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Welcome back to a new video guys.
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Today we are in Forbidden City in Beijing, China.
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This is another comprehensible input vlog where we'll be exploring the whole city and where you'll learn English through comprehensible input.
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I might get heatstroke.
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So let's low-key film this.
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And uneven, especially on...
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Dude, like look at this dragon.
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This dragon.
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Let's join the crowd.
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You can see...
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Put that on the same level.
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Like it's just amazing.
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Really, really elderly people.
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You can say old.
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It's just like a domino effect.
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Yeah, exactly.
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One foot my costume that I rented.
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I won't regret anything.
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No way.
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If you ever have the chance, let me know in the comments.
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Tell me guys, rate the fit.
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Rate the fit real quick.
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Shoes, Asics, Drip, Emperor.
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I'm the Jade Emperor, but I wear gold.
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Should I wear this hat the whole time?
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Nah, I look stupid.
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Haha.
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Let me take it off.
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You look better with your hair down.
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Anyway, let's go explore the city, the forbidden city.
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Now let's walk down this ramp and let's go explore the city a little bit.
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This ramp has no steps, but there are these bricks that you can grip on, but it is still a little bit dangerous.
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Like you could fall.
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Funny story, we were in the middle of a tour.
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We did have a tour and we went up until that point, but we decided to leave the tour and film the video for you guys.
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Because one, it was really hard to hear the person because the audio on the microphone wasn't very good.
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And two, it's also hot because it's July 22nd right now in Beijing and this is very warm.
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So I might get heat stroke.
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So let's low-key film this video for you guys, explore the Bidden City and learn some English.
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One thing I really, really like a lot is the red walls and red buildings.
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What do you think?
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Yeah, they're really nice.
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I like red in traditional architecture.
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It always turns out nice.
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And like the gold roofs, I'm pretty sure that's what they're going for, gold, are really beautiful too.
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This is quite similar to Korea.
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What's that palace called in Korea?
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In Korea, the palace we visited was Gyeongbokung Palace.
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Make sure to check out that video.
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But that palace was really, really beautiful.
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And funny thing is, right before we started recording, there was like almost 20 kids that came and asked for photos.
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And they were taking photos on their smartwatches or with their phones.
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Dude, they had like a smartwatch and they were just taking photos.
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It had a camera on it.
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Yeah.
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No way.
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They were just like this.
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It was crazy.
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I've never seen that.
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But anyway, they were asking for a lot of photos.
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So yeah, I mean, I don't really see a lot of kings or emperors out here in the drip.
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And a lot of people have been calling me Wang Li or something like that.
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Wang...
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Wang Ling.
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Wang Li.
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Let me know what that means in the comments.
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But let's keep on exploring the Forbidden City.
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How would you describe this ground we're walking on right now?
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To me, it looks gray, very old, and uneven, especially on this side.
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This part looks like it was walked on a lot because it's in front of the ramp.
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Yeah, now this is really uneven and you can easily roll your ankle, I imagine, because it's not like, it's not perfect, you know?
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Yeah.
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So let's describe my outfit a little bit.
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What do you call this?
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This is called a necklace.
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And these are beads.
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These are beads.
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And this type of clothing, I would say, is like a dress.
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And it's like pleated.
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And there are like very nice designs on there too.
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Like look at this dragon, this dragon, and another dragon, and some clouds.
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What different colors can you see on your outfit?
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I can see gold, which is the main color.
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That's the predominant color.
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I can also see black, red, blue, orange, green, purple, and white.
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Yeah, those are pretty much all the colors I can see on my outfit.
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Here you can see this is a fan.
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It has a nice design on it as well.
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And this is my hat.
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There's like a, I guess this is like a crown, right?
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Yeah.
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This is the crown part.
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And there also is some hair.
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So I guess traditionally the emperors and people had like longer hair.
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A ponytail, yep.
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Ponytail.
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My hair is not that long, but I do have long hair.
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We'll walk through here.
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There'll probably be a lot of people wanting to get photos.
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Before filming, there was like a lot of people asking, like a lot of young kids.
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I think it was like a whole field trip, like a classroom of kids, one after another.
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Photo, photo, photo, photo, photo.
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Do you mind if they ask you for a photo?
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No, I don't mind.
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I don't mind.
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It's kind of nice getting some attention, right?
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Nah, I'm just a good ruler and I'm a good emperor, so I give back to the community community.
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What's your emperor name?
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Wang Li.
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No, like, you know how they called the Dragon Emperor or the...
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The Jade Emperor.
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The Jade Emperor.
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Nah, the...
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I don't know.
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Jade Emperor sounds cool, but I don't think that was ever a real person, was it?
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I don't think so.
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Yeah, probably not.
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I think that was just in, like, myth or something.
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That's the biggest building here, no?
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Yeah, that's the center of this forbidden city.
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And that's where like the throne room is?
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Yeah, that's where the throne room is.
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Because there's also another big like square on that side, but we already passed through it.
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That's where the entrance is, like the big main gate entrance.
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But this is I guess the throne room.
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Should we go up to the throne room or should we go to the side here?
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Yeah, let's go take a look and see if we can look inside of the throne room.
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I know we were up there earlier, so we weren't actually able to look in the throne room, but our tour guide showed us a photo.
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You could just like search up on Google what the throne room looks like.
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Yeah.
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But you can't go up there because you can't get close enough.
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You can't walk up to it, so you can't really see.
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And there's no lights inside of there.
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And there are guards and security, so you can't actually like go in there.
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But yeah, there are so many people here and a lot of like field trips.
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Like you see all those people in the blue shirts.
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Let's join the crowd.
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You can see everyone going up there.
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It's like a waterfall of people climbing up the stairs.
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Okay, let's have a shadowing segment here.
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This is like actually crazy beautiful.
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Let's have a shadowing segment right now.
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We are in the Forbidden City in Beijing, and the first thing I notice is the sheer scale of this place.
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The courtyard is absolutely enormous, and it is filled with people from every direction.
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Tourists are walking, climbing, stopping,
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and taking pictures, while the grand palace buildings stretch across the background with their golden roofs and deep red walls.
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Even under the cloudy sky everything still looks majestic, historic and strangely powerful.
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As I walk up these stone steps I can feel the energy of the place all around me.
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There is movement everywhere, people chatting, umbrellas opening, groups gathering and cameras clicking.
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Some visitors are moving slowly so they can admire the architecture, whereas others are hurrying so they can see as much as possible.
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The atmosphere is busy, but it is not empty noise.
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What amazes me the most is how this place can feel both ancient and immediate at the same time.
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Centuries ago, emperors and officials would have crossed spaces like this, and now thousands of ordinary people are doing exactly that.
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It makes me think about time in a very vivid way.
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We are not merely looking at history from a distance, we are physically standing inside it, walking through it and becoming,
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however briefly, part of its story.
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Honestly, the Forbidden City is one of those places that feels bigger than photos can capture.
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Okay, we're now at the top and this is the palace in front of us.
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It's so beautiful.
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You can see on the right side there, there are animals.
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Same thing with the left side.
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Damn.
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That's beautiful.
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What do you think?
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I think it's really nice, but I really want to see inside.
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Like, you can see inside.
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There's no lights or anything, so.
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Yeah, it's very hard to see inside the throne room, but there is a throne in there.
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And you can see there is a security guard standing on the outside to make sure no one comes in.
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There also is a fence.
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Look at the beautiful details and design.
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of this palace.
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It says, please do not touch.
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That lady touching?
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Yeah, that guy's security.
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You can kind of see inside there.
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These look like marble steps, right?
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Yeah.
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This looks like marble.
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So let's walk down these steps.
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And here it says, mind your step.
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That just means be careful.
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You can see there are more people down there that are coming out from that gate.
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These are all marble too.
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Yeah, this is marble.
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This is marble as well.
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And you can see Leon is holding my hat because I am holding the camera.
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So he's holding the hat now.
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Okay, what do you think of the Forbidden City so far?
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So far, I think it's one of the coolest ancient sites I've ever visited.
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Yeah.
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I would put this on the level of the Great Pyramids or something.
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I've never been.
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The Great Wall of China.
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Yeah, well, the Great Wall of China, but the Great Pyramids in Egypt.
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I haven't been there, but I would put that on the same level.
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It's just amazing.
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Yeah, I mean like the first time I ever saw the Forbidden City was on like a random YouTube video.
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And after I saw it, I was like, dude, I need to visit this place.
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It just looks so like beautiful.
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And I've also seen like other places on like Instagram or YouTube in China, but like in the mountains, like it's a monastery or something.
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Have you seen those?
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And it's like snow covered.
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Or they build like into the cliff and it's like, how do they even put that there?
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Yeah, no, it's really, really beautiful.
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I think this is probably my favorite like historical palace I've ever been to.
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Definitely.
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And the name is like super cool the forbidden city.
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Yeah, that's actually tough I don't even know like the Chinese name, right?
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I don't know.
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I don't know but it's just the forbidden city Super cool name.
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So I want you guys to also answer these questions How do you like feel you know walking through the city?
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Well as of like right now, I feel a little bit tired I feel hot
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but I'm also excited to see what else we can look at in the forbidden city
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because we've explored maybe maybe 20% of it.
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Like there's just so much more to see.
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It's a huge area.
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Yeah, we've been here for about almost three hours, I would say, right?
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Yeah, it's 11, 15.
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Yeah, we got here actually over three hours because we got here at eight.
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Or no, we left at eight.
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Yeah, we left at eight.
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We got here at nine.
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We got here at nine and it's almost been three hours.
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Pretty much.
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But honestly, I don't feel too tired and I don't really feel like I'm sweating, but I know my clothes is soaking wet.
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I know I'm sweating.
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I can't really feel it though.
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Especially my back.
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The part that's sitting on my backpack, it's soaking wet.
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This outfit is thick, feel it.
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Feel that material.
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Damn.
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It's so thick, dude.
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That's brutal.
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When I put it on, I was like, dude, thank God today is like maxed like a high of 27, 28.
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Yeah.
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Because it's actually so hot.
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Yeah, it's nice and cloudy too, which is good for like being outside, but also good for filming.
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It makes the video so much better.
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The sun has been out like twice for like a couple minutes at a time and it was so hot.
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Oh yeah.
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I could not do it if the sun just came out and stayed out.
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Yeah, you could feel it all over your body.
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Yeah, but you guys missed it on camera because we couldn't record it but Monk came and asked for a photo too.
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So, so far I've taken photos with students, really, really old people or really, really elderly people.
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You can say old people, but it's a little like disrespectful, rude.
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It's better to just say elderly people or older people.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, that's a nicer way to say it rather than saying old people.
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That's a little bit rude.
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And third, a monk.
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What was his name?
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I don't know.
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Did he introduce himself?
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No, it was funny.
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He kind of just like gave his phone to his friend, tapped me, and he's like pointed to the phone.
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Yeah, he told you you're taking a picture.
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I was like, yes, yes, yes, sir.
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Yes, monk.
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And then we took a flick.
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Got flicked up.
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Too bad we couldn't record that part.
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Yeah, I wonder what kind of monk they were though, like Buddhist probably.
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I'm pretty tired but we have a lot more of the city to explore.
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Yeah.
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We just wanted to take this moment to stop, have a native English conversation in an area where we're able to talk clearly and slowly. So...
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What?
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You just like spit all over me.
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Oh, did I?
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Yeah.
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I didn't even notice.
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It's like that word. Which one?
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It's like a...
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Yeah.
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Let's get up and get going.
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Okay.
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Yo, let's go.
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Let's go.
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Damn, bro.
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That's like 15 minutes of footage right there.
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Let's go before more people ask for a photo because then it's like, it never stops.
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That's probably like the third batch.
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It's pretty cool.
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It's like, what do they call that?
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When one thing happens after the other.
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It's just like a domino effect.
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one photo two photo 100 photos i don't mind i feel like if i'm drip drip or drown i got motion
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i got motion bro for real i got motion in the forbidden city
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because i guess no one got the motion like this check
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So what do you think is in there?
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What's the prediction?
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Probably a throne room, I would say.
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But there are just too many people.
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Let's just keep on going around because this city is really big. So.
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Well, it looks like we can go inside of it.
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Oh, you think so?
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Well, people are walking in from the side there, right?
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Okay, let's go and check it out.
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Oh, damn.
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Yeah, get in front of that group.
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Oh, a lot of kids.
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Oh, no. Ni hao.
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I was just laughed at by a group of kids.
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They looked at me, laughed, looked back at their friend, looked at me again, laughed.
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That's brutal.
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What are you feeling right now?
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I would low-key cry, but if a kid laughs at you, that means you're doing something wrong. For real.
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In here, it's a lot cooler, it's a lot darker, and a lot more peaceful.
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Yeah, the ceiling looks very old.
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And this door leads into the throne room, but it's closed.
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That's unfortunate.
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Look at all those people cramming into the small opening.
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Yeah.
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Oh, look at that.
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Completely changes, eh?
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But it's not that big.
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Yeah, the garden is not that big, but it is really busy.
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But it's nice to see some trees.
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Okay, so now we're leaving the forbidden city, you can see.
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Now we're going to go return this outfit and then go to the museum.
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What's the museum called?
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What about lunch?
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Oh, we're going to actually go eat lunch first because I'm hungry.
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The museum is called the National Museum.
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The National Museum.
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And I'm pretty sure my shirt is soaking wet, but I just can't tell because I'm so hot.
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But let's go, let's bounce.
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This wall honestly looks even better on the outside, I'm not gonna lie.
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It's just so massively tall.
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Super massive.
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Look at the guards over there, they're perfectly straight.
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They're like the Buckingham Palace guards.
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Yeah.
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We've just left the Forbidden City, and now we're walking around the whole city
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because we have to go back to where we started so I can drop off my costume that I rented.
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So I rented this costume for the day and now I'm done wearing it and it's very hot.
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So I'm going to go drop it back off.
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And a lot of the time when you rent something like this
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or you rent a car or a bike or anything really, you have to put down a deposit on it.
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And that's just for the owner to keep just in case you don't return the item
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so that they can keep your deposit.
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So I had to put a deposit on this outfit of 500 yuan.
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So when I go there, I'll have that refunded to me.
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So a deposit isn't like a permanent payment.
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It's only like an insurance for the shop owner so that you don't run away with the costume.
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But yeah, Leon just said a walk down by the water and I do agree because it is very beautiful.
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Right now we're walking around the forbidden city.
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I'm surprised no one is really walking along here.
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It's really, really beautiful and this is very wide too.
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And the water is kind of green.
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I don't know if you can tell on the camera, but the water is kind of green.
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And that's where we exited from.
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Now we're walking all the way back around.
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Do you think there's fish in there?
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I think there is, yeah.
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Ooh, dude, that building right there is super beautiful.
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That's the Jade Emperor Pagoda.
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Oh, really?
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No. Cancel for this guy.
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There's a lot of algae in there too.
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But it doesn't look that deep.
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I'd say it's maybe like five feet deep, six feet deep.
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Oh yeah, you can see the algae.
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We're just gonna walk around.
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It's honestly a really nice walk.
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I feel like a lot of ancient palaces and stuff had a moat.
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Same thing with Osaka Castle.
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Look at the lady on the bicycle.
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It's funny.
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This area is a lot more peaceful than the Forbidden City.
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Yeah, it's quieter a lot more peaceful.
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There are just people riding their bikes on the street, just families walking.
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It's just so peaceful.
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Look at these beautiful trees.
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The bottom part is a tree trunk.
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And then the top, that green part, are the leaves.
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Just really beautiful and peaceful.
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I like this area outside of the Forbidden City.
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So we have a four minute walk.
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Did you see those buses there?
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They have like a facade that makes them look like a trolley car.
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It's a shuttle bus.
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Yeah.
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But for tours, maybe they bring you back to the main gate.
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I think those buses go around in a loop around this whole Forbidden City.
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So you can just hop on them.
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They don't cost any money.
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And you can just take them around.
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You don't have to walk everywhere.
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Should have done that.
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Because we've been walking for almost half an hour now and we're getting quite tired.
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No way.
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I think I almost have heat stroke, but we're gonna go get some food to eat.
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You know what?
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It's a nice walk, so if I do get heat stroke, I won't regret anything.
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No way.
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Okay guys, so now I'm across the street.
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This is the store that I rented my stuff from.
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So I'm now gonna go in, return my stuff, get my deposit back, and then we'll go get something to eat and drink.
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So now I'll go in here.
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Okay, we're now in 7-Eleven here.
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I think we might get ice cream.
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We just dropped off the outfit, and now we have a little snack from 7-Eleven.
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This is a tuna mayo onigiri.
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We also have a small Snickers.
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We have this chocolate bun thing with extra seasoning inside, and also this plus C drink.
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Let's see what Leon got.
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Leon got a sandwich.
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He also got a whole...
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He got a whole loaf of fruit bread.
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I saw a guy eating bread at the Forbidden City or the Forbidden Palace, and I was like, damn, I want to eat a whole loaf of bread as well.
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Okay, so now let's try this first.
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Chocolate bread.
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It's in a package, and you can see the package is filled with air.
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When I squeeze it, you can see the bag getting tighter.
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Now let's peel the package open.
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I know my hands are probably dirty
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so I don't want to touch the actual food and I don't have any wet wipes to clean my hands.
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You want a wet wet?
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Chocolatey?
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Nope.
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It just looks like chocolate but there is no chocolate flavor.
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This is a bottle.
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This right here is a lid and I'm going to twist the lid off.
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Now the lid is off and I'm gonna take a sip.
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Mmm.
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The way I would describe this drink is this drink is not very sweet.
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It's sour and a little bitter, just like lemon.
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So I actually do like this drink and I would probably get it again.
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Is it carbonated?
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No. Now let's try this.
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I really don't want to touch this one either.
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Oh, it looks super nice and soft.
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Let me know in the comments guys.
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Do you warm this up before you eat it?
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Or do you just eat this without warming it up?
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Me personally, I don't warm it up.
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I just eat it cold.
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I think that's how they do it in Japan.
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Because onigiri is meant to be like food you take to school
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or to work and you don't have like somewhere to heat it up.
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It's not like a hot food.
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Because in Korea, they warm it up, but this is one of the best ones I've ever had actually.
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Wow.
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Roki's shoutout 7-Eleven.
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This is really good.
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Anyway, let me know what you guys think of today's video.
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Did you enjoy seeing the Forbidden City?
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And would you visit it yourself if you ever have the chance?
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Let me know in the comments.
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This was one of the funniest and most unforgettable moments of the day.
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I was standing in front of the Forbidden City wearing traditional emperor clothing and honestly, I did not expect such a huge reaction.
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The outfit was bright, ornate and impossible to ignore.
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It had rich golden colors, elaborate details, and theatrical, almost regal presence.
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The second I put it on, I stopped feeling like an ordinary tourist and started feeling like part of the scene itself.
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Almost immediately, people began coming up to me and asking to take photos.
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At first, I thought maybe one or two people would ask, but then more and more people came over.
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Kids smiled, families laughed, and strangers confidently walked up to me with their phones ready.
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It was surreal, but also hilarious.
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What made it even better was how spontaneous it all was.
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Nobody planned this big photo moment, yet it happened naturally because the clothing was so eye-catching and the environment matched it perfectly.
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Standing there in front of those monumental red walls surrounded by crowds,
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I looked strangely appropriate as though I had wandered out of another century and somehow landed in modern Beijing.
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The contrast was absurd, charming, and weirdly cinematic.
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Learn English with YouTube: Explore the Forbidden City While Practicing Real-Life Dialogue
Imagine walking through Beijing’s Forbidden City, chatting with a friend, and picking up English naturally—no textbooks, just real conversation. That’s exactly what the video offers: a casual, immersive scenario where you follow along as someone explores the iconic site, shares observations, and even jokes about the heat. It’s the perfect way to learn English with YouTube because it mirrors how we use language in daily life—relaxed, unscripted, and full of context.
Useful Chunks & Collocations to Add to Your Vocabulary
- Low-key film this: To film something casually, without drawing attention. Example: “It’s too busy—let’s low-key film the video.”
- Domino effect: A chain reaction where one event causes others. Example: “Everyone started leaving, and it became a domino effect.”
- Rate the fit: Slang for “give your opinion on my outfit.” Example: “I rented this costume—rate the fit!”
- Grip on: To hold or cling to something for balance. Example: “The ramp is slippery, but the bricks give you a good grip on.”
- Hard to hear: Difficult to understand due to noise or poor audio. Example: “The tour guide was hard to hear over the crowd.”
Your Shadowing Challenge: Practice Like a Pro
Ready to try the shadowing technique? Here’s how: Play a 10-second clip of the video, pause, and repeat the speaker’s words immediately, copying their tone, speed, and pauses. Focus on phrases like “I might get heatstroke” or “This is quite similar to Korea.” Shadow speak 3-5 times until it feels natural. The goal is to mimic the rhythm of real conversation, not just memorize words. This shadowspeak practice helps you get comfortable with everyday English flow—perfect for when you’re chatting with friends or exploring new places yourself.
Pro tip: Start with short clips, then work up to longer ones. You’ll be surprised how quickly phrases like “low-key film this” start to feel like your own!
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 | have been calling · we've been walking |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've never seen · I've now added · I've ever visited |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was walked · is called · is filled |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | gold, which is · too, which is |
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.