Shadowing Practice: Coupon Genius. - Learn English Speaking with Video

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1
All right, now.
2
Your total is $70 .49.
3
Wow, that seems like a lot.
4
I don't make the prices, no, do I?
5
No, I was just commenting.
6
Well, it's not CNN, no, is it?
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Here, here are the coupons.
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The coupons?
9
Yeah, here.
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Max, you use coupons?
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I had no idea.
12
You're looking at me like I'm on to catch a predator.
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We don't need to use those.
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I have my tip money right here.
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What are you talking about?
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I have coupons.
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Here, take them.
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I have...
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I can't.
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I don't want to.
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I've fallen so far.
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I can't fall any further.
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Don't make me.
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There's no need to go down a cashame spiral.
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Hi.
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She has coupons.
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Oh, no. You're telling me I have coupons?
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You should have told me before.
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No, shouldn't you?
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I didn't want to tell you at all.
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She made me.
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Now, didn't ya?
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Look, it's not a big deal.
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Lots of people use coupons.
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Coupons are for poor people.
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Yes, like us.
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People who stand at the cash register and say things like, Wow, $70?
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That seems like a lot.
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Your new total is $12 .70.
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Wait, it just went from $70 to $12?
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Just like that?
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The same food for less money?
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The exact same food?
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How is that even possible?
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You used coupons now, didn't you?
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Max, coupons are genius!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Coupon Genius”. This video has 46 sentences and 222 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:34. The speaker talks at a steady 141 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 15 of its 46 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

9 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
coupon noun/ˈkuːˌpɑn/A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a…
genius noun/ˈd͡ʒin.jəs/Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art…
spiral noun/ˈspaɪɹəl/A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
predator noun/ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.
register noun/ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
exact adjective/ɪɡˈzækt/Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
cash noun/ˈkæʃ/Money in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to checks, credit or electronic transactions.
comment noun/ˈkɑmɛnt/A spoken or written remark.
catch verb/kæt͡ʃ/To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
go down verbTo descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • I don't make the prices, no, do I?
  • Max, you use coupons?
  • What are you talking about?
  • You're telling me I have coupons?
  • You used coupons now, didn't you?

דקדוק בסרטון הזה

המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:

מבנהבסרטון
עצה עם “should” should + verb — לומר מה כדאי או מומלץ לעשותshould have · shouldn't you
הווה ממושך (Present continuous) am/is/are + -ing — משהו שמתרחש כרגע או בסביבה הקרובה לזמן הזהYou're looking · are you talking · You're telling

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 14 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, didn't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like coupon, genius, spiral.

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