A1 English Listening Practice - Countries – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary

1.hey everybody welcome to this a1 english listening practice video you can use this video to practice your listening and comprehension as i speak before we start remember to download the listening time podcast and if you want my specialized training then become a member at patreon.com listeningtime if you become a member then you'll get my seminars where i train you to listen more effectively and understand native speakers and if you become a listening time family member then you'll receive my advanced podcast which will help you reach an advanced level of listening okay today we're gonna talk about some different countries and specifically i'm going to talk about some countries that i've traveled to this video will have a part 2 so i can talk more about these countries so the first country i want to talk about is mexico this is where i live mexico has almost 130 million people it's a big country i've been to many different cities here some of my favorite cities are guadalajara guanajuato and mexico city mexico also has some really beautiful nature people love traveling to mexico to spend some time at the beach because there are some amazing beaches here the water is really warm and so is the weather okay next i want to talk about france this is the first country that i ever traveled to in europe but unfortunately i've only been to paris i haven't been to any other cities there however i love the city of paris since one of my favorite activities is walking paris is the perfect city for me to travel to you could walk for days and days throughout the city without getting bored i think paris is one of the most beautiful cities in the world i love the architecture the history and the general feeling of the city there are so many nice places to see there but i know that there are a lot of other interesting places to visit in france i hope that i can travel all around the country in the future okay next i want to talk about portugal i had the opportunity to spend two weeks in this awesome country i went to three different cities when i was there lisbon porto and braga the capital lisbon is a really interesting place to visit i especially loved walking through the old parts of the city and the city of porto was one of my favorite cities that i visited it's one of the most beautiful cities i've ever seen i loved watching the sun go down over the river in the evening and i really enjoyed taking a boat on the river too overall i thought portugal was a fantastic country to travel to and i recommend it to you lastly let's talk about spain i spent more than two weeks in spain and i visited six different cities the first places we visited in spain were in the south of the country the south of spain is really unique the culture there is a little different from the culture in the other parts of spain i really enjoyed my time in sevilla and granada and i would love to go back i also really liked madrid but i only stayed there for two nights if i go back to spain i'm definitely gonna spend more time in this city it was also cool to travel along the mediterranean coast we took a train from valencia to barcelona and we really enjoyed the view i think that a lot of people want to live in spain because of the sea the weather and the food by the way i loved the ham that i ate in spain they have the best ham in the world okay that's all for today i'll make a part two to this video and i'll talk about a few other countries that i've traveled to remember to download my free listening time podcast and become a member at patreon.com listeningtime to receive my specialized training to help you understand native speakers and if you want to reach an advanced level of listening then become a listening time family member to receive my advanced podcast the link is in the description below this video also subscribe to the channel click on the bell and follow us on instagram i'll see you next time you