Shadowing Practice: شرح انجليزي : كورس اهم خمس الاف كلمة : تعلم اللغة الانجليزية كلمات bus and train travel - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello everyone and welcome back to Talib.
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Assalamu alaikum wa hala mbaik v hala qdida min kursa hama 5000 klima.
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Today we're starting lesson 2 in theme 4.
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We will learn about trains and bus travel.
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Hanebda nuharada dars tani fiii theme rrabiw waneethaalim mawa baad klamat safir balkitar walootopis.
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Ali, we're late again.
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Which platform is our train on?
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Omar.
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According to the timetable, platform five.
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But Ali, did you actually buy the tickets?
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Ali.
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I thought Emma had them.
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Emma?
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No, I was busy looking at the bus routes for later.
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Sarah, dramatically.
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We're doomed.
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The conductor will throw us out and I'll have to sleep on a bench like a lost traveler.
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James, holding the tickets.
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Relax, everyone.
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I got them at the ticket office.
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And I even re -served us seats in the carriage with the cafe.
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The group laughed and rushed to the train.
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But when they got on, Ali whispered, Wait, is this the express train to Paris or the sleeper train to Rome?
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Since we're moving forward step by step, we're going to increase the English personage in our class today to 30%.
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And to add some questions, I'll add the English language in the sentence to 30%.
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I'll speak some sentences in English first, but don't worry.
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Everything I say in English will appear on the screen, and I'll explain it.
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You will understand everything, trust me.
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Are you ready?
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Let's start with our first section, vocabulary.
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Train travel Platform The area next to the track where you stand to get on the train.
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The line is the line of the line of the train.
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The line is the line of the train.
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When you say the line is the line.
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Carriage The line is the line of the train.
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One of the separate parts of a train for passengers.
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Ticket Office The place at the station where you can buy tickets
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Time table A list showing the times when trains or buses arrive and leave
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The jadwal is the way to the arrival and the arrival of the trip
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Or the autobuses
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And in the American English we can say schedule
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And you can say schedule
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Schedule Or schedule
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Or time table
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The two are all in the world
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Conductor
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Conductor Conductor Conductor Conductor Conductor Conductor Conductor Conductor Conductor Conductor Conductor
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Conductor A fast train that does not stop at many stations.
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The fast train that does not stop at many stations.
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Sleeper train.
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A train with beds for passengers to sleep during the night.
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A train with beds for passengers to sleep during the night.
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A train with beds for passengers to sleep during the night.
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This is a train with a train with a bed for passengers to sleep during the night.
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This is a train with a train with a bed for passengers to sleep during the night.
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This is a train with a train with a bed for passengers to sleep during the night.
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This is a train with a train with a bed for passengers to sleep during the night.
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A large place where many buses start and end their journey.
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Driver The person who drives the vehicle.
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Root Route Route Route The path or road that a bus or a train travels along.
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The road or the road or the road or the road
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or the road will be used to the end of the road
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Double -decker A bus with two floors or levels
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Coach A bus comfortable used for long journeys
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The road or the road or the road or the road
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General travel Fair Fair The money you pay to travel by bus, train or taxi
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The money you pay to travel by bus, train or taxi
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Ticket Seat A place where you sit Reservation Hikes.
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An arrangement to keep a seat or room for you.
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The act of traveling from one place to another.
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Commute.
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The commute.
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The commute.
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The commute.
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The commute.
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The commute.
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The commute or school.
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Now let's start the second section, story.
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وبكذا نكون وصلنا للفقرة الثانية القصة.
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Let's read a very funny story about Ali and his friends at the train station.
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Ali, we're late again.
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Which platform is our train on?
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We're late again.
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Which platform is our train on?
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يعني بقول احنا متأخرين تاني.
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الأطرة بتاعنا على أنه رصيف.
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Notice that Ali says late again
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This means it happens all the time
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And he asks
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Which platform is our train on?
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Lachaz harfar gar on Ma 'a platform
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On a platform Mish in a platform Ali, we're late again
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Which platform is our train on?
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Omar According to the timetable platform 5 but Ali did you actually buy the tickets?
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يعني بنان على قدول المواعيد رصيف خمسة بس يا علي انت فعل ان اشتريت وتذكر
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Omar checks the timetable قدول المواعيد and remember in American English we say schedule
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But he has a very important question.
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Did you actually buy the tickets?
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He has a very important question.
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Did you actually buy the tickets?
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He has a very important question.
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Did you actually buy the tickets?
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Ali, I thought
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Emma had a schedule they had them.
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He said, I think I'm with Emma.
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Ali is trying to escape responsibility.
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He thought Emma had them.
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علي بحاول يهرب من المسؤولية.
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بقولك افتكرت انها مع اما.
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اما.
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No, I was busy looking at the bus routes for later.
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اما بتقولك لا انا كنت مشغولة بابص في خطوط سرق الاوتوباسات علشان بعد كده.
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يبدون هما بعض الأطرا يركبوا توبيث
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أما واس بيزي لكيبا بس روز The phrasal verb look at means to direct your eyes to see something سارا dramatically
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We are doomed
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The conductor will throw us out
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And I'll have to sleep on a bench like a lost traveler
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We are doomed يعني احنا ضايعين
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انتهينا
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The conductor will throw us out المفتش قولكم سري هيتردنا بره
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and I'll have to sleep on a bench وهضطر انام على
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مقعد خشبي like a lost traveler زي مسافر تائه Sarah is very dramatic she says we're doomed هلكنا
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ودي كلمة جديدة مش في لسة الكلمات الأساسية بسهرت في قصة اكتبع عندك
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she also mentions a bench which is a long wooden seat in public places and lost traveler مسافر تائه Bench, a bench, a bench, a bench,
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a bench, like what we see in the places or places.
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The phrasal verb throw out means to force someone to leave a place.
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There is a word throw out means to be a kid or to leave a place.
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Ali.
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Uh, I thought
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Emma had them.
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Emma.
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No, I was busy looking at the bus routes for later.
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Sarah.
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Dramatically.
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We're doomed.
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The conductor will throw us out and I'll have to sleep on a bench like a lost traveler.
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James holding the ticket
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Relax everyone I got them at the ticket office
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And I even reserved us seats in the carriage with the cafe
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Relax everyone I got them at the ticket office
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And I even reserved us seats in the carriage with the cafe
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Thank God for James.
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He saved the day.
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He bought the tickets at the ticket office.
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Alhamdulillah, James is with him.
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He is with him.
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He is with him and he is with him.
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Reserved seats.
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Go to Qatar.
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Remember, carriage is British and car is American.
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The group laughed and rushed to the train.
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But when they got on, Ali whispered, Wait, is this the express train to Paris?
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Or the sleeper train to Rome?
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The group laughed and rushed to the train.
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المجموعة ضحكت وقريت بصرة على الأطر.
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But when they got on, مثلاً ما ركبوا, Ali whispered, Ali همس وقال, Wait, ثانيا استنوا.
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Is this the express train to Paris?
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هو ده القطر السريع اللي راح بريس? or the sleeper train to roam or the sleeper train to roam
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The verb rush means to run or move very quickly
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The verb rush means to run or move very quickly
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The verb rush means to run or move very quickly
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Okay, they were going to take the river and they didn't know the river
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or the river or the river
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that was going to be a river Sarah fainted Sarah fainted from shock Sarah fainted from shock Sarah fainted from shock
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Remember from previous lessons, faint means to lose consciousness temporarily.
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The group laughed and rushed to the train.
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But when they got on, Ali whispered, wait, is this the express train to Paris or the sleeper train to Rome?
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Now let's start the third section, deep dive.
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Let's go to the third thing in the next.
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Today we will learn a very important grammar rule.
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The future perfect simple.
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قاعدة مهمة جدا.
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المستقبل التام البسيط.
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أنا عارفة الاسم ممكن يخوفك شوية بس.
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متلقش الموضوع ابسط مما تتخيل.
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مش هكدس دماغك بحفظه خلاص.
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تعال نفهم المنطق بتاعه كده.
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Imagine you have a time machine.
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أخيري أنك ركب قلة زمن.
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You travel to the future.
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سفرت بها المستقبل.
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For example, 10 PM tonight night.
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على سبيل المثال سافرت للساعة 10 بالليل النهاردة مثلا.
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وقفت هناك وبصيت وراك على يومك.
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you'll say by 10 pm I'll have finished my homework the train will have left.
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وانت في المستقبل كده ببص على يومك.
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هتقول او انا هكون خلصت مذاكرة.
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والقطار هيكون مشي.
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عارف هكون عملت دي.
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هيا دي.
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هكون خلصت.
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هيكون مشي.
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these actions are finished at that point in the future.
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The structure, the structure, and the structure happened and ended up for 10 hours.
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But they are not finished now.
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So, it's not done yet.
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This is the best way to talk about it.
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Do you understand it?
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Let's see the first one in the beginning.
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How do we build this tense?
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The structure is subject, will have, past participle.
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The structure is subject, will have, past participle.
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The structure is subject, will have, past participle.
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The structure is subject, will have, will have, and will have.
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The third thing is the third thing.
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By tomorrow morning, by tomorrow morning.
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By tomorrow morning, they will have have arrived.
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سيكونون قد وصلوا.
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By tomorrow morning they'll have arrived.
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By next week I'll not have finished the book.
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بحلول الأسبوع القادم لن أكون قد انتهيت من الكتاب.
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وده النفي بنحط not بعد will.
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طبعا أنا عايز أقول مثلا هل على تمانية بالليل كده هتكون
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خلصت أكل؟ هل على تمانية بالليل هتكون كلت؟ هقولها ازاي؟ هو ده المستقبل التام اللي حلا بنتكلم عنه.
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Will you have eaten by 8 pm هل هتكون أكلت بحلول
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الثامنة مساء وده سؤال فبنبدأ بwill See very simple بسيطة جدا
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لما تعوز تقول هكون عملت كذا هيكون حصل كذا هو ده المستقبل التام Let's do a quick test
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Try to translate this sentence حاولت ترجم الجملة دي كده بحلول
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نهاية الشهر سأكون قد حجزت التذكرة Think about it for a moment
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The answer is by the end of the month I'll have reserved the ticket.
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Is that what it is?
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It's a very clear meaning.
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Now let's start our next section.
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The fine line.
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Let's enter the fine line.
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Remember, the fine line means the small difference between words.
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We focus on the simple and easy words to speak as a word.
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I'll have to travel vs journey vs trip.
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Travel is the general verb or activity of moving from place to place.
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This is the real or the common theme of the travel that you can say from the other one.
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I love to travel.
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I love the travel.
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Journey.
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This focuses on the process.
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You can focus on the same time and distance of traveling from A to B.
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It's often long or difficult تركز على مصاري السفر نفسه والمسافة والوقت والمجهود المجزول على الطريق من نقطة لنقطة
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الرحلة بتبقى في العادة طويلة أو ممكن شقة فهنا المعنى العام
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اللي أنا بديهولك لما أقولك travel ده المعنى العام سفرت من
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نقطة ألف لنقطة به لما أقولك journey من نقطة ألف لنقطة
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به أنا بدي لك إحاء إن المسافة كانت طويلة أو فيه
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وقت ممجهود أو الرحلة كانت شقة Example The journey took 10 hours by train
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The 10th anniversary of the trip was 10 hours طيبوي trip this is the whole visit including going there,
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staying and coming back دي بقى الرحلة الكاملة بقى trip دي كل الرحلة ان انت رايح
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ولما تيجي والاقامة كل حاجة مشمولة جوه كلمة رحلة
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it is usually short and for a specific reason غالبا بتكون قصيرة وليها هتف محدد like business
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or holiday زي رحلة عمل او اجازة example
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how is your business trip ازاي كانت رحلة عملك So travel is the most common way.
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Journey is a walk from place to place but it's time to be a while.
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Trip is a trip to place your life and your life.
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The other thing is fare versus fee versus ticket.
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Fare is the money you pay specifically for public transportation like buses, trains, or taxes.
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The money you pay for public transportation like buses, trains, or taxes.
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The money you pay for public transportation like buses, trains, or taxes.
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أجرة القطار لباريس غالية طيب وفي fee the money
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you pay for professional services الرسوم اللي بتدفعها مقابل خدمة احترافية entry
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or administrative rights أو دخول مكان أو معاملة إدارية like visa or school fees زي مثلا رسوم الفيزا أو رسوم المدرسة
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يبقى دي fee ما هيش أجرة مواصلات ولكن الرسوم بتدفعها مقابل خدمة احترافية example
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you have to pay a visa fee at the embassy
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You must pay for the report in the travel
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Okay, ticket This is the word that you can confirm that you have to pay something
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Now let's learn our idiom of the day
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Let's learn the word or the word backseat driver Backseat driver
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What does that mean?
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A backseat driver is a passenger
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Who gives unwanted advice to the driver
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The backseat driver is the driver that is sitting in the Arabian,
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for example, is to give some advice and advice for the people who are not responsible for.
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Or anyone who tries to control a situation they are not responsible for.
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We try to control it in a situation where anyone is not responsible for.
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Let's look at some examples.
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Let's look at some examples.
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Stop being a backseat driver and let me do my job.
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You start to get started and give me the tools you need to do my job I don't need a backseat driver,
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I know how to manage my project I don't need anyone to give me the advice from behind, I know how this is.
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Let's get to the future, let's get rid of my old friend
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Today I want to tell you a fascinating story about technology,
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nature and safety I want to tell you today a story that is very important about technology, the natural and the peace
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We'll talk about the Shinkansen, the famous Japanese bullet train Shinkansen The first time of the Japan In the 1950s
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Japan needed a fast train to connect its crowded cities
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For the 5th century
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Japan needed a fast train to connect its crowded cities
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But Japan has many mountains and earthquakes
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It was a big challenge
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Japan was full of mountains and mountains
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This was a huge trend
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In 1964 They launched the Shinkansen It was the fastest train in the world
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In the year 64, they were released and were the fastest in the world.
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But they had a big problem.
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Noise.
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But it was a big problem.
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The wind.
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When the train entered and exited tunnels at high speed, it created a loud sonic boom.
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When the train came to the other side, it was a loud sonic boom.
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This noise disturbed the people living near the tracks.
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The people living near the tracks were very difficult for the people living in the thick
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and they would make them a big deal.
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How did they solve it?
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With the help of a bird.
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Do you think the problem is how?
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With the help of a bird.
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An engineer named Iji Nakatsu who loved watching birds had an idea.
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He looked at the kingfisher.
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This bird dives into water to catch fish but it makes almost no splash.
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But on the kingfisher, the kingfisher, the kingfisher, is cut off the water to get rid of the water,
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but it doesn't make any sound or sound, no longer than the speed.
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Why?
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Because if it's wedge shaped beak.
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Why did he do that?
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Because the kingfisher is the one that is the one
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that is the one that is the one that is the one that is the one.
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The engineer redesigned the nose of the train to look exactly like the kingfisher's beak.
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فامل مهند ازداء عاد تصميم مقدمة القطار وخلىها شبه من ار طائر kingfisher بزبط.
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And it worked.
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The train became 10 % faster, used 15 % less electricity and the loud noise disappeared completely.
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ونجحت الفكرة.
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The water is 10 % and the temperature is 15 % and the sound of the sound is completely gone
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Nature has the best engineering designs if we just look closely
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The nature has the best engineering designs if we just look closely
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Also, Shinkansen is famous for safety
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Also, this shinkansen is famous for safety
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This shinkansen is also famous for safety
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Japan has many earthquakes but the train has an early detection system
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In Japan, there are many people in Japan, the problem is that it is a very strong feeling.
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It automatically cuts the power and stops the train before the heavy shaking starts.
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First of all, any of the first thing is that it is a very strong feeling of being stopped before the heavy shaking starts.
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Gino, in over 60 years of operation carrying billions of passengers,
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there have been zero passenger fatalities due to derailments or collisions.
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Do you know that on a more than 60 years of the operation, the number of the workers
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “شرح انجليزي : كورس اهم خمس الاف كلمة : تعلم اللغة الانجليزية كلمات bus and train travel”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: benefits, train, conductor, ticket, Ali. This video has 312 sentences and 2765 words to shadow. The speech runs for 21:18. The speaker talks at a steady 130 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| conductor noun | /kənˈdʌktɚ/ | One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director. |
| passenger noun | /ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒɚ/ | One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew. |
| bench noun | /ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/ | A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools. |
| rush verb | /ɹʌʃ/ | To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully. |
| commute verb | /kəˈmjuːt/ | To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash… |
| verb noun | /vɝb/ | A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being. |
| carriage noun | /ˈkæɹɪd͡ʒ/ | The act of conveying; carrying. |
| doom noun | /duːm/ | Destiny, especially terrible. |
| faint adjective | /feɪnt/ | Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness |
| whisper verb | /ˈ(h)wɪspɚ/ | To speak softly or under one's breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration of the… |
| shock noun | /ʃɔk/ | A sudden, heavy impact. |
| arrive verb | /əˈɹaɪv/ | To reach; to get to a certain place. |
| relax verb | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | To make something loose. |
| dramatically adverb | In a dramatic manner. | |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| throw out verb | /ˈθɹəʊ ˌaʊt/ | To discard; to dispense with something; to throw away. |
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| cut off verb | /ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf] | To remove by cutting. |
| move forward verb | To cause to make progress. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Which platform is our train on?
- Let's start with our first section, vocabulary.
- Did you actually buy the tickets?
- How do we build this tense?
- Do you think the problem is how?
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 | are doomed · were released · is cut |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | person who drives · bench which is · people who are |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have arrived · have eaten · have been |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the best · the most common · the fastest |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 30 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'll, we're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: earthquake /ˈɝθkweɪk/, thick /θɪk/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: rush /ɹʌʃ/, shock /ʃɔk/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, consciousness /ˈkɑnʃəsnəs/, detection /dɪˈtɛk.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: administrative /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹə.tɪv/, electricity /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/, temporarily /ˌtɛmpəˈɹɛɹəli/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, participle /ˈpɑɹtɪˌsɪpəl/
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 conductor, passenger, bench.
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.