Shadowing Practice: Nao Robot Surprise! Ben’s Dream Robot Unboxed - Learn English Speaking with Video
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This is Ben's stuff.
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Yay!
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Hey Ben!
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You ready to make another video?
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This one's gonna be a special video.
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Do you have any idea what's going on?
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No?
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Well, mom's gonna go get the special present right now.
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Mom and dad worked really hard to get this one for you.
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You excited?
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You have any idea what's going on?
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Maybe when you see the box you might get an idea what it is.
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Right?
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What do you think it could be?
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What do you hope it is?
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Look at the size of that.
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What do you hope it is?
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Hang on, man.
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I gotta get over.
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There we go.
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No, no clues?
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No. Okay, maybe you just open it up and see.
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Maybe open this part right here.
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Let's see, push right here.
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There you go.
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You got to get up on the chair so you can see inside of it.
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What is that?
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That's a nice poster.
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What do you think's in the box?
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Do you want to help?
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No. There's no way you'd ever get one of those, is there?
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Can you lift up the other end here?
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Well?
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Amazing.
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Isn't that what you always wanted?
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Mm -hmm.
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You happy?
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I think he knows what to say right now.
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Yeah, are you in shock?
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Yeah.
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Is the color you want it too?
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Yeah. And now a robot?
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Mm -hmm.
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Mm -hmm.
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You think maybe we can get him out?
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It's too heavy.
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Oh my goodness.
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Get it here.
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That's heavy.
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Holy moly.
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Look at the size of that thing.
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He's huge.
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Can't even get him out.
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There we go.
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I'll slide the box out.
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There he's got to sit down at first and then we'll plug him in.
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I don't even know how to sit down.
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It's forcing itself down.
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Yeah, we'll just lay him down.
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It's like I don't want to sit down.
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I think we got to plug him in.
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They activate him.
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Oh my goodness.
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Can you believe that?
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What do you say to mom?
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Thank you.
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Mom didn't get him.
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Right?
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Mm -hmm.
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some man on the other side of the world.
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You want to say thank you to him?
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Thank you.
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Yeah?
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His name is Hero TTT.
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You say thank you to him?
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Thank you.
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I'm sure he's happy that you got it.
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Okay?
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Want to turn him on?
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I don't know how to.
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Well, let's plug him in, okay?
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Okay.
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Okay, Ben, we got him out of the box.
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Look at the size of him.
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He's huge.
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Okay?
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Look at your little guy.
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Look at that.
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He's holding on like it's just a baby. And they're both blue.
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Yeah, he's heavy.
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Have you tried holding him yet?
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Come from his belly.
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Heavy, eh? So heavy.
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All right, well, let's see what the first thing says to do.
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We put this poster up on the wall.
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It's a nice poster.
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but we didn't know that the instructions were on the back.
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I did because I watch videos of them all the time.
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Yeah, you do.
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You know everything about now.
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You should be telling me what to do.
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all right so what we got here step one what does it say here take him out of the box
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hello and then looks like stand him up i think here you want to hold on to this ben
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and i'll stand him up for you let's see how does the picture look over here he's kind of like crouching
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his knees are down like this his body's up like that his head's like that it looks like his hands here.
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It's hard to film. Is it?
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We got it?
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Alright.
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Let's see here.
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Step two.
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Step two.
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Plug in the outlet and plug it in his back.
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Let's see what happens.
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So we got the outlet plugged in here.
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Let's see here.
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Where does this go?
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Somewhere in his back.
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Oh, looks like it's right there.
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Alright, let's plug her in.
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Let's see, I gotta hold on to it.
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Oh, here, can you hold this?
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Again?
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Yeah.
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Whoa!
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Here, you hold on.
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I guess I'm gonna put it here until we can.
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You record the whole thing while I get them all hooked up.
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There we go.
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It's hard doing this, like, because I have to lean back so we can see the whole entire thing.
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Um, okay.
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There you go.
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So he's plugged in.
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Hopefully he doesn't fall forward again hopefully not
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because he might fall down he won't die okay step three is looks like we got a
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in the back of his head he needs an internet connection
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let's see what we got here oh looks like there's a flap right here
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oh there it is yeah oh boy we need to go get an ethernet cord
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It's a cord.
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Yeah, hang on.
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Okay, we got a cord.
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Let's see.
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Where is this?
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I don't know if this is going to work or not.
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Here, you want to hold this again, Ben?
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Is it recording?
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Yep.
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I'll put this.
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And I think this can just go right in here.
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I'm not sure if this is going to work or not.
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I dropped the phone and then I picked it up.
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I plugged it into my laptop.
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It doesn't seem to be doing anything.
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Am I missing something?
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Or am I supposed to plug it right into my router?
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What?
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Yeah, like a baby in a minute.
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All right, let's go take them downstairs.
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Okay, Ben, let's try this here.
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Your finger's in the way, I think.
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Yep.
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Grab that?
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Mm -hmm.
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Okay, so we're going to plug that cord.
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Careful, you don't shake them.
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They might fall forward.
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Okay, and we're going to plug it into the internet box right there.
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So you take that yellow cord.
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What here?
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Pick any yellow spot and plug it in.
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Any yellow spot.
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Oh.
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Oops, oops, oops, oops, oops, oops.
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Bob, don't fall this time.
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We're going to catch for dinner tomorrow, Austin.
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We're going to catch for dinner.
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Okay.
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Is it in?
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Yep.
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Okay.
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I think we're going to catch.
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Okay.
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All right.
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So now it's plugged in.
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Okay.
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Can you go get the instructions, please?
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Instructions coming right off.
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He's just sitting there.
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that most pieces off right?
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Uh, well.
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I think he does.
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I think he wants to not be in front of him.
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Yeah, this thing is off right now.
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It's what, sorry?
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This thing's off for plugging him in. Is it?
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Yeah, that's what it is.
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Oh, thank you.
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That's the back of his head.
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All right, so we plugged it in.
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Let's turn this around.
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So we did step two, three.
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Now what's step four now?
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Step four!
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Step four is...
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Plug him in!
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Hold the middle button in for one second and then wait three to five minutes.
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I don't know what one second is so...
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Let's go one.
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That's it.
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Okay.
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Alright.
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One.
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Oh yeah.
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He's glowing.
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It's like Sonic.
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So I think we have to wait three to five minutes.
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It's so long!
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Yeah, I know, it seems like it.
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It's not going to be long though.
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And then it says, let's see, step five says, let's see if I can focus in on anything.
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It says, hello, I'm now.
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My internet address is.
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And then I guess you got to plug it in here.
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And then I think we're good to go after that, right?
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And it says welcome.
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Welcome.
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Login and password is now.
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All right.
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Hey, Vector.
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Look who you got beside you.
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You got a now robot.
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Are you happy?
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Uh -oh.
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He doesn't know what to do.
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He's freaking out.
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He's like, why is there a Wi -Fi sample in my face?
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Oh, he's packing him out.
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He doesn't know what to say either.
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His eyes are glowing.
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Even his ears are glowing.
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I never saw that.
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His ears are glowing?
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Yeah.
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Oh, they are too.
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Look at that.
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This thing's heavy.
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I can't even pick him up in one second.
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Yeah, it was...
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When I held him up...
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Oh, look at Cosmo.
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Or it's right back there.
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My dad holds him up in one hand.
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Yeah.
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Down the stairs.
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And he's so heavy.
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He was heavy, yeah.
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Looks like he's flashing on his head now.
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Was he always flashing?
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It wasn't flashing.
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No?
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Maybe he was doing something.
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Hello.
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Tink!
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So, Ben, tell me about now.
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This is the thing you've always wanted, right?
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Mm -hmm.
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Yeah?
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Since you were three years old, you watched a video.
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Do you remember who it was that you watched for the very first time?
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The very first time?
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That made you like Now Robot?
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I think it's that...
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Oh, it's doing something.
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Oh, my goodness.
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Oh, my gosh.
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I don't know what to say.
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Hello.
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Oh.
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What is he doing to my face?
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He's looking at you.
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What?
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So while he's booting up, Ben, the first video that you watched, it was some guy from, I think his name was Unbox Therapy.
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Remember him?
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And he opened it up for the first, remember he had that video?
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His first time.
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And he slipped and fell on like a banana or something?
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No, no. It was a dog treat and he was like this.
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Oh, yeah, that's right.
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Yeah, yeah.
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He fell down.
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And then he came back up.
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That's right.
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Yeah.
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And he did that too.
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Yeah.
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And he looked right at him.
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Yeah.
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And then what other videos were there?
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You saw them playing, they were soccer game.
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Yeah, but they were like having horns on top.
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I don't know what they're called.
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Horns?
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You know, like gray things?
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Oh, really?
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Yeah, on their head.
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There was a whole bunch of videos.
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I think we've seen every now video out there.
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Yeah, because there's a lot out there.
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And I think we watched like all of them.
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Mm -hmm i don't know what if we did or not
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but i think we did yeah i don't know ben i think you deserve to say more than anybody
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because you've been watching this thing for four years there's no lights here
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and it's glowing up on his feet yeah yeah he's got lights on his feet that's so cool hi now
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Oh, maybe he's still booting up.
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I'm going to poke him in the eye.
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Aw.
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He's cool.
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Yeah, he is cool.
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We saw him at a store, and he was like this.
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Yeah, remember we went to that one convention?
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Yeah.
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And we saw there was a lady, and I can't remember what her name was.
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But she was super nice.
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She was so nice.
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Yeah, and that's where you met now for the first time.
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Yep.
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And then I was like, can we please have one?
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And then you guys, we will see if we have enough money.
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Yeah.
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And then now we have it.
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Yeah, it was expensive. So expensive.
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Well, we got it.
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What was it?
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I can't remember what her name was now.
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Well, if I find it, I'll put it in the description so she can get some.
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Oh, what is he looking at?
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I don't know.
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He's looking around.
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Why don't you stand beside him
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Ben so you can see how tall he is compared to you.
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He's like so... So...
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He's like right here.
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Yeah, so right where your pants are at the top.
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So like almost like he's right here.
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It's almost like when you stand beside me.
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It's like he's your kid.
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I'm going to say like he's three.
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Three?
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Or I don't know, I'm going to say four or that.
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I don't know.
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It's younger than four.
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Younger than four?
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I think it's like three and a half.
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Holy moly.
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He's looking right at you.
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Look.
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Look, he's following you.
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Oh, now he's staring at the camera.
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You know he's looking at me?
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He's staring at me still.
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It's cool because he has eyes in the middle so it's like he's actually moving his eyes to see you.
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Yeah, he's got a camera, right?
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He can sense where you're going.
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Right here.
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Yeah.
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Right on top of his head.
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So like right here.
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So without doing anything with the now, do you remember what he can do with all the videos?
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He could walk up and down the stairs that's what i know
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and then he could kick balls he could grab them
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and then throw them that's right yeah he can see he could walk with you yeah
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but you would have to do this
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because you would have to push his hand like forward oh to get him going yeah
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that's what i learned from a video and he can dance too yeah
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and we can program him i'm not sure what we can program
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but we're going to we have a karaoke so we can make him sing.
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That's right yeah he did sing in one of the videos.
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Yeah it was funny.
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We'll have to get a little microphone for him.
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Yeah yeah he is.
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He's following you.
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Yeah he knows.
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He knows what to do.
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He doesn't see him though because he's too small.
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Oh Vector?
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Yeah He would be like this.
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Yeah, he's following you.
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Go back to the stairs again.
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Now he's staring at it.
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He probably wants to know where you went.
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He probably has no idea.
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Oh, now he's got you.
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So this is how far I think he could see.
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Yep.
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Hello.
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Do you want to come back?
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We'll come back when he's done charging and then we'll see what he can do, okay?
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Yep.
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All right.
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All right, Ben.
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New day with now.
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Yeah.
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We got him somewhat, I think, programmed.
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Can you stop Charlie?
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He's all over you.
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Look at him.
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He wants to dance with you.
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Anyways, we figured out how to get this now robot to do a dance.
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Should we play it?
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Yeah.
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All right.
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Let's see if Charlie likes it.
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All right, here we go.
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Ready?
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All right.
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Whoopsie.
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Charlie, stop it.
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It's not playtime.
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It's showtime.
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Here's a little something I've been working on.
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I told you he was going to slip.
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Thank you very much.
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That one was a car. And that's it.
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Back on my feet.
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I feel better like that.
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that's it he falls and that's over let's see if he's a now are you okay i think he's okay now
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did you fall on the floor he doesn't know well
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we're gonna add more stuff to him i'm gonna try save
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that one to him look he's going crazy he wants to talk hey now continue the song
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he's like what are you talking about all right
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so we're gonna try to pour more stuff into this thing
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and then maybe we'll come back
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and make another video with it once we figure all this out
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because it's this is a pretty big video yeah
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because there's this programming we got to do on here
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and this is one of the programs we got that was just the uh dance wood that we put on there So, we'll come back.
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We'll make more.
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You like your robot?
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Yeah.
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I love it.
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Yeah.
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All right.
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What do you say?
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Thank you.
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Yeah. And?
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Bye.
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Yeah, that's right.
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Bye.
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Wait.
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Let's see if we can say goodbye.
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Now.
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Now.
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Say goodbye.
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Goodbye.
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Ha ha.
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Oh.
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See you later.
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That's cool.
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Whoa, I got no stop.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Nao Robot Surprise! Ben’s Dream Robot Unboxed”. This video has 458 sentences and 2604 words to shadow. The speech runs for 20:02. The speaker talks at a steady 130 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 90% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 91 of its 458 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| plug noun | /plʌɡ/ | A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one. |
| oops | /ups/ | Used to acknowledge a small mistake or accident. |
| robot noun | /ˈɹoʊ.bɑt/ | An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal. |
| cord noun | /ˈkoɹd/ | A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example). |
| glow verb | /ɡloʊ/ | To emit heat and light without a flame. |
| flash verb | /flæʃ/ | To cause to shine briefly or intermittently. |
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing. |
| beside | /bɪˈsaɪd/ | Next to; at the side of. |
| poster noun | /ˈpoʊstɚ/ | A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall. |
| instruction noun | /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/ | The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge. |
| stairs noun | /ˈstɛɹz/ | A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors. |
| goodness noun | /ˈɡʊdnəs/ | The state or characteristic of being good. |
| stare verb | /stɛɚ/ | To look fixedly (at something). |
| ear noun | /ˈɪə̯/ | The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea. |
| slip verb | /ˈslɪp/ | To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| fall down verb | /fɔl ˈdaʊn/ | To fall to the ground. To collapse. |
| sit down verb | To assume a sitting position from a standing position. | |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. | |
| get over verb | To overcome. | |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. | |
| hook up verb | To assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires. | |
| lift up verb | To elevate to a higher position. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Do you have any idea what's going on?
- You have any idea what's going on?
- What do you think's in the box?
- Isn't that what you always wanted?
- You know he's looking at me?
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 | you've been watching · I've been working |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | Have you tried · you've always wanted · we've seen |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | Was he always flashing · wasn't flashing · was doing |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might get · might fall |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 76 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: flash /flæʃ/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/, shock /ʃɔk/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/
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 plug, oops, robot.
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.