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Have you ever loved someone so much that you'd be willing to break them out of prison?

Because I haven't.

Now this all starts with this woman, Samantha.

And Samantha is about 31 during this time, living in Valdosta, Georgia.

And Samantha has a problem.

It's 1981, and she recently got busted for robbing a bank.

And she's been sentenced to 50 years in prison.

So now she's in Dublin, California, locked up, waiting for this 50 -year sentence to pass.

But then, one day, in 1985, her life changes forever.

Because this guy enters the picture, Ronald.

And Ronald recently got busted for investment fraud, and he scammed about $18 million, and he was sentenced to four years in prison.

Prison in Dublin, California.

Same prison Samantha was sentenced to.

And so these two end up meeting, and Ronald thinks he can't afford, and Samantha thinks he can't afford, and they start spending time together,

and eventually they start dating.

Now, how are a man and a woman allowed to date in the same prison?

Well, I'm so glad you asked.

So in the 1970s and 80s, the Federal Bureau of Prisons experimented with co -ed prisons, which would house both male and female inmates.

And And they would have separate units for sleeping and showering and stuff, but they were allowed to co -mingle outside of that.

The prisoners were even allowed to date and like hold hands and stuff.

But obviously they aren't allowed to smash.

So Ronald and Samantha are at one of those kinds of prisons, and they're taking full advantage of that.

They hang out in the prison yard together, they eat meals together, they take classes together, they even watch movies together during this time.

And these two fall super duper in love.

And in just six months after they meet, Ronald is so into her that he gets down on one knee and he proposes to her.

And Samantha says yes.

So now they're engaged.

However, there's a major issue they're going to need to address.

Ronald is scheduled for parole in 15 months while Samantha still has 45 more years of her sentence left to serve.

And so that is when they come up with a wild idea.

Ronald is going to escape from prison, steal a helicopter, then come back and rescue Samantha.

Perfect plan.

I can't imagine how this could possibly fail.

And so Ronald gets to work on this plan.

He puts in a request to the prison admins to be transferred to this federal prison camp in Lomho, California.

Sometimes they allow prisoners to transfer there to work and stuff.

And because he's considered a low -risk, non -violent inmate, they not only grant him the transfer,

but he's allowed to travel there on a Greyhound bus without an armed escort.

So Ronald gets taken to the bus station, where he's supposed to catch the bus to this new prison.

Except, instead of boarding the bus, Ronald just leaves the bus station and he walks away.

And he goes and he hides out, I don't know, somewhere.

But now, he's officially a fugitive.

But, here's the thing.

Ronald has plenty of resources left over from his former civilian life where he was scamming money.

Like, he still owns a car, he owns a yacht, he has several fake IDs, he even has an apartment waiting for him outside of Sacramento.

Plus, not all of that $18 million he scammed was recovered by the government,

so it's speculated that he still has access to about $1 .7 million of it.

All that is to say, Ronald could take these resources and go and like fuck off and live a quiet, happy life somewhere.

But that's not what he's about to do.

The guy is in love with Samantha, and he's committed to busting her out with a helicopter.

Now, Ronald was actually a former helicopter pilot in the army.

He flew in the Vietnam War.

So he actually has a lot of experience.

So three days after he escaped, he goes to a helicopter rental company in San Jose, and he gives them a fake name and he pretends

that he's a real estate developer who wants to rent a copter to inspect some land from the air.

And these guys, they buy it.

They're like, cool.

Then the big day comes, the day of the prison escape.

And Ronald, he shows up to the helicopter rental company, ready to take one of their copters.

Now, these companies, they don't just let you take one of these things willy nilly all on your own.

No, no. One of their staff.

has to fly with you.

So the company staff pilot climbs into the helicopter with Ronald, and they take off, and they fly around,

and suddenly, boom, Ronald pulls out a gun, and he orders the pilot to land.

And the pilot lands kind of in the middle of nowhere.

Then Ronald kicks him out, and he flies the copter himself, and he heads toward Dublin, California, his old prison where Samantha is being held.

Meanwhile, Samantha is outside in the prison yard, exactly where Ronald had previously told her to be.

And so suddenly, she hears a whirlybird approaching, and it flies right over the prison fence, and it lands in the prison yard.

And Samantha knows exactly what to do.

She runs across the yard, and she gets in.

And reportedly, all the other inmates are out there watching, and they realize what's happening and they like start applauding and cheering them on.

Go!

Then the two of them take off and they fly out of there.

Minutes later, they land the helicopter in a nearby field and they abandon it.

And Ronald has an escape vehicle set up there and they flee in that.

And from there, they go to Ronald's secret apartment in the Sacramento area and they hide out there.

But this means that they're both now officially wanted and on the run.

Now, instead of immediately fleeing the country like they should have done, like a smart person would do, Ronald and Samantha start planning their wedding.

Because remember, they got engaged back in prison.

So a few days after hiding out,

they go to a local shopping mall and they hit up a jewelry store and there they order engagement and wedding rings.

But you can't just like buy expensive rings and leave.

You have to wait a few days for them to be sized or whatever.

And so Ronald is going to have to come back.

But before they leave, he pays by check

and the check he uses has the same fake name that he used when he rented the helicopter.

So the feds have been waiting for him to use

that bank account again so that they can use it to track him.

And so now they know that he's trying to buy jewelry from this mall jewelry store.

And so 10 days after the prison escape, Ronald and Samantha come back to the mall to pick up the rings.

And the feds are waiting there for them.

And so, bam, Ronald is arrested.

Also, bam, Samantha is arrested.

And I don't have mug shots, but here is Ronald in custody.

And in that same photo, here is Samantha in custody.

Here's the crazy thing, though.

While they're both at the federal courthouse waiting on their sentencing, they secretly get married.

So now they're officially husband and wife for about an hour.

And then they each get sentenced.

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And the court splits them up and sends them to different separate prisons.

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And they're allowed to, you know, write each other letters and whatnot.

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But they're not allowed to talk on the phone or, of course, see each other.

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And from here, these two stay married for the rest of their lives.

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Regardless, ultimately, Ronald gets an additional 25 years in federal prison for stealing the helicopter and helping Samantha escape.

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But then later, he gets sentenced to life in prison when they find out that he was connected to a murder.

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But that's a completely different story.

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Regardless, he gets life in prison, while Samantha gets another five years added on to her previous 50 -year sentence.

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And from what I read, they communicated, they kept writing each other, but they never got to see each other again.

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However, they stayed married for like the rest of their lives.

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このスピーキングレッスンは、動画「This Lunatic Stole a Helicopter」を教材にしています。繰り返し出てくる語は次のとおりです：Ronald, prison, Samantha, helicopter, allowed。この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が109文、単語が1407語あります。音声の長さは8:42です。話す速さは1分あたり約162語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。単語の84%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれます。残りは練習の前に確認しておきましょう。

この動画の重要語彙

動画に出てくる覚えておきたい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語	発音	意味
helicopter 名詞	/ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/	ヘリコプター, ヘリ
mall 名詞	/mɔːl/	モール, ショッピングセンター
scam 名詞	/ˈskæm/	詐欺
jewellery 名詞	/ˈd͡ʒʊ-/	宝飾品, ジュエリー
steal 動詞	/stiːl/	盗む
resource 名詞	/ɹɪˈzɔːs/	資源, 資産
custody 名詞	/ˈkʌstədiː/	養育権
prisoner 名詞	/ˈpɹɪzənə/	囚人, 捕虜
rental 名詞	/ˈɹɛntəl/	レンタル, 賃貸し
flee 動詞	/ˈfliː/	逃げる
meal 名詞	/ˈmiːl/	食事, めし
meanwhile 副詞	/ˈmiːnwaɪl/	その間に
rescue 動詞	/ˈɹɛs.kjuː/	救う, 助ける
violent 形容詞	/ˈvaɪ.ə.lənt/	激しい
nowhere 副詞	/ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/	どこにも, どこへも

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語	発音	意味
come back 動詞		戻る, 帰る
take off 動詞		脱ぐ
find out 動詞		見出す, 調べる
lock up 動詞	/ˌlɒk ˈʌp/	閉じ込める
pick up 動詞		拾う, 拾い上げる

この動画の文法

話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。

文型	動画での表現
受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てる	been sentenced · was sentenced · were allowed
現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係している	Have you ever loved · she's been sentenced
動詞 + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — 後ろに-ing形が続く動詞	start spending · start dating · start applauding
現在進行形 am/is/are + -ing — 今まさに、または最近起きていること	they're taking · is being · he's trying

注意したい発音

話し手はthey're, can't, don'tなど、短縮形や弱形を20回使っています。聞こえたとおりの短い形で発音しましょう。

長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, developer /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/, reportedly /ɹɪˈpɔːtɪdli/

日本語話者が苦手な音：

/r/ と /l/ の区別 — /l/ は舌先を歯茎につけ、/r/ はどこにもつけない: helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, regardless /ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs/, rental /ˈɹɛntəl/, reportedly /ɹɪˈpɔːtɪdli/, secretly /ˈsiː.kɹɪt.li/
/v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: violent /ˈvaɪ.ə.lənt/, recover /ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/, civilian /sɪˈvɪl.jən/, developer /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/, fugitive /ˈfjuːd͡ʒɪtɪv/
/f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: flee /ˈfliː/, fraud /ˈfɹɔːd/, leaf /lif/, fence /fɛns/, fugitive /ˈfjuːd͡ʒɪtɪv/

この動画での練習方法

まず声を出さずに動画を最後まで聞き、知らない単語をメモします。
まず0.75倍速で一文ずつシャドーイングし、慣れてきたら通常の速度に戻します。
自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。helicopter, mall, scamなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

シャドーイングとは？英語上達に効果的な理由

シャドーイング（Shadowing）は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的：ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影（shadow）」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。

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