Real-World Listening: Eating Hot Pot

Meet my fellow teacher, Lidija, and her student in China. Listen in as she and her student enjoy a traditional hot pot and explain how to eat it.

1. Listen: Catch the Details

Your Focus: Listen carefully to the student, Harry. Pay attention to why he says Hot Pot is so popular, and his specific instructions on how to cook the food.

2. The Hot Pot Comprehension Game

Test your active listening skills! Answer the questions below to unlock the next level.

Question 1: The Occasion

At the very beginning of the video, what special occasion are they celebrating in Xi’an?

3. The Vocabulary Drop Game

To build real fluency, you need to learn words in context. Below are five top food words used naturally in the video.

How to play: Tap a word in the Word Bank to select it, then tap the empty box in the sentence where it belongs!

1. Sichuan peppers are famous for making food incredibly [ Tap to Drop ] and numbing on the tongue.

2. Before you eat the raw meat, you must [ Tap to Drop ] it in the hot pot for at least two minutes.

3. If you fry the chicken at exactly the right temperature, the skin becomes perfectly [ Tap to Drop ].

4. I can't handle hot chili oil, so I always ask for the [ Tap to Drop ] broth when we eat out.

5. To make a delicious soup, you need a rich, savory [ Tap to Drop ] that cooks for hours.

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