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This is the English lesson you have been waiting for.
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Do you want to finally express yourself naturally in English?
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Would you like to be able to watch movies and TV shows in English without using subtitles?
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Well, I have some good news.
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You're in the right place.
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Today, you are going to learn the number one method to help you be able to use real life English
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that real English speakers use in the real world.
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Not that old textbook stuff that no one actually uses, but real English.
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So how are you going to do that?
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You are going to test out my proven conversation breakdown method
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that thousands of my students have used to be able to express themselves better
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and go out into the real world and actually be able to use English and feel confident.
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If you're new here, hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.
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And I have been teaching real life English here on my
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YouTube channel for over the past 10 years to now more than 7 million of you.
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I can't believe it.
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Thank you so much for learning English with me.
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And this week, like every week, I have created a special PDF worksheet just for you so that you never forget what you've learned in today's lesson.
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This is like a mini textbook.
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It includes every phrase, the entire transcript of the conversation you're about to see.
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Plus it includes a special bonus.
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This is a bonus that is not in today's video.
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It is only available in the worksheet.
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It is a speaking practice.
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You will get the chance to practice speaking with me and all you need to do is download the worksheet, click on the link within the worksheet,
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Many of you have said, Vanessa, I love your conversations with other English speakers, and that's what you're going to see today.
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You are going to meet my sister, Charisse.
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We're talking about the city where she lives, and this is an essential conversation topic.
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We often talk about where we live or where we came from,
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where we grew up, and I want you to be able to talk about this topic with confidence.
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So let me know in the comments, what city do you live in, tell me something about it and maybe even use some of the vocabulary you're going to learn today.
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Because after you see this conversation clip with my sister, something special is going to happen.
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We are going to dive deep into some of the vocabulary that was used in this conversation clip.
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My husband, Dan, and I are going to break down some of the key vocabulary
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so that you can use it as well when you go out into the real world.
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And if you enjoy this conversation breakdown method, I want to invite you to join me in my course, The Fearless Fluency Club.
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We break down real life conversations like this every single month.
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Plus you have the opportunity to join me for a weekly live stream lesson.
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Try it out.
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See if it works for you.
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I am sure you're going to love it.
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All right.
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I will tell you some more about the Fearless Fluency Club in a little bit,
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but for now, let's go on and meet my sister and see a portion of our conversation about where she lives.
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Let's go.
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Hi, everyone.
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I'm here with my sister, Charisse.
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Some of you who've been in the course for a long time might recognize her, but we're glad to chat again.
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And we're going to talk about where she lives, which might be a place you visited, might be a place you're interested in.
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And we can just talk about the city and different things because the U.S is such a huge place.
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Yep.
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It's a lot of variety.
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So where do you live?
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I live in San Diego, California.
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Cool.
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Which is in the lower eastern, southeastern portion of California.
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Yeah, like as south as you can get in California.
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It is.
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I need more south than we'd be in Tijuana.
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Yeah, you said you can see Mexico from...
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Yeah, from a highway that we go on all the time.
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Okay.
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Yeah, it's very close.
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Cool.
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So we could go probably any time, but haven't been yet.
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Uh-huh.
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And you haven't been there long.
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So let's start at the beginning.
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Why did you move to San Diego?
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Because there's many places in the U.S.
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You've lived many places.
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I know.
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Why San Diego?
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I think every time I do a video, it's a different place.
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I know.
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But this, the reason we moved to San Diego is primarily because my husband is in the military.
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He flies helicopters for the Navy and one of their primary bases is located in San Diego.
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So there is a huge military population and community that lives there.
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So when he finished his training, he was sent to San Diego,
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which is one of the best places you can live if you're in the military because it's a great city, beautiful weather.
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And you're kind of forced to live wherever they tell you to live.
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So if you're going to be forced to live somewhere, good it's a great place.
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I know.
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I was very happy that that was the location.
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So that's the why.
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Yeah.
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Why we're there.
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And how long have you been there?
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Over a year.
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So for cool places in San Diego.
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Now I've never been there, but I've seen lots of your cool pictures.
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I'm curious what kind of recommendations do you have?
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Should anyone want to visit or maybe look up San Diego and just get to know a different city?
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Yeah, definitely.
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Do you have any recommendations for typical places to visit or like off the beaten path places?
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Sure.
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I mean, I have a few of both.
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I mean, if you want to visit someplace that every tourist should see, everyone knows about, it's not a secret, then going to La Jolla Cove.
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Okay.
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There are sea lions and seals that live there.
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And you can go and walk around and there's a specific spot where they all live.
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And they're on these rocks and on the beach and you can watch them like swimming together.
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And a lot of times they're just laying on the rocks because they need to, they get cold easily, I think.
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So they need to lay on the sun to warm up.
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From the cold Pacific Ocean.
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Yeah, so they lay on the rocks most of the time
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so they're fun to observe and people love it
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so that's really cool
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and you can get very close i mean it's not you shouldn't touch them
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but you can get pretty close and get some cool pictures
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so definitely go into la jolla cove um la jolla shores which is next to it is a very popular beach
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i would definitely recommend going there
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if you're going to go to a beach the water is pretty clear cool as far as hiking goes what
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if anyone wants to surf?
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Oh La Jolla Shores that's the place okay yeah I mean
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if you want to go somewhere where people expect you to be a beginner
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and won't judge go to La Jolla Shores
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so you can feel comfortable I'm not sure if any of you are professional surfers?
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If you're professional then go to Black's Beach
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but okay that's like the one that people go to and they're very good would you go there?
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Probably not just
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because to get there you have to hike down a very
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steep trail carrying a surfboard I mean it's quite dangerous getting
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to the water sometimes from these that's another barrier remote beaches
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yeah that's maybe one of the off the beaten path ones is Black's Beach other popular places they look out
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so like the are already popular maybe go to Mission Trails
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Mission Trails they have lots of cool hiking that's kind of
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the opposite of the beach life you can go rock climbing up there bring your own equipment
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and climb like scale the side of the mountain
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which is pretty cool um then off the beaten path i
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have at least one recommendation we want all the juices that i'll share okay
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or at least that i can explain where it is um it's
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so sunset cliffs is very popular but if you want to go somewhere like Sunset Cliffs without all the people, you can go to a place in Del Mar.
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Del Mar is more up north.
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It's only like 20 minutes more north, but if you go, it's like around 11th Street in Del Mar,
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you get off the, you just park your car, walk towards the ocean, kind of climb over this guard rail and then...
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No trespassing, climb over there.
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People walk there all the time, but just and not a lot of people know about it.
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And there's a railroad track.
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It's an active railroad track, so you have to be careful when you cross it.
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But you cross that, and then there's this trail.
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So you're on this ridge, and then there's a huge cliff, and then there's the ocean.
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And it's like the most pristine, beautiful, untouched ocean.
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You see a few surfers, like one or two and that's it and then you just have like the most beautiful views of
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the cliffs of the city of everything and hardly anyone there
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and del mar is a very nice upscale neighborhood
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so all the houses are also fun to look at
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when you walk down so it's like a ridge it's a little trail
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and you can you're in nature you get the beach
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but you're also not in the sand So if you don't want to get all sandy, this is a nice option for just a walk, a picnic.
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I had my wedding pictures there.
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So I really do love this spot.
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It's beautiful.
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It's really the perfect spot.
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So that would be my one recommendation for an off the beaten path idea.
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Cool.
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That sounds fun.
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I mean, I can't wait to visit hopefully next year.
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I'll take you.
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Yeah.
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It'll be great.
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I'll respond back, let you guys know.
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Yeah.
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You're going to love it.
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Yeah.
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for sharing about San Diego and your surf experience, personal life.
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Yeah, of course.
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Hope it was interesting.
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Yeah.
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We got to know another place that you live.
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I know.
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I wonder where I'll be next.
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Maybe Florida.
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We'll see.
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I never know.
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Well, thank you so much, everyone.
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Thanks for joining us.
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Thank you, Cherise.
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Thank you.
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Thanks.
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Bye.
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Well, great work listening to that portion of our conversation,
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the full conversation we are going to be studying this month in the Fearless Fluency Club.
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And now it's time to break down three key vocabulary phrases that you heard in that conversation.
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My husband, Dan, and I are going to give you a lot of sample sentences.
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We're going to tell some stories.
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We're going to make this as memorable as possible so
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that they will stick in your mind and you'll be able to use them too.
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All right, let's go to vocabulary.
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All right.
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Are you ready to get started?
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I'm ready.
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Let's do it.
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The first expression that we're going to talk about is actually two for one.
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It is primary and primarily.
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This has to do with the main thing, the main reason, the main aspect of something.
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In the conversation with Charisse, she said that they moved to San Diego primarily because her husband is in the military.
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So we can get the sense that the number one reason is because her husband is in the military.
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There's a small chance they would have moved there anyway, but the biggest reason, the primary reason,
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so if we want to use it as an adjective, we can say primary reason, is because he's in the military.
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So here we can use it in two different ways, two different parts of the sentence.
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Yes, and you can even use this as a noun.
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For instance, a lot of times we use this in business, I think.
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If you have an important project, you might say, it is primary that we complete this this week.
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So that's saying that this is the first thing we have to do, or it's the main thing, or the most important thing.
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It's primary.
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And I would say this is a little more of a formal word.
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You don't really say it throughout the day.
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Like, even if you said something like, I primarily like cereal for breakfast.
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Even that you could say, but it just doesn't sound quite right.
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You would like casually, you would just say, oh, I love to eat cereal in the morning, or I mostly like to eat cereal.
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But you could say, I primarily like to eat cereal.
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Yeah.
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I would recommend using this maybe in more slightly, more formal situations.
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You can use it in daily conversation if you wish, and that's totally fine.
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But I think my sister used it because this was an interview.
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So maybe she felt like it was a more structured conversation and she used the word primarily, and it's also just personal choice.
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Yes.
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So you primarily use primarily in formal situations.
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Yes.
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One other example I'd like to give is we use this in an academic setting often to talk about
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when you're doing research, we might say, I found some really important primary sources.
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And this means that you're not studying someone else's...
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Let's say you're studying about World War II and there's a historian who has explained big concepts about World War II.
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This is not a primary source.
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Instead, a primary source would be a diary or a journal or someone who experienced that situation,
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World War II, themselves.
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So this is a primary source.
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It's like the first source.
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So we usually say that those are either the most accurate
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or potentially the most biased because they are only seeing it through their eyes.
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They're not seeing the big picture, but primary sources.
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Yes, they are at least the closest to the actual event.
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So they're the first people to really witness this event.
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So that's why it's primary.
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Yeah.
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So you might see this in an academic setting where your professor might say,
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all right, we're going to be looking at some primary sources today about Native Americans or whatever it might be, something that is the first source.
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All right.
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Let's watch the original clip from the conversation so that you can see how Charisse used primarily.
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Let's watch.
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The reason we moved to San Diego is primarily because my husband is in the military.
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He flies helicopters for the Navy.
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The reason we moved to San Diego is primarily because my husband is in the military.
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The reason we moved to San Diego is primarily because my husband is in the military.
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The next expression is pristine, and this means pure, untouched by humans.
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Or it could just mean clean.
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So for example, you could say to somebody, wow, your house looks pristine.
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Well this wouldn't actually mean that it's untouched by humans because it was built by humans and you live in there, but it just kind of means that you cleaned it up
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so much that it doesn't even look like anybody's lived here yet.
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That would be pristine.
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That would not be our house.
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That would not be our house.
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But oftentimes we use this and I think the fundamental meaning of this would be in nature.
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If you go see something pristine, that means not many people live there.
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It's in a natural state.
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And usually it would mean it's beautiful.
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So if you're in the middle of the jungle and it's hot and sweaty and muggy and there's bugs all over you, it might be very natural, but you probably wouldn't say pristine.
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There has to be kind of a calming element.
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So people often use this for the ocean.
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That's how Sharice used it.
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We saw the most pristine beach and it was beautiful.
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What a beautiful view.
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No people were there.
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It was pristine.
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It wasn't cluttered with umbrellas and people.
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It doesn't mean that there wasn't trash.
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That's part of it, but it also just means there was no sign of humans.
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It was just the way it is originally.
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There was water and sand and the dunes and the trees.
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It was pristine.
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This is something that you might find off the beaten path, is something pristine, especially in nature.
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Yes.
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Do you think you can use this for people?
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Vanessa looks pristine.
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You could ...
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I don't really think so, actually.
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But I don't really think so.
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You might possibly hear this, but it's maybe if someone is completely fake or unreal, they look pristine.
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How her hair and her makeup just looks so perfect.
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Maybe your hairstyle is pristine.
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She's like a doll.
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Yeah.
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I think because people like that are very rare or maybe with social media, it's more popular.
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I don't know.
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But this type of thing is less common than a place or a view.
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We use this often for nature.
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So I wonder if there's anywhere near where you live that's pristine.
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Maybe it's a lake.
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I often think of bodies of water for some reason.
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Like the lake was pristine.
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The ocean was pristine.
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And there's no sign of humans or very little sign of humans.
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And it's just breathtaking.
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All right.
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Let's watch the original clips that you can see how pristine was used.
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Let's watch.
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You're on this ridge.
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And then there's a huge cliff and then there's the ocean and it's like the most pristine, beautiful, like untouched ocean.
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The most pristine, beautiful, like untouched ocean.
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The most pristine, beautiful, like untouched ocean.
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The final expression today is spot.
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Spot.
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Okay.
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So we might think that a leopard has spots.
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This is one way to use it, very figure or very literal, but we often use it more figuratively to talk about a place or a location.
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We might say, yeah, it's a great spot.
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You got to visit it.
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That could be a restaurant.
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That could be a good view, but it's talking about a particular location.
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So when you're visiting a new city or you're going to visit someone else's city, or maybe someone's going to visit your city, Maybe you might say, are there any spots I need to visit?
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Or, oh, is there a good spot that I can eat falafel?
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Or that's a good falafel spot.
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You got to check it out.
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So this is a very casual conversational way to talk about place.
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Yes.
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Very casual.
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Yes.
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It's my favorite spot.
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And sometimes this can't even be very localized.
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I need to find a spot to eat as in literally a place to sit down or I can't find a spot.
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Yeah.
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This would be like wherever you're sitting, maybe it's in a big field or a grassy park, or there's a bunch of benches somewhere.
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You need to find a spot to sit.
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Yeah.
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It could even be in a restaurant where there's a bunch of seats and it's really crowded.
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There's not a spot to sit in.
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So I need to wait until someone leaves.
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We don't have any spots available, like places.
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Yes.
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And I would say this is mostly destinations.
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This wouldn't really be your home, right?
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Home is my favorite spot.
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Eh, nah.
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You could say in the living room, there's a lot of spots to sit.
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Okay.
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That's true.
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Like if you're having a bunch of guests over or just in general, you could say, there's a lot of comfortable spots to sit, or there's only one comfortable spot to sit and our cat is always there.
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So we could say it in that way, but not talking about your home.
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Like my home is a nice spot.
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That's a little bit weird.
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No. All right, let's watch the original clip from the conversation to talk about a spot meaning a place.
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And you can always check out the lesson guide for some
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more examples about how to use this to talk about another city, your own city, and to describe places around you.
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All right, let's watch.
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And it's cool to have a little hidden secret too that's a good view and doesn't seem like it's too far away.
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No, yeah, it's really the perfect spot.
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So it's really the perfect spot.
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It's really the perfect spot.
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It's really the perfect spot.
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Great work learning those three key vocabulary phrases that real English speakers use in the real world.
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I recommend watching this video next where you will meet my neighbors, Lindsay and Dani.
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We will use the conversation breakdown method to understand our conversation about moving from the big city
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to a small town and you will be able to express yourself more fluently in English.
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I'll see you there.
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这节 B2 级别的口语课以视频“Real English Conversation: Advanced English Lesson”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有:spot, English, conversation, pristine。 这段视频共有 397 个句子、4102 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 23:39。 说话人语速自然,每分钟约 173 个词,接近日常对话。 87% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词,词汇容易理解。
视频中的重点词汇
视频中最难的 15 个单词,附发音和释义:
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| pristine 形容词 | /ˈprɪˌstin/ | 原始的 |
| vocabulary 名词 | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | 詞匯 /词汇, 語匯 /语汇 |
| worksheet 名词 | 工作表 | |
| cliff 名词 | /klɪf/ | 峭壁, 懸崖 /悬崖 |
| cereal 名词 | /ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/ | 穀物 /谷物, 穀類 /谷类 |
| recommendation 名词 | /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/ | 建議 /建议, 勸告 /劝告 |
| breakdown 名词 | /ˈbɹeɪkˌdaʊn/ | 故障 |
| hike 名词 | /haɪk/ | 遠足 /远足 |
| colleague 名词 | /ˈkɒliːɡ/ | 同事, 同僚 |
| ridge 名词 | /ɹɪd͡ʒ/ | 背脊 |
| falafel 名词 | /fəˈlɑfəl/ | 鷹嘴豆泥球 /鹰嘴豆泥球, 法拉費 /法拉费 |
| motivate 动词 | /ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/ | 激发 |
| cove 名词 | /koʊv/ | 小海灣 /小海湾 |
| textbook 名词 | /ˈtɛkst.bʊk/ | 課本 /课本, 教科書 /教科书 |
| surf 动词 | /sɝf/ | 衝浪 /冲浪 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| break down 动词 | 壞了 /坏了, 出故障 | |
| check out 动词 | 退房 | |
| go ahead 动词 | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | 請便 /请便 |
| grow up 动词 | 長大 /长大 | |
| look out 动词 | 当心, 小心 | |
| look up 动词 | /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ | 仰, 上看 |
| sit down 动词 | 坐下, 坐 | |
| warm up 动词 | /ˌwɔː(ɹ)m ˈʌp/ | 暖和(起來) /暖和(起来) |
值得反复跟读的句子
视频中简短而完整的句子,可以直接用在日常对话里:
- You're in the right place.
- What are you waiting for?
- I'm curious what kind of recommendations do you have?
- Are you ready to get started?
- Do you think you can use this for people?
视频中的语法
说话人最常用的结构,并附上视频中的原话:
| 结构 | 视频中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 现在完成进行时 have/has been + -ing — 以前开始、现在仍在继续的动作 | have been waiting · have been teaching |
| 现在完成时 have/has + 过去分词 — 过去发生但与现在仍有关联的事 | have created · have said · they've learned |
| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么,而不是谁做的 | is located · was sent · be forced |
| 定语从句 who / which + 从句 — 补充说明人或事物 | shores which is · someone who experienced |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 87 次缩略和弱读形式,例如 you're, we're, I'm。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, conversational /ˌkɒnvə(ɹ)ˈseɪʃənəl/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, casually /ˈkæʒuəli/, subscription /səbˈskɹɪpʃən/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, conversational /ˌkɒnvə(ɹ)ˈseɪʃənəl/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
如何用这段视频练习
- 先完整听一遍视频,不要开口,记下不认识的单词。
- 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读,熟练之后再回到正常速度。
- 录下自己的声音并与原声对比,特别注意 pristine, vocabulary, worksheet 这类单词。
什么是跟读法?
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧,最初开发用于专业口译员的培训,并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大:您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同,跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性,语调,节奏,连读,听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。





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