Transcript - “Listening Time” Episode 83
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Alright, well today, we're going to talk about street markets. So, this will be a fun
topic, because a lot of people like going to street markets, and in di
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there are di
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erent types of street markets. So, I want to talk about a few di
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erent types
of street markets in di
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erent countries. I think that'll be a good topic to talk about
today.
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Okay, so let's talk about street markets. Street markets are markets that happen
in the street, usually, or they might happen in a parking lot or something like that,
maybe by a shopping mall, in di
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erent areas, but they happen outside and they're
usually just temporary. So, people have to put up these stalls or stands or booths. We
have di
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erent words for these things. These are these little... kind of like tents... where
people set up their tables and products. We can usually call these "stands," like "I
bought tacos from that stand," for example.
So, people have to set up these stands whenever these markets happen. And
then, when the market is over, when the time ends, they have to take down these
stands. In English, we use that phrasal verb "take down" to mean that you disassemble
something, you take it apart and put it away. So, people have to take down these stalls
when the market hours are over. So, that's a street market.
And there are di
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erent types of street markets in di
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erent countries. I want to
start by talking about farmers markets in the US. So, a farmers market is a street
market where farmers can come, or people that sell products, not always farmers, but
a lot of times it's farmers... they will come and sell their products directly to consumers,
directly to normal people. So, they don't have to sell their products to grocery stores
who sell them to normal people. Right? These farmers can just sell their products to
consumers directly via these farmers markets.
So, they might sell di
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erent fruits and vegetables, other types of food, they can
sell drinks, they can sell plants and even animals sometimes, but there's a lot of variety
that's sold there. And a lot of this food is organic, so it doesn't have pesticides or
herbicides, and the farming techniques are very good compared to the farming
techniques used elsewhere. In English, when we use the word "elsewhere," we're
saying in other places. So, the farming techniques used to produce the food at
farmer's markets is usually better than elsewhere. And so, this is high-quality food. It's
usually very good, nutritious, organic, like I mentioned, and so, people view this as kind
of like an expensive market.
I don't know for sure if farmers markets are always more expensive than other
places, but a lot of people have this perception of farmers markets, that you'll have to
spend a little more money at these places. I've also seen that this isn't always true. I've
read articles about this, that this is more something in our mind, but in reality, it's not
that expensive. It's not much more expensive than other places. But I don't know
because I haven't been to a farmers market in a while. But I think that they have good
food, and if you want to buy good quality food and buy directly from farmers, then I
think this is a great option.
I like farmers markets, and I think they're cool places to just walk around, and
they often give you free samples of food at farmer's markets. So, maybe someone is
selling a homemade jam, and they want to give people free samples so that they might
want to buy this jam. That's very common at farmer's markets, so you can often get a
little free food when you go.
So, there are di
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erent farmers markets in di
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erent parts of the city, once a week
usually. So for example, maybe every Monday, there's this one farmers market on one
street, and then every Saturday, there's a di
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erent farmers market on a di
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erent street.
And at least in my home city, this is normal. So, there are di
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erent farmers markets
every day, and they're there once a week usually.
Alright, now, let's talk about swap meets. So, a swap meet is a big market where
a lot of things are sold. Swap meets are also called "flea markets." Some people might
use that term. Some people might use the term "swap meet." I think they're the same
thing. And these are big markets in the US, like I mentioned, that sell a lot of di
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erent
items. They sell a lot of used items. So, you might have used furniture, clothes, other
items, all kinds of things. And you can usually find a lot of vintage-type things or
antiques and stu
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like that. But you can also find modern things as well.
And at these markets, they also sell food, so you can go and eat meals there
while you shop. So, they sell all kinds of things. These are really big markets. I've only
been to one or two in the US, so I don't have much experience with these. But
sometimes they can be just seasonal, like every once in a while, they have a swap
meet in a certain space... a parking lot or something like that. But some of them have
become more regular. So, maybe even once a week or twice a month, or something
like that. So, it really just depends on the swap meet.
But there's something for everyone there. I think if you go to a swap meet in the
US, you'll probably find at least one or two things of interest. Because like I said, they
have all kinds of stu
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, and if I'm not mistaken, I think that it's usually at a good price.
So, swap meets aren't considered to be expensive places. Swap meets are usually
thought of as being pretty cheap. You can find products there that might cost more if
you bought them somewhere else. So, this is an advantage to going to swap meets.
Okay, now I want to talk about the equivalent of swap meets in Mexico. So, in
Mexico, we have these markets called tianguis. And so, this is pretty much a swap
meet. But these are very regular. So, they're every week, once a week, in di
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erent
places. So for example, every Saturday morning, there will be tianguis in a certain
neighborhood, right? Or every Wednesday afternoon, there will be one in another
neighborhood.
So, these are regular, usually every week, and some of them are a little bit
smaller and some of them are huge. There are some huge markets in Mexico where all
the tra
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c has to go around and reroute and go somewhere else because these
markets can take up a very big space in di
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erent neighborhoods. So, you have to know
what day it is, what time it is, if you're driving through certain neighborhoods, because
if you drive through the tianguis, it's going to be very hard to get through. It's going to
be very slow, and you're probably going to have to go in a di
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erent direction to get
around this market.
So, you can find anything and everything at these markets. So, you can find a lot
of di
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erent products for pretty cheap, and you can find new items. So, I mentioned that
at swap meets in the US, there are a lot of used and new items. I think at most tianguis
in Mexico, most of the items are new. I could be wrong. There could be a lot of used
items at certain markets, but the ones that I've been to usually sell new items. I think in
countries outside the US, people don't like used items as much. In the US, people love
going to used clothing stores and things like that. So, that isn't quite as popular in
other places.
So, with these markets in Mexico, these new items are sold for cheap. They're
very accessible. So, you can buy clothes. You can buy other small items. You can buy
bigger things, furniture, you can buy all kinds of things. Maybe even electronics, or
other things like that, for cheap. So, I go to these types of markets once in a while,
usually if we need to buy presents for people. So, if we don't know what gift to buy
someone, we might go to one of these markets and just look around and see what they
have, and buy the cheap gift there. This is something that we do sometimes.
And there's actually a lot of good food at these markets in Mexico. So, you can
often find very good tacos or very good seasonal fruit and things like that. So, I like
eating at these markets. I like buying food there. I try to find the stands that have a lot
of people because that probably means that the food there is good. And I like to buy
food there, sometimes breakfast or lunch or whatever. There's a lot of good food at
these markets.
And there's some interesting items there. I remember in the past, when I used to
go, I would always see pirated movies. In English, the term "pirated" means that some
product was produced illegally. So, people would sell these movies illegally, because
the movie had just barely come out in theaters, like it came out in theaters yesterday,
and today, somehow, they're selling DVDs of this movie at these markets. So, you can
buy some illegal products like that at these markets and other interesting stu
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as well.
And like I said, they have these markets every week. So, this is a regular thing and
some people actually go every week. I definitely don't, but a lot of people do. They like
to just walk around these markets, and it's pretty entertaining for a lot of people.
And there's another type of market that I've started to see a lot more of in
Mexico, but this is specifically in neighborhoods like mine that are pretty hip and cool,
we would say. I don't think this is popular in a lot of other types of neighborhoods. But
in some of the nicer neighborhoods or the cool, hip neighborhoods, we have these new
markets, and we use the term "bazar" in Spanish. In English, we have this word
"bazaar" actually. And in English, we usually use that word to refer to markets in Africa,
the Middle East, Southern Asia, a certain style of market in certain countries,.
But that word is used in Spanish to describe these, kind of, smaller hip, cool
markets. And here, they have a lot of used clothes sometimes, sometimes new items,
they have food, they have a lot of di
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erent types of things, a lot of di
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erent products.
Sometimes they sell pet products like things for your dog. They might sell makeup, a
lot of di
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erent types of things. But these markets look more stylish, and you see a lot of
young women there. This is the main demographic at these markets. So, they go to
check out the di
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erent clothes, check out the natural products. That's another big one.
They might sell, like, natural makeup products or things like that.
So, there are used and new products, and a lot of girls like these markets here in
my neighborhood. And they have them pretty regularly, like every week, and it is a cool
place to go. Like I said, probably more for women than for men, but they usually have
music. They sell food. And it's nice to just walk around these places as well just to
check them out. Because sometimes, they have pretty cool products too. I usually
don't spend much time here, but my wife does. She likes to go to these markets, even
if she's not going to buy anything. She still likes to go check out, you know, what
products they're selling.
So, it's something that's trendy now. In English, when we use the word "trendy,"
we're talking about something that is in style, something that is cool at the moment.
So, these small markets are trendy in certain neighborhoods in Mexico. And so, these
have become a more popular thing, and I see new ones... like, every few months, they
seem to open up a new one and try to get another regular bazar started. So, this is
becoming very trendy here. And I'm sure that this trend is here to stay.
And I want to talk about one other type of market: Christmas markets. So, these
are famous in Europe, particularly Western Europe. There are Christmas markets in
di
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erent cities. And these have a very cool atmosphere. A lot of people like going to
these, maybe even traveling to Europe in the wintertime to go to these markets
because they really like the atmosphere here. It's a family friendly place, usually, so you
can take your kids there. The decorations are really beautiful. The lights are awesome.
It has a very Christmassy feeling to it. So, these are cool places for the whole family.
They have food and drinks, of course, a lot of Christmas-type drinks like warm
drinks and maybe soup... I remember eating soup at one because it's cold during that
time, and so you want to have warm food and warm drinks, and so that's really cool.
Of course, they sell a lot of products there. Some people like buying from these
Christmas markets and might buy presents there. Some people just go for the food
and for the other things and they don't buy anything there. There are sometimes rides,
like at an amusement park. They sometimes have these at Christmas markets,
depending on how big the market is. But I've seen rides and di
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erent games for
children.
And so, there are a lot of fun things there. It's not just to buy products. There are
attractions for kids, and there's good foods sometimes. And like I said, the atmosphere
is really cool. This is one of the main reasons why people go there. They like to see the
decorations and the lights and be there at night and feel this energy there.
I've only been to two Christmas markets. I went to one very small one in
London. I was only in London for like, I don't know, less than 24 hours when I went to
Europe last time. And so, I had just a brief time there. I couldn't do a lot of things. But
we saw a Christmas market that was already open in November. So, it was very early.
But I went to one, and this was a smaller one. It was mostly with food, di
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erent food
places, and the food was very good that we had there.
But the second Christmas market that we went to was better. This was in Paris,
and this was a much bigger one. And they had rides there. They had di
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erent
attractions. It kind of felt like a fair in the US. A "fair" is like a carnival. It kind of felt like
that. It had a great atmosphere. I remember eating soup there, as I mentioned, and
drinking a warm beverage. So, that was nice. And it was nice to see all the kids there
having fun, to see all the families. And of course, there were a lot of tourists because it
was in Paris. So, a lot of people were there. And that was a cool thing.
But Christmas markets are places that draw a lot of attention. A lot of people
really like them, and they're only there for that season. So, they're kind of unique in that
regard, because you can't go do a Christmas market in June, for example. So, I think
when something is rarer, a lot of people really want to go, right, because it's not always
there. So, Christmas markets are very cool places to go to in Europe.
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