Hi, and welcome to another video from Coffee Break Languages
here on the Coffee Break Languages YouTube channel.
My name's Mark, your Coffee Break teacher,
and this is a Coffee Break Postcard for language learners
from sunny San Diego.
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The plane is coming into land and we can see the city of San Diego from the air.
When you're learning a language, one of the most important things to do
is to keep that language in your mind at all times.
So, as you're going about your daily life, doing the things that you normally do,
try to look around you to see if there's inspiration for your language learning
in the places that you are, the things that you're seeing,
and the things that you're doing.
What I mean by that is that when you look around you and you recognise certain things,
then you may know those words in the language that you're learning.
If you know the words, then say them to yourself; that way you're reinforcing things;
if you don't know the words, then take a note of the words and then look them up later if you can;
if you've got an app, or something like that, that you can use there and then,
then even better.
But this way you're training yourself to be looking around you,
and to see what is around you
and to use that in your language learning.
And that is what we're going to be doing in this video too!
It's a beautiful day today.
In front of the hotel we can see palm trees blowing in the wind.
This hotel has many floors. You could say it's "a skyscraper".
We can now see a pink and white clock tower. The time is 4:25.
A yacht is sailing calmly along the bay.
Now we spoke about this idea in a previous video,
in a video called "Why Language Learning is a Walk in the Park",
and we're going to take things a little further today
as we wander around and see what we can see,
and see how we would describe it in the foreign language.
You can use a telescope to see things in the distance more clearly.
This famous statue commemorates the end of World War II as a returning sailor embraces a young woman
The marina is full of super yachts.
This man is taking a photo of a passing speed boat.
The Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park is a great place to relax in the sunshine.
Sometimes it's just a case of practising something really simple like colours
and if you know all your basic colours then
perhaps you could look at different shades of colours,
so let's see how many colours we can find here
in the Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park, in San Diego.
We're walking along the path,
enjoying the serenity of the park.
There are lots of other people visiting today.
The cherry blossom is almost in full bloom!
The flowers are blowing in the breeze.
This is the Botanical Garden and Lily Pond.
Have you ever seen a humming bird?
The ducklings are following their mother
and lots of people are filming them.
It's great to enjoy the music of many buskers around the park.
Now, I've spotted something kind of cool, and I've never tried it before,
so let's have a go!
You can hire electronic scooters through an app
and enjoy a different way of getting around the city.
Riding around on a scooter is great fun, but you should not drive too fast, and you should wear a helmet.
When you're finished your ride, park the scooter safely
so that it is ready for the next rider.
It's the end of the day and we're on Coronado beach.
Families are packing up, heading home after a fun day on the beach.
There's still time to take a photo at sunset...
... or to have a paddle in the ocean.
The sun is setting behind the cliffs of La Jolla.
Well that's it for this Coffee Break video postcard from San Diego
We hope that you've enjoyed it,
we hope that you've learned some new words and phrases
and most of all that you've got the idea now
that you can also do this in your daily life:
as you live your daily life, make sure you see the things that you have around you,
take a note of the words and phrases that you already know,
and the ones that you want to learn,
and that way you can improve your vocabulary simply by just getting on with your daily life.
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But for now, the sun is setting here in San Diego
and the sun is setting on this video.
Thanks for watching, and bye-bye!
The sun sets over San Diego bay, and the city moves from day to night.
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