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Let's learn English the natural way, where I'll be traveling through Switzerland and showing you what's happening around.
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It's called a comprehensible input method, which has been proven to be four times more effective than
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in old school ways we all did not have fun to in a school.
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And on this video, you will learn 20 new useful phrases.
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not just words.
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And I always encourage you guys to learn phrases because that's what you will actually use in your day -to -day conversations.
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Just like these two random girls that I met on the streets of Switzerland and ask them random questions about money,
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about life in Scotland, and about dating guys in Scotland.
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It's going to be entertaining, educational, and encouraging.
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But before we get started, let me quickly remind you to smash this big fat thumb up button below.
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you wanna have a little more fun in your life.
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Alrighty, let's start a little trip in Switzerland.
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And currently I'm located in a city called Villeneuve,
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which is located next to the lake that you guys can see right here.
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So the lake itself is called, on one side it's called Geneva Lake,
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on the other side I gotta remember the name of it because locals in this little town that's called Villeneuve.
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They call it La Polla something and if you go to Geneva they will call it Geneva Lake.
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If you come here, if you say Geneva Lake they're gonna get angry at you
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because they think or at least maybe in their opinion this lake is called a little differently
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but regardless we're just going to call it a lake and
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while i'm walking next to this lake you guys can see those beautiful hills and mountains which is quite amazing.
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And on one side, you might ask, hey, are those hills or mountains?
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So what I'm thinking about it is that just a large hill
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and when you look at those when you see some rocks those are the mountains
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and that's what the difference in my opinion is i'm getting to the next station of our trip
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which is marina marina sounds like the name of ukrainian girl
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or possibly latin american girl or south american
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but anyways it's a place where people park their boats it's a facility that allows boats to park and do
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of different types of boats.
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Small boats, big boats, some yachts etc. But majority of them are still boats.
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Just like Those boats.
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Alright, I'm almost at the train station.
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I just wanted to show you guys the view.
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Look at it.
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Here's the train station.
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And there will be mountains everywhere.
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Alright, it's a good time for me to buy a ticket before I jump on a train.
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There we go, here comes the train!
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I guess that was not my dream.
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Alright, here we go.
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Let's make it happen.
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Can you guys throw the train with a view just like this in your country?
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If you did, you leave a comment right below this video and let me know where I want to visit it.
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Ooh, there we go.
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That's the castle we're going for.
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Right there.
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And while I'm walking, I'm walking uphill a little bit right here.
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So it's called a ramp.
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It's for people who cannot walk stairs for disabled people or just for cars, for bikes, for scooters.
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It's called a ramp where it goes uphill a little bit. So charming.
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Excuse me ladies are you Swiss?
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No, no, where are you from?
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Scotland.
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Scotland, oh yes!
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How much money do you need to make to live comfortably?
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- And see where you're coming from.
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I'd say about 24 ,000 a year.
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Yeah, and men and men.
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- What's the average?
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- Yeah.
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- Like 24 ,000 a year?
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That's quite low.
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If you want to live comfortably, well, I'd probably say you need more about 35 to 40 thousand a year.
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Um, - Four or five thousand a year, right?
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- Yeah, let's say that's probably like, the best, you know, average living conditions I suppose.
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Awesome.
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Yeah in Scotland when you're dating a guy, does the guy pay in a restaurant or do you split it?
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Well first date he should pay I think.
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Not always, you know, I'm happy to split, but...
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Yeah, I like when a guy pays on the first date and I'll pay on the second date.
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But yeah, I like a man that will split or pay, but I don't mind.
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That makes sense.
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Are you heading this way?
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No, we're trying to meet our friend for lunch, but I don't know where she is.
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Awesome, and while you're waiting for one more question, how much would you like your guy?
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How much does the guy need to make in order to date you in Scotland?
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Oh, I'm not picky.
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As long as he's nice and friendly and He'll look after you.
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- We're thankful.
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Yeah, then it doesn't matter what money he makes.
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We're not picky.
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- Thank you so much for all the answers.
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You have a good one.
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- You too!
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Let's see, tickets.
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except Cash, I don't have a cash.
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Apple Pay, no Apple Pay here.
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Well, I think I have a card.
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I think I have a card, we can go there.
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Hi there!
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credit cards and app only also can I pay for a ticket Card.
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Oh yeah, let me actually pull my card.
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Thank you, have a good one.
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All right, let me lock my backpack.
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And then we're gonna get in.
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- Excuse me guys, I'll pass by.
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All right, we're on our way to this castle.
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A castle is just like a house.
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a large house usually made out of stone hundreds or thousands of years ago with a gate like this to protect yourself,
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people who live here, kings and queens and everyone else.
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And it's quite beautiful.
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So I've heard that George Gordon Byron was sitting here behind jails.
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He was sentenced.
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That's another word.
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He was sentenced for some time, maybe for his whole life, I have no idea.
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But the word is sentenced when someone is putting you in jail and saying, okay, you're going to spend the rest of your life here.
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Or you're going to spend the next five years of your life behind jails, behind bars, in a jail.
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And while George Gordon Byron, that you guys have probably heard about from the school, at least I've heard about him,
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was sitting here in jail He wrote one or a few poems, if I'm not mistaken, but you let me know what he wrote,
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because I'm not good with books.
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I have not read more than one book
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from the beginning to the end in my life but I hope you guys did
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And you remember what George Gordon Byron wrote in the past.
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All right.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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I don't think that's the prison if you have such a view.
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Imagine you're sitting in a prison and you can crawl these stairs.
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Let me try to do that with you guys.
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Okay, it's challenging.
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I gotta stretch.
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- Yeah.
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Okay, a little jump and we made it.
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Look at it.
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But your head cannot fit through.
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My phone is barely fitting through.
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Yeah, it can't even fit through my phone.
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Uff!
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I can only imagine.
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Sure.
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That's narrow.
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That's very narrow.
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My shoulders can barely fit through here guys.
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It's called narrow.
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Hmm.
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We're gonna get to the courtyard.
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And the courtyard, that's actually where we just came from as well.
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Usually a courtyard is an area that is covered by walls, but there is no ceiling.
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You can see the sky just like here.
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Look at this armor.
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By the way, it's called armor.
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Whatever you have on your body that protects it,
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just like these pieces of beautifully shy and polished metal, are called armor.
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Oof, that's pretty!
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Do you guys see that?
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No, you don't.
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Well, let me show it to you.
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I hope I'm not going to lose my phone, because it will fall.
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Imagine you're six feet tall.
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and you're walking like this and you're about to smash your head off of this rock
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or from this wall but they get a sign next right next here so you should notice that and bend down.
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You guys gotta bend down if you are pretty tall.
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That's another word or even a phrase.
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Excuse me, after you.
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Look at this armor.
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Just imagine how heavy it is.
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1592. So this is like 500 years old.
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Imagine how tough you have to be in order to wear one of these.
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Just like in this image.
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Ooh, literally.
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It reminds me actually of Gothic.
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Not the Warcraft, but Gothic or Gothic.
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There was a game like that that I used to play when I was about 16 years old.
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That's what I played.
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And they used to have these swords.
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Let's call these swords.
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Oh, I guess that's as high as we can get here.
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With a little panoramic view through those windows.
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All the way around.
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Let's look through.
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So whenever you see your view around yourself 360 even though through little windows cold panoramic view.
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You have a panoramic mode on your phone and this is sort of ancient panoramic view
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for the kings and queens to have fun and enjoy enjoy surroundings.
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Oof, that was fun, but honestly speaking, I'm more into nature and not castles,
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not churches, not architecture, but into this pretty nature.
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Let's continue our trip.
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Thank you.
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Bless you.
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- That was a long one.
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It's called sneezing.
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Whenever someone sneezes, they make a sound "Ap -choo !" To sneeze or sneezing.
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That's an interesting word to learn during a trip.
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So this castle is made out of rock mostly That bridge that huge very high highway Probably it's also railway.
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No, it's a highway the railway is right below the railway is right here That's where the trains go
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and the highway for the cars which is made out of concrete made out of So that is called a highway.
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In the United States, when it gets up traveling, you will see highway and you'll see freeway.
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And those are completely different things.
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A highway will not.. will possibly have stops or red lights.
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A freeway will not have any stops, any stops or any red lights or any kind of lights at all, because it's a freeway.
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You can freely go as fast as it allows you by the law.
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All right, I'm going to get some food and I'll show you guys the pricing for food in Switzerland.
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It's pretty expensive and you can even see it right here.
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This piece of chicken, I guess, will cost you 24 francs, which is about $30, I guess, or even more.
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It's touristic, but it's quite expensive.
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You guys let me know what you think about the pricing in Switzerland.
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So whenever you want to get some food in places like this, you gotta get a tray first.
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That's where you're gonna be putting all of your food on.
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All right, time to pay for all of it.
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- You're water?
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- Hi there.
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- A cash and Toblerone.
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It's a little bit of a Swiss.
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Swiss, yes.
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- It is Swiss, awesome.
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Thank you.
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- 18, 20, please.
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- Absolutely.
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18 francs Yeah.
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Are you really?
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Absolutely.
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Hold on, let's go.
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Can I get in?
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Sure, you got it, brother.
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Yo, what's up?
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What's up, YouTube?
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What's up?
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What's your name, guys?
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I'm Bowie.
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I'm from Louisville, Kentucky.
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We all are.
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I'm Leo.
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I'm from Louisville, Kentucky.
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He knows.
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I just said we all are.
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What do you guys do here?
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I'm EJ.
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I'm from Indiana.
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I'm Harris from Louisville, Kentucky.
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We're on a school trip right now.
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We went to France.
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We just came from Paris.
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We were staying with like parent, like host families.
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We were staying with like parent, like host families.
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It was nice.
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It was awesome here.
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But I love the mountains even more.
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I'm like really excited to be here.
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It's really nice.
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It's called Sergei's fix.
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It helps people to learn English and I'm trying to create a new type of content where I travel and explain things, show prices, talk to people all over the world.
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That's great.
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You guys are on it.
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I'll drop you a bottle later.
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Absolutely.
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Let's take a picture together.
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Oh, my camera's terrible.
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Haha I'm not.
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I found you.
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You got your brother.
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Yep, that's me.
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Alrighty, you guys have a good one.
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Cheers!
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Alright, I met some cool kids from the United States.
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Can I join you?
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Thank you. Where are you from?
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I'm from India.
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From India, always.
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That's awesome.
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I'm coming from the United States.
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What's the difference between people in Switzerland and people in the US?
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In your opinion?
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I wasn't prepared for this.
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I thought I was having a casual lunch.
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I just came to lunch.
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I think people are more friendlier in the US.
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They're less judgmental.
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- Bye.
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What else?
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The food is definitely better.
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The food is better than you have.
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Yeah, because they're more Indians and you have a lot more Indian stores.
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And it's more flexible.
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Yeah.
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But one thing I like about Europe is the public transportation.
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It's very very handy Like, you could just...
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you don't have to worry.
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You know how to get where When?
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Other than that...
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The language.
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In the US?
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If you don't know English, they're still okay with it.
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They're like, You know what, it's okay, everybody has a learning time, right?
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But here they're like, Speak very strong.
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I'm like, No. Alrighty, well, it was nice meeting you.
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You enjoy your meal and hopefully we'll see you another day.
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Have a good one.
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Likewise.
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You guys have a good one.
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Located next to the lake that you guys can see right here.
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You guys can see those beautiful hills and mountains right behind me, which is Marina.
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It's a place where people park their boats.
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Here's the train station.
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Velveve.
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I'm walking uphill a little bit right here.
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So it's called a ramp.
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It's for people who cannot walk stairs.
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Oh yeah, let me actually pull my cards.
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Castle, a large house usually made out of stone.
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George Gordon Byron was sitting here behind a jail.
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He was sentenced.
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But your head cannot fit through.
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My phone is barely fitting through.
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Yeah, can't even fit through my phone?
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That's narrow.
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That's very narrow.
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My shoulders can barely fit through here, guys.
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And the courtyard, that's actually where we just came from as well.
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Usually a courtyard is an area that is covered by walls, but there is no ceiling.
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Look at this armor.
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By the way, it's called armor.
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protects it.
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So you should notice that.
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And bend down.
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You guys gotta bend down if you are really high.
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They used to have these thors.
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Let's call these thors.
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with a little panoramic view for those windows.
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All the way around.
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Thank you!
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Bless you!
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It's called sneezing.
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And the highway for the cars, which is made out of concrete, made out of metal and a concrete, and it's super high.
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So that is called a highway.
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In the United States, when you can start traveling, you will see highway, you'll see freeway.
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And those are completely different things, the pricing.
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for food in Switzerland.
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It's pretty extensive and you can even see it right here.
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In places like this, you're gonna get a tray first.
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That's where you're gonna be putting all of your foot on.
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Why Practice Speaking with This Video?
This engaging video presents a unique opportunity to enhance your English speaking practice through a fun, immersive experience. By exploring Switzerland alongside the speaker, you not only learn new phrases but also understand how to utilize them in real-life conversations. The comprehensible input method allows learners to absorb language patterns naturally, making it four times more effective than traditional methods. As you listen to the speaker interact with locals and describe various sights, you will be encouraged to repeat and shadow their speech, which aids in better language retention and fluency.
Grammar & Expressions in Context
Throughout the video, several key structures stand out, providing learners with practical phrases they can use in everyday dialogues:
- "Can you guys throw the train with a view just like this in your country?" - This structure showcases how to ask for comparisons, which is helpful when discussing experiences.
- "I just wanted to show you guys the view." - A casual way to introduce what the speaker intends to share, encouraging conversational flow.
- "It sounds like the name of a Ukrainian girl or possibly a Latin American girl." - This humorous expression demonstrates how one can incorporate fun personal references into conversation.
- "So charming." - A simple yet effective phrase to express admiration or appreciation for a place, ideal for everyday conversations.
These phrases help learners grasp the nuances of English, making it easier to apply them in IELTS speaking practice or other language assessments.
Common Pronunciation Traps
Paying attention to pronunciation is crucial for clear communication. The speaker in the video uses specific terms that may pose challenges. For example:
- "Marina" - Proper exposure to the pronunciation of this word, typically associated with boats, can solidify understanding of nautical vocabulary.
- "Geneva Lake" - Notice the subtle differences in how locals may refer to this landmark. Listening closely aids in improving English pronunciation by mimicking the accent used by the speaker.
- "Ramp" - Focusing on this term can help you pronounce it correctly while also understanding its contextual usage relating to accessibility.
To further enhance your shadow speech skills, consider utilizing a shadowing app that allows you to practice these phrases and structures. By repeating after the speaker, you'll improve both your pronunciation and fluency, bringing you closer to fluency in English.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to play · used to have |
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if you go to Geneva they will call |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | has been proven · is located · is called |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | method, which has · mountains which is · people who cannot |
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.