Shadowing Practice: 01 Extra English_Hector’s Arrival- سریال اکسترا قسمت 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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This is the story of Bridget and Annie who share a flat in London.
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They have a neighbor, Nick.
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Nick fancies Bridget, but Annie fancies Nick.
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That's the way it is until Bridget gets a letter from Argentina.
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Stand by for Extra.
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Gigi, did you get my message?
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Please call me.
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Love, John.
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P .S.
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Did you get the flowers? Is he stupid?
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I told you last night it's finished.
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Sorry, B.
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And don't call me Gigi.
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Yes, John.
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Yes, I got the cards and the flowers and the chocolates.
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Yes, and I got the cushion as well. But it's finished.
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Sorry.
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Sorry.
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Don't cry.
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Goodbye.
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Oh, and happy birthday.
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Ah, men.
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Come on, Charlie.
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Come on.
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Post, Bridget.
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Charlie and I have the post, haven't we, Charlie?
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Give me the post, Charlie.
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Give me the post,
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Charlie drop it Charlie oh boy oh
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telephone bill gas bill electricity bill oh oh what's this
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Mmm, a parcel for you, Bridget.
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Oh, good.
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What is it?
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Oh, it's from Mother.
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Oh!
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Oh, Bridget, darling, this arrived for you.
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And I made you this.
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Love, Lily.
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Oh!
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Oh, very you, Bridget.
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Mother.
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Ooh, this is from Argentina.
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Argentina? Who from?
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What does it say?
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Um, it says...
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Hello, do you remember me?
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No. Seven years ago, we was pen pals.
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We was, we were pen pals.
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Oh, yeah, now I remember.
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It's Hector.
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Who's Hector?
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He was my pen pal seven years ago.
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I speak English good now.
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I speak English good.
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I speak English well now.
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And I am coming to England.
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Oh, Latin Americans.
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I would like to sleep with you.
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Do you have a bed for me?
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Oh, he wants to stay here.
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Oh!
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But, um, what about the rules?
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Ooh, a Latin American here.
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Ooh, like Ricky Martin.
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tall, handsome, rich.
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So, um, when is it coming?
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Oh, um, let me see.
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It says...
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November the 5th.
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Oh, November the 5th. But that's...
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today...
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Ah!
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Oh, it's you, Nick.
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Hi, babe.
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Hello, Nick.
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How are you?
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Great.
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Nice muscles.
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Here's your milk.
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Our milk?
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You mean our milk you borrowed three weeks ago.
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Oh, thanks, Nick.
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Now forget now, Fred.
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Would you like a drink, Nick?
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Would you like a drink, Nick?
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I said, would you like a drink, Nick?
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Oh, sorry.
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No, thanks.
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Oh, um, Bridget's friend is coming.
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Oh, yeah?
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Uh -huh, from Argentina.
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Wow. From Argentina.
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What's she like?
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She is a he.
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Huh?
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Not a girl, a boy.
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Oh.
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Tough guy, eh?
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Why don't I show you how to do it properly?
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Nick, I've told you before, nobody uses my bike.
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Nobody.
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Is that clear?
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Why not?
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Why not?
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If you touch my bike again, you are out.
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O -U -T, out.
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Clear?
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What?
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I said...
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Hello.
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Hello.
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I am called Argentina.
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I am from Hector.
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You mean I am called Hector.
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You You are called Hector?
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Oh, no, no, no. I am called Annie.
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I am called Annie.
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No, she means I am called Hector.
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I am from Argentina.
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You are from Argentina.
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Oh, come on.
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Hi, Nadia.
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Bridget's pen pal arrived this morning.
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Hello.
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He is.. strange.
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Hi, babes.
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Hello, Nick.
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Oh, and Nick from next door is so funny.
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He brought our milk back from three weeks ago.
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I forget nothing.
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Chrissy.
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Nick is so stupid.
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He touched my bike.
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Men.
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Nobody uses my bike.
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Nobody.
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Is that clear?
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Why not?
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Why not?
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Also, Hector is here from Argentina.
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His English is not very good.
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I am called Argentina.
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I am from Hector.
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My cars.
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you play with cars yes you play no
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I play with cars he plays with cars I read I love The library.
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Fascinating.
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We go to the library too, don't we, Bridget?
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Yes.
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It's great.
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Good.
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I live here.
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You live in a museum full of old things?
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Old things?
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Yes, I have lots of old things.
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I live in a museum.
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OK, I live in a museum.
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Oh, thank you, Hector.
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And now we'll show you the flat.
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This is the bedroom.
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Thank you.
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What? When do you sleep?
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Er, no, you don't understand.
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We only have one bedroom.
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One?
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I have 20.
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20?
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Yes.
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He lives in a museum with 20 bedrooms.
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Oh!
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Very funny, huh?
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20 bedrooms.
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Well, you can sleep here.
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Oh, thank you.
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Oh, no, no, no. Hector, it's a bed.
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A bed?
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Oh, here's a cushion.
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Oh, thank you.
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Oh, this, of course, is the TV.
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Just relax.
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I must go to the bathroom.
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Psst, Annie, bathroom.
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Now.
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Oh, my goodness.
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What are we going to do?
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He plays with toy cars.
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He is not a sexy Argentinian.
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But he is sweet.
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And he is polite. But those clothes!
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Oh, he is so old -fashioned.
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He must go.
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Room service.
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Hello, who are you?
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Oh, you are quick.
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Good.
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Eh?
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My luggage is downstairs.
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What?
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Bring it up, please.
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What are you doing?
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I pull you comb.
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You are the butler.
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The butler?
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I am Nick.
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I live next door.
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Oh, I am Hector.
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Oh, Hector from Argentina.
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Yes, from Argentina. Where are the girls?
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The girls?
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Yeah, Bridget and Annie.
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Oh, they live here.
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Yeah, I know.
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Where's Bridget?
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Does she know you are here?
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Bridget.
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She gave me this.
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Oh.
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Hello, Nick.
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Oh, this is Hector from Argentina.
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Yeah, I know.
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Isn't he wonderful?
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Wonderful.
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Are you hungry?
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Huh?
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We'll buy your lunch.
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What would you like to eat?
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Fish and chips?
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Oh, fish and sheeps.
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Nick, Hector make friends?
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Nick, teach Hector some English.
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English?
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Yeah, OK.
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I'll teach Hector some English.
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Yo, Dan.
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How's it going?
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The chicks in the apartment opposite have a visitor.
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Hector from Argentina.
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Oh, you are quick.
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Good.
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You can't speak English.
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Man, he thought I was the butler.
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I pull you comb.
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You are the butler.
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The butler?
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And even worse, I think he fancies Bridget.
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She gave me this.
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The girls have gone out so I will teach him to speak English.
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I'll teach Hector some English.
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See what I mean?
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Stay cool and...
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P .S.
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Big decision.
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Today I joined an acting agency.
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Brad Pitt is history.
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OK.
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This is the oven.
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This is the oven.
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Annie's dog sleeps in the oven.
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Annie's dog sleeps in the oven.
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So you say, Annie, the dog is in the oven.
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Annie, the dog is in the oven.
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Great.
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Now Bridget.
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Oh.
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Oh, dear.
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Well, Bridget likes strong men, especially strong legs.
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I am strong.
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Yeah?
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Can you cycle 50 kilometres?
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No way.
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Go on, then, show me.
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Yeah, look.
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Adios, amigo.
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Oh, Bridget, Annie, lunch!
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Fish and ships!
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Yes, lunch, Hector.
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Look, Bridget, 50 kilometers.
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Annie, the dog is in the oven.
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What?
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Hi.
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Everything okay?
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Great.
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Whew.
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I am, uh...
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How do you say, um...
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Dead.
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Hot.
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Hot, yeah.
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I am hot.
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I need a...
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Shower.
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Yeah.
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I need a shower.
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Be my guest.
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Oh.
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Thank you.
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Right!
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That's it.
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He must go.
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Why?
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He is so nice.
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He used my bike.
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And he said that the dog was in the oven.
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What a horrible joke.
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Where is Charlie?
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Charlie!
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What a bad, bad boy.
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He must go.
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Can he stay with you, Nick?
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Uh -uh.
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Sorry, ladies.
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Oh, please, Nick, you have a spare room.
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No way.
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Not my problem.
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He must go now.
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But he's in the shower.
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I don't care.
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Hector, please come out.
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We want to talk to you.
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I like fish and chips.
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Hector, please come out.
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We want to talk to you.
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OK.
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One moment, please.
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I like this and sit.
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Yes, you want me?
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We think...
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We...
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We...
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We have a problem.
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It's like this.
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Go on then, tell him.
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Yes, Bridget?
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Hector, the thing is...
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Stay there.
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I'll talk to him.
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Hector, can I have a word, please?
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Oh!
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Ricky Martin!
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Actually, is this you?
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Yes, my parents.
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The Romero family.
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One of the richest families in Argentina. Who are these?
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My...
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Servant?
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Yeah, my servant.
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Your cars?
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Yeah, my cars.
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Hector, you are rich.
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Why stay here?
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I want friends.
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Good friends.
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People like you for your money?
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That's awful.
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Um, listen.
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Keep it a secret.
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Shh!
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Shh!
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OK.
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OK.
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Perhaps he could stay here.
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Yes.
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Poor boy.
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Hector, come and stay with me.
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I have two rooms.
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Shut up, Nick.
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Hector will stay with us, won't you, Hector?
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Hector, come and sit down.
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Hector, please, call me Gigi.
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Oh, Charlie, there you are.
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Oh, Annie, the dog is in the oven.
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The oven?
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Yes, Nick is a good English teacher.
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Yes, a very good English teacher.
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I'd love to see your photos again.
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Oh, me too.
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Oh, your sweet toy cars.
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They are not toys.
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Today, Hector arrives and it's bonfire night.
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Let's party.
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What sort of music do you like?
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Music?
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Yeah, music.
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You know, soul, funk, dance.
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Watch me like this.
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Interesting.
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I dance like this.
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Oh.
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I'll get in!
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I'll get in!
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PHONE RINGS Hello?
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Oh, yeah, that's great.
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Sure, come up.
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It's the landlady!
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The tarantula!
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Quick, hide, Hector!
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I'm off.
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I owe two weeks' rent.
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Next time in Extra.
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The flatmates go shopping for Hector.
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Hector goes shopping for the girls.
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But what happens when Hector goes shopping for himself?
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Extra.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “01 Extra English_Hector’s Arrival- سریال اکسترا قسمت 1”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Hector, Nick, Bridget, Argentina, English. This video has 406 sentences and 1547 words to shadow. The speech runs for 23:20. The speaker talks slowly, about 66 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 82 of its 406 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| oven noun | /ˈʌ.vn̩/ | A chamber used for baking or heating. |
| butler noun | /ˈbʌt.lɚ/ | A manservant having charge of wines and liquors. |
| bedroom noun | /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ | A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping. |
| arrive verb | /əˈɹaɪv/ | To reach; to get to a certain place. |
| fancy noun | /ˈfæn.si/ | The imagination. |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| chip noun | /t͡ʃɪp/ | A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. |
| babe noun | /beɪb/ | A baby or infant; a very young human or animal. |
| servant noun | /ˈsɝvənt/ | One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave. |
| pal noun | /pæl/ | A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with. |
| cushion noun | /ˈkʊʃən/ | A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support. |
| comb noun | /koʊm/ | A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place. |
| awful adjective | /ˈɔːfʊl/ | Very bad. |
| hungry adjective | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. |
| horrible adjective | /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/ | Causing horror; terrible; shocking. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. | |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. | |
| shut up | /ʃʌt ʌp/ | Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)… |
| sit down verb | To assume a sitting position from a standing position. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Gigi, did you get my message?
- Did you get the flowers?
- Do you have a bed for me?
- Why don't I show you how to do it properly?
- You live in a museum full of old things?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've told · have gone |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | we'll show · We'll buy · I'll teach |
| Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessary | must go |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | am coming · is it coming · is coming |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 21 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'll, we'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: cushion /ˈkʊʃən/, sheep /ˈʃiːp/
- Long words — get the stress right: electricity /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/, kilometre /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/, tarantula /təˈɹæn.t͡ʃə.lə/
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 oven, butler, bedroom.
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.