Shadowing Practice: Thanksgiving at My House - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
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Hello, good morning.
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This is the day I look forward to Thanksgiving.
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Thanksgiving is my favorite time of year because it's the only time
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when I can really see my family because everyone's so busy and I get to cook for them.
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All right, I'm going to bring you along with me, but before that, I'm actually going to show you how I...
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threw myself together to look decent for this vlog.
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I'm going to start off with my routine using a peeling gel.
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And a peeling gel gently exfoliates all the dead skin layer, so once I wipe this off, my skin feels super smooth and polished.
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And it's ready for the next step, which mainly consists of deep hydration and treatment.
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And on days where I don't want to use foundation or even a skin tint, I'll just use this eye cream that's also a lavender tone -up.
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My secret weapon is this powder.
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Portrait Mode by M.
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I made this powder for people like myself who have textured skin
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and I want it to look as if I have a real -life beauty filter on.
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Then I'll fill in my brows very lightly Tight lining my eyes keeping it really light.
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This is Phantom Blur.
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It's kind of like portrait mode, but for the lips, except it's a lip stain.
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So now that I'm ready, I'm gonna go ahead and head over to the kitchen
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and begin the first course.
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It's become family tradition where my sister and I, we both cook Thanksgiving.
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She cooks it over at her place, I cook it here.
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She's in charge of the turkey, I'm in charge of the sides.
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Okay, so I'm gonna go ahead and check the fridge.
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I'm gonna start first with the chicken.
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Okay, now we're gonna begin. with the chicken.
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I'm gonna be making this chicken Not as the main course, but this is actually going to go into the stuffing, but I'm going to be using the drippings from this chicken.
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and it's going to go into the gravy.
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And that's the secret sauce.
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It's all about the drippings.
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Okay, this feels hot enough.
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First, spin down.
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Smells so good already.
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So I need cooking wine to be able to deglaze The drippings.
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But I don't have it.
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I have...
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I don't even know what this is.
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It's product of France.
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Hopefully it works.
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Whoa.
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OK.
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Whoa.
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Let's hear the beauty of this.
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It's interesting 'cause I think the champagne has fruit notes in it.
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Thanksgiving is really mostly about sides.
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Like I know everyone obsesses over the turkey, but I feel like the MVP of Thanksgiving dinner are the sides.
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And this is why I am focusing on the sides.
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I've been cooking for a few hours.
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Not bad.
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I'm not as oily.
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My portrait mode is so good, y 'all.
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It is a real -life beauty filter.
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and a compact.
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My lip stain is still good.
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Nice.
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Thank you.
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I don't know why I'm obsessed with this drink.
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I don't even know what it's called, it's Chinese.
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Ever since I've been in China, I can't stop drinking this.
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If you wanna make your mushrooms more savory, add soy sauce and let it marinate.
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into the mushrooms.
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And let that soak in.
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Alright, now go ahead and add the mushrooms.
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And I'm gonna let that simmer in and melt and it's just gonna become so gorgeous.
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While that's cooking, let's take a look at our gizzard.
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How has this guy been?
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So I'm gonna throw in a little bit of fish sauce, to the gizzard to give it some flavor.
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Get some umami flavor.
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Pepper it.
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Lots of pepper.
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Because this is going to go into the stuffing.
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So, I am cooking two things at once right now.
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Got these amazing long chopsticks.
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- It's probably one of the best green bean casseroles I've ever made.
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Do you see how brown this is?
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This is the beauty of the soy sauce.
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I think it tastes so much better than plain, normal, traditional, green bean casserole.
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Go ahead and put in the rest of the green beans.
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Look who just arrived!
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It's me!
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Alright, we're gonna just go continue cooking.
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This is kind of like the last three hours.
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Alright, this is the Christine technique.
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What is it again?
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You put, you massage like butter under the skin and you just massage the turkey.
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Wow.
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So you massaged? all I'm getting there.
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I have two more two more trays.
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But yeah, you just wanna get it until it feels more like tender, you know?
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Hi!
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Thank you.
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Hey.
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Wait, this looks like a...
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Hi, Mommy!
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Oh my gosh, my mom just came!
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Hi, Mommy!
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Oh my gosh, look who's there!
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Hi baby, look at you.
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Oh wow, you got double sword.
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Hey, you look nice.
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She's been squatting there for the past 30 minutes.
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It was slightly.
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I know baby.
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I'm gonna make your steak later.
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I know, look at that.
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Make it or break it.
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This is the only meat.
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This is the only way for you?
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This is the only meat.
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If I mess up the meat, we don't have anything else, you know?
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I think it's okay, it's not end of the world.
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Thank you.
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- Tenji out.
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- Aww, Tenji, do you remember me?
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Ooh!
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Tenji.
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I like it.
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I love it.
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I love it.
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- I'm going to go.
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- I'm going to go.
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It's not a big thing.
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You're such a good boy.
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- It's a beautiful color.
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- It's a beautiful color.
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- You know, you know it.
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- It's beautiful.
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- It's beautiful.
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Of course, it's like he's looking at me.
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I don't understand why.
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Couple days ago.
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I miss my dad and my mom very much.
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Really?
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Yeah, I cry.
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What made you think of them?
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I still remember them.
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She's so serious about this.
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Her face.
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Yeah, she's so close.
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Like you're - Literally the money shot.
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What do you think, baby?
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Oh my gosh.
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This is the first batch.
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The thighs.
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It looks...
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So good, dude.
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It looks juicy, well -seasoned.
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I can't wait to taste it.
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I don't know how people get that like burnt golden look.
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I don't know if it's just because it's dry.
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It's the basting.
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That's what they're doing.
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You're basically painting it.
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Yeah, but I know.
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But they do it a lot.
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It just looks like dehydrated and dry, but it's like that golden.
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But I think, is that what I really want?
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I don't know.
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I mean, this is looking spectacular.
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Like, I know this is flavorful, What do you think baby?
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What do you think?
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Hey, what do you think?
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Okay Bye.
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So we're in the last 10 -15 minutes.
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Time is wandering down.
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Everyone's hungry, everyone's getting anxious.
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Fluff it.
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I'm gonna add some of the meats that we made.
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This was the gizzards, the innards, the Yummy delicious Chicken.
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I'm also gonna add a little bit more butter - Can't go around with butter.
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- Can't go around with butter.
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- Nope, can't, I'm gonna turn it up even higher.
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- No mama fun, don't be eating too much of this.
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The two hand mix technique.
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I haven't seen this done before.
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I know.
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This is the first of its kind, even for me.
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I didn't even know this existed.
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That's some hand -eye coordination.
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That's what happens here in Chef's kitchen.
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Yep.
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Everything is done. So.
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This is actually my video because um Everyone serves themself and so by the time I'm here You can see the aftermath,
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but everyone is super happy.
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My mom, she's clicking.
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Look at my mom, she's cleaning.
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Mommy, mommy, angri.
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Okay, Christine knows my favorite part.
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I'm a flapper girl.
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I love a good flapper.
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And this is going to be
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My dish.
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This is Crystal's love favorite.
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It's basically Disney's side.
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Yeah it is.

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Thanksgiving at My House”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: Thanksgiving, cooking, chicken, skin. Deze video bevat 194 zinnen en 1310 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 11:12. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 117 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 80% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
gizzard zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɡɪzəd/spiermaag
gosh/ɡɑːʃ/gossie
bean zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbi(ː)n/boon
massage zelfstandig naamwoord/məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/massage
portrait zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɔɹtɹət/portret
casserole zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkæs.əˌɹoʊl/ovenschotel
obsess werkwoord/əbˈsɛs/obsederen
stain zelfstandig naamwoord/steɪn/vlek
peel werkwoord/piːl/schillen
flavor zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfleɪvə/meug, smaak
pepper zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɛp.ə/peper
powder zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpaʊ.dɚ/poeder
filter zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfɪltɚ/filter
deglaze werkwoord/diːˈɡleɪz/deglaceren
dehydrate werkwoord/diːhaɪˈdɹeɪt/dehydrateren

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
look forward to werkwoorduitkijken naar, zich verheugen op
mess up werkwoordverrommelen, in de war brengen

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

  • Do you see how brown this is?
  • This is the only way for you?
  • What made you think of them?
  • What do you think, baby?
  • Hey, what do you think?

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

StructuurIn de video
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telthave textured · I've been · I've ever made
Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomenI'm going to bring · I'm going to start · gonna go
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtam focusing · am cooking · I'm getting
Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspellingI'll just use · I'll fill

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 68 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, gonna, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De “th”-klanken: themself /ðɛmˈsɛlf/, thigh /θaɪ/, aftermath /ˈæf.tɚˌmæθ/
  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: mushroom /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, massage /məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/, hydration /haɪˈdɹeɪʃən/, coordination /kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: coordination /kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən/, spectacular /spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: gizzard /ˈɡɪzəd/, massage /məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/, deglaze /diːˈɡleɪz/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: casserole /ˈkæs.əˌɹoʊl/, flapper /ˈflæpɚ/, lavender /ˈlæv.ən.dɚ/, marinate /ˈmæɹɪneɪt/, champagne /ʃæmˈpeɪn/
  • /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: gizzard /ˈɡɪzəd/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, deglaze /diːˈɡleɪz/

Zo oefen je met deze video

  1. Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
  2. Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als gizzard, gosh, bean.

Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?

Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.

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