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Hello everybody this is Teacher Levy.
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Welcome back.
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I'm here with my sister and we're going to do trivia in regular English.
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Regular, regular English.
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Okay so I'll ask her some questions and we'll see if she gets the answers right.
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Okay
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Some of them I might not know the answer to
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so don't get upset or you can fact check me in the comments if it's wrong and that's okay.
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But we're gonna get started and see because I see these videos online about stupid Americans or whatever.
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And so we're going to see if she knows basic American facts or if I know basic American facts.
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I think this will be fun.
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This will be fun.
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Do they say that? this will be fun this will be fun the thistle thistle thistle thistle
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right where you tend to rose just speak up a little
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bit just they can't hear you oh no okay where you
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tend to garden where you tend the rosy thistle cannot grow okay
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so try to write that one down okay so here we go
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so first question how many states are in the us not 51 okay
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next question next question okay when was the american revolution
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that one's tough not really wait do you mean like the the revolution yes
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all right yeah so you don't have to list the years
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when did when did let's say when did america gain independence oh you mean like
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that like that oh july 4th okay teen wait sorry not 19
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sorry um july 4th 17 wait yeah probably 17 50 that's
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so wrong that is wrong it's 1776 yeah
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so i was close yeah you were close
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but that's like a basic date yeah yeah okay
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so um how did abraham can die he was assassinated yeah no no we won't cut it he was assassinated assassin
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it's not a word for sure it's assassinated he was assassinated where it was in a
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it was in like a theater yeah okay good and who was the guy who shot him
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He got shot in the back of the head.
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It was somebody who didn't want him to free the slaves.
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Really?
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It was, yeah.
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Do you know his name?
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No, do you?
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John Wilkes Booth.
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Oh, right, right, right.
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Yeah.
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Right.
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It's funny that we remember his name.
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You didn't.
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Yeah.
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Okay, so have you heard of Mount Rushmore?
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Yeah.
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What is it?
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Mount Rushmore is where the founding fathers' faces are carved into the side of a mountain.
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And how many are there?
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I think there's five.
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Wait, how many founding fathers?
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No, carved into the side.
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Probably five.
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No, there's four.
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Okay, yeah, four or five.
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So who are they?
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Definitely George Washington.
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He's there, yes.
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I don't think Abraham Lincoln is there.
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Um...
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He's not there.
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Also, was he even a founding father?
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Um...
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Like he was actually...
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No, it's not...
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He wasn't?
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Well, no, no, he wasn't, but...
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Um...
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It's not all...
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No, it's the...
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It's four presidents.
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Yeah, four presidents.
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Yeah, so not...
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Okay.
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Gosh.
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George Washington...
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Um...
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Oh, oh, Roosevelt?
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Um, yeah, what's his first name?
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Theodore Roosevelt.
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Yeah. Or Teddy.
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Yep.
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Yep.
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So George Washington, Theodore.
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Theodore.
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Theo.
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Theo thing yeah and then or teddy yep yep so george washington's theodore theodore theodore
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not vaughn no um no free promo
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well who else i have a book out go by the
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book on top of the description yeah yeah okay who else
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washington what did you say washington jeff did you say jefferson
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or no i said okay so that's the the third jefferson
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and then um washington jefferson theo or teddy
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and then i think abe lincoln
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so i think abraham ape big a before i think them
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four those four the big four the big for okay now
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so did you hear about Trump wanted to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America
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or something did you hear about that somebody commented that
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and I didn't hear about that
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so what was it Lake Ontario to what to lay America doesn't make much of a difference okay
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so good so didn't quite know that one what the faces yeah yeah okay wait yeah okay here's the next one so
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where did the battle of alamo happen you've heard about
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that yes that was um that was probably like texas
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or like new mexico yeah texas yeah texas okay
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so can you name two different Native American groups
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that I used to live in America
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yeah just to name
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three okay Cherokees we're going to a lake
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by the way I just wanted to film something interesting
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so uh while i'm driving uh let's just say that the camera is in a secure location
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right and we're focused on the road yeah um so
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which one did you say i said the cherokees and then who else like
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well do you know any yeah mohicans oh the mohicans right and then comanches you've heard yes yeah Yeah, okay, so that's three.
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Okay, that's three.
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Yeah.
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There's more.
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Do you know any fun facts about their traditions?
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Like, have you heard about, like, for example, I'll say the rain dance.
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Oh, okay, okay.
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You've heard about that.
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So have you heard about, is there anything else that's kind of.
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Probably like, um.
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Hmm.
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Probably like.
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what is it when they like they like peel like the skin of your head off?
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Oh yeah they scalp, they take your scalp I think they're scalping yes,
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there's that and then also like eating every part of the animal every part? yeah, that's like a thing that they did
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because they didn't want to like waste any part but I'm sure not all the groups followed well no wait,
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you wouldn't eat every part they could and then the rest you would use for weapons or tools Yeah, you try to use up as much as...
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Yeah.
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Which, that's nice.
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And that was a way of respecting the animals, because they, they, um, didn't waste it.
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Right.
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Wasting.
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That was a respect thing.
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I don't know if they all did that, but...
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Some of them did.
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Probably. And then what else?
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They smoked funny stuff, I think.
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Yeah.
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They did, like, a lot of ritual smoking stuff.
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And I know that they did probably like some mushrooms or something.
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What's that?
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Some shrooms.
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Oh, shrooms?
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Is that the drug?
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Like the drug, like the psychedelic.
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Isn't that the heavy drug?
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I think so.
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That's the heavy drug, right?
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I think they did psychedelics, right?
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Oh, psychedelics.
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What?
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So psych- so mushrooms is a psych, because it changes the way you think, right?
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Yeah.
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But maybe I just made
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that up maybe they didn't know it is no they did
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yeah they did yeah um what else i don't really know too much about them yeah that's enough about
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that yeah okay you don't have to say um the exact years
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but like ballpark i'll just say like like for example 1500 1600 okay
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so what uh
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when was the civil war just get the american civil war you mean the American okay um 1800s okay
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and then about what like what would say okay let's go
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with um gosh like 1850s yeah I think it was the 60s I think it was somewhere around 60s yeah
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so I don't think it was somewhere around there I think it was okay
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but anyways I think it was the 60s
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and who won obviously the north okay uh do you know um one of the general's names
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or two or both like of the south the north
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i don't think i know that maybe if you say it okay one was grant okay does that ring a bell
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like ulysses ulysses s grant or something like that okay
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and the other one was lee i think some kind of is
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that like something lee i guess so but lee what cows like you have to say what
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oh look guys free range cows free range cows this is
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as healthy as it gets well we don't know their feed yeah well they're eating grass
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but in the winter what about
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that well i think they eat grass in the winter also
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well some of them are giving corn the grass doesn't grow back winter so fast Well, they have hay.
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Yeah, they have hay.
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But some of them are given corn.
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Yeah, most probably less.
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Yeah.
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Okay, so that was the Civil War.
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Oh, but I was saying like what kind of Lee?
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Oh, his first name?
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Yeah.
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Okay, his first name was...
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I forgot.
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One of them was Ulysses S.
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Grant, I think for sure.
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And the other one was...
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Lee Harvey...
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Wait, wait, ho, Lee Harvey...
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Uh, just kidding.
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Wait, um, Lee...
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Anyways.
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Oh, whatever.
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It doesn't matter.
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Okay, um, what was the space race?
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You've heard about the space race?
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Space race is like who can get to the moon the fastest.
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Okay, and then what were the two?
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It was probably like Russia versus the US.
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Right.
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Like the Soviet Union?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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Good.
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Let me think of another question for the trivia.
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I can ask a question.
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What's the largest state by land area?
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Oh, easy.
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Texas.
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No. Oh, wait.
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No. Easy.
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Sorry.
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Alaska.
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Yeah.
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Easy.
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Yeah.
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And number two is Texas, I think.
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Probably.
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Okay, anything else?
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What's the longest river in the U.S.?
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Mississippi.
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Correct.
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M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I.
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Right.
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Name three American car brands.
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Jeep.
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Ford. Is Jeep?
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Jeep is American, right? jeep board uh-oh name four sorry name four jeep board obviously and then thinking thinking
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um huh can we move it to your sentence just move that's actually kind of tough
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um well those are like the two big ones jeep ford those are two big ones and then there's
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there's probably some yeah what else is there tesla no
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but tesla's like he is that american
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because the guy is he's South African oh yeah
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but it was no
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but it's based in America that's okay well I was thinking about Tesla okay
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so well then okay Chevy yes that's so Chevy Ford Cadillac okay Cadillac is kind of falling off now I I feel.
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Yeah, but still. But still.
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Dodge.
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Okay.
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Well, I'm thinking, what's that truck?
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What's that truck?
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Oh, that big truck?
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The G.
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G-Wagon.
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No, no, no, that's Mercedes.
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No, no, I'm talking about the pickup truck.
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Okay.
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It's the G.
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GMT or something?
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Yeah, something like that.
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Chevy okay so you got that okay okay we look um okay yeah yeah okay
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so um I think what else what year did I got it wait I got it what year
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and then you go okay so what year did 9-11 happen 9-11?
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What year?
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Um, probably like 1994 probably.
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No. No, probably like before that.
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1990. No, actually, and that would be after.
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You said before that.
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No, it was 2001.
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Oh.
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Yeah.
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Oh, 2001.
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Wow.
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That was kind of...
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Okay, wait.
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Cut that part.
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No, no, no. It's fine.
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Okay.
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That's embarrassing.
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And then, I had a question the question is um how many stripes on the flag really
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and what does it represent of course i know how many
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stripes there are what is it what do you want to
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know how many stars there are no well how many how many stripes
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and what does it represent 13 colonies that's an easy one
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okay how many stars um 50 i bet what does it
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represent the states states you're you're scared for a second Here I go.
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Do I know this one?
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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Okay, name three baseball teams, American baseball teams.
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I'm really, like, not into baseball, but, okay, like, Red Sox.
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And then Jets.
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Jets is a football team.
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Wait, are you sure?
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Yeah, yeah.
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Okay, then by that, I want to say.
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Benny and the Jets.
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like that our history teacher he liked
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that one too oh yeah um it was um dolphins no no no no he like really liked
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that team i just yankees okay well yankees is another one and then um dodgers no that's the one i picked
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okay well what else is there that was just dodgers that's the one i know okay
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and then you can have them like write trivia questions in the chat box
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and then we can answer it next time oh yeah
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so do that so write trivia questions in the chat
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or in the comment section but don't make it super stupid just write regular trivia questions
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and we'll answer them next time intermediate yeah intermediate level
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and it could be it doesn't have to be only america it could be global
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but do some do do like worldwide trivia or in general trivia
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and we'll answer the questions and that'll be fun so
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and also get some video of the lake I think we'll get there probably in like 20 minutes
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so I'll get some footage of that too
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so stay tuned it would
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be nice It really doesn't look that great on camera.
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這段影片共有 307 個句子、2208 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 16:45。 說話人語速平穩,每分鐘約 132 個詞,很適合跟讀。 85% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞,其餘的詞建議在練習前先學一下。
影片中的重點詞彙
影片中 15 個值得學習的單詞,附發音和釋義:
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| grass 名詞 | /ɡɹɑːs/ | цо, 草 |
| cow 名詞 | /kaʊ/ | 牛母, 母牛 |
| stripe 名詞 | /stɹaɪp/ | 條紋 /條紋 |
| psychology 名詞 | /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ | 心理學 /心理學 |
| intermediate 形容詞 | /ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.di.ət/ | 中間 /中間, 中級 /中級 |
| gosh | /ɡɑːʃ/ | 唉, 啊呀 |
| tesla 名詞 | /ˈtɛslə/ | 特斯拉 |
| theater 名詞 | /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/ | 劇場 /劇場, 劇院 /劇院 |
| versus | /ˈvɝsəs/ | 對 /對 |
| footage 名詞 | /ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/ | 影片, 錄影 /錄影 |
| slave 名詞 | /sleɪv/ | 奴隸 /奴隸 |
| tune 名詞 | /tjuːn/ | 曲調 /曲調, 曲子 |
| scare 動詞 | /skɛɚ/ | 嚇唬 /嚇唬, 使害怕 |
| ritual 名詞 | /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.u.əl/ | 儀式 /儀式, 典禮 /典禮 |
| subscribe 動詞 | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | 簽署 /簽署 |
影片中的語法
說話人最常用的結構,並附上影片中的原話:
| 結構 | 影片中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事 | have you heard · you've heard |
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼,而不是誰做的 | was assassinated · are carved · are given |
| 定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物 | guy who shot · somebody who didn |
| 最高階 the -est / the most … — 一組中最高或最低的 | the fastest · the largest · the longest |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 57 次縮略和弱讀形式,例如 don't, didn't, I'm。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “th” 音: theater /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/, thistle /θɪsl̩/
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, mushroom /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: psychology /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, intermediate /ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.di.ət/, assassinate /əˈsæs(ə)nˌeɪt/, psychedelic /ˈsaɪ.kəˌdɛl.ɪk/
如何用這段影片練習
- 先完整聽一遍影片,不要開口,記下不認識的單詞。
- 用正常速度逐句跟讀,每句重複到你的節奏與說話人一致為止。
- 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比,特別注意 grass, cow, stripe 這類單詞。
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