0:02 hey everybody welcome to this b1 English
0:05 listening practice video you can use
0:07 this video to train your listening and
0:10 comprehension as I speak so today I'm
0:12 gonna talk about the beach this is a
0:14 subject that most people like because
0:16 most people like the beach but I would
0:18 say that I'm actually in that small
0:19 minority of people that don't really
0:20 love the beach
0:22 I'd say that I sometimes like going to
0:24 the beach but honestly I prefer other
0:26 types of terrain but I'll get back to
0:29 that later let's talk about all the cool
0:31 beach activities that you can do first
0:33 of all there are a ton of cool sports
0:35 that can be played in the sand like
0:39 volleyball soccer football etc I've got
0:40 to say that even though I'm not all that
0:42 crazy about the beach beach volleyball
0:44 is one of the sports that I love the most
0:45 most
0:47 there's just something about moving and
0:49 diving around in the sand that I really
0:51 like and I'm fairly tall so I have the
0:53 advantage of being able to spike the
0:55 ball over the net which is pretty fun
0:58 soccer and football can also be fun to
1:00 play on the beach but for me I think I
1:02 prefer to play those sports on normal
1:04 grass it's just easier to move around
1:07 it's flat and you can play on a bigger
1:09 field so besides sports of course one of
1:11 the other things that people do on the
1:13 sand is sunbathe now this is something
1:15 that I could never do in a million years
1:18 because I burned super easily if you put
1:20 me out in the Sun for a few hours I'd
1:22 come back looking like a ripe tomato no
1:24 joke I'm sure some of you might say
1:26 something similar some of us get a nice
1:28 tan when we're out in the Sun and some
1:31 of us burn badly I remember one of my
1:33 all-time worst sunburns was when I went
1:35 on a pretty long bike ride wearing a
1:37 sleeveless shirt it was kind of cloudy
1:39 outside so I didn't think I needed
1:42 sunscreen and boy was I wrong
1:44 my arms were peeling for a long time
1:47 after that day okay so back to the beach
1:49 let's talk about some of the different
1:51 water activities now growing up I did
1:53 some boogie boarding which I actually
1:55 find pretty fun it just doesn't look as
1:57 cool as surfing if you've never been
1:59 boogie boarding before it's when you
2:01 have a rectangular board and you lie
2:04 down on it and when a big wave comes it
2:06 pushes you into the shore it's pretty
2:08 fun I've actually been thinking about
2:10 learning to surf recently because I've
2:11 had a few different students who are
2:12 surfers and they
2:14 talk to me about it and made it sound
2:17 pretty cool so maybe I might try it but
2:18 I don't think I'd be that good at it
2:20 besides surfing and boogie-boarding
2:22 there are also some other more exotic
2:25 looking activities like kite surfing and
2:28 windsurfing and some boat activities
2:31 like jet skiing or sailing I have been
2:33 sailing before but on the bay not in the
2:35 ocean sailing is something that would be
2:37 cool to get into but it takes a lot of
2:40 practice training and dedication and so
2:42 I don't think I'll ever go that route
2:44 alright so I mentioned earlier that I'm
2:46 not a big beach guy and that's mainly
2:49 for two reasons the first is the Sun I
2:51 burn easily and the second is that if I
2:53 have free time I prefer to go to other
2:56 places like the mountain the forest the
2:59 countryside even the desert so it's not
3:01 that I don't like the beach I just like
3:03 other nature places better but despite
3:06 that fact I've lived close to the beach
3:08 for most of my life and I know I'm lucky
3:10 for that alright so that's all for today
3:12 leave a comment and tell me some of the
3:14 things that you like doing at the beach
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