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Hello, and welcome to the first episode of Learning English with Minecraft.
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My name is Kenzo, and this is English from the ground up.
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So, in this first episode, I'm just going to create the world,
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and maybe build a basic shelter.
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So, first, I'm going to click play, click create new, create new world.
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Okay.
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I am going to name the world Fishland.
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Fishland.
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Mm-hmm.
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I am naming the world Fishland because I think I'm going to make it fish themed.
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I'm going to play on survival and normal difficulty.
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Normal difficulty.
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Not too hard and not too easy.
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Just normal. And create.
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So now the world is loading.
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So the first thing that I am going to do is search for a place to build a basic shelter.
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So, I'm probably going to search for somewhere close to the ocean, so I can travel long distances by boat,
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but also somewhere that's close to a forest, because especially in the beginning, you need a lot of wood.
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So, there are a lot of trees here.
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Trees, trees.
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Hello, Mr. Chicken.
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Oh, it's a sheep.
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So I'm also going to search for sheep along the way because I need to kill three sheep
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to collect wool to build a bed.
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I need a bed to sleep through the night because during the night monsters come out and it's Very dangerous.
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I'm sorry, Mr. Sheep.
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Sorry.
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R.A.P.
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Okay.
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Now, I have a wool.
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White wool.
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Oh, there's more sheep.
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More sheep.
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I feel bad, but I need the wool.
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I'm sorry, Mr. Sheep.
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Okay, two.
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And one more.
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Oh no. This one's a baby.
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I can't kill the parents in front of the child.
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This sheep is safe.
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Okay.
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I like this area.
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It looks like there's a jungle over there.
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Interesting.
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A pig.
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I need one more white wool.
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Oh, maybe I'll build here.
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Maybe I'll build here.
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I really like this area.
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I like the beach.
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The beach.
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And it's close to a river.
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Okay.
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I also really like these two formations.
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Oh, and there's a village.
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This is a village.
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Oh, this is fantastic.
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Hello.
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You can trade with villagers.
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But first I need the emeralds.
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Hmm.
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Wow.
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This is a desert village.
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Oh no!
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Oh no!
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That baby ocelot just killed two rabbits.
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An iron golem.
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Wow.
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Okay.
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This is perfect.
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I think that I'm going to build right over Over there, right over there.
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I want to build a little bit away from the village.
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I'm going to collect some sugarcane.
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This is sugarcane.
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I'm going to collect sugarcane because later on I can use sugarcane to build paper.
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And paper is useful for maps and books and other things.
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Okay, so I think I'm going to build right around here.
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I'm close to a village.
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I am close to a river and a forest.
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This is perfect.
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So now I'm going to punch some trees.
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So I'm not going to collect a ton of wood right now
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because later on I'll build an axe and that will allow me to chop wood way faster.
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So for now I'll just chop one tree.
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One tree.
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Okay.
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I have six oak logs.
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With one log, I can build four planks.
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Four wood planks.
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So I'm going to turn all the logs into planks.
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So I have 24 planks.
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With four planks, I can build a crafting table.
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Now the crafting table is one of the most useful blocks in Minecraft.
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Because with a crafting table I can build tools.
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So I'm going to start by building sticks.
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So I'm going to start by building 12 sticks.
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With two sticks and three planks, two sticks, one, two, three planks,
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I can build a pickaxe, a wooden pickaxe.
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Now, wooden tools are garbage.
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They're terrible, but I need the wooden pickaxe so that I can collect stone.
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Stone tools are better than wooden tools.
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Wooden tools are slow, and they break easily.
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Stone tools are still not too good, but they're better than wooden tools.
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So I'm just going to collect enough stone to build stone tools.
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So maybe about 30 or so?
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Okay, I have 32 cobblestone. That should be enough.
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So I'm going to use the sticks and the cobblestone to build all the stone tools.
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So a stone pickaxe, a stone axe to chop down trees,
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a stone shovel, and a stone sword.
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So these are the basic tools.
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a pickaxe for mining stone, a sword for fighting monsters, an axe for chopping wood, and a shovel for the soil.
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So now that I have an axe, I'm going to chop down a bunch of trees.
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I'll start with this one.
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One, two, three.
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Uh oh.
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beginning to get dark.
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The sun is going down, which means soon there's going to be monsters all over the place.
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But luckily I have a sword to defend myself.
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okay an apple uh oh that is a creeper
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creepers explode when you get close but it's next to my crafting table oh no okay I'm going to sneak up
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Got it.
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Uh oh.
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Oh no. Spiders.
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Okay.
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I killed a skeleton and two spiders, and now I'm running away.
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I'm going to run to the village for safety.
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I only have three hunger remaining, which means I can't sprint.
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I can only walk.
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So I'm going very slow. But I'm almost there.
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Uh oh.
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No!
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Okay, we're okay.
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We're safe.
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It's very dangerous at night.
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Where's the village?
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Oh, there it is.
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Another creeper.
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Uh-oh, see he exploded.
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And he destroyed the ground.
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No, no. I'm getting low on health.
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Oh.
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Get out of the bed.
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I need to sleep.
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When I sleep in the morning, the monsters begin to burn,
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so it becomes a lot more safe.
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It's morning.
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See, the skeleton is burning in the sunlight.
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Get out of here!
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No!
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If the zombie kills a villager, then the villager turns into a zombie villager.
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So it's important to protect the villagers.
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So now that it's daytime again, I'm going to begin building my shelter.
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It's going to be very basic, nothing fancy.
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I think I'll start to build right here on the beach.
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So I guess I'll start by building some walls.
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Okay, so this is all I've built so far,
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but I think this is going to be a dock for a boat that I can put right here,
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and I'm going to build the room this way.
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It's going to be a long room.
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Okay, and I ran out of wood.
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So now I'm going back to the forest to chop down more trees.
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swimming underwater on the surface underwater on
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the surface okay I'm going to need food food I don't have any food
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but I think there was food back in the village So, oh, and there's an apple.
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Okay, these are saplings.
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And I can plant these in the soil, like this.
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And after some time, they will grow into trees.
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So I'm not deforesting the area.
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Aha, there's another sheep.
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the third and final sheep that I need to kill.
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Okay, so now I have three wool.
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Oh, it's the wandering trader.
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So this person is a villager that wanders.
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He doesn't stay in the same place, but he trades things from far-off places.
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Like tropical fish.
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Interesting.
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I wish I had five emeralds. But I don't.
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I can't buy anything from the wandering trader, sadly.
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For now, I'm just going to build my shelter,
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and after that I will start to search for new materials underground in caves,
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like iron and gold and diamonds, because just stone tools are not very good.
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and also I'm going to need the other materials so
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that I can build armor because right now I don't have any armor.
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No armor.
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Okay, again it's getting dark and I only have three hearts so I need to be careful.
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I'm just gonna go back to my house that I've been building because
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there I can build a bed now that I have three wool
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so I don't have to go all the way
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back to the village oh oh hurry hurry hurry oh okay I'm gonna need to kill these zombies.
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Any others?
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Okay.
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Quickly.
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There are monsters nearby.
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Now?
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Maybe?
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Yes!
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Okay.
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Okay, we're safe.
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Zombies don't burn in the sunlight.
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Okay.
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Now, I really need to find food.
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I'm going to go back to the village.
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Actually, first of all, I'm going to do something else.
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I'm going to build a furnace with eight stone.
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This is a furnace.
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I'm paranoid.
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Okay.
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Okay, with a furnace, I can cook, I can cook meat.
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One more thing before I go back to the village.
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Okay, first of all, I'm going to build a wooden shovel, and you'll see why.
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Wooden shovel, and now that I have a wooden shovel, I need planks like this to build a boat.
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The wooden shovel is like an oar.
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Okay.
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Now I have a boat so I can travel way faster.
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This is going to be helpful as I go back and forth from the village.
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Hello.
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Do you have any food?
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I haven't seen any food.
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So these are crops, but none of them are ripe.
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None of the vegetables are ready to be eaten.
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Okay, well, there wasn't any food in the village,
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so I might need to go hunting for food.
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Come here, no!
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Come here!
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Okay, I got him.
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Okay, here are some pigs.
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I'm sorry, pigs.
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eggs, pork chops, and more pork chops.
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Another bunny.
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Okay, I'm gonna go back to the shelter that I've been building and cook this meat.
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I might have to build a fishing pole so that I can fish from this river.
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Oh no, I forgot my boat over there at the village.
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Oh well.
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Okay, here's my cooked mutton.
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Now I'll cook some pork chops.
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I'm going to eat this cooked mutton.
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Okay.
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I do have enough string to build a fishing pole.
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So I'm going to build a fishing pole.
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Now I can fish for food.
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A puffer fish.
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I probably won't eat a puffer fish.
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I know there are some places that serve puffer fish in Japan,
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but I don't think that I would ever try puffer fish. Where are you, fish?
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Aha.
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A raw cod.
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Finally, a fish that I can eat.
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Here one comes.
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Ooh, a salmon, I think?
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A salmon, yep.
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One more fish. And another salmon.
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Okay, great.
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So now I have some meat.
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I'm going to quickly finish this room.
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So now I'm collecting sand because I need sand to build glass for my windows.
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So I'm getting a little bit of sand.
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I'm also going to spread out this sugar cane.
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I'm going to spread out the sugar cane so that it grows in more places,
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because I'm going to need a lot of sugar cane later on.
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Okay, so now the sugarcane will grow from all of those places.
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I'm going to replace the sand with stone right there and place some doors.
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So now I have two wooden doors.
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perfect and for this side i only have one door left
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and i don't have enough wood to build another door
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so for now one door will do
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and i will close off this side okay and once again it's turning dark so this shelter is now safe
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And I think I'm going to end the video here.
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So thank you so much for watching.
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Tell me in the comments below if you like Minecraft videos, and if so, I will make more.
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Click the like button if you liked it, and I will see you again in the next video.
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See ya.
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Who Is This Video For?
This video is perfect for beginner to intermediate English learners looking to practice listening and speaking in a fun, low-pressure way. If you struggle with understanding casual, conversational speech or want to build confidence in describing daily actions, this Minecraft-themed lesson fits the bill. It’s also great for IELTS speaking practice since it focuses on clear, sequential storytelling—key for part 2 of the exam.
Words & Idioms Worth Stealing
The dialogue is packed with practical phrases. Here are standout terms to add to your toolkit:
- "Basic shelter": A simple, functional place to live. Useful for describing living spaces.
- "Survival mode": A game setting where you gather resources to stay alive. Can be used metaphorically (e.g., "I’m in survival mode at work this week").
- "Sleep through the night": To sleep without waking up. Essential for talking about daily routines.
- "Fish themed": Decorated or designed around fish. Replace "fish" with other nouns for flexibility (e.g., "space themed").
How to Get the Accent Right
The speaker uses a clear, neutral accent with natural pacing—ideal for shadowing practice. To mimic it:
- Focus on stress in multi-syllabic words like "dangerous" (DAHN-ger-ous) and "difficulty" (DIF-fi-cul-ty). Misplacing stress can make words unrecognizable.
- Copy the casual intonation when apologizing to the sheep ("I’m sorry, Mr. Sheep"). The rise in pitch softens the tone, a key skill for polite speech.
- Use a shadowing app or shadowing site to record yourself and compare. Pause the video, repeat short phrases, and match the rhythm—this builds muscle memory for natural speech.
Practicing with this video helps improve English pronunciation by linking words to visual actions, making new vocabulary stick. Whether you’re "shadow speaking" alone or prepping for IELTS, this lesson turns language learning into an adventure.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if you liked it, and I will see |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've built · haven't seen |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | down, which means · remaining, which means |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might need · might have |
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.