Shadowing Practice: Real English Conversation: Making Breakfast - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hey guys this is Teacher Levy.
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I'm bringing the energy and the speed today for this English video.
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We have my sister who was in the previous video so she'll be speaking as well.
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So we have double the amount of speaking happening for you guys to listen to.
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Would you like to say anything?
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She doesn't because she doesn't want to speak because she just woke up.
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As you guys know, Early Bird gets the worm and we'll actually be making some cookies, which I wanted to film.
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But because the butter needs to get warmed up here, you can see the butter.
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We're stirring the butter.
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And over here we have milk, oat milk and regular milk.
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And we'll be making these two things because we are going to be making coffee this morning, guys, right?
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Right.
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What kind of coffee?
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The best type of coffee.
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The best type of coffee, guys, this type of coffee is from a different plant.
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It's not actual coffee, right?
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Right.
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What's the benefits of this?
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Yo mama.
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Okay, so she's in a goofy mood today, but we are going to make some of this plant-based coffee that's non-caffeinated.
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It doesn't have caffeine.
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And also, this, some kind of cookie.
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What kind of cookie recipe is this?
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um yo yo mama's butter chicken nuggets okay
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so she thinks i will edit that out but i won't this time
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so um these cookies i think are actually butternut cookies no
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they're not there's some kind of cookies i don't really care
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but remember i didn't have breakfast yet
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and it's really important to eat something before working
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so unless you're fasting so what we'll do now here today is film some of this
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so you get a real perspective of cooking
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and making some stuff around the house maybe in the morning
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or whenever it doesn't really matter
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and we'll do it in fast english as you know okay
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so now she's going to put the a teaspoon of this coffee powder as you can see into the mugs
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and or a teaspoon and a half I think it should be
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so this is one and then we'll do it looks like she's doing two teaspoons
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or she's mixing it she's doing one and a half
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and this one has one and a fourth okay
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so she should add a little more good job okay and so she's going to add the milk
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into these mugs
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and then what are you
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gonna do after okay guys
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so she really thinks I'm not going to post this
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but I will and
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so a quick promo for my book guys I wrote a book everybody knows about it already but
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if you don't know about the book it's a great book
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I recommend everybody to buy it I wrote the book
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so I'm promoting it it has 20 chapters
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and those are the 20 reasons to buy the book their personal personal stories based off of things
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that happened in my life I put them into a book
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and I made them English compatible it's good for beginners intermediates
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and in advanced level students
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and what would you say about the book as you read the book you thought it was really good
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Go and buy it!
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Yeah guys, go and buy the book and now we'll get right back to the video.
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Okay, so as you can see,
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now we need to add water for some reason, just a tad.
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But I don't like tap water, so she's adding tap water.
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I don't know why, since we have a water filter, I guess she's being lazy.
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no wrong I actually use it use that
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because it is boiling water okay
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so no it's not from the top it is from the top yes okay
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so she's saying it's boiling water from the top it's very hot it's actually not boiling though
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and you can't get boiling water from the top I think you can't know it's steaming not boiling
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so yeah steam is when the vapor comes up boiling is
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when it's bubbling
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so as you can see this is not boiling this has been here for about 20 minutes now
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so I wonder what she's doing I'm not quite sure are
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these coffees ready no they're not right no they're not right we can say no they are
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or no they're not
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and then what is this called do we know this is called a author okay good vocabulary
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so we're fra thing could I say that yes you can okay
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so we're mixing this up and then we'll add the milk is
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that right this is correct okay this is correct means I am right
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so we'll mix that then add the milk
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and then slowly we'll put this what are you doing with
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this we are browning the butter we're browning the butter
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or we can say butter right guys remember there's many different T pronunciations
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but here we can say butter right what is this called butter
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good butter and then after the after the butter browns what are we gonna do
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and And then we will just let the butter cool.
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Okay, and then what?
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And then we can carry on with our recipe.
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Great, so then we're going to carry on with our recipe.
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Good.
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Guys, a quick promo for the book.
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I just released a new book.
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My sister loves it.
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She said it's one of her favorite books.
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Would you say so?
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It's my favorite book.
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It is her favorite book.
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Not one of her favorite books.
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It is her favorite book.
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And what is it called?
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Tom's English Adventures.
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Tom's English Adventures.
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A...
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A...
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A...
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A busy summer.
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A busy summer.
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Not summer vacation.
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A busy summer, guys.
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It is the first link in the description.
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20 reasons to get it.
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It has 20 chapters.
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You're going to love it.
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Get it for your brothers, sisters, friends, cousins, relatives, and your pets.
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Okay?
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It's very important.
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So, what we're doing here is we're still stirring the butter.
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It's getting quite boring and repetitive, repetitive so maybe at this point we're going to wait here i can do you can pour the coffee okay
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so i can pour the i'm well i'm pouring the milk
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right not the coffee right guys we're pouring the milk into the coffee right right
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so let's pour this into the mugs we can say pouring right to pour what about pouring rain is
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that the same teacher pour rain can also pour okay so
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when it rains a very little
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when it rains very little we say pouring rain you can also say we can also say um
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when it rains it pours good one and that means
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that it rains a lot no yes no
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when it rains it pours it means when something is bad it becomes
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so much worse right and pouring rain means it rains little
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or it rains a lot it rains a lot okay you heard it here folks
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so pouring rain means it rains a lot.
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I just poured the milk.
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You poured the milk but not the rain.
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I poured the milk but not the rain into the mugs and we're going to add what are we adding to these?
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Last night she added peanut butter so what are we going to add?
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No additives today.
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Okay so nothing.
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No maple syrup.
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Well there is a bit of maple syrup there.
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There is a bit of maple syrup in here.
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Yes sir.
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You added it already?
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Yes, sir.
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Okay, so we have maple syrup, milk, whole milk, and also oat milk, right?
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Yes.
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Okay, now are we going to add straws into these or not?
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No straws.
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No straws today, guys.
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I might add a straw if I can find one.
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Why would you put a straw into that?
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I like to drink my coffee from a straw.
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Is that fine with you?
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hello it's fine with her guys remember
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if you get no reaction it's not a reason to quit
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or to give up keep trying keep pushing English is about
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consistency am I wrong I'm being consistent guys still I'm pushing forward I'm not quitting I'm not giving up
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and one question
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that I did get a lot from my from the viewers
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from last video is does my sister have her own channel and the answer is
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womp womp womp
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which means no guy she does not have her own channel
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yet are you planning on maybe making a channel in the future okay
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so she isn't planning on making a channel in the future so um
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also some one of my great students reached out how
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if she could get in touch with you I think we'll leave that in the private messages, right?
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Right.
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Right.
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So another question I got is, I got a lot of congratulations on the book.
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Guys, I just wrote a new book and it is out now on Amazon.
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So go check out the book.
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So that's great.
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And they like the speed.
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They like the fast English.
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What do you think?
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Fast or slow English?
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Fast English all day.
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Right.
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Try and say it again.
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fast English all day there you go okay fast English all day
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because guys sometimes people tell me they're slow English it's too slow they speed it up to 1.5
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that is no bueno as we say in Spanish right what language is
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that Italian no Spanish right good job
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so why did we put the spoon here I think this just a silly goofy thing a silly goofy thing
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that we're going to post on youtube
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because guys i want you to have a real glimpse into uh the process of an english conversation
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and this way you can role play with your siblings
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or your friends and create situations where you can speak english what do you think does
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that sound like a plan for them that is the greatest plan
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that is the greatest plan guys because we're replicating what it's actually like to speak English every day,
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day to day, and have simple conversations while making butter or warming up butter or making coffee or whatever it may be,
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guys, unedited, unfiltered, and it is real, right?
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Unbelievable.
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No, what's another word for real?
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What can we say?
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Authentic.
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What's another word?
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Genuine.
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Genuine.
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Okay, what's another word?
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one of a kind one of a kind that's not one
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word unique right um spectacular I don't think those are getting farther away from the synonyms anyways guys
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so we can find cinnamon as well I might add a
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little cinnamon is different guys cinnamon is this little ingredient here
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and we can also put it into our coffee guys I won't rotate it
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because you wouldn't be able to read it, right?
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Well, one of them would, Mark.
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Shout out to our members, guys.
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The members have been supporting me for over a year now.
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Damn.
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The members have been supporting me for over a year now.
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And some of them have been there and some of them rejoined.
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But they are in the group chat on Telegram.
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They're the first ones who heard about the book release and the updates on the book.
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So shout out to members and again promoting my book.
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It's on Amazon first link in the description, right?
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Go and cop it so go and get the book.
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All right guys I'll give this a little test
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and then we'll have a break and wait for the to make some progress on the call on the
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Biscuits or what is it cookies?
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On the cookies because it's taking forever.
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So Mmm, that's pretty good Now I'll just have this,
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I'll drink this in peace and we'll wait for that to brown or what are we waiting for?
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Correct.
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Okay.
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All right.
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And I'll catch you guys later.
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Hey, everybody.
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So I took my sweatshirt off because it was a little bit hot, but that's okay.
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Do you film like that sometimes?
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Yeah.
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That's weird.
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I think it's fine.
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So what are we doing now?
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We're adding the eggs and we have a mix here in the bowl.
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What's in here?
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um we have some we don't have to fill the fish
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what do we have it we have eggs what do we
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have a banana banana bananas maple syrup maple
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syrup okay sugar no sugar maple syrup that's all okay wow
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so she's slow today guys I mean we're We're trying to get this done as fast as possible
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because she has class soon, right?
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When do you have class?
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At around 12 p.m.?
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At 12 p.m she has class.
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So we're trying to, this is vanilla extract, right?
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Just a splash.
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Just a splash.
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Okay, so just a tiny bit, guys.
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We're not measuring here.
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We're going to add that much and then stir it in with the rest of the mix.
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This we won't use this chocolate we used all of it
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and what is this this is just chocolate chocolate chocolate we
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can say chocolate though we don't need to say chocolate we can say chocolate right right right okay
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so now we're mixing this and we're
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going to hopefully get this done soon
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because we're both hungry she has class soon I don't intend on finishing this
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because I have my own things to do like filming this video
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and now we're adding flour is this flour yes okay
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and is this white flour or is it whole wheat what kind of flour is
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that is probably half holy okay so this is probably half whole wheat
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so we're it's mixed half white flour half whole wheat flour
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and we have this hybrid right right right okay
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and then do you have the recipe where did you get the recipe for this okay
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but what's it called on a serious interest okay is Pinterest
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a social media platform it's less social than Instagram got it
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people might be more familiar with right okay so
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so we're measuring the flour right and we're getting is this a one cup
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or is it a half we're gonna do one
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and a half cup okay so this is one cup okay
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so and then we're gonna do a half so one
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and a half cups actually okay so one and a half cups right
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and we're going to add it in here
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and I excuse me guys for the slow process we're trying get this done diligently
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but as you can tell it's you know good things take
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time is what i said recently in the group chat is
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that true we're trying to get it done promptly diligently
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and skillfully and swiftly uh okay
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so hopefully fold in the flour like fold in like
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so fold in yes fold and that would be used in cooking terms.
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Okay, so I guess this is cooking vocabulary.
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And then we're going to use this, a whisk, right?
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Do we call it a whisk?
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Right, right.
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Okay, and now we're whisking the mixture.
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Is that correct?
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Right.
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Can you say that, teacher?
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We do.
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Okay, so we're whisking this.
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And while she does that in the background, I just want her to say what her favorite dessert is.
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Okay, so we can practice.
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What's your favorite dessert, teacher?
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My favorite dessert?
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Let's see.
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Okay.
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Probably...
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Hurry up.
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Some donuts.
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Donuts.
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A little bit of cheesecake.
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Cheesecake.
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That's my favorite.
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A little bit of brownies.
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Brownies.
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Some sugar cookies.
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Sugar cookies.
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Chocolate chip cookies.
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Something like this.
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Okay, and what about pancakes or waffles?
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Pancakes or waffles?
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Well, I'm team pancakes.
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Okay, so team pancakes.
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I prefer waffles, okay?
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So I like waffles better because it has the little squares which can hold your maple syrup.
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So that's why I like waffles.
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Okay, so then we have another half a cup of flour here.
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We'll mix it together or whisk it together.
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Which one would you say teacher both or which one can
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which one can we say whisk
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or mix well since i'm holding a whisk um i would say whisk it okay
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so you would say whisk it okay i would also say whisk it
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but we can say mix it because you can say whatever you want yeah
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and it's the action of mixing it and
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so as you can see she keeps going back on her phone
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because she doesn't know the recipe by heart we can say
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if you don't know it very well we can't say you don't know by heart right right right
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so why don't you know by heart this is my first time making this recipe um believe it
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or not so it's just gonna take a few extra minutes for me here okay
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so what's the eta i like to say expected time of arrival
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so when do you think this will be finished by in 20 minutes i think at
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1150 okay great 1150 so that will be just 10 minutes before she starts guys
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so we really have to hurry up we really have to
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push it to the limit just as the song says you're familiar with the song right right
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so we really have to push it to the limit
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and hopefully get it done in time so we can try them
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and give a little taste test what do you say I
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say I say what I say it's good okay it's good all Alright, so we'll be right back in a jiffy.
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Until then, a quick promo for my book.
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I just launched it.
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I've been promoting it for the whole time.
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Just because it's my book, I get paid for it.
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And it is not a separate company.
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It's not sponsored by Adidas or any other big brand, right?
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It's not sponsored this time.
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This time it is not sponsored and we only take good sponsorships, right?
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Right.
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Okay, so while she's turning on the oven, are you preheating it?
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I've been preheating it.
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That is the term.
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This is basic terms.
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this is yeah okay so preheating the oven uh
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so the book is the first link in the description why is the book
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so good because you read the book it's very good why is it
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so good what makes it so you read the book
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and you're just like wow yeah what an experience this has given me yeah
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and i think it's because of the just the sheer effort
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that went into it yeah
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and like a sheer talent yeah what does the word share
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mean good question answer in the comments guys very important I
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want the top comment to be the definition of sheer good question for my students
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so it's a she it's a what do you say sheer
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what you say sheer talent poured into into the book right
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and how can it help English learners
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because I have a story in there about a campfire what's
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a campfire got to do with learning English think about it let me tell you
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because she's looking for some ingredients
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so the campfire is a basic scenario you might find yourself
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and in life right you go hang out with friends
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and you have a campfire maybe at a in the woods
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or you go in your backyard you have a little bonfire
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or campfire and you learn the vocabulary you learn the situation the scenario
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or scenario right we can say and around
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that you get accustomed to the right expression
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so these are 20 stories 20 reasons to get the book
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and before we end it teacher a teacher Lily right a
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final message to why reading is important in our lives why is it so
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direly important why is that well a few reasons I would go ahead
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and start with the first reason yeah just right
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so she doesn't know anyway so that's is
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that my shirt no right all right we'll be right back with the finished product hey Hey everybody,
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so the cookies are ready.
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You can see we have the cookies here.
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They're fresh out of the oven.
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We've waited about five minutes to put these in front of us, right, about?
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Great, so do you want to give it a shot and then taste it and see what it's like?
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Sure.
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All right, let's see.
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We say the moment of truth.
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Here we go, one bite.
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And there's the bite, okay.
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let's see what she thinks is it good or bad
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or we'll see okay still chewing all right quick what do
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you think is it good bad quick people are bored quick
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good what else just say not the greatest not the greatest
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why well we have no refined sugar in this okay whole wheat flour so that that changes the texture of It's good.
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It's good though.
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I like it.
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Okay, so she thinks it's good.
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A very vague description of why.
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Let me give it a shot.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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I like it a lot.
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This will be my food until the evening. So, I will indulge.
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I think it's good.
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I don't know why you don't like it.
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I like it.
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Okay.
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Thanks, everybody, for watching.
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I appreciate your time.
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Hopefully, you learned something.
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And if you support these videos, like and subscribe, share with a friend, a buddy, if they're learning English.
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Hopefully, this encourages them to keep going, push forward, and put English into their everyday routines.
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Okay?
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I'll talk to you next time pretty shortly, pretty soon.
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All right, take care.
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Bye.
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Bye.
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Bye.
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Bye.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Real English Conversation: Making Breakfast”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: english, butter, rain, coffee. This video has 415 sentences and 3633 words to shadow. The speech runs for 23:35. The speaker talks at a natural 154 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| pour verb | /poɹ/ | To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it. |
| cookie noun | /ˈkʊki/ | A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm. |
| whisk noun | /ˈwɪsk/ | A quick, light sweeping motion. |
| flour noun | /ˈflaʊ.ə/ | Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and… |
| syrup noun | /ˈsɪɹ.əp/ | Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring. |
| maple noun | /ˈmeɪpl̩/ | Any member of any species of genus Acer, characterized by (usually) palmate, five-lobed leaves and winged seeds, and often grown for syrup or wood |
| boil verb | /bɔɪ(ə)l/ | To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas. |
| recipe noun | /ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/ | Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients. |
| straw noun | /stɹɔ/ | A dried stalk of a cereal plant. |
| campfire noun | /ˈkæmpˌfaɪ̯ɚ/ | A fire at a campground or on a camping trip, often used for cooking, to provide light and heat, to drive away bugs, and as a focal point for sitting around in… |
| waffle noun | /ˈwɑf.əl/ | A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup. |
| sheer adjective | /ʃɪɚ/ | Very thin or transparent. |
| pancake noun | /ˈpæn.keɪk/ | An thin batter cake similar to a crepe, typically unleavened. |
| wheat noun | /ˈwiːt/ | Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery. |
| fold verb | /ˈfəʊld/ | To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). | |
| push forward verb | To continue to act or do something, especially with a lot of effort | |
| warm up verb | /ˌwɔː(ɹ)m ˈʌp/ | To become warmer. |
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). | |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. | |
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| go back on verb | To be treacherous or faithless to; to betray. | |
| reach out verb | To extend one's hand(s) forward; to reach for something. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Would you like to say anything?
- Why would you put a straw into that?
- Is that fine with you?
- Do you film like that sometimes?
- What's your favorite dessert, teacher?
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 supporting · I've been promoting · I've been preheating |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has been · have been · has given |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is called · will be finished · is not sponsored |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | ones who heard · squares which can |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 115 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, we'll, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: sheer /ʃɪɚ/, splash /splæʃ/, shout /ʃaʊt/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, diligently /ˈdɪlɪd͡ʒ(ə)ntli/, repetitive /ɹɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, caffeinated /ˈkafɪneɪtɪd/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like pour, cookie, whisk.
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.