Shadowing Practice: Sie dachten, sie können meine Unterschrift... Doch ich drehte das Spiel um! - Learn English Speaking with YouTube

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Es gibt eine ganz bestimmte Art von Stille, die über einem Esstisch liegt, wenn deine Familie beschlossen hat, dass du der Versager der Blutlinie bist.
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Es gibt eine ganz bestimmte Art von Stille, die über einem Esstisch liegt, wenn deine Familie beschlossen hat, dass du der Versager der Blutlinie bist.
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Es ist keine friedliche Stille.
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Es ist eine schwere, urteilende Ruhe, nur unterbrochen vom Klirren des Bestecks und passiv-aggressiven Seufzern.
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Wir saßen am riesigen Mahagonitisch meiner Eltern zum Erntedankfest.
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My father Rudiger, a leitender Anwalt, who had his arrogance like a perfume like a perfume took, held off.
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My mother Marlies nicked to each of his words and my sister was my sister,
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Larissa, the gold-and-kind, the one who could not do wrong.
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My father saw me over his glass of wine, he saw a 30-year-old woman, he saw a enttourced You know,
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Saskia, said he, his voice loud enough, so the whole family could hear it.
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If you do your life not ernst, you will end up on the street.
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You can't always play with computers.
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You need a right career like your sister.
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Larissa grin and she was going to take her back to her.
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She was a small bra boutique, which was of my parents financed.
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I looked at my teller.
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I didn't.
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I didn't.
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I took a small slug of my water and gave a small, small, small nitty-gross.
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What my father didn't know, what none of these people at this luxury table knew,
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was that my small computer hobby actually a very developed cyber-sicherheitsarchitecture company was,
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And only four months ago I had stillsweigend a proprietary software system to a large technology company.
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My father told me, I would end up with it.
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He had no idea, that I was on his table and 25 million dollars on my private account.
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I was not a Versager.
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I was a millionaire.
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But my Schweigen was not only out of Bescheidenheit.
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It was a test.
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And within a week would my family would have been tested on the spectacular, criminally way not.
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In toxic families is not a protection, but a invitation.
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Because I played the role of still, fighting daughter, I was very machtless.
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They thought I could be a Bauer, to their queen Larissa to protect.
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A few days after this demutic Thanksgiving dinner, I was in my apartment.
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My laptop was a high priority alarm from my security security.
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I opened the clipped file and I expected a normal portfolio update instead of the blood in the blood.
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A massive, high-facific credit was taken to a private bank.
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The security for the Darling was Larissas Broughtoutique, which was apparently in massive Schulden steckte.
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Aber Larissa war nicht die Bürgern.
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Der Hauptbürger, die Person, die rechtlich haftet, wenn die Boutique bankrott geht, war ich.
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Jemand hatte meine Sozialversicherungsnummer, meine Steuer-ID und meine genaue rechtliche Unterschrift verwendet,
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um einen Kredit von fast einer halben Million Dollar mitzuzeichnen.
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My mind was raced.
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How could Larissa do that?
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But as I deeply in the digital information, the IP-Adress and the Notarsiegel pruned to,
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came a dark, a lot of truth to me.
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It was not only Larissa.
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My mother, Marlis, had my letters and my father, the brilliant ethic lawyer, the attorney,
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had the detrugative information and a corrupt contact with me um sie durchzubringen.
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Ihr Plan war brillant in seiner absoluten Grausamkeit.
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Larissas Geschäft scheiterte.
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Wenn es unvermeidlich zusammenbrach, würde die Bank den Bürgen belangen.
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Sie wollten, dass ich den Schaden trage.
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Sie waren bereit, meinen Kredit zu ruinieren, meine Zukunft zu zerstören und mich mit einem Berg von Schulden zurückzulassen,
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nur damit ihr goldenes Kind noch a few months CEO could play.
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The old Saskia, the girl that just wanted to love her parents, was weinend to her house.
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She had to cry, and asked how she could do that to her own blood and blood.
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But this girl died in the moment, when I saw the false letters.
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I didn't immediately call the police.
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I needed to be able to Weise und das Universum, so scheint es, liebt poetische Gerechtigkeit.
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Am nächsten Abend erhielt ich eine sichere Nachricht von Janek, Larissas langleidendem Freund.
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Janek war ein ruhiger Typ, der mich immer mit einer Art stillen Mitgefühl angesehen hatte.
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Er wusste, wie toxisch meine Familie war.
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Seine Nachricht enthielt eine einzige Audiodatei und einen kurzen Text.
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I have my phone on the kitchen table lying.
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I think you have to listen to it.
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It's me I set my head on.
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I clicked on play.
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First was the audio crotch, the sound of the clear tellers, and then the dröhnende, arrogant Bariton-Stim of my father's my ears.
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Don't worry about Saskia, she will not be a klaring, Marlies.
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She has not the Magen for a Gerichtskampf.
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She gives every time after, when I rehearse my voice,
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then my voice, cold, berechned and without any of your own warm air.
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We had to do it, Rudiger.
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Larissa earned this boutique.
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Saskia has nothing to do.
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If her credit is ruined, what does that already?
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She is practically a niemand.
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We have to protect our real investment.
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I sat in the dark and heard to, how my own parents my entire existence on a financial burden.
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They didn't love me.
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I was only material for them, that they could use.
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I took deep air.
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I had the audio file on three separate servers.
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Then I took my phone and called the the most responsible person in Frankfurt.
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Das Büro von Hagen von Thal befand sich im 42.
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Stock eines gläsernen Wolkenkratzers.
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Er war ein Mann wie aus Granit gemeißelt und in italienische Wolle gekleidet.
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Er hatte mir geholfen, den Verkauf meines Tech-Unternehmens zu verhandeln.
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Und er war einer der wenigen Menschen auf der Welt, die genau wussten, wie viel Macht ich verbarg.
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Ich spielte ihm die Aufnahme vor.
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Hagen hörte zu, sein Gesicht verhärtete sich zu einer Maske reiner professioneller Raubtierkonzentration.
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Als die Aufnahme endete, stieß er einen leisen Pfiff aus.
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Das ist Zulassungsgold, sagte Hagen.
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Es beweist Absicht.
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Es beweist Verschwörung.
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Wenn wir das einem Richter vorspielen,
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sieht ihre Mutter mindestens fünf Jahre Gefängnis wegen Bankbetrugs entgegen und ihr Vater wird seine Anwaltslizenz für immer verlieren.
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Ich will nicht nur, dass Sie ins Gefängnis kommen, sagte ich, meine Stimme fest und kalt.
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Ich will Ihnen das eine nehmen, das Sie mehr schätzen als mich.
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I want the boutique, I want your call.
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Hagen laughed.
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He went to his desk and took two thick, heavy Lederordner out.
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He laid them together.
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That's the preparation, explained Hagen and tipped on the linker Ordner.
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Order A, the Civil Act.
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With your hidden capital, we have officially the bank's Schuld of the boutique, over a private equity company bought.
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You are not only the credit, Saskia, you have to be the only one you are the only one in the right corner.
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Ordner B, the Strafakte, the forensics, the audio test, the documentation of Drahtbetrugs.
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That is the nuclear option.
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We have a private conference room in a restaurant in a restaurant.
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I have my family a invitation from the Flustor Equity Group, der Briefkastenfirma, die ich jetzt besaß,
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geschickt und um ein dringendes Treffen bezüglich der Schulden der Boutique gebeten.
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Sie hatten keine Ahnung, dass ich der Geschäftsführer war.
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Sie dachten, sie würden mit einem anonymen Banker verhandeln.
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Ich saß am Kopfende des Mahagoni-Tisches, meine Hände flach auf dem kühlen Holz.
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Hagen stand beim Projektor.
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Die schweren Eichentüren schwangen auf und meine Familie trat ein.
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My father saw out, as he wanted to be a bit.
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My mother saw a bit nervous.
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Larissa saw a bit nervous.
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Then she saw me.
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Rudiger, he was doing here?
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What do you do here?
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Have you got a job as an assistant in this company?
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I didn't laugh.
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I didn't laugh.
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Please take place, Rudiger, I said.
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Not Papa, Rudiger.
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Hagen was coming.
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Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to show you the employee action and chiefs of the Flustor Equity Group, Ms. Saskia Bergman.
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The color was so quickly from my face.
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I have to say
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that I have actually 25 million euros, said I gelassen.
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And since today I have the money I have your boutique, what means that I have them.
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My mother snapped out of the water.
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My father immediately turned into the law and slug with the hands on the table.
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That's a trick.
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We will bring them to the court.
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They are the person of this credit.
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They can not...
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I took a finger.
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Egan drückte einen Knopf auf seiner Fernbedienung.
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Die Audioaufnahme ihres Küchengesprächs hallte durch die hochwertigen Lautsprecher des Konferenzraums.
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She has not the Magen for a war.
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She is practically a niemand.
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My parents were starring.
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The water was from the room.
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The arrogance was from my father's face, and was from the fear of a creature.
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My mother began to ventilate.
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Here are your options, I said and took the two Ordner over the table.
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Ordner A, Sie überschreiben mir die Boutique vollständig, geben alle Vermögenswerte auf und gehen mit nichts außer Ihrer Freiheit.
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Ordner B, wir verlassen diesen Raum, ich übergebe diese Aufnahme und den forensischen Fälschungsnachweis den Behörden,
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und Sie beide gehen ins Bundesgefängnis.
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Meine Mutter brach zusammen.
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Sie schluchzte, flehte um Gnade, weinte darüber, dass wir doch Familie sein, dass Familie einander vergibt.
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Ich sah sie nur mit eisigen Augen an.
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Du hast meine Unterschrift gefälscht, weil du dachtest, ich sei machtlos, flüsterte ich.
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Du hast das Geld über deine Tochter gewählt.
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Jetzt verlierst du beides.
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Mit zitternden Händen unterschrieben Rudiger und Marlies die Übergabedokumente.
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Larissa blieb weinend zurück und erkannte, dass sie nun völlig bankrott und ohne Geschäft war.
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I stood on, knitted my mass-like jacket to and lost the room, without looking back to the room.
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I had not only their toxic disease overleaf.
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I had their entire empire.
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I was in the cold afternoon, completely free.
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The last of 30 years of emotional loss was finally taken my shoulder.
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As I was in my waiting car, I was called my phone.
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It was Hagen.
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He was talking dringend.
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Saskia, congratulations to your makellosem experience, said he.
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But I have a other client, a woman named Serafina.
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She needs your expertise in cybersecurity.
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Your nazisistist Ehemann plans to be a demitize and to give her at the 10th Jubiläums-Gala.
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und wir müssen das Videosystem des Hotels hacken, um den Spieß umzudrehen.
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Ich lächelte und schaute auf die Lichter der Stadt.
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Sag, Serafina, ich bin dabei.

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About This Lesson

In this lesson, learners will practice their English speaking skills by analyzing a powerful narrative that explores themes of family dynamics, deception, and personal identity. By engaging with the transcript, you will enhance your vocabulary, improve your comprehension skills, and gain confidence in your speaking abilities. This exercise is particularly suitable for those looking to incorporate real-life scenarios and emotional storytelling into their English studies. You will also discover how to use a shadowing approach effectively to mimic the natural flow of speech and intonation.

Key Vocabulary & Phrases

  • Arrogance - An attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner.
  • Passive-aggressive - A behavior characterized by indirect resistance to demands or avoidance of confrontation.
  • Test - In this context, a challenge that assesses one's ability to cope with a situation.
  • Proprietary software - Software that is owned by an individual or a company, which is subject to licensing conditions.
  • Corrupt - Dishonest or fraudulent, especially in relation to authority.
  • Bail - Financial support to help someone manage a debt or liability, typically to prevent foreclosure or bankruptcy.
  • Illegal signature - A signature that is forged or used without authorization.
  • Identity theft - A crime involving the unauthorized acquisition and use of someone else's personal information.

Practice Tips

To maximize your learning experience using the shadowing technique with this video, follow these tips:

  • Listen Carefully: Start by watching the video without attempting to speak. Pay attention to the rhythm, intonation, and emotional delivery of the narrator.
  • Use a Shadowing App: Utilize a shadowing app or shadowing site to repeatedly listen and practice mimicking the phrases and expressions. This can significantly improve your pronunciation and fluency.
  • Slow It Down: If the dialogue is rapid, consider using playback speed options to slow down the video. This will help you catch the pronunciation and phrasing more clearly.
  • Repeat in Sections: Break the transcript down into manageable sections. Shadow a few sentences at a time to avoid feeling overwhelmed.
  • Record Yourself: After practicing, record your voice. This allows you to hear your progress and identify areas that need improvement in your English speaking practice.

Integrate these practices into your routine, and you'll discover that learning English with YouTube can be not only enjoyable but also an effective way to enhance your skills!

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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