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I got nice at your service.
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I grew up in the village and I am proud of it.
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Every street in this place is dear to me and I'm very happy to walk around and show you my village so you can see how regular Russian villages looks like.
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Hvorostyanka is an average village in the heart of Russia.
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It has hot summers and freezing winters.
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You can vividly feel each season.
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Since it is the The district center sort of the main village among our villages.
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It remains a pleasant enough place to live in.
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People from the nearby smaller settlements come here, about 5000 people live here.
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This is the map on which we are going to walk today and look at what I think are the key points in my village.
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And let's start with what everyone sees the very first entering this place, a large sign with the name of the village Hvorostyanka.
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And also here is a statue that represents our hospitality.
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It holds the bread, like in Russia, something like a welcoming gesture to guests, so you're welcome.
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Let's start our tour with my favorite village school.
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There is only one school in Hvorostyanka, except for the kindergarten, which I'll show you later.
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This is where I spent most of my life, and I already made a video about my school, and it's gotten over a million views.
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If I only knew that this amount of people will watch it, I will try harder, or I would be paralyzed with a fear and I would never film this video.
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Then I was still studying here, they built a cool new stadium where local football team and teams from our will just play football,
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and we even have our own football club which is called Zvezda, and my dad Beth told me that sometimes to our village David Bedham comes and he plays for our club
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Here we have it Agen Nesti at your service Can you see it?
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Can't you?
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So we have an Orthodox church near my school And I didn't go here often But I did go here with my grandmother at Madden there are some celebrations,
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or for example before United States exam, I mean my mom was going to this church to pray for my education so I can pass my exams.
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I don't know if it was God's help or my anxiety disorder, but I passed my exams perfectly.
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Here we also have a technical school or college.
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School students always had prejudices, prejudices, prejudices about students of college, because it was considered something like a place where students go who doesn't have enough power to pass exams and go to university.
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Here you can learn to be a cook, a tractor driver, accountant, but to be honest why everyone should go and study into this city?
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Life in here is so peaceful and if a person just wants to stay in here with their friends and family and live a simple village life, I think that's just perfect.
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Thanks to people like this, like our village is not only not dying but can seem to become more comfortable and comfortable for living.
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There are huge number of villages in Russia which unfortunately are slowly dying because they're either too low wages or no jobs at all.
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Young people are living for the cities for a better life and beautiful rural areas simply remain abandoned.
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Over the last 20 years more than 30 000 villages have disappeared in Russia.
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But larger settlements like Khorostyanka do not die but even improve each year.
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And I feel like in some time people will come back to the villages from the city, because in the city all this stress and cost of living is just unpleasant.
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And now we are entering kindergarten.
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This is like a kindergarten elementary school,
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and i was in here and i consider it the best place in the village we have two kindergartens in our village and i was in the both of them they're also free just like the school the main entrance
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it's so cute in here then i was in this kindergarten this little rooms it was our toilet We're here in the room I know that everything was all over here
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Like...
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This is how we ride in Russia There was a gudron and I ate it here.
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It's like a black gudron.
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It was our food.
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These things are actually really tasty, but we were eating this in September, because it's getting ready in September.
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It's a...
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in September.
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You can literally live here.
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As a kid I was so afraid of them,
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now they should be afraid of me.
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What are you looking at?
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I got your own clothes.
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Now we are on our way to the hospital and I would love to show you how it looks inside, But I'm like too anxious, a lot actually
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The hospital is also free and you can go to any doctor if you're worried about something But of course you will have to wait in lines Or for example,
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when I was going to the dentist, when I was a child, I was going here and it was free But for example, good Anastasia, it costs some money,
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so something like that Of course I was going here,
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then I was living here and the most citizens of the village they go to this clinic and the citizens of the nearby villages here they also
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do surgery here you can have babies i was born in this cleaning but then something really serious should be done of
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course people are going to the city how do you call cats in your in your country because in russia to call
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them you should call cats they're gonna react on this i just heard in our countries they say something else it's like kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty our cast not gonna react on that
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now we are going to drive along the streets so i can show you the ordinary houses of the locals everyone has a garden almost
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everyone grows vegetables herbs and berries we have both more modern houses and a lot of grandparents and just people still live in
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the old wooden houses is bushka my grandparents are still living this one and i made a video about it already on my channel I make videos about everything I love.
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It's like, it's Bushka, my grandma, food, racism.
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And then of course we have houses which we consider fancy.
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This is like houses of the local businessman who opens the stores and the villages or farmers, I don't know what else people do to earn their money.
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Going into the houses and asking people who they work for and how much they earn, it's not gonna end up good in Russia.
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We also have like a high rising buildings in our village, this is also the attribute of the fact that we are not just a village, we are a village.
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And I was born in this kind of building and I lived here until 7 years old.
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And even in the apartments people have their own gardens.
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Like each apartment of this building has their own gardens as well.
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I also want to show you our village shops,
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there are quite a lot of them now, and it was not like that before.
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Previously we went to the city to buy gloves or school supplies or waited for the market to arrive on Friday.
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Now we have three supermarkets and a lot of private stores that the locals set up.
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with classic sellers.
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The product range is lower than in supermarkets, but many people go there because they bring some particularly tasty bread or just because they're closer to home.
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Tell me in the comments what kind of stores in the villages in your country.
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I have not found such videos on YouTube.
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Thank you.
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Finally, we got to the center of the village.
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There is a small park, a fountain and, as in any self-respecting settlement of the post-Soviet space, a monument to Lenin, which was restored several times because some teenagers are constantly climbing on it.
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This is local administration.
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This is a children's art center and I went here to a lot of classes.
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I went here to dance class, drawing class, play modeling, video club, juggling.
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I was like really active kid and everything was free so I just tried everything And this is a district court As a child
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I thought it was like the most beautiful building in the world Here in the center is district house of culture and
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here I was also going to the Russian folk dance class It was fun but traumatizing because the teacher she did not spare us
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Once at the performance my mom she didn't have enough time to put a scarf on my hat So while performance I was standing in the first line smiling because it was mandatory to smile wide and crying my eyes out.
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And I hold the scarf in my hand.
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I thought I will be killed but they took pity on me.
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Next to the center is the main park of the village which we call the old park but it is actually called Cosmonauts Park.
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It is where we have all the summer festivals like village day, youth day, children protection day and so on.
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There used to be a wooden slide where once rolled down you could get 5 splinters in your ass.
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That was a beautiful structure.
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I found this slide in another part of the village especially for you, my favorite subscribers, because it is important.
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I'm glad that it was not destroyed, because there is a registry of Hvarostyanke teenagers.
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phone numbers and our crucial information I guess it was like the way to bully people just by writing down their numbers so like strangers will call to these numbers and I don't know,
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trying to be acquaintances and my number was also there but the number was wrong Jesus Christ, how am I gonna go down?
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Okay guys, we are inside.
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I'll try to find, I'm pretty sure my number is not here anymore.
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Oh my god, it is still here!
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This is my name.
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Karasimo, I love you, sex on the phone, mostly here is like, as you can see, I love you and all this stuff.
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The best way to tell someone that you love him.
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There used to be a stair and they'd remove it, I guess just because to make kids not go inside but as you can see it's not really a problem to go inside.
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Oh, damn.
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There's no scenario, this is life.
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Now I want to show you a few more places where locals like to spend time.
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Since our main pastime as teenagers was just walking around the village, we spent time whenever we could stand.
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For example, this is the platinka, we used to go swimming here when we were kids and well, we still do now.
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It is a dam built most likely to prevent the village from being flooded by the Chigarra River.
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And while in summer we swim in this river, there are even a couple of beaches, if it can be called that.
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In winter, when it's freezes, we go sledding and sky ink on it.
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Now we are going to one of my favorite lakeses.
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It's a little bit far away in the field.
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By the way, now we are passing a cemetery.
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It's like tradition for us to go there before Easter to clean up the graves of our ladies and leave a can...
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We leave candy and cookies and then children collect them or it's just being eaten by birds.
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Not every youtuber will show you Russian cemetery right so appreciate me love me give me
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likes come please it's a lot of fields the near major city Samara is about
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140 kilometers away and everything in between is just fields so we used to ride bicycles a lot and we used to go there in the field and still like seven hours,
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we were still in a little bit of core, yes we were gansters and what you gonna do to me?
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I'm in Russia.
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Here is a bungee jump, me and my friends was coming here a lot to jump obviously.
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I would do this right now as well but I'm pretty sure I will fall because I have a weak arm.
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Each time that I try just to ride on it I fall, 100% information.
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I will do this for YouTube but it's so cold.
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Well, that's my village.
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I moved from here to the city, then I graduated, but I've been coming back here every weekends, just like a lot of people do these days.
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They just live and work in the city, and on weekends they come to their home, or like my parents, they want to spend their retirement in here,
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and I understand them pretty well, because only here I feel calm all the time, no matter what happens in the country and the world,
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even if an alien invasion starts, I really don't know what next year is preparing for us, I will not be surprised.
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In case of alien invasion I will just come back here and I will hide in the forests and fields, pick mushrooms and berries and raise chickens with my relatives and friends, that's my plan.
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I will be really interested to read your comments, what you think about my village, or maybe how villages in your countries looks like.
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Welcome to this lesson inspired by a captivating journey through a typical Russian village, Hvorostyanka. In this practice session, you will immerse yourself in the rich vocabulary and context surrounding village life in Russia. By engaging with the content, you will enhance your English speaking practice, focusing on pronunciation, and develop a better understanding of cultural nuances. As you listen to the narrative, you will also practice shadowspeak, allowing you to mimic the intonation and rhythm of native speakers. This will help you improve English pronunciation while gaining insight into village dynamics and daily life.

Key Vocabulary & Phrases

  • Hospitality: The friendly and generous reception of guests.
  • Village: A small community or group of houses in a rural area.
  • Cultural celebrations: Events that hold significance within a culture, often tied to traditions.
  • School: An institution for educating children; in this context, it refers to the village school.
  • Orthodox church: A Christian denomination with a significant presence in Russia.
  • Kindergarten: A preschool for young children, emphasizing early education.
  • Tractor driver: An individual who operates a tractor, commonly found in agricultural settings.
  • Peaceful life: A lifestyle characterized by tranquility and simplicity.

Practice Tips

To fully benefit from this English learning practice, consider following these practice tips designed for effective shadow speech:

  • Listen carefully: Pay close attention to the speaker's tone and pace as you watch the video. The varying speeds in their speech provide an opportunity to adapt your pronunciation and clarity.
  • Repeat phrases: After hearing specific phrases, pause the video and repeat them aloud. Focus on mimicking the intonation and rhythm to enhance your english speaking practice.
  • Record yourself: Try recording your shadow speech practice. Listening back will help you identify areas for improvement in your pronunciation and fluency.
  • Use pauses: Don’t rush. Take the time to pause between sentences to practice your pronunciation and ensure it comes naturally.
  • Engage with vocabulary: Use the key vocabulary list to create sentences about your own experiences or thoughts regarding village life. This will help solidify your understanding and usage of new terms.

By incorporating these strategies into your learning routine, you'll find yourself more confident in your English speaking abilities and closer to achieving fluency through structured and enjoyable practice.

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 β€” 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 β€” making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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