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What do you think about?
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Are you really in the moment?
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Do you ever, like, and this is not to diss any, because you've got to once in a while drift off and go,
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oh, I wonder if this is going on.
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Do you ever leave that moment and go someplace in your head?
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You know what?
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Sometimes, yes.
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Because, you know, and I catch myself because I'm like, focus, focus.
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Because if I, like, there are a million different times during that show where I could, like, fall into a hole and break my leg.
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Yes.
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Because there are, like, all these different cues, and you have to remember them but sometimes I'll be like, oh, my gosh, cats are so cute.
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I'd love a cat.
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Like, maybe I should get a cat.
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Can they travel on planes?
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Do they allow cats in hotel rooms?
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But they're so cute.
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Some cats like to swim.
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That's cool.
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And then I'm like, I'm on stage right now.
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Like...
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Congratulations on your two Grammys the other night and a standing ovation.
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Thank you.
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How great was that?
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Thank you.
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It was like top five best moments of my life, the standing ovation at the Grammys.
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Top five.
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Like, first, well, there have been so many wonderful ones.
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Like, that's so top five.
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One being with him, obviously.
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The top four?
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Yeah.
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I think, do you, OK.
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Like, winning album of the year at the Grammys, playing Gillette Stadium, singing with James Taylor, standing ovation at the Grammys, buying my cat.
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That cat is unbelievably cute.
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We're going to show pictures of that cat.
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I am so envious of you having that cat.
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My cats don't look like that.
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Oh, wow.
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No, that cat is the cutest thing.
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It's a Scottish fold, right?
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Yeah.
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It's the cutest cat I've ever seen in my life.
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And I look at my cats when I go home every day going, why aren't you that cute?
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They're not as cute.
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That is, okay, so you brought some video.
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Just to rub it in my face how cute that cat is, that it's cuter than my cats, you brought a video as well.
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Yeah.
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All right.
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I take a lot of video of the cat.
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All right, I don't blame you.
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All right, let's take a look of the video.
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Oh, this one's called Cat Fail.
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All right.
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That's hilarious. And fail.
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Uh -oh.
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Oh, no. Oh, no. That's awesome that you take this. And that.
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So the CD launch is very exciting.
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Yeah.
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But can I talk about your new addition to your family first?
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Yes, you can.
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Oh, OK.
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You can do that.
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So I got a new cat.
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Yeah.
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Um...
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Yeah.
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Come on.
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Her name is Detective Olivia Benson.
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Mm -hmm.
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She was named after my favorite character on Law & SVU, but it's very confusing for me, because since I named the cat
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Detective Olivia Benson, she's since been promoted on the show to Sergeant Olivia Benson and it's very confusing for the cat and also for me.
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Yeah.
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So do you call her detective sometimes and sergeant sometimes?
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Usually, well, I actually call her a name that doesn't really make any sense, but her name is, in the house, it's Dibbles.
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Because it suits her personality more than Olivia.
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She's like a scrappy little cat.
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So her name is like Olivia, but it's like her personality's more like, here goes the Dibbles.
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Like...
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What?
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Wait, and we have a video?
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You brought a video?
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I did.
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I brought several videos, um, because I over -prepare, but I'm not sure which one they've chosen.
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Oh, this is her sleeping.
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She's a very aggressive sleeper.
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All right.
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Everybody kind of sleeps in weird positions, I guess, but...
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Girls...
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Come on.
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Cat is cornering the market.
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Oh, my God. On weird positions.
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That is the cutest thing.
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Taylor and I have been working on a project together where we get to talk about our passion for cats.
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It's a local access show, and we brought a clip of our first show, and if it's okay with you,
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we thought we would show it to you right now.
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It's 5 .55 a .m on Sunday.
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Welcome to our very first episode of Kitty Corner.
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on Utah Public Access Channel 843.
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If you're looking for us, it's just after the music channels.
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I'm Taylor with a Y.
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And I'm Ellen with a Y.
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I'm just kidding.
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I hope that's okay.
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It's perfect.
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I'm so excited we finally get to have our own show, and I want to thank our whole crew here at Channel 843
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in helping put this show together and as part of your court -ordered public service.
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Thanks, Paco.
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Thank you, D -Train.
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Thank you.
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Kitty Corner is a show for people who love cats, and we're gonna talk about cats.
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For example, I'll talk about my cats.
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And I'm gonna talk about my cats.
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And we'll answer your questions about cats.
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Yeah.
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You can call us with your questions.
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Well, not now.
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We don't have a phone yet.
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But eventually, and we can call it cat calls.
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Or look what the cat called in.
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Or it's raining, ringing cats and dogs except no dogs.
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No dogs.
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No. Before we go any further, I just want to welcome our newest sponsor.
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Oh, Flea Gone Collar.
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Are fleas a problem for your pretty kitty?
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Then...
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Get your flea gone!
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Get your flea gone!
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Get your flea gone!
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Get your flea gone!
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Collar!
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Collar!
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Hey, Taylor, did you notice that I had pictures of our cat's frame back there?
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You did?
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Yeah.
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Let's look at them.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Our cats are so cute.
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I've got some questions about your cats.
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Oh, and I've got some questions about your cats.
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I'll go first.
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What's the cutest thing your cats ever did?
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Okay.
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So Olivia and Meredith have been fighting a lot lately, bickering, you know, second child syndrome or second kitty syndrome, as I like to call it.
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And so I thought, are these two ever gonna get along?
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And I was just so worried about it.
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And the other night, in the middle of the night, I got up out of bed to get a drink of water,
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and what did I see on the foot of my bed?
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Is the two kitties snuggling together like they're best friends, but secretly.
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It's like they've been trying to hide their friendship from me.
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That was so cute.
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That's adorable.
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Oh, I just died.
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That's so cute. So cute.
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Yes.
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Now, I'll ask you a question about your kitties.
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Where's the cutest place that your cats have ever hidden?
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Oh, one time, my cat was on the pillow.
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That's cute.
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Well, okay, what should we do next?
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I think I know what you want to do next.
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I think I know what you want to do next.
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Let's say it at the same time.
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Watch a cat video!
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Okay.
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What's she doing?
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What is she doing?
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Oh, my God, what is she doing?
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What is she?
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What am I doing?
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Hey.
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Why are you always...
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What a weird little animal.
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Oh, that was cute.
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That was really cute.
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That's so cute.
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I just wish we could watch cat videos all day.
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I know, but unfortunately, it's only a four -minute show.
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And we can't forget to thank our sponsor, our other amazing sponsor.
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That's right.
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Kitty Corner is also sponsored by Carla's Formula cold medicine for cats.
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Does your cat have the flu?
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Then...
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Carla's formula, it works on fevers.
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Carla's formula, it works on sneezing.
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Achoo!
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If your kitty, kitty is coughing.
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Oh, my heavens, it's almost 6 a .m.
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And that means it's time to say goodbye.
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So stay tuned for your Bible lesson and Mexican cooking on holy guacamole.
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For Kitty Corner, I'm Taylor with a Y.
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And I'm Ellen saying bye for Meow. For Meow.
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Bye bye.
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Did you know French already, or did you learn it for that?
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I've tried to learn French several times in my life, because I think it's a really beautiful language.
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It is beautiful.
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And I definitely made sure that I had native French speakers on set, because I didn't want to butcher the language of love.
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Like, that's not what I came here to do.
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Say something in French right now.
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You're putting me on the spot.
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But I mean, je suis calm.
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Ah, thank you.
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I don't know.
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What does that mean?
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It means I am calm.
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Oh.
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Je ne peux pas te parler quand c 'est comme ça.
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Oh, that's good.
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That's a good one.
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Thanks.
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I don't know what that means, but that sounded real French.
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All right.
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Because I love cats.
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OK, let's talk about cats.
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So was that kitten?
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It doesn't.
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So was that kitten just there to be in the video, or did you and then you took it home,
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or did you put it in the video and it was yours already?
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He was a little cat actor.
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He was there.
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Apparently there was, I didn't know this at the time.
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All I know is we had to have a kitten in the scene, because I wanted to have the scene where it's like, you know.
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He gives me a ring.
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I'm like, no. He gives me flowers.
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I'm like, no. And then he gives me a kitten.
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And I'm like, yes, absolutely.
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You know me clearly.
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And so they show up with this little kitten.
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And his handler was like, do you want to hold him first?
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I was like, absolutely I do.
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And so they hand me this tiny cat.
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And I've never really experienced a cat that the second I held this little kitten, he started purring like a motor.
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And I was like, OK, whose cat is this? you're really lucky whoever owns this cat.
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And then the girl was like, actually, he doesn't have a home.
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And then my eyes turned into hearts.
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Yes.
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I just immediately was like, I can't think about anything else.
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And so how did the other two get along?
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You can't just bring a cat home.
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Cats don't, they're not like that.
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They're like little puff balls getting in a fight.
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It's like marshmallows throwing each other.
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That's good then.
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And his name is Benjamin?
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Benjamin Button.
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That's right.
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Right.
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Because it's an incredible movie.
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Yes, it is.
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It's an incredible film.
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He ages backwards.
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Yeah.
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All right, so we're going to take another break, and then we'll come back again.
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OK, we'll be back.
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We're back with the only person who loves cats possibly as much as I do, or more.
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But I think, no, we.
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I don't want to get in a fight about it.
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No, but no, we both love cats.
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Let's just leave it at that.
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All right, Taylor Swift is who I was talking about.
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OK, so there's video of your other two cats on the plane, I think.
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Is that what we have?
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I think it's just a picture, but it's a good demonstration of just what my personal life looks like.
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Yeah.
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It's just, well, that's just Olivia stretching.
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That's just?
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That's my middle child.
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Yeah.
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She's kind of like a seal.
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And she just lays on her back?
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Oh my god.
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Isn't she amazing?
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And her tail just never grew.
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Oh my god.
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And then she stands up.
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Here's meerkat.
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One.
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Yeah.
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Get it.
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She's a really special animal.
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And that was when she was a baby, meowing.
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Oh my god.
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They're just so cute.
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And now, so you would be, and you're doing the movie Cats.
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Yeah.
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So you probably have an advantage, because you probably act more like.
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I understand them.
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Yes.
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Yeah, I study them.
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Because James Corden had to learn.
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They went to cat school.
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We all went to cat school.
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You have no idea.
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It was like all my dreams came true on the set of this film.
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It was like they literally, they're like, you can come to set as much as you want.
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And I ended up being there every day for four months.
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Just like, they're all like, oh, Taylor's doing cat school again.
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Again.
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She's still here.
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She's still doing cat school.
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What did you learn?
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Well, you crawl around on the floor and you pretend to be a cat.
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Right.
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So this was a good excuse that it's OK and not crazy.
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This was great.
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I was like, this is my job, guys.
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I just have to do this.
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This is my job.
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And then I'm like, you know?
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You know?
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It was great.
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It was like the best experience.
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And then I would go to set.
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So I'd go to cat school in the morning.
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Then I'd stop by the music department, do a little music, do some voice lessons.
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And then I'd go to set.
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And I'd watch
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Rebel Wilson be a cat, or Idris Elba be a cat, or Ian McKellen be a cat, Judi Dench be a cat.
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Who's the best out of all those, obviously?
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I mean, there's got to be one.
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Everybody's a different kind of cat.
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That's a political answer.
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It's, well, it's also the truth, you know?
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They really all are great cats.
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They are all different.
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Yeah.
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But I bet you have the advantage.
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I bet you're really a good cat.
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I mean, I don't, we'll see.
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I really don't know.
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I had the best.
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I had the most fun.
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Yeah.
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I had the best time.
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Name three words to describe yourself.
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Curious.
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Cat lover, make it one word.
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Sure.
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Romantic.
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Yes.
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I would say creative, also.
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That's nice.
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Thank you.
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Yes.
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Okay.

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Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “Taylor Swift Answering Every Question Like It's About Her Cats”. Questo video contiene 345 frasi e 2293 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 13:52. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 165 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Il 83% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
kitty sostantivo/ˈkɪti/gattino, micetto
kitten sostantivo/ˈkɪtən̩/gattino, gattina
sponsor sostantivo/ˈspɒn.səː/sponsor
formula sostantivo/ˈfɔː.mjʊ.lə/formula
detective sostantivo/dɪˈtɛktɪv/investigatore
lesson sostantivo/ˈlɛs.ən/lezione
syndrome sostantivo/ˈsɪndɹoʊm/sindrome
sergeant sostantivo/ˈsɑɹ.d͡ʒənt/sergente
confuse verbo/kənˈfjuːz/confondere
curious aggettivo/ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/curioso, interessato
passion sostantivo/ˈpæʃən/passione
romantic aggettivo/ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/romantico
flower sostantivo/ˈfloʊɚ/fiore
whoever/huˈɛvɚ/chiunque
congratulations/kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/congratulazioni, complimenti

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaSignificato
get along verboandare d'accordo, ingranare
come back verbotornare
end up verboandare a finire, finire
stand up verboalzarsi in piedi

Frasi da ripetere

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

  • What do you think about?
  • Are you really in the moment?
  • Wait, and we have a video?
  • Are fleas a problem for your pretty kitty?
  • What's the cutest thing your cats ever did?

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — un’azione iniziata prima e ancora in corsohave been working · have been fighting · they've been trying
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessohave been · I've ever seen · they've chosen
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fawas named · been promoted · is also sponsored
Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosapeople who love · person who loves

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 75 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, don't, they're. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: passion /ˈpæʃən/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/, demonstration /dɛmənˈstɹeɪʃən/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, hilarious /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/, adorable /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/, demonstration /dɛmənˈstɹeɪʃən/, guacamole /ˌɡwɑ.kəˈmol.i/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: whoever /huˈɛvɚ/, hilarious /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/, handler /ˈhænd.lə/
  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: detective /dɪˈtɛktɪv/, sergeant /ˈsɑɹ.d͡ʒənt/, confuse /kənˈfjuːz/, curious /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/, romantic /ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: passion /ˈpæʃən/, romantic /ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, backward /ˈbækwɚd/, handler /ˈhænd.lə/

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