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0:00hey everybody welcome to this a2 English
0:03listening practice video you can use
0:05this video to train your listening and
0:08comprehension as I speak you ready
0:11so today I'm going to talk about travel
0:15traveling is one of the funnest
0:17activities
0:18I've always loved traveling when I was
0:20young my family and I traveled to Hawaii
0:23many times in case you don't know much
0:26about Hawaii it's an island in the
0:29middle of the Pacific Ocean and it's
0:31also one of the 50 states of the US I've
0:34been there about six or seven times I
0:37don't remember how many exactly it's
0:40definitely one of my favorite places in
0:42the world Hawaii has plenty of really
0:45beautiful beaches and the lifestyle
0:47there is slow and calm but even though
0:50Hawaii is one of my favourite places to
0:53travel to in general I prefer the
0:56countryside the forests or the mountains
0:59more than the beach so I love taking
1:02camping trips and road trips I've taken
1:05a few different road trips through the
1:07US before and I just recently took a
1:10road trip through the tuscany region of
1:13italy it was one of the most incredible
1:15experiences I've ever had if you ever
1:18get the chance to go to Italy I highly
1:21recommend you to rent a car and drive
1:23through Tuscany trust me you won't be
1:26disappointed speaking of Europe I also
1:29took a backpacking trip through Portugal
1:31in Spain a few years ago it was my first
1:34time backpacking and it wasn't easy we
1:37spent a lot of time walking and taking
1:40buses and trains and the whole time we
1:42had these big backpacks on her backs we
1:46stayed in some pretty low quality
1:47hostels and thus we had some bad
1:50experiences the worst thing that
1:52happened to me was that I was bitten by
1:55bedbugs when I was in Madrid I don't
1:58know if you've ever been bitten by
1:59bedbugs before but it's not a fun
2:02experience and for me it was worse
2:04because I have really sensitive skin so
2:08I didn't just have little red spots on
2:10my skin I had big swole
2:13sores all over my arms so if you plan on
2:17staying in hostels when you travel you
2:19should definitely read the online
2:21reviews first sometimes it's better to
2:24pay a little more money to stay in a
2:26better place some people only like
2:29staying in hotels and other people
2:32really like air B&B ease and lately I've
2:35been staying at air B&B ease no matter
2:37where I travel it's definitely better
2:40than staying in hostels in my opinion
2:43another aspect of travel that's really
2:45important is the flight this is probably
2:48the worst part about traveling actually
2:51it is the worst part definitely I've
2:54been pretty lucky because I haven't had
2:56any really bad flights but I have had
2:59experiences with long delays and
3:02canceled flights which can really ruin
3:04your trip there were two times when I
3:07had to spend the night at the airport
3:09which was terrible I hope you guys don't
3:12ever have that experience so overall
3:15there are good and bad things about
3:17traveling but I think we can all agree
3:20that it's nice to travel once in a while
3:22okay that's all for today leave a
3:25comment and tell me your favorite place
3:27that you've traveled to I'll see you
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