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Shadowing practice: I WENT TO PARIS FASHION WEEK

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  1. Good morning.0:00
  2. Oh my god, I look stupid It's really early I'm warning you the beginning of the vlog I'm going to be boring because I'm tired.0:00
  3. Let's make a coffee and discuss what's going on today because it's Pretty epic so hold on.0:12
  4. I don't know where this beanie.0:17
  5. Fuck beanie.0:19
  6. Beanie is not happening.0:19
  7. In about half an hour I have a car coming to pick me up and I'm going to the airport Then I'm gonna sit on a plane for 11 hours0:20
  8. and then once I land the plane I'm gonna be in Paris you landed the plane.0:27
  9. Are you a pilot?0:32
  10. I've never been to Paris.0:36
  11. I've only been to Europe one time I went to Europe to go to Ireland when I was like 10 But I don't really remember the trip and every time0:37
  12. I see a picture from the trip.0:43
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  1. It makes me nauseous So yeah growing up I always wanted to go to Paris it just never happened I didn't think I'd ever do anything even remotely like this0:45
  2. my whole life I'm going to Paris for fashion week Yeah, I'm shocked too.1:00
  3. I love clothes even though I dress lazy like 90 % of the time I still really love clothes to my Paris fashion week is gonna be so dope.1:10
  4. I'm actually being sent by Louis Vuitton This sounds like it's a joke once I drink my coffee and close my suitcase Which is exploding I literally am gonna have1:18
  5. the hardest time of my entire life closing my suitcase right now But once my suitcase is closed my coffee is consumed.1:27
  6. We're off to the airport I'm really excited to go, but I'm also like what am I gonna do on the plane for 11 hours?1:32
  7. Hopefully I can fall asleep Yeah, oh my god, you know what I'm excited to try in Paris coffee.1:37
  8. Oh also if you're wondering why I look like Yesterday I got a spray tan and I got my nails did these are the most boring nails They're ever gotten1:42
  9. done to my whole life But I just wanted to be really classy for this trip because I want to prove myself as a woman You know although I'm somebody1:50
  10. that definitely is not afraid to like be really comfortable all the time I also kind of love being a little bit of a girly girl sometimes I Don't know1:57
  11. doing stuff like getting my nails done and getting a spray tan to me is Slightly too enjoyable doing that all the time for me just isn't efficient So I2:06
  12. like to say things like getting my nails done and getting spray cans for special occasions because Oh Okay, I'm gonna go to bed see you guys in Paris I2:14
  13. guess We just landed it's 8 a .m.2:48
  14. I slept like the whole time, but we'll talk about this later also my skin is up so I'm so tired.2:53
  15. I'm sorry.3:00
  16. Can I order room service?3:00
  17. My vibes can I have hard boiled eggs fruit plate granola?3:05
  18. Thank you so much Sorry, I'm in my room.3:09
  19. I'm a Mess it's 9 a .m.3:14
  20. I can't believe I was literally on a plane for 11 hours I slept for like eight hours though, and then for the other two hours I watched beautiful boy3:20
  21. and cried So that was a good accomplishment for me.3:27
  22. My room is pretty crazy.3:30
  23. This place is super nice Let me show you I'll give you a little room tour when you walk in you walk in right here, and then you have this3:31
  24. mirror Hi, that's me.3:37
  25. Here's the bathroom.3:39
  26. I even looked at the bathroom.3:40
  27. Yeah.3:41
  28. Oh my god.3:41
  29. How does this work?3:41
  30. What oh?3:44
  31. Okay, that's how that works.3:44
  32. I just spray can so ignore that shower in here Oh my god, I'll toilet.3:46
  33. Let me see is the French toilet same as American toilet.3:52
  34. Oh, whoa Oh, there's me again, and there's me again.3:55
  35. There's a lot of mirrors in this place.4:00
  36. This is seriously beautiful like This is my view from my own tower, and then I have my bed that's root or even though I slept for so long on4:01
  37. the plan I'm still like so drained I'm so tired Oh My god, oh my god, this is my first meal in Paris.4:12
  38. Okay, this latte has a fucking bird on it.4:33
  39. I love this place.4:38
  40. Oh My god the coffee here's Oh, yeah, you take an Instagram picture of this first.4:41
  41. I have to Okay, now that I've been a basic budget picture of it.4:46
  42. Let's face what I even order again.4:51
  43. Oh, yeah, we're gonna roll eggs That's gonna be interesting first.4:53
  44. Let's eat my granola.4:56
  45. Oh Oh my god, why is it so good?4:57
  46. Was this kiwi kiwi?5:03
  47. I'm eating like a pig.5:05
  48. I'll eat the mint too.5:07
  49. Why was the mint really good?5:09
  50. Sorry me and my snacks tell me I just went to the gym and then I showered which I didn't film because guess what?5:17
  51. Vlogging boring stuff is sweet.5:23
  52. So I just ordered my second coffee of the day I just came up.5:26
  53. What's really cool is that this coffee is iced, but there's no actual ice in it So don't ask me the signs behind that because I can tell you but5:28
  54. Tastes good.5:34
  55. I am going to I think a Louis Vuitton store.5:35
  56. I don't know what I'm doing I don't know so that's what I'm getting ready for right now It's so funny because this is kind of off topic But when5:39
  57. I was in the gym all of the gym equipment was in French So I didn't know what anything meant and like there's another American guy in the gym And5:44
  58. he looked confused too.5:52
  59. There's no way I'm the only one that's having this issue and then I get into the shower No f***ing idea how to use that shower.5:53
  60. I still don't know how I turned it on.5:58
  61. It was so confusing Anyway, I guess I should get ready right now or maybe I'll just lay in bed of my coffee for the next like hour I just6:00
  62. spilled coffee all over my face Okay, so I'm at the Louis Vuitton store and I'm about to do a fitting This is the most I've looked like a woman6:08
  63. in like six months.6:20
  64. Okay, so this is very cool, but it's just slightly long I love this top this top fits so good to have like shoulder pads in it Which is something6:21
  65. I've never experienced this skirt is too big though But I like the idea of it because we all know I love plaid will keep you updated on this We've6:31
  66. been trying things on for like probably 45 minutes, but then they put this outfit on me.6:38
  67. It's It literally made my jackal I go away.6:42
  68. That's how good it is I don't know if this does it justice, but it's so cool like these shoes are so epic I don't even know what's going on6:46
  69. right now.6:54
  70. All right.6:54
  71. Bye Who's that?6:55
  72. Hi, can I order one iced latte with almond milk?7:12
  73. Thank you.7:16
  74. Bye.7:17
  75. Yeah I'm tired.7:17
  76. Also.7:19
  77. I am wearing men's underwear But I literally ordered them myself because I'm not kidding you the best pajama pants are men's briefs I'm not kidding I had a fitting7:20
  78. with louis vitton And they got me outfits for a party that I have tonight and then the fashion show that I have on tuesday It's kind of been fun7:33
  79. being a little bit of a girly girl for the past like 24 hours Also, I need to redo my makeup for this party because I'm starting to look not7:40
  80. good.7:46
  81. I'm gonna take a piss now I don't know how to do my hair for this.7:46
  82. I don't know.7:51
  83. Maybe I do a half up half down am I making the right decision?7:51
  84. Okay, this is cute.7:55
  85. But like do I want to do this?7:56
  86. Is this like the decision I want to make right now?7:57
  87. Wait, I don't know after my hair crisis.7:59
  88. I ended up going to the party which was actually pretty fun But I didn't really vlog anything because I got too nervous That's okay though because I think that8:01
  89. the two photos I took while I was there sum up the whole experience So as you can see here, um, they had many little burgers I didn't eat these8:09
  90. because I'm vegetarian, but it was still a really fun gesture I also kicked over one of the candle decorations because I was standing next to it and I'm a8:16
  91. f*** Sorry everybody.8:23
  92. That's not going to be that fun to clean up, but it's not my fault.8:25
  93. Actually it is Good morning.8:27
  94. It's like 6 a .m.8:31
  95. I woke up at 5 30 because I'm jet lagging confused So I just ordered myself breakfast, which I'm so excited about the breakfast here is This is my last8:32
  96. free day in paris.8:41
  97. We're going to some tourist attractions, which is exciting We're gonna go to the Eiffel Tower and then tomorrow's the fashion show and I am really excited.8:41
  98. Okay, but here's the tea I want to do a cycling class really bad.8:49
  99. There's a literal cycling class eight minute walk away from here And I want to go really bad But the thing is I'm like nervous like I don't know if8:52
  100. it's a good idea the whole class is going to be in french I can't read the website because it's all in french if I do end up going I'll8:59
  101. bring you guys with me and that can be a fun adventure for us if not then well But we'll just all go f*** ourselves So I'm literally trying to9:05
  102. book this cycling class and I have to copy and paste into google translate to understand What anything means but if I did everything correctly then that means that I9:10
  103. have a class at 7 45 Mmm, I'm eating breakfast and it's still dark out so that's kind of confusing They made my latte hot today.9:17
  104. Do you know what?9:30
  105. I'm not gonna complain This is the first time I've ever had a hot coffee and not hated it France is changing me Oh my god, why is the mint9:31
  106. here so good?9:42
  107. Should I try one of these jams?9:42
  108. I Problems, I don't really like jam that much.9:46
  109. This is the best breakfast.9:48
  110. It exists like the fruit is also good Then you get like really good eggs, which I don't even f***ing like eggs that much you get granola That's like amazing9:50
  111. with almond milk.9:57
  112. It's like really good almond milk and then you get bread like I don't know what else in life I need they should make it a reality show about me9:58
  113. in paris by myself If you know what's happening right now, you can watch me eat french bread fish and stuff Well, god this coffee it's good hot since when10:04
  114. I haven't had good hot coffee since 99.10:13
  115. Okay, so I'm on my way to my class It's still dark and it's like 7 30 a .m.10:15
  116. I'm really confused Also gonna jaywalk right now because I'm a f***ing sad Right with me.10:19
  117. Look, let's see how this goes I just finished it was actually really good.10:23
  118. It was really weird.10:35
  119. It was like exactly the same as soul cycle I didn't expect it to be that similar but everything was in french So I had no idea what was going10:36
  120. on the whole class.10:43
  121. I just had to follow what the instructor was doing Anyway, I'm gonna walk back to my hotel room now.10:43
  122. Okay.10:47
  123. Bye Now it's time for a little bit of a touristy day it's our day off I have to head out It's Eiffel Tower hour I'm so jet lag So10:47
  124. I woke up ate my breakfast did my cycling class Went and saw the Eiffel Tower and then I went shopping for like two hours and made mistakes And then11:22
  125. I came home and slept for like five hours.11:30
  126. So that was my day today, but I thought I'd do it I'm literally screaming.11:33
  127. I'm so delirious.11:37
  128. I'm like I seem like I'm on drugs, but I'm not Shockingly, I'm also gonna make this a try on haul even though I really don't want to I guess11:39
  129. I'll do it for you First thing I got so f***ing cute.11:46
  130. It's this big yellow raincoat from the brand Shultz and it's so f***ing cute.11:50
  131. I love it.11:56
  132. I feel like it's something I would have worn in like third grade And I'm obsessed with it.11:57
  133. So I love that.12:00
  134. Okay.12:00
  135. This is kind of a questionable item Not really, but I got these car heart overalls, you know, I don't know overalls.12:01
  136. I bought a pair recently and I really Like them so we'll see if the car heart ones end up being cute next I got these freaking french ass jeans.12:06
  137. These are french as hell.12:15
  138. They fit so well They kind of give me a nice little 80s vibe really f***ing into those pants I also got these mustard colored jeans just because they fit12:16
  139. super well I feel like they're just like an easy thing to wear around, you know this detail on the zipper See like right here like this little detail right12:23
  140. here Got me f***ed up.12:30
  141. There's something about that detail that I love Count me in now.12:32
  142. Let me show you what I got from Zara.12:36
  143. First I got this turtleneck.12:37
  144. How cute is this?12:39
  145. I kind of want to cut my hair like this girl on the shirt.12:41
  146. I just like her look She looks so swag comment down below if I should cut my hair like her or if I should just shut up Instead then I12:43
  147. got this which this is kind of like boring But it's just a corduroy thing if I wore just like open with a shirt under it Obviously a shirt under12:50
  148. it not just f***ing naked under it.12:57
  149. I feel like that could be really cute I don't know.12:58
  150. I just like it.13:00
  151. It was an impulse buy.13:01
  152. Okay, next thing god It's kind of a unique thing for me.13:02
  153. I normally don't buy things like this.13:04
  154. I really like these.13:05
  155. I got these boots They're really cool.13:06
  156. I decided I would branch out and get these and I like them Fashion week has made me really actually open my mind to new fashion I normally wouldn't have13:08
  157. bought boots like that, but I was like f***ing.13:18
  158. They're cool.13:20
  159. Oh, then I got this shirt, which I love I love this shirt.13:21
  160. It's so cool.13:24
  161. It looks stupid.13:25
  162. It doesn't look stupid But it doesn't look like anything special, but it looks so good on and I actually haven't tried it on yet So I don't know if13:26
  163. that's even true, but I'm just thinking I'm just guessing it looks good on so Thank you.13:32
  164. Okay.13:36
  165. I gotta run off at Zara.13:36
  166. Um, oops.13:37
  167. Sorry.13:38
  168. I don't know next I got this jacket because I've been really enjoying super big winter coats recently Which is stupid because it's literally about to be summer kind of13:38
  169. soon It's a fuzzy material because we all know that I'm a bitch for fuzzy things Super cute next this last thing I got is f***ing epic This rainbow, this13:46
  170. is like the coolest rainbow I've ever seen Okay, well, you can't even see it because it's see -through But you'll be able to see when I try it on13:56
  171. because this is a try on haul because I'm nice So that's all I bought so I'm gonna try all this sh** on and then I'm gonna go to bed14:01
  172. And then tomorrow is the fashion show.14:07
  173. Good night Uh, good night.14:09
  174. See you tomorrow for the big day.14:13
  175. Oh Good morning and happy fashion week day.14:14
  176. My god, my eyebrows looks like you it's 7 15 a .m I'm about to go to another french soul cycle because Why not?14:21
  177. I'm done.14:34
  178. I'm gonna see if I can find like a cute little cafe to go into.14:35
  179. Push me a lot.14:37
  180. It's raining and I bought this raincoat yesterday just for fun Because I thought it was cool and it's like really coming in handy My mind is so powerful.14:38
  181. I had no idea it was gonna rain And I was ready Hey guys getting ready.14:46
  182. She loves it.15:06
  183. I love this.15:07
  184. No, I actually love this.15:08
  185. They're making me glaring up I don't do this.15:09
  186. I was that I have no idea what I look like right now.15:11
  187. I asked her what she wanted.15:12
  188. I have no idea I don't I'm so excited.15:13
  189. Show them my dress Stay figure the dress.15:16
  190. What are you thinking guys?15:19
  191. That's one crazy freaking dress Okay, I'm doing an outfit reveal But I'm blurring my face right now because I want the whole thing to be a surprise So you15:20
  192. can't see my face right now at all because I'm gonna blur it and then it's the outfit reveal.15:26
  193. Okay.15:30
  194. Hold on.15:30
  195. Okay, three two One, what do you think guys?15:30
  196. I don't even look like me like normally at this angle when I'm filming at this angle I look like like a hard boiled egg that like you peeled off15:43
  197. the shell already And it's just like a little lumpy a little bit like really pale Now I look like an Easter egg.15:49
  198. I love that.15:54
  199. I mean this pattern this pattern.15:55
  200. I want to be buried in this pattern I look good at least See this is this is like how moms on facebook take selfies like this Just dropped off15:57
  201. my kid at school now I'm gonna go to pilates and then I'm going to the pta meeting and then after that I'm making cookies because guess what?16:08
  202. It's the baking fundraiser that they have every year and the kids are supposed to bake their own snacks But I'm baking him the sweets for the fundraiser instead because16:14
  203. he doesn't like doing things that are difficult Okay, so now that I'm all done.16:22
  204. I'm ready.16:25
  205. We don't have the show for a little bit.16:25
  206. So we're having a little photo shoot Oh my god for fun for just for funsies.16:26
  207. Oh my god.16:32
  208. I don't even look like me I don't look like me at all.16:33
  209. I'm scared.16:39
  210. But yeah, we're doing a photo shoot So I'm just gonna start posing and hoping that I don't look stupid.16:39
  211. That's kind of just what I do every day I Oh my god, I'm still filming Is really catching up to me and my heels are making my feet hurt,16:43
  212. but that's okay because beauty is pain We're about to go to the show.17:21
  213. Oh my god big moment Who are you filming?17:23
  214. I'm so excited and kind of nervous about to get out of the car.17:36
  215. There's a lot of people around I don't know what any of them are doing though.17:40
  216. Oh my god.17:42
  217. Why are there so many people with cameras and stuff?17:42
  218. I Was so scary I'm feeling really How Thank you so much.17:51
  219. I'm sitting in my spot.18:37
  220. I'm so excited to watch this show.18:38
  221. I Love this.18:39
  222. I could do this every weekend.18:41
  223. I wish that there was a fashion week every weekend and that I was invited to every single one Well, I'll see you when the show starts.18:43
  224. I'm nervous kind of nervous kind of excited.18:47
  225. Bye You18:49

Daily English Conversation Practice from a B2 American Vlog

This clip opens Emma Chamberlain's trip vlog the morning she leaves for Paris Fashion Week, filmed on her phone at home before a flight. It sits at CEFR B2, with unscripted daily english conversation practice packed into fast, run on sentences that jump from a missing beanie to a suitcase that will not close. The pace clocks in at 182 words per minute, faster than 46% of the catalogue, so this is not a clip for a first attempt at english shadowing practice.

The recording is one voice talking almost continuously to a camera, with a couple of quick exchanges thrown in, the kind of rushed, half awake talking a real person does before a car arrives. Nothing here is read from a script. You get a woman getting dressed, hunting for a hat, and narrating a flight she is nervous about, which is exactly the register you need if your goal is english speaking practice for daily use rather than lecture style English.

Reductions and American Accent Pronunciation Practice in This Clip

Two lines carry the reduced forms this recording is built on. In line 7 she says "and I'm going to the airport Then I'm gonna sit on a plane for 11 hours", where gonna replaces going to and the whole clause runs together with almost no pause, standard for fast American speech. In line 18 she says "I'm really excited to go, but I'm also like what am I gonna do on the plane for 11 hours?", where the same reduction lands inside a question, and like slots in as a filler before the real thought.

  • Line 7: "and I'm going to the airport Then I'm gonna sit on a plane for 11 hours" shows how gonna swallows the g sound and blends straight into sit.
  • Line 18: "I'm really excited to go, but I'm also like what am I gonna do on the plane for 11 hours?" carries rising question intonation on do that carries the whole line.
  • Line 6: "Beanie is not happening." is a flat, three word statement, useful for practising falling intonation and to improve your english accent on short declaratives.

How to Shadow This Vlog Line by Line

Work through this clip in short passes instead of straight through, since 182 words per minute is quick for a B2 shadowing session. Pick one line, repeat it until the rhythm feels automatic, then move to the next.

  • Start with line 6, "Beanie is not happening.", a short line that lets you shadow this vlog's rhythm before adding more words.
  • Move to line 9, "Are you a pilot?", and repeat it until the question intonation stops sounding flat.
  • Take line 7, "and I'm going to the airport Then I'm gonna sit on a plane for 11 hours", slow it down first, then speed back up until gonna sits naturally.
  • Finish on line 18, "I'm really excited to go, but I'm also like what am I gonna do on the plane for 11 hours?", the longest line here, and repeat it five times before moving on.
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