Shadowing Practice: Learn ENGLISH Naturally On HALLOWEEN! 🎃👻🇺🇸 (Comprehensible Input) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Today is Halloween, a holiday that everyone celebrates here in America.
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Today we are going to carve pumpkins, we are going to see some popular Halloween attractions and see what else we can find to do today.
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But first, we can't just wear our normal clothes.
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Everyone dresses up on Halloween.
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We've got to go get changed and put our costumes on.
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now that is more like it
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we got our bucky's onesies on this is a giant one -piece suit
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so it's called a onesie we got them from none other than bucky's the giant gas station now
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that we're suited up in our Bucky's onesies
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it's time to choose our pumpkins I've got to find the best one out of all of these buckets there's
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so many to choose from there are
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so many pumpkins to choose from this one is really dirty not a good pick oh
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I gotta go really deep to get the best one the trick is to dig to the bottom
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because everyone grabs their pumpkins off the top
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so you have to dig you also always have to be careful with the stems
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i grabbed this one by the stem and it almost broke never grab a pumpkin by the stem
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there were no good ones down there maybe over here i need one that's really really big
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and also has a good stem this one looks good from the front
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but from the back not good i don't think
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there are any pumpkins in this bucket for me
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i'm gonna move on that's a weird pumpkin oh this this one looks like a bean oh it's pretty good
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i need a good one i can't find any good ones i need one that's very round and pretty big
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the trick is to listen to the inside
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if you can hear a noise don't get it this one is making a noise yep i am not getting
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that one oh i thought i found the perfect pumpkin it's perfect from the front
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but once again from the back not good wait i might be in luck these pumpkins are really heavy
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yes i finally found it i finally found it
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the perfect pumpkin it's finally time to carve our pumpkins
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now
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that we both have the perfect pumpkins it's time to carve them
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this is everything we will need we need a knife one two three bowls a spoon
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and a kit that has a spoon three knives two markers
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and another knife
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so four knives Maddox what are you gonna be making
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it's gonna be a surprise you'll see it at the end once it's completed.
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Okay okay well if you're doing a surprise I think I have to do a surprise as well.
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You guys won't know what we're making until it's finished.
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Our things are so good that I don't even know if you would believe us if we told you.
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Yeah if we tried to explain what we're about to carve in these pumpkins you would not believe us it's
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so good it will not be easy though i've got to roll up my sleeves
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so that I don't get pumpkin juice or seeds all over my arms.
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It's time.
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First step is to cut around.
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Oh.
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I don't think this one was made for this.
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That felt like murder.
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I feel like I just killed a pumpkin in.
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I'm almost done with my circle.
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Why is it not coming off?
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It's like the sword in the stone come off oh my circle is not even
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it's not even a circle
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it's close enough oh mine's coming right out oh yes
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now I'm gonna take the super goop scoop to clear out all
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this inside it looks insane in here there's like all these seeds
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and strings it looks like just a giant like spider nest or something like a bunch of spiderwebs.
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Time to scoop out with the Super Goop Scoop.
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Look at all of this stuff in here.
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All of these, wait, there's nothing on my spoon all of these things are seeds
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and you can actually eat these so we're gonna save them
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and put them in this bowl so
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that we can bake them in the oven later look how much stuff
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there is in there we have to make sure all of this is out
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okay so we carved out all of the internal stuff from the pumpkin
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so now it's hollow and then we took it out oh no
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and then we took it out and put it into this bowl
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and separated the seeds from the weird mush of pumpkin goo
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mine got cooked when we cut the top
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because i cut straight down instead of at an angle where it could sit
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so now it just drops in when i set it in
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but it's fine no no no no dude why did you do that no Maddox it's fine it's fine watch watch
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okay so I thought that it would be fun I thought
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that it would be funny if I pushed it in
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and I thought that Maddox would think it was funny
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but looking at his face right now he did not think it was funny
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so i'm trying to fix it i already put one pencil
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inside of this thing and i'm gonna put another one in so i'm just jabbing it in oh and then hammering
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so now it's sticking out just a little bit i think that might do the trick
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yes now it sits right at the top perfect Maddox are you happy
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he went like this well yeah it's better than it was before he ruined it
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so he unruined it I unruined it I fixed it unruined is not a real word
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but it should be okay now it's time to carve.
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Yes we finished carving our pumpkins.
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These guys turned out way better than I expected.
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First let's go with you Maddox.
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What did you carve?
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First I have to put the candle in so we can get the full experience.
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Oh, no. It died.
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It died right as he put it in.
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Not too bad.
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So, I made a Wild West pumpkin.
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I have a cowboy ghost with a cactus and a moon and this little shrub thing down here.
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Overall, it turned out way better than I thought.
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It took a long time.
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It took me probably at least four times as long as Jaden's took,
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but it was worth it this is the coolest pumpkin
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i have ever carved jayden what do you think i think
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this is the coolest pumpkin
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i have ever seen especially with the candle inside glowing the whole thing the ghost with the cowboy hat
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you have a cactus on here you also have a moon dude
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this was a good pumpkin it was worth it now
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that we've gone through mine jayden what did you carve i carved maddox
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what i'm kidding i'm kidding i carved a pig not maddox look at this guy
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this guy turned out way better than i was expecting maddox has turned out better than we were expecting
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and mine did as well i added some ears
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because you know pigs have pointy ears i added some eyebrows a pig snout
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and a couple teeth one of his teeth is a little wiggly
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but that's okay the best thing about this guy is he can be happy
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or you can angle his eyebrows to make him angry kind of
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he still doesn't look that angry okay actually i lied this is the best part no no his tail fell off
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This is the best part.
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He's got a tail.
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Maddox, what do you think of my pig pumpkin?
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Your pig pumpkin is so good.
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It's unlike any jack -o' -lantern I have ever seen.
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It takes a somewhat normal design
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and just makes it the coolest thing i've never seen one with ears
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and eyebrows and a nose i think the nose might be my favorite part it's
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so cool and the fact that it has a loose tooth is
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because it just ate candy because it's halloween you're right that's exactly why i did that it was all intentional yeah Yeah.
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He also has a name.
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I call him the Pig King.
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He's like a pig, but a pumpkin.
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That is a good name.
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I know.
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we randomly saw a street while we were driving on the road
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and we said we have to record this
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and show our viewers what is on this street there are a few different houses that are extremely decorated.
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House number one.
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It has a bunch of purple lights surrounding the entire thing.
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Over here, we've got a little graveyard that is pretty sketchy.
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We've got a few signs on there one says rest in peace enter
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if you dare trick or treat a giant blow up
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That is a ghost with a pretty scary face.
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He's doing something like this.
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Wait, he might be doing 6 -7.
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He is definitely doing 6 -7.
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6 -7!
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I almost entered the graveyard.
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over here there's a skeleton that is attached to this road sign
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and it even has a bow tie right here
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it's wearing a bow tie
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it's all dressed up as it's strapped to the road sign medics it looks like you
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and that skeleton could be friends i mean we could be best friends i think his name is Ted
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and Ted and I, Ted and I are gonna be best pals.
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Bye Ted.
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Over here are a bunch of tiny skeletons.
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I can't tell if they're dogs or baby skeletons,
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but there are five of them and two are super little
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and then there's one really freaky big skeleton
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that's like floating around with this cloak on top of it i don't like
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that one and i think we should move on we've moved on to house two
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The other house had purple lights.
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House two has orange lights.
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Orange and purple are Halloween colors.
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We also have some spider webs
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that are kind of making an archway up to the door with a skeleton
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that is scared he's sitting on a chair
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and he looks like he's scared of the giant spiders
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that have just nested right in front of his house
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and there's another skeleton
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and I have no idea what he's doing I think
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he got caught in the spider web you're right
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he got caught in the spider web oh
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there's a skeleton in the tree over there it's like 12 in the morning
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and everything is scary because we're on a street with a bunch of scary decorations
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so everything has me on edge okay
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so we have the skeleton in the tree this skeleton that's caught in the spider web this skeleton
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that is scared of the spiders and i wonder
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if we can see any more oh
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that is a skeleton too i think wait is this one oh
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this this is a this is a person oh my goodness spiders they got them all I barely made it the spiders
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moving on to house three the final house house three
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House three is the greatest house on the entire street.
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We have three skeletons right here.
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Literally, the very front has three skeletons.
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And then up here, we have tombstones.
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We have a little goblin
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that is peeking around like very scary looking we have a lot of yard decorations a ton of pumpkins
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and inside it's skeleton mayhem there's a weird skeleton looking straight at us
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and there's a sign that says fortune teller
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so a fortune teller is someone who is supposed to be able to tell you your fortune
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or your future so if i was a fortune teller
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and you came up to me
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and said what is my fortune then i could be like tomorrow you are going to get a hundred dollars
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or tomorrow you are going to lose your ice cream after
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you buy it from the store it's going to fall off of your ice cream cone
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or something like that that is what a fortune teller would do
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but fortune tellers are not real neither are these skeletons there are so many skeletons inside
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Over here we have more skeletons.
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On the porch there's a skeleton.
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There's a little carriage, like a little baby carriage with a baby doll inside.
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And all of these, these are crazy.
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These silhouettes of different things.
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We have so much going on all around this house.
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it's a lot Maddox what do you think I think it's crazy it's
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so cool that they have so much stuff
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and the owner of the house just came outside and told us
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that they've been doing this for decades which means probably at least 10 or 20 years because a decade is 10 years.
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She also told us that there's a graveyard in the back so I guess we're gonna go back there and explore.
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She said that we are allowed to go back there.
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It's kind of sketchy randomly going in someone's backyard i just tripped on a wire she said that it's cool
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they go all out here scary they really go all out
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they even have decorations inside i can see them there's so much here we're coming to the graveyard
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this is crazy
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she was not wrong look oh my goodness look at
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that this is a skeleton with a head of I don't even want to know
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i do not want to know this is sketchy we have heads everywhere we have bones skeletons
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we have tombstones it was nice of her to let us back here
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but i don't know
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if we can stay back here ah ah ah
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another head oh my gosh oh my gosh help i think
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we need to go right maddox yeah let's get out of here there's ghosts right here in the windows there's
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so much there is
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so much at this house it says beware for a reason yes skeleton we should have heeded
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that warning it says beware but we did not be where we went back anyways we made it we made it out
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I'm still scared
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Learn ENGLISH Naturally On HALLOWEEN! 🎃👻🇺🇸”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: pumpkin, skeleton, maddox. This video has 215 sentences and 2386 words to shadow. The speech runs for 23:31. The speaker talks slowly, about 101 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 81% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| pumpkin noun | /ˈpʌm(p).kɪn/ | A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon. |
| skeleton noun | /ˈskɛlətən/ | The system that provides support to an organism, where in vertebrates it is internal and consists of bones and cartilage, and external in some other animals. |
| spider noun | /ˈspaɪ̯dɚ/ | Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey. |
| fortune noun | /ˈfɔːtjuːn/ | Destiny, especially favorable. |
| scary adjective | /ˈskɛə.ɹi/ | Causing fear or anxiety |
| trick noun | /ˈtɹɪk/ | Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle. |
| ghost noun | /ɡoʊst/ | A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death. |
| knife noun | /ˈnaɪ̯f/ | A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge… |
| seed noun | /siːd/ | Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs. |
| stem noun | /stɛm/ | The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors. |
| scare verb | /skɛɚ/ | To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. |
| graveyard noun | /ˈɡɹeɪvˌjɑɹd/ | A tract of land in which the dead are buried. |
| ear noun | /ˈɪə̯/ | The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea. |
| purple noun | /ˈpɝ.pl̩/ | A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta. |
| spoon noun | /spuːn/ | An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| turn out verb | To end up; to result. |
| go back verb | To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time. |
| come off verb | To become detached. |
| blow up verb | To explode or be destroyed by explosion. |
| clear out verb | To completely empty. |
| come up to verb | To approach. |
| dress up verb | To put on special or fancy clothes. |
| fall off verb | To become detached or to drop from. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I don't think this one was made for this.
- I'm almost done with my circle.
- What did you carve?
- Maddox, what do you think of my pig pumpkin?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have ever carved · have ever seen · we've gone |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was made · are extremely decorated · is attached |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | someone who is · decades which means |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the best · the coolest · the greatest |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 52 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: tooth /tuθ/, cloth /klɒθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, attraction /əˈtɹækʃn̩/, intentional /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/, mush /mʌʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/, intentional /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like pumpkin, skeleton, spider.
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.