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Catnus Everdeen.
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District 12.
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Oh, my God.
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The End
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Hey, hey, hey, who ordered this pig?
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Who ordered this pig?
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Hey!
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Can you get some pizza?
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No, no, no. Stop it.
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No, no, no. Stop it.
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No, no, no. No, no. No, no, no. No, no, no, no. No, no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no. No,
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no, no, no, no. Thank you for your consideration.
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Thank you. so Oh,
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my God.
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I'm sorry.
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Attention, attention,
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tributes.
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There has been a slight rule change.
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The previous revision, allowing for two victors from the same district, has been revoked.
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Only one victor may be crowned.
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Good luck.
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And may the odds be ever in your favor.
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Go ahead.
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One of us should go home.
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One of us has to die.
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They have to have their victor.
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No. They don't.
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Why should they?
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No. Trust me.
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Trust me.
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Together?
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Together.
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Together.
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Okay.
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One.
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Two.
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Three.
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Stop!
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Stop!
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Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the winners of the 74th Annual Hunger Games.
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What about you, girl on fire?
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Any secrets worth my time?
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I'm an open book.
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Everybody always seems to know my secrets before I know them myself.
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Unfortunately, I think that's true.
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I'm sorry you had to cancel your wedding.
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I know how devastating that must be for you. Have a good day.
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Peter.
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Finnick.
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What do you want?
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To know all my secrets.
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I have to get in line.
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No waving and smiling this time.
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I want you to look straight ahead as if the audience and this whole event are beneath you. That should be easy.
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Press this when you're ready.
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Good luck
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Here they come, from District 12.
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Our favorites.
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Or my favorites.
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My favorite.
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There it is!
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Fire in the house!
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These tributes are crazy.
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No, not all of them.
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He's a good guy.
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Carry on.
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You guys look amazing.
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Thank you.
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My stylist is such an idiot.
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District 7, lumber, trees.
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I'd love to put my axe in her face.
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So what do you think?
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Now that the whole world wants to sleep with you.
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I don't think that the whole world...
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I wasn't talking to you.
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Okay.
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You want a sip?
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Yeah.
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Thanks.
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Let's do it again sometime.
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Thank you.
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Joanna Mason, District 7.
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I think we're all here a little disappointed, more than a little disappointed, that a certain wedding did not take place.
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Aren't we, folks?
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Hmm.
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Alas.
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But am I correct in assuming that this is the gown that you would have worn on that day, yes or no?
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Yes, President Snow thought everyone would want to see it.
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Well, President Snow, as usual, was right.
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Was he not, folks?
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I love it!
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I love it!
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I love it!
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Don't you love it, folks?
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It's incredible and so gorgeous!
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Will you do us the honor, please?
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Please, please!
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Oh my god!
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Oh my god!
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It's a bird, it's like a...
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It's a feather.
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It's like a bird.
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It's like a...
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Like a...
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Like a Mockingjay.
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Your stylist certainly has outdone himself this time, hasn't he?
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What theatricality?
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Sit down!
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Take a bow!
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A Peter.
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The wedding.
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The marriage.
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Never to be.
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Well, actually, we got married. In secret.
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A secret wedding?
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All right, do tell.
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We want our love to be eternal.
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Cool.
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You know, Katniss and I, we've been luckier than most.
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I wouldn't have any regrets at all. If it weren't...
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If it weren't for what?
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If it weren't for the baby.
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Alright, this is news!
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Let's find out more!
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Calm down.
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This is news to all of us.
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All right.
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Let's everybody calm down.
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This is news to all of us.
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All right.
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All right.
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All right.
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We're going to find out what we do about this.
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Help them!
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Help them!
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Help them!
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Help them!
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Help!
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Get them out!
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Katniss?
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Katniss, can you tell everyone what you're seeing right now?
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Katniss, what do you want to say?
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I want the rebels to know that I'm alive.
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That I'm in District 8, where the Capitol just bombed a hospital filled with unarmed men, women, and children.
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And there will be no survivors.
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If you think for one second that the capital will ever treat us fairly, you are lying to yourself.
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Because we know who they are and what they do.
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This is what they do and we must fight back.
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I have a message for President Snow.
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You can torture us and bomb us and burn our districts to the ground.
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But do you see that?
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Fire is catching.
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And if we burn, you burn with us!
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Hey.
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Yeah, that's a marking joke.
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Shh.
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Well, now they'll never shut up.
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You want me to sing?
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Are you, are you coming to the tree?
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They strung up a man they say who murdered three.
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Strange things that happened here, no stranger would it be if we met at midnight in the hanging tree.
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Are you, are you coming to the tree Where dead man called out for his love to flee
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Strange things did happen here,
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no stranger would it be If we met at midnight in the hanging tree Are you,
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are you coming to the tree But I told you to run so we'd both be free.
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Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be.
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If we met at midnight in the hanging tree.
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Are you, are you coming to the tree for a necklace of hope?
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That line was originally a necklace of rope.
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I had to change the necklace of hope.
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Oh, you are a true wordsmith.
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A little on the nose, but of course so is war.
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Peter.
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I'm sorry.
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Peter!
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Peter!
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Get off!
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Get off!
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Get off, mother!
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Let go!
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No!
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No, no, no, no, you're swollen.
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Don't touch.
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No, no, no, calm down.
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Calm down.
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You're okay.
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Tell her she's awake.
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Don't try to talk.
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Peter's okay, I promise.
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I just had to get him off.
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It's called hijacking.
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We don't know how long the Capitol's been doing this to Peter.
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It's fear conditioning, enhanced with tracker-jacker venom.
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You were stung your first games, remember?
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The venom puts the subject in a dissociative state.
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They torture him with shocks and beatings and strip down his identity.
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And then all of that suffering and fear is redirected, associated with other memories or a person.
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They can change his memories of Katniss.
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To make her seem life-threatening.
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They turned him into a weapon, Katniss, to kill you.
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But you can reverse it.
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Fear is the most difficult thing to overcome.
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We're hardwired to remember fear best.
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It's new terrain.
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But we've put together a team.
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I'm optimistic.
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Go, go, go!
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I'm not going to die.
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Oh god!
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I don't know!
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No!
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Look at that!
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Oh god!
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Look at that!
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Oh god!
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Oh god!
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Cactus!
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Nightlock.
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Nightlock.
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Nightlock.
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Nightlock.
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Oh god!
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Oh god!
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Hold the fuck off the floor!
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Keep moving!
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Keep moving!
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Go!
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Go!
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He's going!
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He's going!
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Peter, come on!
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Peter!
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Peter, we have to keep going!
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Peter, we have to keep going!
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Peter, keep going!
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Yes, you can!
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Make me have a fight!
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Look at me!
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Look at me!
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Stay with me.
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Always.
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Come on.
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I know where we are!
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I know a place!
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Up those stairs!
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Keep going!
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Welcome to the new Penem.
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Today, on the avenue of the Tributes, all of Penem, a free Penem,
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will watch more than a mere spectacle.
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We are gathered to witness an historic moment of justice.
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Today, the greatest friend of the revolution will fire the shot to end all wars.
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May her arrow signify the end of tyranny and the beginning of a new era.
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Mockingjay, may your aim be as true as your heart is pure.
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Oh, my God.
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No!
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I'm sorry.
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Shh, shh, shh, shh.
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Did you have a nightmare?
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I have nightmares too.
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Someday I'll explain it to you.
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Why they came.
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why they won't ever go away.
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But I'll tell you how I survive it.
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I make a list in my head of all the good things I've seen someone do.
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Every little thing I can remember.
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It's like a game.
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I do it over and over.
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It gets a little tedious after all these years, but...
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there are much worse games to play.
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What You'll Learn from This Hunger Games Clip
Practicing with this video can boost two key speaking skills: expressing urgency and emotion (like Katniss and Peeta’s tense exchange) and delivering formal announcements (the Capitol’s rule change). These scenarios help you adapt your tone—from desperate to authoritative—while staying clear. Plus, the quick back-and-forths train you to respond naturally, a must for real conversations. It’s a fun way to improve English pronunciation and fluency!
Listen For These Sounds
Notice how connected speech shapes the dialogue. Phrases like “Who ordered this pig?” blend into “Whoor-dered this pig?” with a soft “r” link. The Capitol’s announcement uses reductions too: “There has been a slight rule change” becomes “There’s been a slight rule change” in fast speech. Even “may the odds be ever in your favor” shortens to “may th’ odds be ever in your favor” with a glottal stop. These details are key for sounding natural when you shadow speak.
Say It Like a Native: Rhythm and Stress
To mirror the speakers, focus on stress. In “One of us should go home,” stress “One,” “should,” and “home” to emphasize the gravity. The Capitol’s voice stresses “slight rule change” and “only one victor” to highlight control. For emotion, copy Katniss’s rising intonation in “No. They don’t. Why should they?”—it shows defiance. Use a shadowing site to practice: repeat lines immediately after the video, matching pace and pitch. This “shadowspeaks” technique trains your mouth and ears to work together, making your speech flow like a native’s. Ready to try? Press play and start shadowing!
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 | has been · has been revoked · we've been |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | has been revoked · may be crowned · were stung |
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.