Shadowing Practice: American Trivia: English Native Conversation - Regular Speed - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello everybody this is Teacher Levy.
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Welcome back.
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I'm here with my sister and we're going to do trivia in regular English.
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Regular, regular English.
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Okay so I'll ask her some questions and we'll see if she gets the answers right.
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Okay
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Some of them I might not know the answer to
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so don't get upset or you can fact check me in the comments if it's wrong and that's okay.
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But we're gonna get started and see because I see these videos online about stupid Americans or whatever.
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And so we're going to see if she knows basic American facts or if I know basic American facts.
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I think this will be fun.
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This will be fun.
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Do they say that? this will be fun this will be fun the thistle thistle thistle thistle
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right where you tend to rose just speak up a little
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bit just they can't hear you oh no okay where you
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tend to garden where you tend the rosy thistle cannot grow okay
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so try to write that one down okay so here we go
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so first question how many states are in the us not 51 okay
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next question next question okay when was the american revolution
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that one's tough not really wait do you mean like the the revolution yes
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all right yeah so you don't have to list the years
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when did when did let's say when did america gain independence oh you mean like
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that like that oh july 4th okay teen wait sorry not 19
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sorry um july 4th 17 wait yeah probably 17 50 that's
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so wrong that is wrong it's 1776 yeah
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so i was close yeah you were close
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but that's like a basic date yeah yeah okay
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so um how did abraham can die he was assassinated yeah no no we won't cut it he was assassinated assassin
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it's not a word for sure it's assassinated he was assassinated where it was in a
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it was in like a theater yeah okay good and who was the guy who shot him
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He got shot in the back of the head.
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It was somebody who didn't want him to free the slaves.
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Really?
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It was, yeah.
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Do you know his name?
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No, do you?
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John Wilkes Booth.
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Oh, right, right, right.
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Yeah.
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Right.
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It's funny that we remember his name.
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You didn't.
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Yeah.
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Okay, so have you heard of Mount Rushmore?
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Yeah.
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What is it?
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Mount Rushmore is where the founding fathers' faces are carved into the side of a mountain.
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And how many are there?
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I think there's five.
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Wait, how many founding fathers?
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No, carved into the side.
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Probably five.
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No, there's four.
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Okay, yeah, four or five.
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So who are they?
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Definitely George Washington.
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He's there, yes.
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I don't think Abraham Lincoln is there.
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Um...
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He's not there.
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Also, was he even a founding father?
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Um...
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Like he was actually...
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No, it's not...
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He wasn't?
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Well, no, no, he wasn't, but...
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Um...
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It's not all...
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No, it's the...
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It's four presidents.
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Yeah, four presidents.
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Yeah, so not...
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Okay.
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Gosh.
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George Washington...
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Um...
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Oh, oh, Roosevelt?
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Um, yeah, what's his first name?
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Theodore Roosevelt.
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Yeah. Or Teddy.
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Yep.
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Yep.
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So George Washington, Theodore.
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Theodore.
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Theo.
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Theo thing yeah and then or teddy yep yep so george washington's theodore theodore theodore
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not vaughn no um no free promo
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well who else i have a book out go by the
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book on top of the description yeah yeah okay who else
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washington what did you say washington jeff did you say jefferson
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or no i said okay so that's the the third jefferson
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and then um washington jefferson theo or teddy
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and then i think abe lincoln
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so i think abraham ape big a before i think them
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four those four the big four the big for okay now
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so did you hear about Trump wanted to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America
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or something did you hear about that somebody commented that
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and I didn't hear about that
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so what was it Lake Ontario to what to lay America doesn't make much of a difference okay
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so good so didn't quite know that one what the faces yeah yeah okay wait yeah okay here's the next one so
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where did the battle of alamo happen you've heard about
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that yes that was um that was probably like texas
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or like new mexico yeah texas yeah texas okay
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so can you name two different Native American groups
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that I used to live in America
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yeah just to name
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three okay Cherokees we're going to a lake
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by the way I just wanted to film something interesting
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so uh while i'm driving uh let's just say that the camera is in a secure location
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right and we're focused on the road yeah um so
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which one did you say i said the cherokees and then who else like
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well do you know any yeah mohicans oh the mohicans right and then comanches you've heard yes yeah Yeah, okay, so that's three.
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Okay, that's three.
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Yeah.
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There's more.
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Do you know any fun facts about their traditions?
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Like, have you heard about, like, for example, I'll say the rain dance.
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Oh, okay, okay.
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You've heard about that.
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So have you heard about, is there anything else that's kind of.
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Probably like, um.
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Hmm.
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Probably like.
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what is it when they like they like peel like the skin of your head off?
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Oh yeah they scalp, they take your scalp I think they're scalping yes,
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there's that and then also like eating every part of the animal every part? yeah, that's like a thing that they did
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because they didn't want to like waste any part but I'm sure not all the groups followed well no wait,
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you wouldn't eat every part they could and then the rest you would use for weapons or tools Yeah, you try to use up as much as...
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Yeah.
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Which, that's nice.
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And that was a way of respecting the animals, because they, they, um, didn't waste it.
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Right.
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Wasting.
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That was a respect thing.
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I don't know if they all did that, but...
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Some of them did.
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Probably. And then what else?
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They smoked funny stuff, I think.
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Yeah.
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They did, like, a lot of ritual smoking stuff.
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And I know that they did probably like some mushrooms or something.
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What's that?
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Some shrooms.
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Oh, shrooms?
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Is that the drug?
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Like the drug, like the psychedelic.
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Isn't that the heavy drug?
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I think so.
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That's the heavy drug, right?
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I think they did psychedelics, right?
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Oh, psychedelics.
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What?
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So psych- so mushrooms is a psych, because it changes the way you think, right?
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Yeah.
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But maybe I just made
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that up maybe they didn't know it is no they did
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yeah they did yeah um what else i don't really know too much about them yeah that's enough about
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that yeah okay you don't have to say um the exact years
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but like ballpark i'll just say like like for example 1500 1600 okay
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so what uh
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when was the civil war just get the american civil war you mean the American okay um 1800s okay
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and then about what like what would say okay let's go
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with um gosh like 1850s yeah I think it was the 60s I think it was somewhere around 60s yeah
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so I don't think it was somewhere around there I think it was okay
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but anyways I think it was the 60s
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and who won obviously the north okay uh do you know um one of the general's names
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or two or both like of the south the north
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i don't think i know that maybe if you say it okay one was grant okay does that ring a bell
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like ulysses ulysses s grant or something like that okay
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and the other one was lee i think some kind of is
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that like something lee i guess so but lee what cows like you have to say what
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oh look guys free range cows free range cows this is
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as healthy as it gets well we don't know their feed yeah well they're eating grass
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but in the winter what about
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that well i think they eat grass in the winter also
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well some of them are giving corn the grass doesn't grow back winter so fast Well, they have hay.
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Yeah, they have hay.
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But some of them are given corn.
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Yeah, most probably less.
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Yeah.
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Okay, so that was the Civil War.
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Oh, but I was saying like what kind of Lee?
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Oh, his first name?
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Yeah.
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Okay, his first name was...
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I forgot.
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One of them was Ulysses S.
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Grant, I think for sure.
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And the other one was...
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Lee Harvey...
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Wait, wait, ho, Lee Harvey...
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Uh, just kidding.
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Wait, um, Lee...
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Anyways.
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Oh, whatever.
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It doesn't matter.
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Okay, um, what was the space race?
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You've heard about the space race?
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Space race is like who can get to the moon the fastest.
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Okay, and then what were the two?
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It was probably like Russia versus the US.
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Right.
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Like the Soviet Union?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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Good.
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Let me think of another question for the trivia.
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I can ask a question.
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What's the largest state by land area?
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Oh, easy.
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Texas.
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No. Oh, wait.
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No. Easy.
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Sorry.
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Alaska.
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Yeah.
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Easy.
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Yeah.
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And number two is Texas, I think.
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Probably.
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Okay, anything else?
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What's the longest river in the U.S.?
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Mississippi.
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Correct.
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M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I.
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Right.
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Name three American car brands.
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Jeep.
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Ford. Is Jeep?
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Jeep is American, right? jeep board uh-oh name four sorry name four jeep board obviously and then thinking thinking
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um huh can we move it to your sentence just move that's actually kind of tough
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um well those are like the two big ones jeep ford those are two big ones and then there's
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there's probably some yeah what else is there tesla no
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but tesla's like he is that american
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because the guy is he's South African oh yeah
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but it was no
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but it's based in America that's okay well I was thinking about Tesla okay
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so well then okay Chevy yes that's so Chevy Ford Cadillac okay Cadillac is kind of falling off now I I feel.
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Yeah, but still. But still.
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Dodge.
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Okay.
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Well, I'm thinking, what's that truck?
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What's that truck?
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Oh, that big truck?
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The G.
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G-Wagon.
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No, no, no, that's Mercedes.
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No, no, I'm talking about the pickup truck.
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Okay.
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It's the G.
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GMT or something?
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Yeah, something like that.
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Chevy okay so you got that okay okay we look um okay yeah yeah okay
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so um I think what else what year did I got it wait I got it what year
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and then you go okay so what year did 9-11 happen 9-11?
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What year?
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Um, probably like 1994 probably.
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No. No, probably like before that.
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1990. No, actually, and that would be after.
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You said before that.
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No, it was 2001.
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Oh.
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Yeah.
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Oh, 2001.
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Wow.
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That was kind of...
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Okay, wait.
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Cut that part.
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No, no, no. It's fine.
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Okay.
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That's embarrassing.
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And then, I had a question the question is um how many stripes on the flag really
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and what does it represent of course i know how many
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stripes there are what is it what do you want to
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know how many stars there are no well how many how many stripes
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and what does it represent 13 colonies that's an easy one
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okay how many stars um 50 i bet what does it
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represent the states states you're you're scared for a second Here I go.
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Do I know this one?
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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Okay, name three baseball teams, American baseball teams.
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I'm really, like, not into baseball, but, okay, like, Red Sox.
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And then Jets.
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Jets is a football team.
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Wait, are you sure?
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Yeah, yeah.
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Okay, then by that, I want to say.
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Benny and the Jets.
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like that our history teacher he liked
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that one too oh yeah um it was um dolphins no no no no he like really liked
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that team i just yankees okay well yankees is another one and then um dodgers no that's the one i picked
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okay well what else is there that was just dodgers that's the one i know okay
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and then you can have them like write trivia questions in the chat box
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and then we can answer it next time oh yeah
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so do that so write trivia questions in the chat
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or in the comment section but don't make it super stupid just write regular trivia questions
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and we'll answer them next time intermediate yeah intermediate level
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and it could be it doesn't have to be only america it could be global
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but do some do do like worldwide trivia or in general trivia
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and we'll answer the questions and that'll be fun so
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and also get some video of the lake I think we'll get there probably in like 20 minutes
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so I'll get some footage of that too
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so stay tuned it would
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be nice It really doesn't look that great on camera.
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About This Lesson
You're practicing English with "American Trivia: English Native Conversation - Regular Speed" using the Shadowing technique — a method originally developed for professional interpreter training.
Focus on sounding like the speaker — not just repeating words. With 15–30 minutes of daily practice, you'll build real-world speaking confidence.
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.