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So this guy, his name's Pence, and Pence really wants kids.
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No, no, no, like, bro really wants kids.
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Like, a lot of kids.
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Like, a lot, a lot of kids.
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Which means he's gonna have to do a ton of smashing.
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Luckily for him, he has a wife.
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This woman, Michelle.
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And Michelle also wants a bunch of kids, and so they smash, or however kids are made these days.
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And nine months later, they have a kid.
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And then they have another one.
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And then another one and then another one.
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Okay, real quick.
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that I tend to sound a little too formal.
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boom, suddenly my script is sounding a bit more casual.
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And so by the year 2000, they have four kids.
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Four kids is a lot, but see, that isn't quite enough for Pence and Michelle.
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And so they smash and have another kid.
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A few years later, they have another one.
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Then years later, another one.
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And then another one.
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And then another one.
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And finally, one more.
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And so by 2017, they have 10 kids total.
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And then, unfortunately, one of them dies of sudden infant death syndrome.
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So they're back down to nine, but then they smash and have another kid So now they have ten again and so Pence,
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Michelle, and their ten kids are one big happy Evangelical Christian family
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because they're super religious and ten kids is a ton But this still isn't enough for Pence and Michelle
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They still want more and one day they finally get what they want
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Cuz they're out in their RV on a family road trip
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and Michelle gets on the internet And she checks a message board for parents who homeschool their kids, and she sees a post.
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And the post says that this other woman and her husband are working on some marital issues, and they're looking for someone to temporarily take care of their six kids.
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And Michelle is like, I want to take care of their six kids!
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We already got ten, but let's add six more!
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And so Michelle writes this couple back, and this couple is Mr. and Mrs. Cordero.
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And so Michelle connects with Mr. and Mrs. Cordero, and they agree to meet up.
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So the Pence family drives their RV all the way up to Massachusetts to meet up with these people.
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Now, the Corderos have six kids, so the Pences agree to take five of these six kids.
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The one kid, the oldest son they don't take, is special needs, so I guess they just leave that kid behind with his parents?
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Which seems kind of messed up.
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But anyway, the Pences take five kids and they put them in their RV with their other ten kids, so now they have 15 kids total.
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And they all drive back to Washington.
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Now back at home, the Pences are somewhat strict.
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They homeschool all these kids, they make them study the Bible, their house is always spotless because I guess they're making the kids clean up the place all the time.
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But whatever, the five Cordero kids seem happy there.
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Meanwhile, back in Massachusetts, the Corderos gave up five of their kids, I guess because they couldn't take care of them.
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However, they still want contact with them.
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So the Pence's agree to let the Cordero's have some contact with their five kids, and they're even allowed to come visit them a couple of times a year.
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And about a year goes by, and I guess this arrangement is still going.
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Which, by the way, the house they live in is only 1900 square feet.
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Which, typically, a 1900 square feet house is maybe three or four bedrooms, which is great, but they got 15 kids.
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So you've got 15 kids and two adults living in, at most, four bedrooms.
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And so therefore, at some point, they decide, eh, we could really use a bigger place.
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And so they finally find one, And the Pence family moves from Washington all the way down to their new place in Texas.
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And it's around this time that they decide to formally adopt the five Cordero kids.
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And here's a picture of all of them in family court.
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Meanwhile, back in Massachusetts, the Corderos actually have another baby.
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Like what, bro?
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You just gave away five of your other kids and you're having another one?
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But then it gets even weirder.
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I guess the Corderos miss their five kids in Texas because they suddenly relocate and move closer to them in Texas.
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Apparently to make it easier and cheaper to visit their five kids.
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After that, the Corderos get pregnant again.
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So they gave away their five kids and then they had two more of their own.
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Make it make sense.
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Now at some point during all this, sh starts to get a little crazy.
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Because a rift starts to grow between the Pence family and the Cordero family.
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And the Pences don't really like the way the Corderos gave their kids away and then had two more.
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And so the Pences are like, fuck these people.
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And they take their 15 kids and they move again.
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This time from Texas all the way up to Utah.
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And they make sure to not tell the Corderos where they're moving to.
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But then in 2020, I guess the Pence's been smashing because they get pregnant again.
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And this will be their 16th kid.
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And so to break this down for you, there's 16 kids, 2 adults, plus Pence's parents live with them.
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So that's 20 people living in this house.
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And the new house is like 7 bedrooms.
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So there's 20 people in 7 bedrooms.
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Not only that, apparently the Corderos are still all bitter at them,
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and their rivalry is still going because the Corderos are like calling in welfare checks on the Pences, trying to get them in trouble.
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It's a whole mess.
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And so the Pences and the Corderos are like in this weird feud, and it's pretty bad, but it doesn't seem to be like out of control or anything.
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UNTIL.
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One day in 2021, Pence finally just snaps.
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And he starts thinking that the five Cordero kids they adopted would be better off
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if they never see their biological parents again.
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And he decides to make that happen.
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And so he goes and he gets on the dark web and he starts looking for ways to hire a hitman.
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And eventually, he lands on a website that's offering just that.
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A few weeks later, after doing a bunch of due diligence, he finally makes his request.
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He's like, I need someone to unalive Mr. and Mrs. Cordero, and make it look like a burglary gone wrong if you could.
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And then he gives them their address, and he attaches their photos, and a $16,000 Bitcoin payment, and he hits submit.
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But then he's like, holy sh, and he immediately panics and cancels it.
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The next day, I guess he changes his mind yet again, and he resubmits his order.
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Also, apparently, he has the audacity to ask the Hitman website if he can get a discount on these murders, since both the victims live in the same house.
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Bro is really trying to get a buy one murder, get one free.
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But anyway, after submitting, Pence waits.
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And he waits.
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And he waits.
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But yet, nothing happens.
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Why does nothing happen?
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Well that's probably because this Hitman website isn't being run by Hitman at all.
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It's actually a scam website being run by some guys in Romania.
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And so these scam artists just take the $16,000 in Bitcoin Pence paid them and they bounce.
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And they're never heard from again.
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Bro got scammed.
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Oh but it gets much worse for Pence.
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Because all the way over in the UK there's a British hacker who's secretly been hacking this hitman website
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and he's feeding the hacked information to a bunch of TV
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producers who are making some kind of murder for hire TV show.
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And all that information is also being forwarded to the FBI.
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And so the FBI looks into this and now they know
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that this guy Pence tried to put a hit out on these other guys Mr. and Mrs. Cordero.
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And so BAM they arrest him.
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Here's his mugshot.
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And so Pence ends up taking a plea deal and he gets sentenced to seven years in prison.
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Meanwhile his wife Michelle is left to take care of their 16 kids all alone.
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And she apparently has to rely on charity to survive.
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Yikes.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “He finally got caught // The Christopher Pence story”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: kid, Pence, Cordero, Michelle, Grammarly. Deze video bevat 140 zinnen en 1727 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 10:03. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 172 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 84% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| hitman zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhɪtmæːn/ | huurmoordenaar, huurdoder |
| smash werkwoord | /smæʃ/ | verpletteren, kapotslaan |
| scam zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈskæm/ | oplichting, deceptie |
| clarity zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈklæɹ.ɪ.ti/ | helderheid, klaarheid |
| adopt werkwoord | /əˈdɑpt/ | adopteren, aannemen |
| audacity zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɔˈdæ.sɪ.ti/ | brutaliteit |
| burglary zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈbɝ.ɡlɚ.i/ | inbraak |
| rewrite werkwoord | /ɹiˈɹaɪt/ | herschrijven |
| seamlessly bijwoord | naadloos | |
| sidebar zelfstandig naamwoord | zijbalk | |
| diligence zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈdɪlɪd͡ʒəns/ | toewijding, vasthoudendheid |
| feud zelfstandig naamwoord | /fjud/ | vete, wraak |
| rift zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɹɪft/ | breuk |
| attach werkwoord | /əˈtæt͡ʃ/ | vastmaken |
| rivalry zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɹaɪ.vəl.ɹi/ | rivaliteit |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| give away werkwoord | weggeven |
| clean up werkwoord | schoonmaken |
| end up werkwoord | belanden, terechtkomen |
| give up werkwoord | zich overgeven |
| mess up werkwoord | verrommelen, in de war brengen |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | are made · being run · being forwarded |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | day, which means · Clarity, which will · bedrooms, which is |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 23 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals they're, isn't, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: audacity /ɔˈdæ.sɪ.ti/, anticipate /ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, temporarily /ˌtɛmpəˈɹɛɹəli/, productivity /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: unalive /ˌʌn.əˈlaɪv/, feud /fjud/, upload /ˈʌpˌloʊd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: hitman /ˈhɪtmæːn/, smash /smæʃ/, scam /ˈskæm/, clarity /ˈklæɹ.ɪ.ti/, audacity /ɔˈdæ.sɪ.ti/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als hitman, smash, scam.
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