Shadowing Practice: Family Guy - Peter stop doing what you're doing - Learn English Speaking with Video

Let's put on something more child-friendly.

Time to 2-2-2-2 with the turtlenecks.

Oh, God, no, these guys are horrible.

This doesn't seem so bad.

I mean, after all, it's a song for babies.

But that's the thing.

Baby songs never tackle real baby issues.

You know, like loud noises or teething or when Dad uses me as a lumbar pillow.

Ow.

I gotta go to the church.

Oh, yeah, sure, light another candle.

That'll bring him back.

You watch your tongue.

Admit it.

You wish it was me in that car instead of him.

Just take your little TV and go.

It's an iPad, you dumb cow.

Oh, I guess I don't have any sons now.

Ma!

I'm sorry, Ma!

Ma!

How did you get a hernia?

Actually, I got it performing an incredible act of heroism.

Oh, my God!

Somebody help me!

I'm sinking!

Hurry!

I can't hold it!

Okay, let me just unstrap my baby.

Oh, oh, oh, slipping, slipping, sorry.

Being on this show reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from Macbeth.

What's the quote?

Whoa, I didn't realize this was a trial.

Objection, Your Honor.

Oh, yeah, it's great, you know, doing a show with your family.

Because what guy doesn't want to go to his office and have his family there?

You know, and then you go home after work and catch up with the family, and then, uh, next day, same thing.

Just trying to make it to the weekend so you can, uh, spend some time with the family.

Isn't that the dream?

Hey, Chris.

Guess who I just scored as my date to the homecoming dance?

Vice Principal McGuire.

Really?

Yeah, her husband just died of ALS, so she is ready to get at it.

Hey there, strong guy.

Not now, Brenda!

She says I have the body of a 50-year-old before it gets ALS.

Everybody, I've come up with the perfect plan to catch the bat.

I bought this remote-controlled toy helicopter to which I have attached this handgun.

And I tell you, this thing is not easy to fly.

Peter, that doesn't seem very...

Here goes.

Now, I don't have anything to control the trigger with, so I put it on a timer.

But I don't remember how long I said it.

Ah, we're all gonna die!

Okay, so now the bat has a gun and the knives I gave him.

What?

Why would you give him knives?

I didn't think it would matter.

I was counting on this helicopter thing working.

Ugh but the neighbors are having a party with loud jazz music.

Well, at least annoyingly, scatting over jazz hasn't been invented yet.

Oh, that must have been invented today!

Wow, Dad, I guess that means Grandpa's your new boss.

Ah, crap.

I don't want to work for him.

I'd rather work for Dr. Frankenstein.

Igor, I did it!

Hold on.

You discovered the power to create new life, and you created a guy?

So, I should have made a woman so I could have sex with a corpse?

I don't know, man.

You just shouldn't have made a guy.

All right, you guys ready for church?

Church?

What are you, an idiot?

It's the first snow of the season.

We're going sledding.

Please, can we, Mom?

Well, I mean, it's Sunday, and...

Come on, Lois.

After all, sledding was the second passion of the Christ.

Eat this, for this is my dust.

Where are you coming from, Quagmire?

I had to fly to Aruba, so I brought my mom along with my friends and family discount. Did you?

Yes, Joe, I got you a magnet.

Where do you even put all those magnets, Joe?

Well, you know I have that fridge in the garage with bags of blood and my blood type.

Ah, crap.

It's almost 3.

I gotta get out of here. For what?

It's Sunday.

The airline's making us all attend a seminar about what to do if someone flies a drone into your flight path.

Yeah, I hear that kind of obnoxious behavior is very big right now in the dangerous idiot community.

Really?

I didn't see that in the newsletter this month.

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Just a big article about how to tailgate a speeding fire truck to get places faster.

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Wait till they get to the golf course and find out there's no fire.

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Well, that's it.

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We're anyone.

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Let's do a podcast from right here in the booth.

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Who's in?

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Yeah, sure.

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Let's do it.

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Is it happening?

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Are we doing it now?

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Awesome.

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We haven't done anything as a group since we went birdwatching.

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Guys, look.

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It's the yellow-headed puffin face.

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It's a solitary creature.

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Its feathered crown is designed to scare away mates.

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It's known to swell its face to assert dominance when threatened.

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What does it eat, Peter?

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Gin and whatever's in the bowl airport bar.

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The show's about to start.

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Is Daddy still parking the car?

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Yes, everything takes him longer these days.

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His cataracts are getting worse.

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Hey Lois, look over there.

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It's Jessica Chastain.

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Oh, Daddy, that's Bryce Dallas Howard.

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You're blind as a bat.

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Man, those losers don't deserve that castle.

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I would call my sister about this if she were able to answer the phone.

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Poor thing.

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Poor, poor thing.

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Well, you know, in castle times, if you wanted something, you just took it.

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What are you talking about?

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I'm saying the four of us should storm that castle and take it for ourselves.

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Should we do it with careful planning or have another couple beers and then just go for it?

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Well, let's make that decision after another couple beers.

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Ugh, she just put her tampons on top of the bread.

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Take the groceries out.

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We gotta start over.

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Mom, can I go bare-hand raisins from the bulk aisle?

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Okay, but if you get caught, just say oopsie-poopsie like a simpleton.

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Hey, watch your fat arms.

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Excuse me, ma'am.

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Your little girl dropped her teddy bear.

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What?

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Little girl?

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Yeah, she hates it when she drops that.

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He's actually a little boy, but thank you very much.

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Well, that's it.

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From now on, we're eating healthy around here.

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We're gonna feel better and we're gonna look better.

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Well, looking better doesn't always solve your problems, Lois.

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Sure didn't work for Droopy Dog when he got that facelift.

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Contrary to my appearance, I'm still not happy.

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Please study my brain so that others don't suffer as I have.

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Mom, you're really going to Boston?

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I didn't even think you liked baseball.

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Oh, I'm not going for baseball.

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I'm going for shopping, the hotel spa, and two days of being away from you life-sucking turds.

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Anyway, be good, and while we're gone, Brian's in charge.

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Where is Brian?

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What's up, bitches?

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Oh, come on, Mom, really?

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I'm in high school, and you're still putting the dog in charge?

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Hey, guys, you all want to say the oath again? For the watch. For the watch!

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For the watch.

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Oh!

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Hi, Brian.

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I'm the boring storyline of the fat guy that's watching that girl.

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And I'm ballers!

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Ow!

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I totally get it.

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You're right to do this.

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Excuse me, do you think you can help me out?

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Sure.

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Just let me do an awkward, extremely unattractive pool walkover to you.

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Hey, what's up?

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The top came off on the slide.

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I think I may have seen you put it in your shorts.

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Okay, well, here's my shorts.

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Just fish out the one that's yours.

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Thank you so much.

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Hello.

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Hello, is this Joe Swanson?

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Wait, you can talk normal?

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What do you mean?

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Never mind.

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We're calling from WQHG, Quahog's hottest hits, and we'll give you $500 if you can sing Britney Spears' I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman.

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You've got ten seconds to...

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I'm not a girl, not yet a woman.

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All I need is time.

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Oh, but you have to be able to walk.

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Ah, nuts.

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It's about time we made some quality television, like Modern Family, Girls, and Transparent.

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That's the spirit.

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Griffins, let's make this our Emmy-winning episode.

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So get all your pukes and farts out now.

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I mean, I mean, I mean, not funny.

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Wow, this is the nicest one yet.

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And yet, eh, what are the odds she's gonna show up?

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Did you get your ass kicked by Meryl Streep?

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No, it was just some low-class cockney woman from the mid-1800s.

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Bravo!

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She is amazing.

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Thank you.

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Stay out of my crapper.

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I have milked all the goats.

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Peter, all those goats are males.

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Well, the buckets are full and the goats are happy.

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I just hope word doesn't get around.

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I like good times.

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Grandpa only gave me a dollar?

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Chris, you write him a thank you note.

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That will is still wide open.

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Wow, a dollar!

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29 more cents and I can buy my Sharona on iTunes.

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Boy, that guy did not like sharing Sharonas.

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Cinema is an event.

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Where's my family?

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Dead.

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All of them.

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So, who are you reading?

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George Eliot.

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Ah, Georgie.

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I'm a big fan.

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I think he, uh...

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She...

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She said it best when she said, Bantam Press 1851.

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Lumineers.

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What?

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Hmm?

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You just said lumineers with no context.

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Did I do that?

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Ugh.

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Tumblr?

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Hey, guys, why the long faces?

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We were trying to watch Rocky IV and our DVD didn't work.

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And that's just Scottie Pippen.

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When I was a baby, they pulled me out of my mom's real slow.

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Lou, I like you a lot, but I think that's the last tape of you having sex with your girlfriend I want to see.

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Suit yourself.

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All right, I gotta get over to my mom's wake.

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Oh, right, yeah, crap.

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Ugh, sorry again.

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Oof, cancer.

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Car accident.

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No, no, no, I just, I'm just saying it feels like everyone's getting cancer.

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You know, Bowie.

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I love the time of year.

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You know, Chris, you and your stillborn twin-miss were named after Christmas.

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I see the kids put their gifts under the tree.

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Brian, I don't think you've put yours there yet.

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Well, as we know, the true spirit of the holiday is one of giving.

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So I've signed all of us up to volunteer tomorrow at a homeless shelter.

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That's your present.

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What?

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Last year, you wrote us a freaking poem, and now this?

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I thought the poem was lovely.

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Good evening, I'm Tom Tucker.

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Our top story, today the Quahog River was dyed red in honor of Valentine's Day.

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So if you're looking to do a river murder, this could be your window.

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Stupid Hallmark holiday anyway.

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Oh, hey, Bri.

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How's your night going?

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I hope Rupert and I haven't been too loud up there.

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Happy Valentine's Day!

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Oh, yeah, we're gonna go all night.

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Just leave me alone, Stewie.

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Oh, Mr. Blueberry, I'm your biggest fan!

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You're not the one threatening me on Facebook, are you?

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No, no!

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No, not you.

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Not you.

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Hey, you know what I always loved about your cereal?

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It tasted like blueberries.

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Oh, my God, blueberries!

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And you're a ghost!

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So that's the boo.

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Did you guys know you were doing that?

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Oh my God!

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Anyway, can I shake your hand?

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Sure.

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Oh, don't act like you don't know who she is.

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Please, that doesn't impress me.

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We live in the world.

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We all know who Bethany Frankel is, whether we like it or not.

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You know, I actually don't mind her.

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And she's built quite a business for herself.

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You have to hand it to her.

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I don't mean to name-drop, but I kind of know Andy Cohen.

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I guess I'm his type.

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Which of course is very flattering.

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He's outrageously successful.

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He originally wanted me for the Rachel Zoe project, but I said no, so they went with Brad.

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Watson?

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This is the boat to America.

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How do you know that?

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Because Neil Diamond is on board.

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Look!

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September morn.

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We danced until the night became a brand new day.

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I really hoped he'd be singing America.

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Oh crap, people we know.

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You know the drill.

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We're donating, not buying.

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Just doing our part to give back to the community.

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I'm gonna go wait in the alley.

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Could you just ball them up and throw them out the window?

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And for viewers making less than $40,000 a year, your top story is a big UFC fight this Saturday.

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Wow, I can't wait to see that fight.

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Me and the guys are gonna watch it at the Clam.

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Peter, we had dinner with my parents that night.

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It's my mom's birthday.

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You have to be there.

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Lois, if you let me out of this, I will go to Meg's ballet recital in your place.

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Deal.

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I did not go to the recital.

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Can we get a television set?

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Sorry, Chris.

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We don't got the money.

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I spent our entire savings building that stupid fallout shelter we never get to use.

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Why don't you just buy a TV for the weekend, watch Elvis, and then return it on Monday and say it doesn't work?

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Boy, even in the 50s, you're a scumbag.

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That's a great idea, boy.

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Hang on.

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Why don't I just get a job to help pay for it?

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What?

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No wife of mine is working.

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There was a time, not too long ago, when people would talk to each other.

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Yeah, the bad times.

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The sucky ages.

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Our society is doomed.

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People and technology are a bad match.

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Just like moms and Radiohead.

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Oh, no. No, no. This isn't music.

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No, I don't like this, David.

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No, that's enough.

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No, David, I don't like that.

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No. Now, if we want to get some social media attention, we got to start with a group selfie.

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Um, excuse me, didn't Ellen do this like three years ago?

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Hey, does Taye Diggs follow you on Twitter?

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No, but Kraft Singles does.

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That's what I thought. And posted.

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Do you know what I just did?

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I just made you all viral.

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Good evening, Quahog.

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Just parking.

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Be there in a sec.

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Our top story.

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Authorities have uncovered a mob-run prescription drug ring targeting Goldman's Pharmacy.

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The scam involved fraudulent prescriptions submitted for dead people.

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Pharmacist Mort Goldman failed to report to authorities for questioning.

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A $10,000 bounty has been offered for his return.

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$10,000?

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That's a lot of money.

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Could be our money, Brian.

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We could find Mort.

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Easily.

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Peter, you gotta come outside.

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We found a used condom on the sidewalk.

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That's a bigger deal than regular garbage.

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You gotta see this, Pete.

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A used condom.

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Just right out here.

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And there's panties nearby.

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Joe, you're a cop.

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What do you think happened here?

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I'll tell you what happened.

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Somebody did it.

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Yeah!

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Peter, come out here and high-five us over the sex someone else had.

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Someone had sex?

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I gotta touch another guy's hand to celebrate.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 371 sentences and 2503 words to shadow. The speech runs for 15:51. The speaker talks at a natural 158 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
castle noun	/ˈkɑːsəl/	A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or…
goat noun	/ɡoʊt/	Any ruminant of the genus Capra.
knife noun	/ˈnaɪ̯f/	A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge…
jazz noun	/d͡ʒæz/	A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time…
slip verb	/ˈslɪp/	To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
poem noun	/ˈpoʊ.əm/	A literary piece written in verse.
shelter noun	/ˈʃɛltə/	A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave).
helicopter noun	/ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/	An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and…
prescription noun	/pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/	A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for…
threaten verb	/ˈθɹɛt.n̩/	To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
magnet noun	/ˈmæɡ.nɪt/	A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
invent verb	/ɪnˈvɛnt/	To design a new process or mechanism.
suffer verb	/ˈsʌfɚ/	To undergo hardship.
horrible adjective	/ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/	Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
passion noun	/ˈpæʃən/	A true desire sustained or prolonged.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
come out verb	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	To be discovered; to be revealed.
come up with verb		To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
find out verb		To discover, as by asking or investigating.
get around verb		To move to the other side of (something, such as an obstruction) by deviating from a direct course or following a curved path.
get out of verb		To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
look over verb		To check quickly; to make a brief or cursory visual inspection of.
show up verb		To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically.
start over verb		to begin again; to return to the beginning

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've come · have attached · hasn't been invented
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	been invented · have been invented · is designed

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 98 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/, booth /buθ/, oath /ˈoʊθ/, feather /ˈfɛðə/, teethe /tiːð/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shelter /ˈʃɛltə/, prescription /pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/, passion /ˈpæʃən/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, garage /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/
Long words — get the stress right: helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, solitary /ˈsɑlɪˌtɛɹi/, annoyingly /ʌˈnɔɪjɪŋli/

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 castle, goat, knife.

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.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?