Shadowing Practice: Single Woman Picks A Date Based On Their Korean Cooking • Plate To Date - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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Solid.
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I would eat it.
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But I'll let you know my answer as we go through.
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Can't date all three.
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I mean, but you could.
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Hello, my name is Ginny, and I am going to try three different Korean dishes cooked by three different guys
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and choose who I would want to go on a date with.
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I'm a Korean-American that has been incredibly blessed with an amazing Korean mother who cooks all the time, every day.
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When we go to restaurants, it's like, ugh, mom's food is way better.
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So the bar is a little bit high.
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I want someone who matches my energy.
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Because I can be very high energy, very low energy.
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You're a very chaotic person.
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Kind of.
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Chaotic good.
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Hi, I'm Luke.
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Hi, I'm Justin.
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Can I tell you?
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Nah.
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What's up, I'm Jin.
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I came in, smelled the food, everything smelled great, so I feel like we all made some pretty solid dishes today.
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Such a diplomatic answer.
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I'm not hella competitive or anything, but if I'm gonna do something, I'm gonna do a full out, right?
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So I give everything my all.
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I made jjajangmyeon and jjampong.
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Two classics, I feel like every Korean's had kinda Chinese-Korean dishes.
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I cooked it a little earlier today, it's a little thick.
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Couldn't decide between the two, so I decided to go with both of them.
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I even peeled the shrimp for her.
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That's real love.
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So, this is jampong.
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Smells like it should.
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The noodles are kind of, I don't know it in English, but it basically means like the noodles are fat from soaking up all the liquid.
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I should've mixed it up a little.
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It looks pretty good.
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These are some side dishes.
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Let's see if they cut it up.
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Hmm.
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It looks cut up.
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It looks cut up.
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Looks like they also tried to like, arrange the seafood in a slightly stylistic way.
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I don't know if that landed.
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That's fair.
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But A for effort.
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Do you know if they made this from scratch?
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I'll take that as a compliment.
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That's a compliment, right?
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Or is it like one of those packages, you know, like pre-packaged?
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They're kind of like fancy ramen.
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I can't tell.
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She can't tell the difference.
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That's a good thing.
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I know what she's talking about, but this is from scratch.
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But this is good.
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Aside from the noodles being all...
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I can't even pick them up.
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I feel like this says A plus effort, B plus foresight.
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Foresight, okay.
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Foresight.
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Maybe this person's very diverse.
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There's a lot of diversity of seafood here.
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I'm just a complex guy.
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I don't know like how Korean this person is
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because this is not that spicy
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And I feel like Korean folks like really like their spice I didn't want to make it too spicy
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because then that would just be like an immediate no Solid I would eat it, but I'll let you know my answer as we go through.
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Can't date all three I mean, but you could This guy made two dishes Oh, he made two.
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What?
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Oh, she's excited.
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I like it This is really good.
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I feel like these two dishes might have taken a lot of effort.
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So once again, A-plus for effort.
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But the foresight.
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Oh, there's noodles down here too.
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There's some vegetables here.
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Maybe this person works out.
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I'll take it.
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I'll take it.
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How does she know?
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I'm just curious.
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I wonder if this person has like Chinese influence.
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Because it's like supposed to be like a Korean Chinese fusion dish.
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And he's trying to like translate that through food.
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It wasn't intentional, but I'll take it.
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Wait, this is so good.
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I like this one.
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Just the first one, right?
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Hold on.
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Hold on now.
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Hold on.
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I made ddeokguk.
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Ddeokmanduok, I guess.
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Honestly, ddeokguk is such like a home-cooked feeling like I never ordered restaurants, right?
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I don't know.
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It just reminds me of home like New Year's and stuff like that.
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I spent hella time making the broth, so I got boiled the bones and stuff for hella long and this and that.
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So I took put a lot of effort into it, and that's kind of like what I'm trying to show, right?
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And then I'm gonna add in geranjidan.
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Basically just like take a thin sheet of egg yolk.
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Hopefully she doesn't notice the egg whites got kind of messed up.
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Final touch.
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Yes, so I have the amazing shimtunamu, gotta have the sesame seed, a little bit of mandu, good old homemade kimchi But yeah, it's not Korean food without banchan.
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First of all, this is tteokguk, which is basically rice cake soup.
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I feel like this person is very detail oriented. Are you?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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You can tell these like little egg things are almost perfectly chopped.
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Amazing.
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That's kind of hard to do.
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Also looks like there's like cut up seaweed.
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Don't know what's going on here, but I think it's some egg.
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No, I knew you should call it out!
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The extra veggies on this side.
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It looks like the dumplings are slightly burnt though.
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I like mine crispy.
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I like mine crispy too.
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Give me some time.
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She's chewing that for a minute.
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She's still processing it.
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Makes me think of my grandma.
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It's store-bought.
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I fried it like an hour ago.
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You mean homemade?
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Yeah, homemade.
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Oh, this dishware is A plus, because this is still really hot.
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He brought that himself.
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He brought it himself?
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Foresight.
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The thing that the other guy didn't have.
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Foresight!
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Foresight!
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Okay, I feel like between the two, I like this one better.
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Let me try this spinach thing.
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Kind of tastes like he just put it in water.
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I'm not going to lie.
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I pulled it out of the container, and I was like...
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It's just, like, so good, because it's so hot.
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I should have got a stone pot.
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Kind of reminds me of family.
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You eat it in the morning.
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You don't even eat it in the evening I also feel like it's seasoned really well.
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The bone broth.
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Let's go.
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It's just good.
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I feel like this guy is like the most Korean Wait, she may be onto something I feel like this guy maybe
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tries to like take on a little bit too much at a single time Hence the burnt dumplings.
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That's like actually a highly accurate description of like yeah Like that's kind of crazy.
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But like things turned out okay
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So maybe this person is just like used to taking on
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a lot in life like in my life I just like
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I'm a tie like I don't say no to things I like I like I overload my plate a lot.
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I feel like this person might be also very generous There's like a hefty portion of food in Korean.
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We say like to have a big hand, right?
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It's 20.
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Like if you have a big hand It means that like
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when people come over you give them a lot of food once again It's it's really this pot.
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I've been waiting for an excuse to buy a pot like
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this honestly Let's move on for the sake of moving on Mmm, the meat is also really tender and tasty.
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She really likes her.
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It's kalbi dude I made poisson, a simple kind of braised pork dish.
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Had a lot growing up, so it means a lot to me.
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One thing to me that's really important is like quality of ingredients, and I feel like with a simpler dish like poisson, the ingredients really show through.
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Getting the sauce ready here, the pork's all plated, and that's gonna be about it.
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My first impression of this man has an eye for aesthetics, because he didn't just put the meat on the plate, he put it on this little lettuce thing.
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The better lettuce, baby.
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Which like looks kind of different from this lettuce thing.
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So we got two different lettuce types.
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Oh, did you really?
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The variety, yeah.
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Let's try this meat now.
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So you get a little bit of the meat, you get a little bit of the sauce thing.
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I appreciate that she put the whole thing in her mouth.
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She didn't take a little bite.
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This human here, he's a little bit chill.
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And he's just simple, very simple.
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It's just the meat.
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I don't even know if this is seasoned meat.
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When I was little, my mom and my grandma, they'd make kimchi like from scratch.
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And when you do that, you typically have this other meal after that, using the ingredients to make the kimchi.
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And you sort of have it with like this type of meat.
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This is also like a very communal type of dish where like everyone eats it together.
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Maybe this person has a lot of friends.
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I do love cooking for my friends.
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Yeah.
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Like a simple family guy is what I think I'm gonna deem this person to be.
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Like a kind of basic don't know if they're like really that different from each other.
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Maybe this person's a little bit younger Wow, I am the youngest one here I feel like whatever we have noodles.
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It's always like oh make sure they don't get soggy like eat them before they get soggy
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And you're told that as a kid That was
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so spot on I feel like this person is just more confident
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and secure and they're kind of simple
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And this person like tries to do too much
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but like kind of pulls it off the kind of doesn't But kind of doesn't?
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But like there's nothing like super like unique, you know?
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Like there's no babams, you know?
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No risk.
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There's no risk!
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We all went for a pretty safe bet.
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This is true.
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I feel like it's like this person and then like equally these two folks.
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Look at this!
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It looks like a little ad from all those Korean stores or restaurants.
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So I would say 1-3-3.
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Not even 2-2, I'm in my third place.
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She said 3-3!
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Congratulations.
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Congratulations.
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Wow.
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You said I take on too much, which is kind of crazy that you said that, because that's actually so real.
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I have such a hard time with boundaries and saying no and stuff.
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But I'm also very much like go full out if you're going to do it.
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So that's what it was.
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Yeah.
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Wait, I feel like people are going to think this was staged.
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No. I assure you it was not.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, that was real.
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I had no other ending in mind. So what's the deal?
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Like, we went on a date or what?
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Like...
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Well...
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Why practice speaking with this video?
This engaging video features a Korean-American woman, Ginny, as she taste-tests three different Korean dishes cooked by aspiring chefs. It offers a unique opportunity for English learners to practice speaking skills in a fun and relatable context. By following the interactions and dialogues, you can immerse yourself in everyday conversations that involve food, personal stories, and cultural connections. This real-life scenario not only enhances your English speaking practice but also provides insights into social dynamics, such as how people express preferences and opinions. Additionally, the lively discussions help develop your ability to communicate in various emotional states, whether energetic or laid-back.
Grammar & Expressions in Context
Here are some key structures and expressions used in the video:
- Conditional Clauses: "But I’ll let you know my answer as we go through." This structure illustrates how to use conditional statements to indicate future outcomes based on present actions.
- Colloquial Phrases: "I can be very high energy, very low energy." The use of “high energy” and “low energy” describes states of being in a casual tone, making it relatable for everyday conversations.
- Descriptive Language: "Smells like it should." This phrase demonstrates how to convey expectations through sensory language, which is especially useful in discussions about food or experiences.
- Comparative Statements: "Mom's food is way better." Here, we see an informal way to make comparisons, which can lead to rich conversations about personal experiences and opinions.
Common Pronunciation Traps
As you practice with this video, pay close attention to these tricky words and accents that might challenge your improve English pronunciation:
- Jjajangmyeon: The Korean dish name can be difficult due to the ‘jja’ sound and a soft nasal intonation. Practice it by breaking it into syllables—'jja-jang-myeon'.
- Chaotic: The pronunciation of this word can be tricky because of the ‘ch’ sound followed by the diphthong, which is not commonly found in every language. Focus on the fluidity of your speech with that combination.
- Diplomatic: This word contains a silent 't', which may cause confusion. Emphasize the first syllable ‘dip-lo-ma-tic’ when pronouncing it to avoid common mistakes.
Practicing these elements with video content not only improves your ability to speak fluidly but also prepares you for real-life conversations, enhancing your overall communication skills. Incorporating these techniques into your routine can be particularly beneficial for those preparing for exams like the IELTS, where clear and effective speaking is essential.
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