Shadowing Practice: Mamma Mia 4 Act 1 Scene 4 a2 Chiquitita & Dancing Queen - Learn English Speaking with YouTube

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Hey!
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Flo, don't suck.
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So, let's see what you're doing for the wedding.
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You're kidding.
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What?
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Oh, as if.
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Well, you could have been making some sort of statement on the tyranny of one lock.
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You'd know more about that than me.
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Oh, darling, you'll find your mister, right?
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I have.
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I did.
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And all they wanted was to settle down and have babies.
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No thanks.
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No, children can become such subversive little buggers.
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I mean, who'd have thought that Donna,
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the iconic female independence, would have had a daughter committing matrimonies for me?
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Why are we so trendy?
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What's wrong with these kids?
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Remember those t-shirts we used to wear?
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Marriage is an institution for people who belong in an institution.
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Girls today seem to think that a woman's greatest achievement is finding a man.
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You have three husbands.
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I lost my case.
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Ooh!
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Look!
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Oh my lord!
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Oh, we were so young.
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I don't know what the gals at the Home Woman Press would say about my outfit.
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Hey, we should do a number tonight for Sophie's party.
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I can wear this as an eye patch.
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Where's Sophie?
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Haven't seen her.
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Why?
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I have to find her now.
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Ta-da!
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What the hell is that about?
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We found this in the trunk.
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You should hang it up in the bar.
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Show Sophie what a funky mom she has got.
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No!
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Get rid of it!
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Burn it!
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I don't want to ever see it again!
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What's wrong?
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What's happened?
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I thought it was over.
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The past I've almost forgotten, but it isn't.
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What is it?
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Nothing.
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Leave me alone.
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I can't talk about it.
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You know, all my life it's been tapping at my shoulder.
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Of course it has to come out now.
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God, what you been such a stupid little geek!
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Cheeky pig, ah, tell me what's wrong.
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I have never seen such sorrow In your eyes,
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and the wedding is tomorrow.
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How I hate to feel like this.
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There is no way you can deny it.
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I can see that you're all so sad, so quiet.
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Chicky tita, tell me the truth.
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I'm a shoulder, you can't cry alone.
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You're our best friend I'm the one you must be by your You were always sure it's your turn
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Now I see you broke in your father
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I hope we can patch it up together Take it deep to you and I know
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How the heart is gonna take off and start failing me You'll be dancing once again At the fate will end,
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there will be no time for me Chicky teens are young in my life But the sun is still in the sky,
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you're shining above you Let me hear you sing once more,
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like you did before I'm a new watcher in the world I try one star like I did before
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Sam, you know so?
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It's your dad.
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Who's dad?
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Sophie.
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You know how I always sat with Sam the architect?
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The one who went home to get married faster than a typical man.
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Well, I'm not really sure it was him.
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You see, there were a couple of others.
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Donna Sharon, a new dark horse!
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Why didn't you tell us?
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Because I didn't think I'd ever have to.
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I didn't think all three would be sitting at the bar the day before your daughter's wedding.
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What?
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In the bar?
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Shh.
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Don't let them speak.
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Stop.
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I can't see anyone.
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Who are they?
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Are you sure?
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Of course I'm sure.
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You think I forget my own daughter's dad?
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There was Sam, Bill Austin, and Harry Hendrick.
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Not!
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Why have they all turned up like this?
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It's like some horrible twist of fate.
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It is very great.
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Do they know?
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They can't know.
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I've never told anyone.
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Why are they here to ruin Sophie's wedding?
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I thought you weren't very keen on this wedding.
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I don't want them to boil it.
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What the hell have they ever done for their daughter?
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Donna, be fair.
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They didn't know she existed.
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And they don't need to know.
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I did a damn good job with Sof all by myself,
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and now, now, I'm going to be muscled out by ejaculation.
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No, you're not.
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Keep calm.
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You're safe this evening.
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It's a mail-free zone at Sophie's party,
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and tomorrow, Tanya and I will take a fishing.
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Fishing?
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Oh, please.
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What do you suggest we do with three men?
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Now that takes me back home.
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Donna, you should have told us.
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I remember Dawson's key.
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He was a hot place of beef cake.
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Of course, Dawson's men are the two of you.
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But I was the one who got pregnant.
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I suppose it just about serves me right.
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Oh my god, you sound just like your mother.
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I do not.
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Yes, you do.
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Whatever happened to our Donna?
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Life and soul of the party,
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a rough cheeks to female?
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She grew up, that's all.
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Well, grow that down again.
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You haven't done anything to be ashamed of.
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Yeah, screw this, they can't take a joke.
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You can dance, you can try,
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having the time of your love who,
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do you see thy girl watch thy scene see the dancing queen?
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My right eye dot the sun probing a informal place together that putting my funeral a giving it away Oh,
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you're not for a place to go Whether it's a rock music,
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can we be the same?
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You're not for a year Anybody could be that guy I'm young,
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I'm feeling it's a time With a little rock music,
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everything's fine You're the proof for that That's when you get the chance You are a dancing queen
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Young as we only seventeen Dancing queen Feel body across the tampereen Oh yeah,
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oh You can dance You enjoy having the time of your life See that girl,
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watch that scene, see you dancing please umm
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You see that you're coming home
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You've been burning down and you're in control
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Look you not in front of the earth You want to do sun hopefully And when you get the chance
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You are the dancing queen Young and sweet,
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only seventeen Dancing queen, you are the ring Called the damboree,
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oh yeah You can dance,
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you can die, having the fun of the sun.
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We've got love, what's that scene?
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We've got dancing, we've got to be.
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We've got dancing, we've got to be.
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See the ghost, watch the sea,
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hear the death is sweet

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  • “Matrimonies”: The correct pronunciation is often tripped up by learners; practice saying it slowly and in rhythm.
  • “Subversive”: This word's complex structure can be daunting; ensure clarity on the syllables when pronouncing it.
  • Expressive Exclamations: Words like “Oh my lord!” require correct intonation to express surprise or disbelief, which can significantly affect understanding and response in conversations.

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