
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Good morning.
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I was supposed to go to the gym, didn't happen.
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I actually, I'm kind of upset.
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I like, I'm upset with myself about it.
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I'm starting my morning making a smoothie.
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This is my favorite smoothie ever.
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I actually got DMs from you guys saying that you made this.
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Can't even explain how happy that made me.
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To see you guys making something that I make every day,
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I don't know, it was just so cool.
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So many of you guys love it.
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It's just the best smoothie recipe ever.
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I feel like I've really perfected it.
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I'm getting coffee with actually a girl who does YouTube too, her name's Isa.
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If any of you guys watch her or know her.
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I don't really need a lot of other creators that often.
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I feel like most people socialize more than me.
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I think I'm just antisocial or something,
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but I'm really excited to meet her in person.
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This is the secret ingredient in my smoothies, the compound ips.
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Hey guys, I'm with Issa.
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Hi.
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Oh my gosh, we have the same camera on.
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Well, you guys can't see mine.
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This is the best camera.
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Canon, the best.
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Face-spin is what I spend in a week.
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Wait, I'm spending a week,
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I'm doing what I spend in a week.
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No, no, no, no. Today?
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Yes, yes.
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We have so fun.
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That's crazy.
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I spent zero dollars because Ysa bought me my coffee, guys.
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How sweet.
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I spent, yeah, so Ysa spent, it's too nice.
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Wait, she bought some pastries, guys.
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You guys have to try Radio Bakery if you're in New York,
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Earl Grey Morning Bun, and a PB&J croissant.
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We're gonna do a taste test.
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Yes, I have no original idea.
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Cheers!
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Cheers!
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Cheers!
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Mmm, they're good.
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So fresh.
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They baked it out before.
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What do you rate it?
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They're fucking nine.
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Oh, yeah, that's good.
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So I stumbled upon this market.
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One of the things I love the most about New York is there's just the most random pop-ups
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and markets and foods to try.
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It looks like they have some Jamaican food,
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kind of like a lot of random things.
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And honestly, I'm like a little bit hungry and I kind of want to try something.
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Just something small.
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I feel like I need to.
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This is so cool, guys.
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Like what is happening?
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I just spent $12 on these Brazilian cheese balls.
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It comes with this little chive sauce.
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I feel like a food reviewer.
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Mmm.
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This is really good.
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It's like a little bit doughy, which I love.
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When my parents visit me in a couple of weeks,
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I'm gonna take them here.
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Worth every penny.
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And then this is me running really late later to meet my friend.
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I'll go for dinner.
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I was at home and suddenly fell asleep for two hours.
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I literally never naps, so I don't know what the heck happened.
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Anyways, I am going to dinner with my same friend as last night, Helga.
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I was kind of last minute.
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I was just like, wait, what are you doing?
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So yeah, we're gonna get Cura Vida.
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I literally love this spot, it's so good.
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Dinner time, she's back.
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Two days in a row.
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I got a summer chicken bowl with pepper avocado, pineapple, Helga.
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I got salmon balls.
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We're so far away from each other.
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This is a $20 dinner.
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It's gonna be so worth it.
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I love this place.
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This is a crazy Friday night for us.
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what a crazy friday night guys 25 year old girl in
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new york i'm at frozen yogurt by myself after dinner i was walking home
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so didn't spend any money actually on my transportation home i like walking in the city
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when it's warm like it's just so nice out i was walking
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and i was like i want a sweet treat
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and i've been like craving frozen yogurt so much the past week
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so i decided go in and take myself on like a little yogurt date.
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I got mini M&Ms and strawberries.
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Kind of a vibe in here.
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I'm kind of loving this for myself.
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I actually did have plans with a friend after this that sort of fell through,
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which is also why I needed a pick me up.
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Oh wait, how much was this?
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I think it was like $8 guys.
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I spent so much of my money on food.
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The last time I looked at my Amex bills,
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all of my money was on food.
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You'll see that this week.
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Long time no talk.
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I'm on my way to dinner.
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Today I was stuck in front of my laptop all day long.
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Since it's Saturday, my boyfriend and I are going to go on a little dinner date.
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One of our favorite restaurants.
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It's called One White Street in Tribeca.
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So I'm on my way there.
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This is my date night outfit.
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I'm taking the cab because I'm running late.
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I think it's like $15 ish. $15 was all I spent on date night because my sweet lovely boyfriend got me dinner.
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We had such a great date night and then the next day you are seeing that right.
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I am wearing the exact same outfit.
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Please don't ask.
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We were running a little late.
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This was actually Mother's Day so we took an Uber out to see his family.
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The only thing I bought this day were flowers for his mom of course.
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These ones were beautiful and they were also $60.
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Sorry I'm trying to balance vlogging with my boyfriend versus just
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being alone i usually just try to be in the moment
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anyways now you're all caught up good morning guys i'm back
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at the office starting my day as usual doing work i was able to redeem my punch card
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so i got a free coffee today best possible way to start my day
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so i did spend nothing
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so far yes i did forget to show it again before
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i drank it i do have a birthday brunch for my friend in a little bit
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so i'm gonna go pick up part of her gift for her
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so right across from the the coffee shop there's this little gift shop
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and i need a bag for her birthday gift i have like the gift itself they have
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so many cute bags here i picked up this very helga birthday bag also she loves matcha
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and i saw this matcha chocolate that i had to add to the gift
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and she also loves flowers and always always gets me flowers for no reason
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so i had to also add some
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and then we surprised her it was a surprise birthday brunch and she was actually surprised she's usually not
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brunch ended up being $54 expensive but I've been wanting to try this place for
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so long their bagels were really good I'm a sucker for
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a good bagel then I took an impromptu stop at Walgreens
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I went in for one thing I always end up with like five really needed some allergy medication
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so yes it's true the rumors are true I'm going to
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the gym today ever since I got back for my friend's birthday brunch.
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I was on a two hour and 30 minute hold related to health insurance.
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So I think the number one thing I wanna do is literally run my anger out on a treadmill.
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I don't know.
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Try to do the iced protein latte with sugar-free vanilla.
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Good morning, guys.
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I started the day off with the Dunkin' Latte.
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I actually got something different.
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I wanted to try their vanilla protein latte and it's really good.
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It's like less sweet than I thought,
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which I kind of like.
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$7, but well worth it.
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I love Dunkin'.
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Starting off the day grabbing groceries because I have nothing.
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I usually go to Whole Foods just because it's really close to me and I can easily walk there.
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Walking home is another story,
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especially if I have a lot of groceries,
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so I guess we'll see.
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Workout of the day complete because I did just walk home with all my groceries.
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I actually really need one of those grocery carts.
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Everyone keeps sending me them.
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I did need to stock up on some things and this will be good for me so I don't eat out.
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I feel really guilty when I eat out,
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when I have a ton of groceries.
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So I wanted to do a little quick haul.
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I love, you guys know I love grocery hauls.
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And I might as well show you my favorite things that I got.
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So actually do you guys like grocery hauls?
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Like please let me know if it's just me i'll stop doing them granola Blueberries
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and strawberries for yogurt bowls mini bell peppers are the best snack crackers
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and hummus to go along with it Protein powder for my
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smoothies cacao nibs also for my smoothies bananas frozen kids meals
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because i'm a child I'm addicted to smart sweets frozen yogurt bars ground beef some oatmeals
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and cotton rounds That is everything I got,
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you know, was it worth 150 dollars?
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I don't know but probably not.
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Anyways, time to put all of this away in my fridge.
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Later that night, my cousin asked me to go see a movie at an outdoor theater in Manhattan.
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Update, we're at the movie.
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No one's here.
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Well, no one's here.
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Do you want to say hi?
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Hey, what up?
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This is my cousin.
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I'm Tori, her cousin.
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We go way back.
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this outdoor theater experience costs 27 with popcorn we got the upgrade it was 23
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if we didn't very worth it well actually i don't know yet we haven't seen the movie
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but like this is a fun activity to do that isn't like crazy expensive
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all right guys so we officially made it a week
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well six days the inevitable time has come it is time
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to see how much i spent i'm blurring my feet don't
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get any ideas do i just rip the band-aid off i ended up spending 533 dollars
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and nine cents the sad part is this doesn't even include
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my rent um i'm trying to look at what i spent the most on
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and i feel like a lot of it was food food coffee and sweet treats also convenience like Ubering.
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To be honest, this was a good week for me.
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I didn't make any like insane big purchases.
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It can get worse than this.
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Having lived in Minnesota before this,
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New York is so expensive.
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People are not lying when they say that.
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It is.
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You cannot leave the apartment without spending at least 50 bucks.
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I feel so lucky to ever even be able to live in New York in the first place
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because I never would have been able to afford this when I was living in Minnesota.
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This was fun.
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I hope you guys enjoyed this.
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Time to sit with this number in my head.
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Thanks for watching.
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Please don't judge me.
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Actually, you can judge me.
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It's okay.
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I'll see you soon.
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Bye.

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About This Lesson

In this lesson, you will practice your English speaking skills by engaging with a real-life scenario from a YouTube video about living in New York City. The content you will work with features conversations about daily expenses, personal habits, and social interactions, providing you with relatable and practical language use. By listening and shadowing the speaker’s tone and pace, you will improve both your pronunciation and comprehension skills, essential for IELTS speaking practice or any conversational English situations.

Key Vocabulary & Phrases

  • latte - a type of coffee drink made with espresso and steamed milk
  • justified - explaining the reasons behind an action or decision
  • in-unit laundry - laundry facilities located within an apartment
  • wash and fold - a service that washes, dries, and folds laundry for you
  • punch card - a card used to track purchases and rewards
  • lonely - feeling sad because of being alone
  • routine - a sequence of actions regularly followed
  • social interaction - communication and engagement with others

Practice Tips

To effectively utilize this content for your English speaking practice, try the following shadowing technique with the video:

  • Watch the video without sound first, observing the speaker's mouth movements and expressions. This prepares you for mimicking their speech patterns.
  • Play the video at a slower speed if available, allowing you to catch every word. This is particularly helpful for understanding the nuances of phrases like "minimum $100 down the drain."
  • Repeat short segments of dialogue immediately after you hear them. Focus on reproducing the intonation and rhythm of the speaker's voice. Practicing phrases like "Every eight coffees, I get a free one" will enhance your fluency.
  • After shadowing the main parts, engage in a self-dialogue about your own experiences with expenses or social interactions similar to those discussed. This could be an excellent way to incorporate new vocabulary into your speaking practice.

By integrating the learn English with YouTube method into your routine, you create an opportunity to practice conversational English actively and engagingly. Happy learning!

Qu'est-ce que la technique du Shadowing ?

Le Shadowing est une technique d'apprentissage des langues fondée sur la science, développée à l'origine pour la formation des interprètes professionnels. Le principe est simple mais puissant : vous écoutez de l'anglais natif et le répétez immédiatement à voix haute — comme une ombre suivant le locuteur avec un décalage de 1 à 2 secondes. Les recherches montrent une amélioration significative de la précision de la prononciation, de l'intonation, du rythme, des liaisons, de la compréhension orale et de la fluidité.

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