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Hey everybody, welcome to this easy English vlog where you will be learning English through comprehensible input.
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Let's get started.
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All right, everybody, we are in Big Bear, California right now on a weekend trip.
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If you have not seen the first episode when we arrived at Big Bear, then make sure to watch that video.
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Right now, it is our second day in Big Bear we just woke up
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and it is pretty early in the morning right now i am very very tired right now
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because it is about 6 a .m
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i'll tell you guys in a little bit why we decided to wake up so early
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but first let me show you guys how it looks outside it's a beautiful morning outside in big bear right now.
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It was actually just dark about 15 minutes ago.
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But now you can see that it's starting to brighten up a little bit.
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Behind me, the sun is rising, and it's getting pretty bright outside.
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I think waking up to all of these trees around us is like the best feeling in the world.
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Check it out, guys.
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Right by our Airbnb over there, there is a ski resort.
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So a ski resort is where somebody can go skiing.
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Right now, nobody is skiing over there
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and nobody will be skiing over there for probably a few months because it is not snowing in Big Bear right now.
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There needs to be snow on the ground for people to be able to ski, so it's just not the right season for skiing right now,
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but when that season comes, Big Bear becomes very, very popular.
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All right, let's take a look in the fridge real quick and find what I really need this morning, which is some caffeine.
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I am very tired, and this energy drink right here is definitely going to come in handy by giving me some energy for the day.
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You can see the rest of the fridge is pretty bare.
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There's not a lot in it.
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Bare is basically just another word for empty.
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But we do have some bread, some bagels, and some pita bread, and some turkey meat.
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Sometimes we call meat like this deli meat
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and we'll be making some sandwiches with all of this later all right like i said earlier
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it's pretty early in the morning right now so it's a little bit cold out so i got allison
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wrapped up in this little blanket right here she's wrapped up in this blanket
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but the reason why we decided to get up
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so early in the morning is because of a place over here
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that i want to show you guys it is a donut shop
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that we've actually tried here in big bear before
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and it is like the best donut shop we've ever had don't
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you think yeah this donut shop is one of the best donuts we've tried yeah it's really really delicious
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but last time we came here it was very busy
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and we had to wait in line for like 30 minutes to get our donuts
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so we decided to come before the shop opens so
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that we are going to be the first people who are able to pick out some donuts.
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Behind us is the donut shop and you guys can probably tell that there's nobody waiting outside right now.
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So I think we're going to be the first people entering the decor both inside
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and outside of the shop is very very cool and colorful with lots of decorations and some merchandise that you can purchase.
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They have a very wide selection of donuts as well as other delicious pastries.
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All right, let's get back to the episode.
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All right, here is everything that we bought at Dank Donuts.
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So it all comes in these bags.
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So let's take a look inside.
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This is what one of the donuts looks like at Dank Donuts.
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Looks so good.
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Yeah, they're like really, really kind of thick donuts compared to at least most donuts here in the United States
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and from what I remember they just taste much higher quality than regular donuts didn't you feel like
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that last time yeah I mean they are 250 a piece
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which I feel like is pretty expensive for a donut they're they're usually like what 150
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or a little cheaper than that but yeah probably something like
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that so definitely you are paying a little bit extra for these donuts
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but let's see
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if it is worth it is it as good as you remembered
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it is really really good what I remember from last time
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that i'm definitely noticing now is that the um the chocolate on the top of the donut
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is very very delicious and very very chocolatey it has like a very strong chocolate flavor
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which you don't get in a lot of donuts yeah sometimes you don't really get the like even
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if it's chocolate it doesn't really taste like raw chocolate it's more like a glazed donut than yeah chocolate doughnut
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and then the other thing that we got is a cinnamon roll
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but before i reveal this just notice the size of this thing as i'm taking it out
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because this thing is humongous
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this is the biggest cinnamon roll i've ever seen in my entire life this thing though was eight dollars
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and 50 cents so you definitely pay for the size of this cinnamon oh my gosh that's insane
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but i don't know if it's overpriced
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because you could probably feed like three people with this yes that's huge
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so we're gonna see how this one tastes uh
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when we get home with this i think just a little bit check
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it out they also have like this little golf area right here e -golf is basically like a game
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that people like to play and it's supposed to be like regular golf
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but it's much easier
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and kind of beginner friendly mini golf is super popular here in the united states
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but i'm curious is mini golf popular in the country where you are from let me know
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so they have like these golf clubs i think that's what those are called clubs right there i can show you guys
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this is what one of them looks like
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but in order to get the golf balls you have to come over here
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and they got this little machine right here
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you have to pay one dollar in this little quarter slot right here
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and they can get a golf ball to play mini golf
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but it's really cold outside so we're gonna go home adam
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and i just got our coffee for the day at starbucks
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i got a caramel macchiato what did you get i got this uh like pecan flavored coffee
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that i've had before and really liked but we definitely needed this
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because uh we were a little bit disappointed from the donuts honestly as we ate them more we realized
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that they kind of just tasted like any donut we've ever had before
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and they weren't that special i don't know why i remember them tasting
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so good before yeah they didn't taste as good as i remembered
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i feel like they kind of just tasted like any regular donut i'm not sure
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if they changed the ingredients
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but it definitely was a fail for me i think
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this is like one of the coolest shopping centers i've ever seen before
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check out just how awesome everything looks right here the architecture of the buildings is like really cool
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and kind of looks like i don't know like sort of like a german european style
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and then just as you're shopping here
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you can just take a look at all the beautiful mountains covered in trees in the distance.
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Very, very cool shopping center.
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We decided to go to the main town area, which is called Big Bear Village.
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The village was pretty empty, probably because it is not the most popular season to travel to Big Bear, but we found it very beautiful.
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The village is covered in trees, which really makes you feel like you are still in the middle of nature,
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even as you are walking through the town.
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It was a very nice place to go for a long afternoon walk.
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It's also a nice place to do some shopping as there's lots of little shops to check out.
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Although most of the shops are pretty similar and just sell little souvenirs that you can take home,
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most of the shops also have really big bear statues
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that are kind of fun to take pictures with and they really add.
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to the theme of this place my favorite souvenir
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that i found were these really funny hats with different animal
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heads sticking out of them my personal favorite was this fish hat all right
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Learn English in a Mountain Town 🏔️”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: donut, bear, golf, shop, english. This video has 124 sentences and 1649 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:43. The speaker talks at a natural 154 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| ski noun | /skiː/ | One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water. |
| mini adjective | /ˈmɪn.i/ | Miniature, tiny, small. |
| delicious adjective | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
| cinnamon noun | /ˈsɪnəmən/ | A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae. |
| resort noun | /ɹɪˈzɔɹt/ | A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment. |
| input noun | /ˈɪnpʊt/ | The act or process of putting in; infusion. |
| wrap verb | /ɹæp/ | To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper. |
| blanket noun | /ˈblæŋ.kɪt/ | A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting. |
| flavor noun | /ˈfleɪvə/ | The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect. |
| thick adjective | /θɪk/ | Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension. |
| compare verb | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it… |
| curious adjective | /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ | Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying. |
| reveal verb | /ɹɪˈviːl/ | To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden. |
| architecture noun | /ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛk.t͡ʃə/ | The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated. |
| disappointed adjective | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/ | Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
| come over verb | To affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse. | |
| get back to verb | Return to (an activity) | |
| get up verb | To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb. | |
| pick out verb | To remove by picking. | |
| read along verb | To read together with another person, or with another presentation (TV etc) | |
| walk through verb | To explain (something) to (someone), step by step. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have not seen · we've actually tried · we've ever had |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are called · is called · is covered |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | morning, which is · people who are · area, which is |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the best · the biggest · the coolest |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 32 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, we've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: architecture /ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛk.t͡ʃə/, disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/
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 ski, mini, delicious.
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.