Shadowing Practice: 01.b Financial Liberation MS - Effortless Business English - Learn English Speaking with Video
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welcome to the mini story for financial liberation this mini story is called a lazy cat
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and a materialist dog there's a dog he's a materialist
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he loves things he loves money the dog has many
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gadgets he has 10 cell phones he has five electric toothbrushes he has 100 tvs
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but still he craves more he wants to have 500 tvs 50 cell phones and 30 electric toothbrushes
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but the dog has a problem.
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He's in debt.
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He owes $58 ,000.
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The dog's best friend is a cat.
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The cat isn't a materialist.
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She doesn't buy a lot of goods she doesn't even have a cell phone or a TV.
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The dog says to the cat, I have a problem.
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I need 400 more TVs, but I'm in debt.
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The cat says, you'll be better off if you don't buy more.
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You already have a great standard of living.
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You don't need more.
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You should put off buying more stuff.
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But the dog says, I can't wait.
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I must have 400 more TVs now.
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In that case, says the cat, we will rob a bank.
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That night, the dog and cat break into a U .S.
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government bank.
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They steal 794 million dollars.
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They're super rich.
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The cat doesn't care about the money.
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She gives all her money to Greenpeace.
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But the dog is very happy.
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He buys 65 ,000 TVs, 80 ,000 cell phones,
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and 28 ,000 electric toothbrushes wow it's a happy
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dog okay one more time with questions remember only short answers
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for the questions one word two words maybe three words Here we go.
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There is a dog. Is there a monkey?
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No, there's not a monkey.
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There's a dog.
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What's the dog's name?
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Oh, the dog's name is Jimbo.
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Jimbo the dog.
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The dog's name is Jimbo.
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Is Jimbo a cat or a dog?
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Obviously, Jimbo is a dog.
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What kind of dog is Jimbo?
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well jimbo is a materialist dog is jimbo a materialist
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cat no not a materialist cat jimbo is a materialist dog does he love things
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or does he love art and beauty.
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He's a materialist.
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He loves things.
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He loves money. Who is a materialist?
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Well Jimbo is a materialist.
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And what is Jimbo?
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Jimbo?
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Well, Jimbo's a dog, right?
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He's a dog.
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And what kind of dog?
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A materialist dog.
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Jimbo is a materialist dog.
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What does Jimbo have?
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Well, he has many gadgets.
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Does the cat have a lot of gadgets?
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No, the cat doesn't have a lot of gadgets.
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Who has a lot of gadgets?
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Jimbo.
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Jimbo the dog has a lot of gadgets.
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What kind of gadgets does he have?
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Well, cell phones, electric Toothbrushes and TV's.
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Does Jimbo or does the cat have a lot of gadgets?
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Well, Jimbo the dog has a lot of gadgets.
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How many cell phones does he have?
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Ten.
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He has ten cell phones.
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Who has ten cell phones?
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Jimbo.
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Jimbo has ten cell phones.
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What does he have?
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Ten cell phones, five electric toothbrushes, and 100 TVs.
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Does he want 100 TVs?
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No, no, no. He wants to have 500 TVs.
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How many cell phones does he want to have?
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50. He wants to have 50 cell phones.
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He wants to have 500 TVs.
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And how many electric toothbrushes does he want to have?
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30. He wants to have 30 electronic toothbrushes.
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He wants to have 50 cell phones.
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He wants to have 500 TVs. Who?
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Who wants to have all of these?
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Jimbo the dog wants to have all of these.
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Who is the dog's best friend?
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Well, the cat, right?
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The cat is the dog's best friend.
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And what is the cat's name?
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The cat's name is Niko.
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Niko.
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Neko the cat. Does Neko like gadgets?
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No, no, she doesn't.
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She doesn't like gadgets.
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Who likes gadgets?
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Jimbo.
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Jimbo likes gadgets.
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Neko doesn't like gadgets.
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who has a problem jimbo jimbo has a problem what is his problem
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well jimbo's problem is that he's in debt to be in debt means you have debt it means you owe money
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right so he's in debt he owes money is Neko in debt or is Jimbo in debt
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well Neko's not in debt Jimbo is in debt is Jimbo in debt a little bit or a lot
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Oh, a lot.
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He's in debt a lot.
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He owes $58 ,000.
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What is Jimbo's problem?
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Jimbo's problem is that he's in debt.
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Jimbo is in debt.
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He owes $58 ,000 dollars.
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What is Necco's problem?
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Oh, Necco doesn't have a problem.
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Necco is happy.
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Necco's not in debt.
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She's not in debt.
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She doesn't owe any money. Is Necco a materialist?
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No, Necco's not a materialist.
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Who's a materialist?
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Jimbo.
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Jimbo is a materialist.
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Neko is not a materialist.
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Who has a lot of goods?
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Jimbo.
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Jimbo has a lot of goods.
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Who doesn't have a lot of goods?
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Well, Neko.
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Neko doesn't have a lot of goods.
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What is Neko?
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Neko is a cat.
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Is Neko a girl cat or a boy cat?
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a girl neko's a girl is jimbo a girl or a boy dog boy right jimbo's a boy he neko is she
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who likes to buy a lot of goods
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jimbo jimbo likes to buy a lot of goods neko doesn't
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buy a lot of goods she doesn't even have a cell phone or TV.
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How many TVs does Jimbo have?
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Oh, he has a hundred TVs, but he craves more.
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Does he want more TVs?
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Does he want it a lot?
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Does he really, really want more TVs?
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Does he really, really need more TVs?
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Very strongly, he wants more TVs?
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Yes, Jimbo craves more TVs.
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What else does Jimbo crave?
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He also craves more cell phones.
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He needs a lot.
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He wants a lot more cell phones.
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Jimbo craves more cell phones.
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Does Neko crave a cell phone?
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No, Neko doesn't crave a cell phone.
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Does Neko crave electric toothbrushes?
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No, Neko doesn't crave electric toothbrushes.
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Does she crave TVs?
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No, of course not.
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She doesn't crave TVs.
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Neko doesn't crave anything.
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How many electric toothbrushes does Jimbo crave?
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He craves to have 30 electric toothbrushes.
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He really, really wants 30 electric toothbrushes.
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Neko doesn't crave toothbrushes.
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So finally, one day, Jimbo says to Neko, Neko, I have a problem.
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I need 400 more TVs, but I'm in debt.
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Oh, no. Poor Jimbo.
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Why can't Jimbo get more TVs? Because he's in debt.
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He already owes $58 ,000, so he can't buy more.
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Who's in debt?
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Jimbo.
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Who's not in debt?
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Neko.
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Neko's not in debt.
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So what does Neko say to Jimbo?
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Well, she says, you'll be better off.
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if you don't buy more who will be better off if he doesn't buy more
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of course jimbo why will jimbo be better off why will he have a better situation if he doesn't buy more.
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Why?
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Well, because he won't owe more money.
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He can save money.
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Will Jimbo be better off if he buys more or if he doesn't buy more?
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Well, he'll be better off if he doesn't buy more.
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Who will be better off?
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Jimbo will be better off.
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Will Neko be better off?
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No, no. Neko's life won't improve.
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It's already good.
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She doesn't need to buy more, she doesn't want to buy more.
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But Jimbo will be better off, his life will be better if he does not buy more.
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So Nekko says, Jimbo, you'll be better off if you don't buy more.
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You already have a great standard of living.
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You don't need more.
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Is Jimbo's standard of living already high?
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Yes it is.
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He already has a high standard of living.
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Does Jimbo already have a lot of goods?
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Yes, he already has a lot of goods.
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Does Jimbo already have a nice house?
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Yeah, he already has a nice house.
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He already has nice clothes.
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He already has a lot of goods.
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Jimbo already has a high standard of living.
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Whose standard of living is higher?
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Jimbo's or Neko's?
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Well Jimbo's because Jimbo has more stuff, more money, more goods.
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jimbo has a higher standard of living than neko he has
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a very high standard of living he has a lot of stuff
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but she says you don't need more she says you should put off buying more stuff
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should jimbo wait or should jimbo buy now Well, he should wait.
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He should put off buying more stuff.
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Does Neko need to put off buying more stuff?
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No, not Neko.
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Who needs to put off buying more stuff?
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Jimbo needs to put off buying more stuff.
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Why does he need to put off buying more stuff?
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Well, because he has a lot already and he's in debt.
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So why does he need to put off buying more stuff?
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Well, because he's in debt.
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He needs to put off buying more stuff because he's in debt.
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does he need to put off buying more TVs yes he does he needs to put off buying more TVs
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does Jimbo want to put off buying more TVs
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no no no Jimbo doesn't want to put it off Jimbo wants to buy more now he says I can't wait.
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I must have 400 more TVs now.
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Neco says, in that case, we will rob a bank.
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Oh, good idea, Neco.
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Very good idea.
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Okay, so Neco's very smart, and she thinks, well, my friend needs more money, so a bank has a lot of money.
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We will steal the money from the bank.
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It's a very good idea.
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So that night, Jimbo and Nickel break into a U .S.-United States government bank.
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Ooh, a lot of money there.
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They steal $794 million.
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How much money do they steal?
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$794 million.
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Does Jimbo steal $794 million alone?
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No, he doesn't steal $794 million alone.
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He steals $794 million dollars with Neko.
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They both steal the money together and how much do they steal?
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794 million dollars.
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They're super rich but Neko doesn't care about the money.
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Does Jimbo care about the money?
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Oh, yes.
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Jimbo cares.
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Why does Jimbo care about the money?
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Well, because he's a materialist, right?
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He's a materialist.
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He cares about money.
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He cares about things.
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Why doesn't Neko care about the money?
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Well, because she's not a materialist.
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Nickel's not a materialist.
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So she doesn't care about the money.
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She gives all her money to Greenpeace.
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But Jimbo, he's very happy.
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What does he do?
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Well, he buys more TVs, more cell phones, and more electric toothbrushes.
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Does he buy a lot more gadgets?
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Yes, he does.
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He buys a lot more gadgets.
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What kind of gadgets does Jimbo buy?
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TVs, cell phones, and electric toothbrushes.
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He buys these kinds of gadgets.
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How many more gadgets How many more gadgets does Jimbo buy?
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Well, he buys 65 ,000 TVs,
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80 ,000 cell phones, and 28 ,000 electric toothbrushes.
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A lot of gadgets.
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Who buys a lot of gadgets?
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Jimbo.
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Does Neko buy a lot of gadgets with her money?
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No, no. She doesn't buy a lot of gadgets.
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What does Neko buy?
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She doesn't buy anything.
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She gives her money to Greenpeace.
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is Neko happy yeah sure Neko's always happy how about Jimbo is he happy too
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yes Jimbo is very very happy okay that is all of the mini story for financial liberation
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “01.b Financial Liberation MS - Effortless Business English”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: jimbo, neko, dog, gadgets, debt. This video has 270 sentences and 1852 words to shadow. The speech runs for 22:22. The speaker talks slowly, about 83 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 76% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 77 of its 270 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| steal verb | /stiːl/ | To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. |
| owe verb | /oʊ/ | To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone. |
| mini adjective | /ˈmɪn.i/ | Miniature, tiny, small. |
| monkey noun | /ˈmʌŋki/ | A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails… |
| liberation noun | /ˌlɪbəˈɹeɪʃən/ | The act of liberating or the state of being liberated. |
| strongly adverb | /ˈstɹɔŋli/ | In a strong or powerful manner. |
| lazy adjective | /ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/ | Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion. |
| cloth noun | /klɒθ/ | A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes… |
| neko noun | A catgirl or catboy. | |
| gadget noun | /ɡæd͡ʒ.ɪt/ | Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled, often either clever or complicated. |
| materialist noun | /məˈtiːɹɪəlɪst/ | Someone who is materialistic, concerned only with material possessions. |
| crave verb | /kɹeɪv/ | To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for. |
| toothbrush noun | /ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/ | A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| put off verb | To postpone, especially through procrastination. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should put |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | you'll be · will rob · will be |
| Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessary | need to buy · need to put · needs to put |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 52 contractions and reduced forms, such as doesn't, don't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: cloth /klɒθ/, toothbrush /ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: liberation /ˌlɪbəˈɹeɪʃən/, toothbrush /ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: liberation /ˌlɪbəˈɹeɪʃən/, materialist /məˈtiːɹɪəlɪst/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like steal, owe, mini.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.