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Let's start off by talking about your job.
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Do you work or do you study?
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I work as a cabin crew.
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It's been two years that I've been working as a flight attendant.
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It's good.
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What do you enjoy about your job?
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So I feel like there's a lot of perks, but there are a lot of negatives to it as well.
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Like it's a physical job.
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It requires you to be a very healthy person.
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You need to exercise a lot.
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You need to work out.
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You need to look like you need to take care of yourself.
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You need to take care of your diet.
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But what I enjoy the most is that, you know, you get to go to all these places that you maybe would have only dreamed about.
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So for me, I think that's the biggest perk that I can go to all these places,
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see all those landmarks that I have been seeing when I was a kid or meet all those people.
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Why does someone need to be fit and healthy to do your job?
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um
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because it's very physical job uh you need to always be
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on your toes there's a lot of walking i mean for
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me on an average day i walk about like 10 000 steps easy like 6 000 maybe on a flight
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but then when you land you go to the airport you go to the hotel
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and you obviously want to go out have like you know some food
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or drinks so i prefer walking so usually on an average i do like 10 to 15,000 steps, which I like as well.
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But then it also, you know, it's a lot of exhaustion because you're already tired.
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And so I feel like it's a very physical job.
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It keeps you on the move.
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It keeps you running, I think.
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Do you think you will do that job for your whole career
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or would you like to do something different in the future?
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I don't think I can do it like for too long because it is again, a very tiring job.
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It has its perks, but then I feel like I don't think I can do it for so long because
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Sometimes it just gets to you.
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Every layover, every city just becomes the same.
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Every hotel becomes the same.
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Some days I really crave just sleeping in my own bed, you know, being with my family.
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That's it.
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Now let's talk about travel.
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What's your favorite travel destination?
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For me, I think it's Stockholm, Sweden.
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I never knew that place existed because my geography is super bad.
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But when I went there for the first time, I loved that place.
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I loved that place it was the vibe of
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that place it's it's a very slow city i think as compared to dubai
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so i feel like people over there they live a very
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slow life you can just see people walking you know with their dogs
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and pets and children and it's just
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so nice to look at them living a very slow life
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and i feel like the weather over there is very nice
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as well the sunset is like at 10 p.m 11 so i feel they have a longer day in the summers.
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So yeah, I really like that place.
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When you go on holiday, do you prefer to be active or just sit by the pool?
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I want it to be a relaxing time because my job requires me to be on the toes every day.
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So for me, vacations are more like I want to just sit back.
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I just want to relax.
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And I'm more of a mountain person.
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So I just go anywhere for the views.
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So I just want to go sit and have a really nice view from my balcony.
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Probably if it's mountains, I would love it.
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Is food and drink important when you're deciding where to travel to?
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I'm not a foodie.
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I'm not a huge fan of food.
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So I would, I'm, I'm somebody who just eats to live.
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Like, yeah, just give me anything, you know, I'm somebody who goes for McDonald's in New York. So yeah.
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Are there any types of holidays
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that you really dislike dislike um not really no i feel like holidays
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or any sort of day
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that just gives you a little bit of free time from
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your daily routine i think it's just you should just celebrate
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it yes just be happy about it now let's talk about
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birthdays can you tell me about your last birthday oh yeah
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um i never had a birthday party in my whole life
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but last year i was like why not you know
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if nobody's throwing me one i will throw myself one so
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that is what i did i came up with the whole theme
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and you know bought all the banners birthday girl
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and you know the things
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that you wear on your head although i feel i felt for a minute
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that i was way too older for that
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but i was like never mind i should just do it
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so and mark it off so i went back home to pakistan
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and i gathered a I asked them if they could come and join me to celebrate my birthday.
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And I loved it.
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Can you remember a birthday party or a birthday gift from when you were a child?
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Not really.
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No, my memory is a little bit hazed when it comes to my childhood.
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So I don't think I remember any.
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We used to celebrate.
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I know I remember that.
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But any gift particularly, I don't think so.
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I don't remember.
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Can you remember any gifts that you've given other people on their birthday?
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For me, always the handwritten letters was a very huge thing.
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Like I would, this was the first thing I would do.
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If anybody's birthday was coming, I would just go and write a handwritten letter.
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That was the first thing I would do.
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A gift, yeah, maybe I would buy something, but that was like a mandatory thing that I would do.
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If you could have a dream birthday in the future, what would it look like?
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I always wanted to like do a dream destination birthday.
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Like I want to go someplace and I want to be able to like invite all my friends and, you know, like sort of take on all the expenses.
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I don't want them to pay for anything.
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So I want to like invite them and they they're just there to enjoy.
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So that's like my dream birthday celebration.
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I want to go to someplace, ask them to come over so we can just have fun.
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Recently, a lot of my colleagues, they were talking about this app called ClassPass.
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and every time I would ask them were you guys going for yoga
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or this and then they were like class pass I'm using class pass
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and I'm like okay and what's the hype about this one you know
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and then again suddenly this whole thing started coming up on my for you page on tiktok
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and instagram that was like is it just like you know my I don't know ai or like algorithm like
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messing with me or should I just actually look into it
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so I went on google and you know instagram
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and i was just looking on people who had reposted about this one
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so and they were like some super nice positive reviews
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and i was shocked i was like
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or maybe it's just a marketing thing you know where they
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pay you basically to put on all these nice reviews
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but then i was also looking for something uh where i
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can just you know i wouldn't have to like look for
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different studios every time different places to go for yoga
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because i was actually thinking about going for a yoga certification
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so i want to get into that routine of doing yoga
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so that's when i decided to join class pass
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and i kid you not it was i think the best
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decision decision i have ever taken uh i just came back from singapore like 2 a.m this morning
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and i did take a class for yoga in singapore and
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that was amazing like it was one of the best classes i've ever had it just
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and also i mean yoga makes me feel good anyway but
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that class was like so full of energy and all those different people
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that i was meeting for the first time in that class
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and the convenience i think
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that app gave me you know to book a class anywhere in the world i think that's amazing
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if you're working as as a cabin crew.
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So I would, I think I would do that again, if I am on a layover, because usually sometimes you get so lazy that you don't want to do anything.
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So I think that would be something that would get me out of the bed.
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So we've been talking about a product or service that you reviewed or looked at the reviews,
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and we're going to continue to talk about online reviews and customer service and things like that in part three.
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What kind of person do you think writes a lot of
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online reviews personally i think somebody who is very particular
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or a pessimist i think uh they wanna either let the world know what happened to them
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or just you know uh make sure
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that what happened to me doesn't happen to someone else i mean it's kind
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but i don't think like you should be doing that a lot
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because i see some people they want to review everything I think everything.
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You will see that one person talking about everything and mostly it is negative.
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So yeah, those people, I think they're not very happy with their lives.
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I'm sorry if I'm being so candid.
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Now let's talk about customer service.
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Do you agree that customers are more likely to complain these days compared to the past?
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I believe yes, because of the platforms that are being provided
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and how convenient it has become to write a review or just let them know about your opinions or feelings.
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I feel like it's yes, 100% very, very easy for people to complain
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and less likely for them to say nice things about a product or a service.
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How important is it for companies to take these negative reviews seriously?
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It is very important, yes, because if you're a developing company, if you're a young company, and if you really want to grow,
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it is definitely very important to take in all this negative complaints and see how you can improve.
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But I also believe in a way you shouldn't give all
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the authority to the customers to dictate how you want to run your company because you are the CEO here.
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So you should know how to do it.
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Do you think some companies that provide reviews such as Google have too much power over companies?
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Maybe yes.
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Like I would say it's a 50-50 because at the end of the day, a consumer is the one who decides if he wants to use that product or a service.
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But mainly if you are giving somebody the first impression that it's not a very good product or a service.
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So people are less likely to go for it.
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If Google or all these places are the first places
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that they're going to go and read maybe three or four negative reviews, that's when they decide they're not going to go for this one.
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So I feel like it's a 50-50.
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So I'm going to give some feedback on part one, part two, and part three, and then we're going to talk about your scores and give you feedback and how you could improve.
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So I really liked the way that you addressed part one in a very informal way.
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You were using lots of idiomatic language and lots of informal language and things like saying, you know, I'm always on my toes and I'm not a foodie.
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And, you know, and it was like talking to a native English speaker.
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A lot of people think
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that you get a higher score for using really academic formal
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language that's actually not the case you you would get higher marks for using more informal language like you did and
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because it's actually more difficult anyone can learn a list of
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academic phrases it's very very difficult to learn those idiomatic phrases
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like like these sometimes it just gets to you okay
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and what's the hype about this one you know i kid
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you not those type of phrases are only really used by native English speakers
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and therefore they're more difficult for a learner to access
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and they're normally the last thing a learner will learn
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and before reaching you know not native speaker level
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but a very very high level of English and you do
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that in most of your answers
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which is really really good you also did it in part two
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and I also like the way you speak with emotion you're very enthusiastic
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and that can help you with pronunciation believe it or not
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because pronunciation you divide it into two the first part of pronunciation
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which is the most important
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which is can i understand what you're saying i can understand every single word
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so you're from pakistan so you have an accent
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but there's no nothing wrong with
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that i think it's much better to speak in your own accent clearly than to try
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and sound english or american it just sounds weird and it yeah it gets a lot worse.
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But the second part of pronunciation is what we would call higher level pronunciation features.
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Part of that is intonation.
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Intonation means when your voice goes up and your voice goes down.
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We use intonation to signal how we feel and we use intonation to signal meaning.
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So for example when you came in late today, if I said hey come on come on and sit down So my voice is going up.
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But imagine I say the exact same words.
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Hey, come in, sit down.
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Yeah.
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So the words are exactly the same.
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But do I feel different?
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One is I'm happy.
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Don't worry.
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It's difficult to get parking here.
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The other one is I'm annoyed.
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So exactly the same words, but completely different meaning depending on the tone.
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But one way that we help students with their intonation, with their voice naturally going up, is to just be more enthusiastic.
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Because if we are bored and we are serious, we will speak in a very monotone, flat way.
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But if it's like, hey, how are you doing?
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I'm very excited to talk about this.
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And you do that so naturally.
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Like we didn't tell you to do that.
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That's just who you are as a person.
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You seem like a very bubbly, happy person.
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Many people watching will say, how can I do that?
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You know, I'm under a lot of pressure.
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I'm very stressed.
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I need a high score the more preparation you do, the more confidence that you can have, the more you can be yourself.
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And people watching, even if it's a very, you know, we were asking you about online reviews, not the most exciting topic in the world to talk about,
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but you did do that.
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You know, you were talking more enthusiastically about that.
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So I was very, very impressed with that.
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Part three, again, also good.
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I mean, it's difficult to talk about those topics.
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I was throwing more difficult topics at you.
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And one way
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that you could possibly develop your answers a little bit more would be to go a little bit deeper on the example.
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So you were saying, well, there's all these platforms that do reviews.
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So maybe pick one of them.
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That could be Google, that could be Facebook, that could be Trustpilot or whatever it is.
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If you can't think of them, like don't, but it just makes it easier for you to discuss that and talk about that a little bit more detail.
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But you did that a lot.
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Like you were talking about ClassPass, you were talking about Singapore and the yoga class, like you were going into a lot of detail
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and showing examples naturally it's just if you got stuck
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so sometimes they will especially at your level
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if they think you might be like a band-aid band nine
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in part three they will throw really difficult topics at you
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because they want to test you
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and they want to stretch you like is can this is this person about eight
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or about 8.5
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or about nine they won't throw easy stuff at you they'll throw more difficult stuff at you
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because you're capable of doing that so if
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that happens always give an answer
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and one easy way to develop your answer is to go deep excuse me on those examples okay
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so to give you feedback on the marking criteria your fluency
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is excellent you can speak you know naturally without pausing without hesitation the only times
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when you do pause or you do hesitate is
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when you're thinking of an idea you're never pausing and hesitating
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because you're searching for the right word or the right grammar or you don't know how to say it in English.
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It's always just thinking of the content rather than the language if that makes sense.
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So no problems with fluency at all.
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I haven't tested you too much on really difficult topics but I think you would be fine.
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Your pronunciation is very very impressive, crystal clear and you're using those higher level pronunciation features like intonation.
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you also use a lot of things like connected speech for
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example you don't say i went to a yoga class in
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singapore i went over yoga class in singapore like you're linking sounds
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and words together very very well like a native english speaker would it's very very impressive your grammar
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and your vocabulary is also very good your vocabulary you have
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a wide range of vocabulary i love how how much idiomatic
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language you're using sometimes you will use it a little bit inaccurately
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but it's tiny little slips like you were saying I'm on the toes rather than on my feet.
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So a native English speaker would say like I'm on my feet all day not on the toes.
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So on your toes means that you're standing to attention and you're ready for something to happen.
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I don't think that that's what you meant.
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I think you meant on my feet all day means standing on your toes means
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that like something is about to happen and you know so
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but it was a tiny slip out of many many other
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correct usages of idiomatic language and we'll put some on the screen here.
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Your grammar as well you have a very wide-ranging grammar
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and you can use like any tense any any grammar structure
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again kind of similar to the on you know on the toes you do make tiny little errors
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but they're they're what we would call slips so it's I make slips
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and I'm a native English speaker and I teach English for a living, everybody makes little grammatical slips from time to time.
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So some, for example, I think that you made a little article mistake from time to time,
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and but it's not like every time you need to use articles like the and you make that mistake.
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It's like once in 15 minutes you will make that tiny little mistake.
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Very similar to how a native English speaker would make those kind of mistakes.
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That's why in the marking criteria for band nine, the top band for grammar it actually says they only make minor slips very very infrequently
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and that's what you do
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so overall i can't give you a huge amount of negative feedback
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because you did very very well
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and what i've done for you guys is i've analyzed hundreds of band nine transcripts from our successful vip students
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and i've put the hundred most used words into a pdf for you
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if you want that go to the description
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or the pinned comment you can download it for free if you If you want to see another very high level student, you can click here.
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Deze spreekles op niveau C1 is gebaseerd op de video “IELTS Speaking Test Band 8.5- Almost Perfect”. Deze video bevat 289 zinnen en 3456 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 18:24. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 188 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 86% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
toe zelfstandig naamwoord/təʊ/teen
pronunciation zelfstandig naamwoord/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/uitspraak
intonation zelfstandig naamwoord/ɪntəˈneɪʃən/intonatie, zinsmelodie
idiomatic bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˌɪd.iː.əˈmat.ɪk/idiomatisch
vocabulary zelfstandig naamwoord/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/woordenschat, vocabulaire
pause zelfstandig naamwoord/pɔːz/pauze
criterion zelfstandig naamwoord/kɹaɪˈtɪɹ.i.ən/criterium
fluency zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfluːənsi/vlotheid
foodie zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfuːdi/kookgek, lekkerbek
handwritten bijvoeglijk naamwoordhandgeschreven
layover zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈleɪˌəʊvə(ɹ)/tussenstop
hesitate werkwoord/ˈhɛz.ə.teɪt/aarzelen
enthusiastic bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk/enthousiast
dislike werkwoord/dɪsˈlaɪk/een hekel hebben aan, het land hebben aan
hype zelfstandig naamwoord/haɪp/hype

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
sit down werkwoordgaan zitten
come over werkwoordlangskomen
come up with werkwoordbedenken, verzinnen
go back werkwoordteruggaan
go down werkwoordafdalen
go out werkwoordnaar buiten gaan
work out werkwoord/ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/uitrekenen

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

  • Let's start off by talking about your job.
  • Do you work or do you study?
  • What do you enjoy about your job?
  • What's your favorite travel destination?
  • Is food and drink important when you're deciding where to travel to?

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

StructuurIn de video
Voorwaardelijke zinnen if + zin, will/would + werkwoord — een voorwaarde en het gevolgif it's mountains, I would love · if nobody's throwing me one i will throw · If anybody's birthday was coming, I would just
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — iets dat eerder begon en nog bezig isI've been working · have been seeing · we've been talking
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog teltIt's been · you've given · have ever taken
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of dingsomebody who just · somebody who goes · people who had

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 80 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, you're, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De “th”-klanken: enthusiastic /ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk/, algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/
  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/, hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/, certification /ˌsɜː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/, idiomatic /ˌɪd.iː.əˈmat.ɪk/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, criterion /kɹaɪˈtɪɹ.i.ən/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: bind /ˈbaɪ̯nd/, pause /pɔːz/, candid /ˈkæn.dɪd/, analyze /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/, vibe /vaɪb/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, enthusiastic /ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk/, candid /ˈkæn.dɪd/, grammatical /ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/, inaccurately /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹət.li/
  • /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: exhaustion /ɪɡˈzɔːs.t͡ʃən/, grammatical /ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/, geography /d͡ʒiˈɑɡɹəfi/, colleague /ˈkɒliːɡ/, algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/

Zo oefen je met deze video

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  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als toe, pronunciation, intonation.

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