Shadowing Practice: Where Else Would You Like to Live? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi, nice to see you again in a new video of Easy Dutch.
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Today we're going to talk about living on a different place.
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Linus, would you ever want to live somewhere else?
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Okay, I'm going to ask where to, I'm very curious.
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I also think it's nice to live somewhere else.
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But I'm also curious about what people here on the street have to say.
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Are you also curious?
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Let's see.
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If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you like to live?
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I would like to live in Utrecht, but I am specialized in Africa, so it could also be Africa.
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And then another specific country?
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Burkina Faso.
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Were you there often?
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Yes, I'm an anthropologist.
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If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live and why? In Nepal. In Nepal?
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Yes.
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Because it's a great land.
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First, beautiful nature and then nice people.
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And you were there often?
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Yes, that's why I would like to live here.
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I'm here in Utrecht.
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Why Utrecht?
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Because it's good.
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I live in a city and I have a good sense.
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It's a nice place where we live.
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It's a small village where we live.
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And that's what I'm doing.
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Utrecht.
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If a family would be here, it would be Australia.
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We've lived a long time.
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What do you think about in Australia?
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The space, the nature.
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The landscape and the environment.
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In the Netherlands, every few kilometers, a different village.
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In Australia, you can drive 500 kilometers before you get to a new place.
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The light.
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I think Amsterdam is okay.
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In the center of Amsterdam.
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I hope it's a big state.
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And Utrecht is maybe just too small?
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A little bit for me.
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Maybe my first choice would be Utrecht.
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Because it's a city but not as big as Amsterdam or Rotterdam.
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A small, nice city.
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A light, clean, old, and clean.
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I would like to live in the woods. That would be possible.
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In the Netherlands or very big?
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No, I don't know. On the beach?
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I don't know exactly where you are.
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On the Netherlands?
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No. Maybe in the Caribbean?
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I don't know.
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I think that when I'm somewhere in the area, I don't have any sense.
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So I'm living in the Netherlands.
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And maybe in Utrecht?
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Or would you live in the Netherlands?
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I've been here a few times.
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I'm not going to go to Amsterdam.
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What is your favorite place in Amsterdam than Utrecht?
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That's my friend. That helps.
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Yes, sure.
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And you said Utrecht?
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Yes, I found my place here.
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I find it nice, I have everything I see.
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I come from Brazil and here is it calm for me.
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I find it super nice.
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What is your name on Burkina Vassa?
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The openness, the friendship.
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What is for us now a problem, is that there is a spot on the television that we have to come from, make a talk while I'm walking.
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It's a pleasure to go with people.
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And that's of course very pleasure to be in a country like that.
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You know?
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Yes, yes.
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And I can learn some of the Netherlands.
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Yes, sure.
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And I often shame myself when I have guests from Africa.
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Because the Netherlands just...
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So, don't eat, don't eat, don't have a meeting with an agenda.
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And of course I have different Afrikaans friends who are there.
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They feel free from the outside.
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And that's also so.
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It feels maybe less welcome.
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Well, it's a bit of a difference.
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It's not gas-free.
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We can learn a lot from that.
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Where have you been in Australia?
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Melbourne.
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More in nature than in the city?
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Of course, Melbourne.
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And then we've been around a year.
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Where you can go to the world, whether you live in the Netherlands or somewhere else, with italki can you learn all over the Netherlands.
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Italki is an online platform where you can You can get a English lesson or maybe a lesson in a different language.
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And it works very easily.
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You can just get a lesson in your own time, as it comes to you.
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And you don't have an appointment, you just pay per lesson.
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And then you get a lesson from real people, from real students.
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And our colleague Tim also gives a lesson on italki.
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You can give extra information to a self-standard name when you add a word to a word.
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For example, this is the book I bought yesterday.
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In this word I used this or that to the word.
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But what do you do when you want to connect a word to a word in the word?
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Then you have to use the word where.
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For example, this is the pen where I have written the letter.
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We need to use it because the word pen is connected to the word for-setsel with.
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Are you curious?
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With our code EasyDutch4, you will get a 5-europe korting on your first lesson of minimum 10-europe.
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I would definitely try it out.
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Have a great day!
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What are the things you keep in mind when you choose a place to live?
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What are the things that are important for you?
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The safety.
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And that's for everyone.
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And lucky to be.
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The mix and diversity.
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I've lived here in Utrecht in a whole city.
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With old and young criminals.
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I found a lot of trouble here.
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Everyone is anonyme.
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For me it's very important to be taken in a city.
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It's a nice city with nice people.
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It's a nice city with nice people.
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How we can make the world better.
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It's a nice city with green, with a drink.
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For me it's not hot.
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It's very important and also the safety.
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That's also very important.
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When is it too hot for you?
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Above the 25 degrees?
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Above the 26 degrees, that's too hot.
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My whole life is too hot for me.
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How warm is it there?
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I come from Indonesia from 25 to 34 degrees every day.
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That everything is good and sustainable.
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I mean, I do all of that at loop-of-stand and that's That's great.
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So a big city where you can't walk, that's nothing for you?
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Well, then I'd pick the bike.
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And if that wouldn't be able to?
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Open transport.
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I think for myself that contact with nature is very important.
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And the place must be calm.
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A bit of calm.
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And of course, when I had children, you look at a place where it's nice for children. For this, not.
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It doesn't make sense.
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I've also been in a small house. In Utrecht?
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That was in Baren, when I studied.
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But it doesn't make sense.
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If you have a house, you're happy.
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It's a bit different from life.
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It's a bit different.
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We tried to find something.
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We live in Houten, in Utrecht.
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You are quite close to Utrecht.
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And you can still live in your car.
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We are just a family in all of a sudden.
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But nature is important for us.
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And mountains, what nature is?
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Yeah, mountains, a little wilderness.
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We have also lived in Aruba.
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It was very dry and dark.
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Everyone has been looking for a week.
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But we have lived in four years.
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I actually have no enough.
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That's pretty.
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That's pretty.
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How do you come to you in Nepal?
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Each one.
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You have a possibility.
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You are also a bit of a failure.
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Our health is very necessary. While it is broken.
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In other countries, you have a family and a community.
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So that's it.
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It's less individualistic than here.
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Yes, exactly.
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How would you do that to start a new place?
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That's always difficult.
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Of course, you don't know anyone.
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You can do something like a free-willing work or a job if you want to do it.
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You can do taalless, you can do people.
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Study, work, that sort of thing.
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All of a good tips, I think.
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Just go and go and go and go and go.
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We have worked there.
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We have worked there and so we can do things.
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A good combination of both, working and being avonturized.
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A year and a year on the pad.
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I would like to know the neighborhood.
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And look at what all of that is to do.
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Coffee, coffee drinks, a conversation, and so on.
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So let's go through.
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Without knowledge.
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Just go through.
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Just go through.
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Just go through.
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And find contact with other people.
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Yes, that's very important.
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I think for people who come here to come to come here, that just contact is important.
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And that's not always easy to make, by the people themselves, but also by the people here.
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So that's a thing.
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Have you tips for it?
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How would you do that?
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Durf to fail. Do you?
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Yes, that's it.
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Durf to fail.
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Just to stop people and ask something?
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Durf also to fail.
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Hi, good day. For example.
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And then they go through.
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I'm going to orient and prepare myself.
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And then the language of the language.
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For example, not the language of the language.
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It's nice to look at it, but ultimately it's nothing for me.
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I start with all the people, so I'm going to make a lot of knowledge.
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I do here also when there are new people.
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I give them first a bloem and say, good morning, then my friend and friend comes to my own.
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So that, especially first to make a known and also to keep it in mind.
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Contact.
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Yes, contact is the first one.
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So where you feel you at home.
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And when you feel you at home.
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And that is with people.
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People are not alone.
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And last question.
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A difficult question.
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Is it always in the Netherlands, always in the Netherlands, always in the Netherlands, always in the Netherlands?
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Just not choose.
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And if I really push you...
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I don't want to choose.
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I don't choose.
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I don't choose.
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I don't want to say that.
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Absolutely.
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What would be the balance for you?
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If you choose a little bit of both?
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Maybe even in the Netherlands.
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And then from the home to the outside?
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Yes.
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And then a home to the outside.
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And a nice house in New York.
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If I say that you can make a balance.
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What would be the feeling?
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I think I'm 90% of my time in the Netherlands.
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Maybe two-thirds, one-thirds.
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Just a bit more time to travel.
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That would be nice to be.
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After all three months to sit.
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But you have to have more money and a reason.
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I'm a Netherlands.
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I'm born in the Netherlands.
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That's the most difficult for me.
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Where you are born, you can live the most difficult.
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That's the biggest difference of people who come from abroad.
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And here to go.
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They could have everything.
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But I even told Afrikaans that I'm going back.
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I'm proud of the Netherlands on the one hand.
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It's one of the most beautiful countries.
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It's quite a bit of a trip.
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And I always think that we have to say, we shouldn't have to say.
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It's actually a very nice country.
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Yes, it's a very nice country.
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I would have two legs.
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Yes, it's a bit of both of them.
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Yes, just in Netherlands.
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Netherlands.
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I'm going to go on vacation, but not too long.
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Then I'm going home.
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Home is actually just fine.
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It's really nice to hear what people want to live in different places.
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There are also some people who want to stay in Utrecht.
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I can imagine you.
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I'm curious about where you would like to live in.
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Let us know in the comments.
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If you're not a member of ISDACH, you'll be a member of you.
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If you're a member of you, thank you.
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Thanks to you can make these videos.
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Give the video a thumbs up if you liked it.
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We hope we'll see you again next time.
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Bye!
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Exploring "Where Else Would You Like to Live?" – A Window into Real Conversations
The video captures a lively street dialogue where people share their dream places to live, from Utrecht’s cozy cities to Nepal’s stunning nature and Australia’s vast landscapes. This casual, real-world conversation is perfect for practicing everyday English, as it mirrors how people talk about preferences, experiences, and reasons—key skills for IELTS speaking practice and daily communication.
Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication
- "If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you like to live?" – A common way to ask about preferences, great for starting conversations.
- "Because it's a great land" – Simple yet effective for explaining reasons, useful in both casual and formal settings.
- "I have a good sense" – Expresses personal connection to a place, adding depth to descriptions.
- "The space, the nature" – Short, impactful phrases to highlight key features, ideal for concise communication.
- "It's a city but not as big as..." – Compares places to clarify preferences, a skill vital for learn English with YouTube practice.
Step-by-Step Shadowing Guide for This Video
Shadowing—repeating speech immediately after the speaker—is a powerful technique to improve pronunciation and fluency. Here’s how to use it with this video:
- Listen first: Watch the video once to grasp the main ideas. Notice how speakers pause and stress words like "Burkina Faso" or "500 kilometers."
- Shadow in short chunks: Pause after 2-3 sentences and repeat. Focus on matching the tone—excitement when talking about Nepal, nostalgia for Australia. This is where the shadowing technique shines.
- Focus on connectors: Phrases like "and then" or "because" link ideas. Repeat these to sound more natural in conversations, a must for IELTS speaking practice.
- Record yourself: Compare your version to the video. Check if you’re using the same pace and intonation. A shadowing site can help track progress, but even a phone works!
- Practice daily: Spend 10 minutes a day on this dialogue. Over time, you’ll notice your ability to follow and join casual conversations improve—perfect for real-life interactions.
This video isn’t just about where to live—it’s a tool to master the art of talking about your world. Use the shadowspeak method, and you’ll be speaking with confidence in no time!
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | If a family would be |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | We've lived · I've been · we've been |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is connected · be taken · is broken |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | friends who are · people who come · people who want |
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.