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00:00Good. How are you doing today? Can you hear me well? Welcome back.
00:04Hi, teacher. I'm doing well, thank you. Yes, I can hear you good.
00:08Excellent. Fantastic. Good to have you back here.
00:12So tell me, how was your week? Did you have a lot of work? How have you felt
00:16with your English? Did you have the chance to
00:20practice your English a little bit? Tell me.
00:24Yes, teacher, it was a very
00:28busy week last week. Yes. I had
00:32a lot of work. And actually I have the opportunity to
00:36improve my English all week because we
00:40had a visit from the headquarter
00:44for the company. Okay. And the people
00:48are from Austria. So I have the opportunity to speak
00:52a little bit with them. Okay, that's fantastic.
00:56That's great. So people from Austria,
00:58what were they? Were they
01:00businessmen?
01:02Were they international relationships?
01:04What kind of a position
01:06did they have?
01:08Well, they have more
01:10like a commercial
01:12team and a marketing team.
01:14Mm-hmm.
01:16So we had
01:18a business meeting
01:20last week.
01:22They have a course all week.
01:24Mm-hmm.
01:26Awesome.
01:28And we reviewed some
01:30technical points for the company.
01:32Okay, excellent.
01:34Very good. So they actually
01:36tried to,
01:38how can we say,
01:40like to incorporate
01:42new logistics to the
01:44to the company.
01:46Did they actually
01:48show new projects or
01:50anything new that could
01:52actually, that we could
01:54actually benefit from
01:56Austria in particular?
01:58Yes, we were working with a new tool
02:00we using for the
02:02quotation
02:04in the system.
02:05Yes.
02:06Okay.
02:07That was the main point
02:09that we are reviewing
02:11the last week.
02:12Okay, excellent.
02:13Very good.
02:14That sounds great.
02:15That sounds fantastic.
02:16Mm-hmm.
02:17So, did you notice
02:19anything in particular
02:21regarding their
02:22and their accent?
02:23For example,
02:24if I'm not mistaken,
02:25people from Austria
02:26would have a quite
02:27similar accent to what
02:29Arnold Schwarzenegger
02:30may sound, you know,
02:31as, if I'm not mistaken,
02:33he's,
02:34well, he's North American,
02:36but he's originally
02:37from one of these
02:39countries.
02:40I don't remember exactly,
02:41but,
02:42it's like a kind of a,
02:44a kind of a mixture
02:45between
02:46German language
02:48and English,
02:49so they actually
02:50do have
02:51a strong accent,
02:52right?
02:53Did you actually
02:54notice
02:55anything in particular
02:56regarding their accent?
02:58Yes, the church,
02:59that is a,
03:00yes,
03:01that
03:02has a very specific accent.
03:04Actually,
03:05the people from
03:06Austria
03:07talked
03:08slowly.
03:09Okay.
03:10Okay.
03:11And,
03:15how do you say
03:16when
03:17speak,
03:19the volume
03:20is lower,
03:21right?
03:22Oh, like,
03:23the intonation?
03:24The intonation,
03:25right.
03:26The intonation
03:27is slowly lower.
03:28Oh, wow.
03:29Mm-hmm.
03:30Mm-hmm.
03:31And, for example,
03:32also,
03:33eh,
03:34eh,
03:35eh,
03:36had
03:37people from,
03:38uh,
03:39from,
03:40all day
03:42living in
03:43Austria,
03:44because the company,
03:45the headquarters
03:46is in Austria.
03:47Okay, yes.
03:48They have
03:49different nationalities.
03:50Mm-hmm.
03:51Okay.
03:52Because they have different nationalities.
03:53Mm-hmm.
03:54Okay.
03:55Mm-hmm.
03:56Mm-hmm.
03:57Okay.
03:58Mm-hmm.
03:59Mm-hmm.
04:00Okay.
04:01Mm-hmm.
04:03Okay.
04:04Mm-hmm.
04:05Mm-hmm.
04:06Okay.
04:09Mm-hmm.
04:10Mm-hmm.
04:29Mm-hmm.
04:31Okay.
04:32Excellent, very good. Well, that's... what's like the official language in Austria? Do you remember? Is it German or what? French? I don't know. French-German, right? Okay.
04:43Well, in that case, well, it perhaps could be because of that reason. Usually, German language has really long words with some emphasized pronunciation, and perhaps that would be the main reason for which Austrian people tend to speak slower, as they may not be so familiar with the rhythm and the intonation of a softer way to speak, as it is in the case of the English, you know,
05:12that in German you tend to emphasize a little bit more. There are some words that are linked directly to others, so it sounds as if they were saying a very long phrase, a very long word, but actually it's a phrase divided with different words, as in any other language, but in their intonation they make it sound as if they were pronouncing a single word,
05:42in a very long way, in a very long way, you know, so that's... on the other hand, you have French people that English, it's... if I'm not mistaken, it's... English, it's a must in schools, you know, it's like a... it's like one of their main subjects that they study at school,
06:05so they are a little bit more familiar with English, there's a lot of exchange of... there are many exchanges from French students that actually travel to the United States,
06:19so they have the chance to acquire a... a more fluent English, you know, than other countries in Europe, so that perhaps may be the main reason,
06:28considering that also in Canada, English is one of the main spoken languages alongside with French, but perhaps that would be the reason for which French people feel a lot more familiar with...
06:41with English than Austrian people, so that's... that's good, so...
06:47so in this case, uh...
06:50did they actually invite you, like, to go to Austria someday, or would you like to visit there someday, in your plans?
07:00mm-hmm...
07:01mm-hmm...
07:02mm-hmm...
07:03mm-hmm...
07:04mm-hmm...
07:05have...
07:07okay...
07:08have you considered on moving to another country, like... like to, uh... well, for... for living purposes, to make a life in another country?
07:21mm-hmm...
07:23mm-hmm...
07:24mm-hmm...
07:25uh... like what country would you... what country would you choose, or... or what country do... would you say that has, uh... most of the opportunities, in terms of your, uh, career, for example?
07:41mm-hmm
08:08okay excellent very good well Denmark sounds sounds very interesting I've
08:13heard that I don't know much about Denmark but I've heard that Denmark and
08:20Sweden and Norway and Finland have one of the best living rates you know that
08:29when it comes to living quality and well I assume that it's a beautiful country
08:36like what are the the most interesting aspects that caught your attention from
08:43from Denmark for example
08:52mm-hmm
09:06mm-hmm
09:22okay excellent very good yes they are those are countries with a with a quite a
09:29vibrant culture you know so that's desk and so in that case that would be like a
09:34good opportunity right there you know so as and as far as I've heard it's it's a
09:43lot easier to establish and to make a life in Europe and like in the United
09:50States or in Canada because they have less restrictions is that correct mm-hmm
09:56right yes all right that's the point so do you think that I could it be expensive or
10:04what would be like like the the average rent that you could get in in Denmark have
10:11you had any information about a no really teacher but I think so is expensive than
10:20other countries like Mexico for example Spain I know this is it's a expensive city mm-hmm
10:30mm-hmm mm-hmm I mean Spain would Spain be cheaper than than Denmark in terms of rent yes yes well I have some
10:43friends that they have the opportunity to visit Spain and he told me that this brain is cheap than
10:50another Europe Europe countries there okay okay understand right that's good mm-hmm so
11:00well these these a couple weeks have been quite hectic with all of the situation of
11:08Donald Trump and Venezuela you know and now that there's like a problem in which is
11:18Denmark involved as well with Greenland yes Donald Trump is planning to take that
11:23island for some reason so like did you have the chance to have a conversation to
11:30have a talk with these Austrian people that went to your job like to to see what
11:37they think to see what what their point of view is in terms of these global
11:43conflict that seemingly it's ahead well we don't have the opportunity to talk
11:50regarding about this specific topic mm-hmm but we are talking about the
11:56Venezuela topic they are not agree with the decision that the Donald Trump's are is
12:06is is doing and in in this in these countries they are not agree and actually he
12:16are saying that the people around the world think well the American things they they
12:25are the good people doing good oh yes yes all the time you know yes and the movies I mean
12:33there are just like the superheroes that are yes that are enlightened to save the
12:39world from the evil wrath from China and Russia right yes that's the point that's
12:49very polarized point okay right that's good well I asked you this because it's
12:56quite interesting to see the or to listen to other other people's opinions
13:03especially from other countries because usually they have a very interesting
13:08point of view considering that most of their news that they have on TV do not
13:14always do not always appear or do not always show up here in our country you know
13:23what's so it's like for example the news that you could actually see from Russia
13:30are not usually seen in our country because as you may know channels from
13:37Russia are usually come completely censored you know I mean I remember that back in
13:46the day you could actually see you could actually see this channel from Russia which
13:54which was the RT Russia today and now it's completely banned from the cable service you
14:01know so you you are not allowed to see you're not allowed to see other you're not
14:08allowed to see other news from Russia or other contents explaining what's going on
14:15with Russia and what is what is about to happen with Ukraine right so it's and it's
14:22very it is very complicated to get that kind of news because the Western the
14:32Western the Western media did not communicate what what what is the plan that
14:40that Vladimir Putin has in terms of that conflict they usually they usually
14:46present him as the bad guy of the movie and they usually explain what his plans
14:52are you know yes that's that's a problem so it's it's very interesting to to get to
14:59know people that actually have these like this opportunity to to share their
15:06opinion especially because they are in Europe and and they are closer to Russia
15:13and they are closer to to many different possibilities that could actually happen
15:19there some people say that now Donald Trump that now Donald Trump is is
15:24pretending to to fight Germany or France you know that we have never seen that
15:32before not even in the Second World War because they were supposed to be allies you
15:37know they were supposed to be friends and now from one day to another Donald Trump and
15:44North America apparently are threatening the Western world especially in Europe in
15:51terms of Germany France and well perhaps the United Kingdom as well you know because well I don't know but it's
15:59it's a it's a complete mess it's really interesting so what do you think that could
16:06happen I mean do you think that it could be possible for for the United States to
16:14come into Mexico to some people are saying that even the the Mexican president
16:20Claudia Sheinbaum has admitted some troops from the United States that she has
16:26already allowed the permission of having some troops surrounding the northern border with
16:34the United States so what do you think about that yes that's a that's that is a good
16:40question it's very difficult to answer yes it's a very important topic actually
16:47yesterday here in Toluca arrived and a USA plane from the Navy from the military USA
17:01okay oh really arrived here in the in the airport oh my god yeah so like did this plane have soldiers or resources of anything in particular
17:15well that the Claudia Sheinbaum said was that the this plane arrived in Toluca only for a
17:25capacitation from some militars in Mexico and then he back to USA and that's it but
17:35actually this is the I don't know I mean the version of the government but the
17:43tourist story I think so is very different yes of course I mean it's really I mean it's
17:52really difficult to to really believe that you know well they always hides many
18:01aspects of that of that information but well I didn't know that you know that's
18:07uh that's really surprising well let's hope that nothing happens you know in those aspects but
18:16uh but well it's it's really it's really difficult to imagine what what could actually
18:22occur in the in the future you know so that's that's a really especially especially because
18:30there is a World Cup ahead you know the World Cup is coming and supposedly it's a big event that could
18:38actually benefit not only Mexico but also the United States and Canada but I think that it could happen
18:44something very similar to what happened in 2018 remember that Russia also had his World Cup and after the
18:52World Cup he proceeded to invade Ukraine and and now Russia is banned completely from any other
18:59competition from any other official competition including the Olympic Games and I think that we
19:07could have a similar a similar situation with the United States that once that he gets all the benefit from
19:15the money economically speaking from the world cup he could actually start his move you know
19:21yes I agree sure that's a good point that's uh that could happen that he could say you know what I have
19:29achieved all of these resources now I can begin my movement you know so that's mm-hmm and that could
19:37actually give him some time to make that movement in in a couple months because well the World Cup is like in in
19:44five in five months you know we're ready so that's uh that's really complicated excellent very good well let's see what's going to happen but it's a really interesting topic to discuss so in this case you know like communication goals we have plan an activity with someone talk talk about habitual activities and plans discuss fitness and heating habits and describe your routines staying in shape so um
20:13um in our country and in our country and in the United States and mostly in in all Latin America we are going through a problem of uh overweight you know there's a lot of people who are getting really overweight uh so what do you think uh uh what do you think is the main um uh solution or what could what possibilities we could have in terms of uh of improving people
20:43people's health and improving people's eating habits david what do you think well um identity care is because the people need do more exercise they need uh to move to to be um i mean uh today we have a very uh sanitary life
21:12in mexico but uh in mexico but uh at the same time i think uh the younger the younger people are doing more exercise than the past they are changing his um his habits
21:27mm-hmm they are a bit they their habits and this need to change something daily in the style of the people
21:40mm-hmm okay excellent very good i like the well the lifestyle sometimes is it's something really difficult to change especially well it requires a lot of a lot of discipline
21:54mm-hmm but that's good that's a good observation so staying in shape uh so what about you david do you uh
22:02like to stay in shape do you do any uh physical activity in your personal life what do you uh how do you manage that
22:12yes yes yes i like a teacher for example in my case i do exercise every day i got the gym yes
22:21yes i play soccer uh twice per week um if have the opportunity to do anything another activity
22:34uh i can do it right but uh in my case these us these are the two mainly uh activity that i doing
22:44uh exercise exercise in the gym and play soccer once or twice per week okay excellent brigand that
22:54sounds superb that sounds fantastic so i think that's uh uh that's really important and uh do you follow
23:02any uh specific diet like uh on your meals or any protein that you ingest like to stay uh healthy
23:11in those aspects uh diet uh no but i try to eat healthy okay excellent very good that's that's the point
23:22so do you think that people have become more like static so to speak because for example uh the vehicles the
23:32cars that we have the possibility to have these days yes teacher that's a good point
23:39uh the people need to do more uh exercise using i don't know maybe uh on a bicycle or riding a bicycle
23:52uh but today they use the cars a daily uh limit the possibility to to do more exercise they we need to
24:03change the daily habits of the people and the mindset that's the point you know so well a lot of people
24:12always claim that they have more work to do that they work more hours and that's the main reason for
24:18which they do not always have time to exercise so uh could we say that uh the the working hours
24:28uh is a problem or or that's or or there's nothing uh related to that what do you think well that could
24:37be uh a point the working hours uh the people pass more time in the work and sometimes they not have
24:48the opportunity to do anything else so oh yes could be a good option but well also of course is is
25:00depending on the each people wants to to change or do something different um throughout the day so the
25:10working days could be a mainly point but also exceeds other other things other reasons
25:18okay excellent bring it well in that case uh a lot of people mention for example um stress you know
25:28stress and anxiety that a lot of people uh are struggling with that and they say you know what
25:35uh the stress and the anxiety uh it's mainly my my problem and that's the main reason for which i'm
25:44getting weight so uh what do you think about stress and anxiety is it a real problem that could actually
25:51make you get weight at some point yes teacher could be because also the stress um affect directly or
26:04uh size stem nervous system increase the cortisol and could be enough factor to to win weight or what
26:14what what what uh what uh work we need to use to when we want to say like to get to get weight
26:21to get to get to get weight yes yes it could be uh an option yes this dress okay excellent very good well
26:32that's that could be like a serious problem right here but uh well there's a very good documentary
26:40like in english which is called supersize me did you ever heard of it super science me yeah
26:48supersize me the supersize me it's uh it's a documentary about a guy who who establishes a plan
26:57of eating of eating for breakfast for lunch and for dinner the menu from mcdonald's for an entire month
27:08you know for an intern ah yes yes yes yes it's yes i remember every right it's yes and um uh well the
27:18first time i saw it uh it wasn't like um like a big surprise because i i had already know that uh there's
27:28a lot of uh overweight in the united states so it's not like a big surprise but but um certainly he chose
27:37he shows the effects of uh junk food for a for an entire month he starts feeling more tired
27:45you know he starts having uh sleeping problems uh he starts uh to have this uh lack of condition when
27:57he feels extremely exhausted just by simply uh going up the stairs you know or walking up the stairs
28:05and uh it's a very intriguing documentary so like uh did you did you ever feel tired for the for eating junk
28:15food at some point yes teacher i did yes yes when i eat uh for example um bread i feel tired okay
28:28uh for example also when i eat um some candies uh at the beginning uh a few minutes later later or after
28:42then i eaten uh i i feel with energy but past this this moment i feel um tired again oh my god right so
28:58what could be like like the main reason for that uh do you think that it has something to do with the
29:04sugar or anything in particular yes yes with the sugar and also with the um uh with the fat with the
29:15grasa oh yes yes with fat exactly with the fat yes i think so these two two main points
29:22with the sugar and also with the fat that this food hacks okay yes i understand so that's that's the
29:33the point right there so in that case uh it's rather intriguing to like to see that you know from junk food
29:43because well a lot of people do not believe that it could be unhealthy that it could be harmful but it
29:50really is you know it really is at some point so i imagine that uh other people could say you know what
29:59i know that i know that that junk food is delicious it's good but at the same time it's harmful it's uh
30:09it's not the best option so it's um it's always dangerous not to have a control on that
30:17so that's that's the point so in this case what the government what the government did was to add these
30:25uh labels on different uh snacks that uh they
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