Shadowing Practice: Gold vs Diamond! Which is Stronger in Minecraft? - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Time to kick things off.

We're standing inside of a giant deposit filled with gold and diamond ore.

Wow!

This place is amazing!

Yeah!

There are diamonds everywhere!

That's right, Mikey.

Today, we're going to use them all to beat Minecraft.

Ready?

Yeah!

Which side of the cave do you want, Mikey?

Huh?

Diamond or gold?

Yeah!

I made up my mind.

I choose diamond.

That's final.

Okay.

If Mikey gets diamonds, then I get gold.

One more thing.

What?

In 20 minutes, we're headed straight for the Ender Dragon.

Oh, okay.

Got it?

20 minutes?

I better hurry.

20 minutes starts now.

Let's mine.

Start.

Sweet.

Ready?

Yay, I got a pickaxe.

You're already mining so many diamonds, Mikey.

Looks fun.

Yeah.

I better dig.

Good luck with the gold, JJ.

It's not exactly the strongest, but I'm sure you'll find a way to make up for it.

Huh?

What?

Well, Mikey, I just realized something.

Go on.

You can't mine gold with a gold pickaxe.

Really?

Yep.

I'll help you.

Thanks, Mikey.

Make sure to mine a lot of gold.

Okay.

I didn't realize gold would be this difficult.

Yep.

Diamond's better.

I can't even mine it with this.

That's rough.

I'll beat the game for you with my diamonds sound good.

I'll go collect some other stuff for now

Huh, what are you getting?

Just some wood we'll need it

For what a crafting table.

Oh, right.

Whoa Besides I have all this gold sitting around I need to get crafting true

First I'll make this a chest plate

Next leggings Finally, a helmet and some boots.

Whoa!

That's not all.

I made a sword, too.

No way!

Ready?

Boom, boom, boom, boom.

Ta -da!

Cool!

A full set of gold armor.

Unfortunately, gold doesn't protect against that much.

My armor gauge is half full, so that's not bad.

How about you, Mikey?

I'm putting mine on right now.

There!

Whoa!

Nice!

How do I look?

Diamond armor.

The ultimate defense.

Yeah, it rocks.

It's super shiny.

I'm still bummed my pickaxe can't mine any gold.

Don't worry.

I'll take care of everything.

Why can't gold mine itself?

Oh well.

We keep talking about how weak gold is, but it makes one of the best items in the game.

Huh?

The best item in the game?

What is it?

Since we need to slay the Ender Dragon together, I'll tell you.

First, you need to follow me.

I'm coming.

I'll bring diamonds.

We're running out of time.

We only have 16 minutes left to prepare.

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Come on.

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Okay.

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Help me smash the leaves.

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Huh?

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I hope it drops.

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What?

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JJ, what are you talking about?

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All you're doing is cutting down a tree.

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It's not dropping.

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We need more trees.

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I need a specific item.

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What is it?

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I'm on top of the trees.

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Time to smash.

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Okay.

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Oh, I got one.

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You got one?

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What?

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Check it out, Mikey.

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An apple.

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What about it?

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Take a look.

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Alright.

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I'm going to transform it into the ultimate item with my gold.

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Hmm?

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See what I did?

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What?

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I made a golden apple.

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Here.

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Oh, wow!

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You're right!

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It's the ultimate item!

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Yeah.

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You should have it.

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That's a present for you, Mikey.

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I guess I'll hang on to it.

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We can win if we work together.

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Gold isn't the strongest armor, but it makes golden apples and golden carrots.

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What now?

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Should we find a village?

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Sure.

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Stick together.

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Yeah.

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I need more apples, so chop trees as we go.

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Okay.

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I can do that.

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Clear out the trunks, Mikey.

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I'm on it!

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That way the leaves will fall.

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Right.

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Then the apples might drop.

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It won't be easy, but I think we can win with our golden diamonds.

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Right?

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That's right.

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Let's collect some apples.

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This way!

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Coming!

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We should search the village for anything useful.

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Let's check it out.

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I really hope we find some goodies.

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Me too.

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Whoa!

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Any farms?

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Oh, I found one!

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But no carrots.

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Huh?

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Carrots?

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Yeah, carrots.

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Here's another farm.

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Oh, where?

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Right here.

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Aw, it's all wheat.

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I guess there are no carrots.

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Let's go to sleep.

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Time for bed.

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Alright.

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Here's a bed.

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I'll keep looking.

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There's another one in here.

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Really?

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Oh, I found one.

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Good night.

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Night.

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Nice.

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It's morning time.

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What should we do today?

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We need more apples.

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That might be the best way to use up the rest of this gold.

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Oh, an apple!

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It fell off a tree yesterday.

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Sweet!

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Nice!

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Let's go grab some more.

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Sounds good.

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I'll keep making golden axes so I can keep collecting golden apples.

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Hey, I found another apple!

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Hang on to it for now.

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Alright.

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Whoa! So many! So far, so good.

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Any apples around here?

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Oh, I found one!

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Awesome!

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The Ender Dragon won't stand a chance.

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Yeah.

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Eight minutes left.

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Where are you?

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I'm near the first tree we cut down.

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There you are.

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Let's harvest apples together, Mikey.

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All right.

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It's apple time.

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I didn't think this would turn into a tree chopping competition.

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We need something else.

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Huh?

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Like what?

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Beds!

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Lots of them.

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Oh, I forgot about beds.

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I see apples.

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Hmm? Where?

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Here you go.

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Whoa, that makes five apples.

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Nice.

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Five already?

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Wow, that was quick.

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The more, the merrier.

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Break more leaves.

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Come over here.

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Sure.

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Let's clear out this area and head somewhere new.

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Five minutes left.

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Hurry.

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We still need beds.

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That's right.

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Come on.

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As soon as we're done with the beds, let's head back to apples.

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As of now, I can make five more golden apples.

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I'm getting diamond blocks and beds.

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You focus on the beds and I'll make gold blocks.

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Okay, leave it to me.

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Thanks.

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These beds are all mine.

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Sorry, villagers.

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Huh.

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Nice!

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I'm making a few gold blocks.

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Whoa, I didn't expect to make so many.

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Shiny!

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Now that's a lot of gold.

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There!

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I got a bed.

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This is easily enough gold blocks.

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I'll carry as many as I can.

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Nice.

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Terrific.

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Uh -oh.

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Three minutes left.

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Huh?

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Are you kidding me?

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No!

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Hang on.

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Why aren't there any apples here?

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The only option I have left is to chop down these oak trees.

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I'll take out the trunks closest to the leaves.

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I can help you.

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Try to be as efficient as possible.

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I'm holding a lot of beds.

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Thanks.

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Beds are a great weapon against the Ender Dragon.

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If you try and sleep in one, the bed explodes.

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Whoa.

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I want two more golden apples.

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Then I think we can win.

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Sure.

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Golden apples are the best recovery item out there.

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Right.

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Oh, no!

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We're almost out of time.

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Hurry!

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Apples!

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Keep going.

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Are they all gone?

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Come on.

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Are there any on the ground?

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Oh, there's one more!

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Good work!

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One more!

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I want more!

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It's not over!

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Please!

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Hurry!

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Uh -oh!

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Night!

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At least I got the beds!

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I got some food, too!

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Where'd you go?

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I'm in the village!

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Oh!

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Come on!

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Get to the village before it's too late!

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We're almost out of time!

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Really?

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Already?

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There's about 20 seconds left!

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All right, time to make some golden apples.

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Let's do this.

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Yes!

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Ten seconds!

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Ten, nine, eight, seven, six,

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five, four, three, two, one!

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Time's up!

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We've arrived at the end, Mikey.

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Follow me.

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The Ender Dragon might target us here.

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Huh?

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Mikey!

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Get over here!

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I'm hit!

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Ah!

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Wait!

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No!

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Aww!

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Hurry, Mikey!

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Whoa!

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We're lucky you can pick up your items.

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All right, Mikey.

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I better share some of these golden apples with you.

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How many do you have?

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One.

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I have seven.

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That means we each get four.

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Okay.

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Here you go.

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Oh, thanks.

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Now then.

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Have some beds.

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Thanks.

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Let's see.

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I'll take four of the beds.

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Now I'm ready.

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Let's get moving.

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We're going to the top in style.

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I'd never do this normally, but I'm using the gold blocks as a platform.

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Look.

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Oh, you're using your diamond blocks.

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We're so fancy.

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There's the ender dragon.

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Get it.

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First things first.

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What?

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Destroy the end crystals.

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Boom.

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Nice.

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One down.

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Good job.

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Whoa, there's poison on the ground.

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Look out.

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Okay.

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Uh -oh!

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I need to destroy the next crystal.

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How am I supposed to reach it?

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It's surrounded by a bunch of iron bars at the top.

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I'm not afraid!

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Back off!

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Oh, help!

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No!

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JJ, no!

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Really?

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I respawned.

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I'd better grab my stuff.

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I realize we didn't make any buckets.

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Oh, yeah.

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It's tough not having any water.

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Oh, well.

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But we're not giving up.

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That ender dragon is going down.

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Time to finish off the end crystals.

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Oh, no. I think I got it.

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I did.

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Oh, you broke one?

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Nice.

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I took care of it.

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Nice.

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Here I go.

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Got it.

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Sweet.

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Bombs away.

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Go.

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I've been hit.

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That poison is strong.

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Stop it.

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I dropped my bread.

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Do you have any bread?

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Yeah, a bunch.

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Can I have some?

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I'm dropping it.

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Wait, I think I'm too far away.

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Oh, no!

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Oh, Mikey, are you okay?

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Hurry back.

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I broke a few end crystals.

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Nice.

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Let's go.

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Yeah.

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Oh, Mikey, your stuff.

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Okay, go.

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Yes.

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Nice.

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Is that all of them?

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Huh?

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I think that's it.

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Great!

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Good work, JJ!

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Now then, I'm going to head back down.

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Let's use our golden apples, Mikey.

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Right.

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Good idea. When you eat one...

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Yeah?

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Wait.

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What?

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Look out!

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What's that?

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Yikes!

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When it gets close, eat a golden apple and hit it with your sword.

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Okay.

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Now?

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It's here, Mikey.

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Eat up!

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Attack!

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Hurry!

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Woohoo!

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We got this!

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Get it!

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I can't hit it!

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Ow!

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No!

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One more!

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Aw!

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Aw!

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That didn't work!

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It got us both!

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Go!

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Got it!

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Nice hit!

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Shoot at it!

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It's working!

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Nice!

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Whoa!

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I keep hitting!

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See?

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I got it again

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This bow is amazing

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Oh, it's descending

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Get your sword out I should eat a golden apple

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It's after me!

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Help!

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You'll be fine Whoa!

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No way!

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It's too strong I'm gonna use the bed

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Good idea Bring it on If you try to use a bed in the end, it self -destructs

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Blow it away, Mikey!

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I've got this!

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I feel like these golden apples aren't helping at all.

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The ender dragon's too tough.

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You can say that again!

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Even my diamond armor isn't holding up!

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Hey!

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Come back here!

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I'm gonna blow it up again, JJ!

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Go!

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Yes!

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Whoa!

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Are you down?

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I exploded.

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Did it work?

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Yeah, it took a lot of damage, Mikey.

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I'll make some platforms to attack from up close.

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That way, we can take it down with our swords.

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I'll give you a hand.

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Wow, this is one expensive platform.

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I'm not going down without a fight.

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Come and get me!

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Wait for it.

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Use the bed.

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Uh -oh, it hit me.

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Use the bed.

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Quickly!

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Okay, on it.

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I'm activating the bed.

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I hit it.

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It's still alive.

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This is hard.

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There, I hit it.

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It's here.

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Nice hit!

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Again!

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Here it comes!

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No!

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Whoops!

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Yikes!

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Oh, no!

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There's only a bit of health left!

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We got this!

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Yeah!

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Finish it off!

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Any more beds?

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Yep, I still have some!

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Hey!

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It's running away!

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Don't stop shooting arrows at it!

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It's back!

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Here I go!

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Yes!

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Nice!

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One more!

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I'm out of it!

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Ouch!

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Get off!

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Hey!

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All we need is one more hit! So close!

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Come on!

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Thanks to your bed attacks, we just need to hit it once with our swords!

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We're gonna win this thing!

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Awesome!

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All right, JJ!

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We've come this far!

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We can't lose now!

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Yeah!

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Let's do it!

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Come on!

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Any second it's gonna land!

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Then I'll take it down!

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One hit from our gold and diamond swords.

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Are you out of blocks?

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Yep.

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I only have a few gold blocks left.

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Bring it on, dragon.

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Oh, look, it's gonna land.

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I'm gonna get you.

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Wait until it's down.

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It's almost here.

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It's so close.

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It's not getting away this time.

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Wait, what?

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Nice, Mikey.

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Yay.

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Woo -hoo.

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We beat it.

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Hooray.

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Ready.

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Yes.

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Wow!

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That's incredible!

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Awesome!

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We did it!

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Look at all those experience points!

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Amazing!

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We beat the game with diamonds and gold!

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That was great!

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I don't know if the golden apples or diamond equipment helped us more, but I'm still glad that we won.

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Same.

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We were able to slay the Ender Dragon using a big supply of diamonds and gold.

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If you had fun today, make sure to like and subscribe!

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Thank you!

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We'll see you again on our next big adventure.

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Bye, everybody!

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Bye -bye!

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If you enjoyed today's adventure, make sure to like and subscribe.

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Plus, you can check us out on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok whenever you want with the links in the corner.

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Thanks for watching!

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See you next time!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Gold vs Diamond! Which is Stronger in Minecraft?”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: apple, gold, bed, Mikey, diamond. This video has 570 sentences and 2156 words to shadow. The speech runs for 16:32. The speaker talks at a steady 130 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
diamond noun	/ˈdaɪ.ə.mənd/	A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
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…
hurry verb	/ˈhʌ.ɹi/	To do things quickly.
sword noun	/soɹd/	A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
boom verb	/bum/	To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
armor noun	/ˈɑːɹ.mɚ/	A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
carrot noun	/ˈkæɹət/	A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.
crystal noun	/ˈkɹɪstəl/	A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.
leaf noun	/lif/	The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
collect verb	/ˈkɑlɪkt/	To gather together; amass.
chop verb	/t͡ʃɑp/	To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
adventure noun	/ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/	A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
craft noun	/ˈkɹæft/	Ability, skillfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning…
smash verb	/smæʃ/	To break (something brittle) violently.
poison noun	/ˈpɔɪ.zən/	A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
clear out verb	To completely empty.
cut down verb	To cut downward.
go down verb	To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
look out verb	To be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger.
back off verb	To move backwards away from something.
come back verb	To return to a place.
come over verb	To affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse.
eat up verb	To consume completely.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Huh, what are you getting?
JJ, what are you talking about?
Should we find a village?
What should we do today?
How many do you have?

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	have left · We've arrived · I've been hit
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	the strongest · the best
Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea	should have · Should we find · should search
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form	keep talking · keep looking · keep making

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 97 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I'll, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: smash /smæʃ/, efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/

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 diamond, dragon, hurry.

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Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?