Shadowing Practice: Learn English Travel Vlog | for BEGINNERS - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello?
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Learn English with me while I show you my trip to Thailand.
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Starting with our first 30 hour flight. to Thailand.
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It's a brutal flight, but...
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this wasn't even The longest flight I've been on.
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When I was on...
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an extreme budget I would buy the cheapest tickets I could find and once
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I had a 50 hour flight.
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with a 12 -hour layover in Los Angeles, Okay.
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then an eight -hour layover in Japan.
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That was a brutal flight.
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I think once you're on hour 13... On a plane?
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that's when you're just like Where am I?
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that's when you lose all notion of time.
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You don't know where you are.
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what time it is how long you've been on the flight.
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You're just lost.
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What's the longest flight? you've been on.
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How do you cope with long flights.
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I try to sleep through them. Of course.
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But I'm curious.
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What other strategies Do you have to cope with long flights.
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I love nighttime flights because the lights are so pretty and purple and blue,
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I can sleep all through them.
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After our 30 hours of traveling, We arrived in Bangkok.
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very late.
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and we took an Uber to our Airbnb.
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The next morning, I took my sister to eat her first Pad Thai.
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ever.
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She loved it.
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We also got a massage.
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and they saw that I had scraped my knee So they helped me to cure it.
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Thai people are so kind.
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So, so kind.
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They even offered to give me the bottle of hydrogen peroxide, I think.
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They're so sweet.
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I Love.
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Pad Thai.
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But I like pod see you.
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even more.
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I love the thick rice noodles.
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A couple days later, we took the bus to Suratani.
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to then take a ferry to Koh Tao.
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My favorite place. in Thailand.
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You could see all the fairies.
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from the beach.
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I loved seeing the sunrise.
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with my sister.
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It was very different from going with my sister than it was going alone.
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Of course, I love traveling alone.
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But "going with my sister," was so special It made me a little emotional.
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that my lifelong dream of traveling with my sister was coming true.
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and in one of my favorite places in the whole world.
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We walked across the ramp.
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to board the ferry, This fairy gets really bumpy.
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Sometimes.
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I remember some stories of some fairies that would sink on their way to Koh Tao.
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because the current and the waves are just too intense.
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I remember seeing videos of people fishing out their suitcases and bags from the ocean.
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It's scary for me.
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Every time I take that fairy because I know that that sometimes They sink.
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and I can swim Fine.
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But my computer, my phone, my iPad, my microphone, They're expensive.
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But I try to forget all of those worries and just enjoy the view with the fresh breeze And the soft sun...
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It's not too intense like in Mexico.
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It makes me so grateful to be able to visit a place like this.
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I love Kotel.
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We took a taxi.
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And we sat in the back of a pickup truck And we arrived at our Airbnb.
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we stayed near the beach where i would go on morning jogs and I would read my book
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"on a hammock." this is life.
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jogging, swimming, and reading.
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It makes me feel alive.
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It makes me feel grateful.
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and inspired to spread all of the positivity and the beauty that I see in the world.
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with everyone I can.
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with you guys with the people I meet,
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It's so important we remember that the world is a beautiful place.
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We moved Airbnbs.
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and we stayed right next to the bay.
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It was such a wonderful experience.
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to wake up with the sunrise.
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Every morning, and go snorkeling.
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I saw the three turtles.
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Living near the bay every morning always Keeping my distance.
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You don't want to make them feel...
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suffocated.
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and you should never touch one.
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Humans have lots of bacteria.
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on our hands.
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that can make a turtle sick.
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I said good morning to the box fish to the angelfish and to my favorites the parrotfish.
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I love them all.
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It was so magical to be right next to the ocean.
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watching these videos makes me miss it so bad.
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I can't wait.
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to go again.
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My sister and I tried lots of snacks from the 7 -eleven We drank lots of coconuts.
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We ate lots of Thai food and delicious desserts.
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like these cinnamon buns, We saw the cutest bullfrog outside of the pharmacy at night.
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You could hear the croaks.
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of the bullfrogs.
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all night long.
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They made such a scary sound.
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straight out of a horror movie.
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during the scenes where something terrible is about to happen.
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That's what they sounded like.
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They would lie in the gutters.
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croaking all night long.
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After traveling around Koh Tao for a week, we head to Chiang Mai.
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to see the elephant sanctuary.
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You can find that video linked in my description if you want to see it.
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So guys, I have a sad story to tell you.
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I recorded Everything.
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when I went to Thailand.
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The beautiful places I visited with my sister, the beaches, the ocean, the moments the laughs,
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And I was so excited to finally start editing it.
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I love editing my vlogs.
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I love sharing my traveling experiences.
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with you guys.
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But yesterday, I was about to compile all my videos from my phone and send them to my computer.
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so I could start editing right away.
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I realized They were gone all the recordings that I cherished from my trip.
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We're gone.
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I was very upset.
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Not just because of the vlog, but because those were precious memories.
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that I recorded for myself.
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Memories I thought I would be able to look back on For years to come,
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I broke down and I cried a lot for a moment.
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I cried out of frustration, disappointment, and just feeling like I lost very special moments.
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But then I realized, I didn't lose.
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anything.
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Those moments were real.
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the memories I made with my sister, are real.
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The sounds, the feelings, the memories, they all still live.
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here.
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And I thought I would tell you guys about it because it's a good reminder for everyone.
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to not be attached to things.
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They are just...
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things.
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They aren't keeping me alive or necessary for my survival.
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I don't need photos.
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I don't need a special Ring I don't need that special bracelet.
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My favorite shirt.
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Of course, I'll feel sad if I lose those things. But.
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I can't rely on objects to bring me joy.
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It reminded me, actually, of "My favorite bracelet I had." Since I was a little girl,
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It was so special to me.
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because my mom gave it to me.
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I was wearing it in the ocean to the next week.
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I was snorkeling.
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and I vividly remember my bracelet unlatching.
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from my ankle and slowly falling deeper and deeper.
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into the ocean.
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It just continued to sink.
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And I was upset.
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but One thing, that reassured me was that it was a part of the ocean now.
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A very special thing.
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that I owned now would forever belong.
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to the ocean.
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And that brought me comfort.
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It brought me reassurance.
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And I'm sure it's happened.
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to everyone watching this video.
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when you lose something very special to you.
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Something that's worth more than money.
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It hurts.
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Ouch.
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But it teaches us that the feelings and the meaning that it had to you,
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is something that now you carry inside. of you.
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but it teaches us.
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that that feeling or meaning that it had to you, is something that you carry inside with you.
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I hope you guys enjoyed this very special video I made.
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just for you with the videos that I did save which are also beautiful videos It was a beautiful experience.
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I'm so grateful to have such a loving community.
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who supports all of my English learning videos.
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And I can't wait to continue vlogging all of my trips.
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while helping you learn English.
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One video. at a time.
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And please never stop learning.
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Bye.
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About This Lesson
In this lesson, you will practice English by immersing yourself in a travel vlog about a trip to Thailand. This engaging narrative will help you improve your listening skills and pronunciation while introducing you to essential travel vocabulary. By following along, you will get insights into the experiences of individuals traveling in different contexts, which will enhance your understanding of everyday English conversations. As you practice, focus on the intonation and rhythm of the speaker to improve your English pronunciation through the effective use of the shadowing technique.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Brutal flight - a very difficult and tiring experience while flying.
- Layover - a short stay at an airport before continuing to the next flight.
- Pad Thai - a famous Thai dish made with stir-fried rice noodles.
- Airbnb - a service that allows people to rent short-term lodging in homes.
- Massage - a treatment for relaxation and relief using pressure on the body’s muscles.
- Koh Tao - a beautiful island in Thailand known for its beaches and diving opportunities.
- Kind - being friendly and generous towards others.
- Strategies to cope - methods used to deal with uncomfortable situations.
Practice Tips
To maximize your learning experience from this travel vlog, consider using the shadowing technique. This involves listening to the video segments and then repeating them aloud in sync with the speaker. This practice helps to improve English pronunciation effectively. Pay close attention to the speaker’s intonation, especially during emotional or descriptive moments, to capture the right emphasis in your speech. The speed of the video is accessible for beginners, making it easy to follow along. If you're using a shadowing app or shadowing site, you can slow down the video further to ensure clarity when shadowing.
While practicing, do not hesitate to rewind and listen to challenging phrases multiple times. This will build your familiarity with common expressions and improve your fluency. Try to incorporate the vocabulary from the lesson into your own sentences. For example, you could describe your longest flight using phrases you learned, which will aid in reinforcing your memory and understanding of the words.
Finally, remember to relax and enjoy the learning process—after all, language practice can be as enjoyable as the travels you aspire to share!
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've been · you've been |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | loved seeing · love traveling · start editing |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was going · was coming · was wearing |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | The longest · the cheapest · the cutest |
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.