Shadowing Practice: Chapter 6 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Chapter 6 La Carlotta Sings Margarita On Friday morning,
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La Carlotta had her breakfast in bed.
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She drank her coffee and opened her morning letters.
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One letter had no name on it.
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It was very short.
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You are ill.
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You cannot sing Margarita tonight.
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Stay at home and don't go to the opera house.
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Accidents can happen.
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Do you want to lose your voice?
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Forever.
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La Carlotta was very, very angry.
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She got out of bed at once and did not finish her breakfast.
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This is from Christine Dye's friends, she thought.
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They want her to sing again tonight.
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That diey girl is going to be sorry for this.
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I, La Carlotta, I am the best opera singer in Paris.
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And nothing is going to stop me singing Margarita tonight.
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At six o'clock that evening, the dancers were in their dressing room.
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They talked and laughed and put on their red and black dresses for Faust.
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But Meg Giry was very quiet.
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"'What's the matter, Meg?' Annie Sorelli asked.
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"'It's the opera ghost,' Meg said.
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"'My mother says he's angry.
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She's afraid that something's going to happen tonight.
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Oh, poo, the girl with black hair said.
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Who's afraid of an old ghost?
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An hour later, Monsieur Armand and Monsieur Firmain went into box five and sat down.
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They were not afraid of ghosts.
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Of course not.
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There were no ghosts in the opera house.
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Then, Monsieur Armand saw some flowers on the floor by the door of the box.
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Fermat, he whispered.
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Did you put those flowers there?
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Monsieur Fermat looked.
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No, I didn't, he whispered back. Did you?
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Of course not, you fool.
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Shh!
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The music's beginning.
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La Carlotta did not sing for the first hour.
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There were no strange voices in box five, and the two directors began to feel happier.
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Then, La Carlotta came out onto the stage, and Monsieur Fermin looked at Monsieur Armand.
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Did you hear a voice just then?
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he asked quietly.
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No, Monsieur Armand said, but he looked behind him twice,
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then three times and suddenly felt cold.
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La Carlotta sang and sang, and nothing happened.
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Then she began a beautiful love song.
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My love begins to quack.
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Everybody stared.
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What was the matter with Carlotta's voice?
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What was that strange noise?
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Quack.
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Carlotta stopped and began the song again.
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My love begins to quack.
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I cannot forget my quack.
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It was the noise of a toad.
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People began to talk and laugh.
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Monsieur Fermin put his head in his hands.
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Then, he felt Monsieur Armand's hand on his arm.
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There was a voice in the box with them.
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A man's voice, laughing.
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Poor Carlotta tried again and again.
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I cannot forget my cock.
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Then the two directors heard the voice again, behind them, in front of them, everywhere.
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Her singing tonight is going to bring down the chandelier.
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The two directors looked up at the top of the opera house.
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Their faces were white.
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The famous chandelier looked up at the top of the Opera House.
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Their faces were white.
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The famous chandelier, with its thousand lights, broke away from its ropes and crashed down onto the people below.
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That was a terrible night for the Paris Opera House.
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One woman was killed by the chandelier, and many people were hurt.
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The Opera House closed for two weeks, and La Carlotta never sang again.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

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