Shadowing Practice: Learn Chinese While Making Pasta | 30+ Cooking Verbs You’ll Actually Use (Comprehensible Input) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi, friends, you're welcome, I'm Minnie.
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Welcome to my channel.
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Today's episode, I'm preparing to make a German dish.
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It's my dinner.
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I will use the most real action to help you learn the whole cooking process of using Chinese.
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We are from the main menu, to the menu, to the menu, to the menu, to the menu, to the menu, to the menu, to the menu, to the menu.
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Today is still a video of understanding of the video, so you need to watch my動作,
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through the動作 to understand the Chinese language.
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This way will help you to remember, and today you will learn a very useful word.
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First, I'll teach you a way to express the expression.
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Today evening, you're preparing for dinner.
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This time, you ask your husband, You want to eat what?
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You want to eat what?
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How do you answer?
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You can say, I want to eat...
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For example, I want to eat...
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I want to eat...
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I want to eat...
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Today, I want to eat a big plate.
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Now I'm going to make a plate.
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The first part is to make a plate.
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This is my plate.
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Now I'm going to make a plate.
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接 ,接水 ,接好了水之后 ,你们看
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,它自己会这样子滤下去 ,滤下去 ,滤下来的水呢
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,就会更加的干净 ,我们要等一会儿 ,等待的过程当中 ,我可以先去准备食材 ,准备食材,
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嗯 ,这里是我准备的培根 ,培根
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,你们看 ,培根肉 ,然后我已经把它解冻了 ,解冻 ,就是从冰箱的冷冻层里拿出来
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,解冻。 There is another word that is more often used in the language, which is called緩.
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For example, when I wake up in the morning, I will緩 a piece of meat.
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Because I have to do it in the morning, so I need to緩 a piece of meat.
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When I'm eating Italy, I will not be able to eat Italy.
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Look, this is my Italy.
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意大利面 看看冰箱里有什么 这是我的冰箱 我们先打开 打开冰箱 打开
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冰箱里我的食材不是很多了
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我觉得可以切一点点西红柿
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把这个西红柿拿出来 拿出来 这个动作拿出来啊 西红柿拿出来
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这个是我的酱汁 做意大利面用的酱汁 酱汁
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把这个酱汁也拿出来 然后我们关上冰箱 关上
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我呢 先把这个锅涮一下 涮 我们叫涮 因为这个锅本身是干净的
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但是呢我一般在做饭之前还会涮一下 涮 好了
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接下来我们把刚刚滤好的水倒进这个锅里面 这个动作是倒倒 把水倒进锅里 好差不多啦
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我们要先烧水 烧水 这个是锅盖 锅盖 把它盖上 我这个是一个电磁炉 电磁炉
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咱们打开开关 调整一下温度 现在开始烧水了 等水开的过程中
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我要切一下西湖室 This is my orange juice It's my orange juice It's
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very soft It's very soft I can't eat it Otherwise it's going to break Okay, let's wash the olive oil.
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Let's wash the olive oil.
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This is a very small dish.
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This is a knife.
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Next, let's cut the olive oil.
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I should just eat half of it because one is too much
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so I'm going to use my toilet paper and pull it out and then pull it out and then pull it out
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Then we put this half of the green onion into the oven.
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Then we put it in the refrigerator.
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Next, we will continue to cut the green onion.
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Cut the green onion into a piece.
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I put a bowl and put it in a bowl
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and put it in a bowl and put it in a bowl
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and put it in a bowl and put it in a bowl
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and put it in a bowl and put it in a bowl
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and put it in a bowl and put it in a bowl
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and put it in a bowl and put it in a bowl
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and put it in a bowl and put it in a bowl
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and put it in a bowl and put it in a bowl
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and put it in a bowl and put it in a bowl
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and put it in a bowl and put it in a bowl
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and put it in a bowl and put it in a bowl
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and put it in a bowl and put it in a bowl
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and put it in a bowl and put it in a bowl
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and put it in a bowl and put it in a bowl
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and put it in a bowl and put it in a bowl
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and put it in a bowl and put it in a bowl
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and put it in a bowl and put it in a bowl
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and put it in a bowl and put it in a bowl and put it in a bowl and put it
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I'm going to go to the bottom of the bottom of
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the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom
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of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the
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bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of
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the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom
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of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the
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bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of
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the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom
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of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the
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bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of
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the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom
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of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the
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bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of
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the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom
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of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the
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bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of
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the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom
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of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the
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bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of
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the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the I like to eat a little bit of meat,
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so I usually cook for 15 minutes.
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Some people like to eat a little bit of meat, so everyone's taste is not the same.
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You like to eat a little bit of meat or a little bit of meat?
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Please tell me in the comments to tell me.
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When I'm making the sauce, I'll put some seeds.
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Look, this is a seed.
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So I'm going to cut a seed.
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We usually do it.
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We'll cut it.
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Then the texture will be easier to cut down.
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So this is the texture.
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Look, the texture will be easier to cut down.
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And then cut it off Cut the seeds into the piece
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This is a piece Put it in the piece Let's see my dough
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I'm using a piece like this to mix
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When you mix it up I can feel the texture of the texture of the dough
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I think it's almost done Now I'm going to take a
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plate I'm going to take a plate I'm going to take
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a plate to make the dough I'm going to take a
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plate I'm going to take a plate I'm going to take a plate
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I'm going to take a plate to make the dough And then take a plate to make the dough Wow Wow,
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because I have one hand with a camera, and another hand with a knife with a knife, it's a little not good to do it.
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This time, if you have a photographer to do it, it's good.
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I really want to make this vlog, sometimes it's like, this is a term, I teach you.
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You can check it out, what do you mean?
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Okay, let's continue.
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Put the meat in the pan and put it in the pan.
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Okay, now I'm going to make the sauce.
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I'm going to change the other side of the pan.
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This is a hot sauce, I'm going to make it like this.
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Oh, I'm going to wear a collar.
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I'm going to wear a collar.
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This collar is a collar.
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I'm going to put it in the middle of the bag, I'm going to put it in the middle of the bag,
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I'm going to put it in the middle of the bag, I'm going to put it in the middle of the bag, I'm going to put it in the middle of the bag, I'm going to put it in the middle of the bag, I'm going to put it in the middle of the bag, I'm going to put it in the middle of the bag, I'm going to put it in the bag, I'm going to put it in the bag, I'm going to put it in the bag, I'm going to put it in the bag, I'm going to put it in the bag, I'm going to put it in the bag, I'm going to put it in the bag, I'm going to put it in the bag, I'm going to put it in the bag,
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I'm going to put it in the bag, I'm going to put it in the bag, I'm going to put it in the bag
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because it's a bit滑 it's a bit滑 it's a bit滑 I'll
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see it I'll take a mask I'll take a mask I'll try to see it it's not okay it's still滑
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it's not okay it's not okay it's not okay it's not
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okay it's not okay it's not okay it's not okay it's not okay this really hard to get Hi, friends, when you encounter this situation, you will be able to do it.
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I'm going to try another method.
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I'm going to put it over here, and then put it under the bottom.
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This is what I learned from the internet.
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I don't know if I'm going to use it.
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I'm not going to do it.
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I'm going to get me.
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I'll take a piece of paper I'll take a piece of paper I'll take a piece of paper Oh,
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I suddenly thought it was a piece of paper It's a piece of paper It's not open
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So I need to use a cup of paper This is a cup 用勺子这样是翘翘
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诶 你们听到那个声音了吗 这回应该没问题了 终于打开了 我现在呢要炒一下这个酱汁
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在炒之前呢我要先打开这个抽油烟机 这个是抽油烟机 Okay, open it.
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Then we put some oil in the oven.
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Then we put some oil in the oven.
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Next, we can heat it.
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I usually use the hand to test the heat.
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That's enough.
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First, we put the seed into the oven.
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Then we put some oil in the oven.
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I still like to taste the taste It's so good After that,
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I put the meat and the olive oil in the bowl I'll continue to炒
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It's about it Now I'm going to put the sauce into the sauce I'm going to use a勺子 to use the sauce
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I'm going to use the sauce I'm going to use the
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sauce I'm going to use the sauce I'm going to use
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the sauce This is the sauce The sauce is the sauce
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The sauce is the sauce The sauce is the sauce 小一点 小火 大火
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然后这个的话我们叫瓦 比如说这个是800瓦 1000瓦 600瓦
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撒一些盐 这个是盐 盐 撒 撒 Next I'm going to put the dough in the oven for the first time to fry it
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Wow Continue to fry it a bit Let the sauce be full of flour in the oven
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Wow, it's really good All right, we've done it La Oh,
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look, I made it so big.
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Next, I'm going to pour it out.
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Pour it into the pan.
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Ah, it's so heavy.
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Well, look, this is my breakfast today.
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I'm done.
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Well done, it looks good,
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I'm looking good at my dinner I'm going to eat my
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dinner I'm going to eat my dinner Now I'm going to eat my dinner
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I really think I made my Italian bread It's pretty good It's a good taste,
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it's a good taste, it's a good taste,
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it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste,
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it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste, it's a good taste,
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it Oh, the taste is good.
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I have a lot of food in Wongonga.
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I'm filming my morning routine.
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I also shared with you.
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If you go out to eat food, it will be very expensive.
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Therefore, a lot of people, if you have time, will choose to eat at home.
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And I think I'll be healthy and healthy.
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Today, I learned a lot of useful words.
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I think you can watch the video and watch the video.
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It will be easier to keep it.
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I will continue to film this video through our daily life
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and learn how to understand the way to learn Chinese So if you like this way,
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please do subscribe to my channel If you want to join me on the website
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you can go to my Patreon and my YouTube channel I will share my videos with you Um,
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um, Well, today we will talk about this.
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Thank you for watching.
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See you next time.
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Bye bye.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Learn Chinese While Making Pasta”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: bottom, taste, bowl, bag, sauce. This video has 176 sentences and 2102 words to shadow. The speech runs for 17:49. The speaker talks at a steady 118 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| menu noun | /ˈmɛn.juː/ | The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare. |
| oven noun | /ˈʌ.vn̩/ | A chamber used for baking or heating. |
| dough noun | /doʊ/ | A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked. |
| texture noun | /ˈtɛkst͡ʃə(ɹ)/ | The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something. |
| collar noun | /ˈkɑlɚ/ | The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric. |
| olive noun | /ˈɑ.lɪv/ | A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it. |
| onion noun | /ˈʌn.jən/ | A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice. |
| pour verb | /poɹ/ | To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it. |
| dish noun | /dɪʃ/ | A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle. |
| mask noun | /mæsk/ | A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection. |
| refrigerator noun | /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/ | A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge). |
| flour noun | /ˈflaʊ.ə/ | Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and… |
| subscribe verb | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name). |
| encounter verb | /ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/ | To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly. |
| photographer noun | /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/ | One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cut down verb | To cut downward. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Today evening, you're preparing for dinner.
- You want to eat what?
- How do you answer?
- Let's wash the olive oil.
- You can check it out, what do you mean?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if you have time, will choose |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | I'm going to make · it's going to break · I'm going to use |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will use · will help · I'll teach |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | I'm preparing · you're preparing · I'm eating |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 78 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I'll, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: refrigerator /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/, photographer /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like menu, oven, dough.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.