Shadowing Practice: PONY | Omeleto - Learn English Speaking with Video

I tried calling.

Isn't there anyone else who can take her this weekend?

Did you try the loggers?

Eat the ball.

Eat your eggs.

Eggs are boring.

Don't be ridiculous.

You always eat my eggs.

Alice got that bug that's been going around.

She's been vomiting all morning.

You're the one being ridiculous.

Ellen, they're gone.

They're on their second honeymoon.

I'm a woman, and women could change their mind whenever they want.

Oh, she won't eat her eggs, and now she's chanting in defiance.

I did already.

Donna can't take her.

She's in Singapore.

Oh, Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.

I don't know with whom.

Some friend.

Mom!

What will you give me if I eat them?

Nothing.

And you're not a woman.

You're five.

Eat your eggs or no TV. Who cares?

I don't even like TV anymore.

Alan, my flight is at four.

This is my first big account as team leader.

Here, I can't cancel this trip.

My loan was denied.

And, and, and your last two checks bounced.

I need this money.

It'll be one, two, okay, three days max.

Can you just figure this out?

What?

Alan, he is the last person in the universe I would ask to watch me go.

Oh, my

God.

What do you do if there's an emergency?

Call 911. And then?

Scream.

Miko, you call me.

Okay.

Jeff?

What the fuck, man?

Jeff.

It's Claudia. Who?

Claudia.

Your sister -in -law?

Alan's ex -wife?

With your niece, Miko?

You, uh, you agreed to take her this weekend?

I did?

Oh, Jesus.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah.

Did you want me to pick her up Jeff?

We're here here at the front door Right, right, right, right, right.

Okay.

So, you know, but just give me a minute.

I'll be right with you.

Oh Jesus fucking Christ He's coming

I can do this.

Hey!

Booker!

Hi, Uncle Jeff.

Mom, let me bring my fish pony.

Welcome to my humble abode.

Uh, listen.

Thanks for doing this.

Really, Jeff.

You know, we're really in a pinch.

I have to tell you, I was, um...

I am a little concerned because you've never done this before.

No worries.

I feed the neighbors cat all the time.

Oh, really?

Besides, I still owe Alan a solid for bailing me out in Vegas.

I don't...

You guys want some coffee or anything?

She doesn't drink coffee.

She's five.

And I already had some when I woke up eight hours ago.

Hi.

Miko knows the drill.

Don't overfeed one pinch of food a day.

One pinch.

She takes two vitamins and a calcium supplement with breakfast.

One pinch, two vitamins.

And please, no genetically modified weed.

It has twice the gluten.

Kale chips.

Lots of fiber.

Keeps her regular.

No peanuts.

She's anaphylactic.

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And as you know, she's lactose intolerant.

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Well, I want to let you know that I don't approve of intolerance of any kind.

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Lactose.

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Milk.

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She can't have milk or any milk products.

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Got it.

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Shit's rank.

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Haven't had it in years.

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What does she drink mean?

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Sorry.

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These are her allergy medications.

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Directions are on the bottle.

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Along with a number for her pediatrician.

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And, um, lights out for her promptly at eight.

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I've written everything down.

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So if there's any question or problem, any kind, call me immediately.

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Okay?

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Immediately.

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Honey, I gotta go.

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I'll be back Monday at the latest.

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All right?

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I want a good report.

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Give me a hug.

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Give me a hug.

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Be a good girl for Uncle Jeff, okay?

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Bye.

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And look who I found.

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I found Piggy.

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Hi, Piggy.

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Careful, that's a choking hazard.

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All right, um...

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Take good care of my baby.

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Holy cow, you deal with that every day?

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Mmm.

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So, are you really a pirate?

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A what?

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My mom calls you Jeffrey the Pirate.

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No, I'm not a pirate.

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I'm a musician.

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They're similar.

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We both navigate the high seas and the unpredictable winds of fate in search of buried treasure and gold.

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Actually, my mom says you're a lazy,

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overgone child who needs to stop talking about a song you wrote in the 80s and find a real job.

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Hmm, is that so?

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Where'd your mom get that from?

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My Gordon Gekko -like little brother?

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Your what?

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It's song -za, plural, all right?

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Dad said you haven't recorded any new songs in over 600 years.

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Hmm.

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It's killed in 600 years.

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Oh, my God.

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Well, listen, kid, you can't force heart.

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You know, it's not like a fart or taking a dump, which comes so naturally to your dad because he's so full of shit.

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Oh.

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Okay.

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For me, I was fellin' out in the sea You,

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you, you, you, you, you Get that close,

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girl, it's awesome Oh, no,

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no, nobody with me.

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No. Can you please stop doing that?

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What are you doing?

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I'm writing.

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I thought you said it wasn't like taking a dump.

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Yes, and I very much regret having used that metaphor, but I would like some privacy.

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yes I wasn't doing that on purpose go you know entertain yourself do something creative

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it's not quiet it's not quiet come on Miko go go upstairs find something to do to occupy yourself, it's a good thing to learn how to do.

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Can you keep it down? Be quiet.

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Oh, that's so stupid. Did you feed Pony?

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No, I did not feed Pony.

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Can we feed her now?

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She's hungry.

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You can feed her.

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You're a big girl.

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All right?

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I can?

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Yes.

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Okay.

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Not too much, right?

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Isn't that what your mom said?

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Hi, Pony, time to eat.

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I just love how your mouth looks when you eat.

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Uncle Jeff, I found your trapeze swing in your closet.

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Could I swing, please?

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I want to be Olivia, queen of the circus.

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Hey, hey, hey, put that down.

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That's not a toy.

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That's not for kids.

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What?

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Is that my pillowcase?

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I made it.

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I invented it.

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It's called the pillowcase dress.

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Okay, yeah, it's my fucking pillowcase

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so let's take it off you said fuck you owe me a dollar yeah

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and you owe me a fucking pillowcase that's two dollars ow

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mother fucker three dollars where's my money take it off that's

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enough all right stop it no seriously that's my wallet stop all right enough enough Oh,

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right, right, I'm gonna throw you out the window!

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I'm gonna do something here!

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See, Pony, this is a picture I drew for Uncle Jeff.

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Hey, man, bad news.

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Shut up.

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Oh, shut the fuck up.

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The blonde twins are gonna be there?

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Oh, man, I'd do lines out there.

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Can't you like corn holes all night if I could?

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Can't.

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Daddy can't.

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Uh -uh.

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No. Fucking brother's pain in the ass kid got dropped off, and I'm stuck here all weekend.

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Can't believe that shit?

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Nah, it's all right.

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You have fun without me.

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All right, we'll talk soon.

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I'm sorry I picked you up late, but I really wasn't going to throw you.

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You were too.

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You think I'm a pain in the ass.

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you heard that i'm sorry you heard that you're not the pain of the ass kid i am

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but i really wasn't gonna throw you i was just trying to scare you why because i scare you Yeah.

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You do.

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Smoking's bad for you, you know.

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Yeah, I know.

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Okay, Miko.

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Go get your ax.

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My what?

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Your ax.

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All right.

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You ready to go wild?

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OK, I've got my axe.

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Uncle Jeff, do you have a girlfriend?

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Hmm.

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Not a steady girl, no. Why?

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I don't know.

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I guess I'm kind of a gypsy.

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What's a gypsy?

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It's like a pirate.

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We like our freedom.

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Why?

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You want to be my girlfriend?

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No, I'd have to teach you everything, and that would take way too long.

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That's the truth.

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So, uh, what do you want to be when you grow up?

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Either an Aladdin girl or a ninja breakdancer.

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All my friends at school are gonna be Aladdin girls.

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So which do you want to be?

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I want to be a ninja breakdancer.

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Well, then that's what you ought to be.

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It's good to be different from everybody else.

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My dad says I should be a doctor.

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Well, if a doctor's what you want to be, that's fine, but my advice would be go for the ninja breakdancer, all right?

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That's what I think, too.

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Yeah.

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It's fun.

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Can I ask you a question?

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Mm -hmm.

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Sure.

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Well, how do bumblebees poop?

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Well, just like us, I guess.

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Except on really tiny toilets.

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Oh. Are you getting tired?

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Is it bedtime?

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No, no. She's looking very sweet.

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Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

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I made you a drawing when you were napping.

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I want to show it to you.

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Please, could I show it to you?

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Please, I wish you would show it to me.

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Okay.

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I want to see it.

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pony wake up it's too early for bed It's time to get up.

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Uncle Jack!

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There's something wrong with Pony.

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She won't wake up.

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That's it.

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Tony's dead.

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What do you mean?

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I mean, it's not waking up.

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So a body doesn't work anymore.

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What happens after we die? Who knows?

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We get born, we live, and then we die.

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People have a lot of different opinions, but nobody really knows.

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Did you ever have a pet that died?

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I had a person.

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I have a picture.

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Who's that?

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It's, it's maybe the only person I ever loved.

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Her name was Luna. Did she die?

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She did.

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She's pretty.

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She has a big belly.

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Do you have a baby?

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Well, we were, we were gonna.

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She was killed in a car accident, so it never happened.

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You miss her?

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Yeah, you do.

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I miss Pony.

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I thought he was a good pet, huh?

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She was.

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Do you think she's sleeping in this pet now?

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Maybe. Who knows?

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Hey?

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Will you sing me a bedtime song?

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A bedtime song?

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I'm not really a lullaby guy.

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I don't, uh, I don't know what I'd say.

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What about this, how about the song, the song you're writing?

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Well, if you insist.

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Mmm.

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Mmm.

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I don't know how I feel about this.

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Mmm.

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¶¶ ¶ Floating on the water like a boat without law ¶¶ ¶ Fultures circling overhead,

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I can't see them anymore ¶¶

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¶ The leaving of the ocean has a dizzying effect ¶ Nothing seems to matter to a man who's lost respect.

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So come down, rain, bring me your thunder.

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Crack your lightning and bring me underneath.

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The floorboards creaked and a tiny little freak popped out.

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the oil from the shock and he let out a shout

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oh turn the lights on turn them back out but it was too late I'll wait for him

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Come that rain I'll work it out.

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You sleep.

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Thank you.

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I don't know where you went, but I'm sure it'll be nice.

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There will maybe be a lot of your friends like Cornelius and the Bigger Bull and the Pink Castle.

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I'll miss you.

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You were the awesomest pet I ever had.

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I love you, Uncle Jeff.

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Hey.

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I love you, too, little bugger.

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Well.

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Hey, man.

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Yeah, the infamous babes and garage bands party.

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Of course, I know it.

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That's tonight?

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Yeah, no, uh, my brother's...

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My brother's kid's still here, so I can't make it tonight.

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Yeah, we'll talk soon.

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Thanks.

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Thank you.

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I can't see them anymore

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The leaving of the ocean has a dizzying effect Nothing seems to matter to the man

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when he's lost respect So calm down stone,

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bring me your thunder Crack your lightning,

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break the spell I'm living under Mom,

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Uncle Jeff got me a new pet.

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Yeah?

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Okay.

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Now I'm feeling nothing and I'm sinking like a stone Oh,

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calm down, stone Bring me all thunder Crank

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that lightning And take me underneath The floorboards creaked

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And a tiny little freak peeked out He recoiled from the shock

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And let out a shout Who turned the lights on Turn them back out But it was too late,

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I am

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So calm down rain Bring me your thunder Take

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away this pain Restore my sense of wonder Calm

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down rain Bring me your thunder Wash me clean Restore my sense of wondering

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Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Jeff, pony, Uncle, eat. This video has 357 sentences and 2060 words to shadow. The speech runs for 30:30. The speaker talks slowly, about 68 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 79 of its 357 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
pony noun	/ˈpoʊni/	A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
egg noun	/ɛɡ/	An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell…
thunder noun	/ˈθʌndɚ/	The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.
pirate noun	/ˈpaɪɹət/	A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
pinch verb	/pɪnt͡ʃ/	To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
lightning noun	/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/	A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
ninja noun	/ˈnɪnd͡ʒə/	One who very skillful, considered similar to the historical ninja, especially in covert or stealthy operation.
bedtime noun	/ˈbɛdtaɪm/	The time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleep.
ridiculous adjective	/ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/	Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.
shock noun	/ʃɔk/	A sudden, heavy impact.
swing verb	/ˈswɪŋ/	To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
dump verb	/dʌmp/	To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.
underneath adverb	/ˌʌndɚˈniθ/	Below; in a place beneath.
scare verb	/skɛɚ/	To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
shout verb	/ʃaʊt/	To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
wake up verb	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	To stop sleeping; to awake.
calm down verb		To become less excited, intense, or angry.
back out verb		To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space.
let out verb		To release.
come down verb		To descend, fall down, collapse.
drop off verb		To fall asleep.
get up verb		To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
go around verb		To move or spread from person to person.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Did you try the loggers?
What do you do if there's an emergency?
Where'd your mom get that from?
Isn't that what your mom said?
Do you think she's sleeping in this pet now?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	you've never done · I've written · haven't recorded
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	was denied · was killed
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	wasn't doing · was just trying · were napping
Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea	ought to be · should be

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 85 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, can't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: thunder /ˈθʌndɚ/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shock /ʃɔk/, shout /ʃaʊt/, garage /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, genetically /d͡ʒəˈneɾɪkli/, anaphylactic /ˌænəfəˈlæktɪk/

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 pony, egg, thunder.

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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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?