Shadowing Practice: حكايات جنجر || S3E2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

I cannot believe you applied for that fellowship.

Play, play, stop, nobody knows.

Foutly makes me sick and there's nothing anyone can do about it.

There's already been something done about it.

Pack your bags, we'll miss you, Ginger Foutly.

It's me?

I transferred you the money from my bat mitzvah account, as discussed.

To help me cope with the unforeseen trauma of this event, I'll need the help of you.

This is it.

This is it!

Woman, you have Weird Human Winterfest written all over you.

Sometimes, when you're expected to say something really meaningful, it becomes almost impossible to say anything at all.

That's why I told Ms. Zorski I didn't want to perform at that assembly.

I don't even know how to say goodbye to my closest friends.

Let alone the entire middle school

You guys I don't know what to say we've been inseparable all these years and now separation separation Anxiety,

I don't know about you, but I already packed tons of pictures and stationary and I'm gonna write every single day and call twice a day

Well good gosh woman the last needs time for her studies Hello!

We're kind of all waiting for the guest of honor here.

That's so sweet, Moran.

Move it, Feltly!

Now!

Ginger, what's sweet!

Shush, shush, now, now, let's settle down.

We all know why we're here tonight.

to join me, Courtney Gripling, in saying goodbye, Ginger.

Here, here!

Oh, Ginger, I want you to have this clever forget-me-not gift.

Thanks, Courtney.

It's.. it's...

It's Courtney!

We should have done that.

Uh, thanks, but, uh, what am I going to do with this thing?

I'll take her!

We really get along.

Oh, Courtney, your top is all must.

Everyone, please raise your glasses and say it with me again.

Goodbye, Ginger!

Thanks, everyone.

But I'm not going away for good, you know.

We'll just see about that.

You're taking all this quite well, Darren.

Yeah, Bester Tough Guy.

Look, you two, no one loves Ginger more than me.

But that's exactly why I want what's best for her.

What?

Did you even hear what you just said? About what? About Ginger.

What did I say?

You said you love her!

No, didn't mean it the way it sounded!

I'm going outside for air!

If you didn't mean it the way it sounded, then what did you mean?

I call him Mr. Pudzdanowicz.

Huh, sounds Jewish.

He could be.

Welp, he looks old to me, and that's what matters.

Because without him, we can kiss the freak fame goodbye.

Come on, let's make it happen.

Patience, my dove, is a virtue.

For you see, before he can walk the walk, Hoods Donowitz must first talk the talk.

You mean like an accent?

I mean, you must first be Hoods Donowitz on the inside.

But, Noelle, I'm not Hoods Donowitz on the inside.

I'm just like watering organs and stuff.

Give it a try, Hoods.

Try to feel like a grown-up.

Say something grown-up.

Hello, children.

Huh.

That didn't really feel all that manly, if you ask me.

No. Well, duh!

How am I supposed to feel manly?

I'm not manly.

Isn't it obvious?

I know.

What are you gonna do?

Nothing.

Carl, what's she up to?

I don't know.

Hey, don't you...

Hello, children.

I'm proud of you, Ginge.

I hope you don't get tired of hearing it.

I don't.

If you need me. For anything.

I can be up there in a matter of hours, so just call me.

I will, Mom. But I won't.

I love you, sweetie.

And if your brother was awake, he'd say the same.

Yeah, right.

I love you guys, too.

Bye, kiddo.

There's something magical about saying goodbye.

It's as if, in that one moment, you suddenly appreciate every single thing about the person you're saying goodbye to.

All at once.

Ever notice how when you're standing right next to something, it always seems really big and, you know, important?

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But when you get enough distance, that same thing can suddenly feel tiny, maybe even insignificant.

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Until you're so far away, you have to really strain just to be able to see it at all.

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And new experiences are always technicolor, you know, larger than life.

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Going to a place you've never been to before makes you re-examine everything.

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This is it!

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Oh, unbelievable.

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I wouldn't.

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They're not exactly friendly, and a flashbulb on the face might seriously take that big guy off.

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I'm Fred.

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I'm.. embarrassed.

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I didn't know.

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How would you?

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But for the record, we just do our thing and let them do theirs.

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Sounds fair enough.

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So what's your thing?

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I'm a writer, I guess.

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Cool.

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I'm a fine artist.

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Where are your quarters?

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You're in the castle.

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That building's really cool.

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Where is it?

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Right behind you.

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Later!

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I don't want to go away...

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You mind?

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No, it smells nice.

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It's called Champa, and it helps me relax.

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Right.

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Sorry.

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Something wrong?

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It's just that.. well...

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Suddenly, I'm feeling very square.

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Well, don't worry.

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You'll find yourself here.

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I'm a full-time student, so I've just had more practice.

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I'm Thea.

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Oh, it must be so cool to go here all year round.

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Yeah, Avalanche rocks, no question.

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If you have the talent to get in and your parents can fork up the steep tuition, it's the way to go.

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My mom definitely can't afford it.

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Too bad they don't offer full-time scholarships.

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You never know.

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You could be the first.

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Why don't I play good hostess and show you around?

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You can unpack later.

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Sounds good. Did you lose something?

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Yeah, I did.

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You, uh, want me to help you look for it?

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Hey, Duane, how'd you know you were really in love the first time it happened?

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Easy.

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It was my girlfriend Wilma.

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I saw her band Rotten Armpit play at the grunge fest.

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She took a killer stage dive, landed right on me, fractured my collarbone in three places.

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Wilma's so hot.

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It's Ginger!

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It's Ginger!

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Courtney, that's not Ginger, that's Alan Binkle.

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Ginger is away for a little while, Courtney.

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You won't be seeing her today.

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Oh, Ginger!

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Ginger!

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Remember when she offered to loan me the hair scrunchie right off her own head?

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Because my hair was flying all over the place during gym.

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Yeah, and you said, ew, no way.

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That's right, I did.

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Oh, Ginger.

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This is ridiculous.

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She's acting like Ginger was her best friend.

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At least this nauseating little display will come in handy for phase two.

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Group hug, girls!

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Group hug!

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Let me try to soak up every last bit of ginger that might still be on you.

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I call this one, your best friends have moved on, so why don't you?

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Hey, Rumi!

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Over here!

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Guys, this is Ginger.

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She's...

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Embarrassed, right?

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Not until right now.

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Thanks, Fred.

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She's a new fellowship transplant, so don't get too attached.

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Might be hard.

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First time away from home?

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Pretty much.

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Are you homesick?

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Surprisingly, no. Well, what do you sort me for?

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I didn't kiss her.

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And it's not like she's your official girlfriend, Carl.

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You said that yourself.

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Not the point.

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Look, Noelle was just trying to help me get my swerve on.

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And it worked!

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My Hoods Donowitz is flawless.

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And that means the three of us are that much closer to the Weird Human Winterfest.

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That's what you want, isn't it?

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Well, isn't it?

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Maybe I should start off the conversation, you know, just so she doesn't think that...

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Greetings, Mr. Hoods Donowitz!

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Ahem.

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My closest friends call me Hoodsy.

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Hoodsy.

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Oh, yeah, Carl had something he wanted to, uh, conversate with you about.

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Uh, Carl?

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It was nothing.

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Come on, Carl.

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Don't be shy.

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It's just that, well, cheesecake pudding sounds kind of icky, but, um, it actually isn't.

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Hello, Mipsy.

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What's up, cuz?

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Just call in with the progress report.

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Phase two of Operation Transfer Girl is going great.

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Ginger loves it here, and I am doing a great job of helping her to fit in.

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Cha-ching!

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And so if you can work your magic on Uncle Maurice and get him to cough up a scholarship, I think Fatly might actually accept.

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The only thing is, I get the feeling she's missing her dorky little friends from back home.

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Don't worry.

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When Foutly gets our mailing, she'll realize that absolutely everyone is happier with her out of the picture.

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He tickles!

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Hold still.

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It's like he stole all my confidence and she's given him all the attention and I'm.. the third wheel!

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Perfection.

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Say, Carl, can you grab the drywall stilts for me?

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I want to take one more practice run.

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You guys are...

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Thanks, little buddy.

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Little buddy.

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Hello, children.

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Wow.

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He's a man.

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He's a man.

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We are so going to that freakfest.

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Ain't it grand, Carl?

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Carl?

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Well, will you give her the message that we called?

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Thanks.

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She's not there.

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Rats.

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Very well.

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Let's just carry on as planned.

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Now, what would Ginger do if she were here?

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Well, she'd probably stretch out on my bed and tell us a funny story or something.

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Uh-huh.

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What kind of funny story exactly?

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Oh, you know, something about her brother or what happened at the cafeteria or something like that.

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I see.

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My brother, Blake, almost left the house wearing tweed slacks today.

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Really?

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And then what happened?

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Mama said, oh no!

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Tweed, huh?

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Aww...

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It's no use!

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I can't do it!

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I just want things back to normal, I mean...

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You don't actually wear these, do you?

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Let's try looking on the bright side.

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After all, if Ginger wasn't away, the three of us would never have had this chance to get to know each other.

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Off me.

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Look, it's not that I don't find you girls gingerish, I do.

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I do and while doing these ridiculous little sleepovers

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and nightly phone calls are certainly ginger ask It's a far cry from the real deal.

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The truth is you're not ginger neither of you But I wish you were

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What's going on with me, Ginge?

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It's like...

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I can't stop thinking about you.

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Come in!

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Uh, son?

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Everything okay?

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Uh, sure, Dad.

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We were just walking by your room, so we thought we'd see if you wanted to talk. About what?

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Well, she and I, we just couldn't help but...

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You haven't been yourself lately, sweetie.

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Not eating much, not talking much.

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And I hear you up in your room at all hours of the night, so I know you're not sleeping much either.

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Yeah, I know.

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It's the weirdest thing, but ever since Ginger left, nothing's the same.

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I'm not interested in anything.

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I can't stop thinking about her.

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Whoo!

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Is that all, son?

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Oh, shucks!

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That's okay!

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You're just in love is all.

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If you love her son, just do what I did with your mama.

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Throw her in a headlock and give her a noogie.

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Sure enough, work for me.

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Don't let the boy alone.

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Honey, if you really think you love her then go tell her.

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Tell her because light moves along fast and furious.

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And if you don't step up to bat, you can be sure that someone else will.

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Let me give you a lift.

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But it's right there.

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It's right there if you're going back to your dorm.

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But if you're not going back to your dorm, it could be anywhere.

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How about taking a little ride?

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Come on, I'll let you drive.

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But it's getting kind of late

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and I was supposed to check in with my friends tonight from back home They got this far without you.

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They can probably tough it out for one more night Okay, but I'm not driving this thing.

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I don't even know how

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It's ginger chicken see

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Look Courtney this whole woe is us thing isn't really working out

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I mean you're hoping that we can fill Ginger's shoes

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and we're hoping that you could fill ginger shoes But the truth is none of us can fill ginger shoes

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Which are size seven and a half I know and what's worse is

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Morning ginger's absence is really taking its toll on my complexion.

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Look at these brown lines I've gone through an entire canister of dual-purpose wet dry powder in less than a week

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I'm sure Mipsy has some in her locker.

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They know each other's combinations Now that's friendship.

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Operation Transfer Girl?

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It's so weird.

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The longer I'm away from home, the more at home I feel here.

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But at the same time, it's really nagging at me that I haven't heard from Dodie or Macy yet.

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But every time I try to call them, something comes up.

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Which kind of makes me wonder if after all these years, Maybe we're actually growing apart.

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And if maybe, like my mom said, that kind of change is a good thing.

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Thea, wait up!

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Well, well, you got in late last night.

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I was hanging out with Fred.

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Right on.

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He's a total catch.

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A guy like that could make a girl never want to go home, don't you think?

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Speaking of home, you got a package.

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I left it on your bed.

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That's so funny.

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I was thinking about home all morning.

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What were you thinking?

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Well, a lot of things.

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But mainly I was realizing that the big difference between Avalanche Arts and Lucky Junior High is that at Lucky, everyone just wants to fit in.

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And here, it's like the more you stand out, the better.

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Ladies?

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Guess that's kind of true.

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I think I'm ready for a little change myself.

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Cool.

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Wanna help me?

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I do, actually and I know just where to start.

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Carl?

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I'm inside the copies.

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Noelle!

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What are you doing here?

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Something's gone terribly wrong with Carl.

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Can you feel it?

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Yeah, he's P.O.ed.

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It's all my fault.

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I didn't even want to be in this stupid freakfest until I saw how much it mattered to Carl, how much attention he was giving me giving me I know right

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and then when I kissed you and he got

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so jealous I know I know

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but the whole thing backfired I thought all this would make him like me even more

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but instead just as I suspected no Carl you don't understand oh I understand perfectly

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and don't worry the two you won't have to sneak around

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to get away from me anymore I'm finished with both of you and I'm not going to that freak fest either.

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On the one hand, opening it is a total violation of privacy.

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But on the other hand, if they're up to something really rotten, they need to be stopped.

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Desperate times, desperate measures.

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You do it.

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French tips.

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I knew it!

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I knew it!

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Ginger didn't get into that school on her own!

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Miranda and Mipsy were behind the whole thing.

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What?

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You see here?

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It's a copy of the letter Mipsy wrote to her uncle.

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He's on the board.

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And here's a receipt for a wire transfer.

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She paid off her cousin to help.

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This is unbelievable.

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All this to get rid of Jitger?

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And look at this.

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Your best friends have moved on, so why don't you?

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Oh my gosh!

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This is total propaganda!

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If I'm not using that wording correctly.

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We have to get up there.

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We have to talk to Ginger.

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If she thinks we've turned on her, she might actually stay up there for good.

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Emergency after-school meeting at my house.

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Oh, my gosh.

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What?

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It's just.. that sounded like something Ginger would say.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 380 sentences and 2635 words to shadow. The speech runs for 21:54. The speaker talks at a steady 120 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
ginger noun	/ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚ/	The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative.
goodbye	/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/	Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
shoe noun	/ˈʃu/	A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of…
gosh	/ɡɑːʃ/	A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
manly adjective	/ˈmænli/	Having the characteristics of a man.
ridiculous adjective	/ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/	Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.
uncle noun	/ˈʌŋ.kl̩/	The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
buddy	/ˈbʌdi/	A person far removed from the conversation.
desperate adjective	/ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹɪt/	In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire.
mama noun	/ˈmɑmə/	Synonym of mother (“a female parent”).
scholarship noun	/ˈskɑːləɹʃɪp/	A grant-in-aid to a student.
separation noun	/ˌsɛp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/	The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
unbelievable adjective	/ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/	Not to be believed.
embarrassed adjective	/ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/	Having a feeling of shameful discomfort.
fellowship noun	/ˈfɛl.ə.ʃɪp/	A company of people that share the same interest or aim.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
go back to verb	To stem from; to originate in.
grow up verb	To mature and become an adult.
come up verb	To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
get along verb	To interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble.
get up verb	To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
go away verb	To depart or leave a place.
go through verb	To travel from one end of something to the other.
grow apart verb	To gradually become estranged.

Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	if your brother was awake, he'd say
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	we've been · you've never been · have moved
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was flying · was just trying · were just walking
Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain	might seriously · might still be · Might be

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 112 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shoe /ˈʃu/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, scholarship /ˈskɑːləɹʃɪp/, separation /ˌsɛp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, fellowship /ˈfɛl.ə.ʃɪp/
Long words — get the stress right: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, separation /ˌsɛp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, violation /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/

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 ginger, goodbye, shoe.

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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Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

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