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Morning guys!
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Today we're in Shanghai.
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We'll be cafe hopping, shopping, and having lots of fun learning English on the move.
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Aha!
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Look at this!
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It's a red telephone box, just like in London.
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We can call this a phone box
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or a phone booth it has a pretty old -fashioned telephone
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which they used to call people before we had these things, mobile phones.
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Nowadays we don't use this but it is available to the public if they want to.
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And we are on a beautiful tree -lined road.
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There are trees on either side of the road and you would call this a tree -lined road.
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all right ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong
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that man is ringing a bell
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and speaking of bells here we have two blue bicycles which people use to ride all over the city
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wow oh the morning sunlight feels beautiful for my skin
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Oh wow, it's beautiful.
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So here on this sign it says heritage architecture.
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Heritage means like something valuable from the past and architecture is a type of building.
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This type of building is covered with ivy on the walls, and there is an archway in the middle.
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Alright guys, so it's a sunny morning in Shanghai, and what better way to start a morning than a coffee shop?
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So right now the light is on green, which means go.
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Speaking of going, we are going to inject our veins with some caffeine
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we're gonna get a coffee let's go here oh we just arrived at a either a coffee shop
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or somewhere we can get cocoa I don't know which one
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but either way I have satisfied it's very nice to sit here on the street
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and let's get some drinks
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so to order we need to scan code on the WeChat app
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when we arrived in China it was very confusing very difficult to know how to order
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because in the UK we go to speak with a person.
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In China you scan and then look at the menu on your phone and they deliver it to you.
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It's kind of confusing in the beginning but when you get used to it it's nice.
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Who knows what the future will be like?
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Will we serve our robots?
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Please pick up your meal.
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Hey guys, so we have coffee in a plastic cup and we have cacao co -grew in a can.
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Looks very tasty.
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nice tasty you'll like it very nice cheers guys so after caffeinating
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Chang is brainstorming
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which means writing down lots of ideas generating ideas for our future videos now these are top secrets
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so you'll see them in the next videos
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Now, let's keep walking.
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So here, along this pretty path, it's lined with some bunting.
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These are white and red bunting.
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And bunting is typically used in times of celebration in the UK and everywhere else around the world.
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So today, we are celebrating.
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Here we have a beautiful butterfly.
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The butterfly is on the flower.
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It's pollinating.
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So the butterfly has a very interesting pattern on its wings.
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It's black and red.
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right now it's collecting pollen from the flower and it will fly to another flower like so
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now for me butterflies are a sign they symbolize transformation they grow from a caterpillar
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which eats and eats and eats and then ends up in a cocoon where it sleeps and sleeps and sleeps
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and finally it transforms, it evolves into a beautiful butterfly.
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There's something special about butterflies,
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that symbolization of transformation and change is something that we can all connect to and something that we can all aspire to.
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Life continually changes and if we can change with it then we become more adaptable, we become more fluid.
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Quick pause, my friends.
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You've already learned lots of new words in this video, but if you don't use them, you'll forget them.
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So here's one simple way to make them stick.
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Take a screenshot of any moment in this video.
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Upload it to Photo Chit Chat on Sprout.
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Tap Label to see the words.
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Listen to hear how to say them.
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And Speak to use them yourself and speak English with confidence.
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Back to the video.
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Right now we're walking through a cool neighborhood which is a place with cafes, restaurants and even people's houses where people live.
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Right now I'm looking up at somebody who has hung up a blanket
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or a duvet from their balcony and it's actually hanging on a long bamboo stick
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and they've used pegs to clip it on.
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Very cool.
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I love Shanghai.
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It's really aesthetic which means like beautiful or very pleasing to look at.
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You have this modern feel to it but then there's also these traditional elements.
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It's really colorful.
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You feel like it's a blend of the modern architecture with old Chinese tradition.
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Right here we have a ladder, a stepladder.
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This is a fence to keep people out of the hotel.
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Oh, what you got there?
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An autumn leaf.
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The leaf is dry and it makes a crispy sound.
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When you stand on it, it crisps and crunches.
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Very pretty.
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Beautiful leaves.
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Love them.
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Alright, let's keep going okay
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Chang is looking in the shop window at the boots on display
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but she already has a pair of her own boots very similar very autumnal
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that's a great word autumnal autumnal means relating to autumn so
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So this is a vintage store and this is a shop window.
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There are lots of vintage items on display,
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namely the head of a woman and she's wearing a headscarf doing a pose like so.
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There are lots of ornaments on display,
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like these two antique bears and this oil painting of a cowboy riding a horse. So,
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we've just arrived in this restaurant we've had our coffee
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and we're ready to fuel up on some ramen we've been here before actually
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so we're coming again because it's super tasty so we're going to show you the food in
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on the left we have a bowl of ramen here some seaweed with a slice of lemon our chopsticks sticks,
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two wooden spoons, some miso soup in a red ball,
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a boiled egg, and some mackerel, which is a type of fish.
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You ready to eat, Chang?
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I'm ready to eat.
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All right, I'll see you guys on the other side.
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Well, we've just finished a lovely lunch.
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Now, we're going to walk a bit and head to do a spot of shoppery.
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Let's go.
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okay so we're walking on the way to shopping and Chang has found a giant mural.
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A mural is a big painting on the wall.
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What is the mural of Chang?
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It's a cat.
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It's a mural of a cat playing with a fish.
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So we're just watching this store called Niko Ant.
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Let's see what it's got.
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Harry Potter.
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This is an apron hanging on a hanger.
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On the apron there is a picture of Sirius Black.
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Here we have the scarves of Hogwarts, some tote bags, this is a Ron Weasley tote bag,
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a Slytherin tote bag, and the classic, a Gryffindor tote bag.
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And on this shelf we have some
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Harry Potter mugs.
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Very cool.
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So Chang and I are shopping for a tea towel.
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I like that one.
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it's like a vertical stripey pattern hold over the camera there's brown
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and blue stripes and pink green and white stripes can we take that one I like it okay
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Chang is not convinced look at that face I want it I want it I want it
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Yo man, Paul's chill.
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Oh no, oh god.
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So here we have the tote bags.
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I've already got a tote bag, which I got in Hanoi from a bookshop, but I want another.
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I want to change it up.
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So we're going to get a dark blue tote bag.
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This is going in my basket.
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What do we think, guys?
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Really nice material the material is like a wool
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and it's got some different colourful stitching throughout the wool it feels really thick,
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durable, good quality and stylish at least I think.
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Yay or nay?
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Yay or nay?
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Let me know in the comments
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Look what I just found here guys.
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P is for piggy bank.
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Look how cool this is.
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This is a piggy bank
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and it has a slot in the top where you put
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your coins to save up money for a rainy day or a holiday.
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A piggy bank.
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Love it.
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Very cool.
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It all feels very handcrafted in here, like hands.
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When I say handcrafted, it means like created by human hands.
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Everything feels like it's got a human touch to it.
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Handcrafted.
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And I'm going to show this camera the piggy bank.
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Look how cool this is.
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In Vietnam, we don't have coins so you can't put coins in the slot there
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but if we did have coins like in the uk then i would buy this piggy bank
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and i'll put my coins inside and save up for a nice holiday
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okay got my toe bag i'm just seeing jumper that i like we're doing a spot of clones Shopee.
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So I think I want to get this jumper.
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This is a jumper in the UK.
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They'd call it a sweater.
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In American English, we would say jumper.
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I'm going to try this jumper on in the changing rooms or the fitting rooms.
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Here there is a sign that says fitting room.
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But we would often call them changing rooms in the UK.
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Train it out.
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Pilky or rice.
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Alright, we're trying it on guys.
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And what do you think?
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You can't really see.
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I feel what we're getting.
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Voila!
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My purchases with the receipts on top.
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Happy.
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Now, I am thirsty, guys, so let's go see if we can find a drink.
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Very thirsty is parched.
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I'm pretty parched.
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My mouth is drier than the desert.
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all right guys we just found this little noodle place there's somebody hand rolling the noodles in the window
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and i spotted her i just saw some hands rolling pasta and when i see fresh pasta our fresh noodles.
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I get excited.
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So we're gonna order now on WeChat and you'll see the food very shortly.
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Up there we have some kind of dummy or doll with a funny Chinese man's face on. and this may
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be the owner so
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the drinks have arrived
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and Chang has gotten oolong tea we can see she's cracking the can open
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and it makes a very satisfying sound taste test
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What are we saying?
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Zingy?
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Sour?
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Not sour.
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It's very bubbly.
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Very sparkling.
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So yeah, a fancy word could be effervescent.
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I love that word.
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If something is effervescent, it's bubbly.
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A personality can be effervescent too.
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A bubbly person, someone who is bright and sparkling, like champagne or kombucha, could be bubbly, as a more friendly term,
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or she has an effervescent personality.
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It would sound like you are writing a fiction book, like you said something like that.
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So maybe good for your creative writing.
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Effervescent.
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she is rolling the pasta on some kind of wooden board
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so we just changed seats some people left and we now are sitting with a view of the streets
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how very cool we can watch the world go by as we munch on our fresh pasta
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and there's a man on a motorbike and the food has arrived so I got some
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wild mushroom pasta and Chang got some tomato ragu pasta ragu is like a beef tomato sauce looks delicious
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so what a beautiful spot to have our dinner I'm very happy I have a wild mushroom pasta,
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fresh pasta, and it's in this rather unusual looking bowl.
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The shape is odd, looks cool.
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The material is porcelain.
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You hear and it sounds like that, it's porcelain, porcelain bowl.
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I have a metal spoon,
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some wooden chopsticks, and this material,
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this black material, is slate and they use this to make roods in the UK and perhaps other places too.
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The waiter suggested that we add these various things to our bowl to make it more delicious.
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So we have some pickled cucumber, onions of some kind, some chili sauce and some sesame seeds.
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It looks delicious.
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I'm excited to dig in, basically.
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Right guys, we just finished a very delicious meal.
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I'm satisfied.
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And we're going to walk through the hustle and bustle of Shanghai now, the busy streets.
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But look at this beautiful sky.
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That sky is pastel pink, pastel blue and pastel purple.
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When I say pastel it means a lighter version of a certain color, a softer version.
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So that is our final word of the day.
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Pastel pink, pastel blue.
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Gorgeous.
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Thank you so much for watching.
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If you're in China let me know in comments and I'll see you guys in the next Shanghai vlog.
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I'm excited.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Learn English While Walking Outside”. Este vídeo tiene 234 frases y 2182 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 20:58. El hablante habla despacio, unas 104 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. Solo el 77 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| pasta sustantivo | /ˈpɑ.stə/ | pasta |
| butterfly sustantivo | /ˈbʌ.tə(ɹ).flaɪ/ | mariposa |
| coin sustantivo | /ˈkoɪ̯n/ | moneda, numerario |
| jumper sustantivo | /ˈd͡ʒʌmpɚ/ | chaleco, chomba |
| delicious adjetivo | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | delicioso, sabroso |
| architecture sustantivo | /ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛk.t͡ʃə/ | arquitectura |
| flower sustantivo | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | flor |
| wooden adjetivo | /ˈwʊdn̩/ | de madera |
| satisfy verbo | /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/ | satisfacer |
| tasty adjetivo | /ˈteɪsti/ | de buen gusto |
| porcelain sustantivo | /ˈpɔɹs(ə)lɪn/ | porcelana, loza |
| meal sustantivo | /ˈmiːl/ | comida, pitanza |
| telephone sustantivo | /ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/ | teléfono |
| heritage sustantivo | /ˈhɛɹ.ɪ.tɪd͡ʒ/ | herencia, heredad |
| sauce sustantivo | /sɔːs/ | salsa |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| walk through verbo | explicar paso a paso, enseñar |
| pick up verbo | coger, asir |
| save up verbo | ahorrar |
| write down verbo | apuntar, anotar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Will we serve our robots?
- Let's see what it's got.
- What do we think, guys?
- Alright, we're trying it on guys.
- I feel what we're getting.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | have satisfied · You've already learned · has hung |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | green, which means · neighborhood which is · somebody who has |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | is covered · is typically used · is parched |
| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ing | keep walking · keep going |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 50 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we're, I'm, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: thirsty /ˈθɝs.ti/, thick /θɪk/, booth /buθ/, aesthetic /ɛsˈθɛ.tɪk/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, transformation /ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, mushroom /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/, shortly /ˈʃɔɹtli/, unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: architecture /ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛk.t͡ʃə/, transformation /ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, celebration /ˌsɛl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/, continually /kənˈtɪnjuəli/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: slot /slɑt/, scan /skæn/, spoon /spuːn/, sparkling /ˈspɑɹkl̩ɪŋ/, stripe /stɹaɪp/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vintage /ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/, convince /kənˈvɪns/, vertical /ˈvɝ.tɪ.kəl/, evolve /ɪˈvɑlv/, vein /veɪn/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: confuse /kənˈfjuːz/, desert /ˈdɛz.ɚt/, cheers /t͡ʃɪəz/, nowadays /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/, pose /poʊz/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como pasta, butterfly, coin.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.