0:00:02.416,0:00:05.216 Hello! David Snopek here. 0:00:05.216,0:00:12.883 Today I'm going to record a short video in English to go along with an article on my blog. 0:00:12.883,0:00:17.365 I'm going to try to switch between English videos and Polish videos more often 0:00:17.365,0:00:21.847 so that you can practice listening in English as well. 0:00:21.847,0:00:26.329 Anyway, in this video I'm going to do 2 things. 0:00:26.329,0:00:30.004 1. I'm going to walk you through how to use Memrise.com, 0:00:30.004,0:00:34.855 which is a website that helps you learn words and phrases in a foreign language. 0:00:34.855,0:00:42.094 I've been using it for about 2 or 3 weeks, learning how to read a menu in Chinese. 0:00:42.105,0:00:49.723 If you're wondering why I'm learning Chinese, or want to read my full review of Memrise, please read the article on my blog. 0:00:50.061,0:00:54.788 There are links in the description below and on top of the video. 0:00:54.942,0:01:00.290 2. Carrie and I are going to go eat at a Chinese restaurant 0:01:00.290,0:01:04.040 and we're going to record the whole thing so you can come with us. 0:01:04.040,0:01:07.218 Alright, let's go! 0:01:08.095,0:01:12.125 Alright, here is Memrize.com. 0:01:12.125,0:01:16.486 You can log in with Facebook. 0:01:16.486,0:01:20.456 Here is my home screen after logging in. 0:01:20.456,0:01:22.321 Here are the courses I'm taking. 0:01:22.321,0:01:27.899 and you can see "Learn Basic Chinese: read a menu!". 0:01:27.899,0:01:32.104 Here are all the levels in this course. 0:01:32.104,0:01:35.286 Memrise has a very unusual metaphor. 0:01:35.286,0:01:42.332 that you "plant" a new level and then "water" old items to review them. 0:01:42.332,0:01:44.526 So each level is a plant. 0:01:44.526,0:01:47.028 First you plant it and then you water it. 0:01:47.028,0:01:52.287 You can see I have 14 items that are ready to be watered. 0:01:52.287,0:02:00.494 So when I first log in I come here and click "water 14 items". 0:02:01.494,0:02:04.982 That is beef. 0:02:06.059,0:02:10.848 It's asking me, "What is this Chinese character?" and I have to type the English for it. 0:02:10.848,0:02:16.094 That is meat. The other meat. 0:02:16.986,0:02:20.957 That is chicken. 0:02:22.173,0:02:25.523 Chicken egg noodles 0:02:25.523,0:02:29.778 That is this one. 0:02:30.362,0:02:35.024 That is egg. 0:02:35.747,0:02:43.714 Beef fried rice. Here is beef fried rice. 0:02:43.714,0:02:48.345 And here you see I have just completed my watering session. 0:02:48.345,0:02:52.712 I can continue watering or I can go back to my course. 0:02:52.758,0:02:56.179 You can see that I got all the answers correct. 0:02:56.179,0:02:59.167 I earned this many points. 0:02:59.167,0:03:04.612 I'm going to go back to the course. 0:03:04.612,0:03:13.855 When you learn a new level, you are "planting" it. So let's go to a level I haven't done: "5 more dishes!" 0:03:13.855,0:03:17.405 Here are all the items that will be in this level. 0:03:17.405,0:03:19.605 Those are all the things I'm going to learn. 0:03:19.605,0:03:25.593 To begin I click "Start planting." 0:03:27.669,0:03:32.492 Soy sauce fried rice. Ok, so this part means soy sauce. 0:03:32.492,0:03:35.132 That's "fried" and that's "rice." 0:03:35.132,0:03:42.358 Now I have to choose a "Mem" to help me remember it. 0:03:45.680,0:03:47.946 Yeah, actually I think this one's the best. 0:03:47.946,0:03:58.213 This is what each of those characters mean. That will help me remember this the best... sauce oil fried rice. 0:03:58.213,0:04:03.502 Alright, now I'm learning "preserved vegetables and pork noodles". 0:04:03.502,0:04:09.260 And then we simply start reviewing what we've learned, just like before when I was watering. 0:04:09.260,0:04:13.168 So green vegetable and pork noodles. 0:04:13.168,0:04:18.515 Hmm, that was green vegetable shredded pork noodles. I think this one. 0:04:18.515,0:04:22.692 Ooh, I got it wrong. It was this one. 0:04:22.692,0:04:27.055 Yeah, green vegetable, meat (shredded), noodles. 0:04:27.055,0:04:32.200 Red braised pork noodles... I think that's this one. 0:04:32.200,0:04:33.788 Yes! 0:04:35.912,0:04:45.527 And then you continue to learn the new items and review, learn new items and review until you are done with the level. 0:04:45.605,0:04:54.070 So that was Memrise! As you can see there are many new levels you can learn and many more courses you can do. 0:04:54.070,0:04:58.913 If you're interested in my full review of Memrise, please read the article on my blog. 0:04:58.913,0:05:01.205 There's a link below. 0:05:02.005,0:05:06.867 Alright! We're about to go to a Chinese restaurant so I can practice reading the menu 0:05:06.867,0:05:11.886 to see how much I can read after learning on Memrise for a couple weeks. 0:05:11.886,0:05:17.569 We're bringing our chopsticks, which we bought in Chinatown in San Francisco. 0:05:17.569,0:05:22.841 It's going to be awesome. I love Chinese food. Let's go! 0:05:43.176,0:05:46.501 What is your favorite Chinese food? 0:05:46.501,0:05:49.671 Cream Cheese Wontons. 0:05:49.671,0:05:51.578 So, what's your favorite Chinese food? 0:05:51.578,0:05:55.927 My favorite Chinese food is Vegetable Fried Rice. 0:06:37.886,0:06:43.742 Ok. So, the menu does have Chinese on it, however I don't know many of the characters. 0:06:43.742,0:06:49.632 I recognize this one is "cow" and this one is "meat" so that means "beef". 0:06:49.632,0:06:54.863 And I've got "Beef Tenderloin". There's another beef... beef... beef... 0:06:54.863,0:06:59.350 Oh, and that one means "fried" -- that third character right there. 0:06:59.350,0:07:07.493 So I can recognize a little bit, but I think I need to spend more time before I can really read the menu. 0:07:08.539,0:07:11.623 Mmm... The tea smells good! 0:07:18.485,0:07:22.081 Mmm... It's very good! 0:07:23.157,0:07:25.950 I think I might just get some soup... 0:07:25.950,0:07:29.372 Ok. I've got to find my Zodiac. 0:07:29.372,0:07:39.582 Actually, I've never really paid attention to the Chinese Zodiac, so I'm not sure which one is me. 0:07:40.612,0:07:47.052 I've got to find 80, which would mean... 81... 0:07:47.052,0:07:49.566 Oh jeez... 84... 0:07:49.750,0:07:53.585 Hey! 0:07:53.585,0:08:01.094 1983... Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Pig are extremely nice, good-mannered and tasteful! 0:08:01.094,0:08:04.997 That sounds really complimentary! 0:08:23.676,0:08:25.327 How was your food? 0:08:25.327,0:08:27.702 It was fantastic! How was yours? 0:08:27.732,0:08:29.812 It was delicious. 0:08:29.812,0:08:35.033 Now, our fortune cookies. 0:08:36.341,0:08:39.633 Let me see... 0:08:40.956,0:08:47.125 You will be fortunate in the opportunities presented to you. I like that! 0:08:51.843,0:08:56.275 Now is a lucky time for you. Take a chance!