Shadowing Practice: Mayor Loves Big Scissors - Studio C - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
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Hello, fine folks of Eugene, Iowa.
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Thank you for coming to the grand opening of Antony's Tarts.
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Please welcome our mayor, Meredith Kittlesworth.
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Hello.
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Happy to be here.
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Small business owners are the backbone to our community.
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So, let's celebrate with the cutting of this ribbon.
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The scissors are big. Can I touch them?
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Yeah, they're for you to use.
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Thank you.
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Beat it.
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To wield such power is great honor.
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So mega big, big good.
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Well, I'm itching to get to snipping.
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Let's do this thing.
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Mayor, the ribbon?
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I harness the power of scissors 400 times the regular size.
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Yeah!
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Oh!
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Ooh, that felt good!
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I'd like to feel that again.
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Well, uh, maybe next year.
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Yeah, sure.
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Oh.
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Um...
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Oh, yeah!
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Why don't you just hand those back to me?
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They're due back at the rental place tomorrow, you know?
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We don't want any late fees or anything like that.
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Oh!
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How do I look?
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Oh, okay.
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I think we're done with the scissors.
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No!
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There is no way you are getting these nasty, honking scissors from me.
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Okay.
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The mayor, everyone.
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Scissors.
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Scissors.
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And now the business owner, Aunt Tani.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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I'm so proud to be here.
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Oh, yes!
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Mama loved to cut.
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Mama cut, yeah.
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OK, can we get those scissors away from her, please?
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Melted her brain or something.
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Would you just move?
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You have always been jealous of my humongobongo scissors.
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Well, they make me glad.
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Can I get a whoop -whoop constituents?
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Whoop whoop.
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Okay, let's just keep it rolling.
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Please welcome the representative of Eugene Middle School's 4 -H Club.
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These are a gift.
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They took us all a year long and they represent love.
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It feels so good to shwink shwink.
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Okay, that is enough.
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Give them here.
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Boo!
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Let her cut!
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Let her cut!
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Let her cut!
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Let her cut!
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Watch me snip!
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Watch me nay nay!
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Watch me!
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Watch me!
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Watch me!
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Balloons for sale!
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Get your balloons! Be free!
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Let's hear it!
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For the King Kong Gorilla Scissors!
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Yeah!
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I am your mayor!
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Yum!
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Don't freeze!
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I'm gonna live forever!
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Oh, sir!
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Okay, she pooped herself out.
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Tawny, as a small business owner, the community would like to give you this $10 ,000 check to help you get started.
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Big paper!
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No, mayor, don't you do it.
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I'm not gonna do it.
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Actually, that was rather nice.
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Yeah.
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But my money.
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Don't worry.
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Bring out the big stapler.
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Oh, no. Oh, ho!

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