Shadowing Practice: I Hid In MrBeast's Grocery Store - Learn English Speaking with Video

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This is Mr. Beast and he has no idea that I'm right next to him

But I'm not stopping there because I'm hiding from some of the biggest youtubers in the world

If they catch me they get a point, but

if I go undetected I get a point starting with the Sidemen They are the biggest YouTube group from Europe

and behind this gate is a mansion where the Sidemen are filming a video as we speak

Welcome to Harry and Josh's sleepover

Now, the Sidemen had been filming for 12 hours already, so with their guard down, I built this fake chair to sneak myself inside.

All right, I'm inside.

Feel me up.

All right, we are making our way into the mansion right now.

Now, like I said, I'm trying to get a point against each of these YouTubers,

and if I can stay hidden until they finish filming their video, I win a point, which, in the case of the Sidemen,

wasn't for another two hours.

so right now i believe the sidemen are on the other side of the house i know

that because the crew is in on this with me and while the boys were winding down for the evening

the sidemen's crew was helping me lock in a point by

sneaking me upstairs into what i thought was going to be an elite hiding spot

i have to go another hour and 45 minutes without getting caught

but what i didn't know was that the boys were walking straight towards us

so to avoid raising suspicion the crew had no choice

but to leave me fully exposed in this weird little corner this is bad they sent the sidemen are coming

but this spot is horrible i look incredibly suspicious look at this spot

this might have been the dumbest hiding spot in channel history

and all i could do was sit and pray they didn't notice me.

Well, I was about to find out right now.

I still have an hour and 40 minutes before this point is mine.

I also have my fake employee set up a camera so I can monitor everything happening outside the chair.

These guys keep walking past me to go film some interviews.

I'd love to sleep in this room.

Yeah, please, Mike, please.

I know you are wondering why are you doing this.

I mean, it is hot.

It is uncomfortable.

But a few weeks ago, I got a random video from the biggest YouTuber in the world.

Eric, they were telling me that they don't think you can sneak into the mansion.

They're doing a last -leave mansion with a million dollars.

They don't think you can sneak in without them knowing.

The minute you step into this mansion, we would find you.

That's right, Mr. Beast and his contestants thought that I could never hide in one of his videos.

And I took that personally.

My goal is to prove him wrong by hiding in as many YouTube videos as I can without getting caught, including one of his videos.

Now, with an hour and a half to go, I was convinced I had a chance at securing a victory.

But then the sidemen got up and were headed straight towards my chair.

Oh my god, I'm so freaked bro i don't know

if i'm getting this point but they actually walked right past me

and down to the basketball courts which was great for me

because if i can survive in here for another 55 minutes i win hey guys future rack here

so the whole time i thought sidemen's producer

this unbelievably handsome young man was helping me hide in their video yeah well

it turns out he was using me as bait for the sidemen's video

and he was about to make going undetected for another 50 minutes a hundred times harder boys before

you begin i have a surprise oh oh

there's been a youtuber hiding somewhere in the house what did they just say you've now got to go

and find them what the freak wait is it who i think

it is by the way is it air rack is air rack hiding in the house what is the plane

they're looking they're looking they're looking this is

so bad these guys were on a witch hunt eric we're coming they wanted my head he's the only guy

that would die in the background of a video for hours

man eric three of them just screamed eric how do they know it's me bro

and with 45 minutes left to go the mission was far

from over one person searching for me was bad enough

but six fully grown british men tearing

this place apart made winning a point near impossible bro

i barely missed them is he like in between the fucking

sofa is he under here oh eric oh my gosh what

do i do he's got to be somewhere like obvious

but we just haven't paid attention i can't do anything

i'm stuck in a chair the boys were literally walking right past me

they were looking everywhere everywhere I can - Except for outside in the little corner on the patio.

Maybe my weird little spot here is actually OB.

All I had to do was go undetected for another 37 minutes, and the point was mine.

Is this a bit of sauce?

You've got to see what things are wrong.

This is for the knowledge check.

If I sit on it, I'll look it out for us.

Is he in the sauce, Jack?

I found him.

You found him?

I'm patting his back. Are you?

Yeah.

Chair classic, reveal yourself.

Oh, come on, come on.

He's got balls.

Oh my god!

What's up?

No, no, no. It's a different YouTuber.

You guys are looking for somebody else though, it's not.

I need help out of this so badly.

It's so hot 90 minutes inside a chair had me feeling like prime David Blaine

But the shoot still had 30 minutes left men.

I failed so anyway good to see you guys

Even more genius plan guys

This is not how I wanted to start and if I had any chance of proving

Jimmy wrong I was gonna have to clap back hard my next victim is Nick DiGiovanni He's not here yet,

but he's filming a video called I cooked youtubers their last meal right here in this studio

Now if you don't know ball

Nick is YouTube's most popular chef

He films all of his videos inside this kitchen set.

So I came up with the most genius disguise to blend right in rice

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Because next to a chef and I'm food.

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I Also had

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Nick's crew in on the mission

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and they helped me install a custom display on top of the shelf my plan is to hide right up

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there in plain sight and even though his crew had zero confidence

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that i was getting a point

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i like give you like a 20 chance no way he sees every detail i was mentally

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and physically prepared to hide for hours

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so with nick arriving any minute to start filming

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i wiggled my way into my hiding spot prepared to lock in on getting

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that point okay well that's it that's it attention to detail

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because Nick was inspecting every little thing in his kitchen before getting ready to shoot

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Starting for real somehow I made it through Nick's 30 -minute kitchen inspection

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And he finally started filming for the day, which was ranking three different meals for his youtubers last meal video

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They talked about the meal, rated the meal, ate the meal, and digested the meal.

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And they noticed nothing.

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And they went on to do even more for another hour with Fede's meal.

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I had been laying directly above this man for almost two hours, and I was well on my way to getting a point for myself.

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Yeah, boy.

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That is until they were setting up for the final meal, and Nick's guest chef, Guga, randomly decided to take a look around.

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this guy stares straight through my bag of rice

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and into my soul so it's a good thing your boy had a plan to distract him you're right

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Nick it's not it's actually a remote -controlled smoke detector that I secretly planted inside his kitchen.

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And if Nick or Guga get a little too close to finding me, I can trigger it and distract them with the click of a button.

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But Nick was already on to me.

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Now, Nick was clearly bamboozled by my smoke detector, and once he realized he couldn't turn it off,

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he gave it to his crew and went right back to ranking the final YouTubers of the day.

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This is Eric.

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This is Eric.

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Yeah, so if you guys were wondering why earlier I was just glazing

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Taco Bell up on top of the shelf, well, that's because Nick asked me to send in my meal as well.

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What's up, Nick?

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It's Eric.

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I'm gonna tell you my last meal, and it's the only right answer.

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It is an order.

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Taco Bell what he doesn't realize is the second I finished recording

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that clip I flew 5 ,000 miles across the country to show up and experience my ranking in person

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Initial thoughts and reactions here.

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What is this what?

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But what I didn't realize is the lengths these guys would go to to roast the living daylights out of my meal

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This is upsetting to say the least

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What's the first word that comes to mind when you see this?

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I don't want it.

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There's so many good options out there.

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This is your last meal this is serious

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now i only had about 30 minutes left on this shoot

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but this taco bell bullying session was literally making me restless

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so restless in fact that i accidentally triggered my smoke detector

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and while i try not to get caught i'm gonna tell you guys about today's sponsor DraftKings,

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That's code ARAK, and if you sign up, it'll help me make even bigger videos in the future

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and it'll hopefully help me buy a new smoke detector for

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nick link in my description nick had successfully sabotaged my distraction plan

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but luckily i only had 10 minutes left until the shoot wrapped for me to get

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that point the only problem that was just more time for me to sit there

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and listen to nick torch my meal cheers cheers brother cheers I don't like it.

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It's terrible.

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It's not even funny.

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I feel horrible saying this.

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Actually, I don't.

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For so many reasons, I know we both agree on this one.

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Air rack is going straight to the bottom at F tier.

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Good.

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Like, I don't think there's any other thing we can do here.

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Mafia, I could not believe the words I just heard.

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F tier.

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And thank God this shoe was about to wrap because I was finished hearing the world's greatest meal get torn to shreds.

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Good.

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Good.

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Hey, that's...

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All right, that's enough from you

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Nick but anyway the score was one -to -one and If I wanted to prove I was a beast, I needed to beat a beast.

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So I flew all the way to Greenville, North Carolina to pay a visit to the man who said I'd never pull this off.

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All right, Jackson, let's head in.

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What?

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Mr. Beast had trapped 100 people inside of this grocery store.

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Now, six months later, only four people remained.

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These four contestants eat everything inside.

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They win a billion dollars.

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And my goal was to hide inside the grocery store for 12 hours,

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Which meant I was gonna have to eat sleep and make it to the morning while mr

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Beast filmed his video here that you've been working out with I need you to make sure they don't overexert themselves

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They are heavily incentivized to burn calories

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Now besides Jimmy There's only a few types of people

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that are allowed in and out of this place

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so to go undetected and win a point I went in as a fake cameraman, but not even my inside man believed in me

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You don't look like one of my cam offs.

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You look like a burglar.

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Hey, listen buddy.

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How many grocery stores have you snuck into?

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zero okay trust the method

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and the 10 -day counter starts right now john let's get the work i was confident

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but john wasted no time dragging me out to film jimmy behind the scenes

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and for me to be a believable cameraman i unfortunately had to get face to face with the beast himself

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and while jimmy was staring straight at me all i could do was think about

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if he knew

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that you weren't subscribed every 1 million subscribers we go up i have to do whatever the top comment says

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so far i've snuck into the white house

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i have to legally change my name to diddy sorry mom my subscribers made me

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and i have to sneak into area 51 i am the most committed youtuber out here

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and honestly it means more to me and my friends than you guys know

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so hit the subscribe button

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and join the mafia honestly i don't even know what jimmy was saying

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because just being in his presence caused me to we'll see it

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but anyways i'm gonna go back to filming

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but thank god jimmy was done yapping so

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while mr beast kept filming with his contestants i slipped into the freezer

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because i had a plan to last around 11 hours

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and prove mr beast wrong they don't think you can sneak in without them knowing

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but there was just a few problems problems with the freezer one obviously unbelievably cold two

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you can literally see into the store from here

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so i guess it's a good thing

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that i built a tiny home disguised as a pallet with everything inside of it i need to live

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and stay warm so while jimmy was looking at this wall

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that listed everything the contestants had eaten so far i went to sneak into my new home

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It wrote down everything in the store.

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So this is what they ate on day four.

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This is my only opening to hopefully do this.

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If I fail right now, the video ends.

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This is what they ate on day five.

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Barely fit.

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Day six, day seven, day eight.

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And after I somehow squeezed my home through the door,

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Mr. Beast was headed to the exact area where I was trying to pull a fast one.

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Oh, right here, right here.

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Got it.

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And he would have caught me if it wasn't for Juan, YouTube's favorite contestant.

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Now, Juan didn't even know I was here, but him distracting

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Jimmy was insanely clutch.

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So, Juan, I love you, man.

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I think I have, like, 10 hours to go, and this point is mine.

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The contestants are, like, right on the other side of the glass.

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All while Juan was keeping Mr. Beast busy on the other side of the store.

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Oh, this is for my birthday?

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Oh, thank you that distraction came in unbelievably clutch because with nine hours

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and 45 minutes still remaining i was able to barely make

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it into my hiding spot right before mr beast walked by oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh

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i mean i mean i mean

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and now i'm safe or so i thought because not even 10 minutes after getting into my new home

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One of the contestants saw the box.

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While these guys might have been trying to find me, I've been trying to find you, the world's greatest YouTube editor.

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This is a $100 ,000 opportunity to come work with me

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and be a part of the SEAL Team 6 of YouTube editing.

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If you are obsessed with YouTube, if editing is the thing you are gifted at,

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submit a 90 -second video at the link in the top of the description.

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Now, thankfully, I had my shelter to hide in, which got me closer to winning the final point.

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But even though Jimmy stepped outside, I wasn't in the clear at all,

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because I still had to hide from the four contestants living inside the grocery store.

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And after 115 days trapped inside this store, they knew this place better than anyone.

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So if they noticed anything slightly off, they would let Jimmy know.

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But if I was going to survive all the way through the night and get that point,

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I knew I was going to need some food to hold me over.

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Look at all this food.

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bag

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or something i'll take some of these i'm hoping not looking at me

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i'm just a cameraman getting food in the grocery store i only got breakfast foods

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because they're standing next to everything else

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but as i was in the middle of my secret shopping

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spree one of the contestants noticed me what's up dude how you doing i had two options a walk away

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and look suspicious or b introduce myself

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and hope i didn't slip up i'm uh russell how you doing great to meet

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you you're jackson great to meet you now i tried to get out of

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that situation as fast as i could

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but this guy would not stop asking me questions yeah

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i'm just getting some b -roll yeah i'll be around the next few days yeah oh my gosh

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that was way too close i didn't know if this guy bought

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that or not but i was not going to stick around

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and find out

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so i decided to just go back into my hiding spot as soon as possible all right

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i think most of them are away from the kitchen i'm gonna go get back in

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but there was still one contestant between me and safety

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and honestly i didn't want to talk to any more contestants

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but juan did save me from jimmy earlier

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so what's up big dog i'm russell good to meet you my name is juan

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but this one interaction might have cost me the entire game

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because yeah i got you one of the contestants spotted me with juan

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and insisted on me taking their picture oh yeah baby but then my worst nightmare started to become real come on

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like moths to a flame all of the contestants

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and their trainer flocked to the kitchen so

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that they could have their photo taken thanks oh yeah baby

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but these guys had no idea that i was an imposter

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so i decided to play it cool nice boys looks good i'm russell i'm just getting b -roll

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and pictures the next few days so russell

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and before anyone was able to question anything

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i made a sneaky escape towards the freezer oh my gosh all right here we go

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but i still had to sneak back into my box unnoticed

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and as if things couldn't get any worse two of jimmy's crew members who did not know I was here,

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came in to give the contestants a new challenge.

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all right just act normal i am low -key oh god i'm gonna try to get back in without them noticing

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three two one

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dude this is so much harder than living in a normal grocery store those guys it's dude it's

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so intense in there however they still don't know

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that i'm living here with them

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while the contestants went back to burning more calories for their video i still had to survive six more hours

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if i wanted to get that point

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so after winding down for the night

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it was time for the next step in securing my victory pajama time i gotta stop being

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so loud it's time to get some sleep oh good night mafia

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i just needed to make it six more hours without these contestants knowing

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and i would be a big fat winner

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but in the middle of the night one of the contestants suddenly decided to take a second look at the box

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again these contestants came together and were foaming at the mouth to investigate anything

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that was remotely interesting like my big giant suspicious looking wooden box in the freezer.

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Let's go f*ing open it.

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I don't think we're allowed to, are we?

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I don't think we're allowed to, are we?

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I don't think we're just going to open it.

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We definitely can't open it.

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Ugh.

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Oh, they blew me out like crazy right outside the freezer.

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This is so bad.

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No, I know people were recording in there for a reason, bro.

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Oh my gosh, are they coming?

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Are they coming?

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Frank, Frank, Frank, Frank.

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They're coming.

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They're coming.

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They're coming.

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What do I do?

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Please don't come.

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Please don't come.

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i was praying to god these contestants would just leave me alone

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but they made it their life's mission to find out what was inside that box

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Oh, what's up what's up

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If you thought this was over, you thought wrong.

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Because while all my fellow youtubers are out there getting millions of views, I'll be watching but from much closer

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “I Hid In MrBeast's Grocery Store”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: contestant, meal, hour, nick. This video has 327 sentences and 3584 words to shadow. The speech runs for 23:51. The speaker talks at a natural 150 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
meal noun	/ˈmiːl/	Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
nickname noun	/ˈnɪkneɪm/	A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.
beast noun	/biːst/	Any four-footed land mammal.
jimmy noun	/ˈd͡ʒɪmi/	A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism.
sneak verb	/sniːk/	To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.
gosh	/ɡɑːʃ/	A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
grocery noun	/ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/	Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.
mansion noun	/ˈmæn.ʃən/	A large luxurious house or building, usually built for the wealthy.
freezer noun	/ˈfɹizɚ/	An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
rack noun	/ɹæk/	A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other.
detector noun	/dɪˈtɛktə(ɹ)/	A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.
rank noun	/ˈɹæŋk/	A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers.
chef noun	/ʃɛf/	The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
cheers	/t͡ʃɪəz/	A common toast used when drinking in company.
suspicious adjective	/səˈspɪʃ.əs/	Arousing suspicion.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
find out verb		To discover, as by asking or investigating.
go back to verb		To stem from; to originate in.
come together verb	/ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/	To assemble; to congregate; to combine.
come up with verb		To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
get out of verb		To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
get up verb		To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
go up verb		To move upwards.
look around verb		To inspect a building or area.

Sentences worth repeating

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

I'd love to sleep in this room.
You've got to see what things are wrong.
What's the first word that comes to mind when you see this?
How many grocery stores have you snuck into?
I don't think we're allowed to, are we?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	If I sit on it, I'll look · if you sign up, it'll help
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	you've been working · I've been trying
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	were headed · was clearly bamboozled · are heavily incentivized
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	there's been · haven't paid · I've teamed

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 97 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, mansion /ˈmæn.ʃən/, chef /ʃɛf/, suspicious /səˈspɪʃ.əs/, shelf /ʃɛlf/
Long words — get the stress right: successfully /səkˈsɛs.fə.li/, incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, investigate /ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/, interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/

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 meal, nickname, beast.

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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?