1 00:00:02,416 --> 00:00:05,216 Hello! David Snopek here. 2 00:00:05,216 --> 00:00:12,883 Today I'm going to record a short video in English to go along with an article on my blog. 3 00:00:12,883 --> 00:00:17,365 I'm going to try to switch between English videos and Polish videos more often 4 00:00:17,365 --> 00:00:21,847 so that you can practice listening in English as well. 5 00:00:21,847 --> 00:00:26,329 Anyway, in this video I'm going to do 2 things. 6 00:00:26,329 --> 00:00:30,004 1. I'm going to walk you through how to use Memrise.com, 7 00:00:30,004 --> 00:00:34,855 which is a website that helps you learn words and phrases in a foreign language. 8 00:00:34,855 --> 00:00:42,094 I've been using it for about 2 or 3 weeks, learning how to read a menu in Chinese. 9 00:00:42,105 --> 00:00:49,723 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. 10 00:00:50,061 --> 00:00:54,788 There are links in the description below and on top of the video. 11 00:00:54,942 --> 00:01:00,290 2. Carrie and I are going to go eat at a Chinese restaurant 12 00:01:00,290 --> 00:01:04,040 and we're going to record the whole thing so you can come with us. 13 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,218 Alright, let's go! 14 00:01:08,095 --> 00:01:12,125 Alright, here is Memrize.com. 15 00:01:12,125 --> 00:01:16,486 You can log in with Facebook. 16 00:01:16,486 --> 00:01:20,456 Here is my home screen after logging in. 17 00:01:20,456 --> 00:01:22,321 Here are the courses I'm taking. 18 00:01:22,321 --> 00:01:27,899 and you can see "Learn Basic Chinese: read a menu!". 19 00:01:27,899 --> 00:01:32,104 Here are all the levels in this course. 20 00:01:32,104 --> 00:01:35,286 Memrise has a very unusual metaphor. 21 00:01:35,286 --> 00:01:42,332 that you "plant" a new level and then "water" old items to review them. 22 00:01:42,332 --> 00:01:44,526 So each level is a plant. 23 00:01:44,526 --> 00:01:47,028 First you plant it and then you water it. 24 00:01:47,028 --> 00:01:52,287 You can see I have 14 items that are ready to be watered. 25 00:01:52,287 --> 00:02:00,494 So when I first log in I come here and click "water 14 items". 26 00:02:01,494 --> 00:02:04,982 That is beef. 27 00:02:06,059 --> 00:02:10,848 It's asking me, "What is this Chinese character?" and I have to type the English for it. 28 00:02:10,848 --> 00:02:16,094 That is meat. The other meat. 29 00:02:16,986 --> 00:02:20,957 That is chicken. 30 00:02:22,173 --> 00:02:25,523 Chicken egg noodles 31 00:02:25,523 --> 00:02:29,778 That is this one. 32 00:02:30,362 --> 00:02:35,024 That is egg. 33 00:02:35,747 --> 00:02:43,714 Beef fried rice. Here is beef fried rice. 34 00:02:43,714 --> 00:02:48,345 And here you see I have just completed my watering session. 35 00:02:48,345 --> 00:02:52,712 I can continue watering or I can go back to my course. 36 00:02:52,758 --> 00:02:56,179 You can see that I got all the answers correct. 37 00:02:56,179 --> 00:02:59,167 I earned this many points. 38 00:02:59,167 --> 00:03:04,612 I'm going to go back to the course. 39 00:03:04,612 --> 00:03:13,855 When you learn a new level, you are "planting" it. So let's go to a level I haven't done: "5 more dishes!" 40 00:03:13,855 --> 00:03:17,405 Here are all the items that will be in this level. 41 00:03:17,405 --> 00:03:19,605 Those are all the things I'm going to learn. 42 00:03:19,605 --> 00:03:25,593 To begin I click "Start planting." 43 00:03:27,669 --> 00:03:32,492 Soy sauce fried rice. Ok, so this part means soy sauce. 44 00:03:32,492 --> 00:03:35,132 That's "fried" and that's "rice." 45 00:03:35,132 --> 00:03:42,358 Now I have to choose a "Mem" to help me remember it. 46 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,946 Yeah, actually I think this one's the best. 47 00:03:47,946 --> 00:03:58,213 This is what each of those characters mean. That will help me remember this the best... sauce oil fried rice. 48 00:03:58,213 --> 00:04:03,502 Alright, now I'm learning "preserved vegetables and pork noodles". 49 00:04:03,502 --> 00:04:09,260 And then we simply start reviewing what we've learned, just like before when I was watering. 50 00:04:09,260 --> 00:04:13,168 So green vegetable and pork noodles. 51 00:04:13,168 --> 00:04:18,515 Hmm, that was green vegetable shredded pork noodles. I think this one. 52 00:04:18,515 --> 00:04:22,692 Ooh, I got it wrong. It was this one. 53 00:04:22,692 --> 00:04:27,055 Yeah, green vegetable, meat (shredded), noodles. 54 00:04:27,055 --> 00:04:32,200 Red braised pork noodles... I think that's this one. 55 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:33,788 Yes! 56 00:04:35,912 --> 00:04:45,527 And then you continue to learn the new items and review, learn new items and review until you are done with the level. 57 00:04:45,605 --> 00:04:54,070 So that was Memrise! As you can see there are many new levels you can learn and many more courses you can do. 58 00:04:54,070 --> 00:04:58,913 If you're interested in my full review of Memrise, please read the article on my blog. 59 00:04:58,913 --> 00:05:01,205 There's a link below. 60 00:05:02,005 --> 00:05:06,867 Alright! We're about to go to a Chinese restaurant so I can practice reading the menu 61 00:05:06,867 --> 00:05:11,886 to see how much I can read after learning on Memrise for a couple weeks. 62 00:05:11,886 --> 00:05:17,569 We're bringing our chopsticks, which we bought in Chinatown in San Francisco. 63 00:05:17,569 --> 00:05:22,841 It's going to be awesome. I love Chinese food. Let's go! 64 00:05:43,176 --> 00:05:46,501 What is your favorite Chinese food? 65 00:05:46,501 --> 00:05:49,671 Cream Cheese Wontons. 66 00:05:49,671 --> 00:05:51,578 So, what's your favorite Chinese food? 67 00:05:51,578 --> 00:05:55,927 My favorite Chinese food is Vegetable Fried Rice. 68 00:06:37,886 --> 00:06:43,742 Ok. So, the menu does have Chinese on it, however I don't know many of the characters. 69 00:06:43,742 --> 00:06:49,632 I recognize this one is "cow" and this one is "meat" so that means "beef". 70 00:06:49,632 --> 00:06:54,863 And I've got "Beef Tenderloin". There's another beef... beef... beef... 71 00:06:54,863 --> 00:06:59,350 Oh, and that one means "fried" -- that third character right there. 72 00:06:59,350 --> 00:07:07,493 So I can recognize a little bit, but I think I need to spend more time before I can really read the menu. 73 00:07:08,539 --> 00:07:11,623 Mmm... The tea smells good! 74 00:07:18,485 --> 00:07:22,081 Mmm... It's very good! 75 00:07:23,157 --> 00:07:25,950 I think I might just get some soup... 76 00:07:25,950 --> 00:07:29,372 Ok. I've got to find my Zodiac. 77 00:07:29,372 --> 00:07:39,582 Actually, I've never really paid attention to the Chinese Zodiac, so I'm not sure which one is me. 78 00:07:40,612 --> 00:07:47,052 I've got to find 80, which would mean... 81... 79 00:07:47,052 --> 00:07:49,566 Oh jeez... 84... 80 00:07:49,750 --> 00:07:53,585 Hey! 81 00:07:53,585 --> 00:08:01,094 1983... Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Pig are extremely nice, good-mannered and tasteful! 82 00:08:01,094 --> 00:08:04,997 That sounds really complimentary! 83 00:08:23,676 --> 00:08:25,327 How was your food? 84 00:08:25,327 --> 00:08:27,702 It was fantastic! How was yours? 85 00:08:27,732 --> 00:08:29,812 It was delicious. 86 00:08:29,812 --> 00:08:35,033 Now, our fortune cookies. 87 00:08:36,341 --> 00:08:39,633 Let me see... 88 00:08:40,956 --> 00:08:47,125 You will be fortunate in the opportunities presented to you. I like that! 89 00:08:51,843 --> 00:08:56,275 Now is a lucky time for you. Take a chance!