Learn English Through Listening🔥 | LIVE PRACTICE | Vietnam War

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historical videos so you can go to our channel later on and check all the videos that we have
and today we are going to cover Vietnam War and that's a very very important part of human
history. It happened right before or right after the Second World War and during a period that is
known as the Cold War and I want to ask you guys what do you know about the Cold War? Let me know
but before we go, I think, to the video, maybe we can have a little chat. So, how is your week
going so far? This is the beginning of the week. So, how is your week going so far and
how is your new year? How is life in general so far? I'm waiting for some of you to pop in the
chat and let us know who is joining here and where are you joining us from. No one? No one has any?
All right, let me then ask the question that I wanted to ask. What is the Cold War? Does anyone
here know what we mean by the Cold War? Is it a war that happened during winter so it was very cold
or what happened exactly? So, let me know. So, today we are talking about the Vietnam War and
as I said a very important part of the Vietnam War is related to what we call the Cold War. So,
what do you guys think the Cold War is about? Cold War, anyone? Did it happen in winter? Did
happen in Antarctica? Where do you think it happened or what do you think it means?
Nobody? Can you at least like the video then? And then I'm gonna explain it to you. So,
if you don't mind, like this video and I'm gonna explain to you what we mean by the Cold War.
So, basically, after the end of the Second World War, there was an indirect war between Russia
and the United States or between the West and the East, like in general, because like
China was involved and other countries were involved there. Not just Russia and the United
States, but the biggest countries that were involved in the Cold War were America and the
USSR at the time, the Soviet Union. And basically, the Cold War was an indirect war where they will
fight each other, but in another country. And today we are gonna see one of the examples of
these wars. So, let me go and have a little quiz. So, this is a little quiz that I prepared for you
that we can get to know what is the context of the listening that we are going to do today.
I have a little text here. Let me read it for you and explain to you what's going on before we
do the listening. Finally, Benedictus is here. Okay, finally, someone is popping in the chat. I'm happy.
Cold War is a period of utter controversy between NATO and USSR. Exactly. So, they are fighting,
they are at war, but just not directly. They are not directly fighting. It's not America bombing
or bombing the USSR and USSR bombing America. It's basically, they are fighting using other
countries. Or when there is a country fighting, they try to support, each one will support a
different side. For example, in the case of Vietnam, Vietnam was divided into two parts. And this is
what I'm going to read for you right now. It was divided into two parts. And basically, what
happened is that one side was supported by the United States and one side was supported by the
USSR. That's how it works. So, let me read for you. And while I'm reading for you, make sure to
click that like button. It really helps. So, let me tell you what is the context of today's
listening. Maybe let me pop this a little bit, make it a little bigger so that you can read
better. And let me hide this. I know I can count on you to like this video.
The Vietnam War began after the First Indochina War. So, the Indochina War is a war that happened
between India and China, between 1946 and 1954, where the Vietnamese fought against the French
colonial rule, right? In 1954, the French were defeated. So, the French lost in Vietnam.
And Vietnam was divided into two parts. The communist north, led by Ho Chi Minh,
and the anti-communist south, led by Nguyen Dinh. I'm sorry if I'm pronouncing these words
wrong. And this is very similar to what happened between North Korea and South Korea. North Korea
is communist until this day. And South Korea is capitalist, basically. It's just like it's
following the western model. So, this is almost what happened. So, one country,
it was, so Vietnam was colonized by France. When the French left, the north was supported by
communist countries like the USSR. And the south was supported by capitalist or anti-communist
countries like the United States. So, there were two parts of, two people fighting, and
the United States and Russia, they were supporting different sides. Both sides wanted
to reunite the country under their own government. For example, the north, they were communist.
And they wanted to unite or to control all Vietnam, not just northern Vietnam. They wanted
to control all over Vietnam, but they wanted to make it communist. And the same for the south.
So, for the south, they wanted to control the north and then make them not communist. Which
led to growing conflict before the United States became involved. And this is what we are going
to see today. How the United States was involved, right? Okay, no chat today. The chat is completely
silent today. That's so bad. All right, maybe history is boring for you. Do you understand
the words that I have highlighted right now? I have highlighted for you somewhere.
In the China war, I explained it for you. It's war between India and China. Colonial rule,
defeated and involved. Can you explain to me these three words here? Colonial rule, defeated,
and involved. Can you explain them to me? I'm gonna give you some time. Can you explain them
to me in the chat? Defeated. What does it mean to defeat someone or to be defeated?
Colonial rule and involved. What do these words mean? Those are very strange words. So,
for people just joining, welcome. All right, I see more people joining. Welcome, guys.
Today, we're gonna see a very important part of history. The Vietnam war, right? For people,
I know a lot, most of you have heard about the Vietnam war. But very few are people who know
what exactly happened. And this is what we are trying to do today. We want to see what happened.
What this Vietnam war was all about. But at the same time, we want to learn some English. So,
this is what we are doing right now, right? So, colonial rule, what does it mean? Defeated,
what does it mean? And involved, what does it mean? Okay. Benedictus, at least today,
is making this chat more active. Colonial rule is when metropolia possesses some lands in a military
way along from its core. That's a correct answer, but it's a very, like, a formal one.
It matches the name and the avatar, though. But it's basically when one country colonizes or
controls another country, right? By military means or by using military. All right. Defeated,
what does the word defeated mean? Give me just one synonym of it. One synonym of defeated. To
defeat means to win someone in a military, exactly. In a war or in a fight, also. So,
when you win over someone in a war or in a fight, to be defeated or to defeat someone.
And finally, to be involved. To be involved. To be involved. So, the United States became
involved. So, what does that word mean? To be involved in something. Can you give me some
synonym? Exactly. Exactly, Benedictus. So, I see. To involve means to participate, to concern.
Exactly. So, the United States became involved, meaning they started participating. All right.
Wonderful, guys. So, let's see the next one. All right. So, this is basically a little quiz that
will help you get some context. What was the main goal of the United States in the Vietnam War? Was
it to spread communism, to contain, meaning to limit communism, or to gain economic control,
or to support European allies? And I explained what is allies last time. So, allies, basically,
is the opposite of enemy. So, it's friends. The people who are with you. So, what do you think,
guys? A, B, or C, or D? Spread communism, contain communism, meaning limit communism, or gain
economic control, or support European allies. Which one is the correct answer? Let me know.
B, to contain. As USA was afraid that communists would spread. Exactly. Because if Vietnam
became communist at the time and became controlled by the USSR, that's another
country to worry about, right? That's another country to worry about. So, exactly. It's to
contain communism, basically. It's to limit communism. So, Russia was supporting North
Vietnam and the United States started supporting South Vietnam. What was the name of the communist
led group in South Vietnam that fought against the US and South Vietnamese force?
Was it the Vietcong, the Khmer Rouge, the Red Guard, or the Nationalist Army? Which one is it?
Well, guess. If you don't know, just guess. Which one sounds like it was the answer?
A, Sergio. Hey, the Vietcong. All right. So, you guys know some words. So, basically,
why I introduced this question, it's because we are gonna see this later, so that when you hear
the Vietcong, know they are the people supported by the USSR who are fighting against the United
States. All right? So, again, in Vietnam, the United States will go to fight against communism
and the people who are fighting against the United States were called the Vietcong. All right. When
did the Vietnam War officially end with the fall of Saigon, which is like a city, the center of...
and it lasted for almost 20 years. It was a long... 18 years, at least. It was a long war, actually,
and a lot of lives were lost in this war. When did the first Indochina War, which led to the
division of Vietnam, end? So, basically, the question is, when did the Vietnam War start?
Okay? When did the Vietnam War start? Was it 1945, 1950, 1954, or 1960? When did it start? So,
you are... Okay. Maybe you are talking about the previous one. So, it started in 1754. So,
it lasted from 1954, or a little bit later, to 1917 or 1975. Yeah. This is a very important
question, because the most important thing that we should pay attention to, when we talk about
wars, are the lives that are lost. Okay? Are the lives that are lost. So, how many people died
in the Vietnam War, basically? Was it more than 58 thousand? Let's start with Americans. About
one million, five thousand, or between ten thousand and twenty thousand. A, B, C, or D.
As I said, if you don't know, you can guess. Benedictus says it's A, meaning more than 58
B and A. It was A, actually. More than 58 thousand people. And this is just like,
they are going to another country, basically. They are going to die in another country.
And a very big problem, actually. So, this is a problem, of course. You are losing,
or you lost, 58 thousand persons in a war that was not even in your country.
But the other problem that was, is that even the people who came back from Vietnam,
a lot of them were mentally ill. They had a lot of psychological problems, because
they have left a lot of fear in Vietnam. That was, like, a very big problem.
All right. How many Vietnamese lost their lives in Vietnam War? So, we said Americans, 58. So,
what about the Vietnamese now? The people from the country? 100 thousand. More than two million.
250 thousand, and between 600 thousand and one million. How many... Hey, Musa. Hi. How are you?
So, what about the Vietnamese now? B. All right. More than two million. You guys have
really revised your history. Yeah. Two million. There are some, like, statistics that say it's
250 thousand, but because some of them were fighting, some of them were not fighting. So,
of course, there is a division. Who won the Vietnam War? Was it America? Was it Vietnam?
Or none of them, like, won. They just, like, shook hands and said, okay, we stop here.
Was it a draw, for example? What do you guys think? Exactly. Exactly, Benedictus. Because
the problem is, sometimes, you don't know what you are talking about. Are you talking about
soldiers, people who are fighting, or people who are not fighting? Somewhere between B and C.
Yeah, to some extent, I totally agree with you. But it was not America, believe it or not. So,
they lost 58 thousand people for nothing, and a lot of them, like, a lot more, like,
tens of thousands of people, or hundreds of thousands of people, were scarred for life.
And a lot of them, by the way, people who came back from Vietnam, they committed crimes, or they
committed, like, they ended themselves. Because they could not live with what they have seen in
Vietnam. It was Vietnam, basically. But I can agree with C as well. Alright, now we are gonna
go to the listening. This is the part that you guys like, where we listen to a small chapter from
the video that we have today. And I have, as always, three very simple rules for you.
Listen carefully, because I'm gonna ask you questions. Number two, ask about any word you
don't understand. I'm gonna be explaining, but if you don't understand something, let me know,
and I will explain it to you. And finally, like this video before we start the listening. I
always appreciate your support, so please make sure to just very quickly scroll a little bit
down, click the like button, and come back and tell me you did it in the chat.
How she mean? Exactly, exactly. I see that Sergio has revised his or her, uh, I think he's, uh,
his real lessons. Alright, so let's go to the listening. I hope you guys are ready. Let me do
it like this. And I want you to notice that the video is one hour and 40 minutes. It's more than
one hour and a half, so if you want to watch the whole story and see how it started from the
You can do that later, right? But, but for now, I'm gonna focus on chapter number three,
which is where the United States was involved. So let's listen. Done. Thank you. Thank you,
Asadullah. Thank you. That's a beautiful name, by the way. I understand it because I speak Arabic,
so I understand what your name means. It's a very beautiful name. If I do like this,
tell me, guys, if the text is still clear for you, because you... Three. America enters the fight.
Alright, so as I said, Vietnam War is already happening, so the North is fighting the South.
The North is supported by Russia, so the United States did not want the country to be,
or to become socialist or communist, so they decided to help the South. The year is 1965.
The United States has made a decision. We must stop communism, the leaders say.
President Lyndon B. Johnson looks serious as he speaks to the nation.
If Vietnam falls to communism, other countries will follow. Exactly, and then they will have
another country to worry about. We cannot let this happen. The world watches.
American troops land in Vietnam. At first, there are only a few. A troop is like big military
groups. We call them troops, alright? Troop. This is the word. They help train the South Vietnamese
army. They give weapons, money, and advice. But soon, more soldiers arrive. Thousands,
then tens of thousands. The jungle becomes their battlefield. For the American soldiers,
a battlefield is like a place where you fight. Vietnam feels strange. The air is thick and humid.
The rivers are muddy. The jungle is alive with sounds, birds, insects, the rustling of leaves.
But danger hides everywhere. The Viet Cong are hard to see.
Exactly. The Viet Cong are the people who are fighting, the Americans were fighting against.
These were northern Vietnamese who were trying to control the South,
and the Americans were helping the Southerners fight against them.
They know the land well. They use tunnels to move in secret. They set traps for the soldiers.
An American patrol walks through a village. Suddenly, an explosion. A soldier cries out.
The others scatter. Scatter, they mean they spread. Everyone goes to a different direction,
to scatter. The enemy is already gone. The soldiers write letters home.
Dear Mom, one begins, I don't know how to explain this place. It's so different from
everything I know. I miss home. I miss you. But I'll do my best here.
Back in America, people watch the news. The war is on their television screens.
Reporters show pictures of soldiers in the jungle. They show burned villages and crying children.
The images are shocking. Many Americans begin to question the war.
But the government insists it is the right thing to do. We are fighting for freedom, they say.
We are helping South Vietnam stand against communism.
Freedom is the word that America always uses when they want to intervene in another country.
Not everyone agrees, but the soldiers keep coming.
By 1968, there are more than 500,000 American troops in Vietnam.
The fighting becomes more intense.
Planes drop bombs over the countryside. Villages are destroyed.
They drop bombs over the countryside. Villages are destroyed.
The jungles burn with a chemical called napalm. It sticks to everything it touches.
The fire spreads fast, leaving nothing behind. The people suffer greatly.
A young Vietnamese girl runs from her burning village. Her clothes are gone.
Her skin is burned. She screams, but no one can help her.
A photographer captures her pain in a single picture.
It becomes a symbol of the war. The soldiers feel the pain, too.
Many are only 18 or 19 years old. They left their homes, their families, their friends.
They came to fight for freedom, but now they wonder,
what are we really fighting for? In the cities,
protests begin. Students gather at universities. They chant,
no more war. They carry signs that say, bring our boys home.
The protests grow louder. Some Americans support the war. Others demand peace.
The country becomes divided. In Vietnam, the war changes.
The North Vietnamese army joins the fight more openly. They attack in larger groups.
They use new weapons sent by their allies, China and the Soviet Union.
The South Vietnamese army struggles to keep up. American soldiers face a new kind of war.
It is not like the wars they studied in history books.
There are no clear battle lines. The enemy is everywhere and nowhere.
A farmer in the daytime might be a Viet Cong fighter at night.
The soldiers grow tired. They march through the jungle, soaked with rain.
They dig foxholes and wait for attacks. They carry heavy packs and even heavier thoughts.
Some think of their families back home. Others wonder if they will survive.
The jungles are not the only battlegrounds. In the air, American bombers fly high.
They drop bombs on cities, roads and bridges in the North. The destruction is massive,
but the North Vietnamese are determined. They rebuild quickly.
One American pilot is shot down. He parachutes into enemy territory.
The Viet Cong capture him. He becomes a prisoner of war.
Months turn into years. He writes letters to his family,
but doesn't know if they will ever read them. The war seems endless.
For every village the Americans take, the Viet Cong take another.
For every bridge the Americans bomb, the North builds a new one.
Both sides fight hard, but neither side wins. The American people grow weary.
The protests at home become louder. Mothers cry for their sons.
Fathers write letters to the president. Bring our boys home, they beg.
The government feels the pressure. In Vietnam, a soldier looks at the stars.
It is quiet for a moment. He thinks of his family back home.
He wonders if they are safe, if they think of him.
He feels lonely, but also proud. He believes he is fighting for something bigger than himself.
But even he has doubts. The war is not like he imagined.
He thought it would be simple. Good versus evil.
Freedom versus communism. But now, he sees the faces of the people.
They are just trying to survive. The chapter ends with questions.
Will America's involvement bring peace? Or will it bring more pain?
Will the war ever end? No one knows the answer.
We're gonna stop here because I want to ask you some questions right now
and see if you guys were following greatly or did you miss some parts, okay?
I want to show you some pictures first, by the way.
It's about something that was mentioned here in this part that we listened to,
which is that Americans did not want, did not agree with the war on Vietnam.
So there were a lot of protests all over the United States saying,
end the war now, bring the troops home, meaning stop the war in Vietnam, right?
Get the hell out of Vietnam, okay? So people were not happy about the war in Vietnam
because they see that a lot of soldiers have died, a lot of money is being lost,
and unfortunately, the United States still does this until this day.
All right, so why did the United States decide to intervene?
I think I've already answered this one. I'm not gonna sort of stop the spread.
I'm not gonna waste your time. What was the initial role of American troops,
meaning the army, that went to Vietnam? Was it to lead the attacks on North Vietnam,
to act as peacekeepers, like to stop the fight, to train the South Vietnamese army
and provide them with help and support, or to destroy the Vietcong tunnel?
In the very beginning, why did Americans go to Vietnam?
What was their initial goal? Was it A, B, C, or D, guys?
What do you think? When the United States first decided,
okay, we want to go to Vietnam because there is a war there, and maybe Russia or USSR
is gaining a lot of very dangerous control over there, what was the first reason why they went
there? So Benedictus say it's C, meaning that they went there to train the Vietnamese not to fight.
C, Asadullah also says C, and you guys are correct. So the first reason, the first purpose
why they went there was to not to fight, but to actually help the people there.
What was the purpose of using napalm during the war? And napalm was, as you have seen,
it was a kind of bombs that would stick to the ground to rebuild villages, to create safe zones,
to protect American troops, or to destroy the jungle and enemy places where people were hiding.
Napalm, bomb, bomb, no B. The second B is silent.
The South primal, or the primal role to supply and support the South, exactly. And that's what
they always do. They say, hey, we're just here to keep the peace or to help you. And that's what
they did in Afghanistan, in a lot of countries. So this is napalm, this is napalm. And you will see it a lot
in rumble movies and stuff. It's very explosive and very flammable, very flammable bombs.
D, to burn the jungle. All right, let's see, exactly. So the enemy, because they were
from Vietnam, they knew the forest very well. So in order to find them, the United States used
napalm bombs so that they can burn the jungle down. And you can see here how thick the jungle is.
You can see it behind them, there are a lot of trees. And sometimes they didn't see their enemy,
so they had to do something. All right, true or false right now? The Vietcong were easily visible
to American soldiers in the jungle. Oopsie, I copied also the answer. Let me very quickly do this.
All right, give me one second. I wrote the answer on top. Okay, all right.
False! Ibrahim, hey, how are you? The same in Afghanistan. Exactly, exactly.
I think you are from Afghanistan, no? They did the same thing. They just want to go there and
give people some freedom and give people... False, I'm late. All right, but it's okay.
Good guys always want to bring more peace. Exactly, we just want to give you some freedom
and take some oil from you, right? Victoire, hey, welcome. And welcome also to Ibrahim. I think this
is your first time, so welcome. So first one, sorry again. So the Vietcong, meaning the people
that the Americans were fighting, were easily visible to American soldiers in the jungle,
in the forest. Is that true? Is that false? Ibrahim says it's false and Victoire, though she is late,
says it's from Afghanistan. Exactly, that happened in Afghanistan. And they were helping Afghanistan
against the USSR. It's the same story that happened in Vietnam. It's crazy. So the last
says also it's false. So I see a lot of people today, a lot of new people, and I hope you guys are...
We'll see you always here. We livestream every Tuesday and Friday. Every Tuesday and Friday
we are here live streaming. And every day there are two videos that we drop on our channel. So if
you are not subscribed, you will not regret it. It is false. So in the text that we have listened to,
the Vietcong are hard to see and use channels to move secretly. And I'm gonna show you some later
By 1968 there were more than 5500 000 American troops in Vietnam. From the text that we listened
to, is this true? Is this false? What do you guys think? Which days? We livestream on Tuesday
and Friday at the same time, this time that you are watching right now. So Tuesday and Friday,
every Tuesday and Friday we have a livestream. But every day we have two videos. So two videos
every day and two livestreams every week. And the idea of our channel is basically to teach you
English through stories. Because we believe that you cannot learn English or any language outside
of a context. And the context should be interesting, like a story. So when you listen to a story,
you are learning some words and you are enjoying the story as well. And in today's lesson,
we are talking about the Vietnam War. So you are learning some English, you are enjoying the story
and you are learning about a very important part of history. So it's like three in one, right?
Okay, this is true. In 19... So this is again from the text. Okay. All Americans supported the
Vietnam War. All Americans, they were for the Vietnam War. I've just showed you some pictures
that gave you the answer. All Americans in America, they were for the war. They say,
hey, let's fight in Vietnam. Let's give those guys some freedom. Victor said it's false.
Interesting. Assadullah said it's false. Okay. So not everyone agreed and describes
people chanting no more war. And we have just seen some pictures, remember? Pictures of people
protesting. They say, get the hell out of Vietnam. We don't belong there. Bring our people. They are
dying. And even people who came back from Vietnam, who came back alive, they were either handicapped
or they had mental problems. Like, what do we call it? I forgot its name. I lost the name.
But they had mental problems. The North Vietnamese rebuilt roads and bridges quickly after they were
bombed by American forces. So Americans, they decided they will bomb bridges because bridges
and roads, that's where the enemy gets their, like, supplies of weapons and everything. So
to stop that, they would bomb bridges and the roads. True. Okay. Actually, Muhammad Ali refused
to go to war. Interesting. Especially student youth was negative towards war. I completely
agree with you. It was, there were a lot of protests in universities. I see a new person.
Okay. Media Network. Oksumawen. All right. Very interesting name. But welcome. Welcome. And you
got the question right. That's amazing. Let's see. The North Vietnamese are determined they rebuild
quickly. So they decided to destroy their roads so that they will not help the Vietcong. But they
rebuilt everything very quick. It's their country. It's their country. Choose the right answer now.
What challenges did American soldiers face in Vietnam? What challenges did they face in Vietnam?
Was it a harsh jungle environment? Very difficult forests? And I'm gonna show you,
as I said, some very interesting pictures. Invisible and unpredictable enemy or number
three, both one and two at the same time. Two. Okay. I like the avatar. Is that your son,
Ibrahim? Okay. All right. All of the above. Yeah. So meaning number three,
Victor, right? Okay. So yeah, it's one and two. So they faced an invisible enemy. The enemy was
hiding so well because that was their country, their environment. They were so used to their
environment. And if you remember what we listened to, it said at some point that maybe a farmer,
you can walk next to a farmer and you think that he is a farmer, but he is a soldier. So people
look at that. These are some of the traps that they used against Americans. So they used just
these things and they hurt the Americans a lot because the Americans, they were going to the
jungle and suddenly there are three spikes going through their boots. Okay. So they could no longer
fight or the American soldier is walking. Suddenly the ground will open and they will fall
into a hole in the ground. And in the ground, there are some spikes. Okay. So they were fighting
a very, very difficult war. And finally, there were a lot of tunnels, underground tunnels.
So you can be walking and suddenly someone will pop out of the ground and
unalive you as young people say these things. Why did President Lyndon Johnson, I'm going to skip
this question because we have answered this question like three times already. What made
the Viet Cong difficult to fight against? Was it ABC or one, two or three? What do you guys think?
Thank you. I like following, but there is a problem with the way you tell the story. You
keep repeating and going back to the same content in different chapters. This really annoys me.
All right. Thank you. We will, we will let me, let me take this. Let me take this answer,
but thank you for your remark. I really liked that. All right. Let me screenshot it and then
I'm going to discuss it with the team. Okay. I hope that will make you happy. Okay. Yeah.
But thank you for the remark. This is what we like. Their knowledge of the realm, of the ground.
If you are fighting in someone's land, they will win because they know the land so well.
Why did Americans begin to protest the war? They were upset by the images and of suffering and
questioned the purpose of the war or what exactly happened. I want to show you some pictures.
One. Exactly. Yeah, exactly. So they did not feel the war was not being shown on TV.
They did not support the military. They were upset by the images that were arriving from
Vietnam. Like this one, for example, where there is a woman carrying her not alive baby
that was killed by the Americans. Or like this picture. I don't know if I can show this picture.
All right. Or like this. Imagine this is a little island. This is a jungle and it's on fire right
now. You can see that it's on fire because of the nature. This is another picture. So this is a
house. You can see that there is a house right here. And this is a small village and it's all
on fire. And because they say, well, maybe the Viet Cong are hiding in there. So they set everything
on fire. And this is one of the most known pictures, which is of these kids crying and
there is a naked girl and people are crying. You can see this little kid right here. You can see
this little kid right here crying. So Americans, when they saw this picture, they said, well,
why are we participating in this crime? Right? All right. So I hope they will wake up. I hope
the Americans will wake up and see what their country is doing. All right. That was the last
question that we wanted to ask. Many journalists. All right. Sorry, I did not interact with your
answers. Many of the journalists reported many evidence that war was not like it was shown on TV.
It was a lot worse. I completely agree with you because, you know, something, you know, something
even during the Vietnam War, there were journalists and people were trying to film
America as a hero. And that's even after the war, like movies like Rambo and other other movies,
they were trying to to make Vietnamese people look like they are evil and that they deserve
what happened to them during the Vietnamese war. And of course, that's what Vietcong wrote
of Ho Chi Minh. Yeah. All right. OK. All right. So I think that with that, we come to the end.
But before. So we ended the listening, but we did not end the session. I want to open again,
as I always do. I want to open in the end of the session. I want you guys to ask any question or
I have a very interesting thing that I wanted to do. I want you guys to give me a couple of words
that you learned today or something that you learned today. Write it for me in the chat.
Maybe you have learned a new word. They always do that. Exactly. Exactly. They did the same even
with the like with Afghani people in Afghanistan. They tried to depict Afghani people as like
people who are horrible and things like that. Yeah. So did you learn a word today that you
want to share with us? Or if you have a question or if you have a comment, let us know. I'm going
Let me see. Candle Media. As to me, repeating makes sense as part of educational process
personally. All right. I'm back. Well, normally, repetition, as you Benedictus said,
repetition is for you guys to get used to the words. But I think that was a legitimate remark
because for more advanced people, I think repetition can be annoying. If you are repeating
words they already know. So we will discuss this and see if we can make different content for
different levels so that you can go directly and watch a video that goes hand in hand with
your level. I think that will be the best way to do this. So thank you both guys for your answers.
I think we always welcome any remarks like this. Unfortunately, this is always the picture that
the enemy would take it to convince the world to invade other lands. Exactly. Exactly. Whenever
they want to conquer or to invade another land, they tell you, well, the people there are terrorists
or are very bad or are evil or are trying to do something. But you are going to their land.
You are going to their country. So, yeah, I learned many words, but I can't type them. Okay.
All right. This is, by the way, a blog that I found which is dedicated to people from
the Vietnam War. And you can see here, this is a letter that was written. This is a real
red letter. Oh, you don't see anything. Sorry. Sorry. Okay. This is a real letter that was
written by someone who participated in Vietnam War. The letter was written in 1968. Today is
probably the worst day I have ever lived in my entire short life. Once again, we were in contact
with Charlie. And once again, we suffered losses, meaning we lost some friends. The losses we had
today hit home, meaning it was personal. As my best friend in this something whole as was killed.
And I want to focus on this one. He was only 22 years old. So this is an example of a soldier
who was sent by politicians in the United States. He was sent to Vietnam and he lost his life. And
he is just a number now. He's just a number and was going to the first soldier to meet his wife.
So this young man, 22 years old, he was sent by America to Vietnam. He was waiting to meet his
wife. And then he lost his life at 22 years old. And this is, as I said, just part of a letter
from from like a lot of letters that you will find. You try to write them down, make notices.
I really hope you tell the story of Eurydice and other African freedom fighters stories as well.
Thank you so much. I think you are making some very good remarks. As I say, I always like
screenshot your remarks and I keep them with me and I send them to the team so that
we can take your remarks, guys, into consideration. And I think, guys, with this,
we come to an end of this livestream. Thank you so much for watching. Thank you for the
engagement and the interaction. And see you on Friday.
