Shadowing Practice: Mom Burned the Cake… But I Sold It All | Days of My Family |Slow English For Beginners | A1–A2 level - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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Friday is our school bake sale.
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Friday is our school bake sale.
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Does anyone want to bring a cake?
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My mom will make a cake.
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The best cake!
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You sure?
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Cake is not easy to make, you know. Of course!
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My mom is super awesome!
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She can do anything!
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Mom, Friday, bake sale.
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You are making a cake.
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The best one.
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Okay, bye.
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Mom, Friday, bake sale.
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You are making a cake.
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The best one.
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Okay, bye.
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The best one.
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Okay.
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Hey, quick question.
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Can you make a cake?
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A cake?
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Like, bake a cake?
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Emma needs one Yes Is it hard?
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Oh, it's easy Flour, egg,
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sugar Maybe two hours Two hours?
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Easy Sure Mom The bake sale is Friday That's three days I know I'm going to make a cake A good cake?
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The best cake, trust me.
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What kind of cake?
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Chocolate.
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Can I have some?
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It's for Emma's school, Jack.
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But I live in this house, too.
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Michael, I have to make a cake for Emma's school.
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Friday.
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Okay, great.
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I don't know how to make a cake.
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You'll be fine.
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You'll be fine, easy for you to say.
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This is not easy.
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I watched six videos.
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I skipped the hard ones.
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I took notes.
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I had a plan.
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I was ready.
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Emma, what is cake flour?
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Is it different from normal flour?
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Yes.
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Cake flour is softer, for cakes.
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Regular flour is for bread.
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How do you know that?
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I googled it last night.
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Get the cake flour, Mom.
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Mom, can I get this?
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No, Jack.
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Not today.
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Emma's school has a bake sale.
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My school has nothing.
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That's not the same thing.
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It's not fair.
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Thursday night.
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Everything was ready.
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I had a plan.
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I was ready.
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I help!
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Okay, but don't touch anything.
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Okay.
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Okay, let's check the recipe.
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Okay!
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Hmm, not enough.
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I can fix it!
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I added more.
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More is better.
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Jack!
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I said don't touch anything.
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I was helping.
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The recipe needs flour.
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I added flour.
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I already measured the flour.
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The recipe says two cups.
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Two, not the whole bag.
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More flour means more cake.
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That is not how baking works, Jack.
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Jack, you are making it worse.
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I'm cleaning! Do you need help?
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Go sit down, Michael.
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Alright.
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He left fast.
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She's fine.
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Actually, this is a good episode.
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Okay, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
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What does fluffy mean?
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It means soft and airy.
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Like a cloud?
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Yes, like a cloud.
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Thank you, Jack.
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Whoa!
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How is it going?
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Good!
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I think it's good.
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Look, the batter looks right. Can I taste it?
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Yes.
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Okay?
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It'll be better after you bake it.
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I put the cake in the oven.
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I set the timer.
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I was so happy. So tired. But happy.
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It's in the oven?
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It's in the oven.
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See?
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I told you.
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Easy.
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Wow, you look tired.
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Did you go to the gym?
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There is flour on the ceiling, Michael.
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Oh.
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How did it get up there?
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Good night, Michael.
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No. No, no, no, no, no. It's black.
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It's not black.
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It's dark brown.
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It smells bad.
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Maybe the inside is fine?
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Can we still sell it?
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I followed the recipe.
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I did everything right.
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I Sat on the floor staring at that burnt cake.
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I felt so stupid So tired.
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I'm sorry Emma.
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I told you I'm not good at baking.
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You never told me that.
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Well, I'm not good at baking.
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Mom, I have a plan.
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What plan?
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I'll tell you in the morning.
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Good morning.
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What's the plan?
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We cut it into small pieces,
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we add chocolate sauce, we call it something else.
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Emma, it's burnt.
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People won't eat burnt cake.
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Not burnt, just dark.
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It tastes like burnt.
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That's why we have chocolate sauce.
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Here, try it.
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That's actually okay I know Emma It's burnt cake in a bag No,
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it's a product What is the difference?
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The name The price the story?
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Emma, other people's cakes are $1.
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$1.50 maybe?
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I know. So why $3?
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Because theirs is just cake.
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Ours has a secret.
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But we don't have a secret.
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Mom, the secret is that there's no secret.
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But they don't know that.
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That is a little scary, Emma.
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Thank you.
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Secret recipe?
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Emma, there's no secret recipe.
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I burned a cake.
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Mom, in business, a secret is worth money.
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Where did you learn that?
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Mmm, this is so good!
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This is a lot of confidence for a burnt cake.
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Brownie bites, not burnt cake.
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Brownie bites?
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Hmm, that's actually a good name.
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Emma, look at those cakes.
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I see them.
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They are beautiful.
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Our brownie bites are small bags.
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That's fine, Mom.
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Let's find our table.
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Three dollars?
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That's a lot.
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I only have 20 bags.
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That's okay.
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Don't buy one.
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What does it taste like?
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It's crunchy. And chocolate.
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And a little different.
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Hard to explain. Can we try one?
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It's crunchy.
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Yeah.
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It's not like normal cake.
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What's in it?
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Secret recipe.
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My family's recipe.
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We don't share it.
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Three dollars is three dollars.
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Mmm.
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I love this one.
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Brownie bite!
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Jack!
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That's three dollars! So good!
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Wait, there's more?
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No!
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Okay, I won that one.
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Me too!
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All sold.
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Every bag.
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In 30 minutes.
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My burnt cake sold out first.
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Emma, you sold everything.
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Where did you learn to do that? From my mom.
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She's amazing.
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You should be very proud.
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Emma, how did you do that?
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I told everyone it's a secret recipe.
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But there is no secret recipe.
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I just burned a cake.
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Mom, people pay more for secrets. Who taught you that?
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YouTube.
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Jack helped a lot today.
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Without him, maybe it's not that fast.
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Daddy!
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Emma sold all the cake!
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All of it!
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Really?
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That's great!
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Anna, see, I told you it'd be fine.
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I knew she could do it.
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Michael, the flower, ceiling, still there.
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Oh.
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Right, I'll do it.
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$45.
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$45 from a burnt cake.
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Brownie bites With a secret recipe Emma,
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you are something else I know I want more brownie bites We sold them all,
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Jack Make more Maybe next week,
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Jack I ate the last one It tasted like burnt cake with chocolate sauce.
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But also a little like winning.
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So next time, we make two batches of brownie bites, right?
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We?
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We watch Netflix.
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I clean the ceiling.
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Yes, thank you, Michael.
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Hey, good job today.
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You made the cake, Mom.
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I just helped.
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You saved the cake.
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Good night, Mom.
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Good night, Emma.
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About This Lesson
In this lesson, learners will practice English through a fun and engaging story about a family's baking adventure for a school bake sale. The transcript highlights conversational exchanges between family members, focusing on making and selling a cake. By practicing with this video, learners will develop their listening skills and gain confidence in speaking about cooking and family activities. This lesson also serves as an excellent opportunity to improve English pronunciation through repetition and shadowing techniques.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Bake sale - an event where baked goods are sold to raise money.
- Make a cake - the process of baking a cake.
- Flour - a key ingredient used in baking.
- Chocolate cake - a type of cake made with chocolate.
- Notes - written reminders or summaries, often used to help with learning.
- Trust me - a phrase used to assure someone of your confidence in something.
- Easy for you to say - an expression showing skepticism about someone's reassurance.
- Regular flour vs. cake flour - two types of flour used for different baking purposes.
Practice Tips
To make the most out of this lesson, consider using the shadowing technique. Here’s how you can effectively practice:
- Start by watching the video once to familiarize yourself with the story and key vocabulary. Make note of phrases that stand out to you.
- Play the video again, but this time, try to repeat the sentences immediately after hearing them. This is known as shadowspeak. It helps improve your understanding of sentence structure and pronunciation.
- Try to match the speed and tone of the speakers. Since the video is tailored for beginners, it offers a slower pace, allowing you to practice shadow speech without feeling overwhelmed.
- Focus on tricky phrases like “trust me” and “easy for you to say.” Practice saying them multiple times until you feel confident.
- For additional practice, write down a short dialogue about your own baking experience or a family event, using the vocabulary you've learned.
- If you are preparing for the IELTS speaking test, use dialogues from this lesson as practice material by speaking out loud and recording yourself. This way, you can track your progress and see how your pronunciation improves.
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.
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