Pratique du Shadowing: It only snows here in Springfield [The Simpsons] - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

Création de la leçon...
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Aw, jeez, when did everything turn to crap?
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Bar, don't use language like that.
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No, no. You have to take the Halloween decorations down before you put the Christmas ones up.
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Today I say boo humbug.
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Meteorologists warn there'll be no snow this Christmas anywhere in America, not even in Alaska, where the Eskimos now have a hundred words for nothing.
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Sorry kids, I guess the hats and mittens will have to wait until next year.
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Aww.
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Snow?
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Snow!
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Snow!
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So you see, the snow is a microclimate aberration caused by radioactive steam from the nuclear and of course tire fire particulate.
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Oh boy.
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People!
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Springfield is now the only town in America that has snow this Christmas.
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So tourists are going to want to come here. Who?
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Who will gouge with me?
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I too will gouge.
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Duffbeer is proud to make a corporate commitment to gouging.
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YEEEY!
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Hehehehehehe You're not enough to do this without any other thing.
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UGH...
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Nyeh!
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Are you okay, Chief?
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I'll be fine.
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I'll be fine.
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God, I bent down to pick up a piece of candy and rolled down a hill.
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One parking five dollars.
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Ah!
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Ugh!
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Hm?
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Huh?
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Excuse me, ma'am.
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I'm so sorry to bother you, but my kids are exhausted and the town is sold out.
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Is there any chance you'd have a spare room for us?
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Please, please ma'am, we'd pay you $300 a night.
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Please, please take our money and everybody wins.
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Oh good, Marjorie married after I died.
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Wait a minute, I'm not dead, what's going This is a great thing.
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We're helping people celebrate Christmas, and we'll be able to afford Christmas.
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Take a look at this.
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What the...
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The Simpsons?
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Bed and breakfast?
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Well, this crazy scheme is the kind of impulsive behavior I want to encourage in you.
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I'm in!
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100%.
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Oh, thank you.
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Welcome to our daycare center.
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All girls, please move to cootie quarantine.
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We've got a two-month-old.
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Are you sure you can handle her?
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Just don't lose his claim ticket.
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Lord, I'm just a small town minister.
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We don't have Mormon money.
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But if you could see your way to guiding my fingers as I type this sermon...
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Friends, every year I tell you this holiday is about the birth of our Lord, not singing Santas in full stockings.
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Oh, I don't know that.
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You're losing us!
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Christmas is not about what happened in a manger some 2,000 years ago.
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It is about what you do for others now.
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Give with your hearts, give with your acts, and you will know the true meaning of Christmas.
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Oh!
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That sermon really inspired me.
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This whole Christmas has been about money.
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Oh, are you with the Salvation Army?
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What makes you think that?
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Bless you.
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But I'm gonna give gifts that aren't expensive and come from the heart.
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I don't know.
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Christmas didn't get to be the number one holiday by being about love.
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Um, when a woman talks, she just wants to be heard.
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What about a romantic carriage ride through the snow?
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Setting it up!
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I don't think you're giving them what they were promised, Dad.
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Excuse me, this eggnog is terrible.
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All eggnog is terrible.
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Those stackings are not hung by the chimney with care.
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Why did I do this for money?
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Why did I do this for money?
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Huh?
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Mr. Flanders, where's your store?
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Well, I'm down to a kiosk, thanks to that place.
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Actually, half a kiosk.
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Sharing it with Nazreen here.
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If I have to give presents, I'll give presents with a purpose.
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One for Maggie.
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Check.
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All that's left is Bart.
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Ah, perfect.
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Uh, more with sale, please.
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And don't skimp on the aromatic bitters.
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For your information, Gloria, my wassail is just Gatorade I put in the microwave.
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I drank that under the mistletoe.
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Ho, ho, ho!
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Not now.
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Take out that pillow and put it in room three.
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The pillow acted as a girdle.
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An Angelica Button Wizard robe!
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Now, Dad, I'd like to give you your present.
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You got me weed?
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Even better.
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They're bags of seeds so that you can plant a garden and watch it grow.
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Radishes!
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Nothing but radishes!
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Dad, stop!
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Plastic bubbling vomit.
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Plastic bubbling vomit.
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What?
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Lise, you're smart.
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Why would you give me a book?
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What?
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N.C.
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Wyeth.
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These are book illustrations!
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How could you burn the present I gave you?
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Because it's my present.
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Did you give it to me because you thought I'd like it or because you wanted to feel better about yourself?
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Children, perhaps it's time that I explain the true meaning of Christmas.
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Shut up, Glanders.
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Oakley-dokley.
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Bart, you were right.
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If you smell your farts in a dream, you die?
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No, about Christmas.
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So I went out this morning and I got you this.
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It's a tablet with books on it.
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Got the twist?
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Obviously.
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You're saying it's from Maggie.
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But actually, it's from you.
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Thanks, Lise.
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Now, why don't you donate that to whatever hopeless cause you want?
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Thank you all for coming.
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Yeah, well, we have something to say to you, Marge.
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Hmm.
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We wish you a merry Christmas.
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We wish you a merry Christmas.
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We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year.
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Like a rumba!
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Like a rumba!
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I did not see that coming!
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I have to go to the front of me!
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Hey, can't you tell my voice from a ten-year-old kid?
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Like a rumba!
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Oh no, Jong is refusing to fall back on his old catchphrases!
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Hi, Karrela?
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Whaa?
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Don't!
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Dad, I've been going to the front with me!
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Stop!
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Stop!
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Stop!
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Stop!
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Stop!

Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau B1 s’appuie sur la vidéo « It only snows here in Springfield ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : Christmas, snow, present, Dad. Cette vidéo contient 152 phrases et 943 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 8:04. Le locuteur parle à un rythme régulier d’environ 117 mots par minute, confortable pour le shadowing. Seuls 79 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais, le vocabulaire est donc exigeant. 30 de ses 152 phrases sont des questions : un bon entraînement pour l’intonation interrogative et les réponses courtes.

Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo

Les 15 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :

MotPrononciationSens
gouge verbe/ˈɡaʊ̯d͡ʒ/gouger, graver
rumba nom/ˈɹʊmbə/rumba
merry adjectif/ˈmɛ.ɹi/joyeux
eggnog nom/ˈɛɡ.nɑɡ/lait de poule
kiosk nom/ˈkiˌɑsk/kiosque
radish nom/ˈɹæd.ɪʃ/radis
vomit verbe/ˈvɑmɪt/vomir
sermon nom/ˈsɝ.mən/sermon, prêche
pillow nom/ˈpɪl.oʊ/ [ˈpʰɪɫ.ö̞]oreiller, têtière
bubble nom/ˈbʌbəl/bulle
aberration nom/ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/anomalie, anormalité
aromatic adjectif/ˌɛɹ.əˈmæt.ɪk/aromatique, odorant
catchphrase nomphrase fétiche, réplique culte
daycare nom/ˈdeɪkeə(ɹ)/garderie
girdle nom/ˈɡɝdl̩/enceinte

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

MotPrononciationSens
go out verbesortir
pick up verbesoulever
shut up/ʃʌt ʌp/tais-toi! informal, taisez-vous! formal or plural
sold out adjectifépuisé, complet
take out verbesupprimer, sortir

Des phrases à répéter

Des phrases courtes et complètes de la vidéo, à réutiliser dans la conversation de tous les jours :

  • Who will gouge with me?
  • Is there any chance you'd have a spare room for us?
  • Are you sure you can handle her?
  • What makes you think that?
  • Why did I do this for money?

La grammaire de cette vidéo

Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :

StructureDans la vidéo
Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le faitare exhausted · be heard · were promised
Futur avec « will » will + verbe — une décision, une promesse ou une prédictionthere'll be · will have · will gouge
Présent continu am/is/are + -ing — ce qui se passe en ce momentWe're helping · You're losing · you're giving
Obligation : must / have to / need to dire qu’une chose est nécessairehave to take · have to wait · have to give

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 37 contractions et formes réduites, comme don't, I'm, you're. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

  • Les sons « sh » et « zh »: radish /ˈɹæd.ɪʃ/, aberration /ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/, decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/, illustration /ˌɪləsˈtɹeɪ̯ʃən/
  • Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: aromatic /ˌɛɹ.əˈmæt.ɪk/, meteorologist /ˌmiːti.əˈɹɒ.lə.dʒɪst/, particulate /pɑːˈtɪk.jʊ.lɪt/, radioactive /ˌɹeɪdioʊˈæktɪv/, decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/

Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :

  • /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: gouge /ˈɡaʊ̯d͡ʒ/, manger /ˈmeɪ̯n.d͡ʒɚ/, meteorologist /ˌmiːti.əˈɹɒ.lə.dʒɪst/, chimney /ˈt͡ʃɪmni/, carriage /ˈkæɹɪd͡ʒ/
  • /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: rumba /ˈɹʊmbə/, merry /ˈmɛ.ɹi/, radish /ˈɹæd.ɪʃ/, aberration /ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/, aromatic /ˌɛɹ.əˈmæt.ɪk/

Comment s’entraîner avec cette vidéo

  1. Écoutez la vidéo en entier une fois sans parler et notez les mots que vous ne connaissez pas.
  2. Répétez phrase par phrase à vitesse normale, en reprenant chacune jusqu’à ce que votre rythme corresponde à celui du locuteur.
  3. Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme gouge, rumba, merry.

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