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No, no, no, behind you!

Whoa, Jayden, behind you!

Mason, can you help me practice?

I have to read my poem aloud in class this week.

Yeah, in a second.

You'll cover me while I heal?

You said that an hour ago.

Well, bro, you're supposed to cover me!

It's only eight lines.

Can you please just leave me alone?

Come on!

I was just finishing up homework.

Okay, so I was taking a break.

Miss Revere says that your presentation is a huge part of your grade.

And you haven't even handed an outline in yet.

Presentation is not due till Friday.

I have plenty of time.

Is this why you were up until 2 a.m last night?

You know what?

That's it.

Give me that.

What are you doing?

Something I should have done weeks ago.

You are getting a dopamine detox.

No, Dad, you can't just take everything away.

This isn't everything.

You're gonna thank me one day.

Where are the toaster pastries and the chips for lunch?

Gone.

You cleaned out the whole kitchen?

When your brain is running on caffeine, sugar, and junk all day, all day, you're craving this quick fix instead of real focus.

So, I detox the kitchen.

Why don't you have some real food?

Can I read my poem to you before we leave?

I'm busy.

Doing what?

Suffering, for no reason.

I'm going to need my screens to do my presentation.

Well, you can use the family laptop on the kitchen table to do your work.

You don't understand.

I need my phone.

I'm gonna be the only person at school not responding and they're gonna think I die.

I'll tell them you're alive.

Look, it's temporary.

For one week, no phone, no gaming, no streaming, no social media, and no junk food.

Today.. is day one.

Who's the bus?

No, no, no, no, no!

Don't throw that out.

Bro, what happened?

Why are you ignoring the group chat?

He made you into a missing person picture.

My dad took away my phone for a week.

A week?

What'd you do, rob a bank?

Just making me do a dopamine detox.

No phone, no games, no life.

You're gonna turn into one of those offline kids who don't get any jokes.

I know.

He doesn't get it.

She wants to control me.

I'm not gonna let him win.

Reminder, your future me presentations aren't just about what kind of job you want.

Okay, they are about who you are becoming and why it matters.

This presentation will count towards a major part of your grade.

Family members are invited to attend.

Mason, I am especially hoping to see more of your game designer concept.

The concept art was very impressive.

Video game designer?

Lame.

Shut up.

Do you have your outline today?

I'm still refining it.

Mason, you are very talented.

But talent won't help if you don't put in the work.

Okay?

Alright, so continue to work through the period.

Hey, make sure you're paying attention to the drill.

You mess it up, you'll be running laps.

We always run laps anyway.

Hey, nice try Detox Boy.

Come on, I'm so bored.

Mason, Jayden, you're up next.

Okay, Mason.

What?

Okay, lucky shot.

You see, that's what happens when you pay attention to the drill.

Hey, keep it up.

Jayden, lapse.

Lapse.

Let's go.

Anyone?

Jayden?

Uh, mm, 17?

Mason. Is it 42?

Correct.

Good job, Mason.

Oh, that's good.

Don't make it weird.

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Can you listen to my poem now, Mason?

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Fine.

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Just once.

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Okay, it's not done yet, but this is how it goes.

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My family is a team.

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Even when we fight.

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My dad makes breakfast.

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My brother says goodnight.

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He used to build me.

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Castles out of cardboard and string.

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He made boring days feel like anything.

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That's as far as I got.

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It's good, but...

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What if you changed the last two lines to He used to build me castles of cardboard and string

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and you'd make every day feel like a magical thing.

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Wait, say it again!

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Seriously?

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Seriously.

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We have a problem.

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He posted this?

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So social media is fine for him, but not for me.

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I'm a hypocrite.

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That's parents for you.

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The caption makes me want to vomit.

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It gets worse, bro.

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My mom saw this, and now she's talking about how digital detoxing sounds like an interesting idea.

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I mean, if this crazy punishment spreads, who knows how far it'll go.

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It could take our phone away for weeks, months, years.

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You have to do something.

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I've been trying to prove that this plan is dumb.

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Taking away my screens makes things worse, not better, but...

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It hasn't been working.

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Think bigger.

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These are desperate times.

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This presentation will count towards a major part of your grade.

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Family members are invited to attend.

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My presentation.

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What?

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I'll do everything he banned.

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Gaming, junk food, energy drinks, scrolling.

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Then I'll do my presentation and get an A.

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That's not a presentation.

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That's a funeral for every parent's dumb rule.

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This is good, huh?

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That's really good.

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I like that.

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Wow.

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Mason, what are you looking for in that closet?

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Uh, just a game.

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Ooh, a game.

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Can we play together?

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Yeah, sure.

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Yeah, that sounds like fun.

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I'll make some popcorn, we'll make a night of it.

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Uh, not all night, though.

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I have to record my presentation.

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What was that?

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Must be all that detox food.

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You still

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haven't written past the title?

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No, I have.

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I just...

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I've been brainstorming on another doc.

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I haven't transferred it yet.

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Future me, game designer.

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Oh.

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You used to spend hours making games out of cardboard.

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This is great.

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What are you smiling about?

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Nothing.

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Okay, don't react.

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Consider this your anti-detox survival kit.

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So tonight, you game, you snap, you scroll.

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In two days, you crush your presentation.

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Boom.

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Our plan works.

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Detoxed is proven.

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And when I get an A?

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You tell your dad the truth in front of everyone.

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He can't argue with results.

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So the presentation becomes proof.

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Exactly.

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Science, bro.

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My mom threaded me with digital detox this morning.

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Your dumb idea is trying to get out of control.

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It's not my idea, it's my dad's.

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Well, you better do something about it before all of our lives are ruined.

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If you're gonna pull this off, your dad wins, we all lose.

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Hey, you ready?

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Jayden?

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Yo, bro, hurry up.

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I want an hour.

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An hour, bro?

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T-talks make you soft.

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I'm not soft.

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Add the kitchen basket.

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That thing is hilarious.

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What?

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I finished my poem.

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Will you listen to the final version?

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Now I'm busy.

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I have to recite it in two days!

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I said I'm busy, Mia!

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Let's get to work.

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Today is the last work period before our presentations.

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So, by the end of class, I expect a finished draft from everyone.

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Um, I don't want you to see it until I present it.

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I have a special surprise.

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Hey, tomorrow's gonna be so funny, bro.

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Everybody's expecting a show.

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What do you mean, everybody?

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You told people?

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No. I built up hype.

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Now it's up to you to deliver it.

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You're still awake?

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You're working on your presentation?

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Yeah.

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I wish I could be there to cheer you on, but I'm reading my poem to my class tomorrow.

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You're nervous?

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Kinda, but it's okay.

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I practice by myself in the mirror.

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Mia, I...

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Alright, Mia.

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Come on, time for bed.

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Wow, you look exhausted.

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I've been working hard.

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I'm excited to see your presentation tomorrow.

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Proud of you, Mason.

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Alright, let's go.

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Just one game.

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You said one round.

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You didn't say one win.

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Fine.

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One win.

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No!

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That doesn't count.

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I was lagging.

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I'm not sure I have to go more game.

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What happened?

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Did you forget the combination?

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No, I just...

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Get it together, dude.

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Today's the day.

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I know.

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It's just gonna be like...

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It's gonna be weird during the presentation with my dad standing right there.

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Well, that's the whole point.

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Remember what he posted?

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Yeah, but...

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Mason, you're really roasting your dad.

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This better be good.

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Hey, don't forget how much is riding on this.

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Eating what you want, gaming when you want.

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This is your life.

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Take it back.

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Alright.

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Welcome, parents.

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Mason Hendricks will be our first presenter today.

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So, for my future me presentation, I was supposed to talk about who I'm becoming.

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But this week, my dad decided who I was becoming.

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According to him, phones, games, junk food, energy drinks were ruining my focus.

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So I ran an experiment.

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For the past few days, I secretly broke every rule.

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I used an old phone, I played games, I drank energy drinks,

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I ate junk food, and I still made this presentation. Which proves... Which proves, um...

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Detox is dumb.

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Right.

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Detox is dumb.

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Mason, is this your actual future me presentation?

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No, I...

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Yes, but I was supposed to finish that after, um...

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After what?

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That was supposed to be the ending.

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But you didn't finish your assignment.

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I'm sorry, I have more.

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No, no more.

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That's enough.

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Mason.

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The point of this presentation was to have you seriously consider who you are and who you want to become.

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I think you still have some major work to do there, okay?

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Whether you're willing to do that work is up to you.

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But as it stands right now, you are failing my class.

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My family poem.

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My family is a team, even when we fight.

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My dad makes breakfast and my brother says goodnight.

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He used to build me castles from cardboard and string and make a boring day feel like a magical thing.

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But lately, he is busy.

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His eyes are on screens all day.

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He can be sitting right next to me, but he's always far away.

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I miss how things used to be, the three of us a team.

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I hope we can find our way back to the other side of the screen.

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Your home was really good, Mia.

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Wait, you heard it?

293

Dad, I...

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Mason, we'll talk about this when we go home.

295

No, can you hear me out, please?

296

I'm...

297

I'm sorry, okay?

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I was just mad that you took everything away that I cared about.

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Mason, you're a talented kid.

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The talent doesn't help if you don't put in the work.

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You're always tired, you're looking down at your phone.

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I don't want to see you waste your potential.

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I thought maybe, just maybe, if we could have silenced the noise for one week, you might remember what you used to care about.

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I'm

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going to

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go to the next video.

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I'm sorry I embarrassed you with my presentation.

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And I'm sorry I ignored Mia.

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I just want us to be a team again.

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Look, honestly, there's something for all of us to work on, okay?

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Look, I had no right to post that picture of you

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and Mia after I just asked you to do a digital detox.

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It was hypocritical.

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I'm sorry.

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Come here.

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Team Hendrix!

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Yeah!

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And, as part of my team, I was wondering if you could help me with something.

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Sure.

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So, yesterday I tried proving my dad wrong, but I didn't even finish the real assignment.

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I kept saying I needed my phone to focus, but the only times I actually focused were when I didn't have it.

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I hated it at first, but I guess being bored for five seconds didn't ruin my life.

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It actually reminded me I liked making things.

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Let me tell you about it.

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Miss Rivera gave me an A.

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Yes!

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I made this for you.

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It's perfect.

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It's perfect.

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Now the week isn't over, but you earned some trust today.

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You got an hour.

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Actually, can I use the hour tomorrow?

333

I need to work on level two.

334

Level two?!

335

Yeah.

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Like action figures and stuff?

337

Yeah, it's gonna be harder.

338

Harder?

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We're excited.

340

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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “Strict Dad Takes Kid’s Phone For A Week”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: presentation, Mason, dad, detox. Questo video contiene 340 frasi e 2019 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 22:45. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 89 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Solo il 81% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo. 58 delle sue 340 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:

Parola	Pronuncia	Significato
poem sostantivo	/ˈpoʊ.əm/	poema, poesia
junk sostantivo	/d͡ʒʌŋk/	paccottaglia, ciarpame
cardboard sostantivo	/ˈkɑɹdˌbɔɹd/	cartone
bore verbo	/boɹ/	annoiare, tediare
ruin sostantivo	/ˈɹuː.ɪn/	rovina
dopamine sostantivo	/ˈdoʊ.pəˌmin/	dopamina
outline sostantivo	/ˈaʊtlaɪn/	contorno
drill sostantivo	/dɹɪl/	trapano, punta
lap sostantivo	/læp/	grembo
talented aggettivo	/ˈtæləntɪd/	dotato, talentuoso
invite verbo	/ɪnˈvaɪt/	invitare
brainstorming sostantivo		brainstorming
hypocrite sostantivo	/ˈhɪ.pə.kɹɪt/	ipocrita, collotorto
hypocritical aggettivo	/hɪpəˈkɹɪtɪkəl/	ipocrita
refine verbo	/ɹɪˈfaɪn/	raffinare, decontaminare

I phrasal verb che sentirai

Parola	Pronuncia	Significato
take away verbo	/ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/	togliere
build up verbo		accumulare
shut up	/ʃʌt ʌp/	chiudi la bocca, stai zitto

Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

Mason, can you help me practice?
You'll cover me while I heal?
Why don't you have some real food?
What'd you do, rob a bank?
You're working on your presentation?

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

Struttura	Nel video
“Used to” used to + verbo — un’abitudine o uno stato passato che non è più vero	used to build · used to spend · used to be
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — un’azione iniziata prima e ancora in corso	I've been trying · hasn't been working · I've been brainstorming
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa	are invited · is proven · are ruined
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso	haven't even handed · haven't written · haven't transferred

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 93 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, you're, don't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

I suoni “sh” e “zh”: presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/, caption /ˈkæp.ʃən/, crush /kɹʌʃ/
Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: hypocritical /hɪpəˈkɹɪtɪkəl/, hilarious /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

/h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: hypocrite /ˈhɪ.pə.kɹɪt/, hypocritical /hɪpəˈkɹɪtɪkəl/, hype /haɪp/, heal /ˈhiːl/, homework /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/
Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: detox /ˈdiːtɒks/, junk /d͡ʒʌŋk/, cardboard /ˈkɑɹdˌbɔɹd/, lapse /læps/, lap /læp/
/æ/ — più aperta della “e”: lapse /læps/, lap /læp/, magical /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/, talented /ˈtæləntɪd/, lag /læɡ/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come poem, junk, cardboard.

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?

Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.

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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

I phrasal verb che sentirai

Frasi da ripetere

La grammatica di questo video

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

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