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Have you ever loved someone so much that you'd be willing to break them out of prison?
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Because I haven't.
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Now this all starts with this woman, Samantha.
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And Samantha is about 31 during this time, living in Valdosta, Georgia.
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And Samantha has a problem.
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It's 1981, and she recently got busted for robbing a bank.
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And she's been sentenced to 50 years in prison.
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So now she's in Dublin, California, locked up, waiting for this 50 -year sentence to pass.
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But then, one day, in 1985, her life changes forever.
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Because this guy enters the picture, Ronald.
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And Ronald recently got busted for investment fraud, and he scammed about $18 million, and he was sentenced to four years in prison.
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Prison in Dublin, California.
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Same prison Samantha was sentenced to.
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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,
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and eventually they start dating.
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Now, how are a man and a woman allowed to date in the same prison?
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Well, I'm so glad you asked.
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So in the 1970s and 80s, the Federal Bureau of Prisons experimented with co -ed prisons, which would house both male and female inmates.
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And And they would have separate units for sleeping and showering and stuff, but they were allowed to co -mingle outside of that.
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The prisoners were even allowed to date and like hold hands and stuff.
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But obviously they aren't allowed to smash.
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So Ronald and Samantha are at one of those kinds of prisons, and they're taking full advantage of that.
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They hang out in the prison yard together, they eat meals together, they take classes together, they even watch movies together during this time.
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And these two fall super duper in love.
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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.
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And Samantha says yes.
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So now they're engaged.
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However, there's a major issue they're going to need to address.
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Ronald is scheduled for parole in 15 months while Samantha still has 45 more years of her sentence left to serve.
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And so that is when they come up with a wild idea.
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Ronald is going to escape from prison, steal a helicopter, then come back and rescue Samantha.
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Perfect plan.
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I can't imagine how this could possibly fail.
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And so Ronald gets to work on this plan.
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He puts in a request to the prison admins to be transferred to this federal prison camp in Lomho, California.
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Sometimes they allow prisoners to transfer there to work and stuff.
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And because he's considered a low -risk, non -violent inmate, they not only grant him the transfer,
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but he's allowed to travel there on a Greyhound bus without an armed escort.
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So Ronald gets taken to the bus station, where he's supposed to catch the bus to this new prison.
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Except, instead of boarding the bus, Ronald just leaves the bus station and he walks away.
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And he goes and he hides out, I don't know, somewhere.
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But now, he's officially a fugitive.
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But, here's the thing.
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Ronald has plenty of resources left over from his former civilian life where he was scamming money.
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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.
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Plus, not all of that $18 million he scammed was recovered by the government,
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so it's speculated that he still has access to about $1 .7 million of it.
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All that is to say, Ronald could take these resources and go and like fuck off and live a quiet, happy life somewhere.
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But that's not what he's about to do.
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The guy is in love with Samantha, and he's committed to busting her out with a helicopter.
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Now, Ronald was actually a former helicopter pilot in the army.
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He flew in the Vietnam War.
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So he actually has a lot of experience.
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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
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that he's a real estate developer who wants to rent a copter to inspect some land from the air.
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And these guys, they buy it.
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They're like, cool.
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Then the big day comes, the day of the prison escape.
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And Ronald, he shows up to the helicopter rental company, ready to take one of their copters.
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Now, these companies, they don't just let you take one of these things willy nilly all on your own.
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No, no. One of their staff.
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has to fly with you.
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So the company staff pilot climbs into the helicopter with Ronald, and they take off, and they fly around,
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and suddenly, boom, Ronald pulls out a gun, and he orders the pilot to land.
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And the pilot lands kind of in the middle of nowhere.
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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.
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Meanwhile, Samantha is outside in the prison yard, exactly where Ronald had previously told her to be.
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And so suddenly, she hears a whirlybird approaching, and it flies right over the prison fence, and it lands in the prison yard.
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And Samantha knows exactly what to do.
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She runs across the yard, and she gets in.
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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.
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Go!
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Then the two of them take off and they fly out of there.
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Minutes later, they land the helicopter in a nearby field and they abandon it.
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And Ronald has an escape vehicle set up there and they flee in that.
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And from there, they go to Ronald's secret apartment in the Sacramento area and they hide out there.
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But this means that they're both now officially wanted and on the run.
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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.
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Because remember, they got engaged back in prison.
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So a few days after hiding out,
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they go to a local shopping mall and they hit up a jewelry store and there they order engagement and wedding rings.
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But you can't just like buy expensive rings and leave.
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You have to wait a few days for them to be sized or whatever.
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And so Ronald is going to have to come back.
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But before they leave, he pays by check
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and the check he uses has the same fake name that he used when he rented the helicopter.
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So the feds have been waiting for him to use
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that bank account again so that they can use it to track him.
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And so now they know that he's trying to buy jewelry from this mall jewelry store.
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And so 10 days after the prison escape, Ronald and Samantha come back to the mall to pick up the rings.
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And the feds are waiting there for them.
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And so, bam, Ronald is arrested.
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Also, bam, Samantha is arrested.
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And I don't have mug shots, but here is Ronald in custody.
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And in that same photo, here is Samantha in custody.
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Here's the crazy thing, though.
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While they're both at the federal courthouse waiting on their sentencing, they secretly get married.
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So now they're officially husband and wife for about an hour.
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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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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “This Lunatic Stole a Helicopter”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: Ronald, prison, Samantha, helicopter, allowed. Deze video bevat 109 zinnen en 1407 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 8:42. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 162 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
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| helicopter zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/ | helikopter, wentelwiek |
| mall zelfstandig naamwoord | /mɔːl/ | winkelcentrum |
| bust werkwoord | /bʌst/ | breken |
| scam zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈskæm/ | oplichting, deceptie |
| jewellery zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈd͡ʒʊ-/ | sieraad |
| inmate zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɪn.meɪt/ | gedetineerde, gevangene |
| regardless bijwoord | /ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs/ | desondanks, niettemin |
| steal werkwoord | /stiːl/ | stelen, ontvreemden |
| resource zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɹɪˈzɔːs/ | bron, hulpbron |
| custody zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkʌstədiː/ | hoederecht |
| prisoner zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɹɪzənə/ | gevangene |
| flee werkwoord | /ˈfliː/ | vluchten, wegvluchten |
| meal zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmiːl/ | maaltijd |
| meanwhile bijwoord | /ˈmiːnwaɪl/ | intussen, ondertussen |
| rescue werkwoord | /ˈɹɛs.kjuː/ | bevrijden, redden |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| come back werkwoord | terugkomen | |
| take off werkwoord | uittrekken, afzetten | |
| come up with werkwoord | bedenken, verzinnen | |
| end up werkwoord | belanden, terechtkomen | |
| find out werkwoord | ontdekken, onderzoeken | |
| pick up werkwoord | oppakken, optillen | |
| set up werkwoord | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | bereiden, voorbereiden |
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 | been sentenced · was sentenced · were allowed |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | Have you ever loved · she's been sentenced |
| Werkwoord + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — werkwoorden die door de -ing-vorm worden gevolgd | start spending · start dating · start applauding |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurt | they're taking · is being · he's trying |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 20 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals they're, can't, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, developer /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/, reportedly /ɹɪˈpɔːtɪdli/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: engage /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/, fraud /ˈfɹɔːd/, rob /ɹɑb/, pretend /pɹəˈtɛnd/, propose /pɹəˈpəʊz/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: scam /ˈskæm/, smash /smæʃ/, abandon /əˈbæn.dən/, admin /ˈædˌmɪn/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: regardless /ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs/, engage /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/, engagement /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ.mənt/, mingle /ˈmɪŋ.ɡəl/
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 helicopter, mall, bust.
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.