Shadowing Practice: Kalogeras Sisters GO CAMPING! - Learn English Speaking with Video
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We're going camping.
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Let's buy some shit.
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Guys, I don't think this is a camping store.
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No, for real though.
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Let's get a tent, guys.
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Okay, we're at Costco.
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We have no time to wait.
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Here we go.
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Go get some ice cream.
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No, we don't.
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We have to go shopping.
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We have to get some ice cream.
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Guys.
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It looks pretty sturdy.
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I think this is it.
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Allie, you think this is it?
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This is the one.
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We're back home.
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We got this shit ready.
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Now we're about to get ready
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What's the opposite of a wedgie This is the biggest st I've ever had in my life.
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Okay, guys.
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Fit check for the camping.
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First of all, my first question.
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Where the fk are your pants?
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Bro, you're literally wearing camo 2.
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I'm not talking about the camp.
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She's wearing a skirt and we're camping.
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I'm going to cooter out in the wilderness, I promise.
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You guys have to be free in the wilderness.
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I'm taking it to all of them.
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Yo, what are those?
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We should use this for defense.
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We should use that to start a fire.
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We're all thinking of st.
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Yo, that's where we were camping, cuzzo.
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Yo, you ain't camo bro Where's Kayla?
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Where's Kayla?
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Where's Kayla?
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Where's Kayla?
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Where's Kayla?
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Where's Kayla?
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Where's Kayla?
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Where's Kayla?
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It looks like a boss.
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She and Ellie?
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What the fuck?
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It's really dangerous.
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We should pretend I fall.
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Oh my, get the fuck down.
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I might just fall for the clip.
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Get down.
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Guys, she fell.
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Guys, she fell.
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Guys, she fell.
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Five minutes set up.
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Guys, why are you here?
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Go there so it looks like we're camping.
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Well, there's shit over there.
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No, no, no. No, no, no. No, no, no, no. It looks like we're camping.
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Well, there's shit over there.
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No, just avoid the shit.
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I'm serious.
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A few moments later.
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Oh, my.
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My.
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No. Go take your shoes off.
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No, wait.
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Dad, take me on a putting green.
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Oh, are you good?
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Are you good?
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Here, I got it.
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I got it.
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I got it.
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No, we're not going to go on.
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Stay time.
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We'll camp.
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Hey.
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Oh, my.
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We should have them.
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I think I just looked at my shoulder.
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We're not camping in a backyard.
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Okay, we're in the wilderness.
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guys we've arrived at our campground it took us a while to get here it's very secluded
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no matter what you can see the houses in the back
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because we started camping officially we cannot go back inside the
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house we're not even at the house we're in the wilderness
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we would have to drive at least 30 minutes you guys
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back to our house anyone have like a pocket knife i
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feel like every camper has a pocket yeah we should have
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a knife you're right i feel like these should be equipped
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with a pocket knife okay oh my god ali come on okay come on
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are we good spooky what the oh my we have weapons no guys no
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please tell me someone brought mosquito repellent yeah it's on my ass What was that?
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Yeah!
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Oh yeah!
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She looks like it's gonna be I...
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What color?
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Okay, can someone look at the instructions?
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I'm reading all of that.
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This is in French!
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Turn it over!
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No, I don't...
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Yep.
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Excuse me, I'm going to say something.
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Who's reading this?
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This is the warranty!
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Ellie knows how to read.
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Oh, wait.
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She just can't spell.
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We should watch a video.
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We can't.
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We're in the wilderness.
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We can't watch a fucking video.
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We need videotaping on.
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I have to change my pants for survival reasons The survival of my vagina Those were like camel toe central
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We're cooked Yo what are y'all doing under there
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What is going on over there Might be the tent We
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might need to get down Guys we couldn't finish the tent
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so this is how we're gonna be sleeping No get up we're finishing it What do we have here
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Ellie no Guys lock in, especially you, Ali.
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Put those away because we have to roast them.
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How would you rate your experience so far?
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Why is this spaghetti?
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You almost hit me with that.
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No, no, no, no. Come on.
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You good?
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Oh, my God.
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This can be used as like...
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I'm feeling low-key plastic over.
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Oh my god.
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Under me.
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No, no, no, no, no. Ow, there's pickets all under me.
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No, there's not, baby.
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I have a lot of picketties.
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I can't get out.
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The sleepover!
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Match colors.
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Match colors.
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Hole?
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What?
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Okay, let me read it.
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We have a dyslexic reading.
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Guys, there's ants on it.
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Oh Just
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gonna sleep on
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lizzie guys no okay guys we made mad progress in the
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past two minutes like we kind of just locked in all of us all of us collectively just locked in
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and realized yeah
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that doesn't look right oh my gosh what are the red thing are you doing these for guys we're home
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guys i'm thinking you go here why would it even be like that that can't be right no look at it
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We bought some shit that we think people eat during camping.
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So we got some marshmallows.
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We've actually never been camping.
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Good job, baby.
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We're making some s'mores.
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We got some glizzies.
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We're making some glizzies, the staple.
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How are we going to cook this, though? With a fire.
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Well, we better get started now.
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Like, we're going to make the fire?
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Our next step is to start a fire so that we can make our glizzies.
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And Kealia, what are you doing?
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Well, what are you doing?
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No, but, like, why are you in the corner?
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Just in case I actually start it, then I don't get it possible.
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Let me stop you right there because there's more of a chance
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that you shove those sticks up your ass than you start a fire.
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Then we have some hope, buddy.
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What the fuck is going on?
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Is that a mulch?
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Just get a mat from inside.
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Like, we're literally at our house.
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Okay, this is impossible.
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Guys, why don't we use the stove that's very much?
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No, no, no, I have a good idea.
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Okay, put that down before it hurts you.
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There's bugs on you.
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We're cooked.
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You know my least favorite food is marshmallows?
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I at least prefer them cooked.
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sit spread
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I have to pee well if you have to pee then you're going to pee out here oh my god
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guys should we pull it all night out oh my god
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how would you rate the cafe experience so far Mieha? honestly like a 4
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there's a lot of bugs and couldn't figure out the tent
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and the fact that Sunday won't let me go in the house to take a piss
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or cook on the f*ing grill that we have right there So maybe it's taking this camping experience very seriously.
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I didn't even ask you how it's going yet You're gonna piss you're gonna piss in the bush
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if you're gonna eat glizzies You're gonna eat them raw because we're starting a fire from hand.
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We're not gonna half-ass it guys.
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Where's my phone?
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I'm having a really good time.
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How would you rate your experience so far?
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Okay, I'm so thirsty you have to drink out of the house because you can't drink in the house
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That's against the rule.
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How did we forget water though?
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Okay, I turn on you drink Okay.
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How does this thing work?
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Okay, choke this.
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I'm going dehydrated.
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No, I'm serious.
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Oh, you're swillying this shit.
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I'm going inside.
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No, not a lot of contact.
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I'm sorry, buddy.
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No, Kayla.
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Where did she get that?
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Mom brought it to me that's not fair like that's actually not fair i don't know why you think like
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if you're camping and i'm doing this that you just get a homemade Shirley Temple
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mom ate i'm being serious you want the orange
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guys this is awesome okay no this is yours
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so put it next to ellie for no one yeah undo it real quick Ellie,
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open this for no longer. Does it work, Kyle?
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Guys, this thing is huge.
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Take a look.
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Get me on video.
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I feel like Noah, as a man, should know how to start a fire.
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I agree.
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I do know how to start a fire.
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Why are you guys looking at me like that?
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So why haven't you started a fire?
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Guys, we can watch the sunset oh my god guys we're
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taking moose on our camping trip with us get get the
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sunset guys look at our view that's stunning student guys this
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is actually comfy as fuck guys are we actually sleeping over here yeah
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so should i text my mom yeah text your mom yeah
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noah you're like literally like this is such a big can
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yet you're oh my god oh my god i love my
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little guys i'm like a butterfly i love this guys
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when i wake up it's like me like releasing from my
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cocoon hey mom this is kind of a weird request okay
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i'm literally starving no i'm really hungry thank you have a
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great night sir thank you very much who ordered this pizza who ordered the pizza obviously it wasn't me okay
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it obviously wasn't me guys i'm serious because we're not supposed to be what i'm recording
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stop it was it you i'm recording no watch you ordered the pizza okay so whoever did this
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fess up guys pizza actually make that a large some breadsticks what can i say
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it's better than the hot dogs for the record i feel like this still counts as camping
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because we didn't go in the house that's true right people who camp are crazy i would camp
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would you you couldn't even go in an hour without food you have food
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when you're camping yeah there's literally proof right there the proof is in the pizza
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oh wait i didn't order pepperoni man what is this elliot wait so you did order it no You got hot honey?
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What's this?
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With original crust?
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You didn't even get cheesy crust?
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How would you eat the pizza?
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10. 10.
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Sing that one.
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Oops.
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Wait, what's like a camping song?
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Because what's a song that people sing when they're camping?
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Driving home for Christmas.
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Yeah.
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Is that an original?
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Are we live?
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It's on.
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So it's now nighttime and we're all very tired.
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Oh, basically, we've moved to the point of the camping trip that we're trying to scare each other with scary stories.
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We're getting very scared.
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You first.
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Never scared.
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Wait, me first about what?
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You just tell us a scary story and try to scare us.
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No, I'm too scared.
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Make me serious.
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I'm too scared to tell us a scary story.
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Just tell us a scary story.
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Then I'll tell one.
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I don't want to tell fucking scary stories when we're in a tent in our backyard.
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I'll tell.
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Okay, Noah first.
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I'm scared, though.
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You just walk in, then.
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Wow, why is this BBL a part of the is the new a part of the story
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Can you stop interrupting and the clerk told him not to look in room 13.
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No, I don't like number things.
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What?
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Like, I don't like number.
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I have a scary story.
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Celia, look at you.
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You're being really, really interruptive.
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Nice person to talk is getting into room 13.
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Oh.
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How much longer is this?
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Okay.
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Today, I'm going to be telling you.
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No, no, not, no. Today, I'm going to be telling you guys a scary story.
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I'm gonna hold the light up here instead of doing it like this with more clatter.
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Alright. So.
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Posing.
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One day.
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I'm gonna.
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Joey looks scary as fuck.
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I'm gonna do a little reverse.
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Because I'm so white.
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I'm.
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Oh!
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Sorry!
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I'm sorry.
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Do I look scary?
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I'm gonna do a little, um, story like Noah's except better.
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Oh.
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One day, there were four kids.
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Yo, are you good?
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Like.
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No, don't make it about us.
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One day.
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Do not make it about us.
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If you make it about us big tent
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The tent fits 10 people if you make it about us I've seen way too many movies like No, Mia
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What is someone gonna do kelia stop it come on i'm
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not kidding i promise you're not stop yelling did you make a smiley face no yeah she did okay guys
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kayla trust me don't make the story about us obviously you're
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smiling okay it's not it won't be about us thank you
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it'll be about four kids no i'm going inside i'm so i'm with you i'll stop
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okay i'll tell a different story guys would it be funny if we continue the stories inside
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i'll be that should be so funny though like guys um after noah's story we went inside
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no your story wasn't even scared yeah i think noah's just scared
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guys wouldn't it be funny if we took this inside
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or we could just go inside what's your biggest fear uh the dark
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well what's your biggest fear no three fears the dark too no worries that is a car mia bro like
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mia okay you've never been capping
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but i can tell you never i'll act like i didn't hear something
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that no like i thought i heard what's like guys like we live in the suburbs
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no we live in a gated community that's true you know you need a mew like
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ali what's your biggest fear oh my god getting a flashlight in my eyes Yeah, I don't like that.
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I just laughed and looked at you.
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I'm not fucking like no I don't like that smile My smile No Ellie don't
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Yo wait Call the police and get your knife.
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Guys, I swear you're scared of me!
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Noah, go!
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Noah, go!
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Oh my god!
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Guys!
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Noah, be careful!
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Noah, be careful!
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Noah, be careful!
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Noah, be careful!
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Noah, be careful!
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Guys, let's go!
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Let's go!
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What do we need to do?
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No, I'm leaving Hey guys,
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that was scary We got way too scared and we went inside
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Because this is fucking scary I don't know how people camp normally We're literally outside of our house Kelly, come on KELIA WATCH OUT!
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KELIA!
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Stop!
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Behind you!
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Hey, this is actually scary.
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Guys, I'm so scared.
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Like, I don't know what's next.
About This Lesson
In this lesson, you will engage with a fun and lively transcript from the video titled "Kalogeras Sisters GO CAMPING!" This session is designed to enhance your English speaking practice through a relatable and humorous camping scenario. By analyzing the dialogue, you will gain insights into casual speech, colloquialisms, and expressions commonly used among friends. This lesson aims to improve your conversational fluency and comprehension, beneficial for informal settings and preparation for the IELTS speaking practice.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Camping store - A shop that sells camping equipment.
- Fit check - A casual term referring to checking clothing and outfit suitability.
- Defense - To protect oneself; can refer to using tools or skills for safety.
- Camo - Short for camouflage, referring to patterned clothing that blends with nature.
- Ice cream - A frozen dessert; often enjoyed as a treat.
- Wilderness - An uninhabited, natural area where one can explore and camp.
- Shit - A colloquial term often used for emphasis or to express frustration/excitement.
- Cooch out - A humorous expression implying being exposed or vulnerable.
Practice Tips
To effectively incorporate the shadowing technique into your practice, follow these steps using the transcript from the video:
- Listen and Repeat: First, watch the video and pay close attention to the speed, tone, and pronunciation of the speakers. Try to mimic their intonations and inflections as closely as possible.
- Segment the Speech: Break down the transcript into smaller sections. Focus on one sentence or phrase at a time. This method can help you digest the material more effectively while enhancing your English speaking practice.
- Record Yourself: Use a recording device to capture your shadow speech. Compare your tone and speed to that of the original speakers to identify areas for improvement.
- Explore Humor and Expressions: Pay attention to the humor in the dialogue. Understanding these nuances will greatly aid in achieving fluency, especially useful for situations like IELTS speaking practice where showing personality can benefit your scores.
- Rewatch and Revise: Finally, revisit the video multiple times. Each watch will provide fresh insights, allowing you to notice different expressions or vocabulary you can integrate into your own speech.
By using this engaging video as a practice tool, you will not only learn enhanced vocabulary but also develop a more natural flow in conversation, making it easier for you to learn English with YouTube.
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.