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Have you ever loved someone so much that you'd be willing to break them out of prison?

Because I haven't.

Now this all starts with this woman, Samantha.

And Samantha is about 31 during this time, living in Valdosta, Georgia.

And Samantha has a problem.

It's 1981, and she recently got busted for robbing a bank.

And she's been sentenced to 50 years in prison.

So now she's in Dublin, California, locked up, waiting for this 50 -year sentence to pass.

But then, one day, in 1985, her life changes forever.

Because this guy enters the picture, Ronald.

And Ronald recently got busted for investment fraud, and he scammed about $18 million, and he was sentenced to four years in prison.

Prison in Dublin, California.

Same prison Samantha was sentenced to.

And so these two end up meeting, and Ronald thinks he can't afford, and Samantha thinks he can't afford, and they start spending time together,

and eventually they start dating.

Now, how are a man and a woman allowed to date in the same prison?

Well, I'm so glad you asked.

So in the 1970s and 80s, the Federal Bureau of Prisons experimented with co -ed prisons, which would house both male and female inmates.

And And they would have separate units for sleeping and showering and stuff, but they were allowed to co -mingle outside of that.

The prisoners were even allowed to date and like hold hands and stuff.

But obviously they aren't allowed to smash.

So Ronald and Samantha are at one of those kinds of prisons, and they're taking full advantage of that.

They hang out in the prison yard together, they eat meals together, they take classes together, they even watch movies together during this time.

And these two fall super duper in love.

And in just six months after they meet, Ronald is so into her that he gets down on one knee and he proposes to her.

And Samantha says yes.

So now they're engaged.

However, there's a major issue they're going to need to address.

Ronald is scheduled for parole in 15 months while Samantha still has 45 more years of her sentence left to serve.

And so that is when they come up with a wild idea.

Ronald is going to escape from prison, steal a helicopter, then come back and rescue Samantha.

Perfect plan.

I can't imagine how this could possibly fail.

And so Ronald gets to work on this plan.

He puts in a request to the prison admins to be transferred to this federal prison camp in Lomho, California.

Sometimes they allow prisoners to transfer there to work and stuff.

And because he's considered a low -risk, non -violent inmate, they not only grant him the transfer,

but he's allowed to travel there on a Greyhound bus without an armed escort.

So Ronald gets taken to the bus station, where he's supposed to catch the bus to this new prison.

Except, instead of boarding the bus, Ronald just leaves the bus station and he walks away.

And he goes and he hides out, I don't know, somewhere.

But now, he's officially a fugitive.

But, here's the thing.

Ronald has plenty of resources left over from his former civilian life where he was scamming money.

Like, he still owns a car, he owns a yacht, he has several fake IDs, he even has an apartment waiting for him outside of Sacramento.

Plus, not all of that $18 million he scammed was recovered by the government,

so it's speculated that he still has access to about $1 .7 million of it.

All that is to say, Ronald could take these resources and go and like fuck off and live a quiet, happy life somewhere.

But that's not what he's about to do.

The guy is in love with Samantha, and he's committed to busting her out with a helicopter.

Now, Ronald was actually a former helicopter pilot in the army.

He flew in the Vietnam War.

So he actually has a lot of experience.

So three days after he escaped, he goes to a helicopter rental company in San Jose, and he gives them a fake name and he pretends

that he's a real estate developer who wants to rent a copter to inspect some land from the air.

And these guys, they buy it.

They're like, cool.

Then the big day comes, the day of the prison escape.

And Ronald, he shows up to the helicopter rental company, ready to take one of their copters.

Now, these companies, they don't just let you take one of these things willy nilly all on your own.

No, no. One of their staff.

has to fly with you.

So the company staff pilot climbs into the helicopter with Ronald, and they take off, and they fly around,

and suddenly, boom, Ronald pulls out a gun, and he orders the pilot to land.

And the pilot lands kind of in the middle of nowhere.

Then Ronald kicks him out, and he flies the copter himself, and he heads toward Dublin, California, his old prison where Samantha is being held.

Meanwhile, Samantha is outside in the prison yard, exactly where Ronald had previously told her to be.

And so suddenly, she hears a whirlybird approaching, and it flies right over the prison fence, and it lands in the prison yard.

And Samantha knows exactly what to do.

She runs across the yard, and she gets in.

And reportedly, all the other inmates are out there watching, and they realize what's happening and they like start applauding and cheering them on.

Go!

Then the two of them take off and they fly out of there.

Minutes later, they land the helicopter in a nearby field and they abandon it.

And Ronald has an escape vehicle set up there and they flee in that.

And from there, they go to Ronald's secret apartment in the Sacramento area and they hide out there.

But this means that they're both now officially wanted and on the run.

Now, instead of immediately fleeing the country like they should have done, like a smart person would do, Ronald and Samantha start planning their wedding.

Because remember, they got engaged back in prison.

So a few days after hiding out,

they go to a local shopping mall and they hit up a jewelry store and there they order engagement and wedding rings.

But you can't just like buy expensive rings and leave.

You have to wait a few days for them to be sized or whatever.

And so Ronald is going to have to come back.

But before they leave, he pays by check

and the check he uses has the same fake name that he used when he rented the helicopter.

So the feds have been waiting for him to use

that bank account again so that they can use it to track him.

And so now they know that he's trying to buy jewelry from this mall jewelry store.

And so 10 days after the prison escape, Ronald and Samantha come back to the mall to pick up the rings.

And the feds are waiting there for them.

And so, bam, Ronald is arrested.

Also, bam, Samantha is arrested.

And I don't have mug shots, but here is Ronald in custody.

And in that same photo, here is Samantha in custody.

Here's the crazy thing, though.

While they're both at the federal courthouse waiting on their sentencing, they secretly get married.

So now they're officially husband and wife for about an hour.

And then they each get sentenced.

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And the court splits them up and sends them to different separate prisons.

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And they're allowed to, you know, write each other letters and whatnot.

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But they're not allowed to talk on the phone or, of course, see each other.

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And from here, these two stay married for the rest of their lives.

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Regardless, ultimately, Ronald gets an additional 25 years in federal prison for stealing the helicopter and helping Samantha escape.

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But then later, he gets sentenced to life in prison when they find out that he was connected to a murder.

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But that's a completely different story.

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Regardless, he gets life in prison, while Samantha gets another five years added on to her previous 50 -year sentence.

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And from what I read, they communicated, they kept writing each other, but they never got to see each other again.

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However, they stayed married for like the rest of their lives.

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Bài luyện nói này dựa trên video “This Lunatic Stole a Helicopter”. Những từ được nhắc lại nhiều nhất trong bài: Ronald, prison, Samantha, helicopter, allowed. Video này có 109 câu và 1407 từ để luyện shadowing. Phần lời nói dài 8:42. Người nói nói với tốc độ tự nhiên, khoảng 162 từ mỗi phút, gần với hội thoại hằng ngày. 84% số từ nằm trong 3.000 từ tiếng Anh thông dụng nhất; phần còn lại nên xem trước khi luyện.

Từ vựng quan trọng trong video

15 từ đáng học trong video, kèm phiên âm và nghĩa:

Từ	Phiên âm	Nghĩa
helicopter danh từ	/ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/	máy bay lên thẳng, máy bay trực thăng
mall danh từ	/mɔːl/	phố đi bộ
scam danh từ	/ˈskæm/	trò lừa đảo
jewellery danh từ	/ˈd͡ʒʊ-/	đồ châu báu, đồ nữ trang
steal động từ	/stiːl/	trộm, chôm
resource danh từ	/ɹɪˈzɔːs/	tài nguyên
prisoner danh từ	/ˈpɹɪzənə/	tù nhân
flee động từ	/ˈfliː/	bôn, bôn đào
meal danh từ	/ˈmiːl/	bữa, bữa cơm
rescue động từ	/ˈɹɛs.kjuː/	cứu
connect động từ	/kəˈnɛkt/	nối
experiment danh từ	/ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/	thí nghiệm
fraud danh từ	/ˈfɹɔːd/	sự gian lận, sự gian trá
rob động từ	/ɹɑb/	cướp
boom động từ	/bum/	nổ bùm, nổ đùng

Cụm động từ bạn sẽ nghe

Từ	Nghĩa
come back động từ	trở lại, trở về
take off động từ	bỏ
pick up động từ	nhặt, lượm

Ngữ pháp trong video

Những cấu trúc người nói dùng nhiều nhất, kèm đúng cụm từ trong video:

Cấu trúc	Trong video
Câu bị động be + quá khứ phân từ — nhấn vào việc xảy ra, không phải người làm	been sentenced · was sentenced · were allowed
Thì hiện tại hoàn thành have/has + quá khứ phân từ — việc đã xảy ra nhưng còn liên quan đến hiện tại	Have you ever loved · she's been sentenced
Động từ + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — những động từ theo sau là dạng -ing	start spending · start dating · start applauding
Thì hiện tại tiếp diễn am/is/are + -ing — việc đang diễn ra lúc nói hoặc quanh thời điểm này	they're taking · is being · he's trying

Phát âm cần chú ý

Người nói dùng 20 dạng rút gọn, ví dụ they're, can't, don't. Hãy nói theo dạng ngắn đúng như bạn nghe.

Từ dài — đặt trọng âm cho đúng: helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, developer /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/, reportedly /ɹɪˈpɔːtɪdli/

Những âm người Việt thường gặp khó:

Cụm phụ âm cuối — đọc đủ từng âm, đừng nuốt âm cuối: bust /bʌst/, violent /ˈvaɪ.ə.lənt/, connect /kəˈnɛkt/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, pretend /pɹəˈtɛnd/
Âm /tʃ/, /dʒ/ và /ʒ/ — tiếng Việt không có, đừng đọc thành “ch” hay “gi”: jewellery /ˈd͡ʒʊ-/, engage /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/, engagement /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ.mənt/, cheer /t͡ʃɪɹ/, fugitive /ˈfjuːd͡ʒɪtɪv/
Âm /æ/ — mở miệng rộng hơn âm “e”: scam /ˈskæm/, smash /smæʃ/, abandon /əˈbæn.dən/, admin /ˈædˌmɪn/

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Ghi âm giọng mình rồi so với bản gốc, chú ý các từ như helicopter, mall, scam.

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