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What's up everyone

podcast slow and clear? What's up

English? In this video we are going to

talk about traveling. So you're going to

learn a ton of useful words and phrases

to talk about traveling. The way we are

going to do that is first I will go

through the whole process of traveling

like booking a trip, choosing a

destination,

booking the hotel, going to the place

and then I will tell you guys uh the

different places I've been to and we'll

just talk about lots of different stuff

related ated to traveling in this

podcast. So all you need to do is just

listen and absorb the English, absorb

what I'm saying because just by

listening and understanding what I'm

saying, you are learning English. your

brain is absorbing like taking in the

English when you can understand what I'm

saying. That's also why I recommend

listening to these podcasts more than

once. The first time you listen, you

just try to understand. There may be

some there may be many words that you

don't understand. So you can look at the

subtitles

and then a few days later you can listen

again but don't look at the subtitles.

Just try to listen and understand

and remember some of the words you

didn't know the first time. And the more

you hear these words again and again, if

you listen like two or three times, the

better you'll remember them. Basically,

listening, understanding,

and trying to use these words and

phrases in your life when you can will

really help improve your English. With

that all said, let's start with the

podcast. All right. So, first, when you

think about traveling, you think of

things like going to the airport,

getting on the plane, going to a nice

place. But before we do all of that,

first we have to choose where we are

going, right? Before you travel, you

have to choose a destination.

So, will that destination be somewhere

tropical and sunny and warm? Will it be

somewhere that is busy like a big city?

Or will it be somewhere more peaceful

and quiet and relaxing? Once you have

chosen a destination,

then the first thing you usually do is

you book a flight. In English, we

usually say book a flight. You can say

book a flight ticket or book a ticket,

but normally we just say book a flight.

You can book a flight to somewhere. For

example, I would say I booked a flight

to Canada um in August. So, you book

your flight and then after booking your

flight, you would book your

accommodations.

Now, accommodations is just a broad word

to describe where you are going to stay.

your accommodation is your hotel or your

Airbnb. So after booking the flight

ticket, it's time to book your hotel or

book your Airbnb. We also often say rent

an Airbnb. Many people like to rent

Airbnbs now because they're usually

cheaper than hotels. They used to be

much cheaper than hotels, but now it

feels like Airbnbs are almost the same

price as hotels.

But the thing is, Airbnbs don't have

things like room service and they're not

a hotel with all of the services that

come with a hotel. So before lots of

people booked Airbnbs, but now it's like

for a bit more money you could get much

better service at a hotel. Personally, I

still like to get an Airbnb because I

find they are a bit more private. I like

to have a quiet area and a quiet hallway

so you can't hear people coming home

like at 1:00 a.m. if you're trying to

sleep and all that. So after you have

booked your hotel or you've booked your

Airbnb, you are ready to leave. But

before you leave, you have to pack your

luggage. So in English we have many

different words to describe the bags.

For example, you can call it a backpack

if you're going backpacking, right? You

can call it a suitcase. But personally,

I always just say luggage because

luggage is an easy way to describe all

of the bags. Your luggage just describes

everything you are bringing with you. So

the easy way to say it is just saying

pack my luggage or pack my bags like

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back to the podcast. Now, when you pack

your bags before traveling, what are the

things that you have to bring? So, when

I travel, I always bring toothpaste cuz

I don't know if there will be toothpaste

at the Airbnb. My toothbrush. Um, my

shaver. Um, what else? Of course, you

have to bring your passport. You could

bring your phone charger as well. Phone

charger is very important and that's

something that many people forget when

they travel. uh deodorant. I always

bring deodorant and a bunch of clothes

like shirts, pants, socks, underwear,

all of that stuff. So, those are the

things I try to bring. Personally, I

travel light. And traveling light means

you don't bring a lot of luggage with

you. You see some people when they

travel and they have like a full huge

suitcase full of stuff plus a carry-on

plus this plus that. Personally, I don't

think it's necessary. When I first came

from Canada to Vietnam, I brought pretty

much everything. I had a big bag. I was

scared of like running out of clothes

and things. So, I packed pretty much all

of my clothing and a lot of my stuff in

a big suitcase. And then the first time

I went back to Canada, I did the same

thing. I brought a huge suitcase full of

my stuff. But then I realized that I

usually only wear the same like six or

seven shirts and a few pairs of pants

and shorts. I really didn't need that

much stuff. Even though I was going for

4 weeks, for example, of course I didn't

need 4 weeks of clothing because I could

wash it. But at that time I just had

this feeling that oh I have to bring

that I have to bring that I don't want

to forget anything like I thought that

wherever I'm going has like nothing if I

don't bring it then I can never go out

and buy it or something but of course I

can. So after the first time I went to

Canada, the next time I just brought a

small suitcase with maybe about seven or

eight different shirts and seven or

eight of everything for clothes and that

was enough. Completely enough. Yeah. So

sometimes it takes some experience to

know what you really need to pack. And

some people like to pack a lot of stuff

and some people like to just travel

light. Personally, I like traveling

light. It's much more convenient. Also,

when you check in your bags, you don't

have to worry that they're going to get

lost, right? Cuz sometimes the airline

might lose your luggage and send it to

you two weeks later. and by then maybe

you're not even there anymore or yeah so

it's just not worth it. I think having

just the carry-on is perfect and that's

enough even for a whole month. So

anyway, moving on. After you have packed

your stuff and you are in the taxi on

the way to the airport, once you get to

the airport, you have to check in. So,

you go to the counter of your airline

and you check in. From there, you go

through the security and after that you

go to the gate where your flight will

take off. You wait at the gate until

it's time to board the plane and then

you fly to your destination. Depending

on the length of the flight, sometimes

they will give you food, sometimes they

will give you just snacks, and sometimes

they won't give you anything, not even

water, unless you pay for it. Luckily,

when I fly from it's usually Japan to

Vancouver, they give I think about three

or four meals on that flight. It's a

super long flight. Uh I think about 15

hours. But if you can stay entertained

with the movies and your phone and maybe

a book, then you should be okay. Also,

many people can sleep on the plane.

Personally, I'll sleep for maybe half an

hour or an hour. I just cannot get

comfortable. My neck hurts. Like, even

with a pillow. For me, it's just hard to

fall asleep in a strange place with

strangers all around me. I don't know

about you, maybe you can sleep on

flights and trains or in the car, but

personally, I have a hard time sleeping

in anything other than my bed. So yeah,

if you are one of those people who can

sleep on the plane for like six hours,

I'm actually really jealous because that

would be so nice to just fall asleep and

then wake up and it's been 6 hours that

like, oh, okay, that's almost half of

the flight gone. Now I can watch a movie

or two and then I'll be there. Yeah,

that would be really nice. So, after you

have landed at your destination, then

usually you will book another taxi or an

Uber or maybe a Grab if you are still in

Southeast Asia. But in the West, like

Canada, USA, uh we have Uber. I actually

don't know what they have in Europe.

Maybe they have Uber, but I don't know.

So then you will go to your

accommodation, your hotel or your

Airbnb. From there, depending on where

you traveled to, you can go sightseeing.

You can just stroll around and explore

the area. So many people when they go to

a new city, they just like to walk

around and kind of feel the vibe, feel

the energy of this new place because

when you're in a new place, almost

everything is exciting, right? You say,

"Oh, what's that? What like what's that

food? What's that thing?" And it's fun.

If you are going somewhere like a beach,

then you might grab your swim shorts,

your towel. Oh, yeah, I forgot to

mention those things for packing. So, if

you're going to a beach city or

somewhere with a beach, then you would

bring your swim shorts for men and a

swimsuit for women. cuz of course women

don't just wear swim shorts. Also

sunscreen, sunglasses,

and maybe some aloe vera if you do end

up getting burned. So yeah, overall you

get to your destination, you can walk

around, try some street food if they

have it, try some of the local cuisine,

the local food. Now, by the way, cuisine

is more of a formal word. When I am

talking with my friends, we don't really

say, "Oh, let's go to this place and try

the local cuisine." We usually just say,

"Let's have the food there." Or the

local food. So, you can say cuisine, but

don't be surprised if you don't hear

native speakers say cuisine cuz we often

just say food. And yeah, so that's

pretty much that for traveling around.

Now, the things you can do at these

destinations, like I mentioned before,

you can just explore the city. You can

uh go sightseeing and see different

landmarks in the city. For example, if

you traveled to New York City, you would

see the Statue of Liberty. I would say

some other places, but honestly, I don't

know that many landmarks. If you went to

London, you would see Big Ben, right?

All that type of stuff. And if your

destination is really far away, then you

might have some jet lag. And jet lag is

when you are really tired because of the

time difference. So for example, from my

hometown uh which is Ottawa in Canada to

Hanoi, Vietnam, it's a 12hour time

difference.

So, right now it's 1:55 p.m. In my

hometown, it's 1:55 a.m. When I travel

there, I usually get a lot of jet lag

because of the time difference. So, it

takes me about a week to readjust. And

even after a week, sometimes I feel

sleepy during the day. So yeah, you

might get some jet lag when you travel

if you go far. So that covers a lot of

the main vocabulary.

So now I will tell you guys some of the

places that I have been to. And by the

way, to say you have traveled somewhere,

you can say I have been to place. The

word is spelled b e n been but in native

speech we say been in the North American

accent. So we say I've been to England,

I've been to Vietnam, for example.

So the first place I traveled to that

was outside of Canada was England. I

went to England because my mom is

English. She's from England, born and

raised. She moved to Canada when she was

in her 20s. All of my family on my mom's

side is still in England. So, when I was

young, we went to England a few times uh

to see my mom's family. That trip was

pretty fun. Um, because my parents, they

lived in a very rural area. So, where

they lived, it was basically a farm.

Their house had a really big field in

the front. And when I was 10 years old,

my brother was around 13. So, we would

run around and play games. They had a

dog, so we would run around with the

dog. And overall, it was a really fun

time. However, one of the scariest

points of my life was on that trip. Now,

this scary thing was kind of my fault,

my brother and I's fault, I will admit.

What happened was we went to one of the

neighbors houses

and they were farmers. So they had a cow

and a bull in the backyard. And I mean

the backyard was a huge field. The cow

was the mother of the bull. The bull was

a younish male cow, which is a bull. So

my brother and I were playing catch in

that field, throwing the ball back and

forth. And each time we threw the ball

back and forth, we would slowly move

closer to the cow and the bull because

we were curious. He said they were

friendly. And then as we were playing

catch, throwing the ball back and forth,

my brother just suddenly yelled, "Run!"

And he started running towards their

house. Now imagine this was a large

field. My neighbor's house was on one

side and the cow and the bull were

standing near the fence on the other

side. My brother and I were about

halfway between the house and the cow

and the bull. So, we were throwing the

ball and then suddenly my brother starts

running and he just yells, "Run!" And I

just see him running towards the house.

So, I look and I see the bull is running

at us like not walking. He's he's

running. The cow, the mother was still

there, but the bull was running. And I

was genuinely terrified because this is

a huge animal. His name was Georgie

Bush, by the way. That name is from the

old president of the United States in

like the early 2000s. But anyway, this

bull was running directly at us. And so

I start to run as well. And I don't even

say anything. I'm just like trying to

survive because I was terrified. But as

we were running, there were so many

holes in the grass, I guess, from the

cows walking around. So my ankles like

kept twisting. I'm trying like to run

and oh, my foot gets stuck and keeps

getting stuck and I'm not even looking

behind me because I just had so much

adrenaline it didn't even hurt when I

was twisting my ankles. But anyway, so

we run and finally we get to the gate

and get through it. And I just remember

like breathing so hard because that was

probably the most scary moment of my

life to that point. And that was one of

the most memorable things that happened

to me on that trip. So yeah, don't mess

around with animals, especially big

ones. You never know what they are going

to do. even if it's an animal that you

think would not do anything like a a cow

or a bull in a farm, you just never

know. So yeah, that was terrifying.

Apart from that, we also went to a place

called Stonehenge, which was really

cool, although I was 10 years old at the

time, so I couldn't really appreciate um

the beauty and the the mystery of it,

right? because it's a really old place

with super large rocks that were somehow

moved very far. I don't know if they

even know how they moved those rocks.

Some people say aliens did it. I don't

know. But that was a really interesting

place. I would like to go back there now

that I'm older. So maybe one day I will.

So yeah, we also went to London and did

a few things like that. But other than

England, uh I've been to Cuba, which was

fun, but me and my friend, we just

stayed at a resort and relaxed on the

beach. When I was around 12, I went to

New York City with my family as well.

New York City was really cool. But

again, at a young age, it's hard to

appreciate everything around you. And of

course, I have been to Vietnam, which is

where I still live now. I've been here

for 9 years. People ask me, "Do you like

it?" I'm like, "Yeah, I like it." Cuz

I've been here for a long time. Um, at

first it there was a huge culture shock

between Canada and Vietnam, but now I'm

very used to it. It's been a long time.

It has developed quite a bit over the 9

years that I've been here. So, it's been

really interesting to watch everything

change. The funny thing is I haven't

done much traveling in my home country

which is Canada. But now that I've been

to these different places around the

world around Asia, I would like to go

back to Canada to do some traveling.

There are many really beautiful places

in Canada, especially out west. There

are a lot of mountains and on the west

coast there's a beach like Vancouver.

Plus, there are many beautiful lakes

with forests and like you see the lake

there with the clean water. Um the

untouched forest and then the the

mountain in the background. The type of

thing that you see on postcards for

Canada. I love that type of nature.

Personally, I like going to the mountain

more than the beach. Um, I just find

there's something

very

relaxing and very just refreshing about

going to the mountainous areas. That's

my personal opinion. So, yeah, I think

that covers a lot of ways to talk about

traveling. And by the way, if you have

been shadowing this video or if you want

to improve your pronunciation, then

check out my video here where I teach

you every single sound in the IPA in

American English with example words. Um,

I think it will really help you. I'm

going to wrap up this podcast here. I

hope you've enjoyed it and I will see

you in the next one.

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