Shadowing Practice: Extra English episode 24 Pilot Nick - Learn English Speaking with Video
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This is the story of Bridget and Annie, who share a flat in London, and the boys next door, Nick and his friend Hector from Argentina.
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Bridget and Hector work for Channel 9.
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Annie works for the environment, and Nick works as little as possible.
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Stand by for Extra.
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One for the party, and one for the party hostess.
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One for the party, and one for the party accountant.
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Hey, it's Build-A-Barbie!
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Ha ha, very funny.
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Eunice wants some building work done, and guess who has to organise it?
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Build a Barbie?
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Hey!
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Not for you, for the party.
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We're having a party.
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Oh, what shall I wear?
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It's a street party.
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We're having a party in the street to protest and stop the cars.
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Mm-mm, nice.
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Hey, what's this?
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Errrr!
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Don't touch it!
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It belonged to my grandmother.
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Your grandmother?
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It's lovely.
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Yes.
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It's very special to me.
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Well?
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What do you think?
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Captain Chip Hardy, pilot extraordinaire. Is that you?
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It can't be.
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Women love uniforms.
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Hey, hey, Build-a-Barbie and Pilot Ken.
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Why are you dressed like a pilot?
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Pilot.
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I am in a play.
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Chip Hardy.
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Pilot extraordinaire.
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Huh.
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For a theatre festival in Paris.
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Now, who is going to help me rehearse?
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Oh, sorry.
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Gotta go.
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Um, Annie?
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Oh, come on.
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You know you want to.
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Aha!
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Hector!
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Come fly with me.
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What?
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Oh, yes, Chief.
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I thought about you all the time.
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Nick, I really think...
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Don't tell me.
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I feel it too.
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Something's not quite right.
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Yeah, I have got it.
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Here.
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There.
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Oh, beautiful.
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See, now I can fancy you.
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Oh, no, Nick, please.
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Did you miss me, sweet thing?
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Oh, yes, Cheap.
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I thought about you all the time.
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When we get to Barbados...
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Oh, sorry.
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But now we have work to do.
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Ladies and gentlemen, this is your Captain Chip Hardy speaking.
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We will now go through the safety routine.
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Exits are here, here, and here.
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In the event of cabin decompression, place oxygen masks over your face like so.
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But please attend to your own mask before helping children.
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Life jackets can be found under your seat.
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In case of forced landing, adopt the following position.
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Oh, Eunice, I've got the builders on the phone. About time.
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Hello.
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You can start today.
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Oh, Jean-Pierre.
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How nice to hear from you.
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We really need the job done quickly.
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We should meet tonight?
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Oh, yes.
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Ah, yes.
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Where to start? Where?
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That's a very good question.
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Where would you like the building work to start?
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Well, I was thinking.. in my flat. In your flat?
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Oh, yes.
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In my flat.
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Hello.
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We want you to start work in Eunice's flat.
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Yes, that's right.
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Eunice's flat.
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It's 31 Evergreen Street.
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It's 31 Evergreen Street.
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That's right.
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Bye.
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Tea?
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Coffee?
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No, no, no. Make it musical.
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Feel the words.
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Tea or coffee?
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Tea or coffee?
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Thanks.
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Hey, Nick, do women really go for you in that uniform?
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Yeah.
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Oh.
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But do they know that you are not a real pilot?
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Well, you tell them you are a real pilot.
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Maybe.
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Aha!
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Hello, Captain Chip Hardy speaking.
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Oh, hi, Tiffany.
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I love this uniform.
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Yes, that's right, sweetie.
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Currently flying at 20,000 feet, heading for Barbados.
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Yeah, that's right, darling.
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Above the clouds, above the clouds.
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No, no, no, we're just...
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We're not being attacked, it's just a bit of turbulence.
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Look, I've got to go.
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Bye-bye.
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I'm so
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sorry.
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Oh hi Eunice.
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Bridget, guess where this came from?
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Um...
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DIY shop?
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No, from my flat.
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Ah yes, have the builders started?
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Excellent.
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Excellent?
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Excellent!
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My flat is a mess!
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You told the builders to work in my flat?
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Yes, you said.
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But the builders were supposed to work at Channel 9.
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Your mistake.
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You fix it. But you... And...
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Until you do, I'm going to stay in your flat.
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No!
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Oh, no. Eunice is so angry.
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I made a tiny little mistake at work.
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We want you to start work in Eunice's flat.
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Yes, that's right.
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Eunice's flat.
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No!
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And now she's coming to stay with us.
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No!
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Oh, what am I going to do?
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Dan, forget about fast cars.
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Forget about exercise in the gym.
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Forget about cool clothes.
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You have to get a pilot's uniform.
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It's magic with women.
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Captain Chip Hardy.
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Pilot extraordinaire.
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Bridget!
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I want to ride the pony.
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Bridget, I want my breakfast now. Of course.
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What would you like?
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I want fresh coconut milk, two rushes of crisp bacon,
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Preserve of Morello cherries on French toast and coffee.
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Italian coffee.
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Fresh coconut milk.
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Italian coffee.
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I don't have.
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So you have to go out and buy them for me.
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Ooh.
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Oh.
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Horrible.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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Captain Hardy, what are we going to do?
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It will be...
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OK.
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I am too young to die.
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You have to save us.
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Try to be calm.
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But what about my family?
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What about my cat?
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Pull yourself together, woman.
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What?
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Excellent.
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You're really good.
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That was like Catherine Zeta-Jones.
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You didn't have to slap me for real.
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Sorry, but I, er...
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Oh, hang on.
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Hello.
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Captain Chip Hardy speaking.
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Oh, thank you.
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What?
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Oh, shh!
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OK, it's the director.
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Shh!
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What?
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What?
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Um, just a minute.
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The actress.
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She's ill.
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But we must still do the play.
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No, we don't have much time.
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Um...
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Look, don't worry.
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I know the perfect person to play the parlor.
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Oh, yes, the perfect person.
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Bye.
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Hector?
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Hector!
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Huh?
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I...
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have an extra ticket for Paris.
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Do you want to come with me?
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Paris?
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Oui, oui.
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Excellent!
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Ho, ho, ho, ho!
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You call this a breakfast?
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Argh!
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Oh!
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That's what I think of this.
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Ooh!
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Ooh! And this.
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Ah! And this.
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Oh!
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And I have a little washing for you.
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In the bedroom.
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Now, what shall I eat?
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Mmm!
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You call this a little washing?
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Oh, be quiet and do it.
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Hi.
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I got some polish for Granny's chest.
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Nice.
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Oh, I love it so much.
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It really reminds me of her.
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Hey, you're eating my party food.
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Yes.
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But it's not very good.
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Here, Charlie boy.
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Annie, Annie, please.
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I don't want to lose my job.
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It's only for a few days.
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Now, which of you lucky girls is going to cut my toenails?
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I'm going to kill that woman.
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No, no. Let me.
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Are you having fun with Eunice?
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Why don't you stay here while we are away?
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Um...
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No, thank you.
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Good luck in Paris.
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Oh, Paris, c'est magnifique.
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Hector, where were you?
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Our play starts soon.
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Oh, OK.
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Good luck.
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Hector, there's something I've got to tell you.
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Your play starts very soon.
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Where is the actress who plays the stewardess?
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Well, actually, she's right here.
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Eh?
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Good joke.
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The actress?
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She's ill.
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You are going to play the stewardess.
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Look, there's your costume.
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You are not serious.
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You are serious.
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Listen, Sylvia.
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I am going to fly this plane.
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I will need all my crew.
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You are a professional.
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I am your captain.
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Will you fly with me?
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No. No. No, no, no. I am not doing it.
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Sylvia!
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I'm proud of you.
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Oh, shut up.
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What's that?
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Come and have something to eat.
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The shape looks familiar.
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You've guessed.
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It is that chest.
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I did some work on it for you.
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Oh, it looked so boring.
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I give it a whole new look.
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Ta-da!
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My grandmother's chest!
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Annie, Annie, please.
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you Oh, that woman!
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I can't take much more of her.
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I don't know if I can control myself.
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Annie, Annie, please.
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Paris was great, but there was one problem.
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Sophie, my actress, was ill.
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Where is the actress who plays the stewardess?
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Ha!
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Well, she's ill.
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And I had to persuade Hector to play her part instead.
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You are going to play the stewardess.
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Oh, shut up.
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Woo!
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That was close.
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We nearly missed the play.
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Look at the reviews.
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Irresistible.
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Dazzling.
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And that was just her legs.
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The hostess was beautiful.
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In a masculine way.
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What's going on?
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Ladies and gentlemen, we are experiencing some turbulence.
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There's nothing to worry about, except that the pilot and co-pilot are both.
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Um, does anybody know how to fly a plane?
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Hector!
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Don't worry.
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I will fly this plane.
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Nick, you cannot fly this plane.
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I am Captain Chip Hardy.
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I can do anything.
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You are just an actor.
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Captain Chip Hardy is your character.
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But I have the heart of a pilot.
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I'm sorry.
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Dean, coffee?
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Oh, wait a minute.
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Hello?
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Oh, really?
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Oh, excellent!
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Goodbye. Who was that?
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The builders.
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Eunice's flat is finished!
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Really?
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Her flat is ready!
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Woo!
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Our flat is out again!
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Hello, girls.
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Have you had a nice time?
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What happened here?
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Oh, just a little party.
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It was really fun.
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OK, Eunice.
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We've spoken to the builders.
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Your flat's ready.
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You can go home now.
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Oh, I like it here.
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I think I'm going to stay.
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Richard!
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Where's my cocktail?
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Bring my new wig!
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No!
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What do you mean?
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What do I mean?
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I am going to stay.
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Aha!
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We are back!
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Paris was great and...
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Oh!
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Pilot Ken and stewardess Barbie.
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But he really is a pilot.
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He flew the plane.
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Well, for a moment, till the co-pilot punched me.
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What happened here?
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A hurricane?
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Yes, something like that.
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Well, Nick, what's this?
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A new job?
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Yeah, sort of.
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So, Mr. Pilot, shall we have some fun?
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Yeah, OK.
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Will you take me flying?
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OK.
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Shall we stay here or go to my place?
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Let's go to your place.
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This place is a mess.
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Really, girls, you should tidy up a bit.
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It is the uniform.
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Oh, at last.
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She's gone.
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Oh, I'm exhausted.
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Well, if you are tired, can I offer you some tea or coffee?
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Next time in Extra, Bridget is interested in modern art,
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Annie is fighting to free farm animals and who else is coming to dinner?
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Extra English episode 24 Pilot Nick”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: pilot, flat, Annie, Hector, Hardy. This video has 392 sentences and 1675 words to shadow. The speech runs for 24:05. The speaker talks slowly, about 70 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 76 of its 392 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| builder noun | /ˈbɪl.dəɹ/ | One who builds or constructs things. |
| stewardess noun | /ˈstu.ɚ.dɪs/ | A woman who works at housekeeping and passenger service aboard a ship, yacht, or other type of boat that carries passengers. |
| uniform noun | /ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/ | A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group, company, prison inmates, etc. |
| extraordinaire adjective | /ɪkˌstɹɔː(ɹ).dɪˈnɛː(ɹ)/ | Extraordinary, remarkable, outstanding. |
| hostess noun | /ˈhoʊstɪs/ | A female host. |
| turbulence noun | /ˈtɝ.bjə.ləns/ | The state or fact of being turbulent or agitated; tempestuousness, disturbance. |
| coconut noun | /ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/ | A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed. |
| grandmother noun | /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/ | A mother of someone's parent. |
| gentleman noun | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/ | Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man. |
| mask noun | /mæsk/ | A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection. |
| dazzle verb | /ˈdæzəl/ | To confuse or overpower the sight of (someone or something, such as a sensor) by means of excessive brightness. |
| decompression noun | /ˌdiːkəmˈpɹɛʃən/ | The process of decompressing. |
| irresistible adjective | /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈzɪs.tə.bəl/ | Impossible to resist. |
| organise verb | Non-Oxford British standard spelling of organize. | |
| parlor noun | /ˈpɑɹlɚ/ | The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| shut up | /ʃʌt ʌp/ | Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)… |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. | |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. | |
| tidy up verb | To make clean, to make satisfactorily neat. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Why are you dressed like a pilot?
- Did you miss me, sweet thing?
- Where would you like the building work to start?
- You told the builders to work in my flat?
- Why don't you stay here while we are away?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | You've guessed · Have you had · We've spoken |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | can be found · being attacked · is finished |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should meet · should tidy |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | is going to help · I'm going to stay · am I going to do |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 32 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/, cloth /klɒθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: decompression /ˌdiːkəmˈpɹɛʃən/, polish /ˈpɑ.lɪʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: extraordinaire /ɪkˌstɹɔː(ɹ).dɪˈnɛː(ɹ)/, decompression /ˌdiːkəmˈpɹɛʃən/, irresistible /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈzɪs.tə.bəl/
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 builder, stewardess, uniform.
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.