Shadowing Practice: VIRAL Cali Moments | Max Amini | Stand-up Comedy - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Are you a lesbian?
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You're a hot ass lesbian.
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Can I tell you something about myself?
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I'm also a lesbian.
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Is there your girlfriend behind you?
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Best friend.
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Best friend?
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Have you f*ed her?
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Can I tell you something about myself?
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I f*ed my best friend.
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You were single?
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But you didn't bring your lady and you brought her.
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She's working.
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She's working?
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What does she do?
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She works the government?
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I thought you'd say, oh, she works at a strip club down the street.
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I'm like...
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You've never been?
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What kind of lesbian are you?
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You're a very conservative lesbian.
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I've never seen a lesbian.
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What?
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You should have gone when you turned 18 just to figure it out.
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When did you know you're a lesbian?
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High school.
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High school?
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And how did you find out?
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I guess I've always gotten around it.
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You always knew it, but then it happened, and you're like, oh my God.
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Did you ever experience being with a guy?
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Yes.
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You did?
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And how was that?
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He sucked, huh?
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This one guy was so bad, turned her lesbian.
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All the Caldeans.
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Let me show her.
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I turned her straight.
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I swear to God, these Arab men, I will change her mind.
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Just give me 15 minutes.
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She will never go to the government like ever again.
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You don't feel under pressure right now, do you?
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Okay, let me ask more questions.
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I just want to understand one thing, you know the most important thing, you know what I'm talking about Like there's only one person wear it or both people wear it
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You don't need it They don't need it You're on it and going what the is it that they don't need?
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He's gonna chat chippy heels right now What is it a lesbian should have but they don't need?
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What country?
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Russia.
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Russia.
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Russians are very scary people.
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What do you do for a living?
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Living my best life.
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Living your best life.
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So you're homeless.
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You have an Arabic tattoo?
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I have two.
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You have two?
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What is it?
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Let your face be good on your fear.
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Let your face be good on your ass?
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What?
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You had an Arab boyfriend?
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Not boyfriend, but like.
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Not boyfriend, he was just for fun.
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What was the situation?
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Were you kidnapped?
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I just went out with him.
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You just went out with him and you've had to with your whole body.
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You're very spontaneous, aren't you?
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There were multiple.
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Oh, there are multiple Arab guys.
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I love your honesty.
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It was a long time ago, so you miss them.
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How many Arab guys are you dating now?
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Zero.
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Zero?
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So you're willing to get more tattoos in Farsi?
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I'm just wondering.
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Oh, that's gonna help.
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Oh, and now it gets to me no more tattoos, huh?
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How long have you been single?
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Ten years.
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Ten years?
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For ten years the business has been closed?
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Honey, that's not even healthy.
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You know how difficult it is to sit through?
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You have to go get a permit again?
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You have toys?
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Who is that?
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My mom.
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Your mom?
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Mom, she's talking about her Barbies.
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Well, maybe I'll find you a boyfriend tonight.
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How about that?
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Only me?
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Only me?
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What kind of toys do you have?
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Yes, ma'am.
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Mom's gonna ask you a question.
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Floor is yours.
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It's a comment.
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I just wanna let you know that you bring so much happiness to people.
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Whenever they go through, you know, we watch your videos, and all of a sudden, without thinking, I'm smiling.
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So thank you.
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Thank you for being here.
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Mom, I love you.
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Just because you said that, I'm taking your daughter home tonight.
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You're like a nice professor or something.
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A professor in college or you're a...
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What do you do?
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I sell plastic bags.
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Not you.
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I sell plastic bags.
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Is that a business?
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Are you a wholesaler to, like, Ralph's and shit?
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It's in Mexico.
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Now you're finishing his sentence?
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Let the CEO represent himself.
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What's your name, buddy?
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Ali Martin Ali Martin?
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How the fuck Ali became Martin?
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My father is Iranian, my mother is German Really?
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What a great mix My wife is Mexican And you don't speak English What inspired you to make plastic bags?
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I went to Mexico and I wanted to sell some product to the Mexican business people business people.
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So he goes, I went to Mexico, met with some Mexican companies to sell them some products, and I ended up with plastic bags.
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He went to sell them shit, they sold him the plastic bag.
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Amigo, gracias.
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He took the plastic bag, he came back to America, he goes, what do I do with this?
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I sell the plastic bag.
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Give it up for Ali Martin.
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Yeah, give it up.
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I like this guy.
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You're my new friend.
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I wanted to make friends with the guy behind you, but I like you even more.
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That's your son?
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No way.
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Buddy, you look fantastic.
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Oh my God, I can't believe that old fucking guy behind you.
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I'm not kidding.
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I thought he was your father.
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That son working so hard selling plastic bags.
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He aged faster than the father.
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The father came and goes, son, we have no money selling the plastic bags.
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I'm Cuban and Ecuadorian.
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You're Cuban and Ecuadorian?
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So you guys are married?
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No, no. No, buddy, you should hurry up. Are you also Caldeans?
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So your family wants you to marry an Arab, I'm assuming.
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Yeah?
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Is that the problem?
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No. She says yes.
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He doesn't say no, he goes...
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I'm not your grandfather, dude.
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I'm trying to help you.
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Okay, how long have you been dating?
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About a year.
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How old are you?
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I'll be 49.
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49?
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49?
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You look good.
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How old are you, sweetie?
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45. God damn, I thought you were like 28, 29.
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Oh, I love you.
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Not you, you look.
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He was like, yes, thank you anymore, thank you.
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What do you do for a living, sweetie?
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I teach piano.
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You teach piano?
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Quit.
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He's going to pay for the rest of the situation.
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You already do?
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One thing that people don't know about Arab men, they don't do 50-50, yeah?
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Arab men goes, whatever I have is yours.
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That's how they do it.
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Yes.
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But then you're not allowed to go anywhere, you're not allowed to wear what they don't like, you're not allowed to talk, stay in the house, you shut the f* up.
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You guys, congratulations for your marriage.
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Ben, where are you from?
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Connecticut.
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Connecticut.
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You're a white guy?
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Yeah.
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Wow.
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Ben, what do you do?
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I work for a company.
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What the f* is it?
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We're not talking in quotes yet.
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I work for a company.
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What kind of company do you own Ben?
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We need human resources.
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F*.
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I have nothing on HR.
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It's a complicated topic for a comedian.
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Anybody got fired?
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It's f*ing Ben's company.
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And where'd you guys meet? At work. At work?
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Wait a minute.
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You see that?
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You see what just happened?
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I think men at work, HR fired him.
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He goes, I'm gonna open my own HR company.
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And then he fired that HR guy and he put a new HR person there.
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Good for you, Ben.
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I wish you many more years of being a good husband.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 204 sentences and 1230 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:50. The speaker talks at a steady 139 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 85% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| lesbian noun | /ˈlɛz.bi.ən/ | A female animal that performs courtship, pairing or mating behavior with other female animals. |
| buddy | /ˈbʌdi/ | A person far removed from the conversation. |
| tattoo noun | /tæˈtuː/ | An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle. |
| piano noun | /piˈænɪː/ | A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers… |
| toy noun | /tɔɪ/ | Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child. |
| sweetie noun | /ˈswi.ti/ | A person who is much loved. |
| topic noun | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest. |
| complicated adjective | /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/ | Difficult or convoluted. |
| happiness noun | /ˈhæpinɪs/ | The emotion of being happy; joy; elation. |
| suck verb | /sʌk/ | To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast). |
| congratulations | /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/ | Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation. |
| marry verb | /ˈmæɹi/ | To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. |
| sudden adjective | /ˈsʌd.ən/ | Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly. |
| resource noun | /ɹɪˈzɔːs/ | Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel. |
| honey noun | /ˈhʌni/ | A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. |
| get around verb | To move to the other side of (something, such as an obstruction) by deviating from a direct course or following a curved path. |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
| sit through verb | To unwillingly stay seated until the end of an event. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 56 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, comedian /kəˈmiː.di.ən/, spontaneous /spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs/
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 lesbian, buddy, tattoo.
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.