Shadowing Practice: Escaping from a 100 DAYS PRISON in Minecraft! - Learn English Speaking with Video
Creating lesson...
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Well, well, well.
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It turns out that Mikey and I have been sentenced for a crime we didn't commit
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and locked away in a jail cell.
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Why?
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To make matters even worse, we've both been sentenced to execution in exactly 100 days.
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JJ, it's not fair.
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We have to break out.
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You're right about that, Mikey.
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But our prison labor starts soon and we need to do that first.
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Just 100 days?
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Yep.
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For today, our job is to make a hundred stone axes and put them in the chest over there.
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Oh, me too.
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All right, then.
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Let's try this.
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I made a bunch.
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Wow.
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It's a real pain making all these.
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A hundred axes, right?
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Yep.
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Let's try our best.
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Okay.
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All right.
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It's lunchtime.
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Let's eat.
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Yummy, yummy.
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It's so delicious.
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I just remembered that it's still only the first day.
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Time to exercise.
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Cool.
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Let's do this.
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I'll go for a jog.
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I'm so healthy.
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Exercise is important.
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Ugh, today was rough.
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I'm pooped.
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Yeah, well, it's already time for bed.
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Let's sleep.
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A hundred days in here is like nothing.
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How are we going to get out, JJ?
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Well, Mikey, we still have 99 days.
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We can use that time to think of an escape plan and get ourselves out of here Yeah, let's do it for now.
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We'll sleep good night, right?
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Good night Day one today.
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We experienced the life of a prisoner We still have 99 days left
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which gives us enough time to come up with an escape plan and break out of here The day just started, but I think I have a way out of here, huh?
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What is it today?
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We're scheduled to make some more stone axes.
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Yeah, that's right But what if we sneak in a stone pickaxe as well?
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Hmm?
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Okay, and then?
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What can we do with a single stone pickaxe?
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Well, for starters, we could use it to break the iron bars on the windows and bust ourselves out!
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Good thinking!
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Let's do it right away!
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I don't want to work, though.
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Let's wait a little bit.
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All right, Mikey, it's time to get working.
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Forced labor.
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First, I'll lay down the sticks.
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Now for the stone axe
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I'll quickly make another stone axe And now it's time to secretly sneak in the stone pickaxe Alright Mikey,
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just keep working like normal until we go back to our cell I made a pickaxe too Nice!
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Hey Mikey!
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Look, no one's watching us You're right Let's smash through the wall and break out!
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Come on!
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Hurry!
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Look!
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It's working!
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We're free!
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This is amazing!
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We're breaking through!
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I'm so relieved!
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It's a prison break!
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Huh?
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Almost?
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Everything's going great!
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We're finally getting out!
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A hundred days!
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Come on!
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We're gonna...
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Oh no!
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This is bad!
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Not this way!
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JJ!
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Let's dig somewhere else!
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I don't believe it!
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A little to the side!
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Hurry!
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Move over!
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We have to go fast!
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Is there a clearing?
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No!
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What the?
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What is that?
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A wall of lava?
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I don't know!
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Hang on a sec.
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This is terrible.
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Does the lava just go on forever?
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It's a sea of lava.
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We can never leave.
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No way.
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I don't think breaking through the wall is going to work.
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We have to cover up our tracks.
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Let's go.
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Run away.
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Day two.
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We sneakily made two stone pickaxes.
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But when we tried to break through the outer wall, we discovered an ocean of lava beyond it.
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Our escape failed.
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Huh?
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Huh?
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JJ!
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See that?
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Is that the way to get out of here?
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Oh, that must be the exit.
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I feel like that's probably the front gate.
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That's a lot of infrared lasers, though.
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Can we get through all that?
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I have an idea.
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We'll use that gate to escape.
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Really?
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Yep.
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Day three.
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The gate is covered in lasers.
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But Mikey says he knows what to do.
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I know what to do.
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Tunnel under the lasers, right?
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Yep.
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So there are no lasers down there?
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Nope.
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Whoa.
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I know.
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Hmm?
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Wait a sec.
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What?
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Mikey, that's all bedrock!
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Ow!
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Ouch!
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Watch out!
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It's hot!
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Ah, man! Be careful!
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Ouch!
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Bedrock is indestructible!
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We can't go any deeper than this!
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This is where the digging stops!
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Seriously?
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Then in a hundred days, there's no escape?
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We can't dig out?
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If only we were one block tall, then we could get out of here!
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Ow!
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It hurts!
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We could find a way for us to shrink and fit underneath the laser, but that's just wishful thinking.
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Let's give up on escaping today.
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It's such a small hole.
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If only we could fit through that tiny space.
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Oh, well.
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Day four.
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We tried to dig our way out, but thanks to the bedrock, we could only dig a shallow hole.
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If we could shrink down, we could escape through the gap.
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Today we're mining for coal again, JJ.
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Hmm, when you stop to think about it, making stone axes wasn't actually that bad.
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No kidding.
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Coal mining.
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Any more coal up there?
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Hmm, I have a good feeling there is.
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Maybe not, but… That was close!
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Are you okay?
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Obsidian usually shows up next to lava.
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Try to be careful.
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I was one step away from wasting my extra 95 days!
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Alright, let's keep digging for coal.
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Day five.
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While we were mining for coal, Mikey almost fell into a pool of lava.
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Close one.
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We're back to mining for coal again.
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There's not much time left.
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That's true.
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Do you think we...
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Hmm?
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What's that about?
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I found something.
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What?
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Huh.
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Check it out.
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Whoa.
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It's flint.
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Like a fire starter?
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Hang on.
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This time I'm the one with a good idea, so listen up.
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Huh?
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I'm listening.
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We need to start looking for diamonds, but pretend like we're looking for coal.
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I understand.
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But diamonds are pretty rare, aren't they?
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Don't worry.
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It'll take some time to find them, but we'll only have to find three.
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Got it.
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Let's go!
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Day 12.
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We found a fire starter while mining for coal.
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This might be the key to our escape.
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Mikey, I found some!
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Great!
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It's about time.
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Oh, wow!
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Awesome!
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I mean, it took quite a while.
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Let's dig these up.
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Mine it!
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Mine it!
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Mine it!
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There's a lot.
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There are four of them.
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That's more than enough for what we need.
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Day 25.
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We've finally found four diamonds.
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All right, it's time to start working on today's stone axes.
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That's what we're doing!
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And while we're at it, we can craft a little something extra.
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Make it!
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Quickly!
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Well, now, it's time.
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There!
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Ta -da!
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Nice!
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A diamond pickaxe!
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We just have to wait till we're assigned to the coal mine.
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All right.
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Day 27.
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I secretly made a diamond pickaxe.
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We're finally back to working in the mine!
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It took so long!
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Yeah, today's our day to mine for coal.
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I was starting to get anxious.
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So, while we're pretending to do our jobs, I'm going to use this pickaxe to secretly dig up ten blocks of obsidian.
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Meanwhile, Mikey, you pretend to dig for coal.
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Okay, on it!
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Yes!
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We got this!
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Okay, that's one block down.
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Nice!
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I still need to get the rest of it.
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Right.
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It's night time now, Mikey.
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We have everything we need to escape right here.
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That's great!
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Ten blocks of obsidian and some flint.
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But what are you supposed to do with all that?
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Huh?
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Well?
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Just keep a lookout so I don't get noticed.
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Okay.
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Just like that.
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All right.
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There!
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The nether portal!
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We can use this to make a portal and escape to another dimension, Mikey!
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We'll leave this world behind!
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Yep!
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That's how we escape?
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Yep!
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Will it be safer for us there?
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Yep!
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Then that means we won't have to be here for our execution!
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We're free!
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That's the idea!
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I'm gonna light it now!
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Open!
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Another world!
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Let's go!
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We're breaking out!
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We'll be free!
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Bye -bye, prison!
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What a success!
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Yeah!
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Hmm?
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What?
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It's a different world.
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What are those?
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Demons?
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Demons?
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They're not attacking us.
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Are they going to chase us when we turn away?
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Try it for a second, Mikey.
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Okay, look.
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Gigi, here I go.
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Wait, Mikey.
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Look away.
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Ready?
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Uh -oh.
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Huh?
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I think it followed you over here.
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Let's go back.
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Run away.
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I'm out of here.
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See, Mikey?
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If we take our eyes off them, they'll run up to us and attack!
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See?
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Go!
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Let's go back!
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Huh?
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Wait, what?
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The jail guards captured us!
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Day 33.
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We tried to escape to another world using a portal, but unfortunately the guards caught us.
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I think they're planning on sending us somewhere else as a punishment.
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Oh, no. We've been sentenced to an entire month in the punishment cell.
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A whole month?
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We only had 100 days until our execution.
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Here's what we can do.
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We have to spend some time in here thinking about how to escape.
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We're going to need a really good plan now.
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Plus, at least we have some books.
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That's true.
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We got this.
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We got this.
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Day 34.
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Day 34.
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We managed to get ourselves confined to the punishment cell for an entire month.
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We spent the whole month brainstorming, trying our best to come up with a new escape plan.
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Mikey, I've got it.
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What is it?
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We can use these books to escape. For real?
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Yep.
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There are just a couple materials we'll need to collect first.
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Plus, we need to get through a few more weeks and then we're out of here too.
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Oh yeah.
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Hang in there.
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We can do this.
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Day 48.
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We've been reading books during our time locked in the punishment cell.
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We may have found some useful information that'll help us escape.
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We just have to wait for two more weeks, then we're finally getting out of here.
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We finished our punishment.
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Awesome.
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All right, JJ, what do we need to collect?
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We're gonna escape, right?
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Wait, there's hardly any time left.
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First things first, a brewing stand.
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Hopefully we'll be able to find one hidden somewhere in the prison.
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Are you planning on making a potion?
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Yep, you got it.
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I think there's a specific potion that'll let us walk right out of here.
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Oh, okay.
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Let's find a brewing stand.
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Day 65.
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We've finally been released from the punishment cell.
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If we're going to escape, we need to find a brewing stand.
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It's lunchtime now.
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Oh, hey, over here.
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I think I found a brewing stand.
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Oh, I see it.
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It's a brewing stand.
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Yep, I knew it.
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Nice.
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Let's grab it. On it.
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A brewing stand.
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Sweet.
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That's it?
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We're done?
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Nope.
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There's still work to be done.
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To make the potions, we need to collect a secret ingredient.
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Dandelions.
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Dandelions?
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Really?
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Yep.
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Where are they?
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I'm pretty sure there's a VIP room in this prison.
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I remember seeing a flower bed somewhere near there.
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We can give that a try.
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Sure.
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I'll volunteer to clean up the VIP room.
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Day 70.
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We were able to find a brewing stand, but to make our potions, we still need to find some dandelions.
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Let's go.
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I want to show you something.
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What?
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Come over here.
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In my locker.
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See?
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That's where you put it.
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That's not just a brewing stand in there.
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Look inside the chest.
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Wow, cool.
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A pile of iron.
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Yeah, this is a result of all our sneaking around the coal mine.
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There's so much here.
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Nice.
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Yeah, we can use this to make armor for our escape.
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If things get violent, we can always armor up.
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I have wood, too.
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Whoa, Mikey, you held on to that?
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You sly dog.
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All right, then.
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Let's craft some armor and save it for later.
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It'll come in handy.
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Definitely, yeah.
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There's one.
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Two.
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There.
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Let's store everything in this chest.
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Nice.
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We're so prepared.
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Day 76.
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We used up the iron we smuggled out of the coal mine to make suits of armor.
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We've finally been assigned to clean up the VIP room.
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Great.
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Lucky us.
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The VIP room must be around here somewhere.
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This place rocks.
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This is the VIP room for the prison?
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It's cooler than I thought.
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Impressive.
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Let's hurry.
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Sure.
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Whoa, check it out.
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This is the VIP room?
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It's covered in flowers!
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We need to collect a hundred dandelions, but we can't act suspicious or the guards will suspect something.
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Just take ten a day.
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This is for the potions, right?
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Right.
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Let's pick some flowers.
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Oh, a dandelion.
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Nice.
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We're going to be executed on our hundredth day, so we need to get these flowers back to the room quickly.
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But we can only take ten at a time.
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Let's do it!
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Day 80.
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We were finally assigned the VIP room.
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Our plan is to collect ten dandelions a day.
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All right, Mikey.
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We finally have a hundred dandelions.
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Let's make some potions.
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Finally.
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But we still have one problem.
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It's going to take a lot of time for the potions to brew.
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What?
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Today is day 89.
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They may not be finished in time for day 100.
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What happens if it doesn't finish in time?
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If it doesn't finish, we'll be executed.
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We need to hurry, JJ.
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I better start brewing.
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I'll mix in all 100 dandelions.
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Day 89.
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We finally have a hundred dandelions, but it'll take a while to process all of them.
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We really need to finish these potions on time.
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How is it?
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All done?
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No, not yet.
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The potions might not finish in time.
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Come on, potions!
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Just wait.
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Brew!
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Please!
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Day 97.
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The potions still aren't ready.
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Will they finish on time?
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Huh?
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The execution is tomorrow morning?
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What?
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Mikey?
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Huh?
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The execution's at 9 a .m.
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No way!
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What do we do?
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Are we out of time?
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They're still brewing.
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Please finish on time.
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Day 99.
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Only one day remains.
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At 9 a .m tomorrow, we'll be executed.
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I'm not sure if the potions will be done in time.
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The day of our execution has finally arrived.
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Day 100?
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How are the potions looking?
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Well?
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They're done!
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They're ready!
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Look!
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Really?
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I couldn't sleep last night!
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Oh, wow!
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It's almost nine, so the guards are coming.
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Quick, let's drink these potions.
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Okay!
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Three, two, one.
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I'll drink mine.
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Nice.
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Look, Mikey, we're small now.
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What happened?
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Oh, you're right.
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Wow, we're tiny.
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Well, Mikey, should we hide under the table for now?
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I don't think they'll notice us down here.
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Yeah, let's hide.
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Let's hide from the guard.
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Ah, the guard's here.
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Look out.
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Wait, he'll see us.
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It's fine.
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Just keep quiet and stay here.
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Really?
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You think so?
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Whoa! Did he notice us?
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Is it safe?
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JJ?
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See?
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He's gone! For real?
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He never noticed us!
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Yay!
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Mikey!
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That's the jailbreak siren!
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This is bad!
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Come on!
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Oh, no!
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We need to get this armor on right away!
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Here!
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Thanks!
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We got this!
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Let's hurry!
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Time to break free!
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Go!
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Go!
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Go!
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We're small enough to fit through these narrow openings now!
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Oh!
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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I think we can break out!
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Yeah!
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Come on!
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Jail ray!
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We're here!
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This is the place!
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This is the place with all the lasers!
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We can't get through!
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It's all bedrock underneath!
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It's fine, Mikey!
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Things are different this time around!
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How?
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Dig through here.
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It's one rock!
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Huh?
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What's the plan?
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Don't worry, Mikey.
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We're small enough to fit under here now.
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Check it out!
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Wait, what do you mean?
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Last time we were too big, but now we can walk right underneath.
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Oh!
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Whoa!
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Awesome!
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We're out!
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We're free now!
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We still need to run, Mikey.
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Coming!
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Lead before the guards come!
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Right!
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Let's hurry!
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This means we successfully broke out of prison.
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Wow, we evaded our own execution.
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Don't forget to like and subscribe.
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Thanks!
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Let's scram!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Escaping from a 100 DAYS PRISON in Minecraft!”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Mikey, escape, potion, coal, finally. This video has 569 sentences and 2647 words to shadow. The speech runs for 17:04. The speaker talks at a natural 155 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 102 of its 569 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 |
|---|---|---|
| brew verb | /bɹuː/ | To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water. |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| punishment noun | /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/ | The act (action) or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent or… |
| execution noun | /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/ | The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances). |
| laser noun | /ˈleɪzɚ/ | A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light. |
| hurry verb | /ˈhʌ.ɹi/ | To do things quickly. |
| lava noun | /ˈlɑvə/ | The molten rock ejected by a volcano from a vent such as a crater or fissure; magma that has breached the surface of the earth. |
| diamond noun | /ˈdaɪ.ə.mənd/ | A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron. |
| collect verb | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | To gather together; amass. |
| armor noun | /ˈɑːɹ.mɚ/ | A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. |
| axe noun | /æks/ | A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it. |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| gate noun | /ˈɡeɪ̯t/ | A doorlike structure outside a house. |
| pretend verb | /pɹəˈtɛnd/ | To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance. |
| underneath adverb | /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/ | Below; in a place beneath. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| break out verb | To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly. | |
| break through verb | To gain popularity. | |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. | |
| get through verb | /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ | To overcome; to endure. |
| clean up verb | To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy. | |
| come up with verb | To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it. | |
| get out verb | To leave or escape. | |
| go back verb | To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What can we do with a single stone pickaxe?
- Can we get through all that?
- We can't dig out?
- That's how we escape?
- Will it be safer for us there?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | If it doesn't finish, we'll be · if the potions will be |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | have been sentenced · been sentenced · is covered |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have been sentenced · We've finally found · We've been sentenced |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | keep working · keep digging · start looking |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 102 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/, hundredth /ˈhʌndɹə(d)θ/, nether /nɛð.ə/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: punishment /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/, execution /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/, capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/
- Long words — get the stress right: execution /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/, successfully /səkˈsɛs.fə.li/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, dandelion /ˈdæn.dəˌlaɪ.ən/, obsidian /əbˈsɪd.i.ən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like brew, whoa, punishment.
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.