Day 44 · Happy Dragon Boat Festival

A slow English story about Wrapping zongzi for Dragon Boat Festival, and missing the red bean paste from my childhood. 11 simple sentences. Word by word. About 12 minutes.📝 Today's sentences① Dragon Boat Festival is almost here. So today I left work early and went to a friend's place.② She had everything ready. And we tried wrapping zongzi.③ And honestly? It's so much harder than it looks.④ We didn't have red bean filling. Just salted egg yolk and pork.⑤ My friend is from the North. She likes dipping hers in white sugar.⑥ So I gave it a try.⑦ The soft, sticky rice and that little crunch of sugar. Honestly, so good.⑧ But I still really miss the red bean paste.⑨ When I was little, the grownups made it by hand. Little round balls of red bean paste.⑩ And I always got the last bit left in the bowl. And it would just melt in your mouth.⑪ Happy Dragon Boat Festival, everyone!🔑 Vocabulary• Dragon Boat Festival /ˈdræɡən boʊt ˈfestɪvəl/• wrapping /ˈræpɪŋ/• filling /ˈfɪlɪŋ/• salted egg yolk /ˈsɔːltɪd eɡ joʊk/• dipping /ˈdɪpɪŋ/• sticky rice /ˈstɪki raɪs/• crunch of sugar /krʌntʃ əv ˈʃʊɡər/• red bean paste /red biːn peɪst/• grownups /ˈɡroʊnʌps/• bowl /boʊl/• melt /melt/🎧 New episode every weekdaySubscribe so you don't miss the next sentence.