Shadowing Practice: First Meeting with Christian Grey | Fifty Shades of Grey | CLIP - Learn English Speaking with YouTube

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Uh...
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Miss Cavanaugh. Are you all right?
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Christian Grey.
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I'm Anastasia Steele.
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Um, Miss Cavanaugh has the flu, so she asked me to fill in.
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I see.
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So you're studying journalism as well?
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No, English Lit.
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Um...
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Kate's my roommate.
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As I said, I only have 10 minutes.
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Please, have a seat, Mr. Tone.
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Thank you.
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Ready?
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Whenever you are.
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I.. okay.
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Um, so this is for the special graduation issue of the student newspaper?
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Yes.
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I'm giving the commencement address at this year's ceremony.
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You are?
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I mean, um...
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I know.
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Uh, you are very young to have amassed such an empire.
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To what do you owe your...
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To what do I owe my success?
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Yep.
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Seriously?
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Yes.
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Business is about people.
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And I've always been good at people.
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What motivates them, what incentivizes them, what inspires them.
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Well, maybe you're just lucky.
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I've always found that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
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The key to my success has been in identifying talented individuals and harnessing their efforts.
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So you're a control freak?
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Oh, I exercise control in all things, Ms. Steele.
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Okay, um, your company is involved primarily in the telecommunications sector,
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Yet, you also invest in numerous agricultural projects, including several in Africa.
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Is that something that you feel passionate about?
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Feeding the world's poor?
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It's smart business.
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You don't agree?
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I don't know enough about it.
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I just wonder if perhaps your heart might be a bit bigger than you want to let on?
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There's some people who say that I don't have a heart at all.
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Why would they say that?
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Because they know me well.
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Go on.
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Um, do you have any interests outside of work?
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I enjoy various physical pursuits.
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You're unmarried.
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Oh.
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You were adopted at age four.
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It's a matter of public record.
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I'm sorry, I didn't...
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I didn't...
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Do you have an actual question, Miss Steele?
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Yeah, sorry.
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Are you gay?
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It's written here.
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I'm just...
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No, Anastasia.
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I'm not gay.
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I apologize, Mr. Gray.
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Kate can be a little...
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Intrusive?
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Curious?
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What about you?
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Why didn't you ask me something that you want to know?
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Earlier you said that there are some people who know you well.
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Why do I get the feeling that that is not true?
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Mr. Gray, your next meeting is in the conference room.
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Cancel, please.
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We're not finished here.
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Yes, sir.
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No, I'm...
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I can go.
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It's fine.
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I would like to know more about you.
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There's really not much to know about me.
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You said you were an English major?
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Tell me, was it Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, or Thomas Hardy, who first made you fall in love with literature?
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Hardy.
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I would have guessed Jane Austen.
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What are your plans after you graduate?
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I'm just trying to get through finals right now. And then?
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And then I was planning on moving here to Seattle with Kate.
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We offer an excellent internship program.
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I don't think I'd fit in here.
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Look at me.
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I am.
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I hope you got everything you needed.
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I think you only answered four questions.
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Anastasia.
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Christian.

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