Shadowing Practice: TEACHING MY YOUNGER BROTHER HOW TO COOK - Learn English Speaking with Video

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You ready Pads?

Yeah bro, come on.

Action!

Drama quiz.

Paddy!

I thought you were going to do like an introduction bro.

You said you were just going to come in!

No no no no no. Anyway, hi guys.

That didn't work well.

No it's fine.

How are you Pads?

Good to see you.

I'm good mate.

Thanks so much for having me.

No, welcome!

How are you?

I'm good, I'm nervous actually.

Well firstly, how are your cooking skills on a scale of 1 to 10?

I am not bad bro.

I'm not the worst.

I've cut my finger a few times. Have you?

Really badly, yeah.

I cut bacon, bro.

I went straight, I just found it.

I went straight into it, bro.

Where would you rank the other brothers in terms of who's the best, who's the worst?

Obviously I'm number one, so who's number two?

Um...

Ah, that's a good joke.

Tom's number two, bro.

Okay, Tom's number two.

Tom's actually quite, he did a vegetarian...

Yeah, he's not bad.

You or Harry?

Three and four.

He does make a good sandwich.

I don't know.

I've never had any of Harry's cooking, personally.

That's terrible.

He was 20.

We'll do dinner parties at Harry's house and I will do the cooking.

I'll bring the food over.

We're using my cookbook, Sam Holland's Kitchen Kickstart.

Oh look, open it right to the page.

We're doing pork and pineapple tacos, and basically, you're going to do all the work.

Okay.

Okay?

Sleeves up.

You wash your hands?

Is there a sink here, bro?

Cut, cut, cut here.

So, these are pork shoulders, this is what we have on Christmas Day.

Your first job is to cut that into really thin slices, so let me just show you how to do it so we don't lose any fingers.

Third finger in front, thumb behind, and you're cutting off this knuckle.

It's almost like a little bit of a guard situation.

Yeah, it's a guard.

Yeah, yeah.

So you're never going to cut yourself like that.

I didn't even have to thinly cut.

Nice, thin strips.

Okay.

Nice.

So you're cutting it thin to make it cook faster?

Yeah, exactly.

This is something we can whip up in like 20 minutes.

Got it.

You, it might take a bit longer.

I don't know.

Tuck your middle finger down.

There we go.

And just as quickly, there we go.

So, if you didn't want to use pork, you could use chicken breast if you wanted to.

You could even use fish actually, which would be really nice.

We're going to use two of the pork steaks for the tacos.

You can use two of the pork steaks for your drunken noodles.

Oh nice.

So you buy one ingredient and you get two dinners across the week.

And you did the noodles on Saturday's Kitchen.

Your Saturday Kitchen performance was unreal.

Well that's very kind, thank you very much.

It's a very easy recipe though.

It's not stressful.

No, but it is easy, but it seems so quick.

And you have to talk at the same time.

Now, Pads, you had a busy year last year.

You were working with Tom on Spider -Man 4, Brand New Day.

How was that?

Yeah, so I was working behind the scenes.

I was working in the art department.

Because you're an amazing artist.

So what were you doing in the art department?

So I was the assistant.

I literally worked with the best team I could ever have hoped for.

It was so amazing.

I learned so much.

They were so hospitable of me.

Oh really?

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Because I knew nothing.

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I literally came in.

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But you're a very good artist, but you just had never worked on a film set before.

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And the art department requires a different type of artist and more technical

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As soon as he starts talking Why don't I finish it off?

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Yeah, so when the filming happens like what are you designing sets are you decorating there?

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Are you graffitiing what's going on?

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Yeah, I did a bit of that I mean most of the work is before in the prep time.

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Didn't you draw some stuff?

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Yeah, yeah Charlie I did some graffiti You did some graffiti.

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That's not a spoiler though, I think that's fine.

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Tom's spoiled worse.

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Tom's done some crazy stuff.

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I need to wash my face off my kids.

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I'm just like, I was in the other way.

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You look like you're like preaching.

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I'm praying.

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You were on Spiderman, you loved it and you had a great time.

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I loved it and it was, yeah.

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Listen guys, it's gonna be so good.

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It is.

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Tom actually showed me... And it looks sick.

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It looks sick.

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Anyway, more importantly...

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Right.

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Oh dear, that was so funny.

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Okay, so...

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You're welcome.

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So, pork is chopped here, seasoning it with a little bit of salt, and get a pinch of pepper there pads.

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Just a drizzle of olive oil is gonna kind of bring everything all together.

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Now, I'm gonna test your cooking knowledge.

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Okay.

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Have a smell in there, and tell me...

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There's cayenne, bro.

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No cayenne in there.

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There's none in there.

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No, there's none in there.

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So in here is cumin, coriander and paprika.

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Oh, okay.

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So get a spoon from there and mix it around.

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You worked on Spider -Man as a trainee, but you're also in the family business because you are an actor as well.

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In 2024 I worked on a job, which was really fun.

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It's coming out soon, it's called Hi Jack and Happy Feet.

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Who's in that pads?

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It's in the plug.

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It's starring Idris Elba.

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I'm a very small role, but it was honestly such an amazing experience.

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And what was it like working with Idris because he's a bit of a legend, isn't he?

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Honestly, he's actually an arsehole as well, so.

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Did you talk to him about Arsenal?

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Well, to you fair, when I talked to him...

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He doesn't listen.

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I was shaking.

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Really?

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No, but I was quite nervous, but I did talk to him for a bit, and he's like, honestly, he's so nice.

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I mean, for how big he is of a star, like, he makes so much time for people.

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But you're a big star.

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He made a lot of time for me.

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But the trailer's out, isn't it?

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The trailer is out.

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You're not in the trailer, are you?

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Cheers, mate.

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We can move on to the salsa bit.

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In the salsa, we've got some tomatoes, we've got some lime juice, red onion.

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and we've got some pineapple, so now your choppy skills are going to be really put to the test.

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Do you know how to dice an onion?

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Yes.

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Go wash your hands, go wash your hands.

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Okay, let's just take five minutes and just recalibrate what's going on.

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He was very confident about his onion cutting skills.

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Mmm.

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Well, I just hope he leaves here with ten fingers.

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The recipe calls for a red onion.

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You alright?

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But I'm going to show you how to chop an onion using a white onion.

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You've got two sides of an onion.

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You've got the root, and then you've got the other bit.

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You want to kind of make cuts inside the onion.

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So the root's at the top now, and then we're going to go like this.

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Cut, down, like this.

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Running off that knuckle.

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So the root kind of keeps it together?

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The root keeps it together.

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90 degrees again, and then we're going to cut it into a dice.

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OK, Paddy, the floor is yours.

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Don't cut yourself.

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So there's the root, OK?

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You're going from this side all the way down.

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You're using the blade, yeah.

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It really helps using the length of the knife.

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Turn it 90 degrees and you're cutting down here.

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That's pretty stylish.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Sorry, sorry.

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These are these, bro.

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Like I said, you're using the whole blade.

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With the grain, like in Surf's Up.

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With the grain.

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With the grain.

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You see what I'm doing here?

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With the grain.

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There we go, you're doing a great job.

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What a great film.

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Okay, stop.

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It's good so far, isn't it?

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I mean, it's great.

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Okay, in we go.

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You say you don't cook, but you are a foodie.

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You're always getting takeaway.

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Yeah, I love it.

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Come on.

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I'm gonna watch it right now.

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Go -to takeaway at the moment is...

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Nando's probably, it's quite big for me.

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Sunset burger, garlic bread as a side...

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Bros memorize.

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In here, I've just chopped up the cherry tomatoes.

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We've got a little bit of lime juice, tomatoes, red onion, pineapple.

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I think that salsa looks nice, but I feel like it's missing something.

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What do you think it's missing?

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A bit of...

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Bit of green.

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Yeah, exactly.

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Bit of green.

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So, bit of colour.

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Okay.

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Parsley isn't it?

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No, this is coriander.

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It looks similar to parsley, so I'll let you off of that one.

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Run your knife through it, and they're going to go into the pan.

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Kind of scoop out, kind of cut it into nice thin strips.

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Kind of fan it out like that.

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Now it's your turn.

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Okay.

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These are my ones, let's see what paddies look like.

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There we go.

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Oh, shh.

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It's all right.

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You missed a bit, but that's fine.

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Oh look, that looks good.

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See that looks great.

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The fan didn't quite work.

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I went to your barber the other day.

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They honestly never do what I say.

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I have a terrible, I always have rubbish hair cutters.

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Why don't you recommend me your barber, mate?

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Fucking hell.

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What did you ask me to do?

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I said, don't shave too high up.

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Okay.

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And he just went, and I never have the confidence to say You prick!

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Hot pan, little bit of vegetable oil, and here is the lovely pork that you chopped, marinated.

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And basically you don't want to move it too much.

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Leave it there for the time being and just let the heat do its thing.

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Are you hungry, Pads?

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How many tacos do you want?

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Mikey always has some.

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Yeah, Mikey loves it.

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I think that's the only reason he comes with it.

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So how's the pork looking, Pads?

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It's already got a lot of colour.

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You want to give it a little flip?

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Put it to the bottom and then flip it up.

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Okay. So it's like a...

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Okay.

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Cut that out, you see?

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Look at that!

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Paddy!

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Talented guy.

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Painter, actor, now chef.

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You've got it all.

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Okay, I reckon they're done now.

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The sour cream's gonna cool everything down bit of spice from the pork, then we got the freshness and zestiness of the salsa.

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We got the creaminess of the avocado.

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It looks amazing, doesn't it?

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I'm gonna step back and watch my student perform, okay?

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After you pass.

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It's fine, it's fine.

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Bit more confident, confidence is the key.

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Yeah, exactly.

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Pork's here.

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Okay, I think that's enough for me.

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Okay, that's fine.

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You've done a good job with those red onions pads, so well done.

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A little bit of everything.

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A little avocado.

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Wow, look at that.

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I think mine looks pretty good, right?

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Yeah, yours look great.

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Not as good as mine.

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I think I'm not as good as mine.

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The thing I love about this recipe is that they're all ingredients you're familiar with.

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Pork and pineapple tacos might sound quite fancy.

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But you can get the pork shoulder.

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Pork shoulder?

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You get it.

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We said this before, we have to redo it.

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I just said I was an accent.

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I...

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Go for ones, go for ones.

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Okay.

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Reset, reset.

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Your line is, mate.

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Your line is...

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Come on boys, lock it.

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We're nearly done with it.

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We're nearly done.

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Okay, okay.

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I can't!

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I think it's over.

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The audience know you can get these ingredients in there.

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A little bit of lime juice on top, Pounce.

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So now we're just some lime juice?

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I'll just say that lime.

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Because the avocado is a little bit bland, so it does need a little bit of lifting with the lime juice.

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Okay, so there we have it Pads.

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Do you feel like you could do that again?

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That was so amazing that I'd love - yeah, that was - I could easily - I feel like I could easily do that.

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So you're gonna do that for mum and dad back home?

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Absolutely.

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I'd love that.

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Alright Pads, thanks for coming on.

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I've got a bit of - Do you want to draw your hands first?

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Cheers Pads.

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Cheers, Greg.

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Here we go, this is gonna be a mess.

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Mmm.

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Oh my god.

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It tastes so fresh and it's so healthy.

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It's one of my favourite recipes in the book.

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Do this at home, if Paddy can make it, anyone can.

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Mate that was such a good That was really fun I really enjoyed that That's gonna be such a good video

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Wow what a success

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “TEACHING MY YOUNGER BROTHER HOW TO COOK”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: cut, pork, pads, onion, bro. This video has 332 sentences and 2194 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:44. The speaker talks fast, about 204 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
pad noun	/pæd/	A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
onion noun	/ˈʌn.jən/	A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
lime noun	/laɪm/	Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
salsa noun	/ˈsɑl.sə/	A spicy tomato sauce of Mexican origin, often including onions and hot peppers.
pineapple noun	/ˈpaɪnəpəl/	A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
taco noun	/ˈtɑkoʊ/	A Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables, and salsa.
chop verb	/t͡ʃɑp/	To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
grain noun	/ɡɹeɪn/	The harvested seeds of various grass food crops, especially wheat, maize, rye, barley, and rice.
recipe noun	/ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/	Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients.
avocado noun	/ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/	The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
graffiti noun	/ɡɹəˈfi.ti/	Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.
ingredient noun	/ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/	One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.
tomato noun	/təˈmeɪ.toʊ/	A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
cheers	/t͡ʃɪəz/	A common toast used when drinking in company.
cayenne noun	/kaɪˈɛn/	Spice or verve.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
cut down verb		To cut downward.
come out verb	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	To be discovered; to be revealed.
cut off verb	/ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf]	To remove by cutting.
run off verb		To flee or depart quickly.
step back verb	/stɛp ˈbæk/	To stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Obviously I'm number one, so who's number two?
Are you graffitiing what's going on?
Didn't you draw some stuff?
You're not in the trailer, are you?
You see what I'm doing here?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've cut · I've never had · have hoped
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is chopped · be really put
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	were working · was working · were you doing
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	the worst · the best

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 93 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: thinly /ˈθɪnli/, thumb /ˈθʌm/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: freshness /ˈfɹɛʃnəs/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, stylish /ˈstaɪlɪʃ/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, rubbish /ˈɹʌbɪʃ/
Long words — get the stress right: avocado /ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, coriander /ˈkɔ.ɹiˌæn.dɚ/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, recalibrate /ˌɹiˈkæl.ə.bɹeɪt/

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 pad, onion, lime.

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.

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Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?