Shadowing Practice: 리스닝 실력 쑥쑥 UP 영어 뉴스 쉐도잉 I 식료품점의 변화 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Let's practice listening with the latest news.
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First, listen twice without subtitles.
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More Americans are heading to the deli counter for dinner.
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Americans spent more than $400 billion on fast food last year alone.
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Rising menu prices are weakening the traditional cheap and easy appeal of many quick-serve restaurants.
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Traditionally, grocery stores have been the place we shop for, well, groceries.
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But increasingly, these same stores are offering ready-made meals, Food that requires little, if any, preparation and effort to serve for yourself or your family.
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Way more convenient, yeah.
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Consumers are rapidly shifting to these ready-to-eat supermarket options and not just for convenience.
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Once considered an affordable eating option, a survey from LendingTree showed nearly 80% of Americans say fast food is now a luxury because it's become so expensive.
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In fact, since 2014, fast food restaurants have increased menu prices by 60%, nearly double the rate of inflation over the same period.
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Yeah, I never read a fast food.
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How come?
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It's too expensive.
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Even, you know, then you've got to add DoorDash onto it.
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It's a trend not lost on the supermarket industry.
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We're prepared for foods businesses.
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It's skyrocketing.
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According to the Food Industry Association, millennial and Gen Z shoppers are driving the change.
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And a full 28% of shoppers now say they purchased deli-prepared
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foods from grocery stores as a replacement for dining at a restaurant.
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More Americans are heading to the deli counter for dinner.
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Americans spent more than $400 billion on fast food last year alone.
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Rising menu prices are weakening the traditional cheap and easy appeal of many quick-serve restaurants.
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Traditionally, grocery stores have been the place we shop for, well, groceries.
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But increasingly, these same stores are offering ready-made meals, food that requires little, if any, preparation and effort to serve for yourself or your family.
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Way more convenient, yeah.
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Consumers are rapidly shifting to these ready-to-eat supermarket options and not just for convenience.
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Once considered an affordable eating option, a survey from LendingTree showed nearly 80% of Americans say fast food is now a luxury because it's become so expensive.
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In fact, since 2014, fast food restaurants have increased menu prices by 60%, nearly double the rate of inflation over the same period.
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Yeah, I never read a fast food.
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How come?
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It's too expensive.
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Even, you know, then you've got to add DoorDash onto it.
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It's a trend not lost on the supermarket industry.
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Our prepare foods business is skyrocketing.
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According to the Food Industry Association, millennial and Gen Z shoppers are driving the change.
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And a full 28% of shoppers now say they purchased deli-prepared
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foods from grocery stores as a replacement for dining at a restaurant.
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Listen again and focus on the pronunciation and intonation.
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More Americans are heading to the deli counter for dinner.
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More Americans are heading to the deli counter for dinner.
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Americans spent more than $400 billion on fast food last year alone.
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year alone.
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Americans spent more than $400 billion on fast food last year alone.
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Rising menu prices are weakening the traditional cheap and easy appeal of many quick serve restaurants.
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Rising menu prices are weakening the traditional cheap and easy appeal of many quick serve of restaurants rising menu prices.
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Are weakening the traditional cheap and easy appeal of many quick serve restaurants rising menu prices are weakening.
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The traditional cheap and easy appeal of many quick serve restaurants.
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Rising menu prices are rising interest rates are making it harder to buy a house.
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Rising housing prices are making it harder to buy a home.
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Or weakening the traditional cheap and easy appeal of are weakening the traditional cheap and easy appeal of
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rising menu prices are weakening the traditional cheap and easy appeal of many quick-serve restaurants.
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Rising menu prices are weakening the traditional cheap and easy appeal of many quick-serve restaurants.
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grocery stores have been the place we shop for, well, groceries.
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But increasingly, these same stores are offering ready-made meals.
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But increasingly, these same stores are offering But increasingly,
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these same stores are offering ready-made meals.
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Food that requires little, if any,
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preparation and effort to serve for yourself or your family.
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Food that requires little if any preparation and effort to serve for yourself or your family.
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The work requires little if any training.
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The work requires little, if any, training.
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for yourself or your family food that requires little if any preparation
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and effort to serve for yourself or your family
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but increasingly these same stores are offering ready-made meals food
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that requires little if any preparation and effort to serve for yourself
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or your family way more convenient yeah way more convenient yeah way more convenient yeah way more convenient yeah
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Consumers are rapidly shifting to these ready-to-eat supermarket options
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and not just for convenience.
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Ready-to-eat meals are becoming more popular.
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Ready-to-eat meals are becoming more popular.
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Once considered an affordable eating option,
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a survey from LendingTree showed nearly 80% of Americans say fast food is now a luxury
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because it's become so expensive.
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A survey from LendingTree showed nearly 80% of Americans say fast food is now a luxury because it's become so expensive.
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A survey from LendingTree
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A survey from LendingTree showed nearly 80% of Americans say fast food is now a luxury because it's become so expensive.
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A survey from LendingTree showed nearly 80% of Americans say fast food is now a luxury.
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Nearly 80% of Americans say fast food is now a luxury.
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A survey from LendingTree showed nearly 80% of Americans say fast food is now a luxury because it's become so expensive.
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In fact, since 2014, fast food restaurants have increased menu prices by 60%.
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In fact, since 2014, fast food restaurants have increased menu prices by 60%.
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In fact, since 2014, fast food restaurants have increased menu prices by 60%.
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The company increased prices by 10%.
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The company increased prices by 10%.
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same period.
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Nearly double the rate of inflation over the same period.
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Yeah, I never read a fast food.
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How come?
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It's too expensive.
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Yeah, I never read a fast food.
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How come?
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It's too expensive.
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Yeah, I never read a fast food how come uh it's
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too expensive yeah i never read a fast food how come
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uh it's too expensive even you know then you gotta add
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door dash on to it even you know then you gotta
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add door dash on to it even you know then you
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gotta add doordash on to it even you know then you
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gotta add doordash onto it even you know then you gotta
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add doordash onto it even you
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know then you gotta
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add door
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It's a
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trend not lost on the supermarket industry.
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It's a trend not lost on the supermarket industry.
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It's a trend not lost on the supermarket industry.
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business is skyrocketing.
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We're prepared a food business is skyrocketing.
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Housing prices have skyrocketed.
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Housing prices have skyrocketed.
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According to the Food Industry Association,
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millennial and Gen Z shoppers are driving the change. are driving the change.
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According to the Food Industry Association,
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Millennial and Gen Z shoppers are driving the change.
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Millennial and Gen Z shoppers are driving the change.
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According to the Food Industry Association, millennial and Gen Z shoppers are driving the change.
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And a full 28% of shoppers now say...
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of shoppers now say And a full 28% of shoppers now say
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a full 30% of employees work remotely A full 30% of employees work remotely
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and a full 28% of shoppers now say And a full 28% of shoppers now say
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They purchased deli-prepared foods
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from grocery stores as
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a replacement for dining at a restaurant.
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They purchased deli-prepared foods from grocery stores as a replacement for dining at a restaurant.
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People are using meal kits as a replacement for dining out.
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People are using meal kits as a replacement for dining out.
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And a full 28% of shoppers now say they purchased deli-prepared
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foods from grocery stores as a replacement for dining at a restaurant.
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More Americans are heading to the deli counter for dinner.
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Americans spent more than $400 billion on fast food last year alone.
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Rising menu prices are weakening the traditional cheap and easy appeal of many quick-serve restaurants.
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Traditionally, grocery stores have been the place we shop for, well, groceries.
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But increasingly, these same stores are offering ready-made meals.
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Food that requires little, if any, preparation and effort to serve for yourself or your family.
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Way more convenient, yeah.
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Consumers are rapidly shifting to these ready-to-eat supermarket options and not just for convenience.
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Once considered an affordable eating option,
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a survey from LendingTree showed nearly 80% of Americans say fast food is now a luxury because it's become so expensive.
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In fact, since 2014, fast food restaurants have increased menu prices by 60%, nearly double the rate of inflation over the same period.
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Yeah, I never read a fast food.
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How come?
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It's too expensive.
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Even, you know, then you've got to add DoorDash onto it.
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It's a trend not lost on the supermarket industry.
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Our prepare foods business is skyrocketing.
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According to the Food Industry Association, millennial and Gen Z shoppers are driving the change.
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And a full 28% of shoppers now say they purchased deli-prepared
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foods from grocery stores as a replacement for dining at a restaurant.
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More Americans are heading to the deli counter for dinner.
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Americans spent more than $400 billion on fast food last year alone.
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Rising menu prices are weakening the traditional cheap and easy appeal of many quick-serve restaurants.
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Traditionally, grocery stores have been the place we shop for, well, groceries.
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But increasingly, these same stores are offering ready-made meals.
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Food that requires little, if any, preparation and effort to serve for yourself or your family.
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Way more convenient, yeah.
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Consumers are rapidly shifting to these ready-to-eat supermarket options and not just for convenience.
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Once considered an affordable eating option, a survey from LendingTree showed nearly 80% of Americans say fast food is now a luxury because it's become so expensive.
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In fact, since 2014, fast food restaurants have increased menu prices by 60%, nearly double the rate of inflation over the same period.
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Yeah, I never read a fast food.
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How come?
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It's too expensive.
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Even, you know, then you've got to add DoorDash onto it.
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It's a trend not lost on the supermarket industry.
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The prepare foods business is skyrocketing.
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According to the Food Industry Association, millennial and Gen Z shoppers are driving the change.
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And a full 28% of shoppers now say they purchased deli-prepared
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foods from grocery stores as a replacement for dining at a restaurant.

How Americans Are Changing Their Dinner Habits: A Real-Life Listening Scenario

Ever wondered how everyday people talk about food trends? The video dives into a common conversation: Americans shifting from fast food to grocery store deli counters. With rising fast food prices—up 60% since 2014—many now see it as a "luxury," not a quick, cheap meal. Instead, they’re grabbing ready-made meals from supermarkets, which are convenient and often more affordable. This real-world scenario is perfect for practicing listening and speaking, as it uses casual language you’d hear in daily chats.

Useful Chunks & Collocations to Master

  • "heading to the deli counter": A natural way to say "going to the prepared food section" – great for talking about grocery shopping.
  • "weakening the appeal": Use this to describe something becoming less attractive, like "Rising prices are weakening coffee’s appeal."
  • "ready-made meals": A common term for pre-cooked food – essential for discussing convenience foods.
  • "driving the change": Perfect for explaining who’s causing a trend, e.g., "Young shoppers are driving the change in fashion."
  • "replacement for dining out": Useful when talking about alternatives, like "Homemade soup is my replacement for dining out."

Your Shadowing Challenge: Practice Like a Pro

Shadowing is a powerful technique to boost speaking and listening skills—and this video is ideal for it! Here’s your task: Play the line "More Americans are heading to the deli counter for dinner" and repeat it immediately after, matching the tone and speed. Do this 5 times. Then, try the longer sentence: "Rising menu prices are weakening the traditional cheap and easy appeal of many quick-serve restaurants." Focus on stressing "weakening" and "cheap and easy" to sound natural. For extra practice, record yourself and compare it to the video. This isn’t just for fun—shadowing helps with pronunciation, intonation, and fluency, making it great for IELTS speaking practice too. If you’re new to shadowing, start with short chunks and build up. There are even shadowing sites that can help you practice, but this video is a perfect first step. Ready to start? Hit play and let’s go!

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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