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Shadowing practice: the truth about coachella (everyone else is lying to you)

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  1. Hello and good morning It is currently 5 20 in the morning And I just pulled it all nighter again, I'm not doing good But I'm gonna try to talk0:00
  2. with you as best as I can because um, that's what I do Sorry today's another travel vlog I know you guys are probably like Emma stop with the travel0:16
  3. vlogs were done, but April's a busy month So bulk your seat belt and come along for the ride if you want today We're going to Palm Springs Palm Desert0:25
  4. Coachella Valley for Coachella music festival I'm so excited.0:34
  5. I'm definitely tired though.0:40
  6. I just pulled an all nighter and you're probably Emma Why did you pull an all nighter?0:42
  7. Here's my answer?0:45
  8. I was editing a video and I thought that I'd be done by around 1 a .m.0:45
  9. And then next thing you know, it's 5 a .m.0:49
  10. And I'm still not done what time am I supposed to wake up 5 a .m.0:51
  11. To leave for the airport does that make sense?0:54
  12. Thank you, and yeah, cuz I just love you guys so much.0:56
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  1. It's time to drink a juice because good morning.0:59
  2. Oh shit I like this.1:02
  3. Oh, sorry.1:04
  4. I'm going with the app dope.1:05
  5. So thank you dope for sending me on this trip.1:06
  6. I'm so fucking grateful It's gonna be a long day gonna be a long Like there's let's just start all travel There it is you guys are really eating the1:08
  7. best version of me right now.1:21
  8. I'm a fucking mess I Literally everybody's gonna be like you were just with her like a week ago.1:22
  9. Yes Everybody else was in terminal three I was in terminal seven We were like looking for each other couldn't find each other.1:44
  10. It was a big fat mess I'll see when we get to the Airbnb.1:50
  11. I'm sick of this.1:51
  12. I am not gonna like vlog the car ride I do enough car vlogs like we need to switch it up.1:52
  13. I can't even believe this is real I'm gonna strip down freaking butt ass naked.1:56
  14. Oh my god.1:59
  15. I don't know what's going on Yes, my house tennis court This would definitely be a lot cooler if you could actually see the tennis court I Floaties but what2:00
  16. do you need if you have floaties a pool an air blower that is we have kitchen what happens if you poop your panties wash it For when we have2:21
  17. to have I don't know why you film everything but me I don't care Here's a room The room the room where I'm gonna get kinky This is where I'm2:30
  18. taking my poops Let's go this is where I'm gonna be doing my work homework.3:00
  19. No my work.3:09
  20. I don't go to school drop out Yes, hello So if my left toe Hi ladies, we're at dinner we got these free flipping blankets how cute is it?3:10
  21. I'm naming her sandy can't get enough got some water Let's take a little taste test I can't get enough of her also.3:30
  22. I'm sorry to wear earrings now because I think I want to try to be a girl I don't know.3:37
  23. We're gonna see what we can do with that I'm so excited for food.3:40
  24. Let's kind of see what's on the menu a bunch of like really uh Like classy stuff.3:43
  25. I'm not very classy.3:47
  26. So we'll see how that goes, but there's like roasted beets.3:48
  27. I'm scared of beads I don't know.3:51
  28. I can't read menus like I'm not smart enough for that.3:52
  29. Good night So yeah, we're at dinner.3:54
  30. Oh Sleep overtime, okay I'm really tired now and I want to just and I want to just poo poo in bed You know when you want to go to4:00
  31. bed and it's 3 p .m.4:13
  32. And your dad says Dude, that was hell of sick.4:15
  33. I want it.4:18
  34. I hope she does that again like a lot tomorrow and like the next day Okay, sorry, no it actually works.4:19
  35. It like makes me serious when my ally kind of hurt.4:26
  36. Okay, so Guys, this is really serious.4:28
  37. Shut the fuck up guys.4:30
  38. Like I know lately I just haven't been like real with you guys lately because I've just been like not telling you how I feel And I'm just not proud4:31
  39. of it and here's what it is.4:39
  40. Here's how I feel.4:40
  41. It's that I'm boardy.4:41
  42. She boardy.4:42
  43. She Okay, so basically here's what we're gonna do we're gonna do a little challenge in my video I know we don't do those a lot, but I thought it4:43
  44. could be really fun if we did it So basically everybody's gonna come into the bathroom and tell a secret to the camera and then um, I'm gonna see it4:52
  45. later when I edit it and um It's gonna be a great time.4:57
  46. So Okay, so my secret is kind of embarrassing and my secrets I um, I use your toothbrush tonight and I'm not even sorry about it I forgot my toothbrush5:02
  47. I was telling my secret.5:16
  48. I said that I used her toothbrush.5:17
  49. Did you actually use it?5:19
  50. Hopefully this is her toothbrush My toothbrush New secret and with some love Like that Anyone's too pressure so you've actually used it.5:20
  51. I start about it The secret about Emma.5:41
  52. She actually followed me and watched my videos before I ever knew about her.5:45
  53. I She's in Emma's literally the funniest and she's so pretty.5:50
  54. This isn't even like a secret But like it's just a fact and I feel like no one really appreciates how pretty she actually is So Love you, Emma Did5:55
  55. you hear the inspiration the miles are trying to use her toothbrush?6:07
  56. Okay, tell your secret.6:10
  57. Um, what else my muesli may shave dog my eyebrows.6:12
  58. I have to film it every day one time Wow She crazy just to be in me too.6:14
  59. Where right here mine is like right Oh We have matching butt birthmarks.6:25
  60. That is so cool.6:32
  61. Okay Breakfast time Made a little iced coffee here.6:34
  62. We're really killing it out here.6:49
  63. Emma today is eating some dry toast just toast.6:51
  64. That's dry I fell down the stairs yesterday and I have a bruise on my butt and I literally have to lift one cheek while I'm on the toilet I'm6:54
  65. getting my hair braided because I feel really special and I feel really special about it My neck is about to rip off though.7:03
  66. But like besides that we're doing so good All right, um, I'm stupid and I forgot to film OOTDs when I was actually at the flipping festival So now I7:07
  67. have to do it now star top is from honey bum my bralet is from brandy melville My skirt is from unif my belt is from brandy melville My glasses7:18
  68. are from francescas and I was also wearing white dog martins that were not shown in this picture Okay, that's it.7:27
  69. I'm gonna do this for every single day and so just get ready for that So if you wanted to know where this shit was from, I got you.7:32
  70. I got you girl.7:38
  71. I love you so much.7:38
  72. All right.7:39
  73. I love you Bye I've literally been here for five minutes already at the coffee place.7:39
  74. I don't even give a frick level 10 sweating right now Like I've never sweat more in my life.7:46
  75. I feel like I'm dying.7:50
  76. This was nine dollars I'm about to be the judge who's worth the nine dollars It was kind of worth the nine dollars.7:51
  77. It's pretty damn good I'm gonna cut all this out It's literally eight o 'clock.7:56
  78. We have six more hours.8:24
  79. I'm exhausted.8:25
  80. I want to go to bed.8:25
  81. But guess what the ride never stopped Are you freaking kidding me?8:26
  82. End of day one.8:36
  83. Um, wow, what a day.8:37
  84. Shall we talk about it?8:39
  85. And no, we should should we talk about it?8:40
  86. We're gonna talk about it.8:42
  87. What a long day.8:43
  88. I'm literally so tired It's like let's do a time.8:44
  89. It is like 1 a .m.8:45
  90. I think it's 12 44 literally.8:46
  91. There's no connection at the cartel grounds I couldn't upload any Instagram pictures.8:48
  92. I mean good.8:51
  93. It's something such a bitch and I um couldn't like text my mom and be like Mom, I'm not dead.8:52
  94. Like I couldn't do that.8:56
  95. And yeah, I'm really I'm really tired.8:57
  96. I'll see you tomorrow.8:58
  97. Peace out Love you so much.8:59
  98. Good night, baby What's up guys a day two ha ha these earrings really hurt my ears.9:01
  99. I'm like really in pain Sorry do for the pigs do for the pigs up.9:09
  100. No, literally Rex Orange County is a special guest today.9:12
  101. I'm so excited.9:15
  102. We're literally leaving early like we're leaving like right now It's like 110 we're gonna leave in like 50 minutes to go see Rex Orange County I'm gonna cry when9:16
  103. I see him.9:23
  104. So I'll see you when I see him and you're gonna see me freak out What?9:23
  105. All right for starters, we have bandana which is from the bandana store actually I don't know where I got that so I don't know maybe amazon or something glasses9:32
  106. are from amazon My top is from zappel It's actually bathing suit top because we're crazy like that my shorts are Levi's my little fucking chain head ass thing is9:40
  107. from brandy melville socks are from topshop and shoes are converse so Oh Haven't vlogged at all today and I just want to let you know that I'm sorry But9:48
  108. I hope that you forgive me.10:41
  109. We're gonna get some coffee right now.10:42
  110. This is my second coffee of the day Okay, like are we surprised?10:43
  111. We're back for a second one Guys, I just thought I lost my goddamn camera.10:46
  112. It was on the ground.10:52
  113. I'm an idiot.10:53
  114. Okay.10:54
  115. Sorry.10:54
  116. Bye.10:54
  117. Um, hello I swear to fucking god.10:54
  118. This bitch is on crack.10:57
  119. She's on crack.10:58
  120. I'm freaking out.10:58
  121. Do you know what?10:59
  122. I'm gonna turn off the camera because I'm being annoying as fuck right now.10:59
  123. Okay.11:01
  124. Bye.11:01
  125. Okay.11:02
  126. Well, she may be on crack But at least she's self aware.11:02
  127. I don't know I It's been a minute, okay, I just want to fill you guys in because it's kind of been a hot minute It's so scary to bring11:04
  128. out my camera because every time I bring out my camera I almost lose it and so I'm just like scared that I'm gonna like lose my camera Okay, sorry11:45
  129. my body has been in like excruciating pain all the time So my upper back my feet have blisters all over them.11:55
  130. My voice hurts.12:01
  131. I have dust all up inside my nose I am a mess last night.12:02
  132. I saw timothy shallow make just chilling I was like you are so hot then I saw jim Charles like twice didn't say hi to them though because i'm scared12:05
  133. I always saw jim me where it wasn't him.12:12
  134. Okay.12:14
  135. That was fucked up.12:15
  136. Yeah, that was we were freaking out It was just a fat dude with a bandana Think we saw livio brian you saw her what what what it's actually not12:16
  137. as crazy as I thought it was gonna be But it's just like you're constantly walking around and your body hurts Yeah, and you're just like what's going on and12:32
  138. you're dehydrated and there's lines for everything Oh, the lines trying to get into the crowd you literally can't and you're irritable all the time I've been irritable this entire12:39
  139. also I kept thinking that somebody was gonna somehow like open my backpack while I'm standing there and take my camera out So I was super paranoid about that.12:47
  140. That's enough for me today.12:54
  141. Bye I'll see you Hey All right, so I didn't really get a good full photo of this outfit So this is gonna be a little bit of a struggle,12:55
  142. but we're gonna do it anyways All right, my glasses are from francescas again My little top thing basically naked top is from forever 21 My jewelry is from forever13:06
  143. 21 and then this little necklace right here may or may not be something that I designed and will be selling Down the line.13:15
  144. Maybe it will but maybe it won't my skirt is from pack sun and my shoes are Nike Air Force ones from Nike obviously, so there it is day three13:21
  145. outfit.13:31
  146. That was it Literally here again, like this is the only place you see us like we are not anywhere else We're getting coffee at all times.13:31
  147. It's just how it is really how it be sometimes I finished it in two minutes Bye Hey No, you ain't coming At this point Coachella became living hell.13:43
  148. Okay, I didn't want to be here anymore But I still had to be there for another I don't know hour and a half.14:50
  149. It was not good I've never been more tired in my life Holy fuck that's kind of good.14:54
  150. I don't Hello and welcome to Emma's Coachella review.15:04
  151. You might be like Emma.15:18
  152. Let's just like end the vlog already No one gives a fuck Well, I thought it would be kind of valuable if I gave you guys a little Coachella review15:19
  153. because everybody's always talking about how Amazing it is and how perfect it is and how flawless it is and how perfect it is and how it's the best time15:25
  154. of the year And how it's so fun and there's no flaws and it's totally worth the thousands of dollars that you invest into it The funny part about it15:32
  155. is it's not even actually investing because you don't ever actually make any money back It just sucks money from your wallet and then you never actually make it back15:39
  156. It just goes into nothing because you don't it's just that's the thing about it Also, look at this weird piece of lint in my hair It makes me really15:46
  157. uncomfortable and I like can't get my eyes off of it and like editing right now Is really difficult because I keep staring at the stupid piece of lint.15:53
  158. Anyway, okay.15:59
  159. Well today.15:59
  160. I'm here to tell you the truth I think everybody wants Coachella to be as amazing as it looks because like they just want to believe it You know and16:00
  161. I wanted to believe it that's for damn sure and was I let down?16:07
  162. No It was still a really cool experience, but it's definitely not what I expected it to be So I thought I would kind of take you through the pros16:10
  163. and the cons So first we're gonna start out with the cons because there's More of them I think that part of it is because my expectations were so high16:17
  164. that like a lot of things stuck out to me is being like Kind of shitty the first con is that uh your body is gonna be hurting at all16:25
  165. times My feet were hurting from standing on them all day My back was hurting from like standing up all day and jumping around and shit My lips were constantly16:32
  166. chapped like it did not matter how much chaps like I put on They were just getting dried out dried out dried out My nose was all dry and had16:40
  167. like dust encrusted in it because there's like dust flying around because you're in the desert Yeah, I blisters all over my feet.16:45
  168. I don't know why I was like chafing like my backpack strings were like chafing my like arms Like it was bad.16:51
  169. I'm also sensitive.16:57
  170. That was probably part of it.16:58
  171. I'm a pussy moving on It's not all about the music a lot of people.16:59
  172. I know even me.17:02
  173. I was like, I'm going for the music dude Like what the fuck like I don't care about anything else.17:02
  174. I just want to hear the artist.17:07
  175. I love you know It's not like that.17:08
  176. Okay.17:10
  177. I was like so disappointed because there was a lot of artists I wanted to see that I just couldn't end up seeing because like sometimes two of your favorite17:10
  178. artists will like be playing at the same Time and you have to like choose, you know, you and your friend might not agree And so then it's like I17:16
  179. don't want to see them and it's like well I want to see them and it's like well hang go by yourself and then you're like, well, I don't want17:22
  180. to die But also a lot of the times you'll show up and you'll be so excited and then they'll be like a technical difficulty For example, I went and17:26
  181. I saw Rex Orange County.17:33
  182. He was a special guest.17:34
  183. I was so excited He's one of my favorite artists like ever and like his microphone kept like Fucking up like it like stopped working completely at one point and17:35
  184. he like you couldn't even hear him Also, like his microphone kept making like weird loud squeaky sounds was all fucked up I'm like what the hell if you're going17:42
  185. just for the music I would say don't go because it's so much money and you're probably not even gonna see everybody you want And like it's probably not even17:49
  186. gonna sound as good as it would if you just like went to their concert like separately another con is that it's a fucking mess.17:55
  187. It's a big mess.18:02
  188. There's creepy men everywhere People just like grabbing your arm and like kissing your hand and following you around and shit Like I'm ugly and they still were doing that18:03
  189. and that says something drunk people everywhere like people throwing up It's a mess.18:11
  190. Okay moving on.18:15
  191. There's just no reception So if you want to like text your friend and be like, where are you you can't like if you're lost you are lost Next it's18:16
  192. so fucking expensive if it was cheaper I wouldn't be as harsh but because it's literally anywhere between like $450 in like $2 ,000 depending on when you buy your18:23
  193. ticket Or if your vip etc.18:31
  194. I spent like $9 a day on coffee.18:33
  195. This is actually a lie I literally spent $27 a day on coffee because I bought a minimum of three and they're each $9 meaning that I spent a minimum18:34
  196. of $27 Oh god, I got an aside bowl one day and that she was $14.18:43
  197. I mean it would have been 12 But I wanted almond butter on it So that added two dollars.18:49
  198. I don't care the only cheap thing at coachella is the water bottles and they're two dollars each Which if you really think about it is still kind of a18:54
  199. lot But whatever also buying your outfits for it are expensive because that's like the whole point of coachella It's the outfits and like the pictures and making it look18:59
  200. fun when it's really like not as fun as it actually looks So that's all the cons now.19:06
  201. Let's talk about the pros number one the vibes are good You're gonna meet a bunch of different types of people.19:10
  202. You're probably gonna see some celebs, which is always fun but like If you don't go to coachella just to see the celebs because you'll look at them from far19:14
  203. away and be like whoa And then that's it and it's like is that really worth it?19:22
  204. Seven hundred dollar ticket now.19:27
  205. Everybody's just trying to have a good time except for the pedophiles They also actually are trying to have a good time, but like not kind of good time that19:28
  206. we like in this community um another pro is that um It's super fun to post about it on instagram and make everyone else hate their lives that aren't there19:35
  207. The way that people make it look on instagram.19:43
  208. Wow like it's a lie like I mean I'm being honest Like it looks so fun on instagram like I remember all the years I was like oh my god19:46
  209. like that looks so amazing and it's cool But like it is not as fun as it looks on instagram the amount of like struggles that we dealt with throughout19:53
  210. the whole thing Was like absurd.20:00
  211. I feel like that's about it.20:03
  212. So that's all the pros and cons overall I think I'd rate coachella a six out of ten.20:03
  213. It's exhausting afterwards.20:07
  214. You're like this is just Like I can't even believe I just went through that Hopefully that shed some light on what it's truly like and you can like make20:09
  215. a decision more educationally now Everybody else is lying to you guys being like coachella is so fun.20:19
  216. It's the perfectest thing.20:23
  217. I love it Who knows if I'll be going next year?20:25
  218. I don't know.20:27
  219. I don't know if I could do that again But then again, it's one of those things where it's like It's kind of worth it though You20:28

American Accent Speaking Practice with a 5 AM Coachella Vlog

This clip is an unscripted travel vlog from Emma Chamberlain, filmed at 5 in the morning after an all nighter, right before she leaves for a Coachella trip. It sits at B1, the level where fast, casual native speech stops being background noise and starts being something you can actually follow. The pace is 172 words per minute, faster than 37% of the clips in this catalogue, so it rewards english speaking practice that pushes you past the comfortable, textbook tempo you get in slower material.

Nothing here is staged for learners. She is packing, drinking a juice, admitting she pulled another all nighter editing, and narrating a chaotic airport handoff before flying out for the festival. That is the value of this recording for practise english speaking work: real hesitations, real self corrections, and a story with a clear beginning, the house, a middle, the airport mess, and an end you can watch her reach.

The Language in This Vlog: Gonna, Cuz and Run On Sentences

The recording carries 33 instances of gonna, one cuz, and one ain't, which is exactly the density that makes english shadowing practice on this clip useful. You are not hunting for a rare reduction, you are hearing it every few lines.

  • Line 1, "I'm gonna try to talk": gonna replaces going to and lands fast, said by someone exhausted and half talking to herself, a good first target for the reduction.
  • Line 12, "cuz I just love you guys so much": cuz stands in for because, thrown away at low volume the way native speakers drop function words they consider obvious.
  • Line 18, "It's gonna be a long day gonna be a long": the phrase breaks and restarts mid sentence, real unscripted speech rhythm rather than a clean written line.
  • Line 24, "I am not gonna like vlog the car ride": gonna paired with the filler like, stacked the way they actually occur together in casual American speech.

How to Shadow This B1 American Vlog, Line by Line

Work the opening block in order rather than jumping around, since the story only makes sense as a sequence.

  • Line 1: listen twice without speaking, then shadow this line, matching the tired, dragging way she says "I'm gonna try to talk."
  • Line 12: isolate "cuz I just love you guys so much" and repeat it until cuz stops sounding like a separate word from love.
  • Line 18: slow this one down first, since it restarts mid phrase, then bring it back to full speed to practise english speaking with a genuine false start.
  • Line 24: shadow "I am not gonna like vlog the car ride" for the gonna plus like combination, common in daily English but rare in course audio.
  • Lines 1 through 28: once each line is comfortable, run the whole block at native pace. At 172 words per minute this stretch is a fair test of whether you can improve your english accent enough to keep up with real, unscripted American talk instead of slowed down material.
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