Shadowing Practice: I Tricked Hollywood That I Was A British Royal - Learn English Speaking with Video
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This isn't me.
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Hello guys, good to see you.
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This is Prince Maximilian, the Earl of Luton and 52nd in line to the British throne.
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The Earl of Luton, member of the British royal family.
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Oh my god, yay!
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He is currently being mobbed on the streets of Hollywood Boulevard.
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You see, those of you who have been following the channel for a
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while will know that I technically became a member of the British royal family.
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Congratulations.
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So I've decided to follow in the footsteps of some of my famous family members.
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The Duke of Sussex, please welcome to the late show, Prince Harry.
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Earl of Luton is heading to Hollywood.
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Are we ready to rock and roll?
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This is the story of how I caught the attention of Hollywood paparazzi.
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TNG wants the Isle of Luton, maybe?
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Toured the hottest spots in Tinseltown.
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I swear you can't make your somebody, apparently.
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And in doing so, scored myself an invite to one of the most exclusive events in the influencer calendar.
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Nice to meet you, Your Majesty.
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Nice to meet you.
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How are you doing?
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This video is sponsored by Shopify.
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Okay, Earl of Luton is in LA.
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That's right my loyal subjects.
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I followed in the footsteps of my fellow regal cousins and come to Tinseltown.
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And this time, I'm making a movie.
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The plan was to hit the streets of LA with a documentary film crew
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and see how much adoration and free stuff I could blag.
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It seems like the first thing that they've decided to do is to get a big documentary deal.
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This is a real person, the real royal.
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I don't know a single person who has watched the Royal documentary.
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So you don't actually really need to make the documentary.
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People just need to think.
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you're making the documentary.
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So that is what I'm doing today.
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Hey, Steve!
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After a quick ironing costume change, I was transformed into the Earl of Luton.
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And to really look the part, I would need not only a professional crew, but like all the rich and famous...
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Hello, boys!
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...some bodyguards as well.
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I mean, we looked the part, to be fair.
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We'll get some Tories.
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Can I take a picture?
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They're gonna treat you like royalty.
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If anyone asks, just say, "member of the British Royal Family." There you go.
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We piled into the car, and the excitement was palpable.
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First off on our tour of LA, Griffith Observatory.
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And despite making quite a show, it seemed that not everyone recognized the Earl.
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Good to see you.
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You well?
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Good man.
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Hello guys, good to see you.
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Are you well?
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Good, good stuff.
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Turns out that even with a bona fide British royal, complete with security and cameras in their midst, the people of Griffith Observatory couldn't care less.
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Time for a change of location.
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Next up was a spot of shopping on Rodeo Drive, haunt of the LA socialite.
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But far from the five star experience the Earl is used to, I was, dare I say it,
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being treated "Like a normal person." I was going to need a better plan and a better location.
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And that location was the famous Hollywood Boulevard.
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Where thousands of tourists gather every day hoping to catch a glimpse of the rich and famous.
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And to really cause a scene, I would need a secret weapon.
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Because we all know all really great documentaries have an equally great interviewer.
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A calm, poised opponent to the subject being studied, someone to bring an air of legitimacy, and serious to the project.
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Ah.
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We're in a bouncy place.
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Your Majesty.
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The Oprah of YouTube and friend of the channel, Preston Goes.
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So you are interviewing me?
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Jack.
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Earl of Luton's in LA.
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Jack.
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He's making a documentary.
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That's what all royal family members do. Of course.
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Are we ready to rock and roll?
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It was time to hit the strip and meet my adoring subjects.
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Hello guys, how we doing?
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Nice to see you.
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And fingers crossed, this time with Preston asking me questions, we'd hopefully turn some heads and people would recognise me as true Hollywood royalty.
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So as a part of this, the royal family.
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What does it feel like being around commoners?
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And now for the most sacred of the royal traditions, shaking hands with the great unwashed.
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Hello guys, how are you doing?
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Nice to meet you.
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Earl of Luton, how are you doing?
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Are you doing LA?
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Is that a other than called Andrew?
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And it turned out that the missing piece of the puzzle...
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How are you doing sir?
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Nice to see you.
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My name is Earl of Luton, good to see you.
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...was an American called Preston just pointing at me and yelling.
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Royal family, part of the royal family.
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Hello guys, are you well?
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And the Earl was meeting citizens from all over.
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Where are you from?
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She said Mexico.
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Mexico.
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There isn't, I don't think there's a Mexico in London but good to see you.
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Have you been to the UK?
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No, never.
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I want to go to London.
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Okay, well mummy can put you up in her big castle if you'd like.
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That would be good.
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Yeah of course.
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I barely had time to answer any interview questions at all.
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Is there a group chat for the royal family?
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Yeah.
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Hello, good to see you.
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Before being pulled away by another adoring fan.
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Have you been to the UK?
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No, you must come.
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Mummy's a fantastic cook.
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Earl of Luton.
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Earl of Luton.
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Earl of Luton.
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Earl of Luton.
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Yes indeed, yes.
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Within minutes, a photo with the Earl of Luton was the hottest ticket on the Hollywood Boulevard.
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Can you get it?
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Have you been to the UK?
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Yes.
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And the Earl was being mobbed.
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Good to see you.
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I'm very well.
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Oh, crikey.
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That was not rehearsed.
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But as time went on, things started to get slightly out of hand.
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Earl of Luton, fantastic.
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I'm from Britain.
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Can you hear me, Earl?
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Of course you can.
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Let's do it.
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And a chance for a photo with a real -life royal was too much to pass up for the people of Hollywood.
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Oh, Toronto, wonderful.
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The Earl of Luton, member of the British Royal Family.
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Oh my god.
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Yeah, yeah.
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God bless them.
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This is the weirdest day I've had in a really long time.
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The crowd of well -wishers was growing and it was about time to make my getaway.
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But in Hollywood, there's no escape from an international celebrity.
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And before we could pile into our blacked -out SUV, we ran into a TMZ bus full of star -hungry tourists.
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Hello guys, nice to see you from Long Beach.
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Thank you so much.
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Where are you going?
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Where are you coming?
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We're here doing a documentary here in the US.
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You guys are amazing.
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Bravo!
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arrived.
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CMZ wants the Isle of Bluton baby!
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Now that I'm a serious prince, I need a serious website to reflect that I'm a serious member of the British royal family, I could probably do that with Shopify,
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the sponsor of today's video.
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You see, I actually run my online store, thesillycompany .co .uk, using Shopify, but silliness just isn't going to cut it out here in Tinseltown.
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So I need something a bit more refined, more regal.
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So, it's time for a rebrand.
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The Silly serious company.
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And this is where Shopify comes in because I was able to turn a silly idea into a real, functioning business.
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It lets you sell your products everywhere.
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Website, your social media, the shop, app, YouTube, it handles it all.
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Now, watch this.
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Bright colours?
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Nah.
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Gone.
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Changed into something much more regal.
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Refined.
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Smiley faces?
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Let's make them more serious.
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Fits for a prince.
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The product descriptions?
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This is where Sidekick comes in.
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Sidekick is basically your colleague
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and I asked it to rewrite everything on my site to make it sound a little bit more regal.
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So my unemployed friend on Tuesday caps, they're now official regal commemorative headwear.
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Same year over, completely reborn in minutes.
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Silly company's dead.
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Long live the serious company.
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Start your own store right now by going to shopify .com /maxfosh.
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With my royal civic duties complete, I headed back to my hotel to plan the Earl's next move.
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Turns out Hollywood loves the Earl of Luton.
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How could they not?
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I'm an absolute delight.
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Initially my plan for the Earl of Luton was to come to LA, make a buzz on the strip, and then try and get myself into a Hollywood after -party.
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A nightclub, if you will.
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not going to be possible because nobody is in LA currently because everybody is in Coachella.
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Apparently it starts tomorrow.
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Are you going to Coachella?
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Is that the place to go?
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Are you going to go to Coachella?
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I hadn't thought about it but should I?
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So everyone has left LA.
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I'm going to have to slightly pivot my plan and I'm going to try and get the Earl of Luton into Coachella.
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The thing is about Coachella is that I think I personally would hate it.
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But the Earl of Luton would bloody love it.
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There is a big issue with this however, I don't have a ticket and it's one of the hottest tickets in town.
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You basically just need to be a really big influencer -y name in order to get one.
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This is the new plan.
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I'm going to create an Instagram profile for the Earl of Luton.
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Ad name Maximilian Luton.
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He's going to follow nobody.
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I need to populate this Instagram with pictures of me looking like a member of the royal family.
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Posh.
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Island holiday dot dot dot.
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Not that island.
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Got the account?
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Sort of.
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Buy loads of followers, make it look really legit, and then see if I can ping out loads of DMs to try and get the Earl of Luton a ticket,
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because I want to see the Earl of Luton a ticket, and I'm sure you do.
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So, with my new target in sight, I spent the rest of the day messaging anyone I could think of.
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Agents, PR companies, influencers.
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The Earl was signed up for 23 wait lists. were enough.
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Because a certain brand, who because of how long I've been doing this, I'm wise enough not to mention my name, eventually reached out and offered the Earl of Luton,
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who doesn't exist, with 10 ,000 more followers, an artist passed to Coachella.
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All I had to do was send my personal assistant to pick it up.
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The Earl of Luton is going to Coachella, baby!
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Who would have thought a bit of DMing with an Instagram account that says you're the Earl of Luton?
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Dust the trich.
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I am currently driving the three hours out of LA to Coachella to go and pick up the Earl of Luton's ticket.
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It's like a VIP ticket as well.
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It's pretty bougie.
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But unfortunately, the ticket didn't come with a place to stay.
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Not really.
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I had a look at Airbnbs and this is how much they cost, this is how much they cost, and this is how much they cost for a company.
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Pretty expensive.
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I don't really know what I'm going to do.
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Thankfully I'd met a man in Vegas called Rob who mentioned he was going to Coachella.
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He went to Coachella?
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And he might just be the answer to my prayers.
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After reaching out and asking for a room to stay, Rob came to the rescue. and into place.
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So after arriving and sending my personal assistant to collect my ticket, I met my knight in shining armour, Rob.
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And I was very eager to settle into my room, unpack and have a nice hot shower.
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Okay.
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On second thoughts.
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Is this mine?
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This is yours, yeah.
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Fit for a king.
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It is fit for an, well, fit for an Earl.
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Yeah.
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I guess beggars can't be cheesers.
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to the Royal Suite, it was time to get into character.
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Hi guys, get ready with the Earl of Luton, get ready for Coachella, it's Big Hall.
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This is my Airbnb.
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Thank you so much for Daddy for sponsoring me on this particular one.
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With the royal blood coursing through my veins...
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I've got the cufflinks on.
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Cufflinks in Coachella.
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Could be the move.
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The Earl of Luton was ready to conquer Coachella.
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The Earl of Luton's hit Coachella, baby.
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Armed with my Arcus Pass, I had access to all the VVIP spots.
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But he was here, and he was here to party.
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The Earl of Luton had a wild weekend, jiving to the finest musical artists.
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The Earl of Luton loves the marina carpenter, that's the girl.
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Meeting his loyal subjects.
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You've been a talk on the Earl of Luton, you look amazing.
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It looks brilliant.
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What's crazy, it's inside out.
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What's on the other side?
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It's two cowboys touching.
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F*.
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Great.
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We had bangers of mash, fish and chips.
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just living his best life.
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So, the moral of the story: it doesn't matter what family you're born into.
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It just matters how much you're prepared to lie.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 266 sentences and 2213 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:23. The speaker talks at a natural 179 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 79% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| documentary noun | /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/ | A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner. |
| silly adjective | /ˈsɪl.i/ | Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance. |
| sponsor noun | /ˈspɒn.səː/ | A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or… |
| strip verb | /ˈstɹɪp/ | To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes. |
| loyal adjective | /ˈlɔɪəl/ | Having or demonstrating undivided and constant support for someone or something. |
| pile noun | /paɪl/ | A mass of things heaped together; a heap. |
| mob noun | /mɑb/ | A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action. |
| royalty noun | /ˈɹɔɪəlti/ | The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch. |
| adore verb | /əˈdoɹ/ | To worship. |
| follower noun | /ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)/ | One who follows, comes after another. |
| finger noun | /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ | A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other… |
| rescue verb | /ˈɹɛs.kjuː/ | To save from any violence, danger or evil. |
| moral adjective | /ˈmoɹəl/ | Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially conforming to principles of rectitude. |
| castle noun | /ˈkɑːsəl/ | A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or… |
| hungry adjective | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| turn out verb | To end up; to result. |
| reach out verb | To extend one's hand(s) forward; to reach for something. |
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. |
| pull away verb | To move ahead. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | have been following · I've been doing |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've decided · they've decided · has watched |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | being mobbed · is sponsored · was transformed |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 47 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, throne /θɹəʊ̯n/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, shine /ʃaɪn/, mash /mæʃ/, adoration /ˌæ.dəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: documentary /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, celebrity /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/, legitimacy /ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi/
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 documentary, silly, sponsor.
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.