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Hello, hello, hello!
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Welcome back to Daily English Talk.
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I'm Lily.
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And I'm Tom.
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On this channel, we help you speak English naturally, just like real people do in real life.
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Every single day, a new video.
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Every single day, new English.
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And today's topic is one of our favorites.
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We are talking about daily routines.
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What do you do in the morning?
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What do you do at night?
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And we are setting the scene in Los Angeles, California.
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Sun, palm trees, traffic, and very expensive coffee.
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Very, very expensive coffee.
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If you want to improve your English every day, hit that subscribe button right now.
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We upload every single day, and we never want you to miss a lesson.
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Okay, let's get into it.
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But before we start, I have a question for you, a very important question.
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Ooh, what is it?
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Tom had a very big problem this morning.
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Something went wrong with his routine, and I want you to listen carefully to our conversation today and try to guess, what did Tom forget to do this morning?
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Oh no, are you going to tell everyone?
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Yes, I am.
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Write your guess in the comments.
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We will answer at the end of the video.
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This is so embarrassing.
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Okay, let's start our conversation.
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Okay, Tom, tell me, what time do you wake up every day?
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I wake up at 6.30 in the morning.
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Every day.
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6.30.
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6.30?
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That is early!
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I know.
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I am a morning person.
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I love the morning.
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The city is quiet.
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The air is cool.
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It is beautiful.
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Okay, okay.
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I believe you.
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So you wake up at 6.30.
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Then what?
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Then 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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Good.
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Good routine.
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And then I make coffee.
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I always make coffee first before anything.
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Me too.
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I cannot start my day without coffee.
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I make coffee, I sit by the window, and I just look outside, the palm trees, the blue sky.
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It is so peaceful.
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Ah, that sounds amazing, Lily.
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I drink my coffee, and then I go to the gym.
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Every morning?
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Almost every morning.
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I work out for about 45 minutes.
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I run on the treadmill, I lift some weights.
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Tom, you make me feel so lazy.
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You are not lazy, Lily.
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You walk everywhere.
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That counts.
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I walk to the coffee shop.
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That is my exercise.
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That is not exercise, Lily.
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Okay, okay.
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So after the gym, what do you do?
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I come home, I take a shower, and I get dressed.
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Then I eat breakfast.
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What do you eat for breakfast?
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Eggs.
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Almost every day.
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Scrambled eggs, some toast, and orange juice.
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Oh, that is such a classic breakfast.
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I love it.
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I usually have yogurt and fruit in the morning.
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Very simple.
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Simple is good.
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Then I check my phone, I read some news, I answer some messages.
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Ah, and that is where my morning goes wrong sometimes.
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Tell me.
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What do you mean?
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Sometimes I pick up my phone and I start scrolling.
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and then suddenly it is nine o'clock and I am late.
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Tom!
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I know, I know.
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The phone is dangerous in the morning.
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The phone is a black hole in the morning.
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You go in and you do not come out.
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A black hole, exactly.
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Okay, so after breakfast, what do you do for work?
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I work from home three days a week.
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So on those days, I sit at my desk by 9.15, I start with emails, then I have meetings.
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I also work from home sometimes, but on other days I drive to the office.
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And in Los Angeles, driving means traffic.
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Ugh, the traffic in LA is no joke it is a full-time job just sitting in your car I
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listen to podcasts in the car English podcasts it's a good way to practice that is such a great tip you can learn
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English in the car on the bus on the train you do not need to sit at a desk exactly use your commute time Okay, what about lunch?
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Lunch is my favorite part of the day.
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I usually eat around noon.
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Sometimes I cook.
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Sometimes I order food.
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What do you order?
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There is a Mexican place near my apartment, Best Tacos in Los Angeles.
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I order from there at least twice a week.
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Only twice a week?
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I would go every day.
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You probably would.
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For lunch, I usually make a sandwich or a salad, something quick.
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quick.
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I do not like to spend a lot of time cooking during the day.
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Because you save your cooking energy for dinner.
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Exactly.
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Dinner is serious business.
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What do you make for dinner?
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I love cooking dinner.
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I make pasta.
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I make soup.
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I make stir fry.
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Last night I made chicken and vegetables and it was so good.
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Oh, that sounds incredible.
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You should come over sometime.
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Yes, please!
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And after dinner?
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After dinner I relax.
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I watch a show on Netflix, maybe I read a little.
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By 10 o'clock I am getting ready for bed.
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I do the same.
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I wash my face, I brush my teeth, I put on my pajamas and I get into bed.
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And then you look at your phone for one hour.
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Tom!
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Am I wrong?
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You are not wrong.
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We are all the same.
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Okay, by 11 I'm asleep and the next day it starts all over again.
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That is the routine.
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Wake up, coffee, work, eat, relax, sleep, repeat.
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The beautiful, simple Los Angeles life.
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Okay, let's talk about grammar.
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In our conversation we used a very important grammar structure.
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Did you notice it?
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We used the simple present tense and this tense is perfect for talking about routines, Things you do every day, every week, regularly.
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Let me show you the structure.
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It is very simple.
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The base form of the verb.
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Subject plus verb.
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I wake up.
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You eat.
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She works.
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I wake up.
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He wakes up.
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I drink coffee.
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She drinks coffee.
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Let's look at some examples from our conversation.
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I wake up at 6.30.
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He wakes up at 6.30.
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I make coffee every morning.
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She makes coffee every morning.
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You see the pattern?
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For I and you, no S.
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For he and she, add S.
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And the most common mistakes?
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People say, he wake up, no S.
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That is wrong.
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Always remember, he, she, it, they need that S.
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He wakes, she drinks, it starts.
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And for negatives, we use do not or does not.
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I do not eat meat.
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She does not drink coffee.
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Let's practice together.
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Repeat after me.
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I wake up at 7.
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Say it with me.
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I wake up at 7.
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She wakes up at 6.
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She wakes up at 6.
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He does not eat breakfast.
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He does not eat breakfast.
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Beautiful.
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You are doing amazing.
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Now let's learn the vocabulary.
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These are the most important words and phrases for talking about your daily routine in English.
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We have 10 expressions for you today.
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Let's go one by one.
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The first expression is wake up.
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W-A-K-E-U-P.
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Wake up.
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Wake up means to stop sleeping, to open your eyes, to start your day.
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I wake up at 7 o'clock.
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I wake up early on weekdays.
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Now your turn.
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Say it.
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I wake up at...
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What time do you wake up?
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Write it in the comments.
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I want to know.
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You know, when I first moved to Los Angeles, I could not wake up early.
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I was waking up at 10, 11 in the morning.
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I thought, this is terrible.
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I am wasting my day.
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What changed?
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I got a cat.
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The cat wakes me up at 6 every morning.
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No alarm needed.
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Best alarm clock.
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Repeat, wake up.
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Wake up.
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I wake up early.
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Next, get dressed.
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G-E-T-D-R-E-S-S-E-D.
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get dressed.
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Get dressed means to put on your clothes.
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After your shower, you get dressed.
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I get dressed in 10 minutes.
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She gets dressed before breakfast.
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Okay, I have to tell a story about getting dressed.
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Oh, yes?
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One time, I was running late for a meeting.
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I got dressed so fast.
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I grabbed my shirt, my pants, my shoes.
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I ran out the door.
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I got to the coffee shop where the meeting was.
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I sat down.
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My colleague looked at me very funny.
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Oh, what happened?
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I was wearing two different shoes.
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One black shoe, one brown shoe.
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Tom!
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The whole meeting I kept my feet under the table.
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Oh, Tom, that is amazing!
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Get dressed carefully, everyone.
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Check your shoes.
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Repeat, get dressed.
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Get dressed.
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I get dressed quickly.
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Next, have breakfast or eat breakfast.
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These mean the same thing.
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You can say, I have breakfast, or I eat breakfast.
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Both are correct.
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I have breakfast at 8 o'clock.
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He eats breakfast before work.
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In Los Angeles, there are so many amazing breakfast places.
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There is this one place near my apartment.
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They make pancakes the size of your head.
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What?
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Yes, giant, fluffy, golden pancakes.
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I go there every Sunday morning.
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It is my treat to myself.
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Aww, that sounds like the perfect Sunday.
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It is.
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Okay, repeat after me.
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Have breakfast.
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Have breakfast.
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I have breakfast every morning.
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Next word, commute.
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C-O-M-M-U-T-E.
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Commute.
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Commute means to travel from your home to your work, the trip to work and back home.
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My commute takes 45 minutes.
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She commutes by car every day.
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In Los Angeles, the commute is famous.
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Everyone knows about L.A.
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traffic.
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One time, I had a job downtown.
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The office was 12 miles from my apartment.
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Twelve miles?
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That is not far.
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One hour and 20 minutes, Lily, every morning.
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Oh my gosh, for 12 miles?
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Welcome to Los Angeles.
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That is why people listen to so many podcasts here.
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They have no choice.
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Exactly.
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Commute.
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Repeat after me.
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Commute.
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My commute is long.
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I commute to work by car.
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Next, take a break.
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T-A-K-E-B-R-E-A-K.
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Take a break.
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Take a break means to stop working for a short time, to rest a little during your day.
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I take a break at noon.
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We take a break every two hours.
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I used to never take breaks when I worked.
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I thought, I am so productive.
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I am working nonstop.
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Then I started taking short breaks, even 10 minutes, and my work got so much better.
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That is true.
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Breaks help your brain.
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You come back more focused.
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So please, everyone, take your breaks.
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Your brain needs it.
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Repeat.
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Take a break.
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Take a break.
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I take a break in the afternoon.
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Next, run errands.
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R-U-N-E-R-A-N-D-S.
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Run errands.
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Run errands means to do small tasks outside.
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Go to the supermarket, go to the bank, pick up a package.
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All of those are errands.
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I run errands after work.
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She runs errands on Saturday morning.
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In L.A., running errands means driving, always driving.
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I need to go to the grocery store, I drive.
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I need to go to the pharmacy, I drive.
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I need to go next door, I probably drive.
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That is not true.
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It is a little bit true.
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Los Angeles is not a walking city.
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Everything is far.
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Everything has a parking lot.
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It is very different from a city like New York, where you walk everywhere.
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Repeat, run errands.
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Run errands.
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I run errands on weekends.
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Next, cook dinner.
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C-O-O-K-D-I-N-N-E-R.
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Cook dinner.
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Cook dinner means to prepare the evening meal at home.
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I cook dinner at 7 o'clock.
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He cooks dinner for his family every night.
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I really love cooking dinner.
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For me, it is relaxing.
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I put on some music, I pour a glass of water, and I just cook.
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Chop vegetables, stir the sauce, smell the spices.
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Aw, that sounds so peaceful.
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It is.
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Cooking is my way of unwinding after a long day.
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My way of unwinding is ordering food and watching it arrive at my door that is also valid Tom thank
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you repeat cook dinner cook dinner I cook dinner at home and that brings us to our next word unwind you n w i n d unwind
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unwind means to relax after a stressful time to let go of the stress of the day I unwind by watching TV.
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She unwinds by reading a book.
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Everyone unwinds differently.
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My neighbor unwinds by going for a walk at sunset.
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You see that a lot in LA.
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People walking on the beach, walking in the park, just looking at the water.
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Los Angeles has beautiful sunsets.
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If you ever visit, you must watch the sunset at the beach.
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It is breathtaking.
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Repeat.
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Unwind.
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Unwind.
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I unwind in the evening.
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Almost done.
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Go to bed.
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G-O-T-O-B-E-D.
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Go to bed.
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Go to bed means to get into your bed to sleep to end your day.
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I go to bed at 10.30.
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He goes to bed very late on weekends.
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I used to go to bed so late.
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Midnight, 1 in the morning, and I felt terrible the next day.
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Then I started going to bed by 10.30 and everything changed.
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I had more energy.
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I was happier.
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I was more focused.
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Sleep is so important.
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You cannot learn English.
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You cannot work well.
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You cannot be happy if you do not sleep enough.
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Eight hours.
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That is the goal.
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I aim for eight.
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I usually get six.
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Tom.
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I know.
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I know.
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Repeat.
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Go to bed.
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Go to bed.
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I go to bed at 10 o'clock.
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And our last expression today, stick to a routine.
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S-T-I-C-K-T-O-A-R-O-U-T-I-N-E.
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Stick to a routine.
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Stick to a routine means to follow your routine every day, to not skip it, to be consistent.
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It is hard to stick to a routine at first.
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She sticks to her routine even on weekends.
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When I first tried to create a morning routine, I stuck to it for two days.
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And then I stopped.
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Then I tried again and again and again.
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Eventually, it just became natural.
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It became automatic.
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And that is the key.
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You have to be patient with yourself.
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Building a routine takes time.
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Do not give up after three days.
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Start small.
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Wake up at the same time every day.
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That is your first step.
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Stick to a routine.
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Repeat, stick to a routine.
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I try to stick to my routine every day.
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Okay, let's review everything we learned today.
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Ten expressions for your daily routine in English.
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Number one, wake up, stop sleeping, and start your day.
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Number two, get dressed, put on your clothes.
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Number three, have breakfast or eat breakfast, your morning meal.
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Number four, commute, travel from home to work.
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Number five, take a break.
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Stop and rest for a short time.
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Number six, run errands.
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Do small tasks outside.
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Number seven, cook dinner.
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Make your evening meal at home.
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Number eight, unwind.
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Relax after a busy day.
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Number nine, dough to bed.
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Get into bed to sleep.
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And number ten, stick to a routine.
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Follow your routine every day, consistently.
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These are words and phrases you can use every single day, your real life, in English.
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And now it is your turn.
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Tell us, what does your daily routine look like?
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Tell us in the comments.
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Use the words we practiced today.
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Write one sentence, just one, like, I wake up at 7, I commute by dusk, I unwind by cooking.
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Simple.
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We read every single comment.
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We love hearing from you.
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If you learned something new today, give this video a thumbs up.
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It really helps our channel grow.
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And hit that subscribe button.
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We upload every single day.
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A new lesson every day just for you.
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We are so happy you are here.
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You are part of this family now.
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Your English is growing every single day.
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You are getting better.
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Keep going.
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We believe in you.
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We will see you tomorrow.
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Same place, same family.
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Take care of yourselves.
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Bye for now.
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Bye everyone!
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Contesto & Sfondo

Nel video intitolato "La mia routine quotidiana in inglese | Mattina e notte a Los Angeles", i relatori Lily e Tom condividono i dettagli delle loro giornate in un contesto vivace e tipico della California. La conversazione si concentra sulle routine quotidiane, rendendola ideale per chi sta imparando l'inglese. Questo tipo di pratica di conversazione in inglese è fondamentale per migliorare le proprie abilità comunicative e comprendere meglio l'uso quotidiano della lingua. La leggerezza e l'umorismo nell'interazione rendono l'apprendimento più coinvolgente e naturale.

Le 5 Frasi Chiave per la Comunicazione Quotidiana

  • I wake up at 6.30 in the morning. (Mi sveglio alle 6.30 del mattino.)
  • I go to the bathroom. (Vado in bagno.)
  • The air is cool. (L'aria è fresca.)
  • Every single day, a new video. (Ogni singolo giorno, un nuovo video.)
  • What time do you wake up every day? (A che ora ti svegli ogni giorno?)

Queste frasi possono essere utilizzate in molte situazioni quotidiane. Per chi sta iniziando a imparare, è utile esercitarsi con queste espressioni per migliorare la pronuncia inglese e la fluidità nel parlato.

Guida Passo-Passo per il Shadowing

Il shadowing è una tecnica efficace per migliorare le proprie capacità linguistiche. Ecco come puoi utilizzare il video per la tua pratica di shadowing:

  1. Ascolta attentamente: Prima, guarda il video senza interruzioni per comprendere il contesto.
  2. Annota le espressioni chiave: Scrivi le frasi che ti sembrano più utili, come quelle elencate sopra.
  3. Ripeti ad alta voce: Utilizza la tecnica dello shadowspeak: ascolta una breve frase e ripetila immediatamente, cercando di imitare intonazione e pronuncia.
  4. Pratica regolarmente: Ripeti questa esercitazione ogni giorno. Questo ti aiuterà a migliorare non solo la pronuncia inglese ma anche la tua confidenza nel parlare.
  5. Interagisci: Scrivi nei commenti le tue risposte a domande poste nel video, come "Che ora ti svegli di solito?" e interagisci con la community per praticare la conversazione in inglese.

Utilizzando l’approccio del shadowing, attraverso un sito dedicato al shadow speak, puoi massimizzare il tuo apprendimento in modo divertente e stimolante. Ricorda: la costanza è la chiave per progredire nel tuo percorso di apprendimento dell'inglese!

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?

Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.

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