Business owners need vacations too! Let’s see some inspiring places to visit in the USA

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Business English with Christina


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