242. The History of Sushi: Japan’s Most Famous Cuisine! (English Vocabulary Lesson)
06/14/23 • 24 min
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If you think about Japanese food, probably the first dish that comes to mind is sushi. But would it surprise you to know that sushi today is vastly different from just a few hundred years ago? Today, let’s talk about how a fermented fish dish from China evolved into the national food of Japan!
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Vocabulary
- Cuisine (n) - a style of cooking
- Raw (adj) - (of food) not cooked.
- Refrigerate (v) - to make or keep something, especially food or drink, cold so that it stays fresh, usually in a fridge.
- Preserve (v) - to treat food in a particular way so that it can be kept for a long time without going bad.
- Ferment (v) - If food or drink ferments or if you ferment it, it goes through a chemical change because of the action of yeast or bacteria, which may cause it to produce bubbles or heat, or turn sugars in it into alcohol.
- Predecessor (n) - something that comes before another thing in time or in a series.
- Parasite (n) - an animal or plant that lives on or in another animal or plant of a different type and feeds from it.
- Authentic (adj) - If something is authentic, it is real, true, or what people say it is.
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If you think about Japanese food, probably the first dish that comes to mind is sushi. But would it surprise you to know that sushi today is vastly different from just a few hundred years ago? Today, let’s talk about how a fermented fish dish from China evolved into the national food of Japan!
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Vocabulary
- Cuisine (n) - a style of cooking
- Raw (adj) - (of food) not cooked.
- Refrigerate (v) - to make or keep something, especially food or drink, cold so that it stays fresh, usually in a fridge.
- Preserve (v) - to treat food in a particular way so that it can be kept for a long time without going bad.
- Ferment (v) - If food or drink ferments or if you ferment it, it goes through a chemical change because of the action of yeast or bacteria, which may cause it to produce bubbles or heat, or turn sugars in it into alcohol.
- Predecessor (n) - something that comes before another thing in time or in a series.
- Parasite (n) - an animal or plant that lives on or in another animal or plant of a different type and feeds from it.
- Authentic (adj) - If something is authentic, it is real, true, or what people say it is.
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241. What is Environmental Terrorism?: The Collapse of Ukraine’s Largest Dam! (English Vocabulary Lesson)
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The largest dam in Ukraine collapsed, and it is likely the disaster was due to a deliberate attack. If it was deliberate, it would one of the most severe acts of environmental terrorism in history. Let’s discuss the collapse, talk about environmental terrorism, and discuss the risks and history of destroying the environment in war and conflicts!
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Vocabulary
- Dam (n) - a wall built across a river that stops the river's flow and collects the water, especially to make a reservoir (= an artificial lake) that provides water for an area.
- Collapse (v) - to fall down suddenly because of pressure or having no strength or support.
- Counter-offensive (n) - a set of attacks that defend against enemy attacks.
- Blow (something) up (phrasal v) - to destroy something or kill someone with a bomb, or to be destroyed or killed by a bomb.
- Contaminate (v) - to make something less pure or make it poisonous.
- Ecological (adj) - relating to ecology (= the relationship between living things and their environment) or the environment.
- Destructive (adj) - causing great and irreparable damage.
- Flooding (n) - the condition of becoming filled or covered with a large amount of water.
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243. Animals That May (or May Not) Exist: What is a Cryptid? (English Vocabulary Lesson)
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Have we discovered every single animal on our planet? What about the legends and myths of strange creatures in locations around the world? Today I want to talk about the unusual world of “cryptids.” I’ll discuss some animals that were once considered to be myths or impossible, but were eventually proven to be real, and suggest a few animals that may exist today!
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Vocabulary
- Creature (n) - used to refer to a life form that is unusual or imaginary.
- Mythical (adj) - existing only in stories.
- Outlandish (adj) - strange and unusual and difficult to accept or like.
- Legend (n) - a very old story or set of stories from ancient times, or the stories, not always true, that people tell about a famous event or person.
- Extinct (adj) – not now existing.
- Shed light on something (idiom) - Something or someone that sheds light on a situation provides an explanation for it or information that makes it easier to understand.
- Elusive (adj) - difficult to describe, find, achieve, or remember.
- Conclusive (adj) - proving that something is true or ending any doubt.
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