A1 English Listening Practice - Countries — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hey, everybody. Welcome to this A1
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17. 0:40Okay, today we're going to talk about
18. 0:42some different countries. And
19. 0:45specifically, I'm going to talk about
20. 0:48some countries that I've traveled to.
21. 0:51This video will have a part two, so I
22. 0:54can talk more about these countries. So,
23. 0:57the first country I want to talk about
24. 1:00is Mexico. This is where I live. Mexico
25. 1:04has almost 130 million people. It's a
26. 1:08big country. I've been to many different
27. 1:12cities here. Some of my favorite cities
28. 1:15are Guadalajara, Guanajuato, and Mexico
29. 1:18City. Mexico also has some really
30. 1:22beautiful nature. People love traveling
31. 1:25to Mexico to spend some time at the
32. 1:28beach because there are some amazing
33. 1:30beaches here. The water is really warm,
34. 1:34and so is the weather. Okay, next I want
35. 1:38to talk about France. This is the first
36. 1:41country that I ever traveled to in
37. 1:44Europe, but unfortunately, I've only
38. 1:47been to Paris. I haven't been to any
39. 1:50other cities there. However, I love the
40. 1:54city of Paris. Since one of my favorite
41. 1:58activities is walking, Paris is the
42. 2:01perfect city for me to travel to.
43. 2:04You could walk for days and days
44. 2:07throughout the city without getting
45. 2:09bored. I think Paris is one of the most
46. 2:13beautiful cities in the world. I love
47. 2:16the architecture, the history, and the
48. 2:19general feeling of the city.
49. 2:22There are so many nice places to see
50. 2:25there, but I know that there are a lot
51. 2:28of other interesting places to visit in
52. 2:31France. I hope that I can travel all
53. 2:34around the country in the future. Okay,
54. 2:37next I want to talk about Portugal. I
55. 2:41had the opportunity to spend two weeks
56. 2:44in this awesome country. I went to three
57. 2:47different cities when I was there,
58. 2:49Lisbon, Porto, and Braga. The capital,
59. 2:54Lisbon, is a really interesting place to
60. 2:57visit. I especially loved walking
61. 3:00through the old parts of the city, and
62. 3:03the city of Porto was one of my favorite
63. 3:06cities that I visited. It's one of the
64. 3:09most beautiful cities I've ever seen. I
65. 3:12loved watching the sun go down over the
66. 3:15river in the evening, and I really
67. 3:18enjoyed taking a boat on the river, too.
68. 3:21Overall, I thought Portugal was a
69. 3:24fantastic country to travel to, and I
70. 3:27recommend it to you. Lastly, let's talk
71. 3:30about Spain. I spent more than two weeks
72. 3:34in Spain, and I visited six different
73. 3:36cities. The first places we visited in
74. 3:40Spain were in the south of the country.
75. 3:43The south of Spain is really unique. The
76. 3:46culture there is a little different from
77. 3:49the culture in the other parts of Spain.
78. 3:52I really enjoyed my time in Sevilla and
79. 3:55Granada and I would love to go back. I
80. 3:59also really liked Madrid, but I only
81. 4:02stayed there for two nights. If I go
82. 4:05back to Spain, I'm definitely going to
83. 4:08spend more time in this city. It was
84. 4:11also cool to travel along the
85. 4:13Mediterranean coast. We took a train
86. 4:17from Valencia to Barcelona and we really
87. 4:20enjoyed the view. I think that a lot of
88. 4:23people want to live in Spain because of
89. 4:26the sea, the weather, and the food. By
90. 4:29the way, I loved the ham that I ate in
91. 4:33Spain. They have the best ham in the
92. 4:35world. Okay, that's all for today. I'll
93. 4:39make a part two to this video and I'll
94. 4:42talk about a few other countries that
95. 4:45I've traveled to. Remember to download
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