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Hey, everybody. Welcome to this A1

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English listening practice video. You

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can use this video to practice your

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listening and comprehension as I speak.

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Okay, today we're going to talk about

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some different countries. And

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specifically, I'm going to talk about

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some countries that I've traveled to.

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This video will have a part two, so I

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can talk more about these countries. So,

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the first country I want to talk about

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is Mexico. This is where I live. Mexico

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has almost 130 million people. It's a

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big country. I've been to many different

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cities here. Some of my favorite cities

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are Guadalajara, Guanajuato, and Mexico

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City. Mexico also has some really

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beautiful nature. People love traveling

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to Mexico to spend some time at the

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beach because there are some amazing

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beaches here. The water is really warm,

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and so is the weather. Okay, next I want

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to talk about France. This is the first

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country that I ever traveled to in

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Europe, but unfortunately, I've only

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been to Paris. I haven't been to any

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other cities there. However, I love the

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city of Paris. Since one of my favorite

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activities is walking, Paris is the

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perfect city for me to travel to.

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You could walk for days and days

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throughout the city without getting

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bored. I think Paris is one of the most

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beautiful cities in the world. I love

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the architecture, the history, and the

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general feeling of the city.

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There are so many nice places to see

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there, but I know that there are a lot

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of other interesting places to visit in

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France. I hope that I can travel all

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around the country in the future. Okay,

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next I want to talk about Portugal. I

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had the opportunity to spend two weeks

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in this awesome country. I went to three

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different cities when I was there,

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Lisbon, Porto, and Braga. The capital,

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Lisbon, is a really interesting place to

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visit. I especially loved walking

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through the old parts of the city, and

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the city of Porto was one of my favorite

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cities that I visited. It's one of the

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most beautiful cities I've ever seen. I

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loved watching the sun go down over the

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river in the evening, and I really

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enjoyed taking a boat on the river, too.

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Overall, I thought Portugal was a

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fantastic country to travel to, and I

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recommend it to you. Lastly, let's talk

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about Spain. I spent more than two weeks

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in Spain, and I visited six different

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cities. The first places we visited in

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Spain were in the south of the country.

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The south of Spain is really unique. The

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culture there is a little different from

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the culture in the other parts of Spain.

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I really enjoyed my time in Sevilla and

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Granada and I would love to go back. I

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also really liked Madrid, but I only

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stayed there for two nights. If I go

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back to Spain, I'm definitely going to

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spend more time in this city. It was

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also cool to travel along the

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Mediterranean coast. We took a train

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from Valencia to Barcelona and we really

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enjoyed the view. I think that a lot of

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people want to live in Spain because of

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the sea, the weather, and the food. By

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the way, I loved the ham that I ate in

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Spain. They have the best ham in the

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world. Okay, that's all for today. I'll

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make a part two to this video and I'll

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talk about a few other countries that

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I've traveled to. Remember to download

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