Shadowing Practice: Let's go to the Cafe - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hello!
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Let's go to a cafe.
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Let's learn English using the world around us.
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Let's learn how to order in a cafe.
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Let's go!
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This is a menu.
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Now I am looking at the menu.
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I'm seeing what I want to drink and and to eat.
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Now let's learn how to order in English.
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How do we order in English?
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This is how I order in English.
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Hello.
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Can I have one Americano?
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One orange juice, no sugar.
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One pomelo juice, no sugar. And one croissant.
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Can we talk about ice?
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Ice, please.
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Thank you.
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So that's how I order in English.
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I said can I have?
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Can I have a water please?
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Can I have a coffee please?
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You can also say could I have.
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Could I have is more polite.
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Could I have an orange juice please?
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That sounds very polite.
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While I wait for my coffee and my juice to arrive,
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I will show you around this beautiful cafe.
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Let's take a look.
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This is a small orange wall.
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A small wall.
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And I can sit on the wall.
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I am sitting on the wall.
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I was just sitting on the wall.
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Now, I'm not sitting on the wall.
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Let's go over there.
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This is the inside of the cafe, the interior area and there are two lamp shades hanging from the ceiling.
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This is the ceiling and this is the floor.
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The floor is a pretty pattern.
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The ceiling is black.
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The lamp shades are made from wicker, from a woody material.
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These are hanging plants.
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There are plants hanging from the ceiling.
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They are hanging down.
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And we are hanging out in a cafe.
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To To hang out is to spend time together.
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To hang out.
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So let's hang out and continue to learn English.
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This is a picture hanging on the wall.
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The picture is hanging on the wall.
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And in the picture there is a man smiling.
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He looks happy.
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In this cafe, there are lots of tables and chairs so that people can sit down.
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I am sitting down on a chair.
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I am sitting at the table.
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On the table we have a yellow rose.
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That's pretty.
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There are some napkins.
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This is a napkin.
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And you use a napkin to dab your mouth. To dab.
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I am dabbing my mouth.
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This table is made from wood.
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It's a wooden table.
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It's made from wood.
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This chair is also made from wood. And metal.
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The legs are made from metal.
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A chair has legs.
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One leg, two legs, three legs, four legs.
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I have two legs.
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A chair has four legs.
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Now, it's time to go upstairs.
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You can see my shadow.
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Shadow.
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Shadow.
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Let's go upstairs.
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I'm walking upstairs.
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This is a bike.
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It's a race bike.
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Because the tires, the tires are very thin.
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They are thin.
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These are the handlebars.
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The handlebars.
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You hold the handlebars.
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I am holding the handlebars.
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This is the seat, the seat where you sit.
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And down here, these are the pedals,
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the pedals, where you push and you pedal.
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I'm hot.
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In England, when I'm hot, I say I'm boiling.
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Boiling is very hot.
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Right now, I'm boiling.
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I am boiling.
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I'm sweating.
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I'm sweating. But look.
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Here we have a calendar.
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This is the date.
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The 29th of April.
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The 29th of April.
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And this is a clock.
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A big clock.
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And it says here, alarm clock.
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This is a radio.
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There are speakers on the side.
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This radio looks old.
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It looks old.
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A little bit retro.
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It looks retro.
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Retro means old and cool, funky, stylish, fashionable.
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Let's go back downstairs.
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Let's go downstairs.
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These are the stairs.
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This is the hand rail that you hold.
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And I am walking down the stairs.
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This is a speaker.
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They are playing music from the speaker.
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Now let's go from inside to outside.
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This is the entrance.
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The entrance to the cafe.
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The entrance is the place that you go inside.
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Outside the entrance there is a board, a wooden board.
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Remember, this is wood.
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It's wooden.
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And on the board it says, it's time for a cocktail.
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Happy hour.
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Happy hour is when a drink is cheaper than usual.
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Normally a a drink is five pounds,
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a fiver, but in happy hour it's two pounds fifty.
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It's half price.
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Happy hour is from 3 p.m until 6 p.m and they say buy two beers,
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get one free.
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Buy two, get one free.
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British people love happy hour.
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Now let's go inside.
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The food has arrived.
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Thank you.
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This is a croissant.
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It's on a white plate.
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This is is butter and this is jam you put the butter and the jam on the croissants the drinks have arrived
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thank you you.
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My Americano.
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This is an Americano, which is a black coffee.
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Chang is drinking, she's drinking a grapefruit juice from a straw.
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How does it taste?
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Refreshing.
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Oh that's a good word.
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All right.
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Refreshing guys.
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That's refreshing.
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A cold drink on a hot day is refreshing.
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Now I'm going to eat the croissant.
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I'm gonna eat the croissants.
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I am eating the croissants.
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That's good.
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I have just eaten the croissants.
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Ten seconds ago, I ate the croissants.
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It was good.
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I want more.
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So one more time.
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This is my coffee, my Americano, in a glass.
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This is the straw.
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And this is an orange juice in a glass.
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There is a straw inside the glass glass.
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On the glass there is a slice of orange.
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This is a slice of orange.
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It's attached with a pink peg.
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The slice of orange is attached with a pink peg.
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Let's put that back now.
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Now I'm going to sip my orange.
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I am sipping my orange.
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I just sipped my orange juice.
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Cheers guys!
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We are sitting on a bench.
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I'll show you the bench.
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This is, we call it a seat or a bench.
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It's like an outside seat.
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And Chang is sipping her drink and putting it on the table.
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Now she's eating the croissant and it tastes delicious.
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Good.
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Behind her there are cushions.
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This is a cushion.
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There are two cushions and on the cushions There is a moon,
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a crescent moon, and some other pattern.
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We call this an abstract pattern.
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Abstract is something organic, something that has no form.
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It's abstract, it's unusual, it's not a face, it's not a flower, it's abstract.
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This is a beautiful flower, a pink flower.
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And these delicate things here are called petals.
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These are petals.
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And these are leaves, green leaves.
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We say one leaf, two leaves.
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Can you repeat?
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One leaf, two leaves.
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One leaf, two leaves.
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Down here is a fan.
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This fan is keeping us cool.
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It's providing a nice breeze.
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Keeping me cool.
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Okay, I've just finished my orange juice.
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It's empty.
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I've just finished it.
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But now, I need the loo.
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I need a wee.
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I need the loo, I need the toilet, I need a wee.
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How do we ask for the toilet in a cafe or a restaurant well we would say excuse me
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where are the toilets ah down there thank you that's how to ask And the beautiful tiles.
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This is the mirror.
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I can see you in the reflection.
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I can see me in the reflection.
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This is the sink.
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The sink.
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And this is the tap.
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I'm turning on tap.
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Now I'm turning off the tap.
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Turn on, turn off.
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Anyway, this is not for your eyes.
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Okay, shall we get the bill?
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Let's pay.
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Excuse me.
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Hi.
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Could I have the bill please?
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Could I pay please?
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Thank you.
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So when you ask for the bill you say could I have the bill please?
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Can I pay please?
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Or the classic That always works too.
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Use your body, use your hands.
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Now, I hope you learned some new English in this video.
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Right now, you can go to J.I and practice speaking about the words
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that you learned in this video to make it even useful to reinforce the vocabulary that you learned today.
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Thank you for watching, I'll see you next time and have a BEA beautiful day!
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Peace!

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze video bevat 231 zinnen en 1378 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 18:26. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 75 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 77% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
juice zelfstandig naamwoord/d͡ʒuːs/sap
leaf zelfstandig naamwoord/lif/blad
entrance zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɛn.tɹəns/ingang
ceiling zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsilɪŋ/plafond, zoldering
abstract zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈæbˌstɹækt/samenvatting, korte inhoud
boil werkwoord/bɔɪ(ə)l/koken, aan de kook brengen
refresh werkwoord/ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/verfrissen
cushion zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkʊʃən/kussen
shadow zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈʃædəʊ̯/schaduw
clock zelfstandig naamwoord/klɑk/teller, kilometerteller
flower zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfloʊɚ/bloem
bench zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/bank, zitbank
arrive werkwoord/əˈɹaɪv/aankomen, arriveren
wooden bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈwʊdn̩/houten
slice zelfstandig naamwoord/slaɪs/plak, schijf

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
turn off werkwoorduitzetten, uitschakelen
go back werkwoordteruggaan
sit down werkwoordgaan zitten

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 19 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, I'll, I've. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/, cushion /ˈkʊʃən/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, reflection /ɹɪˈflɛkʃən/, shade /ʃeɪd/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/

Zo oefen je met deze video

  1. Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
  2. Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als juice, leaf, entrance.

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doetare made · is made · is also made
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telthas arrived · have arrived · have just eaten
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtam looking · I'm seeing · am sitting
Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomenI'm going to eat · gonna eat · I'm going to sip

Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?

Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.

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