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Hello, let me teach you English while I show you my morning routine.

My alarm went off at 9.58 a.m.

I pressed snooze and I took off my earplugs because it's really noisy without them.

I open the curtains and I get my daily sun.

I woke up feeling a little sick.

I need to take a shower.

My hair is very greasy.

there's a band playing outside

I wanted to make uh

I wanted to make a daily routine video this is a highly requested daily routine video.

So I want to show you everything.

Obviously not everything because I need my privacy, you understand, but everything I can.

My voice is so hoarse.

I've been sick for a couple days now and I need to take a shower.

This does not look good.

What else?

Last night, I couldn't sleep.

It was really bad.

I drank a matcha just before going to sleep.

Bad decision.

I was just in bed tossing and turning for so long.

It wasn't good.

Yeah.

I'm going to take a shower now.

I'm going to take a shower.

I'm gonna take a shower.

Same.

First, let me fix my bed.

I put on the two comforters because it's cold right now in Mexico City.

And I just throw all of my stuffed animals on top.

After making my bed, I go to the bathroom.

So this is my shower, that's my shower head.

Here are some of my hair products like shampoo, conditioner, even a scalp massager.

I hear they're good for stimulating hair growth and some body soap and a loofah of course.

I play some music while I wait for the water to heat up.

and here i was singing one of my favorite songs video killed the radio star

but i realized i can't put that in i love

that song what's your favorite song to get ready in the morning

so i normally put some music while i shower i shampooed my hair i conditioned my hair I wash my body.

That's it.

This bathrobe.

It's like butter.

Soft like butter.

I'm opening the blinds for the day.

And now let's get ready.

A lot of the girls have been asking for my skincare routine,

which I'm so excited to show you.

I have my shirt and my shorts on for the day.

Ignore that mess.

You didn't see that.

Here, after I take a shower, I normally brush my hair right away.

otherwise otherwise is in any other case

so yeah i brush my hair first otherwise it gets poofy

i guess i call it poofy it gets frizzy that's a

better word i don't want to take too much time brushing

oh brushing my hair i'm gonna put on some socks because as you can hear i have a little something.

I don't know what it is.

It's like the flu, maybe.

It's like when you're a little congested, you have a little bit of a sore throat, maybe a little bit of a cough.

That's what I have. So, hey.

So, first step.

I usually...

Oh, that's so cool, that angle.

I love that angle.

sorry i almost forgot

so before i let my hair dry i put on i put in hair cream

or styling cream which is this now i get my face wet

and i use this cera v foaming cleanser

and slowly all around and i forgot i forgot my headband

but that's okay because the headband is to prevent your hair from getting wet like this

and my hair is already wet so that's okay Now, I wash it off.

This is my hand towel, but this is my face towel.

I recommend you keep two different towels on hand,

one for your face and one for your hands, because your hands are dirtier

than your face right now my mirror is so dirty i'm sorry it's

so annoying maybe i could just next part in the morning i use this rosacea well it's for rosacea

so if you don't know rosacea is a skin condition your skin basically turns red

if it's very cold or very hot your skin will turn red

so this is basically to prevent

and help the skin recuperate I used to do a lot more

but when I went to the dermatologist she said I should just use CeraVe

so that's what I do now at night I put on this teen derm this is for tightening your skin

and this is for rosacea so guys these are like very specific products

that my dermatologist recommended to me

but these are the ones I used to use you can use them like these

so I used to use this face wash simple so good

so soft and just refreshing on the skin so good and And Garnier for exfoliating.

You should only exfoliate two to three times a week.

Only two to three times.

And then I would put this.

I love this moisturizing gel.

It's like lotion, but it's gel.

If you can see here, it's like opaque.

It's really soft and fresh.

I love it.

And it smells so good.

Finally, I put on my sunblock.

So the trick with sunscreen is to use it on your eyelids and mouth.

Everywhere gets fun.

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Everywhere.

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I'm all done.

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I forgot to brush my teeth so my toothbrush this is my toothbrush i put on some toothpaste

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and actually sometimes i'll go over my face with a roller

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if i feel puffy in the mornings but yeah not every time all right

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that was my skincare routine now let's go to the kitchen put on put on my slippers

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so after putting on my slippers i open the blinds for the day I say good morning to Naila,

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beautiful Naila, and I open these blinds too.

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So let's cook some breakfast, shall we?

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So I usually have music playing at this time, but I don't want to get copyrighted,

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so no music for today.

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But I usually listen to something like Kalliuchis, Billie Eilish.

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I really like Bruno Mars lately.

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Lady Gaga, of course.

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The Marias I've been listening to a lot.

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Guys, I wish I could show you all these songs.

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It sucks that they have all these rules on YouTube.

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All right, let's get started.

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So you guys all know I start with my smoothie.

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So we are getting our bananas, kefir.

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Do you remember what kefir is?

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Some spinach, some flaxseed with chia, amaranth.

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My sister Brianna recommended I eat this because it's a very good healthy food, I guess.

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Creatine.

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I drink so many pills.

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I take, sorry.

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I take so many pills every morning.

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I was showing my roommate the other day how many pills I take and it's crazy.

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I usually need to eat something first before I take my daily vitamins and pills like an old lady.

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So let's make our smoothie first and then I'll show you all the vitamins I take.

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Let's get our blender and one banana.

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We peel the banana and we throw it in the blender.

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I put in a handful of spinach and we strain our kefir.

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Do you remember what kefir is?

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It originated in Russia.

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I actually couldn't even give you a simple definition of kefir or any definition of kefir.

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I just know kefir is really good for you.

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So let's strain out that kefir.

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Now, we sprinkle in some flaxseed and let's sprinkle in some amaranth.

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I think that's what you call it in English.

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I've actually never said amaranth in English.

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I know in Spanish it's amaranto, and I'm pretty sure it's amaranth in English.

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Sometimes I don't know the words in English, but I know them in Spanish and vice versa.

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So you know, I was born in the United States, but I grew up in Mexico.

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So there are some words that I never learned in English, but I know in Spanish and vice versa.

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Now, creatine.

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All right.

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And we blend.

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We'll serve this into my mug or we pour it into a mug.

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I love smoothies and I hate wasting food

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So I always just go with a spoon

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And I grab all of the excess smoothie And I pour it into my mug Mmm

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Let's make some oatmeal Let's just put away these dishes first, alright?

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Get this out of the way When you get something out of the way it means to just get it done,

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get it off the to-do list.

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You know, you could say it literally, which means like, oh, get this out of the way, but also a task that's kind of like,

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oh, I don't want to do it.

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Let's just get it out of the way.

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So say if I have to go to the dentist, what time do you want to go?

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Eight o'clock in the morning or eight o'clock at night?

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and I say, oh, maybe just eight o'clock in the morning.

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Just get it out of the way so that you don't have to think about it all day.

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Now let's put these away, the silverware.

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This is my silverware drawer.

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It's pretty nasty.

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I'm sorry you had to see that.

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we need a lot of things in this apartment still

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but the silverware drawer is not a priority of mine

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so sorry now i usually have either eggs or oatmeal today i'm feeling like

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guess guess what i'm feeling like five four three two one oats i'm feeling like oats today

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so i'm gonna show you how i prepare my oatmeal let me get the ingredients i have overnight oats

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so i don't have to prepare anything

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but i do like to warm them up i don't like them cold

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so let me show you guys how I warm these up.

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I get a deep pan.

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I pour these oats into there.

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Let me turn on the stove.

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So if you don't know how to make overnight oats, I will show you.

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You just basically use a topper like this.

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You put oats, you put chia, flaxseed, anything you want in the oats,

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and you add milk and then you just leave it in the refrigerator overnight overnight oats

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and the next morning you can just eat them

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that you can eat them cold which i usually do

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but today i kind of felt like warm oats

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so let's pour these into our bowl i like to add peanut butter granola and some honey.

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So let's start with a little scoop of peanut butter.

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Then we sprinkle some granola and then we drizzle some honey.

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I drizzle that all over my oats.

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There we go.

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And let's slice some banana up in there too.

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beautiful now all set all

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right now we eat cheers

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so what have i been thinking about lately yesterday i couldn't sleep it was really hard for me to fall asleep

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but i was like well

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because last night right before going to sleep i went with

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my roommate to get coffee matcha sorry matcha is way worse than coffee for sleeping

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because it just keeps you up keeps you up for

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so long i feel like coffee the effect of coffee is just whoop whoop

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but matcha is like you know so i couldn't sleep

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because of that and then she left and i felt really lonely

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so i just kind of started overthinking

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and yeah I just started going back to like watch videos from the night

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that my ex-boyfriend hit me

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and it was just like why am I doing this I

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literally didn't even understand I was just thinking about it

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and then I was like well maybe like I could go look at the photos

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and then I looked at the photos and I just got really upset

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and it's like well yeah obviously you're gonna get upset that's

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not a nice thing to see i had a long night

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and then i talked to you guys on my live

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because i couldn't sleep

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and i um i felt a lot better you can't stop living for one person

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or because of one person and

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that really helped me i was like you know what yeah

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i'll be okay i'll be fine everything will be okay

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and then i felt better

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because i know how far i've come i know how strong i am i just had to remind myself

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and there's always going to be moments of weakness at

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that moment i felt like i would never be normal again i felt like i would always find

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a reason to not be okay you know what i mean

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so i was like no i want to be okay alone

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i need to be okay alone like this can't just happen every time i'm alone

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and granted it was 3 a.m and i was really tired

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but I couldn't sleep

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so I I need to give myself a little credit I need to go easy on myself

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because that's not an easy thing to do to just be

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alone at 3 a.m you know like I think anyone would feel like you know not just me

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so I do need to give myself a break

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and give myself credit for the strength that I do have and for everything that I have done.

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And yeah, I've been thinking a lot about it.

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And we need to keep growing.

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We need to keep moving forward.

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We can't stop for anyone.

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You need to leave the past in the past.

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Of course, I can remember, but not take it with me everywhere because that will make me feel too heavy.

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And yeah, I was thinking about that.

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there's this one YouTuber I follow

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and I love her I love her attitude her positivity

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and she was saying like she's like there will be some people

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that meet you

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and they're like wow I met the love of my life

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oh she's beautiful she's perfect for me after the first day of meeting you and then And in one month,

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they'll be like, oh, I hate her.

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She's awful.

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She's this, that.

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Oh, she's so annoying.

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But then there will be people that maybe don't like you at first.

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They'll be like, oh, I don't care for you.

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You're not my kind of person.

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But then they'll get to know you with time.

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They'll realize that they really like everything about you.

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They enjoy the parts of you that maybe aren't superficial that you can only see

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when they've known you for a longer time and That's beautiful.

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I think because it's happened to me sometimes when a guy for example So they'll at first be like wow, she's so free.

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She's so beautiful I'll say hello to everyone.

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I'll smile and talk to everyone

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I'll be friendly because that's what makes me happy

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and then in two months it'll be like oh but don't do

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that because you're mine so you can't be free and wild

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and talkative and friendly those things

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that they loved me for now are a problem it's almost

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like keeping a butterfly in a cage just to admire her beauty and keep it to yourself.

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But a butterfly is free.

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And a butterfly is beautiful because she's free, because she goes wherever she wants to go, and people just admire her passing by.

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But if you try to keep her in, she'll eventually die.

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A butterfly needs to go out and do what a butterfly does.

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Fly and be free.

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Pollinate other flowers flowers.

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I think butterflies pollinate flowers.

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But yeah, anyways, what I'm trying to say is

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that people are going to like you or they're not going to like you, whether you're one person or the other.

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Someone can like you instantly one day and the next day hate you

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or hate you the first day and then love you the next day

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but you have to continue being yourself your authentic self you're everything

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and anything you want to be let yourself be free let yourself change

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if today you want to be this person tomorrow you want to be

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that person do it we are anything we want to be

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so guys i know this was a little bit different than my normal episodes i'm not speaking as slow

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I want you guys to practice listening to a normal English speed.

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I have a lot of B1, B2 learners out there who I know will love this episode.

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That was my little chat for you guys.

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Let's clean our mess.

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I left quite a mess.

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So let's clean it.

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So guys, I never showed you my pills.

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Okay, so I start with my omega-3 because omega-3 is good for your skin. And then my multivitamins.

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I don't know what for, but... And turmeric.

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and then dandelions for your immunity

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and then these these are for my alopecia all right all set let's go

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so today what are we doing today i have a meeting

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then I'm going to a coffee shop to work all day

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because I love working at a coffee shop you guys know

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I spent an hour with my co-workers working on some new

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ideas for my English community new ideas for you guys to

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learn English as easy as possible I wanted to show you

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guys my outfit for today in honor of the spring season

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and the first hakaranda coming out i decided to wear some spring

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colors my favorite bag she's so pretty a green jumper a pink top some pink earrings

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colorful pants and some colorful jewelry I'm so excited for today to get started

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and I just wanted to remind you to pay attention to

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everything around you today don't let the little things go unnoticed notice everything around you

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because paying attention is loving when you pay attention attention to something, you love something.

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So notice the trees, notice the flowers.

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Even if there's no flowers, notice the sun, the plants, maybe the water.

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There's so much beauty in the world that goes unnoticed.

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I was walking down the street the other day and the purple trees,

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the jacarandas, are all starting to bloom because it's spring in Mexico.

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And I was just looking around in amazement.

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I couldn't believe how beautiful it all was.

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But I looked at everyone around me and they were just walking past all the trees,

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past all of the flowers on the sidewalk.

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The roads were filled with purple leaves, purple flowers, I guess, and nobody was looking at them.

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I'm sure a lot of people love the trees, but maybe they don't appreciate them as much as they should.

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we get so caught up in our daily lives, in how busy we are,

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that we forget to enjoy the small things in life, like the trees.

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Even if they're not purple, I'll still look at a tree and say, wow, that tree has a story.

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That makes it worthy of our attention.

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Let's pay attention to mundane things.

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You have the power to make your life interesting and beautiful and fun.

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No matter what's in your life, you can find the fun, the beauty, the interest.

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So I challenge you to paying attention today.

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Not to every single thing that passes by, but pay attention every once in a while.

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Throughout your day, just pay attention.

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Appreciate it even if it's not worth appreciating.

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I see people playing music in the streets, people selling tamales, a woman riding her bike, a kid playing with his dad,

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two friends laughing, a cute bag that someone is carrying,

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a leaf that falls right in front of me.

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There's so many things.

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Even if you don't find beauty in it, just pay attention.

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And I promise you, your days will be so much more fulfilling.

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And it'll reprogram your brain to slowly continue looking for all the positives in everything around you.

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I'm going on a tangent.

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I'm sorry.

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I just wanted to tell you how excited I was for spring.

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So back to Tiana from earlier.

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This is one of my favorite things to do in Mexico City.

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To get all dressed up in colorful clothes, my favorite jewelry, and ride the bike to my favorite coffee shop.

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It's the best day ever.

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You scan this QR code on the bike and it unlocks.

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It's an annual fee of like $20 and you can use the bike as many times as you want.

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It's a pretty good deal.

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I love biking around the park,

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looking at all the droopy trees and the purple jacarandas.

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This is the best season in Mexico City.

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I love riding the bike through all of the colorful trees.

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It's so magical.

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This one was contrasting with a blue wall, and it made my day.

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When I arrived at the coffee shop, I ordered some chilaquiles and a matcha.

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They were very good.

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I read my book while I waited for my order to be ready.

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And these were some of the best chilaquiles I've ever had.

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They were so good.

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Chilaquiles are my favorite Mexican food.

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After working, I decided to sit in the park, look at the trees, and watch people passing by.

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It was a Saturday, so the park was pretty full.

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I bought a new ring at the market.

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This gem represents transformation.

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And I got it in honor of the spring.

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And in honor of noticing everything around me.

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Don't forget to do that today, guys.

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Pay attention.

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Pay attention to the little details.

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When I got home, I put on one of my favorite YouTube channels.

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I cooked some asparagus.

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And I made some dinner.

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For dinner, I mashed up some tuna and avocado.

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And I cooked some asparagus.

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It was delicious.

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this is one of my favorite parts of the day it makes me

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so happy wow this vlog is getting kind of random

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but i just love showing you guys my daily routine this isn't morning routine anymore it's more like daily routine but

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this is like my favorite part of the day avocado with tuna asparagus with spinach garlic

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and purple onion and some salmas oh

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and i put on my favorite youtube channel at the moment

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i'm really excited i love this part of the day all right guys now i'm gone now it's over

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now thank you for watching yeah let me know what you had for dinner um let me know

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if you want a full day maybe afternoon um evening going

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out whatever you guys would like to see i love sharing

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my life with you guys i love sharing my opinions my thoughts my struggles of course

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And I love thinking of new ways to help you learn English and not even learn English,

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but get comfortable with your English.

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To continue growing and improving your English without feeling bored or overwhelmed with so much new vocabulary.

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Just learn natural English in natural context.

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And yeah, let me know in the comments what other videos you'd like to see.

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And also like this video so that I know if you want more videos like these.

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Things in my daily life, which I think are super useful for daily English practice, which is what you guys want the most of.

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So hopefully you enjoyed this video.

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And also, I'm not speaking super slow.

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So let me know if that was a problem for anyone.

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I think my accent is pretty clear despite not speaking slowly, but let me know in the comments what you thought.

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And yeah, don't forget to subscribe, guys.

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If you aren't subscribed already, what are you doing?

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Subscribe, turn on the notification bell for all my new posts.

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I'll see you guys next time.

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Never stop learning.

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Bye.

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Alexa, how do you say crema para peinar in English?

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Hmm, I don't know that one.

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Idiot.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Learn English With My Morning Routine”. This video has 398 sentences and 4017 words to shadow. The speech runs for 34:04. The speaker talks at a steady 118 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% 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
oat noun	/ˈəʊt/	Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.
butterfly noun	/ˈbʌ.tə(ɹ).flaɪ/	A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
matcha noun	/ˈmɑ.t͡ʃə/	A type of powdered green tea, traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies.
pill noun	/pɪl/	A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
amaranth noun	/ˈæməˌɹænθ/	Any of various herbs of the genus Amaranthus.
rosacea noun	/ɹoʊˈzeɪ.ʃə/	A chronic condition characterized by redness of the face.
smoothie noun	/ˈsmuːði/	A smooth-talking person.
colorful adjective	/ˈkʌl.əɹ.fl̩/	Possessing prominent and varied colors.
banana noun	/bəˈnænə/	An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
pour verb	/poɹ/	To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
overnight adverb	/əʊvə(ɹ)ˈnaɪt/	During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.
asparagus noun	/əˈspæɹ.ə.ɡəs/	Any of various perennial plants of the genus Asparagus having leaflike stems, scalelike leaves, and small flowers.
chilaquiles noun	/ˌt͡ʃi.ləˈki.leɪs/	A traditional Mexican dish of fried tortilla chips topped with salsa.
flaxseed noun	/ˈflæks.siːd/	The seed of the flax plant; a source of linseed oil.
oatmeal noun	/ˈoʊtmil/	Meal made from rolled or round oats.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
come out verb	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	To be discovered; to be revealed.
go back to verb		To stem from; to originate in.
go out verb		To leave, especially a building.
go over verb		To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
heat up verb		To heat, to cause to become hotter.
move forward verb		To cause to make progress.
put away verb		To put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up.
take off verb		To remove.

Sentences worth repeating

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

Last night, I couldn't sleep.
I'm going to take a shower now.
I'm going to take a shower.
Do you remember what kefir is?
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Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	have been asking · I've been listening · have i been thinking
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	if they're not purple, I'll still
“Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true	used to do · used to use
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've been · I've actually never said · i've come

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 103 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: amaranth /ˈæməˌɹænθ/, smoothie /ˈsmuːði/, toothbrush /ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/, bathrobe /ˈbæθ.ɹoʊb/, authentic /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: rosacea /ɹoʊˈzeɪ.ʃə/, toothbrush /ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/, shampoo /ʃæmˈpuː/, alopecia /æloʊˈpiː.ʃ(i)ə/, conditioner /kənˈdɪʃənə/
Long words — get the stress right: asparagus /əˈspæɹ.ə.ɡəs/, chilaquiles /ˌt͡ʃi.ləˈki.leɪs/, avocado /ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/, dermatologist /ˌdɝ.məˈtɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/, alopecia /æloʊˈpiː.ʃ(i)ə/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like oat, butterfly, matcha.

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.

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