Shadowing Practice: TRIPLET STORYTIME AND WOULD YOU RATHER- Kalogeras Sisters - Learn English Speaking with Video
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hey guys today we're gonna be doing a story time on how we hit and not hit and run
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we dined and dashed so this ice cream place yeah yeah this exact ice cream place so
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what did we get to eat oh yeah toasted marshmallow on top homemade um on the bottom
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i have lemon meringue pie and on the top i have marcona almond ganache
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so what i got is lemon meringue on the bottom
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and then ganache on top you too we got the same thing yeah
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i did oh i got i always get the same i got honeycomb on the bottom
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and sea salt
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and caramel on the top first let's start off with telling them about how we dined
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and dashed um basically and i'm bored i probably went to walmart
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and the guy asked oh this was weird we couldn't get the cart
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because now they have like the one dollar again we put money in there
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and we don't have money you don't know this story oh yeah it was just us
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that way like a worker came up to us
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because we couldn't figure we didn't have a dollar
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he was like i got you i got
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you i was like oh thank you sir he puts the dollar in the car
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he puts the key he puts the key in his car he takes the car and i'm following him and i'm like
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Thank you so much, sir.
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Guys, does he not take his cart?
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I swear to God.
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Put it straight into another group of carts and just start pushing them away and leaving us.
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Would you rather...
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Okay, whoa.
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They kind of came in quick.
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Would you rather be triplets or be siblings?
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Triplets.
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Triplets, of course.
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Would you rather not shower for a year or not brush your teeth for a year?
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Oh.
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Oh, okay.
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Definitely not brush my teeth for a year.
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Oh.
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Like, yeah.
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Yeah, same.
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Instead of just your breath stinking, like your whole body would stink like
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that would be i can't even go without showering for a day lip liner
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or mascara lip liner liner always lip liner yeah i can't go without lip liner
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i like to spit right into her mouth
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did she actually oh my ice cream no okay um gross would you rather lose all your memories
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or never be able to make new ones oh my god lose all my memories
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so either retrograde or antrograde shut the fuck up would you rather be cold
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or hot we always talk about this ellie
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and i cold you hot right no cold oh no you
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and i cold ellie hot i get
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so angry oh i'd rather be hot yeah ellie would rather be hot
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we would rather be cold 100 % I'd rather be hot for sure
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I experience being hot every day would you rather date somebody older than you
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or younger than you older older I like my men
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he likes our men aged guys I feel like I have this issue that if I have a professor
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I don't even know if I should say this you're gonna say
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but you have a year left of university like after the class I would realize
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that my it was out of pocket like he was not cute I think I have
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that problem too okay yeah do you remember okay guys hopefully my i'm like hopefully
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he doesn't see this my brother's not gonna see this i have a professor who was literally like guys
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no hate at all you can be bald
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and you can still be good looking i 100 i'm a strong like believer in
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that but like you can't be half bald like this guy was like balding just right here and like
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like he was just like he was hot it smells good um would you rather go to the universe or disney
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We're literally gonna be there next week, guys.
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In a week. In Disneyland.
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Would you rather shave your head?
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It can never grow back.
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Or never brush your teeth again.
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Shave my head.
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I'd just rock the bald.
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Yeah, I'd rock the bald.
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I see a lot of beautiful bald women.
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I couldn't rock the bald, though.
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Yeah, that's just not me.
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Would you rather only be able to live off cold food or warm food?
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Cold.
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Cold cold be invisible or hear people's thoughts
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if i was invisible i'd do the most out -of -pocket stuff invisible
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i'll just be naked the first thing i would hear what other people think the first thing i would do
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if i was invisible is i was gonna say something wild go into his room
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i was gonna say that would you rather eat pineapple pizza forever
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or only eat sweet food for pineapple pizza i love pineapple pizza or eat sweet food
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i don't get that question it's literally exactly what it says what it says killer
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okay next question would you rather sleep with snakes or sleep with spiders
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imagine
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if i had like an x i would be like a pretty slow snakes
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i feel 100 snakes i like snakes there's gotta be one with a snake
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yeah i don't know what that means but yeah live forever
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or die young live forever die young but like what
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if the world guys has like another like mass extinction then you're still there
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and then yeah then like this whole new like race uh like whole new like species
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so it's the form like the same thing
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that like happened to the dinosaurs but then you're just chilling
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and then like there's this whole new freaking species that's not okay
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i mean you'd be you'd be you'd be like living to tell a lot though but i wouldn't want that responsibility
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to what but i feel like the issue with me is like you can go
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and like everything would be extinct and you're the only one alive
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and like you can you know the world
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but i want to know how to do anything like how
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does bluetooth work does anyone know how bluetooth work no one knows would you rather all three share a room
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or have to live in a separate house share room
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i love live in a separate house live in a separate house yeah
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i feel like i was thinking share a room
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and then i remembered kaylee as well like why are you down here oh sorry would you rather sedate me
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or seduce me you have three brothers
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or three more sisters three more sisters tell sunny to hit me up um i I would rather not.
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Eat fingers or toes?
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Fingers.
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That's something that I don't like.
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Feet.
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Yeah.
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I don't get people with feet fetishes.
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I don't like feet.
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Would you rather never be able to see again or never be able to hear again?
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After doing that see, hear shit challenge, I would definitely not like rather not be able to hear.
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Me too. For sure.
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Yeah.
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Would you rather not wash your hair for a week or give a room tour?
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What?
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i'm mad i do eat that anyway yeah guys should we go get pizza pizza
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or not yeah let's do it i'm hungry all right guys let's go get pizza
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or or wings let's see what you need to get your nails done let's see eat mcdonald's for a day
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or kfc for a day mcdonald's oh my god i hate kfc what wait lowkey mcdonald's
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because their fries are boss you guys wait what do you guys want to get some pizza i swear
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if you take a bite out of the chicken it just like thinking about me
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sweet espresso espresso espresso that's what i said you said espresso
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never do your nails again
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or never have curly hair well what do they mean by
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never no no just show it just show it okay next um youtube
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or tiktok probably youtube now youtube it's funner be short
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or tall we're short oh yeah to answer that question
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because last time um clearly we weren't clear enough
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we are what do you mean we weren't clear enough
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we were like we're six yeah i said i was six foot nine
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i am five foot two she is five foot one and she or you're not five I'm almost my boy
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She's 5 feet
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Be a panther or a cougar I'm already a cougar
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No, sure, you're not a cougar I mean, can you move your hands out of the way?
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Sorry Why is everyone saying lip liner or mascara?
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Do you know where we should go? Where?
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A candy store
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An exotic candy store
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Exotic I thought my dad messed up the words erotic and erotic
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He was like, I've been erotically driving I mean driving so erotic I'm like, dad, keep that to yourself would you rather date for personality
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or looks for the rest of your life well let's be honest
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i all the men i find attractive aren't attractive
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so i could easily find an unattractive man attractive
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if they're smart me too like
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if you're smart like i'm like not even being smart like
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i have like this weird criteria like their eyes have to be a little bit closer together yes it's
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so weird every guy that she finds attractive their eyes are like weirdly close i don't know like
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would i find attractive i don't even know be able to fly or be able to time travel time travel
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time time travel because
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if you're flying that's what you're like people are gonna see you yeah
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you're gonna be shot down yeah people are gonna be like why is
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that girl flying like
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if you're time traveling nobody's gonna know would you ever rather have a pause button or a rewind button
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rewind yeah let me pause let me take this moment
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and no i want to be like let me take
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that shit back let's go back i'd be using
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that all the time would you rather be stuck in a car
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or in a public bathroom a car what what do you
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mean why would we have been stuck like why would we ever choose a public bathroom over a car son
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you can take a piss oh yeah
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because how are you gonna piss in the car story time let's build everywhere i cannot say
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that we cannot keep that story yeah we probably shouldn't she this car is
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so close to us we got him yeah i'm like that's goddamn eat mayo
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or eat hot sauce hot sauce meals grosses me out okay
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we should do the story timer on like the actually how we um think how we dine
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and dashed like let's actually tell the story okay i'll tell it really quickly okay
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so we went to um me by marcus and we bought a nine dollar fries and then we left without paying
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and then because we didn't know and then we were in the car
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and i was like hey ellie thank you for paying she's like you know i didn't pay ellie never paid
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and she was like i didn't pay
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and i was like oh well like didn't you take my card
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and pay and she was like no and i was like
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so then thank you sunday for paying and she's like i didn't pay either
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so then we called them and we were like so scared
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and we were like hey we're so sorry
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and then we're like yeah we know but you pants eliana
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or sunday both yes wow that's a good question this answer is mia
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because ellie never wears underwear that's true but come on i'm the easiest to pant that's true that's true
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would you rather be able to speak all languages fluently
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or play all languages all intermiss all languages obviously would you rather be deserted on an island with sunday
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or with ellie i want you guys to guess what i'm gonna say
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i guess definitely ellie why though why survival survival yeah survival and kayla would get too hot
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kayla had to be like tune on the heat tune on the heat kayla always does the cute
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and ac i don't know how to go i would rather be on an island with ellie
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because ellie i feel like has the instinct to like help me sunday
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i think would have i think you would have to drive her i think
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you would die like day one what day one day four
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okay ellie would live for like at least a year yeah minimum cheat on a partner
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or get cheated on i would rather get cheated on because i would
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never cheat on somebody i couldn't even put myself in
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that position like i feel like completely shit like
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if i don't like you then i'm gonna break up i want it i would rather get cheated on
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because then they would just be guilty like i hate the feeling of me being guilty
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so i would rather them be guilty it's probably not good to say action
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or romance romance for me for sure romance 100 %
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I love romance movies I love romance movies fight a bear fight a tiger a tiger basically you're fighting
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Holly she's strong that's what um Noah said we should do we should do an arm wrestle do I do
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or not no no why not I do I'm down okay
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I'll probably hurt my arm okay you guys okay I won't hurt
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I won't hurt you you can't touch my burn
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I won't hurt my arm with sunday
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you better be like scar girl three two one go no
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stop are you joking are you joking okay three two one go oh my god you know i'm scared about
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that one girl that got her arm popped
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now ellie could literally be doing it with her pinkie
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and would be me go look a little bit easy on me
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and don't look at the camera that's gonna embarrass me okay three two one go
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i swear to god my arm hurts this is as hard as you can promise i swear promise you're kidding
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it's
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so you can do my two fingers okay
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that's crazy okay three two one oh damn it ain't bad actually yeah okay okay try these two fingers
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no way she's strong with those two I'll quiet down
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Should I do a thing?
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I'll quiet down if it's what you want
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Wait, what's the way?
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I understand, I'm not the only one
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What's the only thing there?
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It's so cute, yeah
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The Book of Mormon or Actually, this is for you
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The Book of Mormon Guys, should I do this?
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No Would you rather be able to read minds
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Or be able to fly?
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I'd rather be able to fly
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Would you rather shoot me or hug me?
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Shoot.
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Shoot my shot.
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Would you rather be in jail for five years or be in a coma for a decade?
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Jail for five years.
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A coma for a decade.
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No, a coma for a decade, you're dead, guys.
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You're going to be just totally disabled when you wake up.
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I don't think they're saying you're disabled.
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If you're in prison, yeah, Kayla.
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No, a coma, a coma.
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If you're in prison for five years, you're missing out on life anyways.
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You know what I mean?
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but then again there's five years off your life okay prison prison prison okay oh
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but that's really scary especially us in prison that's true oh yeah eat the spiciest pepper in the world
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or the sourest candy i would die the spiciest pepper is too much like milk was running down back to
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when ellie ate that hot pepper when she was like nine years old
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and then started hyperventilating and all the staff of the restaurant were like gonna be lemonade yeah
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Would you rather have three eyes or four legs?
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It depends where the eye is.
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Three eyes.
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Where's the other eye?
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I'm guessing right here.
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Then four legs.
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Wait, no. Three eyes.
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Three eyes for sure.
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That'd be so sick.
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Do they all blink?
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I've had lip liner on my chin.
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We should have done ask us relationship questions.
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That would have been really good.
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How would we answer relationship questions when you and I have never been in a relationship?
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Save your sisters or save 100 people.
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Save my sisters.
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five year old sunday or five sundays five year old sunday a hundred percent
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i would slap her think about me get pregnant or get shot get pregnant oh what like how's that even a question
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sure would you rather eat raw chicken
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or raw beef without beef like it's a thing to eat
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yeah beef tartar chicken like i know people have this weird thing with like eating raw chicken
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but like i want to see how it tastes
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because of salmonella buddy yeah
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but like i feel like not all of them have salmonella okay
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so you're gonna take the russian roulette 50 50 demitra would you rather be ellie
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or sunday for a day um well i feel like
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if i was ellie yeah i feel like
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if i was ellie for a day i'd feel really uncomfortable
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because noah would like text me hey baby i'd be like
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because that's no one's literally like my brother so probably sunday
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but we live the same life would you rather meet bigfoot
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or an alien i feel like alien bigfoot would be really attractive in person what thank you guys for watching
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this definitely isn't our favorite format of video but let us know
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if you like this format of video because then we'll do more bye
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “TRIPLET STORYTIME AND WOULD YOU RATHER- Kalogeras Sisters”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: ellie, eat, hot. This video has 275 sentences and 2995 words to shadow. The speech runs for 16:37. The speaker talks fast, about 180 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| pizza noun | /ˈpi.tsə/ | A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables. |
| bald adjective | /bɔːld/ | Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers. |
| liner noun | /ˈlaɪnɚ/ | A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner. |
| romance noun | /roʊˈmæn(t)s/ | An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair. |
| snake noun | /sneɪk/ | Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues. |
| cheat verb | /ˈt͡ʃiːt/ | To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation. |
| coma noun | /ˈkoʊmə/ | A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma. |
| finger noun | /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ | A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other… |
| invisible adjective | /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/ | Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible. |
| survival noun | /sɚˈvaɪ.vəl/ | The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life. |
| beef noun | /bif/ | The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults. |
| candy noun | /ˈkæn.di/ | Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup. |
| brush noun | /bɹʌʃ/ | An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including… |
| pepper noun | /ˈpɛp.ə/ | A plant of the family Piperaceae. |
| dash noun | /ˈdæʃ/ | Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar). |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| break up verb | To break or separate into pieces. | |
| come up to verb | To approach. | |
| go back verb | To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time. | |
| live off verb | To depend on financially. | |
| mess up verb | To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss. | |
| run down verb | To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them. | |
| shoot down verb | To cause to fall by shooting. | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Would you rather be triplets or be siblings?
- Would you rather shave your head?
- Do you know where we should go?
- Should I do a thing?
- Would you rather shoot me or hug me?
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 i was invisible i'd do |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've been · have been stuck · I've had |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be shot · be stuck · have been stuck |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should say · should we go · should go |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 124 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I'm, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: breathe /bɹiːð/, panther /ˈpænθəɹ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: brush /bɹʌʃ/, dash /ˈdæʃ/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, extinction /ɪkˈstɪŋkʃən/, fetish /ˈfɛt.ɪʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, salmonella /ˌsæl.məˈnɛ.lə/, criterion /kɹaɪˈtɪɹ.i.ən/
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 pizza, bald, liner.
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.