Shadowing Practice: Giving $10,000 To People Taking The Bus - Learn English Speaking with Video
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is this where we get on the bus sorry to bother
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you where are you headed right now oh
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you're going to get your nails done oh very cool do you always take the bus no no how come
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you're taking the bus today um my car overheated oh dude i'm
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so sorry to hear that oh at least the bus is right there
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and it's not so hot today
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so how much does a bus ticket even cost um
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it's two dollars for one way each way you go is two dollars
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or you can get the light rail right there you see
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that little those things yeah well i do you could get a card
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but i'll tell you what i'm gonna pay for your nails
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that you're going to do
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and hopefully you can use some of this cash to fix your car
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that broke down oh my god
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you're lying wait no no no no no no no
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i'm feeling no no i know i know
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i know who you are no me it just clicked
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i swear to jesus sorry i think the bus just went by too i I think I made you miss it.
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When did your car break down?
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What was the monsoon night?
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That was just a couple of days ago.
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Like four days ago.
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I ran Wendell and it just kept ticking, ticking, ticking, but then it started sparking.
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Oh man.
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So me and my guy, Poppy, look who I'm with.
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What's up, Poppy?
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You know who that is?
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That's the content dude that be going around
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Phoenix giving people the money and the gifts and stuff.
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What's up, man?
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Listen, right?
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That's awesome.
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So he's a DJ.
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Very cool.
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I'm a nail tech we're empty nesters
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we just put our kids through school everything congratulations that's very cool Arizona he's from the east coast
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but I'm from the Midwest and I came here
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because my mom she died of breast cancer oh I'm sorry
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she wanted to bring us here to raise us here so
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when I got tired of the Midwest I was like you know what I took six hundred dollars
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and I left and came here
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and ever since I do what you do like I try to help people
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I used to work for the city where I was helping the homeless people
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so it's like to see other people do this type of stuff it's crazy
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because i literally just told my client i don't have no money right now i was like me neither girl
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but you can come get your nails done come have no money together what's your name ebony ebony
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i'm juan oh it's a pleasure to meet you ebony yeah people
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this stuff never happens to me like yes
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it does you don't understand what you just did i'm gonna help my neighbor out i'm about to help her
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and whatever you want to do with it it's your cash now so but hey have a good rest your day.
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All right.
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Bye.
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What's up, guys?
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You're watching That Was Epic.
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Today, I'm going to be giving $10 ,000 to strangers waiting for the bus.
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Hey, what's up, man?
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What's RSI?
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I'm at my refiguration school.
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Refiguration school. For HVAC.
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Oh, okay.
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So you're going to school.
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That's awesome you just got off like out of class yeah
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right about now oh sick sick what's going on with you nothing man
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i just came to wait for the train i just you know i like talking to people making friends
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so i just wanted to know what
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that meant you know you're from out here i mean i'm originally from mexico
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but i've lived out here for like 10 years you know just wanted to catch the train
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this is something i was been supposed to do man my
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dad as soon as i graduated high school out here he brought me into the program
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but oh that's awesome yeah i had left
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because i was just being dumbfounded girl you know
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but me being 26 now you know life's starting to you know get more serious yep 100 especially at 25
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but that's when it hits right exactly
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so this is like a six month term bro for me to get my certificate hey
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but six months you're gonna have it what all third
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so how long how many months are you in i started in june
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now we're in august to get into september so you have three
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and a half months yeah i should be graduating just before two and a half January.
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Oh, dude.
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Congratulations.
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That's so soon.
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Hey, you know what?
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I probably won't see you when you graduate, so I'm just going to give you the graduation gift right now.
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What?
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There you go.
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You're lying.
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I'm not.
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What's your name again?
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I swear to God.
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Yeah.
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You're lying.
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That's a graduation gift.
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I won't see you.
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I'm not going to be able to be there.
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I'm sorry.
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I wanted to make it.
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My name's Juan.
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Juan?
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J -U -A -N.
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Yes, sir.
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What's your name?
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Bro, my name is Tajay, bro.
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Tajay?
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It's a pleasure to meet you.
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Why'd you give me one?
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Your graduation's coming up.
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I got to support that.
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Absolutely.
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Are you serious?
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100%.
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But hey, I actually got to get going.
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It was a pleasure to meet you absolutely
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he is yes sir thank you bro you're very welcome hey i got it going though
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hi how are you how often do they pick up here every 10 minutes every 10 minutes okay
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so it won't be too long where are you headed new orleans oh northern
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i was like damn that's gonna be a long train ride
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i'm just going home early day today do you take the train often that's is
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that like your main source of transportation cool
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if i give you a thousand dollars right
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now to miss the next train would you do it you would okay cool done deal
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but make sure you miss this one
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and get the second one okay sweet what's your name lauren lauren juan
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it's a pleasure to meet you i'll be watching you make sure you miss this train and take the second one.
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All right, see you, Lauren.
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and let's get back to the video hey how's
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it going what's your name my name is kaya i'm juan
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it's a pleasure to you you just waiting for the train
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do you always take the train how many train tickets do you think
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you could buy with a thousand dollars sure that's a really good question i'm
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so bad with math me too then
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but do you think maybe you'd have a ticket for the rest of the year with
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that amount okay cool sweet well
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that should uh last you for the rest of the year then or longer you're very You're welcome, Kai.
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It's a pleasure to meet you.
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Hey man, how's it going?
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My name's Juan.
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Do you always take the train?
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Yeah.
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Is it just like your number one means of transportation?
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What does an average ticket cost?
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Well, it depends.
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If you have a copper card, you can get at least $4.
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Oh, and that's what you have.
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So you get the $4 ticket.
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That's nice.
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Do you just get off work?
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You work at Cobblestone?
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Yeah.
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Yeah, I'm actually going to go into the...
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Oh, nice, nice.
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So that's another car that I was talking about.
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Oh, okay, and this is what you use.
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Yeah, that's the primary use you want to use.
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It helps you save money on the car.
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Understandable.
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Well, thank you so much for that information.
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Here's a thousand bucks for your next thousand dollars of tickets, bus tickets and stuff.
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Oh, for real?
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Yeah.
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Damn, where's the mic at?
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Where's the camera?
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Nowhere.
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I mean, I don't know.
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You just seem like a nice guy.
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Damn, dude, for real?
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Yeah.
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You're not putting this on camera?
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No, no. Why not?
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Why would I do that?
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I appreciate you, probably.
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Absolutely.
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Even if it was on camera, I would still mean it from my heart though.
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Just letting you know.
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Yeah, I appreciate that.
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No problem.
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Have a good day.
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Do you just work here or do you take the train yourself too?
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I work here.
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I do take it sometimes.
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Oh, cool.
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How much do the tickets cost?
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So you get a ticket from the machine here.
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Yeah.
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So you'll do either two hours.
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So let's say hour and a half, you don't use it.
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Still got 30 minutes left.
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That's really cool.
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Or you get one way.
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Or you get one way.
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Does it take cash? it does oh perfect it would have made no sense to give this to you
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if it didn't take cash so
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sweet what well yeah it's like cash but i can't take this you already did though
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hey no take no take backs
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hey what's up man i saw you just running for the train did you miss
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it ah what's your name viral my role
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that's a unique name my name's one yes sir yeah
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I saw you running for the train I was like oh no
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he missed it do you take the train often I do yeah oh you work at the airport cool
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and oh you don't have a car
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okay do you do TSA or what are you oh okay cool yeah
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so what are you saving for saving for right
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now yeah the only thing i could think right
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now is just bills bills yeah good enough for me i'll help my family out for the bills
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and stuff yeah
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that should help you out a little bit dude
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this is a blessing from god oh absolutely man
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this is a blessing though yeah this is definitely gonna help my family out bro hey do you have kids
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or what no kids that's the thing i have my mom that's on social security oh okay understandable
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so you she relies on you a Yeah, she does, she's like a medic, high blood pressure, I have a brother, he's sick, he's artistic.
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How old is he?
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He's 33.
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33?
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33, 34.
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Yeah, that's my, that's how old I am, 33.
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Yeah, my dad can't work, his dad got his leg, I haven't taken two years.
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Oh my god, dude, that sucks.
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We help each other, like, pay bills and stuff, so I still help them.
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Hey, well, that's for you, and you can do whatever you want with it, help your family, help yourself, you know, help everybody.
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I appreciate it.
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Absolutely.
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I appreciate it.
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Yeah, no problem, I mean, that's it.
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It's a blessing, bro.
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I'll leave you with that on that note, and it was a pleasure to meet you.
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It's a pleasure to meet you too.
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Have a good one.
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Thank you.
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Hey man.
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Is this where you pay for the bus tickets?
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Yes.
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Right here.
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Is that what you just did?
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No, I did it with my car.
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Oh, okay.
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How much does it cost? Is it?
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I've never ridden it before, but...
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For one ride, it's $2.
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Oh, that's not bad.
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Do you take it often?
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Yeah.
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Why not, right?
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It's only $2, so...
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Yeah, I take it with my car.
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Oh, where are you headed right now?
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Central Phoenix, over there by 7th Ave.
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Oh, cool.
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And is this like your normal means of transportation?
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Yeah.
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For the most part?
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Yeah, for the most part, or I take the shuttle very easily.
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Okay.
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Well, that's two bucks.
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So what do you think $1 ,000 would get on bus tickets?
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So that'd probably last for like the rest of the year, right?
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Yeah.
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Sweet.
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There's your bus tickets for the rest of the year.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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Thank you.
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You're welcome.
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Thank you.
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You seem like a nice guy.
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What's your name?
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I'm Fabian.
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Fabian?
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Yeah.
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I'm Juan.
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Pleasure to meet you.
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Thank you.
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car suit yeah that's what i'm looking right now right now i'm trying to save up you know
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because i've been working on weekends make sure you save that and put
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that towards the car yeah you know you're very welcome fabian hey have a good day i can fix
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that how's that there you go tickets for the rest of the year told you i could fix that
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No, I just forgot I parked this way.
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No, I'm just kidding.
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I'm actually a content creator.
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I'm just going.
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No, you can have it.
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I'm actually going around talking to people that are like waiting for the train
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or buying train tickets and basically giving them money for the rest of the year for their tickets.
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Oh my God, it feels like Christmas time.
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You know, it feels like Christmas.
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Is that you?
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Santee?
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No, I'm sorry.
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What's your name?
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Steven.
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Steven, I'm Juan.
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It's a pleasure to meet you pleasure to meet
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you where you headed right now oh i'm going downtown to do some laundry sweet jump on the train
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and drop me right there well it was a pleasure to meet you absolutely
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oh excuse me you you dropped some cash right there
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just wanted to let you know that you know i wouldn't want that to fly away
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you're not gonna take it you're not gonna pick it up i didn't want it to blow away yeah sorry
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that fell out of your bag yeah no it wasn't
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i noticed it right as you sat down it wasn't there until you sat down but yeah keep that
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i'm actually i actually snuck it behind
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you i'm actually just gonna pay for your train tickets for
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like the rest of the year for real yes what's your name monster
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i'm juan it's a pleasure to meet
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you are you from mexico yes oh me too
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i'm from chihuahua yeah oh mexico city i've never been there actually
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but i heard it's really nice
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so i'm actually a content creator my camera is right over there
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so i'm just going around paying for strangers uh bus
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and train tickets so yeah it's called that was epic
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that was epic like all one word the other star our motto live epic thank you
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so much you're very welcome that's that's it it's real money you're
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so welcome have a good day all right guys well thank you
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so much for watching this video hope you enjoyed it
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if you did please hit that like button for me
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if you didn't like it hit
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that like button for me anyways make sure to leave a
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comment down below what ideas you'd like to see next and until then
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have a good day oh that's nice of you that's
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so nice of you yeah that's real yeah lauren i just wanted to tell you, I'm actually a content creator.
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My care man's over there.
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I'm going around downtown looking for people waiting for the bus or the train and just like giving them a thousand dollars.
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Thank you.
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Are you being serious?
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Yeah.
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Like for real?
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Yeah.
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Like no playing.
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Like you being for real?
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Yeah, yeah.
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I don't play games.
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You're very welcome.
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Thank you.
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Thank you for blessing my sweet lady right here.
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Oh, you guys know each other?
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No, we don't.
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Oh, we just met, but she's very sweet, right?
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You can tell right up the end.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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You're very welcome.
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Oh, by the away.
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I was kidding about missing the train.
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Get on this one.
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You don't have to miss the train.
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I was just trying to be funny.
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Sorry about that.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Giving $10,000 To People Taking The Bus”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: train, ticket, bus, pleasure, meet. This video has 354 sentences and 2793 words to shadow. The speech runs for 13:54. The speaker talks fast, about 201 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 56 of its 354 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 |
|---|---|---|
| epic noun | /ˈɛp.ɪk/ | An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero. |
| nail noun | /neɪl/ | The horny plate or appendage at the ends of the digits of various animals, including most reptiles, birds, and mammals (both nonhuman and human). |
| blessing noun | /ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/ | Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward. |
| creator noun | /kɹiːˈeɪ̯təː/ | Something or someone which creates or makes something. |
| tick noun | /tɪk/ | A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida. |
| congratulations | /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/ | Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation. |
| downtown noun | /ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/ | The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center. |
| stranger noun | /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ | A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance. |
| steven noun | /ˈstiːvən/ | Voice, especially when loud or strong. |
| graduation noun | /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/ | The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution). |
| buck noun | /ˈbʌk/ | A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad, skunk and kangaroo. |
| understandable adjective | Capable of being understood; comprehensible. | |
| suck verb | /sʌk/ | To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast). |
| dragon noun | /ˈdɹæɡən/ | In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a lizard-like body, often a… |
| rail noun | /ɹeɪ(ə)l/ | A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go around verb | To move or spread from person to person. |
| break down verb | To stop functioning. |
| get off verb | To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it. |
| sit down verb | To assume a sitting position from a standing position. |
| blow away verb | To cause to go away by blowing, or by wind. |
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. |
| get back to verb | Return to (an activity) |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- When did your car break down?
- You know who that is?
- What's your name again?
- Why'd you give me one?
- You're not putting this on camera?
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 lived · haven't taken · I've never ridden |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was helping · was just being · was talking |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | kept ticking · stop putting |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | you're taking · you're lying · You're watching |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 105 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/, shuttle /ˈʃʌtəl/
- Long words — get the stress right: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/, certificate /səˈtɪf.ɪ.kɪt/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, availability /əˌveɪ.ləˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
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 epic, nail, blessing.
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.