- Do you need a vacation?
If you are an entrepreneur or a business owner,
you probably need a good vacation more than you think.
And in this lesson,
we're gonna look at why that's important,
but we're also gonna have a little fun
and take a virtual tour of my home country, the USA.
You ready?
Let's go.
Hi, I'm your English coach, Christina,
and welcome to Business English with Christina,
where you become better at business
by becoming better at English.
First of all, let's talk about why
you and I both need a good vacation.
And at the same time, you're gonna learn some very
useful business English expressions.
The first thing is, if you're an entrepreneur
or a business owner, if you're like me,
you probably have a lot on your mind.
You're always thinking about how to get new clients,
how to manage your team, how to do things better,
how to be more productive,
how to get things done in the time you have, et cetera.
It's a lot for your brain.
Going on a vacation is the time to recharge your batteries.
You're working a lot.
And so if you use all of your energy and you never recharge,
it's like a battery.
It's like, no, a battery goes dead.
You won't go dead, but you'll just not have any energy.
And so you need to really take that time for yourself
and away from work so that you can unlock your creativity
and just think about things in a different way
that you can't when you're sitting
in front of the computer all day.
And being in a new place,
it can help you to get a different perspective on things,
to think differently,
to see things in a different way that you don't do
when you're in that same setting, like your office
or your home office, or your coworking space.
If you're in the same environment every day.
And it can even help your business grow.
Now maybe not in terms of more clients,
but it can help your team to grow and to mature,
because they're gonna have to take more responsibilities
while you are away on vacation.
Now, of course, it's important
that your team takes vacation also, but again,
that can help you to grow as a team
and to learn to organize things like that.
Now, did you catch all of those expressions
that are super useful for business owners and entrepreneurs?
They were highlighted on the screen,
but if you want to test yourself
to learn those expressions better, head over to my blog.
And in the blog article this week,
you've got a quiz and just some fun stuff
to help you remember that vocabulary better.
Okay, so let's assume that you've decided
to do the right thing, to take a vacation,
and you've also decided to make it special.
You're going to go to the USA and visit lots of places.
Now, where could you go?
I mean, you can go anywhere, literally.
There's tons of places to visit,
but let's play a little quiz game.
I'm going to describe some famous places in the US,
and you'll see some images as well.
And see if you can guess the place
where we are virtually visiting.
Now, I know that a lot of people dream of taking
this legendary road trip across the United States.
My parents did it actually.
I'm very proud of them for doing this,
because they're not the, no they are.
They are the adventurous people now,
now that they're retired.
But anyway, here's a famous road trip that you can take,
and you could start in Chicago.
You can go 2,400 miles and go from Chicago
all the way to Santa Monica in California.
You're going to cross eight states,
get just so many changes of scenery.
And can you guess what this famous road trip is?
Did you guess it?
Yeah, that's it.
It's Route 66.
The famous Route 66 that runs from Chicago in Illinois
all the way to Santa Monica, California.
♪ Happy trails to you ♪
♪ Until we meet again ♪
♪ Happy trails to you ♪
Now, maybe you're interested in seeing some
wide open spaces with no houses,
almost no civilization, but incredible views.
And you wanna see things
like the deserts and the rock formations.
And maybe you'd also like to do
a little hiking or biking or mountain climbing or kayaking
or rafting or any of those outdoor sports.
Because in this region, you'll have just a massive choice
of mountain trails, rivers, a very big river,
and the largest man made lake in the United States.
So what region were we touring there?
Did you guess it?
It's the western states.
So places like Arizona, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico,
all of that region where you can find
a lot of very popular national parks in the US,
like Yellowstone, Yosemite, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Zion Park,
all of those very famous,
very typically American landscapes.
Okay, here's another fun destination,
but we're changing scenery completely.
We're gonna head over to the east coast of the United States
to a big city where I think definitely
you do not want to drive in this city,
but that's okay because there's a subway system.
I don't know if it's a good subway system,
but there is a subway system.
And of course, in this city,
you can visit some world class museums.
You can catch some plays, musicals, live shows,
lots of cultural events going on here.
Now this city, we have a couple of nicknames for it.
We call it the City That Never Sleeps or the Big Apple.
So maybe you know that one.
And if you're not quite sure yet,
it's the city where you can visit the Statue of Liberty.
Okay, now I'm sure you probably guessed that this city
is of course, New York, New York, New York City.
Now, remember, if you wanna change your English
and grow your business, you're gonna need to do more
than just watch a video on YouTube.
Start here, but don't stop here.
Go over to my blog and check out the quiz
and the practice exercises that I've got for you,
so that you can continue learning.
And make sure that you remember the vocabulary
from this video.
Oh, and don't forget to take a vacation.
And of course, as I always say,
if you don't use it, you lose it.
So here's something that you can put in the comments
to use your English.
Tell me, if you could travel to anywhere
in the United States, where would you choose to travel?
It can be somewhere from this video,
but of course, it doesn't have to be.
I would love to hear about your travel dreams
down in the comments below.
And if this lesson was helpful for you,
I would love to know.
And there are three ways that you can tell me.
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so that I can continue making fun
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Second thing, like I said,
go over to the blog, check out the quiz that's there,
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so that I can send you these lessons
and some extra resources every week.
And the third thing that you can do
is continue learning with me.
Watch this next lesson,
which is going to help you to prepare
for your vacation in the US, or anywhere really,
all about how to check into a hotel in English.
Okay, thank you so much for improving your English,
your business, and yourself
with Business English with Christina,
and happy trails to you.