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[Assistant] We're just gonna be talking about any books that we like on this channel. I really hope you enjoyed this video. Let's talk to each other in the comments, and I will see you soon in another video. Goodbye!


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[Assistant] Huh, child, who, who are you?


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[Assistant] If an American president had an adulterous liaison in the White House and lied to cover it up, should the American people ask for his resignation?


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[Assistant] Drive on, damn you, drive on!


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[Assistant] He's dead. Well, can I restore him to you?


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[Assistant] Leave it. The evening air is sweet enough.


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[Assistant] There was a man beside the fountain in the village when I rode through this afternoon. Not known. I ordered he be watched and moved on. Was it done? If Monsieur La Marquiseur ordered. Was it done? I'll have no vagabonds on my land. Blue cap. Filthy. Who was he?


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[Assistant] You have been a long time coming. I came direct. Oh pardon me.


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[Assistant] I mean not a long time on the journey, a long time intending.


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[Assistant] For the honor of the family, I could even resolve to, hm, incomode you to that extent. You will have to excuse me. So, happily for me, you're still out of favor. Hm, I am, as you say, at a disadvantage.


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[Assistant] These little instruments of correction, these gentle aids to the power and honor of families, those slight favors that might sow.


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[Assistant] In Commodu are only to be obtained now by interest and importunity.


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[Assistant] From this room many of those dogs have been taken to be hanged. In the next room, my bedroom,


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[Assistant] I know for certain that one fellow was punyarded on the spot for some insolent delicacy respecting his daughter.


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[Assistant] Repression is the only lasting philosophy, my friend. Keep the dogs obedient to the whip. But now you must be tired. A moment more, uncle.


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[Assistant] You may no doubt pronounce France Charles.


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[Assistant] For the next twenty years, I have the vanity to hope.


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[Assistant] You know, I think, a compatriot who has found refuge there. A doctor? I do. With a daughter?


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[Assistant] How do you know that? I have my own means, little nephew. My own ways. I look to the pleasure of seeing you again in the morning. Sleep well. Light, monsieur, my nephew, to his chamber.


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[Assistant] A big and tasty for just a dollar? How do you do it? What's your secret?


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[Assistant] Gotta buck, you're in luck. Together Grimace, we could own this town.


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[Assistant] New York, my city, where the wheels of the global economy never stop turning.


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[Assistant] Everybody's saying I should run for president. Let me ask you a question. Meatloaf, should I run for president? Absolutely. Now you would definitely run for president.


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[Assistant] Bigger and better and stronger than ever before and we will make America great again. Thank you. Thank you very much.


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[Assistant] Hello, welcome to today's four parts on day three.


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[Assistant] The first part, I want to talk a bit about relaxation.


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[Assistant] This is especially important if, when you were doing the visualization on day one, remember when you were pretending to answer the same question to different people.


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[Assistant] You felt tense talking to your supposed boss. If you do feel nervous or stressed when talking to figures of authority, such as bosses or officials or maybe your young, maybe teachers or parents, you really need to pay attention to how tense you are when you're speaking.


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[Assistant] There are many ways to help yourself to be in a relaxed state, but the most important thing at this stage is to identify when you are doing it.


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[Assistant] Remember when, say, you were really stressed at the railway station arguing with the ticket person, or waiting in line to talk to someone at the bank waiting ages and ages, getting more and more stressed, and when you eventually got to speak to that person, you were almost blowing your top.


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[Assistant] Now, I bet if I had recordings of your speech when you were in those stressed situations, you would probably be surprised how high and strained your voice was.


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[Assistant] Every day brings its own stresses and strains. Your job for today is to actively identify when you are stressed today.


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[Assistant] Then listen to how your voice changes when you are stressed and try to relax yourself.


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[Assistant] So, if you are waiting in a queue, in line for anything, just try and calm yourself down. Actively do that. When you eventually get to the person you're waiting to talk to,


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[Assistant] Just listen to yourself and note how your voice is deeper, sounding more resonant when you're relaxed.


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[Assistant] The bonus of this relaxation is that your negotiations with the other person or people usually go better when your stress doesn't transmit to them as well, so everyone wins.


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[Assistant] We're gonna do another clarity exercise right now and it's a tongue twister. Practice this now and a few times during the day.


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[Assistant] The point of a tongue twister is that it really does help the dexterity of the tongue and the teeth and also concentrates the mind as well because usually tongue twisters are nonsense phrases and these phrases make even less sense when you keep on repeating them and also get harder as you get faster and faster.


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[Assistant] Today's tongue twister is She sells seashells on the seashore.


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[Assistant] And in fact this particular tongue twister, as it has many S sounds, can identify any issues you may have with sibilance. Now sibilance is the nasty high splashing sound caused by either poor tongue and teeth control or it could be a dental problem that a dentist could advise you on. Anyway.


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[Assistant] Pause the video now and have a go at the tongue twister on screen now and try and go faster and faster until you fall off.


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[Assistant] Now, remember yesterday we started off with some resonance exercises, which were basically breathing in deep and humming low.


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[Assistant] I asked you to put your hand on your upper chest to hear if your hand has started to vibrate and don't worry if you haven't felt this vibration yet. But today we're going to go one step further and start with a high hum gliding down to the lowest note you can manage like this.


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[Assistant] And hum fairly high, not too high to strain your voice. And in one deep breath, like I've just done, just gently glide all the way down to the lowest possible in one breath. So it's good for breath control this as well. If you run out of breath before you've got to your lowest note, you've failed.


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[Assistant] And so keep your hand on your upper chest to feel if those vibrations come about when you glide low.


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[Assistant] You should feel a sweet spot of resonance at a certain lower note. I want you to do this at least four or five times please. Remember to relax as much as you can. Get rid of any tensions. Do some gentle head and shoulder rolls. Calm the mind. Pause the video and glide up.


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[Assistant] To down like I demonstrated and just keep the hand there. See if you can feel that sweet spot of vibration.


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[Assistant] Okay, part four, the final section today is about identifying volume differences.


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[Assistant] A good colloquial speaking voice should have plenty of volume contrast.


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[Assistant] Now this actually overlaps a bit with acting training where you are sometimes speaking very quietly one second and then booming from the rooftops to next. Now I don't expect you to have any dramatic skill. We're not learning acting training here. We're identifying your control over volume here.


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[Assistant] I want you to repeat this tranche of text that's coming up when you're in a quiet room by yourself and identify what is happening in your own vocal cords in your chest in the nasal passages.


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[Assistant] I want you to read what's coming on the screen, but listen how I do it first.


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[Assistant] For the quiet sections in the following demonstration, I will electronically boost my voice for this video so you can hear me clearly.


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[Assistant] For finding out the capabilities of your vocal volume range. Control this soft speak. Make sure you have enough breath drawn from deep in your body by using the muscles in your diaphragm.


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[Assistant] And with a very deep breath, this is me speaking as loud as I possibly can without actually shouting. It's the same as walking very fast without breaking into a run.


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[Assistant] When you shout, you can do quite a lot of damage to the sensitive vocal folds. So here, you need to learn to talk as loudly as you possibly can, raising the note a little, which gives the illusion of shouting, when you're actually not. But now, let's take that volume right down again. The storm has passed. The rage has extinguished.


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[Assistant] Okay, right now it's your turn. When you start to do this, take breath whenever you like and just identify what's happening in your body. Stop if there is any straining in your voice. Remember you are not whispering, not whispering. You are speaking very softly.


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[Assistant] You are not shouting, you are speaking loudly. So pause the video with the text on the screen, and it's over to you.


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[Assistant] Now identifying your potential volume range, or some people call it a dynamic range, is really important.


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[Assistant] You wouldn't take a new car out without understanding the power you have to control and the slower speed you could drive without stalling. So it's the same with a voice. In this course, I'm not just going to give you loads of exercises where some of them may not be beneficial for you because in a way,


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[Assistant] You have to understand your own voice and your own needs yourself. I can't be there for you to coach you personally, but rather than mindlessly doing exercises that are generally good for most people.


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[Assistant] I want you to make up your own mind as to what will be the best for your own particular needs. That's why we're doing these types of identification exercises and more will come up as we go along.


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[Assistant] So to sum up, in the four sections today we looked at relaxation, identifying when you're tense, stressed, how tensions can negatively affect your voice resonance. So try and identify where the stress areas are in your body. Actively try and defuse the tension.


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[Assistant] Secondly, try doing some tongue twisters like the one we did today. Just Google tongue twisters, find some more traditional ones.


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[Assistant] And perform some up to down glides as well.


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[Assistant] Try and get those low resonant notes humming in your chest. Find out the sweet spot for you. And finally,


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[Assistant] Some very quiet talking when you're on your own, in your own car maybe. And some very loud talking, but be careful you don't hurt your throat. So that's your homework. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.


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[Assistant] Hey everyone! Welcome back to Lavendaire. It's Aileen. I'm so excited to have you back for our Dream Life series. This is the fourth video in the series, so we already covered Master Your Mindset, Rediscover Yourself,


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[Assistant] Clarify what you want, and now we are on, release what's holding you back. And I think this is a really big one. By the way, if you're just dropping in and you haven't been part of our series, you can find out more and click the link below to join.


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[Assistant] Fear of failure. A lot of us are scared to start our dream because we are afraid to fail. And I think society paints this picture that you have.


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[Assistant] To be happy and successful, especially with social media, that we're not giving ourselves that space to fail when in reality, the most successful people have failed hundreds and hundreds of times in their life. And I don't know if I'm exaggerating there, but you do have to


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[Assistant] Putting too much weight on what others think and others' opinions about you. So a big part of learning to carve your own path in life is you have to let go. Let go of caring about what other people think. If you put so much weight on other people's opinions, you're really going to be pulled in all directions and you're never going to listen to your true self.


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[Assistant] And that just means that invisible force that keeps you from taking action and doing your work, because your work that you want to do is just so important, and because it's important, it's so scary that you don't start on it. A common expression of resistance is procrastination, and I'm sure all of us


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[Assistant] Towards your dream life, if it's not like on a deadline, some people will wait forever.


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[Assistant] Another one I want to mention is fear of success. And that might sound weird to you. You might be like, uh, I don't think anyone's afraid of success. Well, that fear might be a subconscious fear because some people are afraid that if they succeed,


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[Assistant] A subconscious thought and a subconscious limiting belief that's in the back burner of your mind.


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[Assistant] I also want to mention that in order to understand fear and how to overcome it, you have to remember where fear comes from and the purpose of fear. So fear does serve a purpose. If you go back to our primitive times, fear in our minds was created to protect us from danger, protect us from being killed, being eaten, falling down a cliff.


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[Assistant] Real life-threatening danger fears. So it's all sending the same kind of signal throughout your body that keeps you from taking action, that kind of like, you know? So although fear does serve a purpose protecting us from danger, protecting us from the unknown,


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[Assistant] Totally okay. Alright, so now I wanted to share some lessons on fear to keep in mind. So number one is to remember


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[Assistant] Growth happens outside of your comfort zone. So as much as it's easy to stay where you are right now, stay comfortable, it will only benefit you to step outside of that comfort zone because even though it's uncomfortable, it's scary, you might get hurt, you might make mistakes, that's still how you're gonna grow and how you're gonna learn. And I think that life is better outside of your comfort zone.


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[Assistant] Stronger and more invincible as a person. And like a muscle, if you stop working out for a while, it will get weaker and then you will have to start from where you were before to kind of work up that strength again to face your fears.


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[Assistant] Another thing to realize is that fear can serve as your compass. Your fears are actually showing you where you should go. You might have heard the saying, follow your fear. It's because your fears


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[Assistant] Those first world kind of fears. I'm not talking about like, you know, life or death threatening situation types of fears. So I hope you're smart enough to be able to tell the difference. The last lesson on fear is that fear never goes away. No matter how successful you are, whether you think someone has it all,


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[Assistant] Fear is still present in everyone's lives and that's just like a normal part of being human, is to feel.


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[Assistant] Fear, and if you don't feel fear, you're a psychopath, right? So basically, you have to learn to live with fear and take the action anyway. It's basically acknowledging that fear will be with you in your life, but not letting your fear control you. Rather, you are managing your fear, kind of acknowledging that, yes, I see you. I see what you're saying, but I'm still going to do what I want to do.


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[Assistant] Next I want to touch on a couple other things that might be holding you back from taking action or living your dream life. The first one is having


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[Assistant] If you are not allowing you to believe that you can live that dream life, that you can achieve what you want, then you're never even gonna take that first step.


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[Assistant] It's not always on the surface. You're gonna have to dig deep a little more, but just, you know, letting you know.


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[Assistant] So perfectionism just slows things down so much. It's one of those barriers to really getting what you want. You have to learn to let that go, let that perfectionism go. Realize that, you know, done is better than perfect. This is a lesson that I personally have to continue learning in my life, so just gotta say it today.


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[Assistant] Right now that we're done going over common things that might be holding you back from living your dream life, it's time to get to the homework portion. So in your emails, you'll find a worksheet. This is a fear-setting worksheet that's inspired by Tim Ferriss. That worksheet will help you


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[Assistant] Like at the end of the day, you'll be okay no matter what. So it's really learning to let go of that


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[Assistant] Filter it through and let it go so that you can start taking action and living your dream life. So the next video that you'll see on Friday will be on


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[Assistant] A lot, a lot about that and I had a lot of fun doing that video so I'm just gonna keep doing them. So it's like we're talking about dragons. So I've spent a lot of time trying to research these creatures, where the myth comes from, the different, the many, many, many different versions of


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[Assistant] dragons across the world's mythology and uh, how it's kind of seeped so deeply into our culture.


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[Assistant] It doesn't matter which continent, which country, which culture you go to, they have in their own mythology


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[Assistant] A version of dragons. And what's cool is how extremely they differ from region to region. From living in dark, damp caves on the earth to flying in the sky or ruling the sea.


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[Assistant] There are so many different versions of dragons that kind of just take over.


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[Assistant] Depending on what kind of dragon you research, they have such different shapes.


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[Assistant] And forms and personalities from brutal and cruel that must be slain to elegant and wise.


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[Assistant] Depending on which kind of dragon you're looking at, either is this great foe that must be slain or this incredible deity that we need to learn from and respect.


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[Assistant] Most of the earliest mentions of dragons were really vague and brief. The description of the dragon in Beowulf was the most vivid description we got up to that point, and it largely shaped what dragons would look like in fiction going forward.


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[Assistant] The dragons continued to appear in literature and fiction for years to come.


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[Assistant] By the way dragons have been written in generations before them have taken those.


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[Assistant] Like in The Wizard of Earthsea, the portrayal of dragons began looking very similar to smog. They grow in stature and nobility. They become virtual demigods who speak the language of creation as their mother tongue. Or later, The Dragon Riders of Pern, which I believe is the first book to create a mental link between dragons


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[Assistant] Years and years of literature. But there's so many ancient texts, religious texts, and poems where dragons were mentioned briefly, but factually.


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[Assistant] All throughout history dating back farther than we can possibly trace. But all over the world, in countless countries and cultures and people groups, the myth of the dragon goes so far back that it's impossible for us to trace.


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[Assistant] There's Vitra, which was a spirit that seeks power and dominance and was the main adversary of the king of the demigods. Boitata in Brazil was born in a time of darkness with worldwide flooding that killed many people and animals. So this anaconda could shine in the darkness. And when the serpent died, it burst into light and escaped the sun.


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[Assistant] Bakunawa is a serpent of the Philippines. Once there were seven moons, but they were so beautiful that Bakunawa leapt from the sea and ate one whole. But the moon dissolved in Bakunawa's stomach, so he leapt up and ate another.


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[Assistant] And he journeyed to the underworld and faced off the god of the underworld who was guarding humanity's bones. He was able to steal the bones, bring them up, and shed his own blood over them. And that was how he brought humanity to life. Long is a dragon that is an ancient symbol of power, strength, prosperity, and good luck.


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[Assistant] Some of them are awesome. Some of these myths, some of the ways that dragons affect the world around them is so...


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[Assistant] A fear of snakes is something that is actually ingrained in our very being. It's not something that we control, but it's a part of our brain that naturally activates.


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[Assistant] Even if they know that it's been domesticated in some way. My cousin had a pet snake growing up and I held that snake because I wanted to be cool but I was scared. We just have this innate fear within us or rather the majority of people have an innate fear of an innate uncomfortableness with snakes that's just kind of


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[Assistant] So some people think that the reason dragons are so prominent is because there is this fascination, this fear, this, uh,


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[Assistant] Something that's natural in most humans' brains, and so a mythology about a creature that is


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[Assistant] The dinosaurs, that's why they no longer exist but that's why they are prominent in all cultures


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[Assistant] I don't know what I believe. Frankly, it doesn't matter how this got so seeped into culture, although it would be cool to have an answer. It's not important. But I do really, really love the idea that dragons


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[Assistant] But it is really cool to theorize and discuss. Now let's talk a little bit about how it kind of has taken over and hasn't died out. There's so many myths that exist in tons of different cultures that


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[Assistant] Are very isolated, are very niche, but dragons, everybody knows and are there.


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[Assistant] Well, I think part of it is just how imposing and great they are. They, they're this magnificent, fantastical force.


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[Assistant] I think also partially the fact that it is so different across cultures makes it so desirable because the many different forms that a dragon can take, the many different powers a dragon can have,


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[Assistant] And the many different personalities that a dragon can take on makes it so desirable for a fantastical setting


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[Assistant] More dragon fantasy, specifically dragon fantasy where the main characters get to properly interact with the dragon and not it just being some big evil force that needs to be defeated in order for the princess to be saved.


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[Assistant] So many forms and personalities across the globe.


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[Assistant] This has been kind of a difficult video for me to figure out how to condense and comprise into a single short video simply because it's


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[Assistant] Take and just chat with me more about it in general. My next video on searching for the origins and seeing how it's changed and progressed over time is going to be vampires, which should be a fun one. I post videos every Tuesday through Friday. I'll see you again soon.


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[Assistant] Doctor, they are proud, these nobles. But we common dogs are proud too, sometimes. They plunder us, outrage us, beat us, kill us. We have a little pride left. Have you seen her? I have seen her. My sister.


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[Assistant] Until one day, taken from the cart to feed on what he could find, he sobbed twelve times and died on her bosom. Easy now, easy boy. Take care. Then that man,


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[Assistant] I took my young sister away to safety and came here.


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[Assistant] A common dog with a sword my father had from his soldiering days and climbed in through the window. Monsignor tossed some pieces of money and then struck me with a whip. But I, a common dog, made him draw.


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[Assistant] Shaq? You make a mistake, monsieur. You must have. Shaq is not mine.


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[Assistant] What are we to say, monsieur? We'll fill no purses in Saint-Antoine, this manage. So, more cognac.


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[Assistant] Firefighter. Where do you work in? I work in a fire station.


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[Assistant] Hairdresser, where do you work in?


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[Assistant] Scientist. Where do you work in? I work in a science lab.


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[Assistant] I cannot believe that it's already September, which means that we're getting closer to fall, which means my heart is just full of so much joy. And before we do jump into my September reading plans, I just wanted to say a huge thank you to Book of the Month,


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[Assistant] But I guarantee most months you're not gonna wanna skip because almost always they have some of my most anticipated books of the year as selections and they are always choosing books within some of my favourite genres like mystery, thrillers,


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[Assistant] It's a thriller that takes place during the early days of quarantine, during COVID times. So I'm very curious to read what this is gonna be like. I've been seeing a few different mixed reviews from some of my friends.


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[Assistant] But I'm excited to talk about this book either way. And then if you missed it, I also did announce the October selection for next month is going to be the last house on Needless Street.


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[Assistant] Which is a book that I am so, so, so excited about. I've been waiting to read this book like literally all year long and I'm so excited to read it. And I'm also very excited that my friend Kayla over from Books and Lala is going to be co-hosting with me next month.


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[Assistant] Two secret TBR videos in mind that I would like to do, but will I actually have the motivation or time to do either of them this month?


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[Assistant] This is my third book in the Kiss Quotient trilogy. It's just a romance that I've been highly, highly anticipating because it follows the guy Kwan, who is probably my favorite dude in the entire Kiss Quotient universe.


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[Assistant] I don't really know, but it sounds interesting, it's really short, and this was actually picked from last December, so I've been meaning to read this one for a really long time, so I'm stoked to finally be able to get to this one.


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[Assistant] And of course, like, I'm genuinely serious when I say I'm probably gonna read both of these this month because both of these just really caught my eye and, I mean, Rock Paper Scissors is one of my most anticipated thrillers of the year because again, you know, Alice Feeney, love her books.


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[Assistant] Sometimes I need a month where I'm just like, okay, just take a break for yourself and just read at your own pace. Like don't put any pressure on myself to read. And so I think September is going to be that month for me as I get ready for all of the exciting reading that I want to do in October and November, December. Like there's so much coming up. My clip is falling out. And yeah, there's also been some


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[Assistant] We're just hoping for the best over here, you know, we're hoping for good news, cause that would be absolutely tragic.


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[Assistant] No need to worry yourself. If it's against that prisoner, it's cut and dried already. Nothing you can say will change a thing.


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[Assistant] Be easy, miss. Speak up and go home like a law-abiding citizen. Wait here.


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[Assistant] Boy, that phony map a tweek sure has thrown us off course.


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[Assistant] Making this airship go sure is hard work. I need a drink of water.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I hate to admit it, but it's even more important than food. Here Grubby, let me take over for a while.


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[Assistant] Hey, looky down there! I see a waterfall!


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[Assistant] Yeaah, Princess Aruzia, the sister of Prince Aaron here.


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[Assistant] Watched? By whom? I don't know. It's just a feeling.


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[Assistant] What do you mean brave and strong? What do we have to be brave and strong about?


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[Assistant] Wow, Teddy, what strange looking buildings.


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[Assistant] Did somebody mention soup? Come on right up. Oh yes!


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[Assistant] I call it grubby's roasted root gumbo.


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[Assistant] And when you see a mother carrying its baby, it's, it's charming. But when you see this huge King Kong-like figure carrying this tiny little male orphan around, it was lovely.


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[Assistant] But I'm going to do some home goods, target runs, pick up a few little finishing touches.


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[Assistant] The two books that are on my TBR. So the primary book that I hope to read over the course of this vlog is The Helm of Midnight. I've been craving something a little darker, a little more sinister, and I feel like this book is going to be


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[Assistant] Regulators are gonna go to try to capture his spirit. I've heard such great things about this book. I'm really looking forward to it. I'm just really wanting something a little dark, a little grim, a little gruesome to get me into the fall spirit. And then the second book, let me move my


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[Assistant] In the maze, and then Theseus comes, and she basically helps him, all of that. So I'm looking forward to this one as well, but my prime book is definitely The Helm of Midnight. And then if I'm able to finish it, I will start Ariadne. So, that is my TBR for this video.


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[Assistant] Very excited. Also, I'm very aware I'm dressed like a suburban mom.


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[Assistant] Like, about to go play tennis, because I'm in a tennis dress, even though I'm not. It's just really comfortable, and I love a fleece. So, here we are, everyone. Ankle brace and all.


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[Assistant] This is me now. 90 day fiance and a healthy lunch. These are soups and smoothies. Good soup. Good soup. Uhm, so we're gonna enjoy now. Grab myself a


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[Assistant] Coffee. It also looks like it might start raining outside, which is just perfect timing because I'm also going to start my book.


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[Assistant] Hi friends, I'm laundered and I have just been reading before eating dinner and I just passed about the 50 page mark of The Helm of Midnight.


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[Assistant] And fascinating, uhm, but what I have kind of gleaned so far, I'm very much into. So the book opens on the successful heist of these thieves stealing this death mask of this serial killer. And it appears to be multi-perspective, I'm not sure how many perspectives we're gonna get.


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[Assistant] And I still don't quite know, like, politically what's going on or even the motivations of stealing this mask. But what I have seen so far in the 50 pages I've read is


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[Assistant] Some insight into the magic, which is just so interesting. So first and foremost, death masks are like very common in this world and basically you're able to impart like a part of your spirit


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[Assistant] Uhm, and skill set within these masks, and they're kind of ranked and organized.


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[Assistant] Uhm, based on like their potency and like their difficulty to be able to like wield, uhm, in this society as well. So,


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[Assistant] There's also been some hints at things like enchantments too, and it's very much centered around emotion.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but again, there is a lot of regulation in this world as well, so it seems like it's very bureaucratic. So it appears that there's only like a certain level of like despair or any type of emotion that's allowed to be in a gemstone, and that's something that the regulators make sure is maintained throughout society.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and then the last thing I've noticed magic system wise is that time is a literal currency. So it seems like you can bottle time and then sell it.


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[Assistant] I don't know, like, the true, like, impact of that, like, it's only been kind of referenced.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but as a concept, that is super cool. So, for the most part, we are following Corona, who is a regulator. They've just had this big robbery, so it's like a very big case. They're trying to find this death mask again, but it seems to be set in this world that has such a fascinating so far, just kind of like, magic artifact.


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[Assistant] We watched the first three episodes of Only Murders in the Building and it's so good. I feel like it's like kitschy but kind of dark.


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[Assistant] Hi, everyone. Good afternoon, if I'm being honest. Just wanted to show you that I did get dressed. So, points for that, I suppose. Uhm, been a bit of a chaotic morning, but I'm about, sorry, I got distracted by sunlight.


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[Assistant] Of the Midnight Helm between last night and this morning, and that book has gripped me. It's so unique, like the world and the magic, but it also is like centered on this like murder mystery, and you're just shifting from perspectives, and obviously the primary perspective, you understand why you're reading from them, but there's like other perspectives you're like,


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[Assistant] Why am I reading from this? This is giving me eerie vibes, you know? So, it's just so good so far and I'm really, really, really liking it. But now I'm rambling. This was just supposed to be an outfit shot. Okay, bye. Made a little Greek yogurt.


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[Assistant] And I have changed into pajamas. Uhm, I'm actually gonna sit down and read more of The Helm of Midnight, but I wanted to do


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[Assistant] Mini reading check reading update because I did technically didn't do one. I think almost in the last clip. It's been, it's been a day.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but anyway, I'm gonna read more now.


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[Assistant] And then probably watch more Only Murders in the Building tonight. I'm very much on like a thriller kick, I guess, this weekend. Cause the K-drama we're watching too is Flower.


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[Assistant] Pasta sauce, cooked sausage, and then I mixed it with a can.


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[Assistant] We've arrived everyone, stop one. There's another girl in a plaid shirt going inside, so we're all here for fall vibes. It's a little


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[Assistant] We've moved on to Michael's. We're gonna head up another Home Goods. Thought Home Goods was a little empty, so we've moved on to


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[Assistant] I bought some fairy lights. I might put the fairy lights around. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I also don't know if those pumpkins are gonna stay here. It's a work in progress as I said. Uhm, over here.


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[Assistant] There's really nothing, just put those two pumpkins. We have some garlands, I might hang a garland, but I don't know. But over here is like where I'm...


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[Assistant] Very satisfied with. Hung a garland over the pictures which I think is cute. And then new fall pillows. This is from last year.


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[Assistant] But we just picked up those two pillows from Target today. There's Medilda, uhm, big new pumpkin candle from today. Ooh, ooh, ah!


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[Assistant] Another flickering candle from last year and a small candle, or a small pumpkin over there, but it's, it's cozy in here. Uhm, just need to get a few more things, like we're gonna get some like real pumpkins to put around.


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[Assistant] But for the most part, I think this turned out pretty cute. And then we'll just replicate the vibe for the holidays, you know? So, there's that.


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[Assistant] Cheers! Alright, it's time. I'm in pajamas. I'm gonna sit on the couch and do...


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[Assistant] Reheated some pasta casserole from last night, and you already know.


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[Assistant] 90 day fiance. We never made it to Hulu, Klai and I have just been watching hours of 90 day.


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[Assistant] Every day I'm wearing jeans and then a saison knit. It's saison knitwear season. Knits are always investments for me, but they're just so beautiful and I wear them every season. I'm just obsessed with them. But anyway, I'm rambling. I did want to come on and say


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[Assistant] I read to 360, the page number 360 last night, uhm, so I'm on track to finish that book today. I might switch up the second book I plan to read, I haven't decided yet, but needless to say, Men- The Helm of Midnight is so


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[Assistant] Decor project. We're hanging up these little record holders. Hello Matilda. On that wall we're gonna make a little record grid with these. They're from Etsy.


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[Assistant] Clay and I painter's tape is worth all the extra effort because then you won't screw it up in theory. And we have our records.


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[Assistant] Uhm, you know, we're just gameplanning it out. New project update. We're almost done. It's going well. Command strips literally are just everything.


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[Assistant] And, uh, I, well not really midday, it's like 5pm coffee, and I am going to finish my book before the football game tonight. So, Matilda and I are gonna go hang out on the couch and read Helm of Midnight.


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[Assistant] We're in a 50 pages read, so for this vlog I am gonna start another book tonight. I am deciding what I want to read next, but I think it's gonna be like a historical fiction book.


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[Assistant] But, uh, we love to have some productivity in the early evening, you know? And just in time for kickoff! And while I was reading, Clay hung that, which is like a little leaf banner. He's just been


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[Assistant] Ground steak? I don't know. A small arugula salad. I'm making, I'm gonna, I have some hummus. I'm gonna make like a quick little tzatziki, cucumber, red onion. I have lemons in there.


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[Assistant] And feta, if I have it in the fridge. But uhm, this should actually be pretty quick to put together, so I'm just bringing the...


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[Assistant] Officially in bed, first football game of the season has been watched. Uhm, and I'm now gonna start a new book. I've decided to switch to The Mercies, which is another kind of like dark, atmospheric, bleak


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[Assistant] Story, but it centers a small town in


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[Assistant] Norway, I wanna say, uhm, it's at the 1600s, witch trials, that sort of vibe, so.


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[Assistant] But also take on tasks that are traditionally not allowed for them by society.


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[Assistant] Recommend best five dollars I've spent in a while. And lunch is served. Back to my office. Looks like I got work to do, but...


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[Assistant] This is so good, and I'm not exaggerating when I say it takes no time. Gonna show you a quick OOTD. This blouse is a couple months old, but there is almost an exact blouse available on Urban Outfitters, so I'll link it below.


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[Assistant] Just been relaxing and I'm about to finish some editing for the day. There's my book on the couch. My book and, uh, you know.


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[Assistant] Casual, but I'm gonna bring this to the living room and my computer. I'm gonna finish editing and then


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[Assistant] Last time, Grubby and I set out to search for the lost treasure of Grundo, and met the kindly old inventor, Newton Gimmick. We didn't know that the villain, Tweek, was watching us all the time.


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[Assistant] I'll say, the whole desert just cracked wide open. It's Trembly Fault! Well, that's a relief. I was afraid it was something I did. No, no, Grubby. A fault is merely a topographical phenomenon brought about by extreme subterranean geothermal pressure. The important thing is,


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[Assistant] Gosh gimmick, we've been searching for hours and still no sign of firewood. I don't think


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[Assistant] Now, now Grubby, nothing is difficult when you set your mind to it. Especially if you sing a song while you're doing it. It makes the work go a whole lot faster.


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[Assistant] My name is Prince Aaron. The son of King Nogbert? I have that honor. And who are you?


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[Assistant] I'm Teddy Ruxpin, and this is my friend, Newton Gimmick.


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[Assistant] Look, Prince Aaron, what's that? I'm not certain, but it's definitely not a mudblock.


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[Assistant] You fellows climb up, and then haul me up after you. Right, Prince Aaron.


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[Assistant] Wow, I never thought I'd be so happy to see so much sand. You can go sightseeing later, Teddy. Right now I need you to lift me out. Oh, sorry, gimmick.


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[Assistant] I can't believe we escaped. But there is one who is still not free. Yes. What do we do about Grubby? Let's go back to the airship and get some supplies. I have a very clever idea.


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[Assistant] We've been walking for hours, gimmick. Are you sure this is the way to get to the airship? I'm certain of it. I recall distinctly that we were headed in a north by northwesterly direction.


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[Assistant] Then you're the one who cooked our lunch?


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[Assistant] Oh, uh, thanks a lot, Grubby. But now it's time to escape this underground.


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[Assistant] Well, this is no time to talk about food, Grubby. We've got to get out of here before the mud bluffs come back.


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[Assistant] Sure we would. People are more valuable than any old treasure. Besides, there's plenty of time to find the treasure.


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[Assistant] Wooly offers to lead us to the Wizard of Grundo, but we get waylaid by grunges. We accept the grunges offered to stay for lunch, where a special magic soup invokes a strange effect on Prince Aaron as he turns into a terrifying iron warrior. Please join us for our next exciting story.


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[Assistant] Hi, this is Teddy Rexbin. I'm going to have my own series next year. Come join me and my friends for more exciting adventures very soon.


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[Assistant] Review Archery


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[Assistant] Lesson 77. Terrible Toothache.


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[Assistant] Good morning, nurse. I want to see the dentist, please.


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[Assistant] Yes, it is. It's very urgent. I feel awful. I have a terrible toothache.


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[Assistant] I must see the dentist now, nurse.


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[Assistant] I can wait, but my toothache can't.


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[Assistant] Lesson 77 Terrible Toothache


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[Assistant] Good morning, nurse. I want to see the dentist, please.


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[Assistant] Yes, it is. It's very urgent. I feel awful. I have a terrible toothache.


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[Assistant] I must see the dentist now, nurse.


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[Assistant] That's very late. Can the dentist see me now?


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[Assistant] I can wait, but my toothache can't.


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[Assistant] Hello and welcome to day 11. Now, anything we do in life is a result of repetition.


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[Assistant] Once you learn to walk, you carry on walking and then you learn to run. You know what I'm talking about. For example, if we repeatedly talk about how sad we are, we eventually convince ourselves we are sad and become sad permanently.


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[Assistant] If we repeatedly practice a musical instrument, we could become a virtuoso. If we repeatedly go to the gym and workout well, we become fit and strong.


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[Assistant] But repetition becomes a little bit boring. So for the first time today, we're going to repeat the invisible straw technique, but with an activity that gives very similar results by using a real straw.


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[Assistant] Remember in the invisible straw technique you're strengthening your muscles around your mouth area that will help to tone them to promote clarity in your voice so it helps you to take deeper breaths from the diaphragm.


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[Assistant] We're not going to suck today. We're going to blow. I want you to take a straw and an empty matchbox. You need to put it on the end of a table and with a straw, blow it to the other side of the table. Yes, you can cheat if you want. Take the matches out if you like.


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[Assistant] But take a really good deep breath from the diaphragm. See how many inches you can blow that matchbox across the table with each single breath.


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[Assistant] If you really want to, you can measure how many inches you do if you like. It's your own tabletop Olympics. If you do this exercise regularly, you'll see how much your lung capacity increases and you'll breathe more efficiently. At the same time, you'll learn to improve the muscles in your mouth and throat area and that will improve your voice.


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[Assistant] If you want to turn this into a real game, ask a friend if you like, blow in the opposite direction, and you can have your own tabletop football game.


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[Assistant] Okay, secondly today, here's another variation of a theme you might like to add to your warm-up session. It's called the toffee technique.


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[Assistant] There are two sections of this. Imagine you've taken not just one, not two, not three, but four lumps of toffee. Oh yes, it was a bit of a mistake to take so much and you're so greedy. Now you've just got to chew that toffee.


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[Assistant] Chew that imaginary toffee right now. Really move it round. Mmmm.


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[Assistant] It's a wonderful warm up exercise, especially if you've had a nap or a full sleep. Now don't worry about the look on your face. Pulling funny faces also helps the, uh, get the muscles toned up in your face and throat area.


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[Assistant] Well the second part of this is that imagine that you've taken the toffee


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[Assistant] But it's a pretty horrible flavor to be honest. Imagine the nastiest flavor you can think of, you know?


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[Assistant] So you spat it out, however, the taste of the nasty toffee is still in your mouth. So you point your tongue out of your mouth and make an air sound. Uh, like that, really? Uh, do a bit of a Gene Simmons here. Uh, okay. Make sure that tongue is pointed out. Waggle it around as well. Uh.


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[Assistant] And then spitting it out and doing the tongue thing, okay?


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[Assistant] Thirdly today, it's another exercise that uses your imagination.


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[Assistant] Right, you're at the hospital. The doctor wants to look in your throat, and you open up your mouth wide and say, uuuh.


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[Assistant] Now you need a stopwatch or a stopwatch on your phone for this one. Uhm, you need a piece of paper, write down your results. The idea, you're going to find out more about your own capabilities, just like we did on day one. This time it's about lung capacity.


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[Assistant] I want you to sit down, then open up your mouth, pretend the doctor's looking down at it, take a really deep breath from low down in your diaphragm areas, and go, ah.


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[Assistant] The tone of your voice should be about a medium note, not too deep, not too high. Note down how long you can sustain this R4 with the stopwatch, with one breath.


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[Assistant] Now I want you to repeat this, but this time the note of the R must be as low as you possibly can.


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[Assistant] If you can remember the resonant note exercise we did in an earlier module on day seven, if you can remember what that note was and your music, or maybe you've written it down on the piano or something, then try and hit that. Take a deep, deep breath. See how long you can sustain that R4.


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[Assistant] Now, tell me, is the deeper note longer or shorter than the medium note?


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[Assistant] Try this a few more times. In fact, the best of three would be more accurate. Okay? So stop the video and do that now.


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[Assistant] Okay, I want you to repeat this exercise saying a medium tone, ah, and a very deep, ah, but not sitting down, but standing up. Okay, stand up, relax the shoulders, feel good about yourself, look to your posture,


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[Assistant] Feel like you're being pulled up like a puppet on a tree? Simply do that exercise again.


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[Assistant] Now at the end of this, I want you to look at your results. What does it tell you about your lung capacity?


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[Assistant] Now usually people have greater lung capacity standing up than sitting down.


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[Assistant] Usually people can sustain a higher note than a lower note with the same amount of breath.


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[Assistant] In other words, if you want to speak with a deeper, more resonant voice, it generally uses more fuel.


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[Assistant] So that's why it's more important than ever if you want to


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[Assistant] And finally today it's time for another tongue twister. This particular one is very useful for people who have the tendency to say the letter R as the letter W.


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[Assistant] There are various names for this tendency. Some call it a speech impediment. It can be quite endearing, but people do unfortunately make fun of this tendency. Uh, famously it was featured in the Monty Python film Life of Brian with Michael Palin. Willis, Wadwick and all that.


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[Assistant] Now, no matter what you call it, it is an impediment to good communication because you've got to communicate effectively.


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[Assistant] Along with any very strong regional accent, it's something that you should try and tone down to maximize the strength of communication you have in your speech. So here is today's tongue twister.


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[Assistant] Around the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran. And then you get faster and faster. Around the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran. Around the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran. Around the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran. And so on and so on and so on.


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[Assistant] That's all for today, I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.


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[Assistant] Gee gimmick, it looks like a beach to me. Well fellas, whatever you wanna call it, let's land on it and fix that compass thing.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, sorry about that. Next time I'll try making my feet smaller.


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[Assistant] Teddy, why would Tweek and LB be following us if they already have the crystals? I think I know why.


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[Assistant] Okay everybody, they're gone. Gee Teddy, that was a great plan. I sure gotta hand it to ya. Take your pick.


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[Assistant] Esperance Medicine Esperance Medicine


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[Assistant] One. There is one sun in the sky. One.


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[Assistant] We have three meals. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. One, two, three.


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[Assistant] A rainbow has seven different colors. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.


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[Assistant] There are ten bowling pins. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.


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[Assistant] Now here's an exercise if you're lacking confidence and are a passive person in any conversation.


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[Assistant] No doubt at some point today you'll be on the telephone to someone, maybe it's part of your job, or you'll actively ring up a friend, or someone from the family will call you.


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[Assistant] If you're generally lacking confidence, you're probably the type of person who lets the other person speak to the end of what they want to say, and then leave a pause so they'll carry on talking.


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[Assistant] Today, no matter if they're a salesperson or a friend, I want you to try to interrupt them deliberately, as if their voice had suddenly and completely been cut off. Maybe you have someone you know who rings up and


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[Assistant] Maybe drones on and on about something you aren't really that interested in and you just love to stop the midstream and say what you want to say or have the confidence to say that you've got to get on or you've got to get back to your work or maybe the TV show you're watching. So today I want you to actively do this.


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[Assistant] Simply lie, say the phone line just went dead for the moment. Don't know what that's about.


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[Assistant] But you may not have to say this. You're simply being confident. You're simply taking the upper hand for once, not necessarily being rude. Now you wouldn't do this all the time, but I just want you to feel the buzz. It's almost a thrill-like sensation of people who have never done this before, of being in control. The worm turns.


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[Assistant] If you're good at using your imagination, imagine you're a radio phone in host and you're about to go into the news at the top of the hour or a commercial break you have to get into. You just have to wind up the person on the phone you're speaking to. Try it.


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[Assistant] I think you may surprise yourself if you feel you are a shy person with little confidence. Now, don't be bullied into listening to nonsense when you need to get on, whether it's from a friend or an insurance salesperson who's just rung you up.


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[Assistant] We have much more on confidence later on the course with more tips and things, but try that if you can today.


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[Assistant] For the second section today, we return to water. When we talked about how important hydration is, I also mentioned that you could buy steam machines. Basically a kettle that you put your nose over. You breathe in steam and that helps the vocal folds.


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[Assistant] Another thing you can do, and is particularly useful if you have a bit of a scratchy voice, is to gargle.


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[Assistant] If you're musical in any way, think of a good song to gargle.


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[Assistant] You see, gargling is not just good fun, good fun, helps you to relax a bit, that if you're about to give a talk, it's important to make sure your throat is completely clear of any food particles that could get caught and cause you to cough halfway through your presentation. It's all part of vocal hygiene, really.


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[Assistant] Before a big live voice session for professional voiceovers like myself or you're about to appear on live television.


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[Assistant] Brush our teeth we do, but we also gargle as well to make sure there are no pesky crumbs from toast from breakfast lurking down there. So, have a gargle. But instead of gargling, just simply, why not gargle a tune? Anything you like. Why gargle a tune?


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[Assistant] Because you see by gargling at different frequencies, the folds of the throat will move around, so they'll be cleaned effectively of foods particles. It's fun as well. So off you go and come back and unpause the video when you're ready. After your gargle.


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[Assistant] The third section today is about the power of your voice.


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[Assistant] Now we've already looked at voice contrast, learning how to flip between speaking very softly to loud. Today it's a bit more about the louder side, the more powerful side. Power isn't just about shouting at people all day.


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[Assistant] In fact, shouting is extremely bad for your voice, but speaking in a louder or stentorian style is a good exercise, but you really have to monitor whether you are straining your voice or not. It's like walking fast, but without going into an actual run.


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[Assistant] Now maybe you have some confidence issues about your voice and confidence is a huge part of this whole mix of developing your powerful, deep and resonant voice. Maybe you're the kind of shy person that never raises your voice in public anyway.


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[Assistant] It's a real hassle when people regularly ask you to repeat what you're saying. Simply because you're mumbling, you aren't speaking loud enough.


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[Assistant] Wouldn't it be great if people got what you wanted the first time you said it?


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[Assistant] So for this section, I want you to get used to speaking louder than you are used to speaking. Pretend you are turning your own personal volume control up about 20%.


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[Assistant] If you can't, do this exercise at home without causing any embarrassment. I suggest you go out to a busy main road away from anyone under a motorway bridge in a countryside.


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[Assistant] Just experiment with your voice speaking louder than usual.


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[Assistant] Say anything you want, but if you need a mental picture, simply pretend you're projecting to someone about 20 feet away in a loud environment. Say maybe a football match or in a bar or something. Remember you're not shouting. Do not strain your voice.


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[Assistant] Just have the confidence to turn up the volume. Once you've learnt to hit this preset,


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[Assistant] Try flipping into this new, louder, 20% louder voice in public places.


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[Assistant] Now, you're not going to be so loud. Everyone in the coffee bar or bank line turns around and look at you. Who the hell was, you know, it's not going to be like that.


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[Assistant] But you will exude confidence and authority. And as long as you speak at your normal rate with good diction and clarity, nobody will ever ask you to repeat your requests ever again. So pause the video, have a go at speaking 20% louder than your normal voice.


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[Assistant] Finally today, I want you to repeat something we did on day three, where we did high to low gliding. Because hopefully if you've been doing these exercises regularly, you will see a big improvement. Remember this?


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[Assistant] So, do at least half a dozen of these. Right? High, low, take a big deep breath before each one. Pause the video now and have a go. Well, have you seen an improvement?


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[Assistant] If you haven't, we'll tackle this again in future sessions. See you tomorrow.


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[Assistant] Just up this morning, getting some reading in before I go to work.


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[Assistant] And now it is time to get some reading.


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[Assistant] Welcome back to Book Break, and welcome to this month's Book Haul. We make these videos every single month, where we look back on some of the most exciting titles of the month.


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[Assistant] So now we are looking at August. What are some of the books that came out from Pat McMillan into the world in August? These videos are always a surprise to me as well as you. I have my email ready in front of me here from Elle, the other half of the Book Break team, who has sent me


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[Assistant] Evening in the Morning by Ken Follett. So this is the paperback. It's gorgeous.


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[Assistant] The evening of the morning came out last year in hardback, so this is the prequel to the Kingsbridge series, a mega popular series from Ken Follett. It spans centuries in this town, it all revolves around the building of a cathedral, and we go through the generations. The evening of the morning takes us all the way back to the beginning and further back.


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[Assistant] This was a very, very hyped book when it came out in hardback, so if you've been hanging on in there for the paperback, now is your time. Okay, next in here...


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[Assistant] Oh, another of my favourites now out in paperback, this is Dear Reader by Kathy Rensenbrink. So I read this one when it first came out in hardback, it's all about the comfort and joy of books, and it's just


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[Assistant] Absolutely delightful. It's Kathy Rentson Brink's memoir, all told through her journey of reading, and it's just magical that any kind of reader, no matter what kinds of books you usually love, you will see yourself represented in here.


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[Assistant] It's also just such a beautiful, gifty book, so I feel like you could give this to any book lover in your life.


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[Assistant] Next, The Rookery by Deborah Hewitt. Okay this is one a lot of people have been anticipating, it is the second in a series. So the first book was called Nightjar, and in Nightjar we follow a girl called Alice who uncovers this


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[Assistant] Absolutely love Sid Owen. He plays Ricky on the show, who is a very lovable character, I am told. But his real life and his early childhood actually contained a lot of hardship, a lot more drama than anything his character had to endure on the show.


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[Assistant] So this is actually a really compelling and moving story of this actor. He does look very likeable from this cover.


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[Assistant] Next we have a children's book, I Am Dog by Peter Bentley and Chris Chatterton. I have not seen this one before.


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[Assistant] But it is already making me smile that there's a very cute picture on the cover. So let's read what this one is about.


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[Assistant] So many questions I have never so far been able to understand, so I have high hopes for this book.


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[Assistant] Next we have a thriller, The Gilt Strip by Sandy Jones. You may recognise that name, this author has written so many really fun beach read thrillers like this. Just looking at the cover gives you a perfect image of where you want to be when you read this book. I want to be by that pool.


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[Assistant] Next in here is Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner. This is a memoir, I've heard so many amazing things about this book. Michelle Zauner is the front woman of the band Japanese Breakfast. So she is a musician, she is a songwriter, and just in general a very beautiful writer.


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[Assistant] This book is a story of grief. It is about how she coped with the death of her mother, and how she reconnected with memories of her mother through cooking and through food.


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[Assistant] And the inheritance of Solomon Farthing. Her specialty is exploring stories of people from the past through looking at the items and objects that they have left behind. It's a really wonderful theme.


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[Assistant] Next we have a children's book Lightning Falls by Amy Wilson. This looks really sweet. Beyond the rainbow a city lies waiting. Okay so I'm guessing this is fantasy, very beautiful cover, let's have a read. Okay so this is described as a fantastical story of ghosts and friendships.


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[Assistant] Back to an adult thriller, The Hiding Place by Jenny Quintana. So this is now the paperback release of this book. Jenny Quintana is a very beloved thriller mystery writer. Her books always have multiple timelines, they're kind of centred on a house, and we go


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[Assistant] And so she goes back to the house where she was left as a child, and rents a flat there to try and explore the secrets of her past. Then we have the paperback of You Will Never Be Forgotten by Mary South. This is a short story collection


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[Assistant] Unlike any other, these stories are very weird, very twisted, very exciting and unusual. They're all in some way about technology, and how people use technology to forge relationships, but also how technology can collapse our relationships. So increasingly relevant in our world.


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[Assistant] This one is Last Summer in the City by Gianfranco Carlinovich. You may have heard me talking about this one already. This has been a very exciting book around the office, because this is a forgotten cult classic from Italy, published for the first time in the UK.


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[Assistant] So we'll link below to a couple of videos where I've talked about this book before, and talked a little bit more about the publishing history behind it, because it has a very interesting backstory. The book itself is about a young man who leaves his family and sets off to move to the city and finds himself unemployed.


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[Assistant] And lost, spending his days in an alcoholic haze. And it's all about this summer that changed his life.


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[Assistant] Fantastic. So particularly for children who love Lego, or adults who love Lego, this is a really interactive book where you can actually bring the fire station to life, pushing and pulling and sliding all of the tabs. It's a board book, you can open the fire station doors, you can make the helicopter take off.


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[Assistant] Oh gosh, so this book takes place after another overfilled and ill-equipped ship has sunk under the weight of its too many passengers.


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[Assistant] The Black Locomotive by Ryan Hughes. Okay, I have heard a little bit about this one. Ryan Hughes is also the author of XX, which was this massive great book that played with the forms of writing and graphic design, was really unique, and this looks


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[Assistant] Equally unusual. A strange anomaly is uncovered in the new top secret Crossrail extension being built under Buckingham Palace. It's an archaeological puzzle, one that may transform our understanding of history and the origins of London itself.


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[Assistant] Interesting. It looks very futuristic, it looks very dark and mysterious. It says here, if our modern world falls, we may have to turn to the technology of the past in order to save our future.


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[Assistant] I'm so intrigued! So that was our August book haul, lots of amazing looking books in there. Do leave a comment below with which of those books you're most excited to get your hands on. They are all available for you to go out and buy now. I will also link here to a playlist of all of our previous book hauls, so you can go through and browse some more book recommendations from us. See you next time!


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[Assistant] The chef that we have chosen to create this pressure test dish is the man that we call, we want to see what you've really got.


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[Assistant] There's nothing you can't do there. You've just got to do each thing perfectly and exactly and that's why this is such a great pressure test. And it's delicious. Off you go Ash, show them the dish.


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[Assistant] You know the drill, the least impressive version will send its maker home.


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[Assistant] It's got every one of those textbook flavours of Lamington. The chocolate, the jam. And the flavour of that sorbet, the lemon mercury.


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[Assistant] But a Lamington is that combination of raspberry, chocolate, coconut. I'm getting a coconut chocolate dessert that raspberry is lacking. Yeah. It's interesting, isn't it? The chocolate ganache.


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[Assistant] Has it sunk in yet? You sit there, I'm sure you see yourself as Tim, the boyfriend Baloran.


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[Assistant] Beef, pork belly, bone marrow, there you are, there you're stock in train, there you are, there you're happy places, and you have just completed a dessert from dinner by Haston.


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[Assistant] And we, and we've loved it. We've loved it. You bought us dishes from your old homeland and wonderful food from you knew. Oh wow.


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[Assistant] You seem to have grown so much, learned so much, but what do you love the most?


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[Assistant] You know Anushka, you came into this competition on a hug. I think now it's time to leave on hugs as well.


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[Assistant] Look, I know you got a job to do, but let's keep in touch, huh? What do you say?


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[Assistant] I'll be the richest octopede in all of Relonia. I just hope I can live up to the responsibility.


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[Assistant] My stew really gets to the root of the problem.


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[Assistant] We didn't leave it all behind. I took a little sample, and it looks real enough to me. Huh?


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[Assistant] So this year, not two, but three of you will get the chance to become.


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[Assistant] That's not all guys. Normally in the semi-final.


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[Assistant] Not this year. This year, the semi-final is a pressure test.


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[Assistant] But there's 40 steps and within 15 minutes you need to be at step 10.


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[Assistant] You've had 15 minutes, that means in 5 minutes time, you need to have your moose in the blast chiller. Guys, 1 hour and 45 minutes to go. Come on!


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[Assistant] That was exciting. Not the sort of dish we'll be finding at your vegan smokehouse. But has it changed some of your ideas?


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[Assistant] And that oloroso whip I think is definitely the best out of the four. It's got the right viscosity.


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[Assistant] And today, one of your corals wasn't good enough. And that's why it's time to say goodbye.


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[Assistant] Oh mate. You don't understand how much love there is in all of our hearts for you.


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[Assistant] It's just a pleasure to have around the boy from Ballarat.


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[Assistant] And mark our words, you are gonna be a superstar.


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[Assistant] Okay, some rules. You've got just two hours to recreate Peter Gilmore's white coral. You're also going to have 15 minutes to plate up the desserts at the end of the cook. The three most liked Peters will secure their makers a spot in the finale. The least impressive dish, however, will send their maker home.


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[Assistant] Now the pressure's really on. You're running out of time. Come on. Eight minutes to go. Come on.


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[Assistant] Chill, you know when you breathe a little bit of the steam out of your nose. But the flavour's pretty good.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I was going to say it's the closest to yours, Peter. Especially that coral. Like the texture of that, the evenness of that, the lightness of it is just absolutely blowing. And it kind of sticks with you, yeah.


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[Assistant] Peter's white coral dessert was a cracking dish.


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[Assistant] But thank you for the contestants to be able to cook a kind of dish like that with that kind of clarity and texture and temperature. It's a real thrill.


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[Assistant] Is one of the toughest decisions we've had to make.


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[Assistant] Three of you are going to make it into this year's finale, but for one of you, the time in the MasterChef kitchen is about to come to an end.


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[Assistant] have, have, tennis, tennis, ball, bar,


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[Assistant] ping-pong


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[Assistant] Bat, bat. Soccer, soccer.


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[Assistant] volleyball, volleyball, basketball, basketball,


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[Assistant] sound, sound, interesting, interesting, boring, boring, fun, fun, difficult, difficult,


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[Assistant] after, after. class, class.


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[Assistant] In round one, you're gonna be paired up, one on one. The best dish from each duel joins Larissa in the semi-final.


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[Assistant] The contestants that cook the least impressive dishes though end up in round two.


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[Assistant] The best dish in round two secures that last spot in the semi-final. The least impressive dish is gonna send their maker home.


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[Assistant] So Simon Nicole, you'll be cooking against either Tim or Tessa. Pick Farmhouse, you're cooking against Tim. Pick Asian, and you're cooking against Tess.


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[Assistant] So, Simon, that means you're cooking against Tim, and Nicole, that means you're cooking against Tessa.


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[Assistant] You are the first contestant through to finals week. Congratulations.


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[Assistant] Are you cooking it on the hibachi I heard? On the hibachi. Just be careful with that. How difficult is it to control? And is it going to give you the flavour that you want? Yes.


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[Assistant] Take some of those lovely caramelisey, sweet, you know, soft characteristics. Your style of cooking is very clever, really good.


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[Assistant] The sauce is delicious. Love it. And I love the fact that you've taken a very aromatic curry paste and you've passed it and you've refined it. Bit of a salmon. It's actually over.


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[Assistant] And I think that lack of confidence, even when you, when you found out what pantry you had, has affected you in this cook.


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[Assistant] For the last three months, all you've been thinking about is getting to this point in the competition.


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[Assistant] So it's with a heavy heart that we have to tell one of you that they're going home.


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[Assistant] Muhammad Ali spent years training to become the greatest boxer the world had ever seen.


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[Assistant] But only moments to create the shortest poem. Ali captivated Harvard's graduating class in 1975 with his message of unity and friendship.


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[Assistant] No one's really sure. Regardless, if these two words are a poem, then what exactly makes a poem a poem? Poets themselves have struggled with this question, often using metaphors to approximate a definition.


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[Assistant] One, poems emphasize language's musical qualities. This can be achieved through rhyme, rhythm, and meter, from the sonnets of Shakespeare to the odes of Confucius to the Sanskrit Vedas.


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[Assistant] Two. Poems use condensed language, like literature with all the water wrung out of it. Three.


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[Assistant] Poems often feature intense feelings, from Rumi's spiritual poetry to Pablo Neruda's Ode to an Onion.


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[Assistant] Poetry, like art itself, has a way of challenging simple definitions. While the rhythmic patterns of the earliest poems were a way to remember stories even before the advent of writing, a poem doesn't need to be lyrical.


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[Assistant] Reiner Dohl's Opfel and Eugen Gomringer's Silencio toe the line between visual art and poetry.


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[Assistant] Meanwhile, E.E. Cummings wrote poems whose shapes were as important as the words themselves. In this case, amplifying the sad loneliness of a single leaf falling through space.


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[Assistant] If the visual nature of poetry faded into the background, perhaps we'd be left with music.


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[Assistant] And that's an area that people love to debate— our songs, poems. Many don't regard songwriters as poets in a literary sense, but lyrics from artists like Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, and Tupac Shakur often hold up even without the music.


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[Assistant] In rap, poetic elements like rhyme, rhythm, and imagery are inseparable from the form.


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[Assistant] So far, all the examples we've seen have had line breaks. We can even imagine the two words of Ali's poem organizing in the air. Me, we.


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[Assistant] Poetry has a shape that we can usually recognize. Its line breaks help readers navigate the rhythms of a poem. But what if those line breaks disappeared? Would it lose its essence as a poem? Maybe not. Enter the prose poem.


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[Assistant] Pro's poems use vivid images and wordplay, but are formatted like paragraphs.


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[Assistant] When we look at poetry less as a form and more as a concept, we can see the poetic all around us. Spiritual hymns, the speeches of orators like Martin Luther King Jr., JFK, and Winston Churchill, and surprising places like social media.


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[Assistant] Was in B room getting dressed when heard my name. Tremor. Ran outside through sliding door. All still now. Safe. Roosters crowing.


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[Assistant] Compare her language to a haiku, the ancient Japanese poetic form that emphasizes bursts of brief intensity with just three lines of five, seven, and five syllables.


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[Assistant] The waters of poetry run wide and deep. Poetry has evolved over time, and perhaps now more than ever, the line between poetry, prose, song, and visual art has blurred.


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[Assistant] However, one thing has not changed. The word poetry actually began in verb form.


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[Assistant] Coming from the ancient Greek poiesis, which means to create.


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[Assistant] Poets, like craftsmen, still work with the raw materials of the world to forge new understandings and comment on what it is to be human in a way only humans can.


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[Assistant] Dartmouth researchers tested this idea by asking robots to pen poetry.


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[Assistant] A panel of judges sorted through stacks of sonnets to see if they could distinguish those made by man and machine.


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[Assistant] You may be happy to know that while scientists have successfully used artificial intelligence in manufacturing, medicine, and even journalism, poetry is a different story.


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[Assistant] The robots were caught red-handed 100% of the time.


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[Assistant] Hello. I'm Gill from engVid, and today's lesson is on the subject of cricket, the game of cricket, which is a very English sport. And you might be thinking, well, how is this useful for me? I'm trying to learn English.


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[Assistant] So, it's useful to you for the vocabulary, the words connected with cricket. You might find it useful, for example, to watch a cricket match on television.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and listen to the commentary.


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[Assistant] The commentary is quite quick, so it's a good test for you to see if you can follow it and hear all the particular words.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and apart from the vocabulary itself, and uhm...


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[Assistant] Having some practice at listening, if you listen to a commentary. Some of the cricket terms are used in idioms.


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[Assistant] And metaphors in everyday life, even by people who don't really know they're connected with cricket.


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[Assistant] So, we'll be looking at those on, uh, later in the lesson, in the second part of the lesson, we'll be looking at 11 idioms, metaphors connected with cricket.


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[Assistant] So, this should all be useful to you in your, uh, expanding your English vocabulary. So, uhm, here we go. And it's also of cultural...


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[Assistant] So, it's a very English sport. Traditionally, it's English. There's a picture of a bat, cricket bat, and the cricket ball there.


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[Assistant] So uhm, basically, like with a lot of sports, you have a team.


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[Assistant] Of players, the members of the cricket team.


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[Assistant] Are called players, and each team has 11 players. Okay? And there's a captain who's the person in charge of the team, the captain. Okay?


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[Assistant] Uh, the place where the game is played is called a cricket ground, so it's a big open space with grass.


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[Assistant] And of course, room for people to sit and watch.


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[Assistant] In the middle of the big open space is a smaller area called the pitch, which is a long, narrow


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[Assistant] Uhm, piece like that, piece of grass, long, narrow piece of grass called the pitch, and this is where uhm,


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[Assistant] People have to run backwards and forwards on the pitch sometimes. I'll explain that in a minute. Uhm, there's the pitch, and


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[Assistant] At both ends of the pitch is something called a wicket. Uhm, I think I'd better draw a wicket as well.


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[Assistant] That's a wicket. So, uhm, the wicket is made up of three sticks that go into the ground,


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[Assistant] They're called stumps, so three stumps go into the ground, and two... Two little pieces of wood sit on top.


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[Assistant] So, the point of the wicket is that if somebody throws the ball or bowls the ball at the person with the bat, if the ball hits the wicket and the bales fall off,


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[Assistant] That batsman is finished, he can't continue playing, and somebody has to come and replace him. So, that's part of the game.


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[Assistant] In both places, uh, you have the wicked. Okay.


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[Assistant] So, then you have the bat, which the batsman uses, which is made of a wood from a willow, willow tree, so it's quite hard.


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[Assistant] There's a ball which is covered in red leather, traditionally. Okay. There are two batsmen, one at each end of the pitch.


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[Assistant] There's a bowler who belongs in the other team, who...


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[Assistant] Throws the ball like this, bowls the ball at the batsman, and the batsman has to hit the ball. So, it's a little bit like American baseball, that sort of idea.


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[Assistant] But not, the details are different.


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[Assistant] Okay, bowler, and you also have fielders. These are people also from the same team as the bowler who are standing around the field.


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[Assistant] Some are close to the pitch, some are further away.


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[Assistant] But they're all waiting to see what happens


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[Assistant] The two batsmen can run backwards and forwards on the pitch, scoring points, uh, which are called runs.


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[Assistant] So they want to try to stop them scoring too many points, so they get the ball back as quickly as possible. Okay, so the pavilion is the sort of building at the edge of the... Of the cricket ground where the cricket players go.


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[Assistant] into and come out of when they're ready to play. They come out of the pavilion, uh, when, when maybe they've been knocked out, uhm, they go back into the pavilion.


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[Assistant] That's called an innings, so the length of time they can stay in and score points or runs is called an innings.


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[Assistant] And then if they're sort of knocked out, then they go, they may have scored 60, 60 runs, and that was their innings. Okay.


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[Assistant] If they're out, if they make a mistake, if the wicket is hit by the ball or other ways of getting them out.


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[Assistant] Then they're out, they're finished, they have to go back to the pavilion. Okay? They can be bowled out by the ball hitting the wicket. They can be caught out if they hit the ball and it goes up into the air and one of the fielders catches the ball before it hits the ground, then they've been caught out.


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[Assistant] If the ball hits the ground first, then that's... They're still okay. But if they catch the ball and it hasn't yet hit the ground, they have been caught out.


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[Assistant] Okay, there's also a thing called LBW, which stands for leg before wicket.


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[Assistant] I don't fully understand that rule, but sometimes some batsmen can be out because they put their leg in front of the wicket when they shouldn't have. So that's another thing you might hear being mentioned


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[Assistant] Okay, so then there's a thing called an over. This is when the bowler throws


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[Assistant] Six balls, so you have to have six balls, bold, to count as an over.


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[Assistant] So everything's divided up into sections like that, so that's an over.


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[Assistant] Is when either the batsmen run from one end of the pitch to the other or, or when they've hit the ball. They can score four runs if, if they hit the ball


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[Assistant] And it goes right to the end of the field and over a boundary.


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[Assistant] Uh, without anybody being able to catch it.


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[Assistant] If it rolls over the boundary, they've scored four runs.


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[Assistant] They can score six runs if they do that and the ball goes up into the air and it doesn't touch the ground before it reaches the boundary.


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[Assistant] If it goes... Sometimes it goes into the... Into the crowd of spectators.


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[Assistant] It might hit somebody.


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[Assistant] But if it stays up in the air, uhm, then they've... They've hit a six.


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[Assistant] Okay, so uhm, they're just sort of clocking up runs that way, or actually literally running up and down the pitch. Uhm, okay, so the points that they're earning, the runs, are called the score.


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[Assistant] And usually somewhere in the cricket ground at the side somewhere where everyone can see is a scoreboard, a big board with lots of numbers on.


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[Assistant] Uhm, this is a small version of a scoreboard.


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[Assistant] Some of them are electronic and they have a lot more information on them.


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[Assistant] But they show how many runs have been scored up to that point in the game.


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[Assistant] How many wickets, meaning how many wickets have been?


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[Assistant] Lost and batsmen are out because of it. How many overs, that means how many


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[Assistant] Bowlings times six, the bowler has done.


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[Assistant] So, you have to multiply 15 by 6 to work out how many times has the bowler bowled the ball.


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[Assistant] First innings, if there's been a previous, uhm...


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[Assistant] Innings, and you can have more than one innings, so...


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[Assistant] A team might have clocked up 328.


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[Assistant] So I mentioned the crowd, the spectators, the people watching.


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[Assistant] Also, sometimes, cricket is the kind of game which you can't play if it's raining.


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[Assistant] It's not like football and rugby, where you can play in the rain.


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[Assistant] Or the snow sometimes. If it's raining, you have to stop with cricket, so they have this phrase, rain, stop, play.


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[Assistant] If, if there's been a cricket match going on and then in the middle of the afternoon they stop and they say rain stopped play, they had to stop because of the weather.


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[Assistant] Or sometimes they decide that the light isn't good enough. If it's very cloudy and grey, if the sky is grey, they don't have enough light to see what they're doing well enough to


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[Assistant] I think that's possibly quite a controversial issue because sometimes people think...


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[Assistant] We could have carried on, then. It wasn't such a big problem. We could have carried on playing.


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[Assistant] But the... The authority, people in authority decided, no, we'll stop now. So uhm, not everybody agrees on when to stop.


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[Assistant] So, okay, there are lots of cricket grounds all over the UK. London has two at least, but two famous ones are the Oval in South London


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[Assistant] And Lord's Cricket Ground in North West London and those are where the big sort of international matches are played as well as uhm,


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[Assistant] County matches. So, just to explain county.