Today we're talking about the things you must do before you die. But we're still so young!
You're in your 30s get over it. Let's talk about that vid.
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I'm JR who's over 30. I'm Ray, I'm younger than he is. And today we're making our bucket lists.
Which means a list of things that you wanna do before you kick the bucket.
So kicking the bucket it's not a very visual saying, it's not literally you're kicking something.
It's an English idiom which means to die, to pass away, to cease to exist biologically
to make an exit. To lie in the arms of God. Yeah, that's a way to put it.
To die, basically. To kick the bucket. So it's a phrase and this was first heard,
this was first used in the 1700s where execution through hanging is still a thing. Well it's not in fashion anymore.
Yeah, but what they do before they hang you is they make you stand
on top of a bucket and you're up there, you're waiting for the moment for them to kick the bucket,
where you would drop and hang. Hang yourself. Once again we strongly recommend
you to not do this at home, please do cherish your life. If you need any kind of special assistance...
You can call Ray. I was gonna say call this hotline and add something here.
You're like Mentor Du. No don't call me I can't help you. Call any hotline that's available to you.
Yeah and speaking of which there is a movie back in 2007 called the "Bucket List"
starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson in which they play cancer patients, terminal cancer patients.
Which their doctors told them that they won't live more than six months.
So they eventually meet up in the sick room and they've come up with a plan.
And that's a list of things that they wanna do before they kick the bucket.
That's right, so that's called a bucket list. But just to clarify here, we have a to-do list and then we have a bucket list.
Kinda different. Right, these two are different, but also they're in essence the same.
The reason why is because to-do lists, it's a list of things that we want to do,
a list of things that we want to get done. But it's more filled with mundane and dreary day-to-day chores.
Chores, assignments, errands. Right for example taking out the garbage,
cleaning your room, doing your homework, watching VidTalk?
That definitely goes on the top of your list by the way. Right so these are more short-term goals that you need to accomplish.
These are things that you need to get done within a day, a week, a month.
But on the other hand, a bucket list is a list filled with more exciting things.
Things you've always wanted to do but never got around doing them. Like a long-term lifetime goal.
So either you didn't have the opportunity, the time, or even the willpower to do them.
But because they're so long-term, it's okay to just let them sit there. For a while.
But for these two cancer patients, it's not fine because they're about to die, so that's why
they made this bucket list and try to put them into practice. So in the movie this is the list they made,
the things that they wanted to do before they kick the bucket.
And first of all, skydiving. This is living! I hate your rotten guts! And then there's driving a race car.
Are you gonna drive it or buy it a dress? Just getting to know each other.
And then there's riding motorcycles on the Great Wall of China. Wait is that a thing?
Can you do that? I don't know, you probably would get arrested for doing that. In china.
Should we try? We won't know until we try right? Right, we have JR and Ray on the Great Wall riding motorcycle.
Getting busted! Hey this is VidTalk on VoiceTube TV and today we're gonna talk about prison.
Life behind the bars. But on a more serious note, there're more sentimental things on their list right?
In the movie, they made a list of the things and there were some sentimental things like
helping a complete stranger, witnessing something epic in which they actually visited Egypt and saw the pyramids.
And then to kiss the most beautiful girl in the world.
Like a random beautiful girl on the street? That would be sexual harassment.
Should we try it? Getting busted again! No no I don't think so.
So who is this beautiful lady? Well in the end, it didn't turn out the way most of us thought it would,
cause Jack Nicholson, he was having trouble with his daughter in the movie,
they had a bad relationship. But in the end they made up, so Jack Nicholson kissed his granddaughter.
The most beautiful girl in the world. It's a little girl, it's really sweet.
Okay Rayso what do you wanna do before you die? Do you have to put it so bluntly? I'm 26,
it's still gonna be a long time before I die so... Okay so in a more civilized way, what do you
wanna put on your bucket list? Okay in a more civilized way, a lot of people they have really crazy things on their bucket lists,
they wanna go to the highest mountain, the lowest valley.
I'm not like that I'm pretty modest. On the top of my bucket list it's something really simple.
I simply wanted to learn how to cook. Wow. That easy? That's it. You can do that tomorrow.
Well I could, but I never got the opportunity or the time to really invest in cooking.
That's true, you're a busy person. And I got inspired by my mom actually because she's such a great cook.
And nothing can challenge her, she can cook so many creative dishes
and every time at night we'll be always surprised to all the dishes she brings to the table.
And as a foodie, as a person who loves food, I think everybody would like to share their culinary creations with each other.
So that's on the top of my list, I wanna become a chef.
So the next time you get around that, remember to notify me, I'll definitely be your first customer.
Are you sure? I'll call you up. What about you JR? What's on the top of your bucket list?
Well to be honest, I seem to be like a shallow guy but actually I'm not,
I'm quite deep. Self-proclaimed. In college, I was inspired by a documentary about global warming
done by former president of the United States, Al Gore. In his speech, he made a specific point
about how to communicate his idea to people. He said the only way I know how to do it is by,
city by city person by person family by family and I have faith that pretty soon
that enough minds are changed that we cross a threshold. So I was really touched by his speech,
that's one thing that I really wanna do. And what I wanna spread out to people is the kind of positive attitude
that I embrace in my own life. That positivity. So I really wanna reach out to people,
to be able to touch people's heart and change their lives before the day I die.
But you know what JR? I think in a sense we're already doing it.
Your'e already doing it. We are? Yeah cause we're doing video, through the Internet we're spreading things.
You know? Oh, all that crap we just mentioned? It's still... we're teaching English,
we're positive, we're telling people to have fun in their lives, all these good messages.
Dang now I have to come up with a new one. So you agree? Today we're talking about bucket lists and it's VidTalk
so we're gonna bring you a video that's also on bucket lists, and today we've prepared the video from the FungBros.
They're Asian Americans and they talked about the top six thing on their bucket list.
So check out this video and we'll be back with our weekly challenge.
Hey so you guys have heard of a bucket list before right?
It's basically a list of achievements or experiences that someone wants to have in their life.
Really common items that people have on their bucket lists are like skydiving, traveling around the world, or starting their own business.
So a lot of people out there have really really long bucket lists.
But due to lacked opportunity, time, and resources, they don't get to check everything off.
Today we're gonna be talking about the six things on the FungBro bucket list that we've always wanted to do.
So today on our weekly challenge we're going to use the word "bucket list".
We've talked about it extensively just now, but what is a bucket list JR?
So bucket list is a list of things that you wanna do before the day you kick the bucket.
That's right, before the day you die. So we want you to make a sentence using the phrase,
start with this phrase: "Before I kick the bucket, I want to..." do such and such.
Before I kick the bucket, I want to do such and such. Make a sentence starting with this phrase.
And leave it in the comment section below right here, and it might be on the next episode of VidTalk.
That's right, we look forward to seeing your bucket list and all your little stories.
And that is a wrap for VidTalk today.
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where we talked about baseball. Yeah we were talking about baseball
and we asked you to use the word "frenzy", which means in Chinese.
Mad, madly excited or happy. Excited. Teenie Lee said "iPhone launches always send Apple fans into a frenzy".
Which is true, they line up for eight hours. Dude that's crazy. To get that one new product.
Are you an Apple fan? I use Apple products, not a fan. In other words, rich people.
Next, this is Her Chia-min, he said "Luke lost his money on the road and
what's worse , his girlfriend broke up with him. It sent him into a frenzy".
Chia-min, is your name Luke? That's sad! We feel sorry for you. I don't think so.
Alright last but not least this is from Grace. Grace Huang. "When I found that there is a new video on
Ray's YouTube, it truly sends me into a frenzy." Did you write this? I did not.
You definitely sent your fans to write these comments. This is all coming from herself.
But anyways he does have a very cool YouTube channel so you should go check it out, rayduenglish.
To finish this comment right here. This is primarily because I can learn something about English
for free without feeling bored. There you go! It's because it's free, that's the reason why!
That's what we're doing here on VidTalk too, we're gonna teach you English for free every single week,
you can practice your English listening skills and you can rack up some
knowledge on interesting topics. So remember to come back every Thursday for a new episode of VidTalk.
Once again I'm JR, I'm Ray. And we'll talk to you next time.