Shadowing Practice: christmas in new york 🌟 VLOG - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Good morning guys, it's Syd and welcome back.

I think this is the most excited I've been to film a vlog in a very long time, which says a lot because I'm usually excited.

It sounds like I don't like filming.

And the reason I'm so excited is because it's the best time of the year.

I love December.

I love all the Christmas holiday festive activities.

Every year since I've moved to New York a couple years ago, I like to do these vlogs.

I think because I also didn't grow up here, I'm extra fascinated by New York during the holidays.

I just love Christmas time.

So I wanted to take you guys along with me and just like spend a day together, a cute Christmas day.

I have some things on our itinerary today.

A non -negotiable is I want to go ice skating.

You can't like have a whole holiday Christmas day without doing

that as basic as it may be I'm still a sucker for a holiday drink

So I really want to go to ralph's for that.

Theirs are supposed to be really fun during the holidays

Oh, I need to go shopping.

Wow.

I just kind of had fear instilled in me.

I have done zero shopping for christmas

That's actually needed and I just want to walk around and explore and maybe we'll see other things along the way

We're gonna see but i'm so i'm i have no i feel speechless because i'm just filled with happiness

All right, first things first.

I need to get dressed asap.

This is not gonna fly today

All right I have a few thoughts for my outfit that I just threw on my bed

So i'm gonna try them on and we'll see how they look

All right guys, what do we think of the outfit?

I just threw on this long brown coat

It's supposed to be really cool today.

I have on these baggy light wash jeans.

But in my opinion, the most beautiful part of this outfit is the bag, which is from Coach.

You guys know at this point, I adore Coach.

I think Coach is just so chic.

Such a great everyday bag.

Hence why I'm wearing it with this outfit.

I think it's so perfect.

And this is their iconic tabby bag.

I have been wearing this every day since I got it.

It's so chic looking and it's so soft and it fits so much of my stuff in here.

I like how there's like little dividers.

I really fill my bags to the brim.

So oftentimes I'll just wear it on my shoulder like so, but if I want to extend the strap,

it comes with this little buckle shoulder strap that I just put right on.

And then I have a longer version if I want to wear it more like over the shoulder like this.

I can't decide, do I want to wear it like this or do I want to wear it shorter?

I might just wear it shorter today.

Regardless, I love how it's so versatile like that so I can switch up the lengths of the strap.

It's just that staple, classy, high quality everyday piece that I think every girl deserves in their closet.

And it really just pulls together this whole look so beautifully.

If you've watched me for a while, you know how much I love Coach.

I actually had them on my vision board last year.

They were my dream brand to work with.

Like I literally cut out their logo and put it on my dream board because I really wanted to work with them.

I just buy their stuff all the time.

I love them.

I've worn them for years.

My dad would always buy me

Coach when I was younger.

I just feel so lucky and honored to be working with them.

I think that they're such an amazing brand and everyone who works there

that I've met is also just so creative and amazing.

Anyways, that's my little ramble about my bag today.

I love it.

It's beautiful, but I think it's time that we leave and go explore.

Foot check in my roommate's bedroom because Olivia is gone and she always lets me use her mirror.

All right, here's the full fit reveal.

I love this outfit so much.

I also changed my earrings to match the gold on this bag.

On these little gold earrings.

Let's go celebrate the holidays together.

I hope you guys are excited.

I'm so excited.

Okay guys, I just got my coffee.

I ended up getting a peppermint mocha.

I asked if they had like holiday special drinks and he recommended this one.

I feel like so messed up.

I was gonna try this on camera with you guys for a taste test

and then I forgot and I drank it

and then I kept drinking it because it's so good and then I forgot to film.

So I'm really sorry, but if that's a testament to how good this is, honestly like probably the best holiday drink I've ever had.

I don't know if I'm just like really excited if that's why so good and the cup is so cute

It was pretty busy in there.

I probably should have gotten there a little bit earlier, but that's okay

You know, I felt so seen in there

There were a ton of girls also taking pictures and like videos for tiktok.

So I didn't feel as weird like vlogging anyways I'm just gonna sit here

and people watch you guys know that that's one of my favorite activities

And then I'm gonna figure out what to do after this?

I really don't know.

We'll explore together.

Hey guys, so update.

I'm freezing, but I was walking and I stumbled upon this market.

It sort of looks like the bryant park market i don't know

if it's like associated or not but it's super cute they have

so many cute like little gifts and treats and like hot chocolate

so i'm gonna shop and see

if i find any good gifts like i said i've done no christmas shopping

so i'm kind of in a dire need to get some things.

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Guys, I ended up in the Macy's department store.

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The department store around the holidays is so festive and I am a bit overstimulated.

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I'm not gonna lie but it's so fun.

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They decorated like they went all out here.

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I actually can't believe I haven't been here yet in the city during the holidays.

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It's so fun.

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I kind of feel like I'm in a Christmas movie right now.

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I don't know which movie I'm thinking of.

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Home Alone?

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I don't know.

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Anyways I got a couple things at the last market for gifts

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that I'm gonna show you later

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and then I'm just shopping now continuing my shopping journey

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and it's a little stimulating in here

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so we'll see what i find i decided

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i'm not going to show what i buy anymore otherwise everyone knows what i'm getting them after my shopping

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i walked around i saw santa on a bike um

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then i decided to go to my favorite place pop of bagels

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which was spontaneous i just walked by and of course immediately went in All that shopping made me very hungry,

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so I decided to get pop -up bagels.

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If you guys have watched me, you know I love pop -up.

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In my opinion, it's like the best bagel in the city.

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I was on their Instagram because I'm such an avid fan of them, and I saw that they have a new smear.

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It's like a holiday smear.

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It's their maple cinnamon butter.

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When I walked by, I knew I had to stop in and try it out.

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I love that they do seasonal butters and stuff.

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It makes it so much more fun.

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I got six bagels because I wanted to save some and bring some back for tomorrow morning.

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I'm really excited.

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I hope that this is good because I have very high expectations.

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I also, by the way, I did a little shopping.

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Let me show you guys what I got.

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I only got two things.

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I got some ornaments, some like

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New York themed ornaments for gifts for my family.

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At this point, my mom knows exactly what she's getting for Christmas because in every vlog, I've shown like every gift that I've gotten her.

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So surprise mom, this is what you're also getting for Christmas this year.

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I got this little taxi ornament.

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This is New York on it with a little

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Santa that I thought was so cute.

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I got a couple of these for a few different family members and friends back home.

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Let's try the cinnamon butter.

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The best part about these is that they're warm bagels.

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They're always so warm and doughy.

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Oh my gosh.

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I think this is my favorite butter that they've done yet. So good.

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I wish you guys could taste this right now.

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I'm kind of speechless.

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I have no words.

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Okay, well i'm just gonna eat this and watch them make their fresh bagels in the background

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Okay guys i'm back home but not for long my roommate olivia and I are about to go

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Ice skating she's coming home in a few minutes

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and we've been planning to do this for a

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while Kind of one of those things that we like always talked about

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but never took the initiative

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so we were like tonight we're actually gonna go

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i'm not very good you'd think i'd be better being from minnesota

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that i could like skate we'll see i love ice skating

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it really does remind me of like being back home in minnesota

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and olivia's also from canada so it's just like a fun little festive activity

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okay guys I'm back from ice skating it was so fun it kind of like brings out my inner child.

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I didn't fall.

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Well, I almost did once, but I, you know, survived.

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But anyways, right now I'm about to leave again.

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My friend Nia is coming and she's spending the night with me.

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So I'm just going to quick touch myself.

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up and get ready for the dinner

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that we're going to i'm obviously keeping this bag

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but i want to transition my outfit to like a night dinner look so cue outfit transition now

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all right guys my very quick outfit transformation is complete

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that transition felt very millennial going to st ambrose

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it's not super super fancy actually should i be dressed up more maybe i should this just feels right

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so i have on like a sweater a little jacket some black jeans flats

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and of course my coach tabby bag pretty simple

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i really like mixing dark colors even just like black dark browns i think it all goes really well together

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and i am gonna head out to dinner with nia

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and i'm so excited for you guys to see her because i love her

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i'm with nia i'm here oh i get to make it into sin's vlog guys she's back um i'm

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so excited anytime i get to be in sin's vlog oh

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i miss you i forgot to vlog last night after dinner

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so we got coffee right now we're so tired

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and like really like goody like we had a lot of catch up

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we had a lot we just got some coffee like some holiday coffee

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and we're just hanging out

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so i wanted to update you guys

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i'm about to go to a vintage market market is it like holiday i can't confirm

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or deny that i don't know oh okay legal okay legal terms i'm

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so excited we're gonna go shopping yes me and i had

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so much fun together i did forget to do an outro per usual

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but thanks for watching guys i hope you had fun christmas vlogs are honestly my favorite they're

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so fun and i just get so much serotonin watching them

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so i hope you enjoyed and i'll see you guys in my next vlog

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and i'll remember to do an outro bye

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “christmas in new york 🌟 VLOG”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: holiday, excited, christmas, shopping, vlog. This video has 193 sentences and 2057 words to shadow. The speech runs for 11:57. The speaker talks at a natural 172 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
outfit noun	/ˈaʊtfɪt/	A set of clothing (with accessories).
skate noun	/skeɪt/	A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
butter noun	/ˈbʌtɚ/	A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
anyways adverb	/ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/	Anyway, anyhow, in any case.
transition noun	/tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/	The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
explore verb	/ɪkˈsploɹ/	To examine or investigate something systematically.
strap noun	/stɹæp/	A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
festive adjective	/ˈfɛstɪv/	Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.
everyday adjective	/ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/	Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions.
jeans noun	/d͡ʒiːnz/	A pair of trousers made from denim cotton.
cinnamon noun	/ˈsɪnəmən/	A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
chic adjective	/ʃik/	Elegant, stylish.
regardless adverb	/ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs/	Without attention to warnings or indications of bad consequences.
mirror noun	/ˈmiɹɚ/	A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
bedroom noun	/ˈbɛdˌɹum/	A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
pop up verb	To come up with a "pop" sound.
walk around verb	To walk with no planned destination; to meander.
bring out verb	To elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality).
catch up verb	To pick up suddenly.
cut out verb	To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something).
dress up verb	To put on special or fancy clothes.
end up verb	To bring to a conclusion.
figure out verb	To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

It sounds like I don't like filming.
All right guys, what do we think of the outfit?
Hence why I'm wearing it with this outfit.
I think it's so perfect.
I like how there's like little dividers.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	have been wearing · we've been planning
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've been · I've moved · have done
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	bag, which is · everyone who works
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	the most excited · the best · the most beautiful

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 100 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: transition /tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/, chic /ʃik/, associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, initiative /ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.tɪv/, transformation /ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, initiative /ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.tɪv/, transformation /ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, beautifully /ˈbju.tɪ.fə.li/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like outfit, skate, butter.

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Shadowing Practice: christmas in new york 🌟 VLOG - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?