Shadowing Practice: 916 - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
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Hi, I'm Ron from Hawaii.
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I'm here with Mari from Japan.
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Today we'll be talking about abilities.
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So Mari, are you a good cook?
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I like to cook.
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More specifically, I like to cook for people.
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I like to have people over and eat with people.
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I don't really like to eat alone, so I don't like to cook for myself.
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I like to cook for other people.
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but more than cooking I like to bake.
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Baking?
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What do you like to bake?
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Cookies and brownies and cake.
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That sounds very good.
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I would like to eat one of your brownies.
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Okay next, are you a good singer?
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I am terrible at singing.
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I don't like going to karaoke and I I don't like to sing.
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I like music, but I can't sing for my life.
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I, yesterday, or I guess in class, it was a student's birthday, and I made my students sing Happy Birthday,
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but they wouldn't start, so I had to start them off singing, and my voice was so bad that they started laughing at me.
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I'm just a terrible singer.
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That's funny.
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Okay, next.
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Are you a good dancer?
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No, I'm not a good dancer.
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I can't dance at all.
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I used to, when I was younger, my parents enrolled me in ballet classes, so I did ballet for like six years,
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but I am not very good at dancing.
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So you're a teacher now, right?
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So were you a good student when you were a student?
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I was a good student because I'm a dork.
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No, yeah, I think I was a good student.
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I tried hard in all of my classes.
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I always did my homework.
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I was always focused and took notes during class.
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If I didn't understand something, I would either ask questions in class or speak to the teacher or professor after class.
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I always really liked learning, and so I think that's why I was a really good student.
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And athletics, were you a good athlete, and are you a good athlete now?
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That's a tricky question.
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I like sports and I like playing sports.
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I don't think I'm a very good athlete, probably compared to you.
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I'm probably not, but I really enjoy playing sports.
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In high school, I played soccer.
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I ran cross country.
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I played ice hockey and a little bit of lacrosse.
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And which one was your favorite sport?
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My favorite sport was ice hockey.

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