Shadowing Practice: LEARN ENGLISH at the mall with this Vlog (comprehensible Input #7) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Deep frying in the food court.

Escalator.

Platform shoes.

Tiny pecs.

I drove

future i will drive i'm going to drive i want to drive right now i'm driving

and now we're going to go to the top of this viewpoint where you can see the whole city.

So that's where we're going now.

You can see we're stopped right now at the red light, the stop light.

Usually say, "Yeah, I'm at the red light." The whole system is called traffic lights.

So that place on the top of the hill is where we're going.

And right now we're driving over a bridge.

This is a bridge.

Underneath is a river with water.

We're just looking for somewhere to park the car and then we'll go and look at the view.

check out this view then.

took my coat off because it's not Cold as cold anymore so this is the view of the whole city

So that's the view of the whole city today.

outside the weather.

It's very overcast There's no sun.

And you can see there's a lot of fog throughout the whole city, covering the whole city.

Yesterday was very sunny, but today is the opposite.

There's a church here you can go into.

Another restaurant here, this is a bench that you could sit on.

This is called Boardwalk.

It's like sidewalk like over there.

but it's made out of wood, so it's called boardwalk.

This is a rail, a guardrail, to keep you from falling over and going over.

But this is a bench, and you could sit down on the bench.

So you could say, "I'm going to sit down." I sat down, I'm sitting down, and now I'm standing up happening right now in the past.

I stood up past and in the future I will stand up.

I'm going to stand up.

I want to stand up.

I just stood up now.

This is like a little flower bed, plants inside.

And you can see these people right here are enjoying the view.

They're looking at the view and enjoying it.

These people right here, they're talking and having a conversation.

Those police over there are on their phones.

This taxi is driving.

Okay so right now we are in an underground parking area

and we're trying to look for a place to park the vehicle but there's no places.

It's so full.

Outside it was completely full so there was no room and now down here too is super full.

There's like no spaces.

So we still have to try to find a parking space.

Okay so we found somewhere to park and now we're going into the mall.

So I don't really think we need anything.

We're just gonna go maybe grab something to eat again and just check out what's in the mall.

Maybe learn some words while we're at it.

This, this is like a ramp.

It's not stairs but it's like a ramp that you walk up instead.

So this in a mall is called an escalator.

It's an escalator that goes up and these are different stores in the mall.

This is all glass.

So this is a glass, a glass wall and these are electric scooters.

Electric Here you have KFC This is an Apple store where you could fix your phone.

You have ice creams, a bench, plants.

A flower pot.

This is jewelry.

Jewelry, watches.

And this is a jewelry store.

And here you have a clothing store, Adidas.

specifically.

This is jewelry, women's jewelry store.

That's like a sports store, sports department store.

These are handbags.

This is like a gym supplement store.

So this is protein powder that you can eat.

And this is a gym supplement store.

And these are all banks.

This is where you withdraw money.

It's called an ATM.

So there's a lot of tiny stores and malls with watches and everything.

And there's bigger stores on the side.

And you have escalators at every spot.

And I'm walking on the escalator.

The Croc store.

I have a pair of these.

They're really comfortable.

You could see they're like, there's like a platform on them.

You call this platform shoes.

And it gives you like, it gives you a few inches that makes you taller.

Platform shoes.

But I don't really like them.

This is called a fountain.

A fountain.

They just have all different printers, tablets, different types of electronics, phones, phone cases, power adapters, USBs.

This is internet routers, a baby store.

So as you can see the mall is really big, a lot of room, more clothing stores.

Most malls are pretty much just filled with clothing stores.

And then there's also a food court, which is where we're going to go right now.

This is a typical layout of a mall.

This is a music store.

You can see all the instruments.

This is an acoustic guitar, electric guitar.

These are just electric drums.

These are normal drums, pianos.

You have a saxophone there, trumpet.

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This is a full drum set right here.

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And here's the Electronic Store speakers.

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$151 for a JBL flip.

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That's a lot.

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The power, the power, it's all dark.

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The power went out so now there's no more power.

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Hopefully it comes back or else we'll just have no power in here.

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These are printers and it prints paper, projectors.

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Okay and this is the food court.

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You can see all of these are little small restaurants and in the middle is where you eat, the food court.

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They're watching, everyone's watching soccer.

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It's pretty popular.

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A food court is a pretty popular part of the mall

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because everyone that works here or visits, they're watching comes and eats food here.

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So there's a lot of different choices of food.

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So these are fanny packs when you travel.

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These are just different gloves.

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These are more like winter gloves.

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50 bucks?

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75 bucks.

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75 bucks.

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US dollars.

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75. This one's 70 but it's 30 % off.

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75 dollars for an umbrella.

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And this feels, this thing feels light.

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This is my first time in an outdoor store and that's actually insane prices.

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Craig Hopper, 70 bucks.

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This stuff feels too warm though.

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Oh, I like these pants.

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Rain pants.

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80, 90 dollars for that.

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This is like a jacket.

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It's like a warm jacket.

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Like a light jacket.

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$190.

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US dollars, wow.

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So this is a Jacket 2 These are rain pants.

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Rain pass that keeps the rain away.

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The escalator is not working right now.

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So we just have to walk down it like normal.

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We got the capybara.

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A hair salon.

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A pet store.

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We sell animals here.

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Pets.

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This is a suit tailor.

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You get suits here.

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This is a suit.

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It's mostly this is just men's clothes.

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Another suit store.

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This is a formula one race car and this I'm pretty sure is supposed to be KFC.

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So now we're done in the mall and we saw the stuff we needed to see.

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We just walked around, saw a few shops and now we're heading back out, back to the car.

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Let's go back to the Airbnb.

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Okay, so we're in the Airbnb now.

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So we could learn a few words while we're here.

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Again, we've covered this.

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This is a sofa.

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This is a pillow.

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A sofa pillow.

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And outside here, you see this.

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this wire fence.

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This is called an electric fence and it's to keep people out.

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So it's for safety and protection.

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And you can see on the street there, People are parking on the street.

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If you want to say it in the past tense, they parked on the street.

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future, they will park on the street, they are going to park on the street, desire, they want to park on the street, and happening right now.

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They are parking on the street.

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That's a house over there.

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You can see the balcony.

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This is the balcony.

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And then this is garage doors.

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These are garage doors that open and close.

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Open and close to let cars in.

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Like this car to let them in.

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I remember the last time I was here in Cuenca.

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It was during December and there was a lot of power outages.

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And power outages is pretty much when the power just goes out.

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It's when the power goes out so there's no more power.

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And this happens because there wasn't enough rain, it was very very dry.

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So there wasn't enough rain to create power with dams and rivers.

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But now there's too much rain.

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Too much.

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That's how it is.

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But here's the kitchen.

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Thank you.

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You got the kitchen here.

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You have an oven The stove is on top.

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You have the sink, cupboards, fridge.

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Here you have a washroom and here's the bedroom.

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You could call this a washroom or a bathroom.

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I call it the bathroom normally, but depending where you're from, you call it something different.

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But they mean the same thing.

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Washroom, bathroom, same thing.

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So this is like a flower market.

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That's Spider -Man.

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A flower market.

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This is a church.

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These are all the flowers.

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That's the cross.

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And these are all the flowers.

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That's the church.

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Candles selling.

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But now we're going into the church.

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Into the church.

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These are the like giant arches this shape is called an arch

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when it goes like this my brother is buying something at this place What are you buying?

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Good So right now we're crossing crossing the street crossing it he's eating his snack

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The Sun is like Overcast still not really nice, but there's still a lot of people out.

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Oh A lot more than last night.

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These pigeons are eating corn off the ground that someone gave them.

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That means it's good.

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And he's eating that like a...

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So we were just in there.

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And then we walked around.

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That dog was sitting in a funny way.

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He was sitting with his butt on one stair and his feet on the other stair.

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This is another park.

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They're selling shoes here.

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the kids are playing with a soccer ball

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or football they're all selling clothes ponchos

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and everything in the park these are stalls these are also stalls

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but they're a little bit bigger this is a fountain the

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kids are taking pictures close to the fountain the kids grabbing the bottle of water from the fountain Okay,

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so we were hungry so we decided to stop at the store because they had really big hot dogs.

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I decided to get a foot long hot dog.

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Here you can see the fries deep frying in the oil.

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That's a deep fryer machine.

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And here you can see the hot dogs cooking in oil as well.

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There's different shapes and different flavors of hot dogs here.

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But I went with the foot long original hot dog.

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And there's also onions and other sauces she puts on it at the end.

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When you got you got a drink in there or what?

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Yeah, dude, that's the straw.

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This is my foot long hot dog that only cost $2 .50 to buy You're a glizzy gobbler That's like hella bread.

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What's that ratio?

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One to four?

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A lot of bread.

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That's coconut juice.

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What are these nuggets?

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Did you even have any of your drink yet?

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Yeah, it's coconut water.

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actually put like nothing in here is it done yeah i

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took like four sips okay i wanted a sip of that

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but i guess i don't need any more okay

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so i'm in the bus station about to go on my bus

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if you guys made it this far make sure to tell me

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which country you're from and these were the top countries you're from last video here's my instagram

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if you want to follow

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and these are the words you learned today make sure you guys subscribe

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and comment and like this video if you want more i'll see you guys in

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “LEARN ENGLISH at the mall with this Vlog”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: store, mall, park. This video has 249 sentences and 2004 words to shadow. The speech runs for 11:39. The speaker talks at a natural 172 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
mall noun	/mɔːl/	A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
escalator noun	/ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tɚ/	Anything that escalates.
jewellery noun	/ˈd͡ʒʊ-/	Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.
fountain noun	/ˈfaʊn.tɪn/	A natural source of water; a spring.
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.
shoe noun	/ˈʃu/	A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of…
jacket noun	/ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/	A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
washroom noun	/ˈwɒʃrʊm/	A room intended to wash the face and hands.
fry verb	/fɹaɪ/	To cook (something) in hot fat.
drum noun	/ˈdɹʌm/	A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
boardwalk noun	/ˈbɔɹdˌwɔk/	A slightly elevated path (walkway) for pedestrians over sandy or swampy ground, typically made out of wood; specifically (Canada, US) one running alongside a…
outage noun	/ˈaʊ.tɪd͡ʒ/	A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electrical power supply.
overcast adjective	/ˈoʊvɚ.kæst/	Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
stair noun	/stɛɚ/	A single step in a staircase.
glove noun	/ɡlʌv/	An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
stand up verb	To rise from a lying or sitting position.
go out verb	To leave, especially a building.
sit down verb	To assume a sitting position from a standing position.
check out verb	To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
walk around verb	To walk with no planned destination; to meander.
come back verb	To return to a place.
fall over verb	To fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position.
go back to verb	To stem from; to originate in.

Sentences worth repeating

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

There's a church here you can go into.
I'm going to stand up.
Maybe learn some words while we're at it.
Here you have a washroom and here's the bedroom.
Did you even have any of your drink yet?

Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is called
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was sitting
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now	i'm driving · we're going · we're driving
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming	i'm going to drive · we're going to go · I'm going to sit

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 50 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, I'm, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: cloth /klɒθ/, withdraw /wɪðˈdɹɔ/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shoe /ˈʃu/, washroom /ˈwɒʃrʊm/, garage /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/
Long words — get the stress right: escalator /ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tɚ/, capybara /ˌkæpiˈbɛɹə/, electronics /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪks/

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 mall, escalator, jewellery.

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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?