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Welcome back to another Comprehensible Input Vlog, everyone.

Today we are in Beijing at the Temple of Heaven.

This is our first day in Beijing.

So let's go explore the Temple of Heaven, learn English vocabulary, phrases, common expressions,

and you'll get to practice your pronunciation with two shadowing segments.

Make sure you watch until the end for the last one.

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It's slightly daft.

Feel it?

And apparently it's huge, right?

Very big.

They're definitely not banned, but I guess they're just like...

Jing is a masterpiece of architectural and really focus on your accent and your pronunciation.

Yeah, my stomach feels like it's going to explode.

I guess they bow to each corner, whether you're Canadian or a tourist.

Facts.

Yeah, it is edible.

It's edible paper.

Oh, is it?

They probably soaked that fruit in sugar before they coat it.

Let's get started.

It is hot today.

Like, it is so hot.

Look at these people.

They're getting clothed up, dude.

Actually, do you want my umbrella?

Do you have it?

Yeah, it's on the backpack in the outside pocket.

Oh, this is wet.

Did you not dry it?

It's not wet.

This is Leon's umbrella.

It's slightly damp.

Feel it?

Yeah.

A little bit.

Smell it?

It doesn't smell bad.

And it's not rusted.

Dude, this thing is compact, man.

Oh, yeah.

You don't even want to know how much that cost me.

How much?

You don't even want to know.

How much?

You'll figure it out.

This is a very compact umbrella.

Did you see how small it was? and it's like just for one person.

Leon has a hat on so he doesn't need an umbrella but I do.

Although I did put on sunscreen this morning.

But there is like a nice breeze as well

so sometimes the breeze comes through but when the breeze is not there it's hot.

Yeah the breeze like goes up my pants so it like just cools me down but it's not a very strong breeze.

Let's start walking.

This is something I really want to see so.

And apparently it's huge right?

Like this whole complex.

We're entering from the side entrance.

Yeah.

What was it?

The west entrance?

east the east entrance this is the east the south entrance is the nicest entrance

because you get a walk up to it right exactly right now we're going at it from the side

but it is like the farthest to walk from the train station yeah

you can see in front of us these beautiful rows of trees

it's still a nice pathway up to the temple of heaven i will say and there are a lot of people

Right now, it's summer holiday in China, so it's very busy.

Actually, I haven't seen any convenience stores.

I wonder why.

Is that like, are they like banned or?

They're definitely not banned, but I guess they're just like not that common.

Maybe they just look different than what we're used to.

I don't know, but I actually have not seen any.

And I'm used to drinking a lot of water now.

And right now, I'm very dehydrated because I just haven't been drinking any water.

But right behind you, you can see a big tour group, like a bunch of people.

all westerners they look like they're from all different countries so

and these trees are all very beautiful right yeah they're like high elevation trees pine trees yeah

or pine type trees no i i really like them and you can see the shadow of the tree what oh

i i'm blind so i did not know what

that was i almost stepped on like what what is anyway

this park is it's like a park it's against a garden it's absolutely massive like it looks like a forest.

Like look at how far it goes.

But all of this is within the walls of the Temple of Heaven.

I actually don't really know much about the Temple of Heaven.

Why don't we learn about it together?

Let me get some fun facts about the Temple of Heaven here for you guys.

Okay so the first fun fact about the Temple of Heaven.

It is four times larger than the Forbidden City.

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And a lot of you guys, I remember we're saying that it's going to be very busy

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because it's summer break in china

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but i don't find it like crazy busy well the train was pretty busy

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but that's like a normal for any like big city the train to be

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that busy yeah that's true

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so i feel like that's normal maybe at rush hour it's going to be crazy busy

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but anyway we have some fun facts here

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and now i remember this one

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i remember seeing a tick tock video of how the temple of heaven was built

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but let me let me read this for you you guys can shadow along and practice your pronunciation

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The Temple of Heaven in Beijing is a masterpiece of architectural geometry built by the Yongli Emperor in 1420.

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This sacred imperial site was built so Chinese emperors could pray for great harvests and cosmic harmony.

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That's according to the UNESCO World Heritage website.

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And a fun fact is that this temple was built without any nails.

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So there are no nails holding this temple together, which is kind of crazy.

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That's crazy.

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Yeah.

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We'll probably spend most of the day here.

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It's almost 4 p .m.

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So we'll just go around, explore all these grounds, see the Temple of Heaven.

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And hopefully, knock on wood, knock, knock, hopefully we can find something to drink.

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Because I think all I've had today is that bottle of water in the morning.

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And that water at the restaurant we ate at and that coke.

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I need a lot more liquid.

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I need like at least two liters of liquid.

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Hopefully we can find a convenience store so I can buy some electrolytes.

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But let's keep exploring.

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This place is very beautiful.

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Let's go to the front.

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Okay so we can finally see the temple of heaven there in the background

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but you can also see there are a lot of people.

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So it's like really busy and I think we should go

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and walk under there in the shade and walk up to the temple of heaven.

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But if you see further up there are a lot of people

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and now there's a tour group in front of us

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so that's just even more people

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and the worst thing is loki being behind a tour group as loki

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and i'm gonna go to those vending machines first oh are there oh okay

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we're gonna go to the vending machines hopefully they have something to drink

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then we'll go up to the temple of heaven sweat

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because everyone's body heat is gonna be radiating

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and we're just gonna be sweating sweating sweating

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but to cool off we'll have a nice walk through the grounds here let's go

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okay so we just got through the that gate right there

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that leads into the temple of heaven here

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and we had a little bit of difficulty

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because we had to buy our ticket there

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because i guess we didn't buy the right ticket at the entrance no

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i think this broke no way are you kidding me you know how much i paid for

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that probably probably a dollar it was 150 bucks no it wasn't yeah

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if you paid

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that much for this you got ripped off

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it's good just keep pushing oh

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there you go was not broken anyway temple of heaven very beautiful honestly not as busy as i thought

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it would be it's just busy to get in

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because the gate is like really narrow but besides

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that it's not very busy anyway let's go let's go walk around

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and explore because this is like this is really beautiful

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but i'm also really excited to see the forbidden city as well

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because i know

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that is just as beautiful okay

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now we'll have a shadowing segment here at the temple of heaven make sure to shadow me

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and really focus on your accent

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and your pronunciation we are here at the temple of heaven

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in beijing standing before the magnificent hall of prayer for good

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harvests the circular building rises above us with its deep blue roof, intricate patterns, and carefully balanced design.

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Bright sunlight shines across the stone courtyard while soft clouds slowly drift through the sky.

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Visitors filled the wide terraces surrounding the hall.

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Some people are taking photographs, others are resting in the shade,

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and several visitors are wearing beautiful traditional clothing although the area is crowded the atmosphere still feels calm respectful

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and surprisingly peaceful looking up at the building I feel both impressed

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and humbled its size immediately captures my attention

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but the smaller details make it even more remarkable every color shape

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and decorative element appears deliberate as though nothing was added without

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a purpose standing here feels different from simply seeing the temple in a photograph

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we can hear the conversations around us feel the warmth of the sun

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and experience the scale of this structure for ourselves the entire scene feels elegant historic

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and unforgettable okay so we walked around about half of the temple

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and now we're on the west side because we entered through the east right Yeah.

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I think that kid just dropped his water bottle.

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But this side you can see is a lot quieter.

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It's not as busy.

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There aren't as many people.

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Tell me, how would you guys describe this scene?

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I know you just had the shadowing segment, so use some of those phrases you learned to describe this scene.

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To me, this scene is very, very beautiful.

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Almost majestic.

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And on this side of the temple, it is not very crowded.

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And what's one more sentence you can use to describe the scene?

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I want you guys to put that in the comments.

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Give me one more sentence.

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Let's keep walking around.

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I want to walk around the whole side of the temple and see it.

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This is like really beautiful, in my opinion.

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I like China.

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Shout out all my Chinese viewers.

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Say all the Chinese words you know.

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Thank you.

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I'm a little bit of a drink.

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Let's go.

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So what do you think of the Temple of Heaven now that we've seen it all?

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It was nice.

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It was nice.

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It's massive.

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Massive, beautiful, ancient.

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Busy too.

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Historic, cultural.

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It was pretty beautiful.

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It was quite beautiful in my opinion.

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I'm tired now though.

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All those carbs for lunch are really hitting me now.

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Yeah, we had a lot of carbs, noodles for lunch.

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Yeah, my stomach feels like it's going to explode

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because i also drank a coke outside at that vending machine

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but when it fell it like shook a bunch so

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when i opened it it was just bubbles and i was drinking it

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and then my stomach just got super bloated

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and now i don't feel very good

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but hey yeah i still need some water too

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but the lawn outside here is very nice like they take care of it quite well

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you can see they mow the lawn it's been mowed recently oh yeah

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but there's still a lot to explore here so let's start walking down this big entrance and head into the forest.

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The first thing I noticed when I walked in here is that the floor is very uneven.

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So I almost rolled my ankle when I was walking here.

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Did you notice how uneven the floor is?

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Yeah, I almost rolled my ankle back there.

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I know, I just said the same thing.

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I felt it.

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But yeah, I believe this is the echo chamber, right?

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Uh, no. That's the echo chamber.

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Isn't that echo chamber back there?

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No, I thought that was the altar.

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Oh, maybe.

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I believe this is echo chamber though maybe there is a sign somewhere here

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but it is quite crowded there are a lot of people oh okay

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so this is the imperial vault of heaven

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so this right here is the exit and they are closing soon so this place closes at 5 30.

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oh it's already five o 'clock pretty much 4 55

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so five minutes to five so it's going to be open for another 35 minutes

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so you can see a lot of people are leaving

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and that's why it says closing up top there

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but i believe this is the last thing we need to see circular what does

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that say mound

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so this sign no drone zone yeah apparently all of beijing is a no drone zone

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so you can't fly drones you can't smoke

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and you can't have an open flame yeah

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you cannot fly drone anywhere in beijing that's why i didn't bring my drone here yeah that's

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That's probably smart.

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It's not like you'd be able to use it.

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Exactly.

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This is the last thing here that we can explore.

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This place is huge.

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This is the biggest square we've seen so far.

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Wow.

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So now let's walk up this altar.

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You can see the sign here says, up only.

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After you visit, please use stairs located on the sides of the building to exit.

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Let's go up the altar.

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I'm the cameraman now you gotta help me up a bit oh get off okay

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we're at the top everyone is gathering around in the center here

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i wonder what there is oh oh

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there's an empress dripped out oh oh they were just taking a photo bruh i thought

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that lady in the middle was like worked here

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and i thought i thought she was like part of it and then she just left.

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I don't know then she just left and someone else went in the center.

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I thought she was just part of it.

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I don't even know.

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Maybe I'm tripping but now everyone is just standing in the middle I guess for some reason.

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That'd be a good spot to take a 360 picture.

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Oh yeah if you have a 360 camera you can like put it up in the air

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and that would be a nice picture.

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Oh so I guess they bow to each corner or towards each direction.

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Yeah.

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Northeast, East Southwest.

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Oh, that's interesting.

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I wonder what it means.

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Now our goal is to, I guess, find the exit and walk out of here.

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Get something to drink.

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Try to explore a little bit more because we only have half an hour left.

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But I think after that, is there a viewpoint where we can see the Temple of Heaven at night?

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Because I read online that at night is very beautiful.

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I think you can go to a restaurant or something.

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No, I heard there's like a mountain, like somewhere that you can climb up and have a view of the Temple of Heaven.

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and it's like very beautiful at night yeah i think we should do

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that at night so we can have a nice view of it okay

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so now we're leaving the temple of heaven here through the south entrance this is the main entrance

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and exit i want you guys to also answer these questions let's have a post game interview

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that just means let's have a conversation after going through the whole temple of heaven

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so we arrived at 3 p .m

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and it is now it is now 5 06

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so we spent about two hours there exploring the whole thing and I don't even think we saw like half of it.

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What do you think?

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Yeah I mean we saw like the main parts but we probably explored like 20 % of it.

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We saw all the main parts but we didn't like explore every nook

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and cranny of the temple of heaven or not the temple of heaven but all the grounds.

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Yeah.

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That just means we didn't explore everywhere every nook and cranny.

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That's a very common expression to use that next time.

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What did you think of the temple of heaven i thought

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it was really nice

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it's crazy how they have such a massive park in the center of the city yeah

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it doesn't even feel like we're in beijing anymore

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it just feels like it really is big it's like almost 800 acres of land

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which is like really really big but it's nice to have all

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that like green space and green area

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because a lot of people also come like work out here

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and just walk through the grounds because i read online

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that a lot of like older people use this as like their workout yeah workout area

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so they come and work out and walk through the grounds

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so i think that's good yeah

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i don't think uh chinese people have to pay to get in they just have to show their id yeah

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so they can come and use this area whenever they want yeah that's one thing i saw

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when we were going in we had to scan a qr code um like our ticket

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but everyone else just had like their id and they were just tapping

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that so i guess they don't need to pay obviously

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That makes sense since this is their country, so they could just go in.

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I feel like that's normal.

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Usually in like your home country, it's either cheaper or you don't pay at all.

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What about Canada?

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No, in Canada, you pay.

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Canada, everyone pays the same price, whether you're Canadian or a tourist.

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Facts.

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There's no like special discounts for Canadians.

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Unless I've just never seen it.

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Have you seen it?

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I've never seen that.

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Like going to the national parks?

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I think it costs more if you're a local.

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It costs more if you're a local?

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You get a discount if you're a foreigner.

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Really?

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Yeah.

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But it's also your home country.

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So why is your home country charging you more?

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Yeah.

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Do they not want you to explore and do tourism in your home country?

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Exactly.

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A little bit odd.

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What was your favorite part of the day?

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Probably the first time seeing the main temple of heaven.

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I was like, wow.

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Like I've seen so many pictures of it online and it's been in like, like comics I've read and stuff.

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And I was like, wow, that looks really crazy.

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It looks way bigger in person.

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Yeah.

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It was really nice.

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Like it was so crowded to see the inside of it, but I managed to catch a glimpse.

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It looked like it was just a throne room inside

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because I guess that's where the emperor would go

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and pray for I believe it was a good harvest and also cosmic

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luck or something something something along those lines something like that yeah what was your favorite part of today?

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Let me know in the comments by typing out your answer and putting it in the comments.

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Next question have you ever been to the temple of heaven in person?

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Have you ever been to temple of heaven yes

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i have been to the temple of heaven before no

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i haven't been to the temple of heaven before let me know in the comments whether you have been here or not

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and what was your experience like was it busier than this was it not as busy to me

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it wasn't overwhelmingly busy it was busy but it wasn't like

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so busy that it wasn't enjoyable you know like it was it was okay like it was busy

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but nothing crazy yeah i was expecting it to be busier

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because china is just like the biggest country in the world

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or the second biggest country in the world by population

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so i was just expecting a lot of people but not really

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that many one thing i noticed is

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that most tourists are chinese oh yeah majority like domestic tourism

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so there are a lot of chinese tourists

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which i think is good you know seeing your own country

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and stuff china is very beautiful look at how beautiful

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that pine forest in front of us looks like the row

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of trees on the side the people walking through there it's actually

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so nice dude you can tell everything was planted though like everything's in a perfect line even the trees

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that are in the grassy area but

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that just i feel like it just makes it more beautiful honestly yeah

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because everything is just like kind of like perfection

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but it's super nice look at this little kid oh wow cute kid what's

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that candy comb that's really famous in china isn't it it's from china now let's exit it's almost 5 30

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so we should get out of here yeah let's go find

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a convenience store try some chinese snacks get something to drink so we don't die and then finish the video off there.

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Can I try this one?

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One please.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Okay, I just got my first tonghulu.

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I wanted to try the strawberry, so I got the strawberry.

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But I also wanted to try the grape, so I got grape as well.

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Dude, this paper is, like, getting stuck onto it.

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Is that normal?

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No. You're not supposed to eat this, are you?

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Well, yeah, it is edible.

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It's edible paper.

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Oh, is it?

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Yeah.

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Because I was about to say, I'm like, I don't know how I feel about that.

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Okay.

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Oh, you eat it?

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You eat it?

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Yeah.

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Oh.

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Okay.

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Okay, well, I took that off.

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Okay, so that lady told me something in Chinese, which I assume means you're not supposed to rip it off.

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Oh, yeah, I did rip some sugar off.

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Just on the first one, though.

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This is my first time trying this.

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Oh, have you had it before?

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Yeah, I've had it before. Where?

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i've had it in thailand i mean it tastes exactly what it looks like yeah fruit with sugar

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let me know what is your favorite flavor of tongue tongue hulu i'm definitely saying

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that wrong you cooked 100 chance

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but look at it you see the outside is hard it's very hard you can't hear it

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but there's like sugar you can see it just cracked this is a grape this is a strawberry

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You're supposed to leave this paper on it, but I pulled it off.

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As you can see, I never had this before.

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My hands are sticky.

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I just found this water randomly there, but it looks sealed, so I'll drink it.

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Gnarly.

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Why is it cold?

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You know Beijing gets freezing cold in the winter?

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Oh, yeah.

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Same with Korea.

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Yeah.

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Korea is pretty similar.

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Very beautiful, warm summers, but cold, cold, cold winters.

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Anyway, that was my first time trying this it was pretty good.

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I would get it again I would prefer if the fruit was more sour though.

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It was pretty sweet.

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Everything was sweet on sweet I would prefer if it was sour and sweet

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They probably soaked that fruit in sugar before they coat it

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Maybe but I hope you guys liked the video here at the last shadowing segment of the day

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Just outside the main area of the temple of heaven the atmosphere becomes much quieter

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Tall, mature trees surround the wide stone path and their twisting branches form a natural canopy overhead.

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Sunlight filters gently through the leaves, creating patches of light and shadow across the ground.

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The uneven stones beneath our feet are partly covered with soft green moss,

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which makes this part of the park feel old, peaceful and untouched.

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A few birds move across the path while visitors stroll slowly in the distance.

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Compared with the crowded temple, this forested area feels spacious and surprisingly calm.

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As we walk beneath the trees, we can hear leaves rustling, birds calling, and faint conversations from far away.

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The air feels cooler here because the thick branches protect us from the direct sunlight.

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After spending hours exploring beneath the hot sun, standing in the shade provides immediate relief.

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This quiet setting creates a completely different feeling from the magnificent temple nearby.

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The temple inspires awe, whereas the surrounding forest encourages us to slow down,

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breathe deeply, and appreciate the natural beauty around us.

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And remember, you will become fluent in English.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “LEARN ENGLISH While Exploring an Ancient Temple”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: temple, heaven, beautiful, busy. This video has 447 sentences and 4303 words to shadow. The speech runs for 23:42. The speaker talks fast, about 182 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 83% 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

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
temple noun	/ˈtɛm.pl̩/	A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith.
explore verb	/ɪkˈsploɹ/	To examine or investigate something systematically.
entrance noun	/ˈɛn.tɹəns/	The action of entering, or going in.
shadow noun	/ˈʃædəʊ̯/	A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
exit noun	/ˈɛɡzət/	An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
drone noun	/dɹoʊn/	A male hymenopteran (ant, bee, hornet, or wasp), whose sole primary function is to mate with the queen.
breeze noun	/bɹiːz/	A light, gentle wind.
chamber noun	/ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯mbɚ/	The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble.
segment noun	/ˈsɛɡmɛnt/	A length of some object.
sweat verb	/swɛt/	To emit sweat.
echo noun	/ˈɛk.oʊ/	A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
scam noun	/ˈskæm/	A fraudulent or dishonest deal. A swindle.
umbrella noun	/ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/	A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
edible adjective	/ˈɛdəbəl/	Capable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans.
pronunciation noun	/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/	The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
walk through verb		To explain (something) to (someone), step by step.
walk around verb		To walk with no planned destination; to meander.
go up verb		To move upwards.
work out verb	/ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/	To calculate.
check out verb		To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
close up verb	/kləʊzˈʌp/	To close (remove a gap) completely or fully.
come through verb		To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
cool off verb		To decrease in temperature, activity, or temper.

Sentences worth repeating

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

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

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 · have not seen · I've had
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is sponsored · be delivered · was built
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was drinking · was walking · were just taking
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	the nicest · the farthest · the worst

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 99 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: beneath /bɪˈniːθ/, clothing /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/, thick /θɪk/, breathe /bɹiːð/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, shade /ʃeɪd/, suspicious /səˈspɪʃ.əs/, rush /ɹʌʃ/
Long words — get the stress right: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, imperial /ɪmˈpɪɹ.i.əl/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/, magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/, architectural /ˌɑɹkɪˈtɛkt͡ʃəɹəl/

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 temple, explore, entrance.

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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Sentences worth repeating

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