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Whoa, check it out!
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Huh?
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Today I spawned us somewhere really unique.
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Ta -da! Where are we?
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What is this place?
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This is a world that's only one chunk of land.
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Whoa!
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There's nothing around us!
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Sure, but Mikey, don't lose hope.
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We can definitely find a way to survive here.
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Huh?
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Yeah, you're right.
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We'll definitely survive.
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Oh, by the way, this is survival mode, so if you die, it's game over.
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If we die, it's an immediate game over?
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Let's try to stay alive, then.
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Yeah.
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Okay, then, Mikey.
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I think we should get started with some survival basics, like this.
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There are beehives?
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It looks like it.
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For now, let's just get some logs.
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Let's be extra careful not to break the beehives.
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It'd be a real shame if we wasted them.
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Okay.
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Also, this world doesn't have a lot of resources, so we have to make each one count.
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Got it!
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I should get started on finding some food for us.
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Maybe there's some wheat seeds nearby.
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We can get wheat seeds from grass, right?
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Right.
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If you want to find wheat seeds, then you need to cut the grass.
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Just make sure not to hit any bees by mistake.
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If you hit them, they'll get mad, and angry bees are no joke.
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Hey, there's a sapling up here!
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If we plant it, we can grow some more resources.
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Okay, this is perfect!
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I think we're doing great!
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Okay, by now we must have collected a ton of logs!
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Logs, logs, logs, logs, logs, logs!
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Oh, thank you!
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Great work!
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Look, these beehives are floating all by themselves!
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This place is crazy!
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Here, our very own crafting table!
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Hey, you know what I was thinking?
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No!
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There's only one chunk of land, so the only thing to do is dig down!
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Yeah, I guess you're right!
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Here, let me make something.
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A wooden pickaxe.
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And here's a wooden shovel, too.
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There you go.
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Thank you.
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And it'll take a lot of resources, but I'm going to make a chest for the two of us to share.
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Hey, look!
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Down there!
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Sand!
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Nice find!
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With sand, we can finally harvest the honey from all these floating beehives.
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Plus, we can make glass.
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And with glass, we can make bottles.
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And with bottles, we can hold the honey.
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Yeah, there were a lot of beehives.
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All right.
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Let's gather some sand.
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Pass me the pickaxe so I can get this stone.
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Here you go.
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Hmm.
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Thanks.
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While I'm working on this, we should come up with a plan.
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First, we need to dig down and collect as much stone, coal, and iron as we can get our hands on.
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Smelt all of it together.
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Then make bottles for honey.
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Then we'll have enough food to last us for a while.
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Awesome.
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Let's survive.
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Yeah, for sure.
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Careful, JJ.
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We don't know what's down there.
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Yeah, that's true.
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Oh, I found water.
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Nice.
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That's really important.
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Oh, I made my own wooden pickaxe.
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Good job.
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Now that you've got one, let's dig a little faster.
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I have a bad feeling we'll run out of light soon.
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We just need a bit of coal to make torches.
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I think I found some. Where?
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Here.
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Hmm?
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Oh, you're right.
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Nice.
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I'm gonna make some torches right away.
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You'll make them?
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I will.
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Okay, so, torches.
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Here we go.
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Now, let's make some glass.
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All we have to do is smelt the sand, right?
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Mm -hmm.
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Sand can be a really useful resource.
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Oh.
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Hey, you know what else would be useful?
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A campfire.
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I'm gonna make one with the crafting table.
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What for?
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It'll give us some light, but more importantly, we need it for the honey.
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Wait, why do we need a campfire to harvest honey?
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Just wait a bit.
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You'll see.
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First, I'll craft the campfire.
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Okay, sure.
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Now for the bottles.
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Three blocks of glass.
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We can turn that into three bottles.
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Nice!
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Now we've got three glass bottles.
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Pass!
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Here, but don't harvest anything yet.
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Why?
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The bees will get agitated and attack when their honey is taken away.
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Let's put a fire beneath their beehive.
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It's brighter!
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Let's just wait for the smoke.
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They won't get mad?
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Right.
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I think it's ready to harvest now.
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Ready?
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Look!
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Honey!
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Amazing!
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Thanks!
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Don't forget to put the fire out when you're done.
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Oh, yeah.
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Use the axe.
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Okay.
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This way you get your coal back.
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Now we have one jar of honey harvested, so if either of us ever get hungry, we can drink that.
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I'll make another bottle.
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Nice!
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For now, the best thing we can do is dig downward.
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This one chunk of land is pretty small, so we have to make the most of our resources.
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Hey, check it out, Mikey!
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This looks dangerous, so let's head the other way.
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There's another opening!
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Huh?
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There's nothing here.
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But what is it?
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I have no idea, JJ.
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That's so strange.
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Whoa, is that real lava? Be careful!
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We should find another spot to dig.
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If we keep going this way, we'll hit the lava.
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Scary.
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Keep an eye out for iron.
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We need iron ores to make iron.
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Mm -hmm.
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Ah!
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Lava!
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Whoa!
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No!
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What?
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It just swallowed two of my cobblestone blocks.
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There's lava over here.
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This stinks.
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Oh, well.
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What is it?
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A lava source?
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What?
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No way.
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Hang on.
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I actually think we can work with this.
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Lava sources can be pretty valuable.
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I'm coming in there with you.
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This is pretty incredible.
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Let's keep digging in this direction.
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Okay, new plan.
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We should split up and try to find some iron.
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Now that I think about it, diamonds wouldn't be bad either.
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Yeah, it'd be great if we found some.
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But first, let's work together to find some iron.
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Whoa!
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What is it?
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Iron!
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Sweet!
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This is almost enough for a whole armor set.
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One, two, three, eight pieces of iron.
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Let's go smelt it.
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Aye -aye!
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I'm gonna smelt the iron ores.
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I'll go bring you some more!
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Thank you!
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In the meantime, there are a few things I should check up on here.
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These trees have all grown.
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I finished harvesting all the trees.
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I also finished with the iron.
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I'm back!
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Here are the oars!
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We're gonna need two things.
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An iron bucket and an iron pickaxe.
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Mikey, I've been doing some thinking.
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Yeah?
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We definitely need to get a farm started.
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Our honey isn't gonna feed us forever.
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Great idea!
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first things first can you fill this bucket with water huh sure
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while he's doing
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that I'm gonna clear a space to put a crop field hey JJ the water's ready for you thanks oh
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that reminds me we need to make an infinite water source ready mm -hmm
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I'm gonna get started what we need to do is make a well out of stone blocks like this oh
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there yeah that's right now for one more ah okay I brought more water sweet you already did
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that corner now do this one okay yeah perfect now we have an infinite water supply
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so that we'll never run out of water come on Mikey let's get this next one filled just a minute.
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I'm on it.
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Okay, just fill that up.
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There.
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While you're doing that, I'm going to make us a hoe.
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Oh.
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We need to till all the ground surrounding our water source.
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Nice.
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This is great.
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This place is looking good.
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Hey, Mikey.
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Yeah?
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One more thing.
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What's that?
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We have a little problem.
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There are only three wheat seeds.
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It's okay.
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They'll do for now.
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We'll grow them with love and care.
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Okay, yeah, we'll grow them with love and care and see if they increase.
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Alright.
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Now that that's done, we should go look for some diamonds.
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Totally!
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But we should probably check on the smelting first.
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Look at all that iron!
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I'd say everything up here is good to go.
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We should probably head back underground.
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I wonder how far down this goes.
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Mikey, did you find any diamonds?
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Not yet!
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Oh, well, I guess we still have a long way to go.
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It's surprising.
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I didn't think there'd be a whole lot to this one chunk, but it turns out we can go really far down.
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I found another opening.
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Whoa, Mikey, it's you!
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Follow me!
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I dug really far!
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Whoa!
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Check it out.
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What is this place?
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It looks like some kind of lava curtain.
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This looks like a dangerous spot.
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Yeah.
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Remember, it's instant death, so we can't fall.
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Okay.
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Hey, I found something!
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What?
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Lapis lazuli!
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Yep, that's right!
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This stuff is super useful!
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Cool!
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Whoa, lapis lazuli looks really cool!
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I found something amazing over here!
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Gold!
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We're gonna be rich!
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Come on, let's mine this!
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I'll get started!
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You can only mine gold with an iron pickaxe!
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Look at me go!
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Woo!
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This resource is extremely valuable!
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I'm gonna mine some of it now!
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This is incredible!
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You're doing great!
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Keep it up, Mikey!
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Oh!
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Is it more gold?
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Even better!
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You won't believe this!
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What is it?
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I'm gonna mine it!
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No, we ran into bedrock.
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Huh?
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So we hit the very bottom?
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Mm -hmm.
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It means we came really far, down to the very lowest level.
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Whoa!
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We still have to be careful.
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Where are the diamonds?
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Hmm.
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If we found redstone, then we should be able to find diamond.
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Oh!
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We ran into each other!
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Oopsie!
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Oh, more redstone.
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I have an idea.
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Let's do this, but from an angle on the outside.
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A change in perspective might help me to figure out where the diamond is.
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All I see is a little bit of iron up there and a little bit of redstone down below.
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Let's try another angle.
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Still nothing.
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No diamond over here.
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This side is just a lava waterfall.
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Where are they?
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Did we miss them?
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There should be some around layer 10.
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Don't worry, I have an idea.
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Let's try digging out all of layer 10.
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Let's do it.
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Come on, this layer.
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I'm going to dig my way across all of layer 10.
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All right, JJ, let's do this thing.
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Let's find some diamonds, Mikey.
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Yeah, let's go.
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I'm getting hungry.
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Yeah.
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Once we have the diamonds, let's go back to the surface to harvest more honey.
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No diamond.
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We dug so much.
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We've looked everywhere.
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I guess.
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They're gone.
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There are no diamonds here after all.
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That's too bad.
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Seriously?
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We dug so much.
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Yeah, we sure did.
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This is outside.
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We worked really hard.
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Maybe we should just move on.
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Ugh, there's nothing left for us to do here anyway.
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We should go check out the nether.
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Sounds good!
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So now, I drank the honey.
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Now what's next?
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We need to prepare for the nether.
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Right.
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We're gonna need some iron weapons in case we run into enemies.
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Here, Mikey.
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Thanks.
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Okay, so we already have iron buckets.
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Oh, yeah.
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Now we have Flint.
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Okay, let's go.
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Awesome.
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Let's head back to the lava curtain.
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Here.
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Perfect.
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Time to move.
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This is where we'll put the nether portal.
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Okay.
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We have to carve out a space in the shape of the nether portal.
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Once that's done, the next step is to make a waterfall from the ceiling, like this.
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We've got our own water source again.
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Yeah, it looks nice.
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Next, we need to scoop up some lava and make the shape of a nether portal.
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Just to be safe, I'll add a little wall here.
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First, let's do the edges.
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Whoa!
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You're good at this! So fast!
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Now for the bottom.
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Easy, easy.
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One here, one there.
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Oh!
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The water!
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No, no, no, no, no!
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It's flooding!
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The lava almost got put out!
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Oh man, that was a close one!
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Yikes!
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Letting your guard down can be dangerous!
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All done?
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I just need one more!
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Sweet!
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Finished!
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Hooray!
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There was so much lava in here, but it got put out!
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All it needed was water!
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I'm just glad it's finished!
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Nice!
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Look, I made a lighter!
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Ready?
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Ooh!
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Let's go!
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Hang on!
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Just gotta fill up on honey!
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Come on, JJ!
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Okay, let's go!
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I wonder what it will be like...
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What is this place?
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Where are we?
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Huh?
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What was that?
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Wait, where are we?
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Mikey, you should run away for now!
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What is this?
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It's still one chunk!
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Really?
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Come on, let's head over to that island.
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Okay.
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We should be able to reach it.
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If gas attack, fight back.
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I bet this place has a lot of nether treasure for us.
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Yeah.
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I'm jumping down.
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Crap.
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Uh -oh.
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I only have three health left, but at least they're just zombie pigmen.
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I'm glad they're not piglins.
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That's true.
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Wait a second.
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Where are you, Mikey?
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I'm still above you.
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I'm coming down.
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I'm surprised the nether's only one chunk, too.
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Aww.
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Weeewww!
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If you enjoyed today's adventure, make sure to like and subscribe.
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Plus, you can check us out on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok whenever you want with the links in the corner.
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Thanks for watching!
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See you next time!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Minecraft, but we only get ONE chunk.”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: iron, Mikey, lava, honey, diamond. This video has 425 sentences and 2206 words to shadow. The speech runs for 15:17. The speaker talks at a steady 144 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| honey noun | /ˈhʌni/ | A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans. |
| lava noun | /ˈlɑvə/ | The molten rock ejected by a volcano from a vent such as a crater or fissure; magma that has breached the surface of the earth. |
| diamond noun | /ˈdaɪ.ə.mənd/ | A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron. |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| log noun | /lɔɡ/ | The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches. |
| harvest noun | /ˈhɑɹ.vəst/ | The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting. |
| resource noun | /ɹɪˈzɔːs/ | Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel. |
| chunk noun | /t͡ʃʌŋk/ | A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone. |
| sand noun | /sænd/ | Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in… |
| layer noun | /ˈleɪ̯ɚ/ | A single thickness of some material covering a surface. |
| seed noun | /siːd/ | Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs. |
| wheat noun | /ˈwiːt/ | Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery. |
| wooden adjective | /ˈwʊdn̩/ | Made of wood. |
| craft noun | /ˈkɹæft/ | Ability, skillfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning… |
| bee noun | /ˈbiː/ | A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| dig down verb | To scrounge for money, especially large amounts of it. | |
| put out verb | To blind (eyes). | |
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). | |
| check up on verb | To examine or inspect something in order to determine its condition; to check out. | |
| come down verb | To descend, fall down, collapse. | |
| come up with verb | To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it. | |
| dig out verb | To remove something by digging. | |
| fight back verb | /faɪt bæk/ | To defend oneself by fighting. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Let's try to stay alive, then.
- For now, let's just get some logs.
- Hey, you know what I was thinking?
- Hey, you know what else would be useful?
- Mikey, did you find any diamonds?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | If you hit them, they'll get · If we keep going this way, we'll hit |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should get · should come · should find |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | keep digging · finished harvesting |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | we're doing · are floating · I'm working |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 87 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, we'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: beneath /bɪˈniːθ/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, nether /nɛð.ə/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, shovel /ˈʃʌv.əl/
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 honey, lava, diamond.
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.