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User: Caption: This is a really interesting intermediate English conversation, full of useful vocabulary for travelling to visit places… and some pretty pictures!

Adriana Ramirez lives in Canada, but she is originally from Colombia in South America and full of Colombian enthusiasm!  In this conversation in English, she tells us about life in and around Vancouver, where she has been living for the past 10 years.

** QUESTION : If you went to Canada, do you think you would you prefer the city or the countryside… the winter or the summer? **

Adriana also writes books for Spanish learners, like me (see below).

My FREE Miniguide (North American / British Vocabulary) :  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VGwkts5QARTB-K6ITTiRZsT4cGbSwG9W/view?usp=sharing

00:00  Where are you from?
00:56  Vancouver / Medellín – the mountains
02:48  The weather in Vancouver
04:53  Vancouver Island, the sea
06:10  The lakes, paddle-boarding
07:39  Other mountain activities
09:10  What to do in a short stay, Whistler
12:15  Seaplanes
13:14  What about your English?
16:30  Don’t worry about your accent


// WATCH NEXT //

American cheesecake recipe (and link to the Olympics) : https://youtu.be/hzytW2BNjDM
Carnival - only in South America? : https://youtu.be/vHKgb3WHbOY
The Commonweath (Canada,...) : https://youtu.be/5r8m7BJ5Bpk


// LEARNING TIPS //

https://youtu.be/y98R-QV5mN4
- listen and watch all the video
(try to understand with the images, gestures and context - adjust the speed if necessary)
- listen again with the subtitles if necessary
- if you want to, write new words (not more than 10)
- listen again with NO SUBTITLES – you should understand more
++++ move on to another video


//MORE about Adriana //

Adriana teaches Spanish in Vancouver.  She also presents workshops and coaches teachers on applying Comprehensible Input techniques in the classroom, and has presented workshops in Canada, the U.S. and in France, where I first met her.  She has published several books for Spanish and French learners and is very passionate about sharing her Colombian culture :

In the USA ; https://cpli-bookstore.myshopify.com/collections/adriana-ramirez-1
In Europe ; https://www.thecibookshop.com/en/
They are also available on Amazon.



// MUSIC from the YouTube Studio //

Come On Out - Dan Lebowitz
Summer in Colombia - Carmen María and Edu Espinal
Description: Today, I'm with my friend Adriana, or I probably&nbsp;
should be saying Adriana... is that right?&nbsp;
Yes it's right.
My Spanish is getting better!&nbsp;
Very good, very good!
Now I'm saying my Spanish,&nbsp;&nbsp;
because... well, let's ask her…
Adriana, where are you from?&nbsp;
Well Rachel “Hello!” first of all, “Hello!”&nbsp;
to you and all your viewers, and thank you&nbsp;&nbsp;
for having me here... and yes, my name is&nbsp;
Adriana, and I am originally from Colombia,&nbsp;&nbsp;
but I do not live in Colombia…
Where do you live?&nbsp;
I live in Canada. I live in Vancouver&nbsp;
in the Pacific Coast of Canada.
I went to Canada a few years ago, and&nbsp;
we thought it was a beautiful place.&nbsp;
It is so beautiful! I, I am very lucky.&nbsp;
I feel very lucky that I live here,&nbsp;&nbsp;
especially in Vancouver…
you want to know why?&nbsp;
Well, yes of course!
Because I, I love my country, Colombia,&nbsp;&nbsp;
and I was born and grew up in the mountains.
I am from Medellín,&nbsp;&nbsp;
and to me, the mountains are our home.
If I am in a place where it has mountains,&nbsp;&nbsp;
I know I'm home... so when I moved to Canada, and&nbsp;
I arrived to Vancouver, and I saw the mountains,&nbsp;&nbsp;
I was like, “Oh this is good, I'm home!”
Because when I go to flat places, I, I feel lost.&nbsp;
When you grow up in the mountains, you&nbsp;
always use the mountains as a reference…&nbsp;&nbsp;
like “Where is the north?” and “Where&nbsp;
is the south?”, and so that helps you.&nbsp;
Every time people grow up around&nbsp;
mountains, we use that as a reference…&nbsp;
... so I feel lost when I am in a flat place.
But here, I saw the mountains and I was like, “Oh,&nbsp;&nbsp;
I'm home!”
So I feel lucky,&nbsp;&nbsp;
because it's like I am, I feel home here. But when&nbsp;
I go back to Colombia, I also feel home there.&nbsp;
It's funny you should say that,&nbsp;
because where I live here in France,&nbsp;&nbsp;
there's a mountain I can see from my house,&nbsp;
it's not really a mountain it's a hill,&nbsp;&nbsp;
it's lower than a mountain... but it looks&nbsp;
just like a hill which isn't very far from&nbsp;&nbsp;
where I grew up... and so I feel at home here,&nbsp;
because I have my little hill like at home!&nbsp;
You have your connection to home!
Exactly, exactly, yeah!&nbsp;
So have you been in Vancouver for a long time?
I moved to Vancouver around 10 years ago…&nbsp;
...yeah…
...give or take, yes I like it here a lot.&nbsp;
The weather, it's really nice compared to the&nbsp;
rest of Canada. Canadians say Vancouver is like&nbsp;&nbsp;
the tropical city of Canada... (it's not tropical&nbsp;
at all)... especially you're coming from Colombia,&nbsp;&nbsp;
but I get what they say, because&nbsp;
the winters are not that cold.&nbsp;
So while the rest of Canada is literally freezing,&nbsp;
or meters of snow, we have like two centimetres of&nbsp;&nbsp;
snow, and it's not that cold. To me it's very cold&nbsp;
of course, it will always be cold... but I know&nbsp;&nbsp;
what they say, it's not that cold... so winters&nbsp;
are not that cold, summers are not that hot...&nbsp;&nbsp;
so it's kind of a really good weather, um,&nbsp;
and I really enjoy the weather, and the city,&nbsp;&nbsp;
and the culture of the city, the people.
I, I really enjoy living here.&nbsp;
And what sort of temperatures&nbsp;
do you get in the winter?&nbsp;
When it's really cold, like, we're&nbsp;
freezing, it's minus 10…. we do Celsius,&nbsp;&nbsp;
do you do Celsius too?
We do Celsius here, yeah.&nbsp;
So it's minus 10, but it’s…. like we can go below&nbsp;
zero or like minus 10ish for two or three days,&nbsp;&nbsp;
like okay, like for a week, or a very long period…&nbsp;
no like, it tops a week and then we go to zero&nbsp;&nbsp;
five, and then we stay the whole winter between&nbsp;
zero and ten... zero and ten the whole winter, um,&nbsp;&nbsp;
while the rest of the country are like below 30.
Yeah, yeah.&nbsp;
So I'm very lucky, I know. I'm very lucky.
So that's, I suppose that's&nbsp;&nbsp;
because it's by the sea?
I guess so, that's what people tell me, yeah.&nbsp;
And what's, what’s the sea like in&nbsp;
Vancouver… there’s an island isn't there?&nbsp;
Yes, yes, Vancouver island where&nbsp;
Victoria the capital of the province is.
The sea is cold, uh, because it's the, it’s&nbsp;
the Pacific, the Pacific Ocean... it's cold.&nbsp;
The Pacific is usually warm!
The Atlantic is warmer!&nbsp;
Really?
Yes. Yes the Atlantic is way (= a lot) warmer.&nbsp;
I'm used to... I mean Colombia has Pacific and&nbsp;
Atlantic. I'm used to going to the Atlantic&nbsp;&nbsp;
which is very warm. This is cold I mean also&nbsp;
because we are ‘up north’ so it feels colder.&nbsp;
It's very different from where I grew up,&nbsp;
um, the, the, we don't have sand here,&nbsp;&nbsp;
it's rocks. So the beaches are like rocks, so you&nbsp;
have to wear, it’s like... like shoes because it&nbsp;&nbsp;
hurts your feet, and going into the water is&nbsp;
like rocks…. and rocks, same with the lakes.&nbsp;&nbsp;
It's... I find it very cold.
I, I used to be a sea person&nbsp;&nbsp;
when I lived in Colombia, but now in Canada,&nbsp;
I am a lake person, not a sea person anymore!&nbsp;
But we have beautiful lakes&nbsp;
here, they're so gorgeous…
...and I love, I love the, the sensation&nbsp;
of being in a lake... it's different&nbsp;&nbsp;
from being in the, in the, in the sea.
It's um... do you have lakes actually&nbsp;&nbsp;
very near Vancouver?
I seem to remember&nbsp;&nbsp;
driving across the mountains...&nbsp;
the, “The Rockies”...&nbsp;&nbsp;
to, to see some of the lakes, and, and I&nbsp;
remember these bright blue-coloured lakes.&nbsp;
Yes, from Vancouver... 30 minutes, 40&nbsp;
minutes drive, an hours drive, two hour&nbsp;&nbsp;
drive... everywhere! There are lakes&nbsp;
everywhere. Some of them are smaller,&nbsp;&nbsp;
or bigger, or colder... it depends what you&nbsp;
want, but there is something for everyone.&nbsp;
So when you say you like the lakes,&nbsp;
do you go swimming in the lakes?&nbsp;
I go swimming in the lakes. I love paddle&nbsp;
boarding. Paddle boarding is my, my “thing” that I&nbsp;&nbsp;
learned here, and it gives me a lot of pressure...&nbsp;
a lot of pleasure, because you get to paddle,&nbsp;&nbsp;
and you feel like you're walking on the water, or&nbsp;
you're like floating on the water! It's a weird&nbsp;&nbsp;
sensation and it's very peaceful, yeah, and then&nbsp;
I lay down on the paddle, on the board, and I just&nbsp;&nbsp;
look at the sky and the trees and the mountains,&nbsp;
and enjoy the water... it's, it's very peaceful!&nbsp;
What, what other sorts of activities&nbsp;
do people do in the mountains?&nbsp;
People here, uh, they like to exercise a lot.
I heard, I don't know how accurate this is,&nbsp;&nbsp;
and… but people from here have told me that&nbsp;
Vancouver is called the “Granola City”...&nbsp;&nbsp;
and “Granola City” because people tend to be like&nbsp;
healthy and exercise and be outdoors a lot...&nbsp;&nbsp;
and you do see a lot of people exercising...&nbsp;
biking, hiking, walking, running... and there&nbsp;&nbsp;
is a big culture on like healthy food... a&nbsp;
lot of vegan, vegetarian, organic options.&nbsp;&nbsp;
If you are vegan or vegetarian... this is paradise&nbsp;
for restaurants and, and shopping... it's,&nbsp;&nbsp;
you find so many options.
I am vegan, by the way, so&nbsp;&nbsp;
to me like, I'm living in heaven!
People love hiking, there are so many&nbsp;&nbsp;
good hikes, there are so many hikes, and you hear&nbsp;
all your friends are hiking during the weekend...&nbsp;&nbsp;
going to lakes during the summer...&nbsp;
winters, um, winter snowshoeing...&nbsp;&nbsp;
very very common snowshoeing, and skiing.&nbsp;
I don't know how to ski, and I'm too old to learn&nbsp;
that... I picture myself eating a lot of snow&nbsp;&nbsp;
in the process of learning, and I'm not willing to&nbsp;
do that... but I do snowshoeing, and I enjoy that.&nbsp;
And in Vancouver itself, um, I mean if&nbsp;
somebody wanted to come and visit Vancouver,&nbsp;&nbsp;
is there a lot to do? I don't know... how&nbsp;
many days it's worth staying in the city?&nbsp;
I would say, I mean in the city city, probably&nbsp;
three days, like to get to know like the main like&nbsp;&nbsp;
touristic famous points... but if you have more&nbsp;
time, you can go up to Whistler and Squamish and&nbsp;&nbsp;
visit the lakes that I'm telling you about …
...you like, if you're gonna go to a lake,&nbsp;&nbsp;
you need a whole day... like you're not gonna go&nbsp;
there like you... for one hour, like you want a&nbsp;&nbsp;
whole day to do your picnic, and swim and enjoy&nbsp;
the water and the sun, so it takes a whole day...&nbsp;&nbsp;
whole day to do your picnic, and swim and enjoy&nbsp;
the water and the sun, so it takes a whole day...&nbsp;&nbsp;
so it, I would say three days if you're just gonna&nbsp;
stick to the touristic city places and do some&nbsp;&nbsp;
shopping and restaurants, and then four or five&nbsp;
days if you want to go, like to the outside of&nbsp;&nbsp;
the city and do some hiking and enjoying nature.
Nature is big here, yeah, and I remember there's&nbsp;&nbsp;
some magnificent scenery, because I think we&nbsp;
came in the summer, which was very much like the&nbsp;&nbsp;
spring over here. All the wild flowers were out&nbsp;
on the mountains. It was absolutely magnificent!&nbsp;
Um, but Vancouver itself, what is&nbsp;
there to do…. because, to be honest,&nbsp;&nbsp;
the only thing I remember is going over&nbsp;
to the island and visiting the gardens!&nbsp;
Um the city is very pretty. It's very walkable.&nbsp;
What I find about Vancouver and Victoria,&nbsp;&nbsp;
it's you know when I go to Europe a lot of the&nbsp;
touristic part happens in museums. Like you go&nbsp;&nbsp;
and visit museums or, or palaces or castles, but&nbsp;
when you come to Canada the touristic part happens&nbsp;&nbsp;
outside. So the nature, nature itself becomes your&nbsp;
museum. You are enjoying nature. You're enjoying&nbsp;&nbsp;
the hikes, and the views are just magnificent.&nbsp;
If you can, I really recommend Whistler…
Um, it's a very famous skiing town but I, I&nbsp;
know, I don't ski like I said, so I never…&nbsp;
The Olympics... was it in Whistler&nbsp;
the Olympics? Yeah, yeah... I think&nbsp;&nbsp;
we must have driven through there, yeah.
Yes, yes, yes... we, I go to Whistler in&nbsp;&nbsp;
the summer, because I don't ski, so I don't want&nbsp;
the snow... and I am afraid of driving in the snow&nbsp;&nbsp;
and everything... so I go to Whistler during&nbsp;
the summer, and I do hikes during the summer,&nbsp;&nbsp;
but then you see this mountains with snow&nbsp;
on the top, and these little lakes hidden...&nbsp;&nbsp;
it's just beautiful, beautiful... you cannot stop&nbsp;
looking at that view! So yes... enjoying outside&nbsp;&nbsp;
and hiking, walking, walking the city of Vancouver&nbsp;
is such a beautiful city to, to... and it’s safe!&nbsp;
It’s safe...okay, that's good to know!
Yeah and I remember something else,&nbsp;&nbsp;
I remember watching seaplanes...&nbsp;
there were a lot of seaplanes.&nbsp;
Yes, yes, yeah, you, yes, I'm glad you mentioned&nbsp;
that! I always forget about that! I think you get&nbsp;&nbsp;
used to some things, and then it's like, “Yeah&nbsp;
of course!” Uh, people take the seaplanes...&nbsp;&nbsp;
um, it's like a taxi, it's like a plane like a&nbsp;
taxi kind of concept… to go from Vancouver to&nbsp;&nbsp;
Victoria. There is a lot of commute from&nbsp;
Vancouver to Victoria. We have a ferry,&nbsp;&nbsp;
but the ferry takes longer, and of course&nbsp;
the seaplane costs more money... but I mean,&nbsp;&nbsp;
I guess some people really need&nbsp;
to go for work or... so they take&nbsp;&nbsp;
the plane. It takes off in Vancouver downtown, it&nbsp;
lands in Victoria, and people take it for work but&nbsp;&nbsp;
also for tourism... but yes, and then you see them&nbsp;
all day long coming up or down up and down, yes.&nbsp;
I was just thinking, um, when you got to&nbsp;
Vancouver from Colombia and... how was&nbsp;&nbsp;
your English? Did you already have quite a good&nbsp;
level of English? I mean your English is perfect…&nbsp;
Oh thank you, I appreciate it!
I, I knew English, I spoke English. I,&nbsp;&nbsp;
I thought I had a really good level of English,&nbsp;
but once you really move into an English-speaking&nbsp;&nbsp;
country you realize you still have a lot of&nbsp;
learning to, to do, and there is a steep curve.&nbsp;
I came with very good English, and I could&nbsp;
perfectly communicate and everything, but&nbsp;&nbsp;
I realized, oh like “Now I'm living&nbsp;
here!” So there are so many words that&nbsp;&nbsp;
you don't learn until you live in a place.&nbsp;
Um for example in Spanish, we say (when we don't&nbsp;
have any more power), we say the equivalent of&nbsp;&nbsp;
“energy”, so “I don't have...” (if the power goes&nbsp;
off), I would say... the literal translation in&nbsp;&nbsp;
Spanish is, “I don't have energy”. But I know in&nbsp;
English I learnt that it's, “I don't have power”,&nbsp;&nbsp;
or “the power went off”. So I remember the first&nbsp;
time we didn't have power because we had a storm,&nbsp;&nbsp;
I phoned the place where you have to phone,&nbsp;
and then I said, “I don't have energy!”&nbsp;
Now I laugh thinking (about it), because... then&nbsp;
the person was like... they didn't know what to&nbsp;&nbsp;
do with what I was saying! Like if you&nbsp;
tell someone, “I don't have energy”,&nbsp;&nbsp;
now it sounds funny to me, because like if&nbsp;
you don't have energy... go and have a rest...&nbsp;&nbsp;
drink some “Gatorade” (an energy drink)...
... get some vitamins…&nbsp;
...take some vitamins... and I kept saying&nbsp;
like, “I don't have energy in my house!”&nbsp;&nbsp;
But then I learned, oh, you know I&nbsp;
was direct translating from Spanish,&nbsp;&nbsp;
and then I learned, oh, it's “power”!
So yes, there is a steep curve, but you, you have&nbsp;&nbsp;
to enjoy it... like you have to learn how to like&nbsp;
laugh of yourself, and laugh about the situation,&nbsp;&nbsp;
and know where that it's coming from, and, and get&nbsp;
lots of learning... those little things that will&nbsp;&nbsp;
always happen to you when you live in the country.
And do you ever get homesick? Is there&nbsp;&nbsp;
anything you really miss about Colombia?
Oh everything! I am homesick every day!&nbsp;&nbsp;
But when I go to Colombia, I am homesick&nbsp;
every day of Canada as well, so it's like&nbsp;&nbsp;
I, I guess we have to, when we are&nbsp;
immigrants, we have two homelands,&nbsp;&nbsp;
yeah, and when I land... when the&nbsp;
plane lands in Colombia, I feel like&nbsp;&nbsp;
my heart, it's like beating faster, and I feel&nbsp;
butterflies in my stomach, because I'm home...&nbsp;&nbsp;
but then I come back to Canada and I have the same&nbsp;
feeling, so I love... my, my heart is with both&nbsp;&nbsp;
countries... like I, I feel if I'm here, I miss&nbsp;
Colombia and if I am in Colombia, I miss Canada!&nbsp;
So and, Adriana... Adriana... I got to know you&nbsp;
partly because, because I was reading some books.&nbsp;
Oh yes... some of the books that I wrote, yes.
Yes, so um, I would love for you to come back&nbsp;&nbsp;
sometime and chat to us about&nbsp;
the books too, because they're&nbsp;&nbsp;
really interesting the books you write.
Of course, but before we go, you tell me when it's&nbsp;&nbsp;
time to go because I do want to end the interview&nbsp;
with a message for your viewers. Is this the time?&nbsp;
Yeah, go on.
Okay so I want to say to your viewers that I know,&nbsp;&nbsp;
when you're learning English,&nbsp;
you're gonna have an accent...&nbsp;&nbsp;
and I don't know if you are going through this,&nbsp;
you probably will, I hope you won't, but it's&nbsp;&nbsp;
very normal that you go through this... you&nbsp;
feel very self-conscious, aware of your accent.&nbsp;
Sometimes you want to get rid of your accent, you&nbsp;
want to sound very native-like, and, and for some&nbsp;&nbsp;
people, a very small percentage of people, they&nbsp;
are able to sound native-like... but for most&nbsp;&nbsp;
of us, we want, especially if we start learning&nbsp;
the second language when we're older, we won't&nbsp;&nbsp;
get native-like in the accent... yes, in&nbsp;
the English, English usage, but not in the&nbsp;&nbsp;
accent... so I want to tell you that... feel&nbsp;
proud of your accent, embrace your accent,&nbsp;&nbsp;
because it's part of your identity. It says that&nbsp;
you speak another language different from English,&nbsp;&nbsp;
which is great you it means at least you're&nbsp;
bilingual... so embrace that, feel proud of it,&nbsp;&nbsp;
that's who you are, that's part of your culture,&nbsp;
and bring that beautiful accent to enrich the&nbsp;&nbsp;
English language. That's my motivational speech!
That's a good one!&nbsp;
Just before Adriana goes I wanted to say I&nbsp;
now have a free mini guide, with some of the&nbsp;&nbsp;
differences between North American English and&nbsp;
British English, so if you would like a copy,&nbsp;&nbsp;
then click on the link which is in&nbsp;
the description under the video!&nbsp;
Okay. Well it's been lovely chatting to you.&nbsp;
Thanks ever so much for taking the time.&nbsp;
Thank you for having me!
And hopefully, I'll see you again!&nbsp;
Yes, okay, take care, bye for now!
Bye!
Title: Living in Vancouver 🍁🌎 - city, lakes and mountains // Intermediate English Conversation
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