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You take the photo on your phone.

I'm just gonna film.

Okay.

Hi.

Okay, all good?

Okay.

Okay, thank you.

One more.

Okay.

Hello everyone, welcome to Chongqing in China.

So this is another walk and talk video.

We're going to be exploring this place together and I'll be teaching you some English.

Okay, so I arrived yesterday and this is my first impression.

I haven't seen any of this before.

So, yeah, we're going to start off in this village place.

It's like some traditional village.

And we're going to be hitting three different spots after this.

So just so you know, there will be some vocabulary that pops up on the screen as we go.

And that will be included in a free PDF.

Now, I don't know if you saw, but as I was getting ready to film this video, some Chinese dude, or two Chinese dudes came up to me and asked to take a photo.

So I got that on camera because, you know, if they're going to be getting content from me, then I'm going to get content from them.

I think that's fair enough.

If you're wondering why they wanted to take a photo, I don't think they obviously didn't know me or the channel.

It's just there aren't many foreigners here.

Yeah, it's quite different to Shanghai, I think.

All right, let me just flip the camera.

All right, so here we have it.

This is the...

Oh, wow, okay.

That looks cool.

So one thing about this place is I haven't really done much research,

but it looks extremely modern So there are some there are so many of these skyscrapers and stuff like that.

It's a really futuristic place So we'll check that out later.

But this is like the ancient traditional Area of it.

You can see the old houses and stuff like that.

It looks really cool So as mentioned I arrived yesterday

and I was in Shanghai before this which is kind of like the most I'd say touristy, certainly the most like foreigner friendly part of China.

There are the most foreigners there, that's what I'm trying to say.

I haven't seen any here so far and

that those people who came up to me and asked for a picture because I'm a foreigner, that didn't happen once in Shanghai so I think I need to get used to that which is fine, it's fine.

I don't want to be one of those.

Why is there a Tim Hortons there?

That is so random.

Of all the shops I would expect to see in this ancient Chinese village, there's just a Tim Hortons

which is a very popular chain of cafes in Canada it's

not even very good as well it's not even very nice

so I'm very curious as to how that worked its way into this area below some ancient Chinese houses

interesting fair play to it takes good tenacity I guess okay here we have it

oh wow okay that does look extremely Chinese the phoenixes and stuff

and obviously the pandas we are going to see some pandas

okay this won't be the last video I filmed here in Chongqing

so I'm here for 11 days

and I reckon we can get at least three videos from

that time this is the first one where we just explore everything together

and then after

that I'll make sure to get one where we actually hit the main spots in Chongqing

because there are loads

and then we need to see some pandas we need to actually go out into nature as well

but yeah this is the most unusual sight

so far probably in my whole China trip it's important I need to take a photo of this anyway

here we are oh yes I've just seen my first foreigner

nice not just me I am gonna need to get one of those later

so because you're just

so reliant on your phone in China they have these things everywhere these are power banks

so portable chargers they also have these everywhere

so cigarettes this is a very chinese photo actually power banks

and cigarettes and they confiscated my power bank

when i was flying here it's quite funny actually

so i flew yesterday

and they emptied my bag they got the thing out it's

never been a problem before then they tapped to this sign on the wall

that said as of two days ago with it said like

july june 25th i don't know what the date is But it's a very new rule.

You're not allowed these on the plane anymore.

So yeah, I got on that.

Just for reference, we started up there, which is a really cool area, to be honest.

M Stand is another coffee place here.

I think that's a Chinese one, but I'm not too sure, actually.

Anyway, one thing I should say.

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention this.

Oh, yeah, you want a photo?

Okay.

Hello.

Oh, Nia.

Nia.

Okay.

Thank you.

Nice to meet you.

Bye.

I'm going to get all of these on camera, by the way.

But one thing I have to say is that that guy just then, and also the person who asked at the start of the video, they were both really nice about it.

They said, please, thank you.

So it's not a problem.

Yeah, and I don't want to be one of those people who are like, oh my God, I've come to this place so far away, and I'm just enjoying all this stuff that this foreign place has to offer

but no one's allowed to take any focus with me no

one's allowed to look at me weirdly no you can't have

the best of both worlds you can't come to the other side of the world

and expect the people who live here not to look at you a bit weirdly for looking

so differently yourself okay

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so it doesn't really bother me to be honest on yeah especially considering they've all been

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so nice and polite about it so far

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but yeah interesting this didn't happen once in the three weeks

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I spent in Shanghai I've stepped outside for about half an hour and it's happened twice.

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So let's just see how this goes.

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Okay, here's some more lanterns.

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I stopped recording at the worst time.

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As I got to the bottom of those steps, I saw another British guy.

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He said, right.

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And I said, right, mate.

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So it's such an English interaction.

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I feel like this might be one of those places where I should probably just not stop recording

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because there's always going to be some stuff happening.

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Yeah, it's off to, we're off to an exciting start.

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I need to say as well, it's absolutely boiling.

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I know I always say this, but today really is a scorcher.

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I'm sweating.

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I've been outside for 20 minutes, half an hour.

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I'm already sweating.

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Anyway, I'll flip the camera damn to look at my sweating

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face anymore of course the starbucks yeah it's nice to see there is some western influence here starbucks there

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which is more expected than the tim horton's

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that really was just very surprising

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and some a jewelry shop there this is actually a really

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cool area it's very much it feels very ancient the architecture is very old

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but they have integrated some more modern aspects in

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and vending machines very useful yeah this is a wow okay

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this is great yeah downhill it's really cool as well this

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is definitely the sweatiest style to the video right i promise

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you that's the last time i'm mentioning the sweat in this whole video

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that is the british education promise

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if i complain about the sweat one more time unfollow me unsubscribe okay dislike the video

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and unsubscribe if i complain about the sweat one more time that's the crazy side down there

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and there's a lot to explore

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but at the moment i'm kind of just finding a bit

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of respites up here there's a lot fewer people up here

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and it's a bit cooler because it's in the shade

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so we're just gonna chill here for a bit whilst i

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am not gonna say it anyway i had this really random thought earlier

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and it's something that i want to teach you because it's invaluable it's so

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useful for not only making you sound more native

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but just getting your point across and it's an expression the other day you may

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or may not know about this one but the other day is used to say

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if you're referring to a time

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or a day this happened somewhat recently maybe in the last couple of weeks

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but you can't quite remember when it was

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or maybe you just don't want to tell the other person

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when it was or where this thing happened okay

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so you can say oh yeah I bumped into Sarah the other day

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or I was um I was watching your video the other day it's just really useful

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it's better than saying I bumped into Sarah on um was it Wednesday no

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because I had pilates on Tuesday

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and I didn't do pilates I've uh wait was it just say the other day the other day start using

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that okay that's my challenge for you as well start using the other day say

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that in a sentence

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when you next speak to an english speaker just work it in there okay we can do a fit check

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my legs are

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so skinny i'm looking really skinny everything apart from my face

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is looking skinny at the moment it's not good it's hard to join gyms here it's a bit awkward doing

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that i don't want to be making excuses but it's it's awkward doing

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that type of stuff and also the food here tends to be a bit oily it's delicious

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but some of it tends to be a bit oily i

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don't want to be making excuses though like that's i'm not

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looking my best who cares i need to stop being

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so vain anyway another power box thing you will notice a

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theme here okay enough respite let's get right into the thick of things anyway here we are more shops

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and stuff like that this wasn't really what i was expecting

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but it is really nice

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and they have all these pockets these different areas you can turn off into

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and it just gives you a bit of a break from the the craziness the mayhem

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that you see back there you know

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and the inevitable cameras everywhere they have the bamboo chairs here

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very authentic chinese bamboo as i say this is really nice this is very calm and tranquil

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peaceful and it's just crazy to think

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that here we have this lovely calm area here then like

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10 seconds down there we have absolute carnage sheer contrast is

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remarkable i think we're ready to step back in let's do

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this guys let's do this a music shop here for some

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reason they have a bit of everything in it an entire store dedicated to mandarins

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love that i knew they spoke mandarin here but that's ridiculous

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This street looks really cool right and I don't know how long it lasts for

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so I just want to appreciate every nook and cranny

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which means every small part of it

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because I'm trying to eek it all out you know I don't want to run through it

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and then I feel like you can only really film one space one area oh my god look at

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that look at that that's stunning

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there are two people here that's it it's

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so quiet i love the wooden architecture as well i really do

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and then just the the contrast once again between the old wooden thing there

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and the modern skyscraper

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and for some reason there are loads of adverts for the argentinian football team

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so if anyone can please explain the link between chong xing

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and argentina fc that be great i don't know about

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that logo i think the kfc might be suing soon i had noticed some stark differences between here

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and shanghai already so firstly with shanghai you feel like you're constantly being watched there are cameras everywhere

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and that's relatively normal so that's one thing

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but the other thing in shanghai that was a bit surprising

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or caught me off guard is that there are just guards absolutely everywhere

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so they didn't catch me off guard they called me on guard no

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but seriously there are guards like security guards absolutely everywhere i remember i went for a run at 6am

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and i went up yeah get up early you know it's what it is

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but i went for a run early to this remote area

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just by the harbor there wasn't even a tourist attraction there

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was nothing nearby yet on every single corner there was a

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guard standing there it was crazy i'd never seen anything like

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it before it genuinely reminded me of i don't know

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if you ever played pokemon

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but it's a game where on every corner there tends to be like someone standing there

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and if you go into their line of sight they come up

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and speak to you and challenge you it felt like

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that anyway the reason why i just brought this up is because as i was waiting here cooling down

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one of the guards walked past me

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and was like hot i was like too hot he laughed he's like

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which was cool

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because the ones in shanghai uh felt a bit intimidating they would never speak to you

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or anything like that but and they would kind of look at you

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and stare at you in an angry way almost as

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if to intimidate you like to scare you a bit but

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that was the first guard i saw here

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and yeah it was really nice

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so interesting interesting observation i'm not saying anything i'm not saying

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anything they love weird stuff like this i feel like all of this stuff is wasted on me though

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so i'm not really a foodie like i can see that

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and oh they have the free song Oh man that was so spicy.

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One thing I do know about Chongqing is that it's a spicy place, meaning there's a lot of spicy food here.

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Yeah when I told my Chinese friends that I'm going to Chongqing, they both said, oh man yeah it's a really spicy place.

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I was thinking, oh that's spicy.

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What do you mean by that?

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There's loads of Latinas there or something?

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What's going on? and they said oh no spicy food yeah i do like spicy food

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but i can't really hack it i can't really deal with it i'm not a foodie but i am a sampler

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it's hard to turn down a free sound all right let's try and get a drink

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okay let's crack them oh wait we've just seen our first panda our first wild panda oh my god

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out here of all places it must be boiling you ready

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for this oh panda crazy this year okay i'm not a foodie

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but there is one exception to this rule and

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that is you already know ice cream museum with free admission

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get ready for the world's quickest tour of a museum okay

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this is the entrance that's the no pets allowed sign that's the no smoking sign uh we have some gazelles

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and stuff here we have a chinese boy there has some

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gold statue thing there a horse there some thing there

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that you can buy that wow okay that's cool you can buy

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that that's about um i think that's 48 000 pounds oh

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you can buy all of this stuff this is all for sale right so that's 48 grand

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pounds right this is 28 000 pounds right

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and this one is uh i don't see a price tag maybe this one isn't for sale

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so you can get both of those for like 70 80

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000 pounds is this for sale this would be go for

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so much of it is i don't see a price tag

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there huh interesting very interesting Over here we have some more power bank things, vending machine, somewhere to buy food.

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I think this is also for sale.

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Yeah, so this one is £38,000. That is crazy.

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I was going to say who actually buys this stuff, but there are some insanely rich people here.

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Yeah.

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Here's the pistachio.

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Thank you.

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Oh, your Chinese is good.

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It's very good.

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you can go to your store

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and give me a lot rice yeah very nice all right

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i'm buying it this thing here is absolutely genius by the

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way stops it from dribbling down melting down onto the rest of the coke never seen

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that before in my life okay we're done we had some

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ice cream i did some shopping for some there are too

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many samples even for me like there's a whole table full of samples there as well too many

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and oh my god all right look at this guy here looking crazy i'm gonna try

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and take a photo of them yeah can i take this okay

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and some more panda stuff of course yeah this is a fun area you see how sweaty

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that guy was i feel bad him he must have been

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absolutely boiling underneath our suit people are really nice here they're very outgoing

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and friendly and it was kind of like that in shanghai as well

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but i feel like here the vibes are slightly different all right

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so i think that's been a pretty successful start to this Chongqing filming adventure.

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We've completed this ancient street thing.

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Fair play.

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That was a lot of fun.

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It's a really cool place as well.

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Once again deserted for some reason.

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Look how nice this is.

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It's weird that there's no one here, right?

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Another photo.

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So four more people there.

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So we're up to three different groups and seven different people in about an hour.

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It's not bad going.

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It's not bad.

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This is what it must feel like to actually be famous.

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I mean, obviously, I am the most famous person in the world, but apart from that, it's crazy.

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Okay, guys, we are back.

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It's a bit later on now.

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It's about five o'clock, so it's a tiny bit cooler.

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And I'm in a new area.

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This is more of the commercial area of Chongqing, I would say, where all the shops are the skyscrapers

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and stuff so i thought to end this video i'll give you a quick tour around here

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and let's just see what we can find once again i

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have not visited this place at all it is all new to me

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so yeah let's let's have a look oh there's a lawson down there right i'm gonna go to

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that lawson and get some water bottle of water one compliment i do need to pay to china is that their

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water bottles are very nice very elegant design you know we

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have the subtle carvings long thin very aesthetic more free samples i don't know

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if that's free actually but it might be it's free

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if you don't pay for it we have the air raid shelter hot pot i bet that's banging

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so as you can see we're starting to get into the

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more generic city center vibes you know the big adidas shop and and people everywhere, a few more tourists.

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Which is actually really nice to see a few foreigners here, a Moggla life.

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Okay, we pretty much speed ran the Chinese culture there.

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A load of pandas, some guy coming up to me offering some fake designer brands and a sample at the end.

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Perfect.

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Let's wrap this video up there.

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That's all we need.

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It looks very nice, obviously.

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It just kind of looks like every rich city area.

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Very wide, lots of skyscrapers and stuff.

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Random ornament there.

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That's a nice, it's a nice lamppost though.

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It's quite aesthetic and just a ton of cameras.

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that also kind of sums up the Chinese culture as well I'm okay thank you I'm filming

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um I was just gonna say don't get me wrong even though I'm saying it's generic

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it's still really nice like it's clean it's very spacious it

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doesn't smell bad sometimes busy city centers smell a bit off people come up to you trying to say things

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but that's pretty standard

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and as you can see there they're quite fun they're not aggressive in any way so yeah

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if you are looking to visit one of these areas they

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have them in most cities then this is not a bad option to be honest with you.

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Gucci!

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I don't really know what to show you to be honest

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what I need is for some more NPCs some more random people just to come

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and interact with me because it's good content.

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By the way I've Just the thought of a connection between China and Argentina, right?

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Do you remember what I was saying earlier?

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I was asking why there was so much Argentinian FC propaganda about...

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Basically, the streets of Shanghai are identical to the streets of Buenos Aires.

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And I'll put a photo of the two side by side to compare.

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Do you like Garfield?

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If you like Garfield, I may have a treat for you.

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All right, see ya.

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Okay, I feel like that's a good way to end this video.

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a massive garfield.

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This is...

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Lots of free samples there.

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I like it.

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So one thing I've noticed about Chongqing is that they have these pockets everywhere.

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These pockets of calmness amongst the madness over there.

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It's cool.

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I like it.

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And I think in general, the people here are a bit more detailed than Shanghai.

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Right, we've found the ultimate thumbnail spot.

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So we're gonna take some photos here and then just get this video wrapped up.

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I think All right wish me luck

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And there's a Boathouse or a houseboat that will probably be the thumbnail.

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That's incredible.

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Anyway, thank you so much for watching.

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So if you go to the link in the sub-comments, you'll get a seven-day free trial.

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You can complete a full week and you don't have to pay.

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And if you love it, which I think you might, you can continue.

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So why not give it a go?

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Right, so I'll be posting new videos here in Chongqing pretty much every single week.

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Maybe I'll fit two into one week, so I think there's going to be a lot to see.

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So yeah, keep an eye out for that, and thanks again for watching.

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Enjoy this thumbnail.

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Cheers, goodbye, peace.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Learn English Vlog - The World's Largest City”. This video has 362 sentences and 3881 words to shadow. The speech runs for 22:48. The speaker talks at a natural 170 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 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
shanghai verb	/ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/	To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly
panda noun	/ˈpɑndə/	A brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple, and is regarded as knowledgeable in matters of genealogy and ritual.
spicy adjective	/ˈspaɪsi/	Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
foreigner noun	/ˈfɔɹ.ɪ.nɚ/	A person from a foreign country.
sweat verb	/swɛt/	To emit sweat.
skyscraper noun	/ˈskaɪˌskɹeɪpɚ/	A very tall building with a large number of floors.
foodie noun	/ˈfuːdi/	A person with a special interest in or knowledge of food, a gourmet.
thumbnail noun	/ˈθʌm.neɪl/	The fingernail on the thumb.
boil verb	/bɔɪ(ə)l/	To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
skinny adjective	/ˈskɪni/	Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
explore verb	/ɪkˈsploɹ/	To examine or investigate something systematically.
intimidate verb	/ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/	To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence.
oily adjective	/ˈɔɪli/	Covered with or containing oil.
respite noun	/ˈɹɛs.pɪt/	A brief interval of rest or relief.
unsubscribe verb		To cancel a subscription, especially to an online service.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
come up to verb		To approach.
come up verb		To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
cool down verb	/kuːl ˈdaʊn/	To become cooler; to be reduced in temperature.
get up verb		To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
go up verb		To move upwards.
run through verb		To summarise briefly.
start up verb	/stɑɹˈtʌp/	To rise suddenly.
sum up verb		To produce a total by adding.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

I haven't seen any of this before.
I think that's fair enough.
I don't want to be one of those.
What do you mean by that?
Do you remember what I was saying earlier?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	haven't seen · haven't really done · I've just seen
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	this which is · people who came · there, which is
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	will be included · being watched · is wasted
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was getting · was flying · was watching

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 121 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: thumbnail /ˈθʌm.neɪl/, aesthetic /ɛsˈθɛ.tɪk/, authentic /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shanghai /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/, pistachio /pɪsˈtæʃioʊ/, spacious /ˈspeɪʃ.əs/, sheer /ʃɪɚ/, attraction /əˈtɹækʃn̩/
Long words — get the stress right: intimidate /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/, futuristic /ˌfjut͡ʃəˈɹɪstɪk/, tenacity /təˈnæsəti/, invaluable /ɪnˈvælju(ə)bl̩/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like shanghai, panda, spicy.

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.

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