Shadowing Practice: Strawberry Shortcake 🍓 ★ CREATIVE CUPCAKING HD ★🍓 Strawberry Shortcake - Berry Bitty Adventures - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I'm very excited to get started.
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Now that we've tackled batter basics and basics of very flawless baking, I am certain you are prepared for today's class.
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Creative Cupcaking!
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Are you ready to cupcake?
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Yeah!
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Let's do it!
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Woohoo!
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Go on!
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I've got our ingredients.
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Flour, sugar, baking powder, all this fresh strawberry jam.
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So, let the baking begin!
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Very creative
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Orange is putting mint leaves and chocolate chips in her batter for a mint chip cupcake creation
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I'm putting real bits of strawberry in my cupcake to make it extra moist and tasty How about you lemon?
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I'm replacing some of the oil in mine with applesauce adds flavor Apple fragrance
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Mmm Blueberry how are you being cupcake creative today?
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I'm adding ground zucchini Meow Well, I read about it in a cupcaking blog.
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It's good.
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It'll taste like nuts and cinnamon I promise Hey, what's that?
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I wonder what's going on?
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I don't know Hey, look!
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What is it?
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I have no idea What is it?
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Oh, it's just a little something I call...
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The Sparkle Straw Water Pineberry!
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Wow!
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I was tinkering with some pollen, you see, and selecting seeds, and...
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I don't want to bore you.
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Anyway, would you like a taste?
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Yes!
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Yes!
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Goodness!
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Well, alright then.
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Everyone step up!
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Here you go.
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Here's a glass.
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And one for you.
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Pass this one down, will you?
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Carry on.
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Yes, there's another.
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Enjoy!
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Mmm, it's delicious!
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It tastes like kind of a, I don't know, maybe watermelon?
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Grape?
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No?
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Oh, strawberry?
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And yes, pineapple.
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I've never tasted anything like it.
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Oh, and it's a sense, sensation.
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I've got a fashion of fragrance after it for my salon.
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Oh, Princess Berrigan, please try some.
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Ahem.
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This Sparkle Strawwater Pineberry is the finest achievement in berry culture I have ever witnessed.
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To mark this occasion, I hereby declare tomorrow, Berican Bloom Day, with a ceremony in his honor.
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Oh, my.
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Why, thank you.
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It's really hardly necessary.
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It's the least we can do, Barrick and Bloom.
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After all you do for us.
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When plants get sick, you always figure out a way to make them better.
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And where would we be without your berry-bitty veggies?
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It's all part of my job.
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Oh, well, it's a lovely gesture, I suppose.
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Meanwhile, if you'll excuse me, I must tend to my very orchard.
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Oh, he's so humble.
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Which means it'll be all the more fun to surprise him with something really nice on his special day.
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Ooh, what a great idea!
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What can we do that would be very special?
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Well, I'll ask Plum to help me decorate the gazebo.
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And I'll bet Sherry could handle the music.
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Wow, Raspberry, that's a great idea.
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Perfect, Raspberry.
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I love it.
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But what about the rest of us?
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We need to do something really special.
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I know.
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Let's each make him a cupcake.
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We can make them with the delicious flavors from all the fruits he grows.
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Oh, that'll be fun.
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That's perfect.
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Great idea, Strawberry.
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Let's get back to baking.
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Barrican Bloom supplies all the berry-bitty produce from my store.
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So I want to make him the most special cupcake ever!
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Hmm, now how to make this cupcake special for Barrican Bloom?
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Oh, I know!
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I'll fill the cupcake with a tablespoon of delicious strawberry jam!
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Oh no, my jam!
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Where'd it go?
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The moon's moon!
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Hey, moon's moon!
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Come on, moon's moon!
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Oh, oh, yeah!
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Um, a lemon?
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Lemon?
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I think someone switched off the lights.
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Well, it's on.
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Well, the dryers are off too.
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I would conclude we have a power failure on our hands.
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It's dark everywhere.
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In here and, uh...
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Ooh, out there too.
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Oh, something must have happened at the Berryworks.
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I better go over and see if I can help out.
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Hmm, must be a malfunction in the juice pipe junction over in Berry Bitty City.
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We'll have to go over there to start the repair.
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Better keep the baby Berrikins here until we get the power back on.
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Have no fear, I am here, ready to take charge and fix this problem.
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Now everyone, follow me!
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Come on, Mr. Longcake!
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The problem is not over now.
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It's at the Juice Park Junction.
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Oh, yes.
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I was going to suggest we check there, too.
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Oh!
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Sorry!
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I hit the elbow!
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Sorry!
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So what do we do now?
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I can't style what I can't see.
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I think we should head outside and see what the trouble is.
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The Barrikens might need some help fixing the power.
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Out.. outside?
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Um.. maybe we should just wait in here.
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What's wrong, Orange?
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Is something bothering you?
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I guess...
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I guess I'm just a little bit scared.
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You?
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But you're always the very last one of us to be scared of anything.
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Oh, um, really?
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Well, yes.
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Remember the time when...
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You picked the fruit from the super high branch.
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And you were the only one brave enough to swing into the pond.
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And then you were the one that tightroped across...
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Oh, never mind.
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You're not scared of anything!
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Well, I'm scared now, and I think we should stay inside.
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Are you saying you're afraid of the dark?
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I am absolutely not afraid of the dark.
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I didn't think you were.
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I'm afraid of the things that might be out there in the dark.
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Things?
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What things?
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Like the moon and stars?
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Things like, well...
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Galumphalots!
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Mookie, Mookie, Mookie!
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Mookie, Mookie, Mookie!
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Okay guys, stop.
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She's serious.
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I'm sorry, Orange.
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Are you really afraid of Galumphalots?
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From that cute story I was just reading to the Baby Berrykins the other day.
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But they aren't afraid of it.
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Well...
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I am.
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But Glumfalots aren't real, they're just a silly story. But.. but...
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How do you know Glumfalots are just a story?
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Because.. because.. well...
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Uh, Blueberry?
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Well, it must be just a made-up story because...
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I got it from the fiction section.
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You know, the make-believe section in my bookstore.
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But don't people who make up stories sometimes base them on real things?
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Well...
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Yes, that is true.
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And it is a very old story.
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Can't call the author and ask.
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I told you!
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See?
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Maybe galunfalots aren't real, but how do you know for sure?
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How do you know they couldn't be out there? In the...
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Dark...
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What's wrong?
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Why don't they like the dog park?
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It's almost as if they were afraid of something.
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Oh, what's in here to be afraid of?
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I don't think they're afraid.
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I think they're hungry.
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I can tell when Cinnapop has that give-me-treats look in her eye.
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I don't know.
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I wouldn't call it a give-me-treats look.
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More like a I-don't-want-to-go-in-there look.
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Trust me, I know exactly how to get them to come in.
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I'm getting it.
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Whoa!
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Come on!
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Whoa!
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What in
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a very bitty world has gotten into them?
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Hmm.
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I think there's something there they don't like.
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Something that's, well, scaring them.
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I think Strawberry's right.
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And I know what's scaring them.
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This!
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My ice sculpture?
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How can that be scaring them?
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Look closer.
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Huh?
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I rest my case.
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Oh, that's ridiculous.
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There's nothing scary about my ice sculpture.
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It's.. it's.. it's melting.
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And if we don't figure out what's bothering the dogs, by the time our tea party gets started, your ice sculpture's gonna be sloshing around in a bucket.
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Okay, now, let's not jump to conclusions.
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No need to jump.
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The answer is staring us right in the face.
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Or should I say, in the nose.
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Nose?
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Clement, what are you talking about?
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Close your eyes and take a sniff.
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What do you smell?
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Freshly mowed lawn.
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Flowers.
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Exactly.
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Boring!
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A dog lives by his nose.
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And to a dog's nose, this park is just one big yawn.
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Fortunately, I have the perfect solution.
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I'll be right back.
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Ta-da!
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What is that?
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My very big, super-sensational scent dispenser.
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I've been working on it for weeks.
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Was gonna have its grand debut in my salon, but now's as good a time as any.
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It sniffs the air and automatically calculates the right amount of scent that should be sprayed to make everything smell perfectly...
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Sensational!
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There, see?
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It says this place needs a whiff of raspberry and just a smidgen of cherry.
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Hmm...
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Too much raspberry, I think.
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Hey!
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Still working out the bugs, you know.
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Huh?
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Huh?
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Oh?
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What's wrong?
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Need some help?
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Oh, thanks, Orange.
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Here, let me help.
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Uh-oh.
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Uh-oh.
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Uh-oh.
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Lemon, what's wrong with it?
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I don't know.
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Uh, Lemon?
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Can you shut it off?
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I don't know how!
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Oh, yeah!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Strawberry Shortcake 🍓 ★ CREATIVE CUPCAKING HD ★🍓 Strawberry Shortcake - Berry Bitty Adventures”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: cupcake, afraid, Mookie. This video has 252 sentences and 1456 words to shadow. The speech runs for 13:55. The speaker talks slowly, about 105 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 57 of its 252 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 |
|---|---|---|
| scare verb | /skɛɚ/ | To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. |
| lemon noun | /ˈlɛmən/ | A yellowish citrus fruit. |
| strawberry noun | /ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/ | The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria. |
| berry noun | /ˈbɛɹi/ | A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties. |
| bake verb | /beɪk/ | To cook (something) in an oven (for someone). |
| delicious adjective | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
| bother verb | /ˈbɑðɚ/ | To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for. |
| juice noun | /d͡ʒuːs/ | A liquid made from plant, especially fruit. |
| chip noun | /t͡ʃɪp/ | A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. |
| flavor noun | /ˈfleɪvə/ | The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect. |
| junction noun | /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/ | The act of joining, or the state of being joined. |
| mint noun | /mɪnt/ | Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems. |
| sculpture noun | /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ/ | A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting). |
| salon noun | /ˈsælɒn/ | A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests. |
| scent noun | /sɛnt/ | A distinctive smell. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. | |
| go over verb | To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze. | |
| make up verb | /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ | To constitute, to compose. |
| get back to verb | Return to (an activity) | |
| help out verb | To provide assistance. | |
| step up verb | To increase, augment, or advance, especially by one or more steps. | |
| switch off verb | To stop or disable a device by turning a switch or a lever. | |
| work out verb | /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ | To calculate. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Are you ready to cupcake?
- I wonder what's going on?
- Anyway, would you like a taste?
- Are you saying you're afraid of the dark?
- How do you know they couldn't be out there?
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 | we've tackled · I've never tasted · have ever witnessed |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should head · should just wait · should stay |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was tinkering · was just reading |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might need · might be |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 53 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, junction /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/, sensational /sɛnˈseɪʃənəl/, fiction /ˈfɪkʃən/, conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/
- Long words — get the stress right: sensational /sɛnˈseɪʃənəl/, ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, ceremony /ˈsɛɹ.əˌmoʊ.ni/, fortunately /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/
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 scare, lemon, strawberry.
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.