Lost in a New Country My name is Alex, and I was so excited to travel to a new country to visit my best friend, Mark. We hadn’t seen each other in years. He moved to France for work, and I finally had the chance to visit him. The plan was simple: I would arrive at the airport, and Mark would pick me up and take me to his house. But things didn’t go as planned. When I arrived at the airport, I sent a message to Mark to let him know I had landed. I waited at the arrivals area, expecting to see him any minute. But after waiting for a long time, he still wasn’t there. I tried calling him, but my phone battery was almost dead. I managed to send one last message before my phone completely turned off: "Where are you?" I started to feel nervous. I was in a new country, I didn’t speak much French, and my phone was dead. I had no idea what to do. I looked around the busy airport and saw people rushing by, speaking a language I couldn’t understand. I took a deep breath and decided to ask for help. I approached a security guard and tried to explain my situation. "Excuse me, I’m lost. My friend was supposed to pick me up, but he isn’t here. My phone died, and I don’t know where to go." The guard smiled and said, "No problem. Do you know the address of where you are going?" I shook my head. "No, I don’t have the address with me, and my phone is dead." He nodded and gave me directions to a place where I could charge my phone. "Go to the information desk," he said. "They can help you there." I thanked him and followed his directions. At the information desk, I asked the woman if I could charge my phone. She kindly let me plug it in, and after a few minutes, my phone turned on again. I saw a message from Mark: "I’m so sorry! I had a problem at work and couldn’t leave on time. I’ll be there soon, but you might need to take a taxi if I’m late." Now that I knew what was going on, I felt a little better. But I still didn’t know how to get to his house. I walked outside the airport, looking for a taxi, but I realized I didn’t know how to explain where I needed to go. I approached a woman who was waiting near the taxis. "Excuse me, can you help me? I’m trying to get to my friend’s house, but I don’t know how to tell the driver where to go." She smiled and said, "Sure, do you have an address?" I checked my phone again and found the address in Mark’s last message. I showed it to her, and she helped me tell the taxi driver where I needed to go. The taxi ride was long, and I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to find Mark. My heart was racing, and I kept looking out the window, trying to recognize anything from the pictures Mark had sent me before. Finally, the taxi stopped in front of a small café. I got out and looked around. Then, I saw him-Mark was running towards me, waving and smiling. "Alex! I’m so sorry! My meeting took longer than I expected, and I couldn’t get here in time." I couldn’t help but laugh. "It’s okay, Mark! I’m just happy I made it here." We hugged and then sat down at the café. We spent the rest of the day talking, laughing, and catching up. Even though the day started with a lot of stress, it ended with a happy reunion. From this experience, I learned that sometimes things don’t go as planned, but if you stay calm and ask for help, everything will work out.
Great, I almost understood without subtitles and with them completely; there was no new vocabulary for me and I loved reading the transcription. Excellent day. See you in the next video. 😊
Hola, pregunto: Cuando pueda escuchar sin subtitulos a una velocidad normal (usted tiene 130 videos) supongamos que entiendo el 100% de cada video y de todas las palabras (reading y listening) Que nivel voy a tener? B1 o B2? Ya sé que no depende solo de eso sino se reading y speaking también, pero quisiera saber aún así en listening y reading voy a tener nivel B1 o B2?
Lost in a New Country
My name is Alex, and I was so excited to travel to a new country to visit my best friend, Mark. We hadn’t seen each other in years. He moved to France for work, and I finally had the chance to visit him. The plan was simple: I would arrive at the airport, and Mark would pick me up and take me to his house. But things didn’t go as planned.
When I arrived at the airport, I sent a message to Mark to let him know I had landed. I waited at the arrivals area, expecting to see him any minute. But after waiting for a long time, he still wasn’t there. I tried calling him, but my phone battery was almost dead. I managed to send one last message before my phone completely turned off: "Where are you?"
I started to feel nervous. I was in a new country, I didn’t speak much French, and my phone was dead. I had no idea what to do. I looked around the busy airport and saw people rushing by, speaking a language I couldn’t understand. I took a deep breath and decided to ask for help.
I approached a security guard and tried to explain my situation. "Excuse me, I’m lost. My friend was supposed to pick me up, but he isn’t here. My phone died, and I don’t know where to go."
The guard smiled and said, "No problem. Do you know the address of where you are going?"
I shook my head. "No, I don’t have the address with me, and my phone is dead."
He nodded and gave me directions to a place where I could charge my phone. "Go to the information desk," he said. "They can help you there."
I thanked him and followed his directions. At the information desk, I asked the woman if I could charge my phone. She kindly let me plug it in, and after a few minutes, my phone turned on again. I saw a message from Mark: "I’m so sorry! I had a problem at work and couldn’t leave on time. I’ll be there soon, but you might need to take a taxi if I’m late."
Now that I knew what was going on, I felt a little better. But I still didn’t know how to get to his house. I walked outside the airport, looking for a taxi, but I realized I didn’t know how to explain where I needed to go.
I approached a woman who was waiting near the taxis. "Excuse me, can you help me? I’m trying to get to my friend’s house, but I don’t know how to tell the driver where to go."
She smiled and said, "Sure, do you have an address?"
I checked my phone again and found the address in Mark’s last message. I showed it to her, and she helped me tell the taxi driver where I needed to go.
The taxi ride was long, and I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to find Mark. My heart was racing, and I kept looking out the window, trying to recognize anything from the pictures Mark had sent me before. Finally, the taxi stopped in front of a small café.
I got out and looked around. Then, I saw him-Mark was running towards me, waving and smiling. "Alex! I’m so sorry! My meeting took longer than I expected, and I couldn’t get here in time."
I couldn’t help but laugh. "It’s okay, Mark! I’m just happy I made it here."
We hugged and then sat down at the café. We spent the rest of the day talking, laughing, and catching up. Even though the day started with a lot of stress, it ended with a happy reunion.
From this experience, I learned that sometimes things don’t go as planned, but if you stay calm and ask for help, everything will work out.
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Me encanta pder entender cada vez mejir las historias gracias
Moral: keep all the data written on paper😊😊
Great, I almost understood without subtitles and with them completely; there was no new vocabulary for me and I loved reading the transcription. Excellent day. See you in the next video. 😊
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Hola, pregunto:
Cuando pueda escuchar sin subtitulos a una velocidad normal (usted tiene 130 videos) supongamos que entiendo el 100% de cada video y de todas las palabras (reading y listening)
Que nivel voy a tener? B1 o B2?
Ya sé que no depende solo de eso sino se reading y speaking también, pero quisiera saber aún así en listening y reading voy a tener nivel B1 o B2?
Muchas gracias! Las historias son un recurso ideal! Gracias!
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