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hello everyone and welcome to this A1
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English listening practice video you can
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use this video to practice your
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listening and comprehension skills as I
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speak before we start remember to
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subscribe to the channel and click the
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Bell are you
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ready today I'm going to talk about
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Transportation this is an important
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topic because we all use some kind of
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Transportation in our lives let's talk
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about the different types of trans
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Transportation One popular type of
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transportation is the Subway in other
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countries people also use the words
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Metro or underground but in the US we
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usually say
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subway many big cities around the world
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have a subway system in cities like
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Paris London and Tokyo the subway system
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is amazing the Subways in these cities
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are very organized and
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efficient however many big cities in the
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US don't have good Subway
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systems most people in the US drive cars
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so they don't need to take the subway in
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my hometown of San Diego we don't have a
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subway system I like taking the subway
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in other countries because it's easy you
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can go anywhere in the city without a
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car but in some cities the subway
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stations are dirty and a little scary
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you need to be careful when you take
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take the
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subway okay another form of public
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transportation is taking the bus big
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cities have bus systems that help people
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move around in some cities buses are
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nice clean and safe but in other cities
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buses are old dirty and a little
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dangerous for example in Mexico most
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buses are old and uncomfortable they can
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also be dangerous because many bus
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drivers drive really badly
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they drive really fast and often have
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accidents most people don't like taking
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the bus but sometimes they have to in
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many cities taking the bus is cheap if
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you don't have a lot of money the bus
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can be a good
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option okay now let's talk about taxis
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and Ubers in the past many people took
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taxis but nowadays many people use Uber
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I love using Uber I use it all the time
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and Uber is cheaper than a taxi and it's
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usually safe I always have good
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experiences using Uber I've taken a few
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taxis before but I didn't like it taxis
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are usually expensive in some cities
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Uber is illegal so people can't use it
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how about you do you use Uber in your
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city okay another common type of
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transportation is riding a bike this is
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a great way to move around the city
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because it's free riding bikes is also a
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healthy activity the problem is that
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it's dangerous in some cities in some
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cities the drivers are crazy so it's
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dangerous to ride a bike in the street
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in other cities there are bike lands in
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the street so it's safer but I think
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it's always a little dangerous to ride a
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bike in the city one more type of
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transportation is walking this is my
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favorite type of Transportation because
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it's easy free and fun I love walking
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because I love being
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outside I think everyone should try to
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walk
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more today I'm going to talk about
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technology this is a great topic because
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we all use technology every day you're
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using technology to watch this video
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right now so let's talk about some some
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different kinds of technology today one
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really important type of technology is
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computer
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technology computers today are much
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different than computers from the
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past 20 or 30 years ago computers were
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really limited they couldn't do the
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things that computers do
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today in the past they were also really
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big but today computers come in many
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different sizes computers today are fast
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powerful and easy to use
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I remember when I first started using a
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computer I was 6 years old I like
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playing computer games but all of the
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games were very basic at that time I
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still thought they were really fun today
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computer games are very
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complex all right now let's talk about
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cell phones when I was a kid not many
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people had cell
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phones most people used landlines which
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are phone inside your
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house nowadays not many people have
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landlines everyone has cell phones now I
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remember getting my first cell phone
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when I was 12 years old I thought it was
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so cool these days phones are extremely
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important because you can do almost
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anything on your phone but I think the
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most important technology today is the
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internet most people use the internet
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every day to do many things people like
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me need the internet in order to work if
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I don't have internet I can't work we
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also use the internet to study to shop
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and to entertain ourselves I can't
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imagine not having the
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internet I use it for many hours every
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day how about you how many hours a day
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do you use the internet
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okay now let's talk about technology of
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the past for example one really
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important invention was the motorized
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vehicle or the car before cars people
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traveled by horse by foot or in other
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ways when the car was invented people
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were able to travel more easily cars
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from the past looked very different from
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today's cars I think old cars looked
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pretty cool
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another really important invention was
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electricity before electricity people
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had to use candles and fire for light at
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night the cities were much darker than
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today nowadays our cities have so much
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light at night and of course we use
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electricity for so many different things
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today sometimes the electricity goes out
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and everything stops working I hate when
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the electricity goes
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out one more important invention was the
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television in the past television was
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the greatest form of
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entertainment everyone sat down in the
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evenings and watched TV nowadays more
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people watch TV shows on their computers
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like on
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Netflix many young people prefer doing
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everything on their computer or cell
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phone
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today I'm going to talk about the
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supermarket this is a useful topic
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because most people buy food from
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supermarkets one important note in the
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US many people use the phrase grocery
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store instead of
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Supermarket I usually say grocery store
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but you can use both so first let's talk
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about big
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supermarkets the most famous Supermarket
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is Walmart Walmart is really big and
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sells many items they sell food clothes
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Electronics furniture and much more
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Walmart has everything in big
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supermarkets there are a lot of cheap
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items personally I don't like big
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supermarkets I prefer smaller
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supermarkets because they often have
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better
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products I like to buy organic food so I
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search for small organic stores these
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stores are usually more expensive than
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big supermarkets organic food is more
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expensive than non-organic food but I
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think it's worth the
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price in big supermarkets I can't find
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the products I like that's why I go to
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small local stores there are also some
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very small supermarkets too we call
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these convenience stores for example
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7-Eleven is a convenience store these
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stores sell some food and drinks but
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they don't have a lot of items I go to
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convenience stores when I need to buy
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just one or two items but I don't
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usually shop at convenience
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stores they don't have all the items
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that I need how about you do you prefer
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big supermarkets small supermarkets or
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convenience stores
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some people don't go to supermarkets
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they buy their groceries online nowadays
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you can buy everything online you order
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it and someone brings it to your house
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this is becoming a popular option I
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order some items online but I don't
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order food
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online okay now let's learn some
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important Supermarket
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vocabulary our first vocabulary word is
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cart
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when you enter a grocery store you grab
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a cart you put all of your items in your
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cart while you're shopping or if you're
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only buying a few items you can use a
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basket which you carry our next word is
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isle Isles are the rows of products in a
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store you walk up and down the aisles
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when you go shopping the next phrase is
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on sale when an item is on sale this
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means that it has a lower price than
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normal I love when items are on
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sale okay one more word cashier the
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cashier is the person that you pay when
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you're done shopping in the US cashiers
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are usually friendly nowadays in some
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supermarkets you can pay without a
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cashier this is called
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self-checkout Some people prefer
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cashiers and other people prefer prer
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the self checkout option I like both
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options today I'm going to talk about
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jobs this is a really common topic
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because most adults have a job or some
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type of work let's talk about the
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different types of jobs that people have
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one common type of job is a part-time
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job a part-time job is a job where you
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work fewer hours I had part-time jobs
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when I was younger I worked part-time at
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a clothing store at a restaurant and at
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my University many students have
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part-time jobs they study in the morning
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and work in the evening I did this when
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I was a
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student in the US many teenagers get a
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job when they're in high school I got my
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first job when I was 17 I was in my La
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last year of high school I worked at a
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clothing store called Hollister I didn't
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like that job but I liked earning money
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some of my classmates worked at fast
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food restaurants like
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McDonald's I also had a part-time job
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when I was in
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college when I was in college I worked
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at the University's dining hall a dining
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hall is the place on a University campus
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where students eat I worked as a cook
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and a dishwasher at my dining hall I
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didn't like washing dishes I liked
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cooking more than
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dishwashing how about you have you ever
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had a part-time job okay now let's talk
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about full-time jobs in the US people
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who have full-time jobs usually work 40
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hours a week or more some people work a
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lot more like 50 or 60 hours a week for
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some full-time jobs you need a college
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degree for other full-time jobs you
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don't need a degree in the us there are
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many different jobs available in
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different Industries some examples of
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Industries are Finance marketing
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medicine it and
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education I work in the education
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industry because I'm a teacher there are
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many good jobs in the US for people who
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don't have degrees for example you can
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be an electrician a plumber a truck
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driver or many other things people who
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have have these jobs make good money in
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the US most salaries in America are high
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compared to other countries Americans
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make a lot of money but they have to
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spend a lot of money life is very
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expensive in the US the normal schedule
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for full-time jobs is from 9:00 a.m. to
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5:00 p.m. in the US however some people
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start work earlier like at 8:00 a.m. and
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other people end later like at 6:
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PM I start work pretty early at 7:30
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a.m. but I also finish early at 4:30
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p.m. I prefer starting work early and
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finishing work early most people work
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Monday to Friday and they have weekends
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off most people don't like working on
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the weekends I work in the morning on
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Saturdays but I have Sundays off I never
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work on Sundays how about you what's
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your work schedule
