Shadowing Practice: Comprehensible Input English American Conversation Travel B1 B2 C1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Listening to and watching native speakers is the best way to improve your understanding of English.
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But if you want to sound like native, you have to shadow.
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Which means you have to pause this video every five seconds and repeat everything you hear in exactly the same way.
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But the most important part of learning is enjoying the process.
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And that's exactly why I am inviting you for a walk
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along Wisla River in Poland with this cool American dude who lives in Warsaw.
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Now, hit the like button below and let's get started.
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Mac, can you please tell me what are you up to in Poland?
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Sure, so it's actually a long story.
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I'm like kind of half and half half American half Polish It's like half and half
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Soft on top hard in the middle.
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I Guess mostly Polish really, but I live a long time in America We born in Poland or United States.
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I was born in Poland I was born in a Kielce and when did you move to the US?
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At first for middle school, so this would have been like ninth grade I started learning English at the third grade level so like great.
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It's been ten Well, she looks like my third grade teacher.
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I hated my third grade teacher.
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Wait a minute.
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She is my third grade teacher.
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You know, for most of my childhood, I was convinced that I wanted to be American.
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If you grew up in the United States, at schools, they teach you that we are Americans, we are the best.
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Only us.
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Oh my god, yeah, like the entire thing, you know, waking up every morning, going to school, the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Yeah.
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I still remember that entirely.
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What's the Pledge of allegiance what is it um
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so it's a thing
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that americans do i was a very confused kid man first
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day of school everybody's standing up putting their right hand on
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the chest doing the pledge of allegiance at the beginning of every school day yeah
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and you know you start the school day off there is like morning announcements there was a pa
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that will come on and we'd stand up
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and we say the pledge of allegiance
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and he goes um i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of of America
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and to the Republic for which it stands.
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Oh wow.
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One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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Holy guac.
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Yeah.
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One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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So pretty much it's sort of the nationalistic brainwash in a nice way.
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You can say it.
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Pretty much, yeah.
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Right, you gotta believe that America is the greatest country ever created to fucked up brainwashing, mind control bullshit.
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On one side, I hate it because kids grow up and they don't, they're like, yo, you foreigners, you're like third kind of, you know?
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Oh my God, yeah.
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But on the other side, I love it because there are a lot of nationalities, like thousand kilometers that way, there was a war in Ukraine.
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And if Ukrainians would be that way, there would be no freaking war there.
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If they would be very nationalist, but they're very nice and polite.
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And that's exactly why the thing, whatever is happening, is happening right now.
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So I love it and I hate it.
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And while you are enjoying this video, I think you forgot to hit the like button below and to subscribe to our channel.
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It takes only two seconds, but it's very important for this guy right here.
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All right, let's continue.
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Since you've been in Poland for a while, what's underrated and what's overrated in Poland?
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Ooh, that's a really good question.
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Yeah, but it's a perfect song.
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It's like underrated, to be honest.
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Underrated?
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Yeah.
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I wouldn't say underrated necessarily, but like the food is great.
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It's like one of the biggest things that I missed living in the US.
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P.N.
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Not necessarily.
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The cancer's at stage four.
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Like, you know, when I lived with my parents there, like, we could easily get homemade Polish food.
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Well, the place I lived in Philly had a Polish downtown area.
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Not really downtown, like, kind of off to the side.
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So, you're from Philly, Philadelphia.
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Half and half.
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So, like, I spent a little bit of time in, um, in Virginia.
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I lived there as a kid.
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I went to middle school and high school there.
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Yeah.
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And then I went to university in Philly.
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That's pretty cool.
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What's your major?
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Um, computer science.
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Oh, nice.
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So, you're a geek.
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Huh?
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Eh, kind of.
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I wouldn't necessarily describe myself as...
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You think I'm a geek?
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No. I think your dad's a geek.
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Yeah, well he's not.
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And I'm not my dad.
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You know, when you think programmer, the first person that comes to mind is like the most introverted person you've ever met.
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Like very quiet.
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Yeah.
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Doesn't really talk much.
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Nerd.
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Exactly, yeah.
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And I always try to avoid that association a little bit.
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I think I was like that growing up and then at a certain point I realized that,
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hey, Like it's actually kind of nice to have a personality that's not just computer science stuff.
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Yeah, exactly.
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You got a lot of street workout, calisthenics.
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Yeah.
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Do you want to do a couple of pull-ups?
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Oh my God, I'm terrible at pull-ups.
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Can you please hold it?
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I cannot stay away.
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Absolutely.
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Got those sit-ups you want me to do?
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I got it right here in my contract.
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It says I don't have to do any calisthenics.
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I don't feel unnecessary.
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So what do you think about that?
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Oh my gosh, I cannot.
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Whoa, that feels so good to crack my back on a bar.
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Don't do that.
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Come here, you gotta crack my back.
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At least I'll hang.
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I will not do much.
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Just a light half pull-ups.
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Okay, I see you, I see you.
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To get some blood flow, nothing crazy.
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I used to do a little bit of rock climbing and then at one point my coach, right after I started, goes like, hey, how many pull-ups do you think you can do?
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I was sort of in
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that first wave of people who learned how to train for rock climbing instead of just going rock climbing.
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I was like, I was feeling confident, I was feeling up there, I was like 20.
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Okay, show me 20.
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I did none.
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None!
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None.
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None, almost none were willing to talk to us.
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What do you think about people from Poland in terms of English?
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What percentage of people speak English?
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I would err on the lower side, I think.
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At least in Warsaw, like normally you'll find most people speak a decent amount of English.
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Yeah.
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Decent people tend to think that everybody else is decent too.
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Back when I was growing up, like I would move between Poland and the US.
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And at one point I had my girlfriend in high school we were on the train in Warsaw mind you.
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Yeah.
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And we were talking in English, this was like 2016, and people were just looking at us like we were from outer space.
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Zoom, you could see that thing from outer space.
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I think it's half and half, like especially in Warsaw you will find that we've grown to be a lot more of an English speaking country recently,
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but like places outside of Warsaw, like outside of the bigger cities, most people just like don't really speak it because we used to.
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They speak English.
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Excuse me girls.
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Excuse me ladies.
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Quick question.
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Where are you from?
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Because you speak English.
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We were talking about... From...
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Well, I'm also.
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I'm from London. From London?
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No way.
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Can we ask you a couple of questions if you don't mind?
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Are we going to be viral?
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If you want to be viral then yeah.
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No. No problem at all.
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Then I will not ask you questions because we're definitely going to go viral.
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Do you think it's going viral?
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Viral?
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My brother, my man.
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And by the way guys on that video I promised 100 bucks
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if some one of you guys will guess my age and William's age
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And a fun thing we had about 200 people trying to guess it and no one guessed it.
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Does that apply to me?
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No, it does not.
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But here's the thing now
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if we get 400 comments right below this video I'm going
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to send 100 bucks to a random person literally you simply need to specify the reason why are you learning English?
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I don't think it's necessary for me to specify who lost that round
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Leave a comment right below this video and give me one, two or three reasons.
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If you get three reasons in three comments, that's even better.
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Because if we get 400 comments, I'm sending $100 to anyone who I'm going to randomly pick from the bag.
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Easy money.
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Yeah, seriously.
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I'm unemployed right now, searching for work and that would save my life.
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What caught you off guard about Poland?
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What caught me off guard?
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Hmm.
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The slight scent of weed.
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Chili.
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He thinks he's caught me off guard.
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Oh my god, I've caught him off guard.
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I think the people for sure, and I think like we've talked about earlier, this is a very Eastern European sort of thing, because I've lived so much in America.
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I always feel like an American wherever I go.
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The first time I was in Tallinn, for example, in Estonia, I walk into a store and I'm like, hey, how are you doing?
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And the lady goes, American?
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I felt so bad.
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No, no, no, no, no, this sucker's electrical, but I need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity I need.
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Doc, you don't just walk into a store and buy plutonium.
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The fact that all the niceties that come with, like, the American way of life...
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Yeah.
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...are unnecessarily commonplace here, like, you would just go up to a store clerk here and you would go, Hi, just this.
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Exactly.
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Like, not even that, just say hi.
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And they process your orders, no, like, small talk happening.
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It's funny that today I ordered several things and I wanted to ask for a tray.
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I'm like, hey, do you have a tray?
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She's like, no. I mean, yesterday somebody gave me a tray.
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She's like, no. That's it.
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I asked her a few more times.
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She's like, no, sorry, we don't.
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I'm like, okay, that feels a little better now.
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Each community garden will get a tray of flowers and herbs and a tray of vegetables.
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In general speaking, I feel like the culture is sort of cold compared to Latin America.
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Oh my god, yeah, totally.
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Like compared to like Brazil or something or like anywhere in South America.
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Everyone is so friendly over there.
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Here if you try to like talk up to a stranger, most times you'll just be met with like a cold stare.
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Exactly, exactly.
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It's Europe.
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What is your hurry?
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Anxious for more of dad's stone cold stares and dangerously repressed anger?
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Do you guys actually let me know in the comments below, why do you think people in Europe are so cold naturally?
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Tell me about the craziest story in your life.
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Oh my God, there's a couple to pick from.
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Okay, so back when I was living in Philly, I was living there as a student.
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Look, this is back when I was 25 pounds lighter, okay, asshole?
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And one of my friends had just moved out, and he left a bike that was worth like 50 bucks, and he was just like, yeah, I don't really feel like selling it.
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Like, this is too little money to go through for so little return, really.
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Yeah.
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I don't really feel like going out tonight.
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Are you so sad about Parker?
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I was like, oh, bet, I can take it.
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I'm riding this bike.
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It's very tall.
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Like, I'm a tall person.
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I'm used to it, but it's tall even for me.
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We modified the engine to, like, have very tall walls.
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I'm riding it.
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The way my bike goes into the tram rail, the wheel just locks up.
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Oh, shit.
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I was terrified.
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Like, the next thing I remember, I was on the bike, and then I was standing next to the bike like this.
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Yeah.
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I have no clue how it happened.
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Nobody saw it.
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I was truly terrified by that movie, and I am still, to this day, terrified of ghosts.
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That's a cool hangout area.
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Mm-hmm.
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I love it.
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We've got a lot of these water spots around the city as well now that it's hot like Yeah, you know mostly for the kids to play in
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but I was out here with my friends earlier And we just kept walking for the sprinklers to cool down.
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Oh nice Sprinkler's so broken Should we run?
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They're enjoying themselves so much.
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I wish I were them
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When you're a kid you want to grow up fast to be an adult
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when you were an adult You want to be a kid again?
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Yeah, and you're like, no, please take me back.
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How young are you, by the way?
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27. 27!
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That's cool, man.
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I was gonna ask about your age as well.
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You look like mid-30s.
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You shall not find out, man.
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Ah, damn.
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Because somebody could win $100 if they wouldn't find out.
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You can tell me off-camera then.
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Sure, you got it.
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We were always there, off-camera, watching Andy perform his scenes, which was amazing.
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Sorry, I feel a sneeze coming on on.
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Snee, snee, snee.
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Never mind, it went away.
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Dang.
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Do plants sneeze?
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Hypothesis.
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Plants probably sneeze.
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Experiment.
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Conclusion, plants don't sneeze.
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I thought that I made a mistake.
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I planned to travel for two years and Brazil was the first country on my journey and then afterwards I was like, well dang, I'm going to Uruguay and then Argentina.
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What am I going to see there after brazil i made
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the biggest mistake in my life by coming by visiting by going there first yeah
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but then i go to uruguay
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and it's completely different you know they have beautiful architecture
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and people are so nice and warm
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and different they love their foreigners as well exactly they love me
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so much like nobody else love
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if you've got a fight scene we have five foreigners fighting
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hudson doll then another fight scene five foreigners fighting hudson down another one
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and then i was like dang what am i going to see in argentina argentina just exploded my mind it's
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so beautiful i've never seen such a beautiful architecture in europe people are beautiful
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but they're cold
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and in argentina you see same mixture of beautiful i don't
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know italian spanish whoever lives here i see something in their faces it's this mixture of pride and fear
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and then you realize that oh they're so nice
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and open as the rest of latin america yeah like holy guacamole how did
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that happen in the world what's your favorite place in the world what's the gem that you would like to always...
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What's my favorite place in the world?
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Yeah.
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So the first place my mind goes to is Tallinn in Estonia.
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Oh wow, how come?
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It's just so pretty, like it's the capital city of Estonia, but it's got like, I don't know, 500,000 people?
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Wow.
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I'm not entirely sure of the numbers, but it's very tiny.
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You like get in there and the old town is so magical.
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It feels like something out of a Disney movie.
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Yeah.
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I'm not entirely sure what I said last night.
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Do you have any public speaking advice?
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Public speaking advice?
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Absolutely.
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I'm going to share a video right here.
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Simply do this one hour morning routine every single day.
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You will not recognize yourself in one month.
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Triangle's morning routine wasn't very much like squares.
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Thing number one you're going to do, you're going to improve your articulation.
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Thing number two, you're going to strengthen your voice.
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You'll sound a little bit more professional.
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I can share for myself when I was like getting more either
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Trying to be more confident in speaking either English
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or Polish One thing that's really helped me is just reading books out loud as well reading books out loud.
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That's amazing.
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That's pretty much your Articulation slash voice practice.
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Mm-hmm.
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Yeah, exactly.
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Hold on.
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Have you ever done tongue twisters a little bit?
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That's the biggest thing that people are missing in this world.
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And I'm not freaking kidding.
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If you do tongue twisters every single morning, you will practice not only how to speak correctly, but also how to speak fast, also how to speak loud.
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And like articulate well.
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Exactly.
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And that builds confidence.
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If I wake up in the morning, if I haven't talked to anyone for a day or so, I don't feel confident talking to people.
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But if I start warming up with tongue twisters, by the end of it, I'm like, let's get started.
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Concentrated power of the sun!
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Fire!
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Minion?
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Fire?
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Uh, it's still warming up, sir.
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Come again?
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Warming up, sir.
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Warming up!
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The sun is warming up!
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You know, I think the warming up part is the biggest underrated part of speaking to people in general.
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Because, you know, the other day I was at a show.
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I was like, I haven't talked to anyone all day.
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I was just at home playing video games or reading something.
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and then suddenly I have to speak to people and the first things that come out of my mouth are just gibberish.
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What made you want to start a language learning platform?
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Language learning platform.
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As soon as I opened this YouTube channel, which is called Sergi Speaks that you guys are watching this video on right now, my first video was from Switzerland.
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First, I had like 1,000 up to 3,000 views.
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I mean, and it was kind of okayish.
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And then I was like, it didn't work very well.
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But then month after, since I didn't record many videos, somebody posted, dude, it's so fucking amazing.
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You should record more.
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Where's the next video coming?
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I don't know who that person is, but thanks to you, I'm getting goosebumps on my skin right now.
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Thanks to you, I did not quit.
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And I started recording videos again.
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Well, that speech just gave me goosebumps.
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You got the tingles?
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Yeah, that was good.
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And afterwards, I recorded a video in New York City, which exploded like 300,000 views.
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Wow.
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16,000 subscribers from one video.
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And people are like, come on, dude, you're amazing.
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Do more content.
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We want to sound like you.
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I was like, OK, I love helping people.
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So what I'm going to do, I'm going to leave a Google form where you all can fill out information, leave your email.
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I'll invite you for Google Calendar completely free speaking session.
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We'll connect you all.
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OK.
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This just fill out this form.
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And then I figured there is a problem because some people there are 10, 20, 40, 50 people on a call and they don't specify their level.
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I have to ask everyone and I waste a lot of time.
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I was like, let me create a platform, foxu.com, where people can join, can specify their level.
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And every time they will join a session, it will be transferred from our website to Zoom call.
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So I wouldn't have to ask anyone.
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So it was one problem we had to solve.
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We can't do the impossible.
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Impossible?
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You have everything to solve this problem.
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And now we have a lot of AI features.
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We have one-on-one calls.
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We have executive membership plans.
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Some people are paying $100 per month and they have unlimited plan where they talk every single day.
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Oh, that's dope.
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For two to three hours.
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We have people from Colombia, from Brazil, from Ukraine, from the United States.
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People are loving it so far.
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They were about to expand.
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So that's awesome.
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Hold on.
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Look at that girl Valerie.
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No way.
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What the hell are you doing here?
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Jesus Christ Mac Hold on show people that what is it?
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Fox you You want to go with us for a walk for a couple of minutes Awesome,
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so you're wearing that shirt that t-shirt can you can you tell us what does
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that mean? don't give a fucks, speak English.
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Let me get you a microphone.
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What a great name.
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Yeah, I wonder who came up with that name, huh?
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And finally, one photo came up.
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So, it means that you don't need to be a shy person and just be an open-minded person and talk with foreigners,
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learn English and enjoy this life.
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Can you tell us how do you improve your English?
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How do you learn English?
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Nowadays I am practicing speaking and I try to dedicate my time like two
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or three hours per day speaking and joining intensive program.
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And to sacrifice and to dedicate themselves to a legal craft.
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You speak several times a day with somebody, right?
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Yeah, yeah.
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Actually with the other members of our community. Which community?
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FoxU.
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FoxU too you too.
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And the last question, if the whole world could see you right now, if you could share with them one piece of wisdom
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or one phrase you always wanted to share since you were a kid, what would you share with them?
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Oh my God.
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Okay.
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I have not prepared for this question whatsoever.
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The first one is a word that I love to use in English
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that a lot of people have not necessarily made fun of me for, but kind of laughed at is just the words Godspeed.
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Godspeed?
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Yeah, just means, you know, go with God.
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Godspeed, sir.
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Godspeed.
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I like using arcade phrases, kind of like that, that, you know, pop up with a lot of history, have a lot of culture behind them,
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but not necessarily don't really have a place in our world right now.
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Well, thank you so much for the useful conversation.
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You guys hit the like button below and I'll see you.
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Well, it was nice meeting you.
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Likewise.
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I'll see you soon, brother.
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Godspeed, man.
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Good meeting you.
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Now, if you've been pausing this video every 5 seconds,
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I want you to watch it one more time and try to shadow us without pausing video even for one second.
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Hit the like button below and I'll see you on the next video.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This C1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Comprehensible Input English American Conversation Travel B1 B2 C1”. This video has 428 sentences and 3816 words to shadow. The speech runs for 21:34. The speaker talks at a natural 177 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 84% 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
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| foreigner noun | /ˈfɔɹ.ɪ.nɚ/ | A person from a foreign country. |
| underrated adjective | /ʌn.dɚˈɹeɪ.təd/ | Not given enough recognition for its quality. |
| allegiance noun | /əˈliː.d͡ʒəns/ | Loyalty or commitment to a cause, group, nation or of a subordinate to a superior. |
| tray noun | /tɹeɪ/ | A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried. |
| pledge noun | /plɛd͡ʒ/ | A solemn promise to do something. |
| viral adjective | /ˈvaɪɹəl/ | Of or relating to a biological virus. |
| sneeze verb | /sniːz/ | To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose. |
| specify verb | /ˈspɛs.əˌfaɪ/ | To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition. |
| sny noun | /snaɪ/ | An upward curve at the edge of a plank. |
| terrify verb | /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ/ | To frighten greatly; to fill with terror. |
| twister noun | /ˈtwɪstəɹ/ | One who twists. |
| geek noun | /ɡiːk/ | A person who is intensely interested in a particular field or hobby and often having limited or nonstandard social skills. Often used with an attributive noun. |
| pause noun | /pɔːz/ | A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. |
| buck noun | /ˈbʌk/ | A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad, skunk and kangaroo. |
| articulation noun | /ɑɹˌtɪk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/ | A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| warm up verb | /ˌwɔː(ɹ)m ˈʌp/ | To become warmer. |
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. | |
| fill out verb | /fɪl ˈaʊt/ | To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information. |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| stand up verb | To rise from a lying or sitting position. | |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. | |
| come up with verb | To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it. | |
| cool down verb | /kuːl ˈdaʊn/ | To become cooler; to be reduced in temperature. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You think I'm a geek?
- Can you please hold it?
- Do you think it's going viral?
- I'm like, hey, do you have a tray?
- What's my favorite place in the world?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if some one of you guys will guess |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | It's been · you've been · you've ever met |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was born · be met · is called |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | people who learned · anyone who I · scenes, which was |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 96 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: calisthenics /ˌkæ.lɪsˈθɛ.nɪks/, hypothesis /haɪˈpɒθɪsɪs/, strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/, ninth /naɪnθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: articulation /ɑɹˌtɪk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/, brainwash /ˈbɹeɪnwɒʃ/, gibberish /ˈd͡ʒɪ.bə.ɹɪʃ/, okayish /əʊˈkeɪ.ɪʃ/, nationality /ˌnæʃ.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/
- Long words — get the stress right: underrated /ʌn.dɚˈɹeɪ.təd/, articulation /ɑɹˌtɪk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/, calisthenics /ˌkæ.lɪsˈθɛ.nɪks/, indivisible /ˌɪndɪˈvɪzɪbəl/, guacamole /ˌɡwɑ.kəˈmol.i/
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 foreigner, underrated, allegiance.
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.