{"id":6392,"date":"2013-03-12T11:00:30","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T11:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/?p=6392"},"modified":"2013-03-06T11:10:06","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T11:10:06","slug":"learn-real-life-english-and-laugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/2013\/03\/12\/learn-real-life-english-and-laugh\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Real Life English and Laugh!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If you want to speak English like a native speaker, YouTube videos are a great resource. They are funny and they can give an insight into another culture. But these viral videos can be difficult to understand because of the variety of slang and expressions used, and few of them have subtitles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I\u2019m here to help! We\u2019re going to take apart a popular American YouTube video so that you understand it in its entirety. You\u2019ll learn a bunch of new vocabulary and expressions. Most importantly you\u2019ll hear how Americans speak in real life. Not scripted like the CDs and videos in your English class. So let\u2019s learn some English and have some laughs!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Speak More Like a Native with YouTube<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today\u2019s video is from a series on YouTube called <em>My Drunk Kitchen<\/em> from Hannah \u201cHarto\u201d Hart.\u00a0First let\u2019s learn a little bit more about Hannah:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Hannah became famous in 2011 when she made her first \u201cMy Drunk Kitchen\u201d video. She was talking to a friend over Skype, who told her that she\u2019d love Hannah to cook something.\u00a0She was drinking wine and made a grilled cheese (a popular sandwich in the United States that involves cooking cheese between two buttered pieces of toast). Her friend recommended that she upload the video to YouTube to share with their other friends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>My Drunk Kitchen<\/em> went viral (became very popular) and gained over three million views in just a few months. Ever since, she\u2019s been making weekly <em>My Drunk Kitchen<\/em> videos in which she cooks while intoxicated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Hannah learned Japanese in college. She also has a personal YouTube channel called <em>YourHarto<\/em> where she comments on various subjects. In April she will begin an international comedy tour in the United States, Canada, and Australia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>A Cultural Note on Drinking Culture in the United States<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the United States, it is popular to drink alcohol at parties or while hanging out with friends.\u00a0It is not considered normal to drink alone, as Hannah does in her videos, because this is seen as alcoholism. But in Hannah\u2019s case, it is for entertainment, so she probably would not be considered an alcoholic.\u00a0If you are offended by drinking, then you may not enjoy this video.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Learning English with Hannah Harto<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Now let\u2019s watch the video once before going into the difficult vocabulary. See how much you can understand the first time through.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"My Drunk Kitchen, Ep. 7: Let&#039;s Taco Bout It\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XT46FV64dr8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Se voc\u00ea est\u00e1 lendo este post no seu e-mail, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/?p=6392\">clique aqui <\/a>para ver o v\u00eddeo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Now that you\u2019ve got some sort of idea about the video, let\u2019s try to understand it better. First, let\u2019s go over the vocabulary that you will need to know.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Burrito<\/strong> &#8211; a Mexican-American dish that usually has beans, cheese, and meat wrapped up together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Crawl<\/strong> &#8211; To move close to the ground on hand and knees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>To cut to (something)<\/strong> &#8211; In a video when you show a picture or a scene explaining something that was just said. The show <em>Family<\/em> <em>Guy<\/em> is famous for doing this a lot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Fucker<\/strong> &#8211; Short for <em>motherfucker<\/em>. See <a href=\"http:\/\/reallifebh.com\/how-use-word-fuck\">our article on the word fuck<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>To drink (someone) under the table<\/strong> &#8211; To be able to drink much more alcohol than someone else. To drink until the other person literally falls under the table from drinking too much.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Duh!<\/strong>&#8211; Obviously<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Jargaritas<\/strong>&#8211; A word Hannah has made up. A mix of <em>margarita<\/em> (a typical Mexican drink with lime juice, tequila, and orange liquor) and <em>jar<\/em> (a glass cup generally used for storage).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Nachos<\/strong> &#8211; another type of Mexican food with tortilla chips, beans, meet, avocado, and other toppings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Nightmare<\/strong> &#8211; A bad dream.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Pet peeve<\/strong> &#8211; Aomething one finds annoying.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>To put the &#8230; in &#8230;\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; This is formed by taking a part of the second word and using it as the first word. This means that someone has the essence of part of that word. For example, someone with big feet who is a good football player could say, \u201cI put the foot in football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>A shit ton of (something)<\/strong> &#8211; A very large amount of.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Shot\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; A shot is a dose of alcohol.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Siracha and Worcestershire sauce<\/strong>&#8211; From Thailand and England respectively, they are two popular sauces found in any supermarket in the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Sublet<\/strong> &#8211; A rented property.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Tacos<\/strong>&#8211; Like burritos, but consumed in a hard shell.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Tiny little bit<\/strong>&#8211; a very small amount.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Now that you should be able to understand a lot more of the vocabulary that Hannah uses. So, let\u2019s watch the video again, but this time, follow along with the transcript and notes below. You\u2019ll learn some new things about American cultures and a lot more about speaking like a native!<br \/>\nHere we go:<br \/>\nMy Drunk Kitchen, Ep. 7: Tacos<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Start at 0:25<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/My-Drunk-Kitch-1.png\" aria-label=\"My Drunk Kitch 1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6394\"  alt=\"\" width=\"559\" height=\"308\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/My-Drunk-Kitch-1.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/My-Drunk-Kitch-1.png 559w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/My-Drunk-Kitch-1-350x193.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/My-Drunk-Kitch-2.png\" aria-label=\"My Drunk Kitch 2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6395\"  alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"254\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/My-Drunk-Kitch-2.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/My-Drunk-Kitch-2.png 577w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/My-Drunk-Kitch-2-350x154.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/My-Drunk-Kitch-3.png\" aria-label=\"My Drunk Kitch 3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6396\"  alt=\"\" width=\"542\" height=\"308\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/My-Drunk-Kitch-3.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/My-Drunk-Kitch-3.png 542w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/My-Drunk-Kitch-3-350x199.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/My-Drunk-Kitch-4.png\" aria-label=\"My Drunk Kitch 4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6397\"  alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"470\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/My-Drunk-Kitch-4.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/My-Drunk-Kitch-4.png 579w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/My-Drunk-Kitch-4-350x284.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Notice how much Harto uses the word <em><a href=\"http:\/\/reallifebh.com\/como-usar-a-palavra-like-assim-como-os-nativos-de-ingles\">like<\/a><\/em>. Americans (especially Californians) use this word all the time without any meaning. It just takes up space in the sentence. If you want to speak English like an American, then master the word <em>like<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>In Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It\u2019s important to find ways to incorporate English learning into your everyday life. You can watch videos on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RealLifeEnglishBH?feature=watch\">YouTube<\/a>, listen to <a href=\"http:\/\/reallifebh.com\/real-life-english-esl-podcasts\">RLE podcasts<\/a>, read a book, or watch popular TV shows. With these tools, your ability to understand English and speak like a native will greatly increase.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">When you have fun learning English, it makes the process so much easier. So, find entertaining ways like this to improve your English!<br \/>\nIf you enjoyed this article, then please comment below or on facebook and we\u2019ll keep making more of these YouTube guides.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If you haven\u2019t already, join the <a href=\"http:\/\/reallifebh.com\/\">RLE Community<\/a>. It\u2019s a great way to incorporate English into something you already do and to meet and communicate with more than 4,000 people from over 50 countries.\u00a0It\u2019s time to make it your goal to speak exceptional English!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/ethan.jpg\" aria-label=\"Ethan 150x150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6428\"  alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/ethan-150x150.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/ethan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/ethan-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/ethan.jpg 476w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>About the author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ethan came to Belo Horizonte, Brazil in 2012 after graduating from the University of Colorado with a degree in International Affairs. He has previously lived in Germany and Spain. His favorite things to do when he has some freetime and money is travelling, learning new languages and rock climbing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/ethan-350x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/ethan-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/ethan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/03\/ethan.jpg 476w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>If you want to speak English like a native speaker, YouTube videos are a great resource. They are funny and they can give an insight into another culture. But these viral videos can be difficult to understand because of the variety of slang and expressions used, and few of them have subtitles. 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