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Today we are learning English in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

Surreal downstream.

It would have been brutal.

So I'm going to grab a large soda.

Majestic.

Wealthy customers.

Bro this mountain is very pointy.

Start the word count and let's go.

That's beautiful.

Beautiful.

A little bit chilly out this morning.

Yep.

So this is a hazard sign saying that it's slippery in the winter because the trail is not maintained.

That means no one comes and clears the snow and ice.

So in the winter you have to be careful or you might slip and die on these stairs.

So the height of the waterfall, Bow River waterfall, is only about 30 feet, but the width is about 100 feet,

making it a very beautiful waterfall.

And in the wintertime, it almost completely freezes over depending on the time of winter.

Sometimes it's partially frozen, sometimes it's fully frozen, and it just looks surreal when it's frozen completely over the waterfall.

It looks like you paused it in time.

So you can see the water is crashing down over there and that's just creating that white water.

And then once it flows back down it turns again back to blue.

And actually this waterfall was featured in a movie in 1954 starring Marilyn Monroe.

The movie was called River of No Return.

Oh you can see the steam coming from my mouth.

That just means it's cold out here.

Someone put a love lock on this fence.

Sarah and Para.

April 22nd, 2020.

That was over five years ago now.

A love lock.

In Korea, if you go up to Namsan Tower or Seoul Tower, whatever you want to call it, they have fences like these filled with love locks.

It's just filled filled with love locks.

So this right here is the Fairmont Hotel here in Banff

and it was built in 1888 by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company as one of the Grand Railway Hotels.

There's about 764 rooms in this hotel and it's known as the Castle in the Rockies.

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Cows in the winter.

Yeah look straight.

Oh we have to sing O Canada.

O Canada.

I've told my aunt everything and she said she's happy to ban him from the flat

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dinosaur capital of the world can you guess why it's called

the dinosaur capital of the world gates of hell is a little bit dramatic dinosaur xrex

which is probably one of the most famous dinosaurs ever

so this is another famous dinosaur called the triceratops welcome guys

so we're in the camper van right now

and the first slang word we're gonna learn is stoked

so i am stoked to go on this road trip i really like

that about korea in the nighttime you can see the stars a field of crops

so we're just crossing the highway right now

so this is the bale oh come on for 1198 oh wow look at that view look at that view That was good.

Buckets.

Yeah, right there.

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see you guys there it's honestly like majestic just nestled inside

this valley mountains all around beautiful river here it's probably very expensive to stay here Maybe one day.

Place to grow.

Paintings in the forest.

Oh, dude, look at that giant pine cone.

Do not adjust this artwork.

Pine cone number 21.

Well, that thing's probably heavy.

Bro, this mountain is very pointy.

It's a very pointy mountain.

And you can see the summit.

I don't know, maybe you can put my finger on the summit.

So I'm pointing at the summit.

Pointing at the summit right now of the mountain.

That's the summit.

So we're standing on the bridge right now, but I can see directly in front of us.

There are horses walking in a line and there is a rider guiding the horses.

It feels very calm and peaceful here.

Seeing those horses walk by, people taking photos, and just enjoying this beautiful morning here in Banff.

Look at the crown.

Like, can you picture it on my head?

The castle.

So this is the canyon right now.

We're in the canyon.

Yeah, it's really pretty.

There's a little bit of water flowing.

I know further up Canyon opens up a lot and then there's like a huge waterfall But we still gotta get there.

Yeah, it's very popular though.

I've heard about it a lot, but I've never walked in First time for everything.

The incline is not too much.

It's pretty flat.

Maybe a little

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little decline on the way there and a little incline on the way back

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but keep a good pace

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and then we can get there in like 30 minutes maybe that's just the speed

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that we're moving throughout the whole walk this is uh this

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is a little sketchy we're just like on the side of the cliff here

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so if if this if this goes down we're going down with it it's sketchy and it's very narrow.

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The pathway is very narrow.

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There's not a lot of room for two people to pass by.

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We're at Johnston Canyon which is one of the most popular hikes here in Banff in the Banff area.

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This is Johnston Canyon and you can see this canyon is really beautiful.

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That is a beauty.

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Okay this waterfall is nice but low-key the one up there the upper falls is a lot nicer.

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The upper falls is like way like probably two

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or three times bigger than this but the water is really nice

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and clear low key though it's very cold you can see down there on

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that bridge everyone is waiting to take a picture with the waterfall

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and it's very crowded there very crowded there's a lot of people

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but here it's empty no one's here it's not crowded here okay i am amazed

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that you can go hiking and walking in those shoes huh this is a walk this ain't no hike

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without this bridge this hike would have been brutal

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because you would have had to like walk along this cliff side

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or it would have been very brutal thankfully this path makes it very easy to just walk nicely

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so it's not that brutal okay so now we have to wait in line here to be able to see

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and take a picture of the waterfall so we're gonna wait in line with all these people

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until we can see the waterfall but it is worth it it's very beautiful

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that is the beauty of a waterfall you can go mom just go in front of the camera

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we just saw the waterfall

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and now i think we're going to walk back right yes

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we're going to walk We were just at the upper falls and we also saw the lower falls.

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There's also ink pots and waterfall lookout.

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Yeah, Leon says he wants to do that hike.

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Okay, so we just finished the hike and now we're gonna hike back down.

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We're gonna descend.

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Okay so we just finished hiking Johnson Canyon and now what are we gonna do?

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Now I'm going to have a nap.

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What have a nap?

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It was like actually I tracked it.

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It was an hour and a half.

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It was an hour and a half and we burned 500 calories.

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Oh, where are we going now?

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We're going to go to Lake Louise.

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Lake Louise?

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Okay, let's go.

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This is Lake Louise Mall.

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We're at Lake Louise Mall.

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Do we need to buy anything here?

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Yes.

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What do we need?

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We need water and we should look for some meat too.

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Water?

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What kind of meat?

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What kind of meat would you want? some chicken or something.

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Yeah, chicken, barbecue chicken.

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Yeah, we can barbecue chicken.

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Water?

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And water, yes.

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So we're just in the grocery store doing some shopping.

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Oh, look at all the maple leaf candy.

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Look at the maple leaf candy.

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Maple syrup, $19.

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This is the frozen section.

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All these are frozen.

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Frozen spring rolls, chicken wings, vegetables.

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Here is the fridge with all the dairy products.

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Yeah, on top you can see it says frozen foods

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and here fresh dairy and cold beverages we can afford this

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but the cookies is like 10 bucks how much are these these are five five bucks

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but the cookies are like 10 bucks that's fine these are the good things anyway

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so we want a cold beverage yes i think you guys could grab a large one like a large

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so i'm gonna grab a large soda here a two liter soda what flavor do you want fanta Canada Dry.

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Canada Dry.

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I don't know if this is anywhere else, but this drink is very good.

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So I think we'll get one of these.

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They don't have a lot of meat and it's very expensive.

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So what are we going to have for supper?

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We're going to have bully beef like Calvary food.

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Bully beef with baked beans and potato with rice on the side.

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Okay.

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Sounds good.

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We've got boba.

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Oh, I wonder what ski hill that one is.

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I guess Lake Louise.

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Probably.

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We should have done our shopping in Banff.

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They don't really have meat or anything, but we have food.

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We'll be fine.

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Press start.

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I can't see the start button.

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So we have to pay for the parking in this kiosk here.

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Can you see start?

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It says press start.

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We're paying at this kiosk.

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Okay, so now we're going to go see Lake Louise over here.

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We're going to go see the lake over here.

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This is one of the nicest lakes in Canada and nicest views, eh?

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Yes, and it's also very busy.

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Sunday afternoon and lots of tourists.

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A lot of people here.

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And what hotel is this?

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This is the Fairmont, right?

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Yeah, this is the Fairmont Lake Louise.

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Beautiful, beautiful hotel.

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It's very popular.

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And then over here is the lake.

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But there's a lot of people over here.

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It's crowded.

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Oh yeah, look at that.

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I think we should go over there.

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Yeah, farther down.

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And the reason the water is so turquoise is from rock flower, which comes from when glaciers grind against bedrock,

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it creates rock flower, and that just stays suspended in the water, which gives it its turquoise color.

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And the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise was built in 1890 by the Canadian Pacific Railway to attract wealthy customers

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and wealthy people to this area.

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So the lake is about two and a half kilometers long and 90 meters deep, and you can see people just canoeing and hiking around the lake.

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And in the winter the lake freezes over completely and you can play hockey and other winter sports on this lake.

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But during the summer you can just canoe there, kayak and hike around.

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It was good, short but sweet.

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Short but sweet as the locals say.

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We'll have to come back when there's less, less people.

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It's just...

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It wasn't that busy honestly.

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Busy enough for me, thanks.

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Just the parking is what's busy.

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We just finished seeing Lake Louise and I took out the wheel chalk from the tire.

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And now I'm putting it on the side here.

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Wheel chalk.

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It's so chill here.

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It's very chill.

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The only noise you hear is from the highway.

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So you can say this campground is very chill.

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It's very chill.

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Everyone's calm.

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No one's really making any noise.

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And we're just going for a chill walk.

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So chill just means it's relaxed.

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It's easygoing.

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So you can also say someone is chill like oh he's chill

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or they're chill just someone that's calm relaxed tranquil oh he's chill

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so chill can be used for environments

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or for people someone can be chill it's like a personality

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trait it's not as vibrant as the water in Lake Louise

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and Lake Louise the water was a lot more like deeper turquoise this is It's like a baby blue in my eyes.

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What do you think?

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I think you're right.

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Oh, you can hear the train.

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I was going to say.

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What is this called?

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This is called a river.

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What is this called?

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This is a pebble.

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A pebble is a small rock and sometimes you can skip the pebble on the water if it's very flat.

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That one skipped two times.

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How would you describe this river?

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This river is flowing calmly.

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It's a gentle river.

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I'm standing on the river bank.

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I'm not standing in the river.

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I'm standing on the river bank.

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The river is flowing gently.

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That direction is downstream.

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That direction is upstream.

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The color of the river is blue.

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And right now, I'm walking along the river bank.

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Chinook Provincial Recreation Area.

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So these are some park regulations, no drinking, some contact information,

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emergency services, and then also be aware that there are cougars, this animal right here, and there are bears,

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this animal right here, so you have to be careful.

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This right here is a dumpster.

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This is a dumpster.

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This is a recycling bin.

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And as you can see, you cannot open it by just simply lifting it.

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You see the image?

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You have to push inwards and unlock a latch that lets you open it up.

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And the same goes for the dumpster.

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This was my favorite comment from last video and these were the top three countries you were from last video.

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That's beautiful.

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So this is a hazard sign.

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So the height of the waterfall, Bow River waterfall, is only about 30 feet.

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But the width is about 100 feet.

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And it just looks surreal when it's frozen completely over the waterfall.

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It's featured in a movie in 1954 starring Marilyn Monroe.

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Like majestic.

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Bro, this mountain is very pointy.

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It feels very calm and peaceful here.

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But keep a good pace.

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That's just the speed that we're moving.

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This is a little sketchy.

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This hike would have been brutal because you would have had to like walk.

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Okay, so now we have to wait in line here Okay, so we just finished the hike and now do we need to buy anything here?

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Yes.

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What do we need?

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We need water.

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So I'm gonna grab a large soda here.

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We're paying at this kiosk Wealthy customers and wealthy people to this area.

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So chill just means it's relaxed.

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It's easygoing This river is flowing calmly That direction is downstream.

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That direction is upstream.

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I'll see you guys there.

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And remember, guys, you will become fluent in English.

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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