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Welcome back to another Comprehensible Input Vlog, everyone.
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Today we are in Beijing at the Temple of Heaven.
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This is our first day in Beijing.
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So let's go explore the Temple of Heaven, learn English vocabulary, phrases, common expressions,
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and you'll get to practice your pronunciation with two shadowing segments.
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Make sure you watch until the end for the last one.
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It's slightly daft.
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Feel it?
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And apparently it's huge, right?
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Very big.
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They're definitely not banned, but I guess they're just like...
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Jing is a masterpiece of architectural and really focus on your accent and your pronunciation.
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Yeah, my stomach feels like it's going to explode.
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I guess they bow to each corner, whether you're Canadian or a tourist.
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Facts.
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Yeah, it is edible.
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It's edible paper.
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Oh, is it?
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They probably soaked that fruit in sugar before they coat it.
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Let's get started.
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It is hot today.
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Like, it is so hot.
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Look at these people.
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They're getting clothed up, dude.
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Actually, do you want my umbrella?
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Do you have it?
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Yeah, it's on the backpack in the outside pocket.
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Oh, this is wet.
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Did you not dry it?
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It's not wet.
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This is Leon's umbrella.
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It's slightly damp.
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Feel it?
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Yeah.
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A little bit.
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Smell it?
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It doesn't smell bad.
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And it's not rusted.
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Dude, this thing is compact, man.
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Oh, yeah.
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You don't even want to know how much that cost me.
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How much?
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You don't even want to know.
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How much?
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You'll figure it out.
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This is a very compact umbrella.
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Did you see how small it was? and it's like just for one person.
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Leon has a hat on so he doesn't need an umbrella but I do.
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Although I did put on sunscreen this morning.
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But there is like a nice breeze as well
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so sometimes the breeze comes through but when the breeze is not there it's hot.
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Yeah the breeze like goes up my pants so it like just cools me down but it's not a very strong breeze.
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Let's start walking.
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This is something I really want to see so.
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And apparently it's huge right?
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Like this whole complex.
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We're entering from the side entrance.
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Yeah.
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What was it?
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The west entrance?
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east the east entrance this is the east the south entrance is the nicest entrance
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because you get a walk up to it right exactly right now we're going at it from the side
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but it is like the farthest to walk from the train station yeah
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you can see in front of us these beautiful rows of trees
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it's still a nice pathway up to the temple of heaven i will say and there are a lot of people
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Right now, it's summer holiday in China, so it's very busy.
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Actually, I haven't seen any convenience stores.
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I wonder why.
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Is that like, are they like banned or?
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They're definitely not banned, but I guess they're just like not that common.
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Maybe they just look different than what we're used to.
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I don't know, but I actually have not seen any.
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And I'm used to drinking a lot of water now.
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And right now, I'm very dehydrated because I just haven't been drinking any water.
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But right behind you, you can see a big tour group, like a bunch of people.
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all westerners they look like they're from all different countries so
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and these trees are all very beautiful right yeah they're like high elevation trees pine trees yeah
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or pine type trees no i i really like them and you can see the shadow of the tree what oh
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i i'm blind so i did not know what
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that was i almost stepped on like what what is anyway
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this park is it's like a park it's against a garden it's absolutely massive like it looks like a forest.
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Like look at how far it goes.
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But all of this is within the walls of the Temple of Heaven.
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I actually don't really know much about the Temple of Heaven.
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Why don't we learn about it together?
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Let me get some fun facts about the Temple of Heaven here for you guys.
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Okay so the first fun fact about the Temple of Heaven.
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It is four times larger than the Forbidden City.
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And a lot of you guys, I remember we're saying that it's going to be very busy
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because it's summer break in china
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but i don't find it like crazy busy well the train was pretty busy
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but that's like a normal for any like big city the train to be
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that busy yeah that's true
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so i feel like that's normal maybe at rush hour it's going to be crazy busy
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but anyway we have some fun facts here
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and now i remember this one
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i remember seeing a tick tock video of how the temple of heaven was built
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but let me let me read this for you you guys can shadow along and practice your pronunciation
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The Temple of Heaven in Beijing is a masterpiece of architectural geometry built by the Yongli Emperor in 1420.
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This sacred imperial site was built so Chinese emperors could pray for great harvests and cosmic harmony.
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That's according to the UNESCO World Heritage website.
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And a fun fact is that this temple was built without any nails.
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So there are no nails holding this temple together, which is kind of crazy.
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That's crazy.
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Yeah.
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We'll probably spend most of the day here.
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It's almost 4 p .m.
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So we'll just go around, explore all these grounds, see the Temple of Heaven.
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And hopefully, knock on wood, knock, knock, hopefully we can find something to drink.
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Because I think all I've had today is that bottle of water in the morning.
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And that water at the restaurant we ate at and that coke.
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I need a lot more liquid.
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I need like at least two liters of liquid.
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Hopefully we can find a convenience store so I can buy some electrolytes.
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But let's keep exploring.
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This place is very beautiful.
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Let's go to the front.
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Okay so we can finally see the temple of heaven there in the background
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but you can also see there are a lot of people.
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So it's like really busy and I think we should go
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and walk under there in the shade and walk up to the temple of heaven.
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But if you see further up there are a lot of people
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and now there's a tour group in front of us
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so that's just even more people
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and the worst thing is loki being behind a tour group as loki
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and i'm gonna go to those vending machines first oh are there oh okay
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we're gonna go to the vending machines hopefully they have something to drink
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then we'll go up to the temple of heaven sweat
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because everyone's body heat is gonna be radiating
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and we're just gonna be sweating sweating sweating
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but to cool off we'll have a nice walk through the grounds here let's go
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okay so we just got through the that gate right there
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that leads into the temple of heaven here
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and we had a little bit of difficulty
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because we had to buy our ticket there
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because i guess we didn't buy the right ticket at the entrance no
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i think this broke no way are you kidding me you know how much i paid for
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that probably probably a dollar it was 150 bucks no it wasn't yeah
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if you paid
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that much for this you got ripped off
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it's good just keep pushing oh
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there you go was not broken anyway temple of heaven very beautiful honestly not as busy as i thought
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it would be it's just busy to get in
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because the gate is like really narrow but besides
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that it's not very busy anyway let's go let's go walk around
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and explore because this is like this is really beautiful
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but i'm also really excited to see the forbidden city as well
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because i know
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that is just as beautiful okay
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now we'll have a shadowing segment here at the temple of heaven make sure to shadow me
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and really focus on your accent
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and your pronunciation we are here at the temple of heaven
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in beijing standing before the magnificent hall of prayer for good
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harvests the circular building rises above us with its deep blue roof, intricate patterns, and carefully balanced design.
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Bright sunlight shines across the stone courtyard while soft clouds slowly drift through the sky.
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Visitors filled the wide terraces surrounding the hall.
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Some people are taking photographs, others are resting in the shade,
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and several visitors are wearing beautiful traditional clothing although the area is crowded the atmosphere still feels calm respectful
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and surprisingly peaceful looking up at the building I feel both impressed
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and humbled its size immediately captures my attention
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but the smaller details make it even more remarkable every color shape
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and decorative element appears deliberate as though nothing was added without
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a purpose standing here feels different from simply seeing the temple in a photograph
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we can hear the conversations around us feel the warmth of the sun
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and experience the scale of this structure for ourselves the entire scene feels elegant historic
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and unforgettable okay so we walked around about half of the temple
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and now we're on the west side because we entered through the east right Yeah.
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I think that kid just dropped his water bottle.
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But this side you can see is a lot quieter.
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It's not as busy.
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There aren't as many people.
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Tell me, how would you guys describe this scene?
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I know you just had the shadowing segment, so use some of those phrases you learned to describe this scene.
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To me, this scene is very, very beautiful.
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Almost majestic.
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And on this side of the temple, it is not very crowded.
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And what's one more sentence you can use to describe the scene?
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I want you guys to put that in the comments.
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Give me one more sentence.
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Let's keep walking around.
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I want to walk around the whole side of the temple and see it.
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This is like really beautiful, in my opinion.
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I like China.
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Shout out all my Chinese viewers.
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Say all the Chinese words you know.
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Thank you.
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I'm a little bit of a drink.
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Let's go.
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So what do you think of the Temple of Heaven now that we've seen it all?
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It was nice.
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It was nice.
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It's massive.
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Massive, beautiful, ancient.
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Busy too.
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Historic, cultural.
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It was pretty beautiful.
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It was quite beautiful in my opinion.
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I'm tired now though.
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All those carbs for lunch are really hitting me now.
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Yeah, we had a lot of carbs, noodles for lunch.
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Yeah, my stomach feels like it's going to explode
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because i also drank a coke outside at that vending machine
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but when it fell it like shook a bunch so
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when i opened it it was just bubbles and i was drinking it
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and then my stomach just got super bloated
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and now i don't feel very good
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but hey yeah i still need some water too
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but the lawn outside here is very nice like they take care of it quite well
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you can see they mow the lawn it's been mowed recently oh yeah
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but there's still a lot to explore here so let's start walking down this big entrance and head into the forest.
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The first thing I noticed when I walked in here is that the floor is very uneven.
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So I almost rolled my ankle when I was walking here.
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Did you notice how uneven the floor is?
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Yeah, I almost rolled my ankle back there.
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I know, I just said the same thing.
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I felt it.
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But yeah, I believe this is the echo chamber, right?
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Uh, no. That's the echo chamber.
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Isn't that echo chamber back there?
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No, I thought that was the altar.
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Oh, maybe.
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I believe this is echo chamber though maybe there is a sign somewhere here
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but it is quite crowded there are a lot of people oh okay
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so this is the imperial vault of heaven
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so this right here is the exit and they are closing soon so this place closes at 5 30.
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oh it's already five o 'clock pretty much 4 55
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so five minutes to five so it's going to be open for another 35 minutes
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so you can see a lot of people are leaving
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and that's why it says closing up top there
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but i believe this is the last thing we need to see circular what does
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that say mound
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so this sign no drone zone yeah apparently all of beijing is a no drone zone
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so you can't fly drones you can't smoke
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and you can't have an open flame yeah
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you cannot fly drone anywhere in beijing that's why i didn't bring my drone here yeah that's
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That's probably smart.
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It's not like you'd be able to use it.
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Exactly.
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This is the last thing here that we can explore.
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This place is huge.
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This is the biggest square we've seen so far.
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Wow.
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So now let's walk up this altar.
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You can see the sign here says, up only.
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After you visit, please use stairs located on the sides of the building to exit.
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Let's go up the altar.
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I'm the cameraman now you gotta help me up a bit oh get off okay
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we're at the top everyone is gathering around in the center here
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i wonder what there is oh oh
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there's an empress dripped out oh oh they were just taking a photo bruh i thought
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that lady in the middle was like worked here
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and i thought i thought she was like part of it and then she just left.
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I don't know then she just left and someone else went in the center.
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I thought she was just part of it.
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I don't even know.
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Maybe I'm tripping but now everyone is just standing in the middle I guess for some reason.
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That'd be a good spot to take a 360 picture.
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Oh yeah if you have a 360 camera you can like put it up in the air
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and that would be a nice picture.
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Oh so I guess they bow to each corner or towards each direction.
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Yeah.
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Northeast, East Southwest.
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Oh, that's interesting.
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I wonder what it means.
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Now our goal is to, I guess, find the exit and walk out of here.
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Get something to drink.
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Try to explore a little bit more because we only have half an hour left.
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But I think after that, is there a viewpoint where we can see the Temple of Heaven at night?
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Because I read online that at night is very beautiful.
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I think you can go to a restaurant or something.
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No, I heard there's like a mountain, like somewhere that you can climb up and have a view of the Temple of Heaven.
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and it's like very beautiful at night yeah i think we should do
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that at night so we can have a nice view of it okay
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so now we're leaving the temple of heaven here through the south entrance this is the main entrance
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and exit i want you guys to also answer these questions let's have a post game interview
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that just means let's have a conversation after going through the whole temple of heaven
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so we arrived at 3 p .m
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and it is now it is now 5 06
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so we spent about two hours there exploring the whole thing and I don't even think we saw like half of it.
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What do you think?
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Yeah I mean we saw like the main parts but we probably explored like 20 % of it.
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We saw all the main parts but we didn't like explore every nook
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and cranny of the temple of heaven or not the temple of heaven but all the grounds.
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Yeah.
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That just means we didn't explore everywhere every nook and cranny.
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That's a very common expression to use that next time.
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What did you think of the temple of heaven i thought
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it was really nice
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it's crazy how they have such a massive park in the center of the city yeah
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it doesn't even feel like we're in beijing anymore
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it just feels like it really is big it's like almost 800 acres of land
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which is like really really big but it's nice to have all
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that like green space and green area
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because a lot of people also come like work out here
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and just walk through the grounds because i read online
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that a lot of like older people use this as like their workout yeah workout area
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so they come and work out and walk through the grounds
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so i think that's good yeah
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i don't think uh chinese people have to pay to get in they just have to show their id yeah
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so they can come and use this area whenever they want yeah that's one thing i saw
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when we were going in we had to scan a qr code um like our ticket
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but everyone else just had like their id and they were just tapping
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that so i guess they don't need to pay obviously
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That makes sense since this is their country, so they could just go in.
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I feel like that's normal.
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Usually in like your home country, it's either cheaper or you don't pay at all.
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What about Canada?
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No, in Canada, you pay.
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Canada, everyone pays the same price, whether you're Canadian or a tourist.
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Facts.
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There's no like special discounts for Canadians.
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Unless I've just never seen it.
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Have you seen it?
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I've never seen that.
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Like going to the national parks?
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I think it costs more if you're a local.
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It costs more if you're a local?
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You get a discount if you're a foreigner.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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But it's also your home country.
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So why is your home country charging you more?
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Yeah.
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Do they not want you to explore and do tourism in your home country?
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Exactly.
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A little bit odd.
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What was your favorite part of the day?
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Probably the first time seeing the main temple of heaven.
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I was like, wow.
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Like I've seen so many pictures of it online and it's been in like, like comics I've read and stuff.
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And I was like, wow, that looks really crazy.
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It looks way bigger in person.
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Yeah.
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It was really nice.
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Like it was so crowded to see the inside of it, but I managed to catch a glimpse.
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It looked like it was just a throne room inside
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because I guess that's where the emperor would go
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and pray for I believe it was a good harvest and also cosmic
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luck or something something something along those lines something like that yeah what was your favorite part of today?
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Let me know in the comments by typing out your answer and putting it in the comments.
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Next question have you ever been to the temple of heaven in person?
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Have you ever been to temple of heaven yes
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i have been to the temple of heaven before no
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i haven't been to the temple of heaven before let me know in the comments whether you have been here or not
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and what was your experience like was it busier than this was it not as busy to me
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it wasn't overwhelmingly busy it was busy but it wasn't like
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so busy that it wasn't enjoyable you know like it was it was okay like it was busy
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but nothing crazy yeah i was expecting it to be busier
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because china is just like the biggest country in the world
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or the second biggest country in the world by population
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so i was just expecting a lot of people but not really
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that many one thing i noticed is
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that most tourists are chinese oh yeah majority like domestic tourism
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so there are a lot of chinese tourists
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which i think is good you know seeing your own country
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and stuff china is very beautiful look at how beautiful
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that pine forest in front of us looks like the row
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of trees on the side the people walking through there it's actually
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so nice dude you can tell everything was planted though like everything's in a perfect line even the trees
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that are in the grassy area but
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that just i feel like it just makes it more beautiful honestly yeah
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because everything is just like kind of like perfection
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but it's super nice look at this little kid oh wow cute kid what's
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that candy comb that's really famous in china isn't it it's from china now let's exit it's almost 5 30
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so we should get out of here yeah let's go find
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a convenience store try some chinese snacks get something to drink so we don't die and then finish the video off there.
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Can I try this one?
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One please.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Okay, I just got my first tonghulu.
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I wanted to try the strawberry, so I got the strawberry.
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But I also wanted to try the grape, so I got grape as well.
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Dude, this paper is, like, getting stuck onto it.
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Is that normal?
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No. You're not supposed to eat this, are you?
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Well, yeah, it is edible.
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It's edible paper.
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Oh, is it?
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Yeah.
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Because I was about to say, I'm like, I don't know how I feel about that.
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Okay.
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Oh, you eat it?
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You eat it?
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Yeah.
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Oh.
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Okay.
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Okay, well, I took that off.
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Okay, so that lady told me something in Chinese, which I assume means you're not supposed to rip it off.
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Oh, yeah, I did rip some sugar off.
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Just on the first one, though.
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This is my first time trying this.
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Oh, have you had it before?
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Yeah, I've had it before. Where?
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i've had it in thailand i mean it tastes exactly what it looks like yeah fruit with sugar
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let me know what is your favorite flavor of tongue tongue hulu i'm definitely saying
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that wrong you cooked 100 chance
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but look at it you see the outside is hard it's very hard you can't hear it
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but there's like sugar you can see it just cracked this is a grape this is a strawberry
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You're supposed to leave this paper on it, but I pulled it off.
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As you can see, I never had this before.
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My hands are sticky.
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I just found this water randomly there, but it looks sealed, so I'll drink it.
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Gnarly.
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Why is it cold?
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You know Beijing gets freezing cold in the winter?
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Oh, yeah.
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Same with Korea.
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Yeah.
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Korea is pretty similar.
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Very beautiful, warm summers, but cold, cold, cold winters.
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Anyway, that was my first time trying this it was pretty good.
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I would get it again I would prefer if the fruit was more sour though.
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It was pretty sweet.
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Everything was sweet on sweet I would prefer if it was sour and sweet
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They probably soaked that fruit in sugar before they coat it
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Maybe but I hope you guys liked the video here at the last shadowing segment of the day
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Just outside the main area of the temple of heaven the atmosphere becomes much quieter
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Tall, mature trees surround the wide stone path and their twisting branches form a natural canopy overhead.
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Sunlight filters gently through the leaves, creating patches of light and shadow across the ground.
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The uneven stones beneath our feet are partly covered with soft green moss,
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which makes this part of the park feel old, peaceful and untouched.
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A few birds move across the path while visitors stroll slowly in the distance.
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Compared with the crowded temple, this forested area feels spacious and surprisingly calm.
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As we walk beneath the trees, we can hear leaves rustling, birds calling, and faint conversations from far away.
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The air feels cooler here because the thick branches protect us from the direct sunlight.
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After spending hours exploring beneath the hot sun, standing in the shade provides immediate relief.
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This quiet setting creates a completely different feeling from the magnificent temple nearby.
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The temple inspires awe, whereas the surrounding forest encourages us to slow down,
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breathe deeply, and appreciate the natural beauty around us.
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And remember, you will become fluent in English.
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temple 名詞/ˈtɛm.pl̩/神殿, 堂塔
explore 動詞/ɪkˈsploɹ/探検する
entrance 名詞/ˈɛn.tɹəns/入口
shadow 名詞/ˈʃædəʊ̯/影, 陰影
exit 名詞/ˈɛɡzət/出口
drone 名詞/dɹoʊn/雄蜂
breeze 名詞/bɹiːz/微風
chamber 名詞/ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯mbɚ/寝室, 部屋
segment 名詞/ˈsɛɡmɛnt/切片
sweat 動詞/swɛt/汗をかく
echo 名詞/ˈɛk.oʊ/反響, こだま
scam 名詞/ˈskæm/詐欺
umbrella 名詞/ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/傘, 蝙蝠傘
edible 形容詞/ˈɛdəbəl/食用の, 食べられる
pronunciation 名詞/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/発音, 読み

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語意味
go up 動詞上がる, 登る
check out 動詞試験する, 検査する
get off 動詞降りる
rip off 動詞ぼったくる, 法外な額を請求する
slow down 動詞遅らせる

繰り返し練習したい文

動画に出てくる短く完結した文です。日常会話でそのまま使えます。

  • Actually, do you want my umbrella?
  • Did you not dry it?
  • Why don't we learn about it together?
  • It costs more if you're a local?
  • You're not supposed to eat this, are you?

この動画の文法

話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。

文型動画での表現
現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係しているhaven't seen · have not seen · I've had
受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てるis sponsored · be delivered · was built
過去進行形 was/were + -ing — 過去のある時点で進行中だった動作was drinking · was walking · were just taking
最上級 the -est / the most … — グループの中で一番the nicest · the farthest · the worst

注意したい発音

話し手はdon't, I'm, we'reなど、短縮形や弱形を99回使っています。聞こえたとおりの短い形で発音しましょう。

  • 「th」の音: beneath /bɪˈniːθ/, clothing /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/, thick /θɪk/, breathe /bɹiːð/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/
  • 「sh」と「zh」の音: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, shade /ʃeɪd/, suspicious /səˈspɪʃ.əs/, rush /ɹʌʃ/
  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, imperial /ɪmˈpɪɹ.i.əl/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/, magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/, architectural /ˌɑɹkɪˈtɛkt͡ʃəɹəl/

日本語話者が苦手な音:

  • /r/ と /l/ の区別 — /l/ は舌先を歯茎につけ、/r/ はどこにもつけない: explore /ɪkˈsploɹ/, umbrella /ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/, imperial /ɪmˈpɪɹ.i.əl/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/, architectural /ˌɑɹkɪˈtɛkt͡ʃəɹəl/
  • /v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: harvest /ˈhɑɹ.vəst/, convenience /kənˈvinjəns/, visitor /ˈvɪzɪtɚ/, uneven /ʌnˈivən/, virtual /ˈvɜɹt͡ʃuəl/
  • /f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: atmosphere /ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, photograph /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/, magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/, forbid /fɚˈbɪd/

この動画での練習方法

  1. まず声を出さずに動画を最後まで聞き、知らない単語をメモします。
  2. まず0.75倍速で一文ずつシャドーイングし、慣れてきたら通常の速度に戻します。
  3. 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。temple, explore, entranceなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

シャドーイングとは?英語上達に効果的な理由

シャドーイング(Shadowing)は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的:ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影(shadow)」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。

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