Shadowing Practice: The best English 4 . Teaching conversation. - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello everybody and welcome to Let's Talk in English on PTS and on the radio.
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My name is Gabe.
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And my name is Andrea.
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We are glad you joined us as we go back to Hualien.
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We're back in Hualien and we're still learning how to talk about teahouses and dining out.
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And let's look at our key words for the day.
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Green, green.
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Maria's favorite color is green.
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Menu, menu.
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Look at the menu.
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What do you want to eat?
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Fruit, fruit.
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Bananas are my favorite kind of fruit.
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They are delicious.
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choose choose which movie do you want to watch tonight you choose keep keep
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why do you keep calling me i don't want to talk to you order order.
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Bob looked at the menu.
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Now he is ready to order.
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Are you ready to say these key words again?
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Yes.
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Okay.
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Our first one is green.
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Green.
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Menu.
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Menu.
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Menu.
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Fruit.
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Fruit.
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Fruit.
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Choose.
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Choose.
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Keep.
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Keep.
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Order.
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Order.
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Okay, everybody, listen for these words in today's lesson, and now let's see what today's mission is.
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Eddie?
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Okay, all right.
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My favorite green fruit is a mango.
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Um, Eddie, Mango is not green.
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No. What?
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No?
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Oh, great.
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And we want today's mission.
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Today's mission.
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I think I know that one.
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Okay, today's mission.
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What can't Patty do?
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What can't Patty do?
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Okay, everybody, listen up for today's mission in today's lesson, and let's go there right now.
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Patty, are you listening to us?
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What?
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Oh, Grandma, I'm sorry.
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I'm thinking about Mom.
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I understand.
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Your mom is wonderful.
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My son married the right girl.
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So, Patty, what is your favorite tea?
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I like all kinds of tea.
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Well, which kind do you like best?
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Green, red, or oolong tea?
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Red tea?
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What's that?
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It's black tea.
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People call it red tea here.
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Interesting.
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Hey, Gabe, I have a question for you.
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Which kind of tea do you like best?
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Ah, good question.
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My favorite kind, the kind I like best, is green tea green tea I like green tea too
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and you just said a key word
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so friends let's learn it together green green green is a color the grass is green
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when you go outside you see many green things like the grass
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or green trees well Andrea I I have a question for you.
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What is your favorite color?
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You know, Gabe, my favorite color is green.
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It's green?
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It's green.
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Maybe that's because we both have green eyes.
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That's my favorite color too.
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No way, and that's true.
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I have green eyes and Gabe has green eyes.
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So green is a color.
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But in our conversation, we see that green is a kind of tea.
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Green tea is made of green tea leaves.
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That's right.
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And there are other kinds of tea as well.
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Here in the conversation, we see green, red, and oolong tea.
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Green, red, and oolong tea.
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But Patty is surprised to hear red tea.
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Well, in Asia, we say red tea.
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But in other countries, we call it black tea.
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So red tea and black tea are the same thing.
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Here is a menu, Patty.
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Sorry, Grandma.
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I can't read Chinese.
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You can't?
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Well, you're going to learn to read some Chinese this summer.
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Okay.
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Do you like fruit tea?
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Or how about flower tea?
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Flowers in tea?
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Yeah, like chamomile or jasmine.
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Oh, those are flowers?
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I didn't know.
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Can you just choose something for me?
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Good idea.
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Roger, you come here often.
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Choose something wonderful for Patty.
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Well, Patty and her grandma are in a tea house and her grandma is looking at something.
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What is that, Andrea?
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Grandma is looking at a menu.
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She's looking at a menu, and that is our key word.
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Menu.
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Menu.
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A menu is a list of food and drinks and also their prices, how much they cost.
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A menu.
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When you go to a restaurant or to a tea house, You can look at the menu to see all the different things that you can get there.
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After you've looked at the menu, you can choose one thing.
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That's right.
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And so here we see the answer to today's mission as well, and that is, what can't Patty do?
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What can't Patty do?
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Well, Patty can't read Chinese.
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Well, that's okay, because she's there with her grandmother and her cousin, so maybe she'll order something that is good anyway.
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Well, let's look at this next key word, fruit.
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Fruit.
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Fruit is a kind of food.
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And, Andrea, what kinds of fruits are there?
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There are many kinds of fruit.
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An apple is a fruit.
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A banana is a fruit.
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Mangoes and peaches and kiwis are all fruit.
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And, Andrea, what is your favorite fruit?
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Well, I actually already said my favorite fruit.
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It is a mango.
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Oh, mangoes are so good.
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Woo!
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Amazing.
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And fruit is great.
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It's healthy for you.
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And tea also has fruit flavors.
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So she might get fruit tea, or chamomile tea, or jasmine tea.
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There are so many things to choose from.
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And let's look at this word, choose.
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Choose.
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To choose means to pick or to make a choice.
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If there are two things, but you can only have one, then you must choose one of them.
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And when you're looking at a menu, you have to choose what you want.
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There are so many teas on the menu.
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How can you choose just one?
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You keep coming back until you try them all.
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And there are other things on the menu besides tea.
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Really?
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Do they have coffee?
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No, not at this tea house.
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But they do have some food.
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Food?
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At a tea house?
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Cool!
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Let's order some food!
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welcome back everyone you know we are thankful
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that you keep coming back you keep coming back to learn more with us
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and our keyword is keep keep now when you keep doing something
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that means that you don't stop you continue to do it That's right.
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Every day, Andrea and I keep teaching English because we want you to keep getting better and better.
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And in today's conversation, Patty's grandma says, you keep coming back until you try them all.
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She keeps coming back to the tea house again and again.
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And she'll have to order a different tea every time our next keyword is the verb order order now
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when you are at a restaurant
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or at a tea house you look at the menu then you choose what you want
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and then you order it when you order it you tell someone what you want so
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if i go to a restaurant first i will look at the menu then i will choose what i want
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and then i will tell the waitress what i want to
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order i think patty's going to have fun as she keeps going back to the restaurant to the tea house
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and ordering more things well friends let's keep learning conversation replay
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patty are you listening to us what oh grandma i'm sorry i'm thinking about mom i understand Your mom is wonderful.
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My son married the right girl.
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So, Patty, what is your favorite tea?
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I like all kinds of tea.
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Well, which kind do you like best?
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Green, red, or oolong tea?
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Red tea?
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What's that?
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It's black tea.
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People call it red tea here.
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Interesting.
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Here is a menu, Patty.
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Sorry, Grandma.
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I can't read Chinese.
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You can't?
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Well, you're going to learn to read some Chinese this summer.
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Okay.
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Do you like fruit tea or how about flower tea?
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Flowers in tea?
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Yeah, like chamomile or jasmine.
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Oh, those are flowers?
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I didn't know.
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Can you just choose something for me?
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Good idea.
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Roger, you come here often.
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Choose something wonderful for Patty.
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There are so many teas on the menu.
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How can you choose just one?
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You keep coming back until you try them all.
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And there are other things on the menu besides tea.
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Really?
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Do they have coffee?
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No, not at this teahouse, but they do have some food.
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Food at a teahouse?
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Cool!
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Let's order some food!
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Calendar Phrase Hello, everyone.
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Would you like some tea?
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Now, I can't give you this tea, but that is our calendar phrase for the day.
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Would you like some tea?
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Would you like some tea?
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Now, sometimes people come over to your house, and it's a nice thing to ask if they want something to eat or to drink.
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So this is a good question.
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Would you like some tea?
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I would love some tea.
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Thank you, Gabe.
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Oh, okay.
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You're welcome.
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And students, let's go watch today's calendar phrase right now.
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Oolong tea, green tea, or black tea?
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Would you like some tea?
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I'll have some green tea.
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Good choice.
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Did you know green tea helps you lose weight?
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Are you saying I'm fat?
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No. Would you like some tea?
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Would you like some tea?
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Okay, everybody, let's see what the question of the day is.
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Eddie?
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Would that be me?
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Yes, of course it would be me.
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Question of the day.
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What is your favorite kind of tea?
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Why?
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What is your favorite kind of tea?
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Why?
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My favorite kind of tea is green tea because it is healthy and delicious.
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Good answer.
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And students, what is your answer to this question?
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Thank you, everybody, for joining us here on Let's Talk in English.
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On PTS and the radio keep up the good work whoa bye bye bye hey come on
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 246 sentences and 1595 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:32. The speaker talks at a steady 110 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| menu noun | /ˈmɛn.juː/ | The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare. |
| patty noun | /ˈpæti/ | A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape. |
| grandma noun | /ˈɡɹænmɑː/ | Grandmother. |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| mango noun | /ˈmæŋɡəʊ/ | Any of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit trees. |
| calendar noun | /ˈkæl.ən.də/ | Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years. |
| phrase noun | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | A short written or spoken expression. |
| jasmine noun | /ˈd͡ʒæzmɪn/ | Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| grass noun | /ɡɹɑːs/ | Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as… |
| delicious adjective | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
| banana noun | /bəˈnænə/ | An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. |
| cousin noun | /ˈkʌz(ə)n/ | Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a… |
| leaf noun | /lif/ | The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. |
| grandmother noun | /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/ | A mother of someone's parent. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. |
| keep up verb | To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating or falling. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | keep calling · keep coming · keep teaching |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | we're still learning · I'm thinking · is looking |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | she'll order · she'll have · will look |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | you're going to learn · patty's going to have |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 29 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/, thankful /ˈθæŋkfəl/
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 menu, patty, grandma.
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.