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Hi everyone!
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Welcome to another vlog in English!
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Today I wanna try a new format.
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As you can probably notice, I am now speaking very slowly.
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In my last videos where I spoke in English,
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many of you commented that my pronunciation is easy to understand because I speak slowly.
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So, today's video will be a slow English vlog.
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This way you can understand every word.
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Let me know in the comments if you like this format.
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If you do, I can definitely make more videos like this one, deal?
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So come with me for a full slow English vlog.
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But that's totally okay, it gonna worth it.
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For today's will be time of the school.
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Today it's a rainy Monday morning and honestly is the perfect day to stay home
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but I have a few things to do outside.
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I need to go to the grocery store to buy food for the week
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and I also wanna go to a Dollar Tree to get a few things for the house
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but before anything else since today is my day off
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I want to have breakfast somewhere I've never been before
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so let's try to find a nice coffee shop I was going to take a subway,
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but I feel like looking at the city through the window today.
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So, I'm here at bus stop and I'm going to take a bus to the Queens Plaza.
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I'm checking the schedule right now and I probably have to wait about 20 minutes to take a bus.
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It's going to take more time than take a subway, but that's totally okay.
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It's gonna worth it.
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Fun fact for you guys is
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that here we don't have to signal for the bus to stop because they have to stop at every stop
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Okay, so we just arrived at Queens Plaza This neighborhood is a very rich neighbor
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and also is very close to my house
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but I have never really explored this area here it's one of the only parts of Queens with big buildings
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so it's actually very interesting to walk around Okay,
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now let's try to find a cool place to have a breakfast.
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And by the way, I can't forget to mention this.
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It's really cold today.
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Actually, it's brick.
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It's brick outside.
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I was looking to Google Maps and I think I found a very good place
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and in this area there's a lot of Asian immigrants
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so probably we gotta know for the first time ever an
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Asian coffee shop let's check it out we are here and it's so pretty guys
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I guess I can probably say that this is the most beautiful coffee shop I ever met.
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I love bright and green places.
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And this place has both.
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Besides good coffee stew, I mean this is not exactly coffee
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and I never tried this one before but let's try it together This is the cocoa milk cheese
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So basically this is an iced chocolate with cheese milk I don't know what kind of flavor this will be
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And this drink is a signature, which means only they have this drink.
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So I'm super excited to try it.
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Let's see, let's see.
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Okay, this is definitely a new flavor for me.
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I don't even know how to explain this to you guys It's a great combination
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but it's different because I can feel the dark chocolate
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and I also can feel the cheese flavor so it's a crazy combination
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but it's also good I love try new things new places new flavors
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and this is definitely interesting this is not sweet at all is only made with dark chocolate
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and I don't know about you guys but when When I try things that are made with chocolate,
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I always expect something sweet.
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So this is why this looks like at the beginning kind of weird for me.
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But when you keep trying, it looks better.
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And I also got Crispy Mochi Waffle.
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Japanese waffle.
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Oh my god, it smells so good.
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And I also have here a butter dip to eat with the waffle.
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Let's try this one too!
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This is definitely delicious.
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They're delicious.
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I told you in one of my last bloggers that we started a new diet at home.
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And this market is a great place to buy high protein
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and healthier food without paying a crazy price because usually this kind of food,
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like health food, is more expensive.
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That's why I really like shopping here.
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We can eat better and still pay a fair price.
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I'm going
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to go to the next one.
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Hello!
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How are you doing?
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I'm good, thank you I need bags, but just only one because I live around here, so.. so
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okay i'm home it's raining a lot right now but i'm happy that i was able to do everything
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before the heavy rain so let me show you everything that i got at grocery start i got
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bread lettuce tofu i got cut carrots cottage cheese greek yogurt hazelnut i got purple onions
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cucumber i got juice this is my favorite juice ever it is made with orange juice peat juice
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and mango juice all natural this is delicious i also got strawberry sauce this is
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very good too sparkling water strawberry flavor i love the design of this can it's
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so pretty i got the high protein bar light cream cheese
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and these two seasonings okay this was the food part just the essentials
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and i also got some essentials for my skincare routine
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which i only have from trader joe's
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so i have hair mask moisturizer hair oil it smells
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so good and viti oil blend i use this to do face massage with guatcha it's excellent
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and last but not least this candle guys i am in love with this sand smells
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so good and i paid like four dollars for this seriously it's
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so good i love citrus and sand
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and this is perfect for me everything was 75 and 90 cents what do you think about the price?
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Let me know here in the comments.
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The first step I took in my journey to learn English
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was learning how to listen to the pronunciation of each word clearly
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and then gradually start recognizing everything in a normal everyday conversation.
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That's why I really hope you enjoy this format and that it helps you the way it helped me.
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Oh, and by the way, if you found this channel through the English learning content.
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I hope you also enjoy the other types of videos and content here.
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Kisses and take care!
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Bye!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 102 sentences and 1107 words to shadow. The speech runs for 13:25. The speaker talks slowly, about 82 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| juice noun | /d͡ʒuːs/ | A liquid made from plant, especially fruit. |
| flavor noun | /ˈfleɪvə/ | The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect. |
| format noun | /ˈfɔːɹ.mæt/ | The layout of a publication or document. |
| delicious adjective | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
| sand noun | /sænd/ | Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in… |
| brick noun | /ˈbɹɪk/ | A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building. |
| grocery noun | /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/ | Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies. |
| subway noun | /ˈsʌbˌweɪ/ | An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas. |
| strawberry noun | /ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/ | The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria. |
| pronunciation noun | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken. |
| everyday adjective | /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/ | Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions. |
| butter noun | /ˈbʌtɚ/ | A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk). |
| arrive verb | /əˈɹaɪv/ | To reach; to get to a certain place. |
| routine noun | /ɹuˈtin/ | A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure. |
| purple noun | /ˈpɝ.pl̩/ | A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
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| walk around verb | To walk with no planned destination; to meander. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 20 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, massage /məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like juice, flavor, format.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is only made · are made · is made |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've never been · have never really explored |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was looking · was learning |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | keep trying · start recognizing |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.