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Hey English learners!
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Welcome to this A2 English listening practice video.
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I hope you're doing well and that you're ready to practice your listening comprehension.
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And in today's video, I'm going to talk about some unique things in the U.S.
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Some things that might be particular to the U.S or maybe they're more common here.
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So, I'm sure you'll enjoy this video.
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And I also want to remind you that if you need my help to improve your pronunciation,
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for example, if you can't really distinguish between the words bus and boss,
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if you need help with those kinds of things,
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make sure to click on the link below to sign up for my membership so you can get my training.
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All right, let me sit down and we'll get started.
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Okay, let me talk about some unique things here in the US.
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First of all, one of the things that you will notice when you come here is that there's a lot of space.
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So what do I mean when I say this?
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Well, a good example is streets here, roads, highways.
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You'll notice that the lanes are usually pretty wide.
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There's a lot of space,
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even just the number of lanes.
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Oftentimes on freeways or on other streets, There are many lanes.
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There's more space.
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They are wider.
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Even in parking lots, usually we have big parking lots at grocery stores and
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other types of malls and things like that and parking is typically free in these types of parking lots,
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which is nice but there's a lot of space when it comes to roads and parking lots.
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Also houses, right?
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Houses tend to be a little bigger here than in other countries maybe.
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There are bigger yards like there's more space outside the house,
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behind the house, in in front of the house,
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so there's more space there.
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Oftentimes, each member, each person who lives in that house,
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they have more personal space.
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It's less common in the US for children to share bedrooms with other siblings.
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In other countries, that's super common.
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In the US, it's less common.
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Oftentimes, each kid has their own bedroom.
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So, you see what I'm saying.
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There's a lot of space here.
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People really like their space.
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You can see it when you look at the houses here,
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the yards, the streets, all of that.
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There's a lot of space for people here.
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Another thing that I wanted to mention is that the US has a very strong state identity in each state.
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The US has 50 states and each state has an identity that's unique from other states and oftentimes there's pride,
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like people are proud of their state.
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This I think is is bigger in the US than in other countries.
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In other countries there are fewer distinctions between states.
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Maybe people think more about cities rather than states,
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but in the US, states have a very strong identity.
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Not only that, but they also have different laws So some things are legal in some states,
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but illegal in other states.
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That's really important to know, right?
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The atmosphere is different.
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The culture is different in different states.
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I live in California and it's very different here from other states in the US.
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So we have a very strong state identity in each state
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and a lot of distinctions and differences between different states, different laws.
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So this is something that is a little unique because I think
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that in most other countries states don't have as much power,
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they can't make many different laws that are different from other states,
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people might not pay as much attention to states and distinctions.
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So I think it's something that exists more here in the US than in other countries.
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Maybe I'm wrong, but it's what I've noticed.
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Another unique thing in the US is the sports.
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In the US, we don't have one dominant sport.
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But in most countries, this is the case.
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Usually it's soccer.
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Like, soccer is by far the most popular sport and the other sports are down here.
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In the US, we don't have this.
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American football is the most popular sport that people watch.
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But it's not the dominant sport.
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There are a lot of other sports that many people watch,
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like basketball, like baseball, even hockey.
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Soccer is becoming a little more popular.
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We don't have one dominant sport.
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And it's funny because this year is a World Cup year.
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And often when Americans watch the World Cup,
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they have to learn some of the rules of soccer
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because soccer is not the dominant sport here like it is in other countries.
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I can remember watching the World Cup here
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and the commentators had to explain a couple of the rules like things that were not allowed.
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People here don't know what offsides means so it just shows
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that soccer is not our dominant sport so So that's kind of unique here.
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And one other unique thing in the US is the incredible amount of variety here.
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There are tons of different products,
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for example, that you can buy in the US.
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You see many, many options
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and a lot of people like to come here to go shopping because of all of the variety.
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And for example, my wife's family,
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they often ask us to buy specific things here and take them to Mexico when we visit them,
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for example, because it's a lot easier to find those products here.
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We have a lot of variety.
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even online shopping, it might be really expensive to buy certain products if you live in another country.
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So you just don't buy those products.
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But here in the US it's usually pretty cheap to have things delivered
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so it makes it seem like we have more variety
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because we can choose from all these different products and we don't have to pay a ton of money for shipping, right?
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So it also makes it feel like there's more variety.
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Also with restaurants, for example,
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when people want to go out to eat here they usually
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say what do you feel like today do you feel
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like Chinese Mexican Thai Mediterranean etc they often
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give options of other countries cuisines that's super common here
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because we have a huge variety of different cuisines from all over the world.
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Of course in other countries you have this too,
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but it's a very very wide variety here.
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Like just in my city I can go eat food from Bangladesh,
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from Nepal, from wherever countries where many people have never even tried their food before.
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It's really cool to have all of this variety when it comes to restaurants.
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So those were some of the unique things that I wanted to mention.
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Maybe in the future I'll do another video and talk about some other elements,
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other unique elements in the US.
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but I hope you enjoyed this video.
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Remember that if you want my pronunciation training,
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click on the link below to sign up and you can start to improve your pronunciation skills in English.
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So check that out and thank you all for listening
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and watching this video and I'll talk to you in the next one.
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このA2英語リスニング練習ビデオでは、アメリカのユニークな特徴について学ぶことができます。言語を学ぶ上で、実際の会話の文脈で練習することは非常に重要です。このビデオでは、アメリカの広いスペースや州ごとの独自のアイデンティティなど、具体的な話題が取り上げられています。これにより、日常会話で使われる語彙や表現を効果的に学ぶことができます。また、リスニングと同時に自分の声を重ねて発音を練習する「英語シャドーイング」も推奨されています。実際に声に出して話すことで、発音や流暢さが向上し、自信を持って英語を話せるようになります。
文法と表現の文脈
このビデオでは、以下のような重要な文法構造や表現が使われています：
- there's a lot of space（たくさんのスペースがある）: 物理的な広さを表現するのに役立つフレーズです。
- it's less common（あまり一般的ではない）: 比較を使い、何が一般的で何がそうでないかを示す表現です。
- each state has an identity（各州にはアイデンティティがある）: 所属やアイデンティティの重要性に焦点を当てた文です。
- people are proud of their state（人々は自分の州を誇りに思っている）: 感情や pride を表す文で、文化的な側面を強調しています。
これらの表現を使って、さまざまな文脈で会話の幅を広げることができます。
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ビデオで取り上げられた発音の中で、特に注意が必要な言葉やアクセントがあります。例えば、bus（バス）とboss（上司）は、似た音であるため、正確に区別することが重要です。このような発音の違いを練習することで、よりはっきりとした発音が身に付きます。shadow speakやshadowspeakを取り入れた練習を行うことで、自信を持って英語を話せるようになるでしょう。また、YouTubeで英語学習をする際は、積極的に声を出して練習することが鍵です。
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