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We are now stranded on this deserted island in the middle of the ocean.
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And we're going to be stranded here for the next seven days.
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And that boat that just left was our only way out of here.
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Why do we keep doing this?
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I thought it'd be fun.
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Despite its beauty, civilization has not been able to survive on this island for over 250 years.
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But for the next seven days, we're going to try to.
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And we only have around four hours until it gets dark.
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It's hot out here.
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We need to build a shelter immediately.
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I mean, why don't we just camp here?
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This spot looks pretty good.
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So, I say we kick things off by us going and looking for wood, and you two...
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We'll prep camp.
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Yes!
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Have fun with that.
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Come on, Sean.
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Come on, Chandler.
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How do we prep camp?
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You know, I don't know.
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Hi, yeah!
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I'm Izzy, your real -life English fluency coach.
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And Jimmy, who's also known as MrBeast, is a famous YouTuber who does all these crazy challenges
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and right now he
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and his friends are about to spend a week on an island with basically nothing
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so no hotels no restaurants no way to call for help they're completely stuck out there
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and that's what we call being stranded
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when you're stranded somewhere you're trapped there with no way to escape
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or get help now throughout this challenge you're gonna learn tons
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of other useful english expressions about facing dangerous situations dealing with problems
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and building solutions so i highly recommend
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that you use the real life english app to save all these words
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and make sure you never forget them
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and really expand your vocabulary forever the link to download the app for free is in the description
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and i'll tell you more about it in a little bit now let's dive in
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and see how they survived their first day
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so we immediately got to work but we had to be careful
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because above you is the most dangerous tree on earth it contains poisonous tree sap
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that could literally kill you why are we still standing here and meanwhile nolan and mac were making a fire pit
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i'd say it's a pretty good fire would you say well
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it's not a fire yet well i'd say it's a pretty good fireplace
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and sean started constructing the frame for our shelter are you
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sure that's not gonna fall on us yep i feel like sean's like our survival dad i've been called worse and
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while gathering some more materials we came across some wildlife on
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the island oh look at these chickens over here hey wait
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stop running away it wasn't long until i found out why
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the chickens were afraid of us hey what are we doing over here ah wait what is
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that oh it's a knife were you gonna try to kill
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one of those chickens please let me eat a chicken we
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don't kill chickens jimmy what did you eat for dinner before
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you got here don't ask we spent the rest of day one preparing our camp
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which was pretty simple i'm gonna show you guys around the camp this is the fire
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and where we're gonna make food come over here
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and this is where we sleep
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that concludes the tour we pulled over our survival crate
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which contains food water and most importantly a flare in case someone gets hurt
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and by the time the sun went down we had everything figured out except one thing
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wait hold up isn't sunscreen flammable it's the end of day one
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and i'm already starting to get a little sunburn i'm hoping to get some good sleep tonight
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and i hope it doesn't rain tomorrow we need to build a bigger shelter
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and by we i mean dad over there is going to build a bigger shelter I got you.
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Oh.
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Jimmy, you're like mom, Sean's dad.
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I'm just going to go to bed.
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I'll see you on day two.
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During the first night of sleep, we tossed and turned a lot.
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And by we, I mean me.
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So it was a good thing we were fixing this the next day.
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All right, now let's learn all the advanced expressions
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that we just saw and by the end of this video I bet
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that you'll be more capable of understanding the full video from Mr. Beast without subtitles.
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So in the clip we watched in the beginning of the lesson we saw
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that Jimmy and his friends are stranded on this island because they're both left.
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But you could use this expression stranded in other situations too.
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Like if your car breaks down in the middle of nowhere or if you miss the last train home at night.
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Now notice how he describes the island.
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Despite its beauty, civilization has not been able to survive on this island for over 250 years.
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Despite is a function word used for showing contrast.
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For example, you could say that Cristiano Ronaldo remains a great football player despite being already 40 years old.
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So what Mr. Beast is saying here is, yes, the island is beautiful, but civilization still couldn't survive here.
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The beauty didn't help.
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We only have around 4 hours until it gets dark.
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It's hot out here.
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We need to build a shelter immediately.
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I mean, why don't we just camp here?
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This spot looks pretty good.
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A shelter is any structure that protects you from the weather, from rain, sun, wind, or cold.
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It could be a tent, a house, or in this case, something they'll build from materials on the island.
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So, I say we kick things off by us going and looking for wood, and you two will prep camp.
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Yes!
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To kick things off means to begin something.
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It's a casual, more energetic way to say, let's get this started, or let's get this going.
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Check out this other example.
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But first, we're going to kick things off with everyone's favorite Navy rock and roll trumpet band.
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Take it away, brass kissers!
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And so we immediately got to work, but we had to be careful because...
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Above you is the most dangerous tree on Earth.
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It contains poisonous tree sap that could literally kill you.
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Sap is a sticky liquid that comes out of plants.
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If you've ever touched a tree and gotten something sticky on your hands, that's sap.
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Apparently, this tree has poisonous sap that's dangerous to touch.
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Meanwhile is a transition word that means while this was happening.
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It helps us understand that two things are happening at the same time, but in different places.
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So while some of the guys were collecting wood, at the same time, or meanwhile, Nolan and Mac were making a fire pit.
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A fireplace, on the other hand, usually refers to the structure inside a house where you build fires, with walls around it and a chimney.
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In his context, the frame is the basic structure of something you're building.
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Think of it like the skeleton of the shelter, the poles that hold everything up.
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Later you add walls and a roof to the frame.
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While gathering some more materials, we came across some wildlife on the island.
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When you come across something, it means you find it by chance or by accident.
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You weren't looking for it specifically, but suddenly there it is.
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Like when you clean your room and come across some old photos.
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See this other example.
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Still, when you come across a person who's lost something that really matters, you have to answer the call.
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It wasn't long until I found out why the chickens were afraid of us.
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If you say, it wasn't long until something happened, you mean it happened quickly.
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For example, if you have the habit of falling asleep when watching movies, you could tell a friend about it by saying, I started the movie and it wasn't long until I fell asleep.
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So Mr. Beast is saying, not much time passed before he discovered the reason the chickens were afraid of them.
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Hey, what are we doing over here?
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Wait, what is that?
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Oh, it's a knife.
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Were you going to try to kill one of those chickens?
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Please let me eat a chicken.
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We don't kill chickens.
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Jimmy, what did you eat for dinner before you got here?
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The way Mac pronounced that entire sentence was pretty fast, but did you notice how he also linked different words?
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There was one particular example of connected speech I think it's important to analyze.
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Listen to how he said the words, what did you eat?
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Jimmy, what did you eat for dinner before you got here?
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Let's see.
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First, you should know that when we have a word that ends in a D sound, like did, followed by a word that starts with a Y, like you,
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natives will often change that d sound for a j
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so did you and
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because the word did gets contracted here merging into what what
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we hear is what you what you eat what you eat for dinner
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let's practice by repeating after mac jimmy what'd you eat for dinner jimmy what'd you eat for dinner
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all right great job if you just practice that phrase
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because you know using connected speech is one of the things that separate advanced speakers from beginners.
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And also I would say using everyday expressions like kick things off or come across is fundamental,
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it's essential for achieving confident, natural fluency in English.
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But here's the problem.
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If you don't practice these expressions until they become automatic, they'll just vanish from your memory in days or even hours.
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And that is exactly why you should try our flashcards for this lesson.
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And the good news is, actually, everything here is good news, but what's also good news is that you're completely free to start.
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You'll see for yourself that our flashcards work like magic, because the app uses more technology that brings back words for review just when you're about to forget them.
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So by simply practicing 10 to 15 minutes a day, you'll see that these expressions will become a part of your natural vocabulary forever.
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So, I'm inviting you to not just watch this lesson with Mr. Beast, but experience it, but actually experience it on the RealLife app.
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Just tap the link in the description below to get free access right away.
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I'm going to show you guys around the camp.
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This is the fire and where we're going to make food, come over here, and this is where we sleep.
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That concludes the tour.
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To conclude something means to finish.
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You might hear this expression at the end of business presentations
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or official tours so Jimmy's being funny here
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because it was a very short tour
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so there wasn't much to show we pulled over our survival crate
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which contains food water
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and most importantly a flare in case someone gets hurt a
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crate is a large container often made of wood like this
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and a flare is a device
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that produces a very bright light people use flares in emergencies to signal for help
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when you set it off it shoots up into the sky
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and creates a bright light
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that can be seen from far away wait hold up isn't sunscreen flammable it's the end of day one
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and i'm already starting to get a little sunburn sunscreen
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or sunblock is a cream or oil you put on your skin to protect it from the sun's rays.
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It helps prevent sunburns, when your skin turns red and painful because you spend too much time in the sun.
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So as they try to start a fire, they remember that sunscreen is actually flammable, meaning it can easily catch fire.
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Like gasoline, for example, is highly flammable.
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I'm just gonna go to bed, I'll see you on day two.
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During the first night of sleep, we tossed and turned a lot.
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When you toss and turn, it means you can't sleep well.
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You keep moving around in bed, rolling from one side to the other, trying to get comfortable.
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I know when the room is too hot or I'm anxious about something, I'll find myself tossing and turning at night.
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So after their first night on the island, the group realized that actually their shelter that they had built wouldn't survive the week.
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So on day two, they got to work building a bigger, stronger camp, one that could keep out the rain and bugs.
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By day three, the nights were getting worse.
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The island was crawling with insects and everyone was covered in bug bites.
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Later that day, they swam to a nearby rock island just for fun, but dark clouds soon appeared on the horizon.
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They rushed back and reinforced their shelter before the storm rolled in.
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Luckily, the rain passed them that night.
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On day 4, tired of eating the same bagged meals, they decided to go fishing.
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So Mac pulled the others into deep water with a rope, and after hours of struggling they caught just one fish, but it was the best meal they'd had all week.
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Then came Day 5, when a team set out to explore some old ruins high up in the island hills.
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The view from the top was amazing, but getting back wasn't so easy.
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As it got dark, they lost their way in the jungle, ran into cactus thorns, and got caught in the rain.
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They eventually made it back to camp, tired, wet, and ready to rest.
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Let's see what happened then in the next clip.
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but unexpectedly around the corner was something we've been fearing this entire challenge
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you feel
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that guys bad news there's a ton of water on the top of our shelter i just don't know
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if that's going to be safe for us to be under
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it despite our efforts from earlier to make the shelter better
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water was beginning to pull up on our roof from the
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storm all this water on top of us is there a world
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that could bring our structure down
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and even though all we wanted at this point was a night of sleep we had to get up
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and deal with it oh my god we are absolutely screwed i'm just getting destroyed
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and pummeled by rain all day and after two hours of rain a damaged shelter
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and soaking wet beds there was no chance any of us were going to sleep that at night, raining on you at night.
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The worst experience you can have on these joints.
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I'm so tired.
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Hopefully it just passes over.
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And even though this was an all -time low, our only option was to wait this thing out.
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I'm not gonna lie, the rain last night was pretty brutal.
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I don't know that I've ever been that cold, ever.
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What do you want to do today, Nolan?
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I don't know.
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Absolutely nothing.
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I just can't wait to get out of here.
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but unexpectedly around the corner was something we've been fearing this
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entire challenge literally around the corner means just past the corner of a building
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or street but we also use it figuratively to talk about time
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and events in this sense
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when something is around the corner it means it's coming very soon it's about to happen like
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if it's the end of November you could say that Christmas is just around the corner.
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Despite our efforts from earlier to make the shelter better, water was beginning to pool up on our roof from the storm.
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When water pools up, it collects in one place and forms a puddle, or a pool.
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Instead of draining away, it just sits there and accumulates.
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Oh my god, we are absolutely screwed.
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I'm just getting destroyed and pummeled by rain all night.
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Screwed is a slinged expression that means you're in serious trouble or in a really bad situation.
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It's pretty informal, so you wouldn't use it in professional settings, but it's very common in casual conversation.
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See this example.
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Can it be repaired, little miss?
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No, it can't.
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You're screwed.
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So Jamie says they were getting destroyed and pummeled by rain all night.
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To pummel means to hit repeatedly and hard.
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Usually we use it to talk about physical punches, like in a fighting sport, but here it's used figuratively.
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The rain was hitting them hard and constantly.
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And after two hours of rain, a damaged shelter and soaking wet beds.
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There was no chance any of us were going to sleep that night.
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If something's soaked, it is completely wet, like this.
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In other words, it is soaking wet.
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Like if you fall into a pool with all your clothes on, you'll be soaking wet.
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And even though this was an all -time low, our only option was to wait this thing out.
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Which of these best describes an all -time low?
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A moment when things were difficult.
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The worst point in a situation.
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A time when you're feeling tired.
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An all -time low is the worst point or the lowest moment in a situation.
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When things can't get any worse, that's an all -time low.
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You could also call this rock bottom.
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Now, to wait something out means to stay where you are and wait patiently until something bad passes or ends.
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you're not trying to escape or fix it you're just enduring it until it's over
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for example you might wait out a storm in your house
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or wait out a boring meeting until it finally ends i don't know i've ever been
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that cold uh ever what do you want to do today nolan
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and here's another instance of advanced connected speech listen to how he pronounced all those t
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and d sounds what do you want to do today nolan
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let's try to catch everything he's doing there first the words what do merge we drop the T sound
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and make the D sound faster what do what are you
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next want to becomes wanna this is a common pattern
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and you're probably already familiar with it
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so what do you wanna then he finishes the phrase with
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do today sounding like do today do today what do want
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to do today cool right now let's practice by repeating what
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do you want to do today dawn what do you want to do today dawn
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so after a long stormy night everyone is exhausted
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and cold the camp was soaked their shelter was damaged
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and their spirits were low but the next morning jimmy decided to change her attitude
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and make the best of what they had left let's watch today's final clip.
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Why'd we pick the heaviest seat in existence?
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This whole trip has been filled with a lot of fun Cheers boys and adventure We did it!
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Moments like these are hard to find.
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And when I look back on this challenge, we probably won't remember the bad times as much as we will the good.
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It's kinda cool.
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So, in an effort to turn things around, we treated ourselves to canned cobbler for breakfast.
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Pretty good.
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To turn things around means to change a bad situation into a good one, to reverse the direction things are going.
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For example, when Steve Jobs came back to Apple in the 1990s, the company was almost going bankrupt.
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But it turned things around with a new strategy focused on the iMac, iPod, and iPhone.
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So let's hear what Jimmy says they did to turn things around that morning.
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We treated ourselves to canned cobbler for breakfast.
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To treat yourself means to do something special for yourself, usually as a reward or to make yourself feel better.
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Like going to a spa if you're stressed out, or rewarding yourself with an ice cream if you pass an exam.
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And cobbler is a type of dessert, sort of like a fruit pie with a crumbly topping.
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When food comes in a can, like the cobbler they're eating, we call it canned food, like canned soup or canned beans.
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And with the help of this unorthodox breakfast, we were beginning to return back to normal.
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Unorthodox means unusual, or different from what's normally done.
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Like it's not the traditional or expected way.
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Eating dessert for breakfast is definitely unorthodox.
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Most people eat cereal, eggs, or toast for breakfast, not cobbler.
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This whole trip has been filled with a lot of fun and adventure.
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We did it!
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Moments like these are hard to find.
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And when I look back on this challenge, we probably won't remember the bad times as much as we will the good.
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It's kind of cool.
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Nice reflection there by Jimmy.
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And that's how they closed their seven -day adventure on this island.
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But we're not done yet because we're going to move on now to the test.
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We're going to watch all the clips again without any subtitles this time.
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And I'm going to ask you some quiz questions to check how I've understood everything.
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Are you ready?
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We are now stranded on this deserted island in the middle of the ocean.
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And we're going to be stranded here for the next seven days.
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And that boat that just left was our only way out of here.
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Why do we keep doing this?
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I thought it'd be fun.
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Despite its beauty, civilization has not been able to survive on this island for over 250 years.
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But for the next seven days, we're going to try to.
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And we only have around four hours until it gets dark.
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It's hot out here.
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We need to build a shelter immediately.
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I mean, why don't we just camp here?
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This spot looks pretty good.
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So, I say we kick things off by us going and looking for wood, and you two...
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We'll prep camp.
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Yes!
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Have fun with that.
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Come on, Sean.
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Come on, Chandler.
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How do we prep camp?
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You know, I don't know.
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So we immediately got to work, but we had to be careful because above you is the most dangerous tree on earth.
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It contains poisonous tree sap that could literally kill you.
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Why are we still standing here?
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And meanwhile, Nolan and Mac were making a fire pit.
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I'd say it's a pretty good fire, would you say?
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Well, it's not a fire yet.
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Well, I'd say it's a pretty good fireplace.
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And Sean started constructing the frame for our shelter.
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Are you sure that's not going to fall on us?
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Yep.
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I feel like Sean's like our survival dad.
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It's been called worse.
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And while gathering some more materials, we came across some wildlife on the island.
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What does come across mean in this context?
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They hunted and caught the chickens.
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They found the chickens by accident.
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They prepared a place for the chickens to stay.
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Whoa, look at these chickens over here.
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Hey, wait, stop running away.
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And it wasn't long until I found out why the chickens were afraid of us.
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Hey, what are we doing over here?
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Wait, what is that?
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Oh, it's a knife.
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Were you going to try to kill one of those chickens?
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Please let me eat a chicken.
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We don't kill chickens.
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Jimmy, what did you eat for dinner before you got here?
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Don't ask.
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We spent the rest of day one preparing our camp, which was pretty simple.
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I'm going to show you guys around the camp.
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This is the fire and when we're going to make food.
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Come over here.
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And this is where we sleep.
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That concludes the tour.
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We pulled over our survival crate, which contains food, water, and most importantly, a flare in case someone gets hurt.
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And by the time the sun went down, we had everything figured out, except one thing.
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Wait, hold up.
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Isn't sunscreen flammable?
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It's the end of day one, and I'm already starting to get a little sunburned.
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I'm hoping to get some good sleep tonight.
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And I hope it doesn't rain.
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Tomorrow, we need to build a bigger shelter.
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And by we, I mean dad over there is going to build a bigger shelter.
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I got you.
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Oh.
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Oh Jimmy you're like mom Sean's dad.
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I'm just gonna go to bed.
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I'll see you on day two.
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During the first night of sleep we tossed and turned a lot
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and by we I mean me so it was a good thing we were fixing this the next day.
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But unexpectedly around the corner was something we've been fearing this entire challenge.
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You feel that?
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Guys bad news there's a ton of water on the top of shelter.
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I just don't know if that's going to be safe for us to be under it.
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Despite our efforts from earlier to make the shelter better, water was beginning to pool up on our roof from the storm.
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All this water on top of us, is there a world that could bring our structure down?
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And even though all we wanted at this point was a night of sleep, we had to get up and deal with it.
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Oh my god, we are absolutely screwed.
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I'm just getting destroyed and pummeled by rain all day
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and after two hours of rain a damaged shelter
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and soaking wet beds there was no chance any of us were gonna sleep
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that night raining on you at night the worst experience you can have on these jackets i'm
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so tired hopefully it just passes over
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and even though this was an all -time low our only
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option was to wait this thing out what does wait it
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out mean here to fix the problem immediately before it gets worse to go out of the shelter
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and find a better place to stay to endure the situation until it ends.
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I'm not going to lie, the rain last night was pretty brutal.
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I don't know that I've ever been that cold, ever.
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What do you want to do today, Nolan?
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I don't know.
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Absolutely nothing.
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I just can't wait to get out of here.
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So, in an effort to turn things around, we treated ourselves to canned cobbler for breakfast.
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Pretty good.
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How about it?
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Yeah.
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For a can.
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And with the help of this unorthodox breakfast...
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What does unorthodox mean?
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Expensive and hard to find.
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Different from what's normally done.
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Something that tastes great and everyone loves it.
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We were beginning to return back to normal
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and it became clear how exactly we were going to survive day six by having fun with each other.
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And I began to realize, even though we've all done a lot of suffering, Why'd we pick the heaviest seat in existence?
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this whole trip has been filled with a lot of fun Cheers boys and adventure.
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We did it!
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Moments like these are hard to find.
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And when I look back on this challenge, we probably won't remember the bad times as much as we will the good.
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it's kind of cool hi hey guys great job now
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 423 sentences and 4682 words to shadow. The speech runs for 25:58. The speaker talks fast, about 180 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| shelter noun | /ˈʃɛltə/ | A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave). |
| jimmy noun | /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/ | A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism. |
| strand noun | /ˈstɹænd/ | Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord. |
| soak verb | /soʊk/ | To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| survival noun | /sɚˈvaɪ.vəl/ | The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life. |
| toss verb | /tɔs/ | To throw with an initial upward direction. |
| flare noun | /flɛɚ̯/ | A sudden bright light. |
| meanwhile adverb | /ˈmiːnwaɪl/ | During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place. |
| adventure noun | /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ | A feeling of desire for new and exciting things. |
| clip noun | /klɪp/ | Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another. |
| civilization noun | /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ | An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical… |
| conclude verb | /kənˈkluːd/ | To end; to come to an end. |
| poisonous adjective | /ˈpɔɪzənəs/ | Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest. |
| 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… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come across verb | To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition. | |
| come over verb | To affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse. | |
| do over verb | /ˈduˌoʊvɚ/ | To cover with; to smear or spread on to. |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| hold up verb | To wait or delay. | |
| pull over verb | To come to a stop, and turn off the road (i.e. onto the roadside or hard shoulder). | |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. | |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. |
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 | we've been fearing |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has not been · i've been called · you've ever touched |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are now stranded · be stranded · being stranded |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 141 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, unorthodox /ʌnˈɔɹθədɑks/, thorn /θoɹn/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shelter /ˈʃɛltə/, civilization /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, contrast /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹæst/
- Long words — get the stress right: civilization /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, unexpectedly /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/
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 shelter, jimmy, strand.
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.