Pratica di Shadowing: Daily Life and Routines in English | Easy English Conversation for Beginners - Impara a parlare inglese con YouTube
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Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Enjoy English Talks,
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where every conversation helps you learn.
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I'm Judy.
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Hello, Judy.
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Hello, everyone.
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I'm Jake.
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How are you today, Judy?
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I am very happy today, Jake.
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I had a wonderful morning.
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Oh?
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What made it wonderful?
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I woke up early.
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I had my coffee by the window.
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The sun was out.
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Very peaceful.
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Ah, the sun.
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I love sunny mornings, but I did not wake up early today.
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No?
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Why not?
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The alarm rang.
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I pressed snooze.
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Snooze.
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Do you know this word, everyone?
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Snooze means you stop the alarm for five more minutes.
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You go back to sleep.
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Five more minutes, then five more minutes, then five more minutes.
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And then you are late.
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Yes, I was a little late today.
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Well, Jake, this is actually our topic today.
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Being late?
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No, our topic is daily routines.
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Routines?
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What is a routine?
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A routine is the things you do every day, in the same order.
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For example, I wake up,
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I make coffee, I open the window.
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Every day.
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That is my morning routine.
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Ah, a routine is like a plan, but every day.
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Exactly.
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And everyone has a routine,
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even if it is a little different each day.
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I have a routine.
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I wake up, I press snooze, I press snooze again.
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That is a routine, yes.
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But first, before we start,
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We love our listeners.
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Okay, let's talk about our day.
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Let's start in the morning.
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Jake, what is the first thing you do in the morning,
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after the snooze button?
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After snooze, I get out of bed.
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Good.
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Get out of bed.
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That is a very common phrase.
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I get out of bed.
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What next?
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I go to the bathroom.
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I wash my face.
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I brush my teeth.
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Perfect.
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Those are the basics.
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Wash your face, brush your teeth.
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We all do this every day.
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Yes.
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And after that, coffee.
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Of course.
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Coffee is very important for you.
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Very, very important.
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I cannot talk before coffee.
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I believe you.
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I also love coffee, but I do one thing before coffee.
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Before coffee?
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What is more important than coffee?
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I open the window.
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Fresh air.
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Fresh air before coffee.
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You are very healthy, Judy.
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I try.
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The fresh air wakes me up.
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My body wakes up naturally.
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For me, only coffee wakes me up.
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Nothing else.
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Different routines.
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Both are okay.
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Now, breakfast.
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Do you eat breakfast, Jake?
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Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Jake, breakfast is important.
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I know.
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When I have time, I eat toast.
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Toast.
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Good quick and easy I eat a bigger breakfast yogurt with fruit
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that is healthy I only have toast with butter toast is good simple
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and what about after breakfast you get ready yes I take
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a shower a very hot shower very hot very very hot it wakes me up like coffee
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but for my body that is a good description coffee for my body.
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I take a warm shower.
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Then I get dressed.
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Getting dressed.
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This is my problem, Judy.
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Your problem?
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Yes.
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I open my wardrobe.
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My wardrobe is where I keep my clothes.
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I look inside and I think,
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um, I have nothing to wear.
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Jake, you have many clothes.
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I know, but nothing looks right in the morning.
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I try one shirt.
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No. I try another.
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No. How long does this take?
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Maybe 15 minutes.
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Maybe 20.
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20 minutes just for clothes?
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Yes.
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I have a solution, Jake.
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Please tell me.
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Choose your clothes the night before.
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Before you sleep, you pick your outfit for tomorrow.
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In the morning, no thinking.
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Just put them on.
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Oh, the night before.
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That is very smart.
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It saves a lot of time and stress.
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I will try this tonight.
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Choose my clothes tonight for tomorrow.
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Exactly.
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You got it.
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Good.
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Now you are dressed.
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Time to go to work.
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How do you commute?
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Commute?
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What is commute?
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Commute means travel from home to work every day.
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How do you travel to work?
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Oh, I take the bus.
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I commute by bus.
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Good.
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I commute by bus.
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Is it crowded?
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Very crowded.
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Many, many people.
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And what do you do on the bus?
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I put in my headphones.
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I listen to music or a podcast.
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A podcast?
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Like Enjoy English Talks?
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Yes.
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Enjoy English Talks on the bus.
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Very useful.
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I hope so.
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I commute by walking.
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You walk?
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every day yes about 20 minutes I enjoy walking in the
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morning 20 minutes is a long walk I don't mind I
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look at the trees I think about my day no headphones
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just thinking just thinking it is very peaceful I like
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that idea peaceful it means calm quiet yes exactly peaceful calm quiet no stress my morning walk is peaceful.
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My bus is not peaceful.
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No, but the podcast helps.
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Okay, we arrive at work.
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Jake, what is the first thing you do?
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I make a coffee.
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Another coffee?
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The home coffee and the work coffee.
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Two coffees.
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Two coffees every morning.
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Sometimes three.
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Jake.
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I know.
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And then I check my emails I start my tasks me
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too I read my emails first then I plan my tasks
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for the day tasks means the work I need to do
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yes I have many tasks sometimes too many I understand
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and lunchtime do you bring food from home
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or do you buy I buy I don't have time to prepare in the morning because of the 20-minute wardrobe.
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Yes, exactly.
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So I buy a sandwich or soup near the office.
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I bring my lunch from home.
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I prepare it the night before.
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The night before again?
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You prepare everything the night before.
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Yes, clothes and lunch both the night before.
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You are so organized, Judy.
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It saves time in the morning and it is cheaper to bring food from home.
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That is true buying every day is expensive
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and do you eat with your colleagues at lunch yes sometimes
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we sit together we talk we laugh it's a good break
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yes a lunch break is important your brain needs rest too my brand needs food
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and rest and coffee yes all three
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and what about the afternoon how do you feel at three
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o'clock clock three o'clock this is a dangerous time dangerous why sah my eyes feel heavy
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I look at my computer and I think, I need to sleep.
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Yes, many people feel this way in the afternoon.
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It is very normal.
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Do you feel this too, Judy?
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Yes, around three o'clock, my energy goes down.
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I feel slow.
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Slow.
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Yes, everything feels slow.
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What do you do?
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I drink another coffee, of course.
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Another one?
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Jake, how many coffees is that today?
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Three, maybe four.
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Jake!
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I know, but it helps,
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and sometimes I eat a small snack.
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A snack?
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Do you know this word?
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A snack is a small amount of food,
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not a meal, just a little something between meals.
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Yes, a small snack, a biscuit or a banana.
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Good.
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I also have a snack in the afternoon,
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an apple or some nuts.
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Nuts, like peanuts?
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Yes, peanuts, almonds, small and healthy.
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I like peanuts, but I usually eat biscuits with chocolate.
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Of course you do.
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I also drink green tea in the afternoon.
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No more coffee for me after lunch.
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Green tea, does that help?
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Yes, it is lighter than coffee
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and it helps me feel calm calm no stress peaceful exactly
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very good jake i will try green tea tomorrow after my fourth coffee one step at a time
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and after work how do you feel ah tired very tired
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me too after a long day i am always ready to go home the best moment is
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when i open my front door.
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Yes, home is the best.
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What is the first thing you do when you get home?
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I take off my shoes.
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I change my clothes immediately.
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Oh yes, comfortable clothes.
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No more work clothes.
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T-shirt and soft pants.
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The most important moment of my day.
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I do the same.
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Change clothes the moment I arrive.
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And then?
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I sit on my sofa.
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Just sit.
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I do nothing for 10 minutes.
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Just sit.
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Yes, even 10 minutes of quiet is very good after work.
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My brain needs to stop.
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And then dinner.
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Do you cook?
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I try, but I'm not a great cook.
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What happened?
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One time I made pasta.
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The pasta was okay, but I put too much salt.
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Too much salt?
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I took one bite and I drank a lot of water after.
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A lot.
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Too much salt is a common mistake.
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And one time I forgot the pasta and the water for too long.
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Oh no. And the pasta?
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Very soft.
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Very, very soft.
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Like soup.
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Pasta soup.
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Pasta soup.
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That is creative, Jake.
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My cooking is very creative.
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That's a good word for it.
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I love that.
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Okay, so what do you make now?
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Simple things.
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Pasta, eggs.
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Sometimes I order food.
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Ordering food is easy and sometimes necessary.
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Very easy and delicious.
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I like to cook in the evening.
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I have more time after work.
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I make soup or vegetables.
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That is healthy.
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And I find cooking relaxing,
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chopping vegetables, listening to music.
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Chopping.
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You mean cutting.
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Yes.
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Chopping is cutting food into small pieces.
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I chop the onion.
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I chop the carrots.
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Ah, chopping.
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I chop badly.
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Practice makes perfect.
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Maybe I order food and you chop.
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Good system.
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And the evening, after dinner, what do you do?
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I watch a series on TV or my phone.
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What kind of series?
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Drama, action, sometimes comedy.
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I like comedy.
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Yes, comedy is good after a long day.
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Laughing helps you relax.
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Relax.
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Put down all the stress.
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Be comfortable.
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Exactly.
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Very good.
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And I read before bed.
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About 30 minutes.
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Reading before bed.
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I try, but I fall asleep after two pages.
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That means the book is relaxing you.
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Very relaxing.
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What time do you go to bed, Judy?
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I go to bed at 10 o'clock.
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10?
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That is early.
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I am a morning person.
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I wake up early, so I sleep early.
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I go to bed at midnight.
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Midnight?
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Jake!
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I know.
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One more episode, then one more, then one more.
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And your phone?
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Do you look at your phone before bed?
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Yes.
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I check messages.
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I look at social media.
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Just for a few minutes.
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A few minutes?
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Maybe 30 minutes.
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Jake!
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Maybe one hour.
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Jake!
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I know, I know.
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The phone is bad before sleep.
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Blue light.
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It wakes up your brain.
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Exactly.
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Blue light is the light from your phone or computer screen.
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It tells your brain, it is daytime.
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Do not sleep.
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So my brain thinks it is daytime at midnight.
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Yes.
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That is why it is hard to sleep.
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I need to put the phone down.
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But it is very hard.
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Try to put the phone down 30 minutes before bed.
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Just 30 minutes.
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30 minutes.
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No phone.
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I can try.
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Good.
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Your brain will thank you.
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My brain says thank you, Judy.
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You're welcome, Jake's brain.
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Okay, back to your evening.
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What time do you sleep?
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Very late.
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One more episode, then one more, then one more.
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One more episode.
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The most dangerous three words.
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And then it is midnight.
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So, Jake, you are an evening person.
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You like the evening.
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You like to stay up late.
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Yes, I am an evening person.
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I am good at night, not in the morning.
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And I'm a morning person.
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I'm good in the morning, not at midnight.
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Morning person, evening person.
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Both are okay?
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Both are completely normal.
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The important thing is to know yourself and make a routine that works for you.
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That makes sense.
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Work with your body, not against it.
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Exactly.
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You said it perfectly.
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Okay, let's review what we talked about today.
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Yes, review time.
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Today we talked about daily routines.
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Yes, all the things we do every day.
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In the morning, at work, in the evening.
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Good.
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In the morning, we wake up,
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wash our face, brush our teeth.
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And drink coffee.
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Very important.
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And eat breakfast.
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Then we get dressed and commute to work.
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Commute.
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Travel from home to work.
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Jake by bus, Judy by walking.
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Good.
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You remembered.
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At work, we check emails,
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do our tasks, and have a lunch break.
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Buy lunch or bring lunch from home.
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After work, we go home,
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change into comfortable clothes, relax.
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Cook dinner, watch TV, read.
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And then sleep.
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Morning people sleep early, evening people sleep late.
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Both are normal.
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Perfect.
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You remembered everything, Jake.
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I learned a lot today.
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About routines and about your organized night before system.
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The night before system works.
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Try it.
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I will.
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Tonight.
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Well, that's all the time we have for today.
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Thank you so much for listening to Enjoy English Talks.
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Yes, thank you everyone.
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It was fun talking about our day.
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And we have a question for you today.
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Yes, please leave a comment below.
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Are you a morning person or an evening person?
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And tell us one thing you do every day.
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Write it in English.
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We would love to read your answers.
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See you next time.
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Bye, everyone.
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Keep practicing your English.
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Praticare l'inglese parlando è essenziale per sviluppare la fluidità e la sicurezza nella lingua. In questo video, Judy e Jake condividono le loro routine quotidiane, un argomento familiare e facile da comprendere per i principianti. Imparare l'inglese con YouTube offre un'opportunità unica di ascoltare conversazioni reali, il che aiuta a familiarizzare con la pronuncia e le espressioni di uso quotidiano. Parlando di routine quotidiane, i partecipanti possono immediatamente identificare situazioni comuni nelle quali possono utilizzare le frasi apprese.
Grammatica ed espressioni nel contesto
Nel video, alcune strutture grammaticali ed espressioni chiave emergono chiaramente e sono molto utili per chi sta imparare l'inglese con youtube. Ecco alcune delle più importanti:
- “I woke up early.” - Questa semplice frase usa il passato semplice per descrivere un'azione compiuta, utile per raccontare la propria giornata.
- “I pressed snooze.” - Qui si usa il verbo "press" (premere) per spiegare un'azione comune. Imparare verbi d'uso quotidiano è fondamentale per costruire frasi più complesse.
- “What is a routine?” - L'uso della struttura interrogativa aiuta a formulare domande, una competenza chiave per una conversazione interattiva.
- “This is actually our topic today.” - Questa frase introduce un argomento, un modo efficace per imparare a gestire le transizioni nelle conversazioni.
Trappole comuni nella pronuncia
Durante il video, ci sono alcune parole e frasi che potrebbero risultare difficili da pronunciare per i principianti. Ecco alcune di queste trappole di pronuncia:
- Snooze - La parola "snooze" può essere complicata; pronunciala con attenzione per non confonderla con altri suoni simili.
- Routine - Molti studenti potrebbero pronunciare "routine" in modo errato. Prova a ripetere la parola seguendo l'accento dei parlanti nel video.
- Peaceful - La pronuncia della "p" seguita da "eace" può risultare difficile; praticare questa parola in contesto può aiutare a migliorare.
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