Shadowing Practice: SWEET vs SALTY vs BITTER Food Challenge! Ruby and Bonnie - Learn English Speaking with Video
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hey guys welcome back to the channel you guys remember
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when we did the sweet versus spicy versus sour food challenge
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and ruby kept getting sour after sour so she killed her taste buds
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so this time we're gonna be doing salty versus sweet versus bitter food challenge
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i really don't want the bitter card it is the worst taste
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and i really don't want the sweet one so I'm hoping for salty
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or bitter salty and sweet is my favorite comment down below
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which is your favorite taste guys
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and you already know how this challenge works we're gonna place the cards down
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and which ever one we get is what we have to eat no practice no okay guys it's round one
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and i got sweet
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and this is a new addition it is oreo deep fried cake just cake
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i actually picked this up in america guys
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and it was deep fried oreo flavor and chicken and waffle
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so i got these ones to try and i got salty crackers apparently i'm some sort of parrot
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granny got bitter and i have a tonic water
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which the last time i had this it tastes like sticking and you're tucking someone's ear.
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Tastes like ear wax.
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Okay, I'm going first and I've never tried this in my life, guys.
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I'm about to find out if I like it or not.
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I want to open the Oreos.
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Does it smell deep fried?
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It smells like biscuits.
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It's like it's got Oreo inside it.
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It's like an eyeball.
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Smells nice.
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I can smell it sweet.
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Does it taste better than like a normal Oreo?
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Is it sweet?
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Is it sweet?
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It tastes exactly like icing.
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Chocolate and vanilla flavor.
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You know when you take a bite out of a cake?
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Like a buttercream? but usually it's cold this is like warm oh
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but it's okay yeah it's nice you like it thumbs up okay
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it's my time to try i have a feeling i'm gonna like this
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because it's salty
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and i like anything salty i'm gonna feel like a pirate
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it looks like red it's the pale
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it looks like granny's arm is it salty yeah does it taste like you live the ocean
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it tastes like i'm eating the It smells like dog biscuits.
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I don't like it.
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I don't like it.
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You don't like it?
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Well, I've delayed this long enough.
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As much as I could. Is it clear?
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What?
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What does it smell like?
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Oh, it smells nice.
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Smells like 7 -Up. So deceiving.
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It's not going to taste like...
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Yeah.
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Earwax flavor.
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Lemon flavored things always taste like dish soap.
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I hate this drink.
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I think it's going to be better than sparkling water.
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when you swallow it so bad wait i'm
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so intrigued smells like sprite it doesn't okay have a big mouthful
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and wait for the aftertaste maybe
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because you have an oreo oh no it's nice
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i like it no i like it yeah it is it's a bit like
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but it's nice comment down below
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which one you'd want to try from this round it's round two guys
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and i don't want to get bitter
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so i'm going to shuffle these up real good okay are you ready three two one salty
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okay guys i got salty again and i got sody chips
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and it's got messy on the front is he the best football player comment down below
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i already feel sick from the oreos i have to try
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oh you craving some bitter no i'm craving some salt
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but unfortunately i didn't get it well it could be worse it could be granny
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and i've got raw kale very very bitter mine is pretty straightforward guys
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i already know i'm gonna like it i don't know how much salt i can handle though
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look at my favorite food okay bonnie are you gonna go
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in there with the chips of hawaii cookie a cookie sweet at least now i can say
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if it's about oreos or chips oh i don't even like the smell it smells
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so sweet oh cookie monster smell yeah it does smell pretty sweet oh it smells chocolatey all right let's go
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which is better oreo or chocolate you think chips ahoy is better
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i can't decide whether i want the big leaf or the big leaf okay i'm gonna go right in the middle
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I mean kale when it's in a salad the dressing is nice but this is it tastes like metal
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it gets worse right hold on a minute give me a I actually quite like better listen
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when kale is made with chips and salt and flavors it's nice
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In a salad with dressing, it's good.
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On its own.
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It's good.
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Do you like it?
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Yeah, I like bitter.
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It's now round three!
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And it's my time to shuffle.
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Okay.
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Is shuffling good?
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I don't want a bit of wine.
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I'm waiting for salt, please.
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Okay. And down!
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All right, I'll go for this one.
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I didn't really have a choice.
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Three, two, one.
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Whoa!
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Oh!
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Happy!
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Happy sweet!
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Oh, Bonnie!
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Nice to have a day off.
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In this round, Granny got salty and I got dry meat, but it feels like doctrines.
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And I got grapefruit! So sweet!
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I don't like it.
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Could be worse, could be me because look at my plate.
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It's literally a plate of sugar.
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Like, you can't get any sweeter.
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And it's like marshmallows.
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I would trade with one of them.
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You actually can't get any sweeter than that, any bitterer than that, and any dog foodie than this.
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Comment down below which one you would dare try in this round.
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So Granny's gonna try this snack now.
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Looks like, I don't even know what that is.
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Smells like dog food.
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That looks like rabbit food.
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Okay, well, I'm gonna go into this one.
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Oh, it's very salty and crunchy tastes like trees like woody salty i'm not even sure what
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that is i'm not sure human should eat anything
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that sounds like this look what i'm about to eat ready same noise okay i'm gonna take a bite
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and i don't want to take a bite but i have to take a bite okay
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This is really bad, man.
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It is not that bad.
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I have a clue.
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It's sweet at the start and then it gets like earwax.
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It smells nice.
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It does smell nice.
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And I'm going to try a sugar cube.
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This is like my work.
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Do I have to eat it all?
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Can I take a bite?
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You have to eat it all.
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I feel so ill after.
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You know there's like 500 of those in one coca -cola
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I feel like a horse because they give sugar cubes to horses
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How's it taste like sugar oh wow one nick is enough Ewww you just made icing sugar
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That'd be so gross
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Yeah i'm sorry that i would take anything
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I like grapefruit
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it is round four
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and i'm gonna shuffle this time i feel like i need something sweet now i will take anything else
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so granny is very happy in this round i got sweet and i got this beautiful rainbow cake
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In this round, guys, Bonnie got roasted peanuts.
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It is plain, but it's okay.
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I love peanuts.
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And for better, I end up getting green tea, which I'm happy about because I like green tea.
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Granny is up first, guys.
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It's the first time I got something sweet.
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I'm going to get all the layers to taste the rainbow.
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It's very, very sweet.
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Perfect.
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Okay, let's open ours.
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Oh, okay.
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Well done.
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I did not know that.
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Okay, I just noticed this little shriveled one.
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I have a feeling these aren't going to be salty because I roast it.
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No. No. But, Granny, you end up getting body non -salty peanuts.
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She was salty.
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I thought they said salted to me.
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No, Granny.
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If they were salted, the shells would be white.
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Right, guys.
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Granny got me non -salted, so...
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Okay.
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It's time to have my green tea it looks rude
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so let's put it in the cup i love myself some green tea and it's super good for you
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oh yeah this is the best round for me
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so far on a scale of one to ten how bitter is it like zero should i try try
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it's not even bitter okay guys it's round five and it's granny's turn to shuffle.
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This time I think I want something salty after that cake.
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Give me this one.
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I'll have a leftover.
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Ready?
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Three, two, one.
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Alright, I got one player.
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Please don't mind me of saying I'll do anything but pizza.
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I'm so happy.
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I smell sarcasm.
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So I got sweet in this round and I actually got a Chubba Chub XXL
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lollipops oh that sounded like a weapon and this one this one's actually strawberry
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and it's called gum in the middle oh yeah
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i never seen an xxl chubba chub lollipop i don't really mind lollipops
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that is a big lollipop how am i supposed to get the gum though i'm like not patient at all
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you're gonna have to crunch
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What flavor is it?
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Strawberry.
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Wait.
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This thing's unbreakable.
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What the heck?
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Oh, you just broke it.
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Yay.
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I want the gum.
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I want the gum.
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I still haven't even got to the gum yet.
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Are you kidding me?
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Well, I can't get the gum because it's in the middle of the lollipop and this thing is unbreakable.
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But honestly, it's not too bad.
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It's not too sweet.
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So I'm okay with this one.
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Okay.
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Well, Granny got salty again and I got popcorn
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and there's a little salt shaker on here okay oh
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it's really salty tastes like i'm at the movies
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i'm happy with this all right guys i got 100 coker dark chocolate i'm so happy about this
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i hate dark chocolate
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and it's a hundred percent
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it's probably gonna be black let's see i'm just gonna get ready to uh watch bonnie's reaction
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okay it is black so we gotta try new luck
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surely it can't be that bad let me try
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let me try 100 % chocolate not bitter at all oh it's really bad
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oh my gosh it's like it gets worse there's nothing
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there guys this is the most bitter thing
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i've ever tasted in my life okay guys it's round six i'm really really hoping for salt I want this one.
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Ready?
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Three, two, one.
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Salty!
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It's not that bad.
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I don't like this challenge.
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All right, guys, I got honey for the sweet and it's very nice, so I like it, but I don't know why these are four.
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Granny, why did you put a spoon?
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I couldn't find a spoon, so I had to improvise.
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Okay.
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And I got salted pretzels for salty.
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I'm actually quite happy.
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I'm looking forward to eating these hopefully they're salty
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and granny got grown up morning black coffee
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i'm actually really happy about this one i could have done with a coffee
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it's time to try my dentures honey nature's candy
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i love honey oh it's very runny yeah you should have had a spoon really
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yeah well you didn't give her a spoon granny is it good wow is it sweet
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that is so nice it's time to have my pretzels i'm gonna find the saltiest pretzel in this bag
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which one should i go for yeah i think
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this one looks a bit salty okay it's got quite a bit of salt on it what was
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that you sounded like a buffalo
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i got a pretzel i'm gonna dip in honey oh sweet and salty you're mixing the rounds up
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Oh, you should also dunk it in the black coffee
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Oh, is it good?
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Wait, I just need to do one more thing
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You're not allowed coffee
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Oh, so you're doing all four
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All rounds together, guys
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All rounds together?
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You're not going to taste the black coffee because of the honey
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She made like a really, really good invention
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It is coffee time
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Ready then, take a sip
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That's very bitter
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On a scale of 1 to 10, that's at least a 12.
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Ruby always has a matcha latte with extra milk and extra cream.
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I think Granny's forgetting that I actually really like coffee, and I drink coffee at least four times a day.
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I don't know how you like bitter.
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Do you put cream in there?
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Yeah, but I just like coffee.
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I'd even eat it raw.
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It's round seven, and it's my turn to shuffle, and I don't really know what I'm hoping for this time.
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I feel like my taste buds have gone full circle, and I want something sweet now.
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Three, two, one.
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Bitter!
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Why are you looking at me as if what's Granny got?
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It's obvious that you have sweet and you have bitter that I have salty.
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Okay, for sweet, I got strawberries and a little bitty one. So cute.
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For salty, I got olives, and I absolutely hate green olives, and these are green olives, so I absolutely hate this round.
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And I'm a bit confused because I got bitter.
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I've got a lemon.
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Granny, explain to me how a lemon is bitter.
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A lemon is sour.
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Okay, well, you're not going to eat the inside.
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You're going to eat the outside.
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Are you allowed to eat the zest?
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Of course you're allowed.
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Are you sure?
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Okay, I'm going to be the first one to try because it's just simple.
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That still creeps me out how she even eats the green bit.
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Yeah, I'm not ready for this at all.
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Guys, do you like olives?
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Comment down below.
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It's a green olive.
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oh it's so salty in salted water okay let me try
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i hate olives it's really salty it's like the sea
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i just don't like olives let me eat my lemon okay wait first order
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and then throw back the last challenge okay ready
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It's okay Is it bitter?
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Okay Is it bitter?
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It's a little bit
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On a scale of 1 to 10
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How bitter is it?
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That was like a 20 out of 10 bitterness
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That was really bad Grainy, you didn't even chew it
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Ew You didn't even chew it
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Yeah That was really bad
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That was like worse than the dark chocolate in case you're wondering where my olive is it's there
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Okay, guys, it's a final round.
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What are you hoping for?
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Sweet I got chocolate ice cream everyone loves chocolate ice cream.
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I'm very very happy with my pain, but I'm very very very jealous
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For salty, I got salt, just salt.
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And granny for bitter, got rocket.
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Now I like rocket with dressing and I like rocket in a salad, but rocket on its own is gonna taste yucky.
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Okay, I'm gonna be first, so let's try this.
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It's like a little flower.
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Is it gonna be sweet chocolate ice cream or is it gonna be like subtle chocolate?
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Let's find out.
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Subtle.
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Subtle.
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Oh.
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And it's very soft and cloudy.
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That's really nice.
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And well, I guess I'm just gonna try my salt.
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Do I, I'm gonna try and like, I don't wanna put salt in my eyes. Is it coming out?
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Mm -hmm.
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Oh, don't try that at home.
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Ooh.
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I have no idea.
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Funny, you like experiment and with all the flavors.
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Sweet and salty.
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Tastes like a chocolate brownie.
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Do you want to add some bitter on top?
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Okay, well here I go for this, okay?
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How is it?
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Bitter!
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Bitter!
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It's bitter and it's peppery.
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I smell it from here.
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I'm still struggling with the salt.
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That is, oh my, that was like the worst round this video.
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There you go, it hurts all down.
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It's just salt.
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Put your tongue on that.
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Yeah.
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Okay, that's enough salt.
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Enough salt.
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Yeah, I love salt, but that is too much.
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Okay, guys, comment down below which one was your favorite.
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And which was your worst.
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And if this video gets to 5 ,000 likes, we'll do a part two of the sweet versus sour versus spicy food challenge.
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Oh, not the sour.
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No, no, no, no, no. We'll see you next time.
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Bye.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “SWEET vs SALTY vs BITTER Food Challenge! Ruby and Bonnie”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: sweet, salty, bitter, taste, round. This video has 339 sentences and 2727 words to shadow. The speech runs for 18:16. The speaker talks at a steady 149 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| salty adjective | /ˈsɔlti/ | Tasting of salt. |
| bitter adjective | /ˈbɪ.tɚ/ | Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance). |
| granny noun | /ˈɡɹæni/ | A grandmother. |
| olive noun | /ˈɑ.lɪv/ | A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it. |
| flavor noun | /ˈfleɪvə/ | The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect. |
| versus | /ˈvɝsəs/ | Against; in opposition to. |
| sour adjective | /ˈsaʊ.ə/ | Tasting of acidity. |
| honey noun | /ˈhʌni/ | A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans. |
| bite verb | /baɪt/ | To cut into something by clamping the teeth. |
| chip noun | /t͡ʃɪp/ | A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. |
| lemon noun | /ˈlɛmən/ | A yellowish citrus fruit. |
| rocket noun | /ˈɹɑk.ɪt/ | A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, (specifically) a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light… |
| spoon noun | /spuːn/ | An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle. |
| salad noun | /ˈsæl.əd/ | A food consisting principally of raw vegetables (especially greens, e.g. lettuce), other savoury ingredients (typically cooked), fruit, or confectionary; often… |
| subtle adjective | /ˈsʌtəl/ | Of an action or movement: very delicate or slight, and thus barely noticeable; not obvious; inconspicuous, unintrusive. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. | |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. | |
| look forward to verb | To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to. | |
| throw back verb | /θɹoʊ ˈbæk/ | To hinder the development of something. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You don't like it?
- Do I have to eat it all?
- Can I take a bite?
- Granny, why did you put a spoon?
- Do you put cream in there?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | If they were salted, the shells would be |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've never tried · I've delayed · i've ever tasted |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is made · were salted |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the worst · the best · the most bitter |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 131 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: thumb /ˈθʌm/, mouthful /ˈmaʊθfʊl/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shell /ʃɛl/, dish /dɪʃ/, invention /ɪnˈvɛnʃən/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, shuffle /ˈʃʌfəl/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like salty, bitter, granny.
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.