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Oxford Bookworms, Stage 1.
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Five short plays by Martin Ford.
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The Robbery, Scene 1, The Plan.
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Harry comes into the room.
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His friends look up at him.
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Hello, everyone.
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What are you doing?
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Nothing, Harry, nothing.
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What can we do?
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We haven't got any money.
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I know, I know.
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But it's OK.
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I have some work for us.
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We can make a lot of money.
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Work?
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But you don't like work, Harry.
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Ah, but this work is different.
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How, Harry?
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What are we going to do?
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We're going to rob a bank.
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Rob a bank?
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But how can we?
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I have a plan, a very good plan.
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Which bank are we going to rob?
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The capital bank.
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Which one is that?
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The one next to the library in the high street.
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That's a very big bank.
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Be quiet and listen.
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Now, I want Wilf to drive the car.
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and Gladys to stand outside the bank and watch the street.
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OK, Harry.
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Sid.
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Yes, Harry.
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What do you want me to do?
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You must go into the bank and speak to everyone there.
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Say to them, stay there.
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Don't move.
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I've got a gun in my pocket.
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But, Harry, we haven't got a gun.
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I know that.
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You just put your hand in your pocket like this.
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Move your hand up and down in your pocket and say, this is a gun.
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I understand.
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Good.
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Now, Ron, I want you to go with Sid.
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Yes, Harry.
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And then what?
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Go to one of the bank workers and say, My friend has a gun.
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Give me the money.
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What are you going to do, Harry?
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I'm going to wait in the car with Wilf.
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Do you have any questions?
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No. OK, so let's look at the plan again.
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Scene 2.
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The robbery.
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Sid and Ron run into the library.
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The people there look up from their books.
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Listen to me, all of you.
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This is a robbery.
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Don't move.
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I've got a gun in my pocket.
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Oh, don't shoot.
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Please don't shoot.
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We don't want to die.
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Nobody's going to die, but you must do what I say.
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Go on, Ron.
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What are you waiting for?
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Get the money, quick.
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Listen, my friend over there has got a gun.
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Give me the money.
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Give it to me now.
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What money?
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What do you mean, what money?
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The money in this bank, of course.
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I'm sorry, this is not a bank.
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This is a library.
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What did you say?
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A library?
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That's right.
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People come here to borrow books.
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We don't have any money here.
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Oh, you don't have any money?
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Oh dear.
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Sid?
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Sid?
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What?
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Have you got the money?
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There isn't any money.
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It's not a bank, Sid.
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We're not in a bank.
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This is a library.
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A library?
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That's right.
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They've only got books.
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Lots and lots of books.
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Books?
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Well, get some of those then.
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We must take something or Harry's going to be angry.
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Give me lots of books.
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Have you got a library card?
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A card?
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No, I haven't.
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I'm sorry, you can't borrow books without a library card.
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Look, you don't understand.
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We're not borrowing books, we're stealing them.
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I'm sorry, but you can't do that.
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Sid, we can't steal books, she says.
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I've got a gun.
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Tell her that.
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My friend's got a gun and he knows how to shoot.
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Look, it's not a problem.
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I can give you and your friend a library card.
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Then you can borrow the books and not steal them.
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What are your names?
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Oh, all right.
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I'm Ronald Savage and he's Sidney Dupree.
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Ronald Savage, Sydney Dupree And what's your address?
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27 Dunfor Road, Hamley 27 Dunfor Road,
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Hamley Good, here you are Now you can borrow some books
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But I don't know anything about reading
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You must help me
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Which books are best?
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Quick, Ron I can't stand here much longer.
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Here are some good books for you.
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The Great Train Robbery, The Return of Sherlock Holmes and The Adventures of Robin Hood.
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They're all very famous books.
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Oh, that's nice.
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They look interesting.
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Thanks.
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Ron, come on, quick.
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It's OK, Sid.
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I've got the books.
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All right.
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We're going now.
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But don't move.
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Don't move or talk for five minutes.
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Can we read?
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Erm, all right.
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But you must read quietly, OK?
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Come on, Sid.
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Let's go.
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Harry and the others are waiting.
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Goodbye and happy reading.
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Oh, yes.
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Thank you.
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All right, Sid, I'm coming.
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Oh, dear.
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I was so afraid.
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Oh, they weren't so bad.
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The one called Sid, he didn't really have a gun, you know.
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Perhaps, but they were robbers.
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They wanted to rob the bank.
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Yes, but they came into the wrong building.
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Why do you look so pleased?
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Well, it's important for everybody to read books.
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Not just you and me, but everybody.
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Even bank robbers.
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But you aren't going to get those books back, are you?
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Oh, yes, I am.
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Remember, I've got their names and their address.
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The Right Thing to Do A man is lying in the street.
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Rebecca is walking past.
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She stops and looks at him.
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Then she looks around her.
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There is nobody there.
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She starts to walk away, stops and goes back to look at the man again.
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Patrick walks past and stops to look at the man.
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What's the matter with him?
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I don't know.
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Is he dead?
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No, he's alive, I think.
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Are you going to help him?
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Me?
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Why me?
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You were here first.
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Yes, I was, but...
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What's the matter with him?
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We don't know.
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He looks ill.
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His eyes are closed.
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Look.
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Perhaps he's asleep.
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Asleep?
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In the street?
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Wake him up, then.
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Why me?
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You do it.
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What about you?
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Me?
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Yes.
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You were here first.
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Yes, but it's not my problem.
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And it's not my problem.
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Hey, what are you doing?
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I'm helping this man, of course.
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Are you a doctor?
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No, I'm not.
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But he needs help.
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Do you know him?
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No, I don't.
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Then he's not your problem.
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Oh, be quiet.
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Did you hear that?
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She said, be quiet.
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Be quiet and help.
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She said it again.
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Go and call an ambulance.
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Me?
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Yes, you.
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And be quick.
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But be quick.
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Now you, go and get some water. Where from?
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From that house over there.
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Don't look at me like that.
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Go.
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I'm going.
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Feel his pulse. But I...
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Go on, feel his pulse.
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Well, he's still alive.
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He's saying something.
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What is he saying?
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He said pills, I think.
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Pills?
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Look in his pocket.
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I can't do that.
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Look in his pocket.
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There's a bottle with some writing on it.
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What does it say?
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Read it.
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It says, for the heart.
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If you feel ill, take one of these pills.
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I've got the water.
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Good.
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Give him one of the pills with some water.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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How do you feel?
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A little better now.
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The ambulance is coming.
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Good.
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How is he?
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He's feeling a little better.
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What's the matter?
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I was ill.
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It was my heart.
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That man gave me one of my pills.
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I'm all right now.
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What's your name?
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Scott.
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Michael Scott.
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Michael Scott?
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The famous TV chef?
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Yes, that's right.
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Come with us, Mr. Scott.
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We'd like to take you to hospital.
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But I feel better now.
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Perhaps, but you must go to hospital.
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All right.
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Well, thank you very much, everybody.
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That's all right.
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We're happy to help.
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Get well soon.
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Thank you again.
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Goodbye.
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He's alive.
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And he's going to be OK.
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He's alive because we were here.
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Michael Scott.
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The famous TV chef.
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We can all feel very pleased, I think.
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Oh, yes, we can.
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What about the woman? Which woman?
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The woman who helped.
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Where is she?
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Oh, her.
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I remember.
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She didn't help us.
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Do this, do that, she said. Be quick.
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She said, be quiet to me.
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That's right.
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I didn't like her. Did you?
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No, I didn't.
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Where is she now?
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She walked away.
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That's right.
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She just walked away.
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She didn't want to help.
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We did everything.
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Yeah, everything.
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Today was an important day for us.
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It was.
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We helped someone famous.
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Because of us, he didn't die.
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We were there for him.
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It was the right thing to do.
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Yes, it was.
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Well done, everybody.
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And well done to you.
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Well done to all of us.
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Canada Can Wait Cox, Mills and Harris are sitting in a room.
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Dean and Wright are standing by a window.
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Chris comes in.
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Well, goodbye everyone.
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Are you going?
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Yes, I must.
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When are you going?
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Now.
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Now? So soon?
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Don't go.
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But I must.
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I need a change.
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What are you going to do?
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I'd like to travel for a time.
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Travel?
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How wonderful.
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Yeah.
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Think of us when you're travelling.
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Yes.
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Think of us.
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We have to stay here.
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It's the same old thing, day after day.
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The same old faces, the same old problems.
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Nothing different for us.
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But someone has to do it.
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Yes, that's right.
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We can't all go.
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Why not?
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You can travel too.
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Us?
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How can we travel?
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We have things to do here.
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What things?
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He says, what things?
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What a question.
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He's tired of us.
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No, I'm not.
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I'm not tired of you.
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I'm happy here. Are you?
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Well, I was happy here.
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It's a good place and I...
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Yes?
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Well, I like you.
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I'm one of you.
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One of the group.
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That's nice.
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So where would you like to go?
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I don't know.
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Spain, perhaps? Or Greece?
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Maybe even Canada.
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Canada?
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Yes.
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I'm very interested in Canada.
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Canada?
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Well, that's interesting.
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You're very adventurous, Chris.
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We're not adventurous at all, I'm afraid.
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But then you're young.
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You have your life in front of you.
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You want to see exciting places, like Canada.
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The lakes and the forests.
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The Great St Lawrence River.
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How wonderful.
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Lucky Chris.
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It's different for us.
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We have to stay here.
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We can't go to Canada.
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I'm one of you, you said.
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One of the group.
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But you're not.
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No. Chris, you're different from us.
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No, I'm not.
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Stop talking like this.
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I'm not different from you.
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Sometimes I'm happy, sometimes I'm not.
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I work and eat and sleep like you.
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Ah, but you are going away.
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And we are staying here.
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And that makes you different.
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I'm not different.
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But what about Canada?
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Stop talking about Canada.
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I'm not going to Canada.
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I'd like to go there.
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That's all.
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So you aren't going there now?
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I don't know.
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Perhaps I need some time to think about my life.
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Oh, yes.
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Everyone does.
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It's usual for people to do that.
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And there's lots of time.
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You're young.
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That's right.
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I have my life in front of me.
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So, take your time.
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Right.
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You can stay here as long as you like.
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And think about it.
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Yeah.
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So what are you going to do?
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Sorry?
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Are you leaving today?
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Leaving?
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Not today.
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I want to think about it first. Of course.
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When are you going then?
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Well, not now.
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Later, perhaps.
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I can stay here a bit longer.
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There's lots of time.
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Canada can wait, can't it?
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Yes, it can.
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It certainly can.
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You're one of us, really, aren't you?
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One of the group.
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Yes, I am, I think.
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But, you know, you say… Yes?
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Say what?
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Well, you say some funny things sometimes.
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Like what?
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Well, Canada.
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What's so funny about that?
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It doesn't matter.
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Forget it.
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Look at the time.
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I must go.
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Me too.
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I have a lot to do. And me.
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Let's all go.
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Yes.
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Let's leave Chris with his dreams. About Canada.
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See you later, Chris.
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Bye -bye.
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Bye -bye, traveller.
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Thailand.
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Malaysia.
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Indonesia Australia Mmm Australia Salt Scene 1
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No more salt
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In a small grocery store, Groot is asking the shopkeeper for something.
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The others are waiting behind him.
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I like ten bags of salt, please.
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Ten? Of course.
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That's ten dollars, please.
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Here you are.
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Can I help you with all that?
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No, thanks.
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I have this cart.
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Ten bags.
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That's a lot of salt.
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Yes.
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Salt is very important, you know.
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It is.
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But why do you need ten bags?
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Soon there isn't going to be enough salt in the world.
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I saw it on television.
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Not enough salt?
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Really?
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It's true.
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So I'm buying some now.
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Goodbye. Did you hear that?
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Yeah.
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There isn't enough salt in the world.
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Not enough salt?
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That isn't true.
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But he saw it on television.
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Soon there isn't going to be any in the stores.
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Really?
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That's bad.
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I need salt.
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Me too.
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I can't live without it.
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Give me some salt, please.
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Ten bags.
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No, make that twenty bags. And me.
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I'd like thirty bags.
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Me first.
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I've got a big family.
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We need salt. Be quiet.
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All of you.
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You must wait.
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But we want our salt.
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And we want it now.
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But that man bought my last ten bags.
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Then it's true.
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He was right.
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There isn't enough salt in the world.
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What are we going to do?
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That's your problem.
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It's six o 'clock.
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Time to close the store.
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I'm going home.
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But what about our salt?
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Look!
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There's a lot of salt in the world.
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Enough for everybody.
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Goodbye.
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Scene 2.
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We want salt.
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Spratly finds Groot standing in a street with his cart.
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Excuse me, I want to buy some salt.
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Sorry?
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What did you say?
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I know about the problem.
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What problem?
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What are you talking about?
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Soon there isn't going to be enough salt.
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Oh, you heard about that.
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Yes, and I want some salt.
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Then go to a grocery store and buy some.
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I can't find any.
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Every time I ask, the shopkeeper says, Sorry, no more salt.
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Oh, dear.
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But you have some.
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You bought ten large bags.
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I saw you.
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I'm sorry, but I'm not selling my salt.
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But I'll give you ten dollars a bag.
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No, I want fifty dollars a bag.
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It's more expensive every day.
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Soon, there isn't going to be enough.
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All right, all right.
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Fifty dollars a bag.
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Give me five bags.
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Here's the money.
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Good man.
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You're doing the right thing.
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Excuse me.
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I saw you buy some salt.
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Ah.
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What's happening?
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I can't find any.
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The shopkeepers all say, sorry, no more salt.
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There's a problem.
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I know.
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It was on television.
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Everybody is talking about it.
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Listen, I must have some salt.
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Sorry.
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I can't help you.
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But I need it for my family.
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Please.
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All right, all right.
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But it's, uh, a hundred dollars a bag.
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Oh, no. I told you.
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Everybody wants salt.
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Well?
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Oh, all right, then.
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Give me four bags.
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Four.
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Good.
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You understand the world, my friend.
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I see it in your face.
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Here's the money.
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And here's your salt.
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Goodbye.
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Hey, you.
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Stop.
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Are you talking to me?
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Yes.
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You were in the grocery store. Was I?
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Perhaps.
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I go into a lot of grocery stores.
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You bought all the salt in the store.
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Well, there's a problem, you know.
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Yes, there is, and it's all because of you.
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That's not true.
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I met Spratly just now.
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He tried to sell me a bag of salt for $500.
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That's too much.
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Of course it is.
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I know your plan.
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You go from store to store.
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You buy all the salt and sell it for a lot more money.
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Okay, it's true.
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I buy and sell salt.
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That's not wrong.
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Then sell some to me.
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No, I don't want to.
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Listen, I'm going to buy and you're going to sell.
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Do you understand?
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But I've only got one bag left.
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Give it to me, then.
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It's $200.
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Well, okay, you can have it for $150.
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But let me go.
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Give it to me.
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No, give me the money first.
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Now let me go.
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Help!
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Help!
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He ran in front of my truck.
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I didn't see him.
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You didn't do anything wrong.
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It was an accident.
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But why did he run across the street without looking?
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I was angry with him, so he ran away.
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How do you feel?
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Oh, my leg.
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My leg hurts.
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I think it's...
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He's okay.
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I think.
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Wait a minute.
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What's this in the street?
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It's salt.
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He had a bag of salt, and I wanted it.
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Salt?
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Well, that's interesting.
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I'm carrying salt on my truck.
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Bags and bags of it.
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Salt?
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Oh, no!
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Why are you laughing?
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It doesn't matter.
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I can't tell you now.
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Then you can tell that policeman.
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Look, he's coming across the street now.
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He saw the accident, I think.
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Slow food.
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Excuse me, is my food ready?
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What did you ask for?
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I asked for chicken.
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Erm, let's see, another five minutes?
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Five minutes?
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Sorry, ten minutes?
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Ten?
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That's no good.
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I must go back to my office in ten minutes.
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And what about my food?
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I asked for a burger and french fries fifteen minutes ago.
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I'm sorry, but there are a lot of people eating here today.
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But how long is it going to take?
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My train leaves in 40 minutes.
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Not long.
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I'm very sorry.
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Excuse me.
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I was before these men.
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Where is my coffee?
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And what about me?
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I asked for a sandwich and a Coke half an hour ago.
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Well, I'm before all of you.
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I asked for a pizza 45 minutes ago.
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Look here.
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In your window it says fast food.
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Yes, it does.
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Then why is it so slow?
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It isn't slow, but people today want everything faster and faster.
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What are you talking about?
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Look, I can't wait.
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I have to get back to work.
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And I have a meeting.
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I'm late.
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Time is money, you know.
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Where's my pizza?
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Where's my coffee?
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What about my chicken?
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We want our food!
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Please, everybody, please!
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Your food is coming.
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He's doing it now.
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He?
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Sorry, they.
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The chefs are doing it now.
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How many chefs have you got?
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Oh, lots.
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How many?
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Some.
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How many exactly?
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Tell us.
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Um, 12.
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Uh, your restaurant has 12 shifts.
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Well, no, not now.
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We had one in January, one in February, one in March, one every month for the last year.
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That makes 12.
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Well, where are they now?
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They all stopped working here.
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Why did they leave?
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Because it was too fast for them.
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And how many chefs have you got now?
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Well, um, one.
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One?
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No, sorry, that's wrong.
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I'm happy to hear it.
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We haven't got any.
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What?
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That's right.
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There's only me here.
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Our last chef left yesterday.
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He was fed up with fast food.
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Fed up?
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Yes.
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He said to me, That's it.
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Enough.
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No more fast food for me.
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I'm going.
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And he went.
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But what about our...
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And do you know, I'm fed up too.
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Yes, I'm really, really fed up.
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Fast chicken, fast burgers, fast french fries, fast coke, fast coffee, fast talking,
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fast walking, fast eating, fast sleeping, fast living, fast dying.
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I'm fed up with it all.
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But who is going to...
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What's the matter with everybody these days?
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Why is everything so fast?
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Come here.
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Come on.
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Look outside.
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Go on, look.
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It's a beautiful day.
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Life is beautiful.
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We can all be happy.
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But first we must slow down.
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We must take the time to live.
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Live?
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But we have to work.
718
We have lots to do.
719
And we want food.
720
We want fast food.
721
Not slow food.
722
We haven't got time to...
723
Time, time, time.
724
Don't talk to me about time.
725
You don't understand it.
726
You...
727
Oh, it's no good.
728
You're not listening to me.
729
Hey, where are you going?
730
I'm going out.
731
I'm going to sit in the sun.
732
I'm going to look at the sky and listen to the sea.
733
I'm going to do nothing.
734
Slowly.
735
But what about our food?
736
What about my burger?
737
You can do it.
738
What did you say?
739
I said you can do it.
740
Behind me is the kitchen.
741
In the kitchen there's a big bag of chicken and another bag of burgers.
742
You can do your own food and you can do it as fast as you like.
743
Goodbye!
744
But we don't!
745
And have a nice day!
746
Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Five Short Plays 📕 Playscripts”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: salt, bag, fast, books, bank. This video has 746 sentences and 3381 words to shadow. The speech runs for 30:58. The speaker talks slowly, about 109 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 153 of its 746 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 |
|---|---|---|
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing. |
| pocket noun | /ˈpɑ.kɪt/ | A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items. |
| chef noun | /ʃɛf/ | The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household. |
| pill noun | /pɪl/ | A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication. |
| burger noun | /ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/ | A hamburger. |
| grocery noun | /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/ | Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies. |
| borrow verb | /ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/ | To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it. |
| robbery noun | /ˈɹɑbəɹi/ | The act or practice of robbing. |
| steal verb | /stiːl/ | To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. |
| pizza noun | /ˈpi.tsə/ | A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables. |
| asleep adjective | /əˈsliːp/ | In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting. |
| fifty noun | /ˈfɪfti/ | A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50. |
| coke noun | /koʊk/ | Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel. |
| ambulance noun | /ˈæmbjᵿl(ə)n(t)s/ | An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital. |
| pulse noun | /pʌls/ | A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them; the… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| walk away verb | To withdraw from a problematic situation. |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. |
| come across verb | To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition. |
| get back to verb | Return to (an activity) |
| go away verb | To depart or leave a place. |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. |
| hand up verb | To deliver an indictment (e.g. to a judge). |
| look around verb | To inspect a building or area. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What are we going to do?
- Which bank are we going to rob?
- What do you want me to do?
- You're one of us, really, aren't you?
- Erm, let's see, another five minutes?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are closed · was fed |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | Stop talking · stopped working |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | are you doing · are you waiting · We're not borrowing |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | are we going to do · We're going to rob · are we going to rob |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 139 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: chef /ʃɛf/, shopkeeper /ˈʃɑpkiːpɚ/
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 goodbye, pocket, chef.
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.