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Hello.

Learn English with me while I cook some chicken soup.

If this is your first time here,

I teach comprehensible English in real life situations,

so you You know what a pan, a pot, a ladle, a spatula,

rice, chicken, cabbage, all of that is.

I already got my orange juice, but I'm starting to feel a little bit hungry.

It's 11 a.m right now.

I think it's a good time to start cooking lunch.

We usually say make lunch when we don't know if there is going to be any cooking involved.

But when we know we're cooking something,

then we can say it's time to cook lunch.

Also, I got orange juice for breakfast because my throat was feeling a little bit sore.

And orange juice always helps.

That's why today I want to make some chicken soup.

Because it will definitely help my sore throat.

So guys, I've never actually cooked chicken soup.

If you've seen my past videos, I cook very basic things and I don't cook very well, if I'm being honest.

Usually my dad always makes chicken soup for me because I tell him, dad, please make chicken soup.

It's my favorite.

And he makes the best chicken soup.

So, I texted my dad and he sent me the ingredients and some instructions on how to cook it.

So I'm going to try and follow those steps as precisely as I can.

We'll see how this turns out.

Okay.

So I think we start with, obviously, the chicken.

Then I just got these pots online on Amazon for like $50.

I got like five pots.

It was so good.

And I put them together and everything.

So we're going to use this.

Now I need some water.

My water filter doesn't work.

I've been trying to put together this water filter.

Put an insert picture here.

but it's just it's really hard I can't do it like you need to be very strong

so I've just been letting this water filter sit around okay well I'll just use normal water I'll boil it

and then I'll put in the chicken that's okay right all right I filled up my pot with some sink water Sorry.

I think I'll put in some salt so that it boils faster, right?

Okay, let's sprinkle in some salt and we'll wait for that to boil.

I'll put in my chicken and then next the carrots, I think.

Okay, so the ingredients are baby carrots, cabbage.

That's way too much cabbage.

I ordered this on Walmart, but they gave me a very big cabbage.

I don't think I need this much, but that's okay.

I'm going to put in some purple onion and some broccoli.

So I think I need to wash the cabbage first, but I think you can chop it and then wash it after, right?

We'll do that.

So guys, I have cooked a lot of food before.

Don't get me wrong.

But I never cooked chicken because my mom was always really scared of chicken and the bacteria that it has.

So now I'm scared of chicken and cooking chicken.

And I don't know if I'm going to get salmonella or something because I cooked it wrong.

So that's why I never cook chicken because I'm always just kind of scared.

I'm like meat in general for me is just a little bit scary

because like I don't know if if I'm gonna under cook it

or like if maybe it has like some bacteria

and it's gone bad and then I cook it and I eat it and I can't tell because it tastes good.

So I just get very nervous around meat.

That's why this is a big deal.

So I asked CHAP GPT for instructions on how to cook chicken

and we're gonna do that and hopefully I don't get sick.

I don't think I will and it smells fine so let's cook some chicken.

And then my dad also puts rice in his chicken soup, so that's what we're gonna do at the end.

It's starting to boil, so I think I'm gonna put in the chicken now.

I ordered these tongs today, so we'll use these to put it in.

Ah, okay.

Okay. So thick.

Whoa. So heavy.

Okay.

So let me give you guys a little bit of context on why I've never cooked chicken.

This is, I feel like it's very surprising to many of you that I've never cooked chicken before,

but it's because I was vegetarian for a while.

And after I would only eat vegetarian meals.

So like, what would I make?

I would make lentils and beans and rice and avocado and chickpeas.

And I would just make a bowl of stuff.

And that was amazing for me.

Like I loved that every single day I would eat that.

And even now I eat like tuna with avocado with like tostadas or something.

Sometimes lentils, sometimes beans, sometimes rice.

But like, I never ever cook meat, really.

So like, this is the reason why I'm scared of cooking chicken, because I've never done it.

All right, let's chop our cabbage.

We'll do half.

Dang.

That's a hard cabbage.

Half in the fridge.

And we'll chop the other half.

You know, I love your guys' comments of you, like, not criticizing, but giving me tips on what other things to do while I cook.

Like the other day, I think I was scratching the pan with a metal fork.

I was like cooking with a metal fork on my pan

and I got a comment like you shouldn't do

that like that's not good and I was like okay next time I won't do

that then those little things I feel like I never really learned on my own I just did them

and like nobody really corrected me you know

so now I just do them but I'm glad

that you guys tell me because that helps me then in the future Okay, so maybe like this?

Yeah.

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Okay, so next go the baby carrots.

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And then we let that cook there for a long time, I think.

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Should I let the chicken cook a little more?

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Yeah, I'll let the chicken cook a little more.

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I just want to message my dad, but my phone's recording, so I can't message him him.

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I can't ask him.

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Let's see.

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Okay.

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Um, I think we'll put the cabbage in here for now.

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The thing is guys, like I don't have any, any like bowls.

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I don't have a big bowl.

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I don't have, um, I don't really have like any big tuppers or anywhere to put like my vegetables.

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So like, It's a little frustrating because I just moved out on my own and I don't have that many things yet.

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So I'm still building up my inventory of the kitchen

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and of the bathrooms and of my bedroom and of the living room and all of that.

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So that's why it's like, well, I don't have everything yet.

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Is it okay if I don't wash this?

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I don't know if I should wash this.

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I guess I will.

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I will wash this.

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So here is the chicken.

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It's boiling.

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I think it looks it looks alright.

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Now let's wash our cabbage in the sink.

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I think if I just put like salt in it, right, won't it like wash?

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Oh, okay.

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So guys, my dad said the carrots go at the same time.

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So we'll do these too.

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Oh, s*.

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Okay, carrots are in guys I feel like I look

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so dumb right now I swear I have life skills

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I swear I'm good at being an adult I swear okay let me show you guys.

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So my dad messaged me to put carrots in.

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I did that.

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All right.

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I think we're good.

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We'll take a break there and then I'll come back when it's time.

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So guys, obviously I moved.

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This is my new apartment.

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I'm buying new things like, I don't know, a giant bin of soap.

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You know, my place is a mess, so I just have like stuff everywhere.

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It was so much worse yesterday, but I took time, I cleaned it up.

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It's been very, very busy.

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That bed stand, I got that bed stand.

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It's beautiful.

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It's supposed to like go up on both sides and have a roof, so you can like hang plants and different things.

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um but it doesn't fit up the stairwell so yeah

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that kind of sucks but other than

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that it's been very exciting I can't wait to show you guys like a house tour

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if you guys want that tell me in the comments um

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and yeah I just got these pans it's also a mess you can't see it but this right here You know,

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I got a whole package of like spatulas and little pans,

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big pots, just a lot of stuff that I needed for the house.

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And it's really useful.

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Like, so that's how I got this pot here.

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That's how we got this beauty.

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Look at the lid.

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It's beautiful.

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Wow.

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Oh, look at that.

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I also got this ladle.

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Ladle spoon.

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So yeah, I'm excited.

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Very excited.

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Guys, one quick question for you.

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Do you take your shoes off at the entrance?

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Tell me.

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There is a wrong answer and a right answer.

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Who's this?

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Do you guys like the killers?

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I went to see them with my family.

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It was really fun.

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But yeah, I still need to organize my house and keep up with a lot of things that I'm working on.

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Like my English community that I'm opening for you guys in October again.

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My Spanish community, of course, that is also a priority for me.

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so that it's the same thing as the English community, but you can just learn Spanish in it.

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And yeah, I'm really excited to show you guys new things.

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If you're liking this video, be sure to like and subscribe to learn with me every single week.

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And if you're interested in joining my English community when it opens, where we speak together, we have daily conversation clubs three times a day,

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where you can choose to join any club you want with any teacher you want.

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Right now we have four teachers that are helping us and yeah,

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more than 300 English learners from all around the world so you can connect and practice with.

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It is really truly the best way to learn to speak English, to start speaking English.

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I truly believe that.

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I believe in my English community.

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I believe in the beautiful teachers that we have helping us and I believe in you guys

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in the students that watch me and are motivated and consistent every single day to practicing and learning English.

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I'm very proud of you guys.

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So keep practicing, keep watching, and never stop learning.

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If you do like this video, then check out my Slow English Vlogs playlist because I have

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so much more content there that I'm sure you could learn something from.

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So check that out.

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It's in the description.

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don't just stop with this video.

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Keep practicing.

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If you have time, why not?

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Maybe you'll learn something new today.

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Alright guys, the moment of truth.

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Sorry I did a few things without you.

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I put in the cabbage and it looks like it's almost ready. So exciting.

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Look at Oh, dang, sorry.

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Look at this.

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Oh, guys.

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Wow.

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I'm so proud of myself.

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I'm so excited to try this.

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You know, I got my avocado sliced because I love chicken soup with avocado slices in it.

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I need some tortillas, but it's okay.

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I can use salmas.

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So, guys, I don't think I've ever showed you that these are like the salmas that I get.

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They're like crispy tortillas.

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Really really good.

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And they're really healthy.

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So I always eat these with my avocado bowls.

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Yeah I'm ready to serve myself.

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You know chicken soup is one of those dishes that just gets better with time.

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So like right now it's probably it's gonna be good but tomorrow it's gonna be so good.

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You know?

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It's one of those dishes that just gets better and better.

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I don't know why.

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I think because it gets like mushier, you know?

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Like more...

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I don't know.

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Maybe like more flavorful?

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Maybe.

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Alright, I have my bowl.

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Let's do this.

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I serve myself a carrot a carrot and some cabbage we're gonna try this

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this soup is good and some cabbage oh yeah it's definitely it's not ready yet

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we'll give it one more second all right

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it's ready here it

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is guys yay the moment of truth

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that's just chicken soup amazing we love chicken soup

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i'm gonna let this cool down and then i'm gonna sit down

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and probably eat but thank you guys for watching me cook my chicken soup today okay so after i have my lunch.

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I always clean up after myself, put this in the trash.

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I put away the dishes into the sink and I wash them.

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So I just used a bowl, a cutting board and a knife.

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That's it.

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Now I just wipe the table with my washcloth.

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I go around, I get all of the crumbs that I spilled,

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and I clean them up into my hands and I throw this in the trash.

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There we go.

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And And voila, all clean.

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Just a couple more crumbs, but it's all clean.

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Alright guys, thank you for watching this video.

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Thank you for joining me while I cook chicken soup for the first time and chicken for the first time.

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That was so much fun.

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I have a lot of video ideas that I can't wait to make for you guys.

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especially in this new apartment where I can be much more creative

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and I can show you guys a lot more of a variety of situations of real-life situations

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that will teach you real-life English.

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Keep practicing your English.

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Please don't give up.

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I'm so happy to read your comments.

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I was just reading the comments today of last week's video

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and it made me so happy that you guys we're learning things

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and you guys just have fun hanging out with me as

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well you guys also like my slow english podcasts my normal podcasts um

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but yeah it's just good to have a balance all of it is comprehensible input

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and all of it is english listening at the end of the day

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so no matter what type of video it is um the

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important part is the intention you guys are going in with the intention of learning from that video.

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And just by going in with that intention already puts you one step ahead of

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so many other people who can't take that first step.

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So enjoy the journey, guys.

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And remember, never stop learning.

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I'll see you next week.

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Bye.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 268 sentences and 2520 words to shadow. The speech runs for 20:03. The speaker talks at a steady 126 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% 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
soup noun	/sup/	Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food…
cabbage noun	/ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/	An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
carrot noun	/ˈkæɹət/	A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.
boil verb	/bɔɪ(ə)l/	To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
scare verb	/skɛɚ/	To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
pot noun	/pɑt/	A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
juice noun	/d͡ʒuːs/	A liquid made from plant, especially fruit.
intention noun	/ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/	A course of action that a person intends to follow.
filter noun	/ˈfɪltɚ/	A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from…
dish noun	/dɪʃ/	A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
sink verb	/ˈsɪŋk/	To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
chop verb	/t͡ʃɑp/	To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
trash noun	/tɹæʃ/	Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
pan noun	/pæn/	A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
throat noun	/ˈθɹoʊt/	The front part of the neck.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
go in with verb		To commit to something with; to partner with.
build up verb		To erect; to construct.
check out verb		To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
clean up verb		To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.
come back verb		To return to a place.
cool down verb	/kuːl ˈdaʊn/	To become cooler; to be reduced in temperature.
fill up verb		To make (something) completely full.
fit up verb		To furnish with suitable things; to prepare; to fit out.

Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	I've been trying · I've just been letting
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've never actually cooked · you've seen · have cooked
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form	start cooking · start speaking · keep practicing
Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea	shouldn't do · Should I let · should wash

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 109 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, we'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: throat /ˈθɹoʊt/, thick /θɪk/, washcloth /ˈwɔʃ.klɔθ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: intention /ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/, dish /dɪʃ/, trash /tɹæʃ/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/, shoe /ˈʃu/
Long words — get the stress right: vegetarian /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, priority /pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/, avocado /ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/, comprehensible /kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/

How to practise with this video

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Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like soup, cabbage, carrot.

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Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?