Shadowing Practice: Slow English Podcast: My Trip to New York City 🇺🇸 Level B1 - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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hello and welcome back to my slow english podcast
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today i'm going to talk about my trip to new york the whole entire story
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From the moment I arrived at the airport,
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to my home in Nebraska,
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to New York, and back in Mexico City.
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First, in the morning, my family and I woke up at around 4 a.m.
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Super early because my dad had to drive us to the airport and then go to his work.
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So my mom, my sister,
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my brother and I woke up,
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got our bags and head to the airport in Mexico City.
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Once we arrived at the airport,
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we had to find our airline.
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Our airline was United or Aido Mexico.
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So we found our airline,
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we checked in, we checked a bag,
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and we went through security check.
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The security check this time was so chill.
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The security guards were super friendly and not intense or angry at all.
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So it was a good start to a good trip.
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Then, once we were past security,
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we had to walk through the duty-free section.
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The section where everything is duty-free.
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And we were so hungry,
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we hadn't eaten anything since the night before.
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So, we all made a unanimous decision to get breakfast at Carl's Jr.
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And it was so yummy.
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I had the deluxe meal that has pancakes,
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bacon, tater tots, and a piece of toast.
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My brother and my sister got the breakfast burrito.
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And my mom got the breakfast burger.
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We had plenty of time to find our gate.
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So, we were in no rush.
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We were in no hurry.
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We took our first flight in Dallas.
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That was our first layover.
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And then our second flight to Omaha, Nebraska.
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And that's where my aunt picked us up in her car and drove us to her home.
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I saw the big roads right away.
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The roads in the United States always surprise me.
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They're so big.
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They're unnecessarily big.
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With almost no cars.
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Just roads.
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I can't imagine walking somewhere in the United States.
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Right away, my aunt took us all to eat ice cream.
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We got the biggest ice cream cones I've ever seen.
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You can't even imagine.
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Unnecessarily big.
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but they were very friendly at the ice cream shop,
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and it was a very delicious ice cream.
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We relaxed at my aunt's house for a few days,
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and we ate some delicious fresh vegetables from my aunt's garden,
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and after a few days,
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we went to my cousin's graduation.
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He is 19, graduating from high school.
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My aunt, my cousin's mom made a huge celebration.
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She went all out on this graduation party.
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She had an ice cream machine,
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unlimited ice cream she had a candy table she had hot dogs hamburgers nachos
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and lots of fun games like Jenga
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or tic-tac-toe the graduation party was really fun and for the next few days,
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we hung out at my aunt's house.
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My aunt's house is in the same city where me and my family
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used to live we all used to live in Sioux City
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and it brought back so many nostalgic feelings so many warm memories.
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I walked around the streets in Sioux City with my sister,
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and we saw all of the old houses that we used to see every day on our way to our cousin's house,
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or just going for walks every day when we were little.
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There's nothing like that nostalgic feeling of being in your childhood home or childhood city.
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What place brings back nostalgic feelings for you?
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What things bring back nostalgic feelings?
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For me, it's all of the green trees and the big houses and even the big roads.
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what brings those feelings for you?
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We saw a house with cute little mushrooms and a tree
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that had a hole cut through the middle for the cable lines going through the tree.
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It was funny to see,
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instead of chopping down the whole tree,
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they just cut around so the cable could go through it.
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And one day before heading to my grandma and grandpa's farm,
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we decided to go to the gym with my cousin.
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It was so nice because we got a hydro massage after.
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A very relaxing massage.
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The next day, my aunt drove us to my grandma and grandpa's farm.
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I got to see all of the huge landscapes of fields and fields of grass,
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fields and fields of corn,
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and fields and fields of just lots of vegetation, the huge windmills.
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And arriving at my grandma
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and grandpa's farmhouse brought back so many warm
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and nostalgic feelings the piano that I used to play
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when I was little even though I didn't know how to
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play the piano the screen door to keep bugs out of the house the living room the photos the farm
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so many wonderful memories i feel so lucky to have had such a beautiful childhood
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Can you think of one heartwarming story from your childhood?
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One person, thing, place, or story that you feel grateful for having as a kid?
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I went outside with my grandpa to see his vegetables like his rhubarb,
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his tomatoes, his potatoes, and more.
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He's very proud of his garden.
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And I felt very proud of his garden too.
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We hung out in the living room for a little while and played with our cousins and grandparents.
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And it was a wonderful day full of remembering happy days from the past.
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The next day we had to go to get my driver's license so we drove my grandma and grandpa's
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car all the way to the dmv the place where you renew
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or get your driver's license it was really funny
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because the car was all torn apart everywhere for some weird reason there's
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I don't even know how it could have gotten torn up on the ceiling.
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It's an old car, definitely.
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But it was a funny memory.
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We arrived back at the farmhouse,
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and my brother mowed the lawn.
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I relaxed under the trees.
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I like looking at the view from underneath the trees.
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And I chatted with my grandma and grandpa.
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It's always so nice to see the hogs,
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the chickens, and the cows at my grandma and grandpa's farm.
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The next day, we had to head back to Nebraska and take our flight to New York City.
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The view from our first flight was so beautiful.
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A huge river winding around the city.
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But the view of New York City when we were flying in was even more impressive to see.
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Buildings and lights everywhere.
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Even the taxi drive to our hostel was so impressive to see all of the lights,
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the buildings, the cars, the people.
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and our taxi driver drove us through Times Square,
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which was really nice of him to do.
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and that was crazy to see.
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It felt like I was in a movie
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because I feel like every movie is filmed or based in New York.
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We arrived pretty late in New York City,
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So the first thing we did was head to bed.
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I passed out.
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We were all so sleepy.
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But the next day, We all woke up early to walk around the city.
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We saw gift shops, construction sites,
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the Rockefeller Center, buildings and more buildings.
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It was sprinkling on our first day,
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just a little bit of rain.
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And for me, that was perfect.
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That way, we could walk all around the city without feeling hot.
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We ordered at a food stand in the streets.
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I ordered a chicken kebab because I love kebabs.
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And it was pretty decent.
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But it was $20 dollars.
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Now, I don't know if I was scammed because I looked like a tourist,
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but to me, that was crazy expensive.
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I still sat down at Central Park and enjoyed my kebab, My $20 kebab.
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We saw some street performers,
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but they didn't really do anything that impressive.
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It was pretty average.
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I think they are just good at scamming people.
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getting you to pay attention to the show so that behind you they can take your wallets and your phones. So be careful.
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Be aware in big cities.
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Is there a big city in your home country
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where you need to be aware of your surroundings and careful with your things.
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Later that evening, we ate some chicken strips and french fries at Cane's.
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It's the first time that I've ever been to Cane's.
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It was pretty good.
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Then, for desserts, we had to get a crumble cookie.
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I've been obsessed with trying crumble cookies since the first time I saw a video of somebody eating one.
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I've been dreaming of this moment for so long because in Mexico there's no crumble cookie.
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We tried a snickerdoodle cookie and it was everything I expected and more.
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I definitely love cookies, specifically doughy cookies,
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so maybe I'm being biased because of that.
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but in my opinion they're the best.
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Have you ever tried a crumble cookie?
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If not, would you like to?
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The next day we woke up,
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got some smoothies and some ginger shots,
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and we took the subway to see the Statue of Liberty
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and like I said before it felt like I was in
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a movie eating a salted pretzel in New York was a dream
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and then for dinner we had the best pizza ever at a place called Joe's Pizza later
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that evening we walked to Times Square and we were able to see everything completely by ourselves
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The next morning we got breakfast and I ate an avocado toast and we went to see the Harry Potter shop.
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Now, I'm not the biggest fan of Harry Potter,
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but my brother and my mom are.
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So, of course, I had to go and send them some pictures and buy them some souvenirs.
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I got my brother a Harry Potter wand and I got my mom a Gryffindor mug.
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We walked to see the Empire State and we got some Chinese food to eat and chill at a really pretty spot.
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And that was our last day in New York City.
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The next morning, we took the train to the JFK airport.
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We ate our leftover Chipotle while waiting for our plane to board.
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I always prefer to be early to my flights,
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so I'm always just chilling,
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eating a snack, and waiting for my flight to board.
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We put on our hats,
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and we boarded the plane.
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The takeoff was just as beautiful as the landing.
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Taking off from New York City in the daylight was so beautiful.
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It's probably one of my favorite cities to see from the sky.
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Then we arrived back in Mexico City,
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a beautiful sight to land.
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with beautiful lights and buildings and my family of course.
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I got to see my mom and dad's new dogs Pablo and Huerta.
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They're so cute and it was really nice to be home.
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Stay tuned for next week when I show you my vlog-styled podcast for my trip in Puerto Escondido so far.
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In this lesson, you will enhance your English listening and speaking skills by immersing yourself in the storytelling of a trip to New York City. This engaging narrative will allow you to practice understanding spoken English in a real-life context while also familiarizing yourself with vocabulary related to travel, food, and family experiences. Additionally, you'll learn how to utilize a shadowing app effectively to improve your pronunciation and fluency.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Check-in - The process of registering at the airport before a flight.
- Layover - A period of waiting between connecting flights.
- Duty-free - Shops located in international airports where goods can be bought without tax.
- Unanimous decision - An agreement made by all members of a group.
- Roads - The wide streets often found in the United States, which can be surprising for visitors.
- Ice cream cone - A treat made of a sweet cone filled with ice cream.
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