Shadowing Practice: China’s Got Talent | Max Amini | Stand-up Comedy - Learn English Speaking with Video
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What kind of Asian are you?
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Chinese.
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And you came by yourself?
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No, I'm going to talk to you.
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Oh, relax.
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I'm still working with one Chinese.
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See how powerful they are?
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No, talk to me.
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You came by yourself, yeah?
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Oh, that's a...
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You're the boyfriend.
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And you guys couldn't get a seat next to each other.
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I'm here.
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Why don't you guys...
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Yeah, take those.
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Come sit here.
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What is that pants?
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Why are you wearing a checker pants?
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You play chess with your pants?
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You both match, you have a matching pants with your wife.
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She didn't wear it because her underwear is a checker.
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Underwear probably.
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How did you guys meet?
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Acapella.
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Can you say that in English?
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What?
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I didn't understand.
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Okay, one more time.
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Go.
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You sing acapella?
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You're a singer?
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and the dancer you graduated from an acapella school oh
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so you need you the first Chinese who didn't go to school
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that's why they kick this guy out of the family like go to Fresno
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far away from China we don't want our family know that you do acapella
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The dad is like, you buy the gay pants a checker pants.
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You buy a checker pants.
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And you go, I like a dance, a dance, a dance, a dance, a dance.
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And the acapella dance, a hudda, hudda.
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Hunyo!
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Hunyo!
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You also were in the acapella class.
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Who's a better singer?
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You or your girlfriend?
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She's a better singer.
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That's what I was thinking.
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Honestly, I was thinking it would be such a loss if we don't have her come and sing acapella.
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We don't need to do that now.
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Yes?
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Come on.
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Come, my love.
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Come on.
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Come, come.
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Come, it's okay.
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No. Why?
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Hold on.
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What's your name, sweetheart?
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What's your name?
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Shane.
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Okay, Shane.
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Tonight, it's just us.
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Oh yes, you do the arcapella and he dances
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Let's see this
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Somebody come This is amazing
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Okay, give it up for chin give it up a chance I
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Get up for shin
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thank you for joining us she's gonna sing acapella okay she's gonna be box he's gonna freestyle
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and I'm gonna dance you're gonna freestyle dancing yeah but who's gonna sing I see what this is this is how
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China you I brought them to sing.
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He's like, beatboxing, you sing.
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No, we need to hear you sing, okay?
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No beatboxing.
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It's funnier?
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Okay.
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Go ahead.
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I'm not sure what you're doing. That was fun.
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We want a cappella.
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We want a cappella, man.
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Look how fast the Chinese type, holy shit.
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I swear, we went to five different websites already.
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Okay, ready guys? Be quiet.
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Take the center stage, my love.
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I hope you enjoyed it.
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at your side I'm not going to go
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You're not going to go to me I'm not going to be the same thing
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I'm not going to love you I'm not going to be the same thing I'm not going to be the same thing
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You want to
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give me
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a big round of applause.
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Thank you.
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Really thank you.
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Give them all the love.
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Enjoy the rest of the show.
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Thank you Joe.
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There is a huge lesson in what happened right now.
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This is what it's like to be comfortable in your own skin and be you.
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God bless you and I'm so proud of you Shin.
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You're awesome girl.
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And I don't know if you knew the lyrics she was reading, yeah?
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Did you guys know what it was?
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It was the most racist shit ever.
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She was like, America, fuck you.
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I don't like a phrase, no. Google it.
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She sang, she enjoyed, she fucked you.
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And you guys are like, yes, we love it.
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But we don't care, man.
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And we enjoy your expression of art.
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Correctional Sergeant?
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Hold on, who said yes?
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Do you know what that is?
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You're a prison guy?
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That explains the tattoos, homie.
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Have you ever seen two men buttfk in the prison?
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It's an honest question, man. Of course.
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Was one of them crying?
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Man, if I'm in prison, someone's fucking me.
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I'm crying, brother.
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I'd be the biggest bitch.
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Officer correction!
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Officer correction!
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Help!
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You just showed up.
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I'd be like, oh, you guys are butt -fuckin'.
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Let me correct you.
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You need to bend down a little bit more.
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Hey man, put on some lube right now.
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What's the story?
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Single?
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How does one person ends up in that job?
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You get the story?
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He fell in love with a dude.
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The dude goes to prison.
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He calls him.
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Hey, it's Jeff.
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I'll take care of you in jail, baby.
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And then he got a job as a sergeant and then he was the guy.
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He didn't see it.
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He did it himself. Was it a guy?
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So you were, oh, wait a minute.
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I was wrong.
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You were a correctional sergeant at a female prison?
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Holy shit.
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Did you hear what just happened?
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he watched one prisoner with a strap on smack another one and we all thought it was two dudes
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it was a lesbo in action of course he was like that's incorrect harder harder
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so did you marry her you did marry her oh my god dude that's amazing
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Why are you clapping?
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He's single You're not listening to the story Fresno, what the What are you doing right now?
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He's heartbroken She turned out to be a bitch
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How long have you been married?
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You're not married?
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Go start?
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Fernando, I'm helping you out.
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This one, you gotta lock it up.
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There's a correctional officer here.
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She will tell you, you put a ring on it immediately.
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Am I not correct?
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I'm correct, mother fucker.
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Put a ring on it.
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Okay, where did you meet, Fernando?
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Online.
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Online?
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On a dating app?
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So you swiped and then he took you on a date?
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He took you on a nice date?
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Thank you.
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No?
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No?
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Lara, he didn't take you on a nice date?
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Tell me about it, my love.
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Officer said, please explain.
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Tell us.
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Lara, look at me, Lara.
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Don't look at Fernando.
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I love you.
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Tell us.
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Everybody here is your family.
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We love you.
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It's okay.
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You can tell us what happened.
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Look at me, Lara.
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What was the first date?
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Why was it not so good?
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Where did he take you?
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Oh my god, this is so sexy
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This listen learn something guys now.
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Don't work.
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It's okay.
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We can handle it.
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I promise You're killing us right now.
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You're killing us you gotta say Fernando is it okay?
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He says it's okay, but did you say it?
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I want you to say it love he said it's okay I ticket my family's Christmas party.
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What do you mean you don't know?
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I just met him like you guys. Where?
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I swiped light, he showed up.
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So my ex's name was Fernando.
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Your...
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Her ex's name was also Fernando.
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And the family had not met Fernando.
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She just didn't want to tell everybody, she broke up with Fernando.
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She finds the first for another.
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She's like, come to the family party right now.
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This guy's like, fine, man.
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Let me find a fucking Christmas sweater.
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I'll be right there.
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That's what happened?
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Oh, my God.
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Rolada, I'm so glad you shared it.
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Yeah, it didn't feel good that you shared.
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It became a memory here with us.
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It became a memory for you guys.
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Isn't it amazing?
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Isn't it a good feeling?
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It's an amazing feeling from today on.
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Listen, you're so cool from today on You are my comadre
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Yeah And he's my combo
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “China’s Got Talent”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: acapella, Fernando, dance, pants, sing. This video has 217 sentences and 1285 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:26. The speaker talks slowly, about 103 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 60 of its 217 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 |
|---|---|---|
| pants noun | /pænts/ | An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. |
| sergeant noun | /ˈsɑɹ.d͡ʒənt/ | A UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks. |
| marry verb | /ˈmæɹi/ | To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. |
| underwear noun | /ˈʌndɚˌwɛɹ/ | Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing. |
| correction noun | /kəˈɹɛkʃən/ | The act of correcting. |
| freestyle noun | /ˈfɹiːˌstaɪl/ | A swimming event in which the contestants may choose any stroke. |
| shin noun | /ʃɪn/ | The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia |
| swipe verb | /swaɪp/ | To grab or bat quickly. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| racist noun | /ˈɹeɪ.sɪst/ | A person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others, or who discriminates against other races. |
| sexy adjective | /ˈsɛksi/ | Having sex appeal; attractive. |
| lyrics noun | /ˈlɪɹ.ɪks/ | The words to a song (or other vocal music). |
| phrase noun | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | A short written or spoken expression. |
| relax verb | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | To make something loose. |
| butt noun | /bʌt/ | Body; self. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| show up verb | To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically. | |
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Why are you wearing a checker pants?
- You play chess with your pants?
- Lara, he didn't take you on a nice date?
- He says it's okay, but did you say it?
- What do you mean you don't know?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 60 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: correction /kəˈɹɛkʃən/, shin /ʃɪn/
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 pants, sergeant, marry.
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.