Speak American English Around Town · Speak English With Vanessa
通过在市区漫步、银行和邮局等真实场景学习英语，适合练习日常对话和实用表达。包含词汇练习和口语练习，帮助你自信使用英语。
Today, you are coming with me to
今天，你将和我一起前往……
walk around my neighborhood and go to the bank and the post office so that you can immerse yourself in real -life English.
在我住的社区里走走，再去银行和邮局，这样你就能亲身体验到现实生活中的英语用法了。
No amount of AI English classes or training will prepare you for the real world.
无论参加多少人工智能相关的英语课程或培训，都无法让你真正适应现实世界的需求。
So by the end of this real -life English lesson,
那么，在这堂现实生活中的英语课结束时……
you are going to be able to go out into the real world and use English with confidence.
你将能够自信地走进现实世界，并使用英语进行交流。
If you're new here, hi, I'm Vanessa
如果你是第一次来到这里，你好！我叫瓦妮莎。
from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa .com and I have been
来自 SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com 网站，我一直都在使用这个平台。
teaching real -life English here on my YouTube channel for over the past 10 years to now more than 7 million of you.
在过去10年里，我一直在自己的YouTube频道上教授与现实生活相关的英语知识，至今已有超过700万的观众收看了我的视频。
I can't believe it.
我简直不敢相信。
Thank you so much.
非常感谢您。
And like always, I have created a free PDF worksheet that includes everything valuable that you are going to learn today.
和往常一样，我制作了一份免费的 PDF 工作表，其中包含了你今天将要学习的所有重要内容。
Every vocabulary phrase, every idea, and a lot more sample sentences to help you be able to use this in the real world.
每个词汇短语、每个概念，以及大量例句，都能帮助你在实际生活中运用这些知识。
But I have also included one special bonus that many of you have told me you have loved and that is a speaking practice.
不过，我还额外准备了一个特别的福利——很多朋友都告诉我你们非常喜欢这个福利，那就是提供演讲练习的机会。
So when you download this worksheet, you will get access to the free speaking practice so that you can practice using this vocabulary out loud,
因此，当你下载这份练习表时，你就可以免费进行口语练习了。这样你就可以大声朗读这些词汇，从而加深对它们的理解并提高自己的口语表达能力。
practice speaking and imitating my voice with me and you'll be able to remember what you've learned.
通过和我一起练习说话以及模仿我的声音，你就能记住所学的内容。
So how can you get this worksheet plus the free speaking practice?
那么，你该如何获取这份练习表以及免费的口语练习资源呢？
All you need to do is click on the link in the description, enter your name and email address and voila,
你所需要做的就是点击描述中的链接，输入你的姓名和电子邮件地址，然后就大功告成了。
just like that.
就这样。
The worksheet plus the bonus speaking practice will land in your email inbox.
该工作表以及额外的口语练习材料将会发送到您的电子邮件收件箱中。
This is my gift to you.
这是我送给你的礼物。
All right.
好的。
Are you ready to get started?
你准备好开始了吗？
Let's go on a walk around my neighborhood and remember back to a time when my daughter was just a tiny little baby.
我们一起去我住的社区里散散步吧，回忆一下我女儿还只是个婴儿的那些日子。
Let's go.
我们走吧。
So here we are.
所以我们现在就到了这里。
Well, we are here with my baby.
嗯，我们今天是来见我的宝宝的。
We are here in a downtown neighborhood of Asheville, North Carolina.
我们现在位于北卡罗来纳州阿什维尔市的一个市中心社区。
And the only thing you can see right now is probably this gigantic retaining wall.
目前你所能看到的，可能就是这座巨大的挡土墙了。
And on the other side are some grocery stores.
另一边则是一些杂货店。
And on this side, there are some houses.
在这一边，有一些房子。
It's kind of a busy area.
这个区域相当繁华（或热闹）。
Usually here people will park on the streets.
在这里，人们通常会把车停在街道上。
If you can see that here, people park on the street because they might have a garage, but a lot of people just have driveways.
如果你能看清楚的话，有些人会把车停在街上（因为他们可能拥有车库），但很多人其实只有车道而已。
So you can see up here as we walk by, there are some driveways, there's some obstacles in the road.
当我们经过这里时，可以看到一些车道，以及道路上的障碍物。
My husband Dan is recording this and he's trying to not fall over.
我的丈夫丹正在录制这个过程，同时他也在努力不让自己摔倒。
So you can see here there are some driveways, but usually downtown people don't have garages.
从这里可以看出，有些地方确实设有车道（用于停放汽车），但通常市中心地区的居民并没有自己的车库。
So they park on the streets.
所以他们就把车停在街道上。
We call this street parking.
我们将这种停车方式称为“街道停车”。
Oh, look at this lovely mural.
哦，看看这幅美丽的壁画吧！
I love you.
我爱你。