Shadowing Practice: UK Trains Be Like... (hint: it's chaos-) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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218 משפטים
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Wow, this is such an informational and definitely working departure board.
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Oh my god, things really can't stop breaking on the UK railway.
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Well, maybe the departure board broke because it can't handle how late this train is.
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I mean, I've been waiting here for over an hour.
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Oh well, at least I have a seat reserved for me, so it's not like I have to worry about not having a seat despite how crowded it is.
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Okay, so is this my seat?
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No, clearly not, which means that.
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Hang on, what?
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Oh no no no, have to sit on this dirty seat without a window for my 20 -minute journey?
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Seriously?
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Ah, why do you have to do this to me train?
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First you're late, and now my seat ends up being this?
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Okay, you know what, there must be a better seat somewhere on this train.
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It just sucks that this train has barely started moving and things are already going wrong, at least for me anyway.
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Aha, you know what, I can sit here.
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I hope you don't mind me sitting here.
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Oh no no no, I don't care at all.
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In fact, I'm glad you came here, and you want to know why?
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Sure, why?
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It's because I'm an undercover ticket inspector.
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Hang on, an undercover ticket inspector?
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Since when was that a thing? Since forever.
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Definitely.
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Now can I see your ticket?
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I mean, sure.
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I have it right here.
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Oh, what?
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Please connect to an internet connection to view your ticket?
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Oh, you've got to be kidding me.
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It was here just a moment ago.
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What's the issue?
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I don't have any mobile data, and so I don't have internet.
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Oh, then just connect to the train's Wi -Fi.
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I mean, I can try connecting to it.
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it's taking a while to load.
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Hey, don't rush me.
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Wait, what?
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Is the phone talking to me?
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Yes, don't rush me.
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I'm loading, can't you see?
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Okay, sorry?
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You know what?
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I'll finish loading, but I'll give you a quarter of a sign -in page.
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How about that?
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Oh, I have to make an account to use the train's Wi -Fi?
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And how is a quarter of the sign -in page going to help me?
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Okay, fine.
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I'll give you half of the sign -in page.
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What?
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No. Give me the entire sign -in page.
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Why do you need my full name, and my house address, and especially my PIN?
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I'm accessing a train's Wi -Fi, not my bank account.
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We needed to make sure you're real.
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I am real.
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You know what, fine, I'll just enter some random stuff, and press on sign in.
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Okay, I'm pressing on the sign in button.
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Why is nothing happening?
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Hello?
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What's going on?
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No. What?
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What do you mean no?
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What's going on?
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Something wrong happened.
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What?
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What went wrong?
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Hello?
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Wefjitsio is not a valid first name.
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What is that name?
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Well, it's French.
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Definitely.
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You know what?
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I'm going to clear everything and then give you a quarter of a sign -in page because of how you're acting.
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What?
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No. Okay, you know what?
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This is why I never even try to connect to the train's Wi -Fi.
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I see.
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So I think I'll have to borrow somebody else's internet to get my ticket up.
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The question is, who do I ask?
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Good question.
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Oh, wait, I know who to ask.
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I'll be back ticket inspector, I promise.
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Okay, so who else would have internet on this train, other than the richest people on this service?
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AKA, first class.
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I need to ask first class if I can borrow their internet, so that I can get my ticket up.
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Alright, if anybody is going to have some internet I can borrow, it must be behind this door.
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Oh jeez, I can immediately sense that everybody here is a billionaire.
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Ah, hello there.
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And what, may I ask, is a person of modest means doing in a place such as this?
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Ah, do you mind if I borrow your internet quickly?
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Out, I say, out at once.
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What?
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All I did is ask for some internet.
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Out.
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You know what?
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Never mind.
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Maybe someone else has internet here.
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Hey, poor person.
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Over here.
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I've got some internet you can borrow.
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Oh, wait, really?
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My husband recently left the carriage.
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If you find him and bring him back here, I'll give you some internet.
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I mean, strange request. But shit.
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Okay, what?
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What?
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What?
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What the hell?
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Why the hell is that door open?
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Is the air conditioning broken or something?
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Are you okay?
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side is open.
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Oh my god, what the hell?
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Oh, not again.
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Wait, what?
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My husband must have jumped out of the train again.
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Happens every single time.
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I keep on telling him not to do it, and yet he still does it anyway.
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Your husband?
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No, I've had enough of first class, never going there ever again.
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How can they even afford a first class ticket?
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I myself could barely afford a standard class ticket with how expensive they are.
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My ticket costs a million pounds? be kidding.
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Alright then, does this toilet work?
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Oh, really?
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You too?
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Why do none of the toilets work?
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Oh my god, I definitely got scammed when I spent my life savings on my train ticket, and I can't even show it, because I have no internet.
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That ticket inspector is going to be so mad.
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Though hang on a second, how about I don't go back to that seat?
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Yeah, you know what, I'm not going back to the ticket inspector, I can just find a seat here instead.
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Aha, there we go, Why is the person in front of me partly inside their seat?
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Wait a second, is my phone ringing?
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Oh, not my mean boss.
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I hate talking with him so much.
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Let's see what he wants this time.
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Let's just get to the point, eh?
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Where the hell are you?
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I'm on a train.
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Are you sure?
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Yes, it would be very concerning if I wasn't sure.
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Well, it's just that I'm also on a train.
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What train are you on?
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Well, I got on an LNER Azuma service at Pitterborough at around 12 o 'clock.
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Wait, really?
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We're on the same train.
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you following me?
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I'm not following you.
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I guess we just so happened to board the same train to work.
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Duh.
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Anyways, do you find the train seats delicious?
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I'm sorry, what?
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Well, it's just that I've eaten around five train seats so far and none of them are tasty.
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In fact, they're all so disgusting.
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In what world?
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Why are you eating train seats?
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Well, on the train seats, it says, "Let's eat your seat," so I decided to eat my seat.
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What?
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No. It says, "Let's eat at your seat." It doesn't say to eat Oh no. Oh no indeed.
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Hello passengers, I regret to share that, due to someone near the front of the train eating a couple of train seats, we'll have to make an emergency stop.
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You've got to be kidding.
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work late today for a reason which isn't my fault, which I can't complain about.
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Anyways, let me see just how much damage is done.
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Okay passengers, I've got some good news and some bad news.
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The good news is that the guy who ate the seats has now been kicked off.
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Well, yay.
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The bad news is, we're not going anywhere, because there's a faulty signal.
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Ooh, of course.
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Hey, wait a second, why did someone break into my cab?
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Wait, what?
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I asked to see a ticket from a guy on this train.
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Oh no. And he just you.
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You hear that, I'll find you.
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And once I find you, I'll make sure you regret not showing me your ticket.
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Yeah no I'm out.
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No way I'm going to be able to explain anything to that ticket inspector, especially considering how furious he seems.
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I don't know what he's planning to do once he finds me, but I'd rather not find out.
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I need to find a place to hide on this train ASAP before he finds me.
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Come on door, close.
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Hang on, I nearly forgot.
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There's an open door in first class.
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I can use that train door to escape?
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Should I though?
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Yeah, you know what, I'm doing it.
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I am so not in the mood to deal with a furious ticket inspector today.
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Okay, now I need to run away as far as possible.
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Goodbye train, can't believe how everything which could have gone wrong with that trip went wrong, like what is it with my luck?
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Hang on, is someone calling me?
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Oh no, you've got to be kidding me.
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Oi, why are you running away from the train?
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Oh my god, it's you.
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Siwo, 54.
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Considering how you're calling me, I'm guessing that I'm in a simulation and everything which just happened is fake.
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What, what do you mean?
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Don't play dumb, it seems like every few months, you put me into some kind of simulation while I'm asleep because you think it's fun.
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Okay fine, you're in a simulation and everything which happened is fake, happy?
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Not necessarily.
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that it was a simulation.
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After all, How could your boss call you if you didn't have any mobile data?
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And besides, in real life, you couldn't even board a British train, because there would be a railway replacement or a strike going on.
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Yeah, good point to be honest.
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Bit concerning how you remember me though.
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Well, I still remember the last time you put me in a simulation pretty well.
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When you decided to turn me into a train guard
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and I had to deal with so many ridiculous passengers and events, some tickets.
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Hey, can I have your ticket?
206
Well, sorry, but my ticket kind of went to Tesco.
207
What?
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Okay then.
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Can I have your ticket?
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My ticket is seated to go to Marks and Spencer.
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I definitely understood that.
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And can I have your ticket, please?
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I ate my ticket.
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Yum yum.
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Oh my god, what?
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You can get a penalty fare for not having a ticket.
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I'll just eat the penalty fare.
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Yum yum.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 218 sentences and 1720 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:57. The speaker talks fast, about 192 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| inspector noun | /ɪnˈspɛk.tɚ/ | A person employed to inspect something. |
| borrow verb | /ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/ | To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it. |
| simulation noun | /ˌsɪm.jəˈleɪ.ʃn̩/ | Something that simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour. |
| connect verb | /kəˈnɛkt/ | To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. |
| passenger noun | /ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒɚ/ | One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew. |
| rush verb | /ɹʌʃ/ | To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully. |
| railway noun | /ˈɹeɪlˌweɪ/ | A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods. |
| penalty noun | /ˈpɛn.əl.ti/ | A legal sentence. |
| regret verb | /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/ | To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead. |
| toilet verb | /ˈtɔɪ.lət/ | To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet. |
| departure noun | /dɪˈpɑː(ɹ)tjə(ɹ)/ | The act of departing or something that has departed. |
| anyways adverb | /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/ | Anyway, anyhow, in any case. |
| furious adjective | /ˈfjʊəɹi.əs/ | Feeling great anger; raging; violent. |
| fare noun | /ˈfɛə/ | Money paid for a transport ticket. |
| undercover adjective | /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌvə(ɹ)/ | Performed or happening in secret. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. |
| kick off verb | To make the first kick in a game or part of a game. |
| run away verb | To flee by running. |
| run away from verb | To avoid or shirk a problem or consequences; to rush to back away from or disclaim responsibility for something. |
דקדוק בסרטון הזה
המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:
| מבנה | בסרטון |
|---|---|
| הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו | I've had · I've eaten · has now been kicked |
| סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולה | been kicked · is seated |
| משפטי זיקה (Relative clauses) who / which + clause — מידע נוסף על אדם או דבר | not, which means · guy who ate |
| פועל + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — פעלים שמתחברים ל-ing אחריהם | stop breaking · started moving · finish loading |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 65 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I'll, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: simulation /ˌsɪm.jəˈleɪ.ʃn̩/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, informational /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃənəl/
- Long words — get the stress right: undercover /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌvə(ɹ)/, necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, informational /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃənəl/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like inspector, borrow, simulation.
מהי טכניקת השאדואינג?
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