A slow English story about Touring my friend around Google, Apple, and Stanford in one packed day. 13 simple sentences. Word by word. About 17 minutes.

📝 Today's sentences

① We had a lot planned today. After picking him up, we went straight to Google.

② We had the employee breakfast, then rode the colorful bikes to Google headquarters.

③ We saw work areas themed like dinosaurs, forests, and oceans.

④ My friend said: "The working vibe here feels so open."

⑤ Next we got to the Apple Visitor Center. He borrowed an iPad to see the Apple Park model.

⑥ He could see the staff inside, in real time. So high-tech.

⑦ Guess what? We saw the real thing. He told me: "The greenery in Apple Park is amazing!"

⑧ A friend of mine is a postdoc at Stanford, so she showed us around.

⑨ We saw the Oval and the church, then climbed Hoover Tower.

⑩ Last but most important, the bookstore. He bought a few Stanford hoodies as souvenirs for his kids.

⑪ For dinner, we hit an Italian spot downtown, Doppio Zero.

⑫ He tried burrata for the first time and loved it.

⑬ We made a toast: "To our short, happy, 32-hour reunion!"

🔑 Vocabulary

• employee breakfast /ˌemplɔɪˈiː ˈbrekfəst/

• themed /θiːmd/

• working vibe /ˈwɜːrkɪŋ vaɪb/

• real time /riːl taɪm/

• high-tech /ˌhaɪ ˈtek/

• greenery /ˈɡriːnəri/

• postdoc /ˈpoʊstdɒk/

• souvenirs /ˌsuːvəˈnɪrz/

• for the first time /fər ðə ˈfɜːrst taɪm/

• made a toast /meɪd ə toʊst/

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