Практика Shadowing: How She Became Fluent in English (intermediate listening practice) - Изучайте разговорный английский по видео

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Hello and welcome back to my Slow English podcast.
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Today I have a special guest, Olivia.
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Hi!
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Olivia or Johan.
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But Olivia learned English in just three years.
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Three years ago, she didn't speak any English at all.
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So, today we're going to have an interview to talk about how she did it,
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what her struggles were, and why she learned English.
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I think that my audience would love to know if you have any tips,
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anything that got you through the hardest part of starting to speak English, which is speaking.
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Any tips on memorizing vocabulary, on starting to speak, on starting to build and structure sentences?
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Is there anything you could tell them about?
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Yeah, definitely, I have so many things to talk.
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Because I also teach Chinese, so I know how the process goes for learning language. So basically,
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the very useful tip I told you before is like you put a sticker on the things for memorizing the words.
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For example, this is a cup, so you put the sticker on it, it says cup.
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So every time you saw it, you know it's a cup.
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So at that time, the first time I went to the US, in my room is full of stickers.
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For example, window, I will put window and couch,
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I will put couch, stove everything everything i can see in my eyes right i will wrote it
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and i will write it and i will you know just help myself to remember
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so every time when i'm trying to say okay i'm gonna cook today
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so i'm gonna use the stove i'm gonna use uh the boss i'm gonna use a fork
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and everything it's for daily life
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because this is how you get around how you start to
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you know understand like the daily life works for the basic
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vocabulary yeah just start saying a sentence out loud for example i remember
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when i first met you um i told you that i speak a little bit of chinese
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and i tried to say one sentence in chinese
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but i couldn't say anything and i had been studying chinese for years
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but i still couldn't think of one thing to say
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because i didn't know how to say window or table or cup or anything basic that was around me.
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So I immediately just couldn't think of anything to say.
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But by doing that, I put 床鋁 Yeah, I put stickers all over my room.
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I'll show you guys like a video of all my room with stickers.
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And it's helped me to improve and to start speaking Chinese more confidently.
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That's really a useful way for me.
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I discovered this by myself because
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I just feel like
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when you're learning a new language like right now I'm also learning Spanish right now you gotta get into
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that language you gotta immerse yourself in that world just think in
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that way for example from first beginning I like to write journals all my journals are in Chinese
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and then since I start to learn English I start to
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write everything in English even just like very short sentences for example I would say today I'm happy right
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and why I'm happy
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so maybe the day one I would say okay today I went to school
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and I had fun with my friends I feel happy
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and tomorrow maybe I would say a little bit like more like okay today I went to school
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and I had fun with my friends I we did pool
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and then we went to dinner and we talked a lot of things
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and I feel happy so i just wrote everything and in english
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and trying to build up my like way of thinking in
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english then just like as time goes by for the last
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three years it just gradually gradually changed like even right now
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seriously i'm not a native i'm not a native english speaker
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but i'm thinking in english even i don't speak perfectly but my mind is in english i'm really think for For example,
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one plus one is equal to two.
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I'm not thinking about one plus one is equal to two.
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Yeah.
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So I'm literally just thinking in English right now.
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Yeah, yeah.
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And that's a huge step.
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That's something that I'm sure so many of my viewers would want to reach.
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So what do you think was the biggest thing that broke through that maybe feeling of being scared or shy to speak?
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What do you think got you through that hardest step of starting?
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I think for me is a mindset.
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Like what I said, don't think about what others think about you.
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That's the most important things because you learn it for yourself.
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You learn it to express yourself.
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For example, when the first time I was in the US, I was hanging out with a lot of people.
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While I was there, I just don't talk.
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I feel like I'm transparent with a lot of people.
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I feel nervous, I feel like, why should I talk?
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I don't understand.
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And they're talking about the cartoon that I watched when they're young.
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I don't know anything.
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I don't know the name.
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I don't know any vocabulary.
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But, you know, I just don't know what to say.
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And I feel so nervous, so awkward.
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But I put myself in that situation thousands of times.
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I know I'm not comfortable, but every time I'm trying to speak a little bit for example i will ask what's
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that cartoon oh can you show me a picture maybe can you tell me how to spell it
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because maybe i don't even know how to spell it
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and maybe i will look it up on the google
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and i will say oh this is a cartoon maybe i will watch you a little bit later
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so when the next time when they talk about this cartoon i will know about it
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and i will know maybe i can talk about okay i know this character
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and what does he look like yeah right it's just like slow progress
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But the main thing is just to put yourself out of your comfort zone and enjoy the nervous, to be honest.
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Enjoy the nervous because that's how you learn.
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And when you're nervous, when you feel like, okay, something like emergency, you just feel nervous at that time.
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Then you will remember better, to be honest.
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Mm-hmm completely yeah.
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I was thinking of like
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when I go to dance class for example Sometimes the dance is
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so difficult and I see everyone around me they can just
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Understand it immediately and remember every step
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and I'm just taking a lot longer than them and it makes me feel really
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Embarrassed and nervous but then I learned from that too I go home
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and maybe I practice that same routine so that the next class I'm better at it Exactly.
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Because you don't know, like maybe those dancers already learned that dance before.
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And that's why they're doing it so much better than me.
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So you just can't compare your progress.
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You can't compare where you are because you don't really know about anyone else but yourself.
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Like you told me yesterday, you can only compete with yourself.
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Yeah, exactly.
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Yeah, because what I think about is you really don't know the people, where they're from, where they start, when they start.
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The only thing you can see is just yourself.
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You can see a person right now it's perfect speaking english
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but you really don't know how much effort she put in the back right yeah
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but you know how much effort you put for yourself
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so as long as you are a little bit better than yesterday you're doing good you know exactly
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and also there's like people are scared they're going to be judged by others, right?
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That's a big thing.
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But that's another thing that I think you just have to get past.
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You have to realize it's not about you, it's about them.
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And if they're judging you, that's because they maybe feel insecure about themselves.
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They don't have the courage that you have of making mistakes and failing.
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Exactly.
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I feel like, for example, I'm talking to you right now.
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I'm not speaking perfect English, but I will never think about your judging me
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because you are my friend and also you wanted me to improve my language right
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so I think
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if the person for example you are judging me right now
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I don't think it will become friends anymore you know
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that means this person doesn't worth your time you know you should find someone
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that would love to speak with you you should find someone
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that will never judge you no matter it's for a language
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or for anything else is the same because you have to find the people there you feel comfortable ways.
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You know, if they're judging you, that means they're not a good person.
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Yeah, that's very true.
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And that's a perfect segue into my English community.
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That's where you can speak without feeling judged,
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without feeling the pressure to speak with someone who is maybe criticizing you or judging you.
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In the community, it's a free space to talk whenever you feel like talking
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and to talk with teachers from all around the world and have conversations like these
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naturally to boost your confidence in english yeah you can find the link in the description
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if you're interested are there any other english learning tips just to get you speaking get you out of
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that bubble i think what i did the most is shadowing
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and i told you i really like a girl like her name is Aileen Gu
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and she gave me so many inspirations she's like a competitor for like Olympics
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and she's also going for Stanford for like her university
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and also she's the model she's doing a lot of things
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and at the time I was shadowing her reels on Instagram
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like every day just one reel I will like repeat it
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I don't know 100 times 200 times I'm just repeat what she says just do the shadowing
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and also her mindset actually will go into mine as well you know it's very interesting
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and i do the shadowing like every day every day
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because you can also imitate the tongue she's talking
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and then you will know how you actually react
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when you talk to people because that's a real conversation
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and that's real logic yeah so i think shadowing definitely is very very useful
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and also watching tv shows i watched a lot of american tv shows at
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that time first of all i will have english subtitle
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and i will read the english subtitle when i'm watching it
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and i will choose some um very easy like a you know basic shows to watch i can't watch friends
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because friends has
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so many you know vocabularies at the time i watch something
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like you know high school stuff like for example like never had i ever some like a basic stuff
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because they're just talking about things in school
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and i was in school like i was in my grad school at the time
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so i will find some topic you know in common
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so i will watch it
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and i will shadow it as well okay shadowing that's one then
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and did you ever like do anything to really push yourself like speak to people in in the street
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or embarrass yourself i honestly did uh first of all i
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did you know i download some like apps for have international friends
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because before i don't have any international friends
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and living in china is hard to find the foreigners even
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i was living in shanghai it does it does have some
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but not too much so uh i was go on this app called like hello talk
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and some like you know other apps
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and I found people from all over the world they wanted to practice like sensing as your community right now
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so like I'm just there talking with people
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because people are all willing to learn so we're practicing together
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and they want to learn Chinese and I want to learn English
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so I met this guy actually right now we're best friends right now from the app and we're exchange language
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and he was learning Chinese, I was learning English at the time.
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And he actually inspired me to become a Chinese teacher and also inspired me to speak better English.
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And right now, his Chinese is way better than before as well
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because he was trying to talk with a lot of people.
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Yeah, I think those apps are super useful for learning, learning especially if you don't have maybe the environment yeah the environment
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or even just the
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if you don't have the money basically yeah to pay for
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the courses yeah there's a lot of ways to practice
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because I didn't pay for anything I learned everything by myself because you're teaching but you're also learning exactly yeah
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Olivia why did you learn English?
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I think since I was young I was fascinated by the American cultures like English songs, English movies, Hollywood.
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I like this so much because people always looks very artistic or they're very free and they're always productive.
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I wanted to know why.
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And also three years ago, I was doing my master's degree.
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I don't know what to do in my life.
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I don't know after I graduate, what kind of job can I get and where I'm going to go or stay.
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I don't know anything, but I feel like outside of China in my head has an answer for me.
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So I wanted to see, okay, what are people doing outside of China?
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So I wanted to travel.
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But to travel, the main things you need to learn, just English.
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You have to communicate with people, you have to understand things.
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So that's how I started.
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You have to understand to travel the world.
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Exactly.
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So your inspiration was travel.
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Yeah, basically.
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And I wanted to discover myself as well.
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Because I really did see a lot of people, Like, when I was younger, I went to Bali once,
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I saw people were so afraid they're doing like cliff jumping, they're like swimming with their bikini, because at that time I was in China, my mom always told me,
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you shouldn't wear too explosive, you know, so I'm like why they can't do that, so I wanted to know, maybe I can do that too,
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I can try the things I've never tried before, I can try the things maybe I like maybe I don't like yeah
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but yeah I mean I think traveling is one of the
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biggest motivators for people to learn English I think traveling
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but also job opportunities exactly was that ever a reason for you to learn English
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because for me I feel like okay at the time I
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had my master's degree even I graduate I was living in
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Shanghai Shanghai is very expensive for the rent for everything so So if I graduate, I cannot get well paid.
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But I noticed the foreigners in Shanghai, they get well paid.
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And the people that could speak English, they get well paid.
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And I was like, why wouldn't I speak English?
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If I speak English, I would definitely get better opportunities.
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That's why also another reason I start to learn English.
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Yeah, and since you learned English, how do you think that's changed your life?
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Honestly, I feel like learning English completely changed my life, about my mindset especially, because before I'm a little bit close-minded as well.
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I feel I'm a little bit conservative, very traditional, because I grew up in China
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and I have a very traditional family as well but
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because learning english let me know everything is possible like i
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really understand like you can really try everything you want to
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try don't think about others don't think about the social judgment don't think about how
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that like others think about you because for me
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in china i always feel like judged i feel like i
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do everything i have to think about what does my parents think
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and what does my friend think and how's everybody else think
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but i want to start learn english and
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because i watch a lot of movies
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so i know youtube the people are doing a lot of
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adventure they go on skydiving scuba diving they go on all the adventures i was like i want to do
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that too and i don't want to care too much about what people say so yeah that's what i started Yeah,
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I think that little push is the first thing you need to start actually reaching your dreams.
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And for most people, it's English.
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And I think English is just something that can change the people you meet, the experiences you have, the jobs that you get.
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What about the cultural difference?
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say moving from China and going to travel to a new country what was
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that like honestly from first beginning it was overwhelming the first
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time I was in the US I was in Louisiana out of nowhere
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and I met people they're like you know they're the neighbors
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they asked me hey how are you doing I was like are you talking to me
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because in China we don't have small talk
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so I never did small talking my whole life I'm like
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oh who are you talking to oh me I'm like uh okay thank you I don't know what you say
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and I feel awkward I feel overwhelmed
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because at the time I'm still thinking okay maybe they will
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think why this Chinese girl is right here what is she doing
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and she doesn't even speak English I will think maybe he's judging me
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because I don't speak English he will think I'm from first beginning that's all in my mind
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but later I realized I started to speak more people actually they like to get to know me
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and when I see they have the interest for me I will try to express myself more
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and stop thinking about okay they're gonna judge me
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because my English is not perfect and they're always being very you know supportive
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and always like inspire me oh you should talk more
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and your English is really good and then later I don't thinking about, okay, I'm dumb, I speak bad English, as long as I can express myself well,
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I think it's all that matters, because the grammar is just the way to express yourself.
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As long as people understand you, no matter what you're speaking, that's most important.
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Yeah, for sure.
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So for example, if I went up to someone in China, and I started having small talk with them,
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like hey how's the weather it's nice today isn't it then
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what do you think the reaction of a Chinese person would be you mean
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if it's you like a foreigner oh yeah yeah
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and they would be like oh wow she's talking to me I mean it's definitely you look
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so like up like different foreign yeah boring boring what about
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if it was a Chinese person
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if it's Chinese people people were saying uh why are you
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talking to me like you don't have your own business do right now yeah
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but sometimes um from some region people are very talkative especially
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for the elderly they like to talk a lot there was
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uh there will maybe you met in the elevator they will
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ask you oh where did you get this back you know sometimes they do
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but usually people don't do small talk with you they don't
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talk with you yeah okay okay they're super busy yeah
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so it's a big cultural difference then um you lived in
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the united states how how long did you live in the
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united states honestly i was traveling in the u.s at the
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time i first time i was there for like five
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and a half months i was traveling
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and then the second time i went to visit for like three months
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and the third time i actually worked there i was doing the working holiday
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because at the time i I really want to get an opportunity to work abroad, to practice more my English and also get better paid.
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So I worked there.
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So in total probably like a one year and a little bit more.
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Okay.
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And what was your first initial reaction moving from China to the United States?
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I was very excited though.
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I was very excited because I still remember the first day like the plan.
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I'm like arriving in Baylor Rouge.
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I was in Louisiana.
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Seriously out of nowhere.
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But I just feel like oh my god the air is so fresh because there's no factory you know.
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So I feel the air is so fresh
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and also I feel like I don't know I feel
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so free because that we do have a lot of restrictions back to China.
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Even like we're still very free but just like for example I cannot use google, I can use like you know instagram in China,
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but here I can just use everything I wanted to use.
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So I feel like and you can say whatever you want to say and people will accept who you are.
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So there was no big culture shock in a negative way?
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I think negative way yes.
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I think sometimes people are too nice you know
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because for Chinese we're very direct
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if I like you I would tell you I like you
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if I don't like you I'm just gonna be polite
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but I'm not gonna say it was so nice to meet you
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and I had such a great time with you I'm gonna see you again.
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If I don't feel that way, I will never say that in Chinese.
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But I noticed that when I was in the US, I thought we're friends, we had a great time together.
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I said, it was so nice to meet you, we're going to see each other again.
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And then you realize, oh, maybe for them, they don't think the same.
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But at the time, they will be like, oh, I was so happy to meet you.
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It's so nice to meet you and actually they don't mean it.
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But I understand because people want to be positive all the time, they want to be nice, they want to be always be encouraging,
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but maybe they just think I'm boring at the time, because I don't speak that much English, why do they want to know me, you know?
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But it's just that sometimes I can't know if people really mean what they say.
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Okay, more in the United States.
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Yeah, more in the United States.
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Yeah, that's something I noticed when I visited China,
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when I would approach people and they wouldn't be very enthusiastic with me.
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And I was very enthusiastic with them, but it wasn't something that they gave back to me.
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And it was strange because I thought maybe they really don't like me
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because if someone in the United States or Mexico behaves that way with you, it's because they really don't like you.
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If they're just completely reactionless and with no enthusiasm at all, then you think that they hate you, they probably do.
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So for me, that was a big maybe culture shock when I visited China.
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Because they're very like, oh, you know.
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But it makes it more special when they do react and when they are enthusiastic.
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Because it's like, oh, I guess you truly do like me.
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Because I think when Chinese people say they're very welcoming, they show their passion to you, that means they really like you.
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Because usually Chinese people are very calm.
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We like to observe that situation first.
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We're not just bumping to you and saying a lot of things.
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We like to watch, observe and to say, okay, how's the situation right now?
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And how should I react?
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We're more into our own business, like what I said, we don't do small talk.
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So we'll be like, okay, you do your own business, I do mine.
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Of course, we'll be very curious about foreigners.
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So a lot of people, when you're in Shanghai, I think you definitely experience people wanted to take picture for you, wanted to talk with you.
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Some kids might come to you practice their English.
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Yeah, in Asia a lot too, in general.
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And so what part of learning English do you think changed your life the most?
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I think it's I think for me it's definitely learning English.
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Let me find out what's my dream for.
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For me right now I'm doing my jewelry design and also collecting all the jewelries from over the world.
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Yes, so because I discovered when I was traveling, when I was talking to people from over the world
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because i love the cultural things i love the natures
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because i i've been so many different places i was in maldives costa rica korea i've been
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so many different places
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because i could speak english i could communicate with people i was talking to
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so many people for them for me talking to them it's
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like you're objecting yourself you know i was like observing myself what do I really like?
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What's my passion for?
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What I want to do in my life?
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And after this two and a half years traveling, solo traveling by myself, I discovered I like fashion.
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Since I was young, I like fashion.
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So why don't I just start something with fashion?
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And because I noticed along the way, I'm always making necklaces.
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I'm also, you know, collecting all the beautiful jewelry.
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So that's why right now I started everything and I put a lot of meaning on it.
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For example, some of my pieces, like for example this one, like the diamond one, because when I was younger, I liked the song from Rihanna, Shining like a diamond.
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So that's why I made this one, it's so beautiful.
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Can you see it?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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I just want to make a close-up while you talk about it.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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So I actually gave this one to my friend as a gift
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and at the time I didn't know I'm gonna make jewelry in the future
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and I told her like you can shine like a diamond
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because I feel like she's so beautiful she looks a little bit like Rihanna as well
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so I gave it to her and she told me why don't you just start something like you know
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with your fashion design with jewelry or collecting like all the beautiful things from all over the world
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I'm like yeah why not
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so that's why right now I'm settling down in Mexico City city
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and i'm trying to build up like everything like for my jewelries
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and also beautiful things i collect from all over the world
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contain all the cultural things for example for the chinese things
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like chinese design we have some you know dragons like clouds we believe in some energy
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and elements you know so i just wanted to let people to know different cultures
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and in in my way like from my perspective
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so i want to bring it back to them yeah meaning bring the energy yeah
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and each one has a story behind exactly a story of
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your traveling of your journey of your english language journey exactly
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too like right now i have this flower actually i don't know the english name though
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um in spanish you know he no hippo hippocampus hippocampus no that's part of the brain No, he's okay.
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What's it called?
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It's called.
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Guys, I just did an unboxing video on my TikTok,
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but I wanted to come on here and thank you again and show you what we have.
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I made a video thanking you guys for 1 million subscribers already.
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We did the community giveaway and I'm really excited for the 10 winners to join the community.
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I'm excited to meet you guys.
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and I'll be sending you an email if you were one of the lucky winners.
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And if you didn't win this time, then don't worry.
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I'll be doing another giveaway, hopefully soon, for more English classes so that everybody gets the chance to learn.
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Unfortunately, I can't open all the free spots, but I'm working on a system that can make it possible.
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I'll be hanging this up right there, so you'll be seeing it in my next video.
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And thank you guys for being here.
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Thank you guys for learning English, for staying motivated, for being a part of this English community that we have here,
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a lovely, lovely English community where we support each other, where we motivate each other, and where we never stop learning.
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That's the goal.
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Thank you, guys.
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Back to the video.
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To wrap up the video, What do you think are your learning English goals now?
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Now that you're at this level, now that you can have a conversation naturally with me, what's your next step?
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For me right now, yeah, I'm comfortable speaking English right now.
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But I feel like there's still certain words, you know, I cannot express myself perfectly.
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I wanted to know how to become more native.
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So I would definitely still do shadowing when I'm watching videos on YouTube.
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I do love shadowing because it's really like a real reaction you learn from people.
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And also I wanted to become more professional in my field, like a fashion field.
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Because I don't know any vocabulary about like jewelry before.
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So right now I'm gonna get into it to learn more things about my field.
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Yeah, I think this is mainly my English learning goals for right now.
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And I feel like, you know, learning a language is a lifelong journey.
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You gotta keep learning, no matter how good you can speak.
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Because there's always something out there you don't know.
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And you want to know.
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So for me, I would love to always keep learning.
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Perfect.
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Never stop learning, that's what I always say.
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Yay!
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Alright, well thank you guys for joining us us thank you olivia for being on the podcast with me
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and let me know in the comments
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if you guys want to see more interviews with olivia she
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so um yeah be sure to like and subscribe
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and i'll see you guys next time subscribe and like me oh
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and i'll leave olivia's instagram in the description
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if you want to go check out her jewelry all right bye guys bye Thank you.

Лексика и советы по произношению к этому уроку

В этом видео 434 предложений и 5197 слов для шедоуинга. Речь длится 31:39. Говорящий говорит в естественном темпе, около 164 слов в минуту, близком к повседневной речи. 86% слов входят в 3000 самых частых слов английского языка; остальные стоит разобрать перед занятием.

Ключевая лексика этого видео

15 менее частых слов из видео с произношением и значением:

  • shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/ (существительное) — тень. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
  • jewellery /ˈd͡ʒʊ-/ (существительное) — ювели́рные изде́лия, драгоце́нности. Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.
  • vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ (существительное) — слова́рь, слова́рный запа́с. A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
  • sticker /ˈstɪkə/ (существительное) — колю́чка. Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).
  • collect /ˈkɑlɪkt/ (глагол) — собира́ть, собра́ть. To gather together; amass.
  • cartoon /kɑɹˈtun/ (существительное) — ко́микс, карикату́ра. A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
  • diamond /ˈdaɪ.ə.mənd/ (существительное) — алма́з, бриллиа́нт. A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
  • react /ɹiːˈækt/ (глагол) — реаги́ровать, отреаги́ровать. To act in response.
  • observe /əbˈzɜːv/ (глагол) — соблюда́ть, блюсти́. To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
  • inspire /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ (глагол) — внуша́ть, внуши́ть. To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by…
  • bore /boɹ/ (глагол) — надоеда́ть, надое́сть. To inspire boredom in somebody.
  • mindset /ˈmaɪn(d)ˌsɛt/ (существительное) — склад ума́, о́браз мы́слей. A way of thinking; an attitude or opinion, especially a habitual one.
  • enthusiastic /ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk/ (прилагательное) — восто́рженный, по́лный энтузиа́зма. With zealous fervor; excited, motivated.
  • naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/ (наречие) — есте́ственно. In a natural manner.
  • adventure /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ (существительное) — приключе́ние, собы́тие. A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.

Фразовые глаголы, которые вы услышите

  • think about /ˈθɪŋk əˌbaʊt/ (глагол) — обду́мывать, обду́мать. To ponder.
  • talk about (глагол) — ну и, вот э́то. Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.
  • go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (глагол) — продолжа́ть, продо́лжить. To continue in extent.
  • build up (глагол) — накапливаться, скапливаться. To erect; to construct.
  • do in (глагол) — прико́нчить. To kill or end; to defeat.
  • check out (глагол) — проверя́ть, прове́рить. To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
  • come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — пошли́. Come along with me; join me in going.
  • find out (глагол) — узнава́ть, узна́ть. To discover, as by asking or investigating.

Произношение, на которое стоит обратить внимание

Говорящий использует 188 сокращённых и редуцированных форм, например I'm, don't, they're. Произносите их коротко, так, как слышите.

  • Звуки «th»: enthusiastic /ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk/, enthusiasm /ɪnˈθuziæzəm/
  • Звуки «sh» и «zh»: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, shanghai /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/, shock /ʃɔk/, passion /ˈpæʃən/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
  • Длинные слова — следите за ударением: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, enthusiastic /ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/

Как заниматься с этим видео

  1. Прослушайте всё видео один раз молча и выпишите незнакомые слова.
  2. Начните со скорости 0,75×, повторяйте предложение за предложением и вернитесь к обычной скорости, когда станет легко.
  3. Запишите себя и сравните с оригиналом, обращая внимание на такие слова, как shadow, jewellery, vocabulary.

Грамматика в этом видео

Конструкции, которые говорящий использует чаще всего, с точными словами из видео:

КонструкцияВ видео
Условные предложения if + предложение, will/would + глагол — условие и его результатIf I speak English, I would definitely · if I like you I would tell
Present Perfect have/has + причастие прошедшего времени — прошлое действие, важное сейчасI've never tried · i've been
Пассивный залог be + причастие прошедшего времени — важно, что происходит, а не кто это делаетbe judged · was fascinated
Придаточные определительные who / which + предложение — уточнение о человеке или предметеEnglish, which is · someone who is

Что такое техника Shadowing?

Shadowing — это научно обоснованная техника изучения языка, изначально разработанная для подготовки профессиональных переводчиков и популяризированная полиглотом доктором Александром Аргуэльесом. Метод прост, но эффективен: вы слушаете аудио на английском от носителей языка и немедленно повторяете вслух — как тень, следующая за говорящим с задержкой в 1–2 секунды. В отличие от пассивного прослушивания или грамматических упражнений, Shadowing заставляет мозг и мышцы рта одновременно обрабатывать и воспроизводить реальные речевые паттерны. Исследования показывают, что это значительно улучшает точность произношения, интонацию, ритм, связную речь, понимание на слух и беглость речи — что делает его одним из самых эффективных методов для подготовки к IELTS Speaking и реального общения на английском.

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