Shadowing Practice: SABRINA CARPENTER | CHICKEN SHOP DATE - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I got you a drink.
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Thank you.
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This is my first one I've ever had.
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What?
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Yeah, I've never had one.
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Are you kidding me?
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Yes, I'm kidding.
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Hello.
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Hi.
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Howdy.
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Did you say that, where you're from?
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No. Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania, yeah.
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They don't say howdy.
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No, they say like...
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Quakers.
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The Quaker Oats.
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The Quaker town.
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That's where I grew up.
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Yeah.
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You're not, just to be clear.
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Just a girl.
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Do you like chicken nuggets and chips?
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Aren't I supposed to, like, try one and then you put more sauce on it?
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No, that's hot ones.
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Oh, fuck.
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Sorry.
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Thoughts?
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Chicken.
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This is outrageous.
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That's also just, like...
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That is absolutely...
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A visual that I don't know I need right now.
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That's like a...
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Whoa.
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An udder of a cow, isn't it?
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Am I supposed to ask you questions as well?
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No, absolutely not.
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Well, I just, like...
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Don't even talk to me.
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No, but I mean...
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Don't even look at me directly in the eye.
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But, like, isn't it supposed to be, like, sort of a date?
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Yeah, it is.
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So, like, how much money do you make?
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People think I'm really short, but I'm actually super tall.
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Actually, I thought that when you came in, you were, like, six.
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Yeah.
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One?
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I'm, like, six.
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One.
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Six-one.
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Yeah.
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I think you're the perfect type.
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6'1".
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I learned about Wanker the hard way.
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I learned about Wanker when the first time I came to London, someone on the street ran past me and yelled, "'Fucking Wanker!' And I was like, "'Someone called me a wanker.
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I feel like I really lived the London experience.'" So you don't really say Wanker?
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Even bloody hell is sort of like...
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Bloody hell.
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It's sort of like a lot.
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You come from a family of carpenters.
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Sort of.
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Have you ever built anything with your bare hands?
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It doesn't have to be like a...
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like a piece of furniture.
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No. I build, you know, people up type vibe, as opposed to like building objects, because like hammers...
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Heavy.
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Nails...
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Scary.
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Is it true that in America you don't really put kisses after messages?
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No, we hate that.
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You'll just send the message?
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Just send it.
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Wow.
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In fact, yeah, I mean, you guys are just so willing to kiss everybody though.
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I know, it's a bunch of sluts.
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Yeah, I was like, damn.
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I always think about this, I'm like, look you, the girls that are just going on dates are kind of doing it right because like, every meal is paid for.
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I paid for this.
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I was gonna ask for the bill secretly under the table and then...
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It's already been done.
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You're such a gent.
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Would you do Broadway again if the opportunity, the right opportunity came?
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I would.
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Do you have a favorite Disney film?
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Alice in Wonderland?
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Really?
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I think my favorite is Lion King.
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Wow.
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Yeah, or Finding Nemo to be fair.
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I'm gonna say something maybe problematic.
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Okay, whoa.
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I think Dory's.. she like is a little annoying, like needs to chill type.
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Doesn't everyone think that?
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Isn't that just like popular?
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Damn, I really sounded like a pick-me just then.
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Unpopular opinion, guys, like, I know this is really crazy to say, but like...
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It feels so picky.
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Like, killing people's bad.
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You don't actually like espressos?
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I do.
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I just have to brave through them when I drink them.
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It's not like I like them because of how they taste.
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I like them because of how they make me feel.
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Do I give off decaf energy?
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Yes.
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Really?
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You asked the question and honestly, in that moment, I looked at you and went, Absolutely.
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Okay.
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You just have to find your double shot.
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In another person?
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In another person.
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It's not me.
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What?
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I don't think I give double shot.
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I think I give like single shot.
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So do you not think double shots a bit too much?
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Not if you're decaf.
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You're young.
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Like meet a double shot now and then later maybe like meet like a chai.
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Yeah, is that me chai?
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Nice.
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It doesn't really have a serum to it does it?
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That's that me.
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Yorkshire gold.
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Oh grey.
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Would you rather date a barista or a barrister?
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Girl.
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Yeah.
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I think baristas flirt too much.
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Okay.
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I think a barrister is probably like, I'm safe.
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Like, you're not finding that many people in court.
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Are you a flirt?
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Do you think I am?
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Yeah.
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Why?
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You just literally did the most flirty thing ever.
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Me?
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What?
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Um, sometimes.
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It just depends. Are you?
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No. No. What the hell?
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No, I'm not flat.
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But you do flirt, though.
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It's just you flirt in a decaf manner.
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It's getting decaf.
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You flirt by, like, bullying them.
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I love when you guys say, that's a tune, mate.
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What do you say?
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That's a hit.
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Oh, that's a smash.
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Bro, that's a smash and a half.
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That's what I say when I want a smash and a half.
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That's a smash and a half.
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What would you say?
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It's a tune.
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I'd just be like...
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It's a hit.
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I'd be like, that's a bop.
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No, I would never say that.
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Bop, bop, bop, bop, bop to the top.
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That's a tune.
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I don't think I...
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I think if the song's really good, I'd just be like, this song's so good.
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Do you find it easy to fall in love?
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Such a great question to spring on me in this chicken shop.
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Well, we are on a date.
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When I was younger, I fell in love very easily.
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And now I fall in love a little bit more.
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I don't want this to sound sad, but like I just maybe fall in love with some more knowledge.
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Yeah, because you've got experience now.
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Well, so they say.
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I like that.
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That was my cigar.
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Actually, cigars are big.
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Oh my God, I hate that I just made that emotion.
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Can you teach me how to jump an octave?
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Uh...
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No, that wasn't right.
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Did you do anything Valentine's Day this year?
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I was given chocolate.
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Yeah.
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Love that.
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And I ate it.
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Yeah, you did.
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That was my day.
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What was your day?
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I was.. working.
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Late?
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Late.
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Cause?
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Cause I'm Amelia.
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Okay, this is an outro I think you could do. For what? For nonsense.
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Oh, okay.
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Went to London because I had a hot date.
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The food was average, but the company was great.
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Four plus four, me and Amelia ate.
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Thank you.
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It's been great.
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I would have done something really crazy for the second one, but I don't think I can say it again.
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Go on.
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No, no, no, no. Went to London because I had a hot date.
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Because I had a hot date.
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And then I would say, like, later I'm going to get...
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Less later I'm gonna get my pussy licks.
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Eight.
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Oh my god, eight, Amelia.
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We can't say.
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Oh, I hate that.
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I really didn't want to drink it.
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And I was like, I should commit, right? But, mm.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “SABRINA CARPENTER”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: date, bop, wanker, flirt, shot. This video has 213 sentences and 1197 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:40. The speaker talks at a natural 156 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 47 of its 213 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| flirt verb | /flɚt/ | To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling. |
| decaf noun | /ˈdiːkæf/ | A decaffeinated coffee, tea, or soft drink. |
| smash verb | /smæʃ/ | To break (something brittle) violently. |
| tune noun | /tjuːn/ | A melody. |
| barista noun | /bəˈɹis.tə/ | A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers. |
| barrister noun | /ˈbæɹ.ɪst.ə(ɹ)/ | A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts. |
| howdy noun | /ˈhaʊdi/ | A wife. |
| cigar noun | /sɪˈɡɑɹ/ | A cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked. |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| espresso noun | /ɛˈspɹɛsoʊ/ | A concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee. |
| flirty adjective | /ˈflɜɹti/ | Flirting, or seeming to flirt. |
| gentamicin noun | /d͡ʒɛn.təˈmaɪ.sɪn/ | A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic mixture, derived from an actinomycete (Micromonospora echinospora), extensively used as the sulfate in treating… |
| nuggets | Synonym of rats (“expressing annoyance”). | |
| octave noun | /ˈɑktɪv/ | An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency. |
| quaker noun | Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Pithecops. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| give off verb | /ɡɪv ɒf/ | To emit; to produce and send forth; to come across in some manner. |
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. | |
| run past verb | To bring an idea or proposal to the attention of (someone) in order to obtain their opinion. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Did you say that, where you're from?
- Do you like chicken nuggets and chips?
- Am I supposed to ask you questions as well?
- You'll just send the message?
- You don't actually like espressos?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is paid · been done · was given |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | gonna ask · gonna say · I'm going to get |
| Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessary | have to be · needs to chill · have to brave |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | I'm kidding · are just going · you're not finding |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 49 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: smash /smæʃ/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: gentamicin /d͡ʒɛn.təˈmaɪ.sɪn/, problematic /ˌpɹɑ.bləˈmæt.ɪk/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like flirt, decaf, smash.
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.