Youtube Videos Authentic Listening: Bourdain eats fetal duck egg on air

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I originally designed this listening to lead in to a lesson on balut (for the Lifestyle Intermediate textbook).  But perhaps it can also be used on its own.

The PowerPoint Presentation is embedded below, and on Google (drive, slides, pub).  The transcript is on Google (drive, docs, pub), and below.
The total video is 4:15 long (online here).  I play the whole thing first for the gist listening, but the 2nd and 3rd times (listening for detail, and transcript listening), I only play the second half of the video from 2:24.  This is partly because the whole thing is too long, and partly because the beginning half contains some banter about bull penis and prison that might be inappropriate.  (In my case, I felt this video lead in so perfectly to the textbook lesson on balut, I decided to show it anyways to my class, despite my reservations.  They were, after all, adults, and I thought could probably handle the inappropriate jokes.  But if anyone else is going to use this in their classroom, use your own discretion.)

1. batter_____ 2. beak_____               3. chicken soup_____ 4. Cinnabon_____ 5. dairy_____ 6. delicacies_____ 7. get past_____ 8. hipster_____ 9. insectivores_____ 10. much less _____ 11. texture_____ 12. textural problem_____

A.  It’s a problem with how the food looks and feels (but not with how it tastes) B.  Food that is considered very good to eat C.  A chain of American baked goods stores and kiosks, normally found in areas with high pedestrian traffic such as malls and airports. The company's signature item is a large cinnamon roll. D.  A mixture of flour, eggs, and milk, used to make pancakes or to cover food before frying it E.  The hard, pointed part of a bird's mouth F.  To get to a point where something no longer bothers you anymore G.  Foods that are made from milk, such as cream, butter, and cheese H.  People who eat insects I.  Someone who is very influenced by the most recent ideas and fashions J.  The quality of something that can be decided by touch; the degree to which something is rough or smooth, or soft or hard K.  One of the most common foods in America L.  not to mention—used especially in negative contexts to add to one item another denoting something less likely

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXCFjinobdc   (Start playing video from 2:24.  Match the words to the blanks.  The missing words are the same vocabulary words you have just studied.)

Okay, number 7.

I know what this is.  This is balut, isn’t it?

It is.

This is the fertilized—basically it’s fetal duck egg.

Yeah.

It’s a half turned duck—very popular in the Philippines and Vietnam.  And—

Uggh! Uggh!

Ah this isn’t a bad one.  Usually it’s like a little feathery baby duck in there.

Uggh!

Little—Little bits of, little bits of (1)____________ and—

I mean, are you allowed to serve that in—in New York sir?

There is a very hot (2)____________ restaurant currently in New York where hipsters with ironic facial hair and sunglasses are lined up twelve deep to get in and eat this.  It’s—

Really?

It’s a (3)____________ really, it’s not the taste.  It’s not one of my favorite things on earth but really not that bad.  It’s the—if you can (4)____________ the feathers and the beak—

Is—Is the thing about food, is that all these things are (5)____________ in—in various countries in the world.

Look, this—this is—if your—if you grew up in the Philippines, this is something, ah, that’s, ah, supposed to make you more fertile, I understand, good for pregnant women, very very popular, close to a na—this is a, like, the (6)____________ of the Philippines, a beloved, uh, dish, very popular in Vietnam as well.  This is standard fare, uh, in—in China.  The idea of throwing out any part of a turkey would be madness and irresponsible.  The bugs, look uh….You know, it—it, the Thais are (7)____________, they eat bugs of various kinds, uh, they grew up in that culture, they consider it a delicious crispy snack.  Look, if we were to put this in (8)____________, this would be a popular dish all across America.  Um, but think of how they look at us, you know?  They’re a non-(9)____________  culture.  When they see us eating, uh, you know, blue cheese or cottage cheese—

Right

or ranch dressing, (10)____________  a giant (11)____________  the size of your head—that’s—imagine what we look like, you know?

answers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXCFjinobdc

(Start playing video from 2:24)

Okay, number 7.

I know what this is.  This is balut, isn’t it?

It is.

This is the fertilized—basically it’s fetal duck egg.

Yeah.

It’s a half turned duck—very popular in the Philippines and Vietnam.  And—

Uhh! Uhh!

Ah this isn’t a bad one.  Usually it’s like a little feathery baby duck in there.

Uggh!

Little—Little bits of, little bits of beak and—

I mean, are you allowed to serve that in—in New York sir?

There is a very hot hipster restaurant currently in New York where hipsters with ironic facial hair and sunglasses are lined up twelve deep to get in and eat this.  It’s—

Really?

It’s a textural problem really, it’s not the taste.  It’s not one of my favorite things on earth but really not that bad.  It’s the—if you can get past the feathers and the beak—

Is—Is the thing about food, is that all these things are delicacies in—in various countries in the world.

Look, this—this is—if your—if you grew up in the Philippines, this is something, ah, that’s, ah, supposed to make you more fertile, I understand, good for pregnant women, very very popular, close to a na—this is a, like, the chicken soup of the Philippines, a beloved, uh, dish, very popular in Vietnam as well.  This is standard fare,uh, in—in China.  The idea of throwing out any part of a turkey would be madness and irresponsible.  The bugs, look uh….You know, it—it, the Thais are insectivores, they eat bugs of various kinds, uh, they grew up in that culture, they consider it a delicious crispy snack.  Look, if we were to put this in batter, this would be a popular dish all across America.  Um, but think of how they look at us, you know?  They’re a non-dairy culture.  When they see us eating, uh, you know, blue cheese or cottage cheese—

Right

or ranch dressing, much less a giant Cinnabon the size of your head—that’s—imagine what we look like, you know?