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[Assistant] Alright, so this is a festival that's celebrated in many different countries and we're learning today about some of the ceremonies and practices in those countries that are very closely tied to those local cultures.


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[Assistant] I know about the Mexican ones because there's a lot of Mexicans where I come from in Chicago and they still celebrate these things. Uhm, but I didn't know about the Philippines so I found this really interesting. Interesting, right?


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[Assistant] Alright, the first word is a very common word, especially if you're a church-going person. The word is alter.


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[Assistant] No, not necessarily. You could have an altar in a Greek pagan temple where you give offerings to a god or goddess. And so in this case an altar is a special religious table where you perform certain religious rites or functions.


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[Assistant] Alright, deceased is a noun. It's a word that we use to call someone who's dead or departed. So uhm, the deceased was named John Smith.


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[Assistant] And, uh, departed, uh, you know the word to depart, to leave.


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[Assistant] Alright, and so you can, you can often see these on, uhm, for example pirate ships. We say skull and crossbones. Right. And so it's the bones from a head and you have the bones underneath. And it's a very popular image on Halloween because it's scary.


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[Assistant] Right, it's scary because it has empty black spaces where the eyes are supposed to be and you can see all the teeth, but nothing else.


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[Assistant] That's right, and so they look like skulls because there's no cheeks and no, they're not really...


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[Assistant] Uhm, there's no scanner eyes, but they're beautiful because the Mexicans in their tradition, they color the sugar. So you can have white skulls with this beautiful green and pink and red and blue decorations. And you can eat them because they're made of sugar. So it's a special treat that people have in the Mexican tradition on the Day of the Dead.


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[Assistant] Exactly, so a tomb is an important word. So what is a tomb? A tomb is a place where someone is buried. It's a space or a place, uhm, and it can be big or small, but it's essentially the resting place of a dead person.


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[Assistant] That's right, and a tombstone is the same as a gravestone and it's a, it's a piece of rock on which you write the name and the birth date and the death date of the person that is buried there.


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[Assistant] Well the first phrase should be obvious by now because it is the name of the holiday we're talking about and the name is the Day of the Dead. The Day of the Dead.


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[Assistant] It is, and uh, it's the day of the dead because it's the day in which people around the world celebrate the departed. It's, it's when they talk about and remember people that they loved who have died.


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[Assistant] The phrase loved ones might not be obvious to many people because


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[Assistant] You can love many people and many things, but loved ones is a phrase that generally means the people that you care about the most, your friends and your family, so.


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[Assistant] Uhm, or he was in the hospital and all of his loved ones visited him.


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[Assistant] That's right. So the phrase to camp out means to stay overnight to bring food and a tent or blankets. And it essentially means to make a camp so you can stay there. And this is very unusual to me because I can't imagine sleeping in a graveyard. I think I get the goosebumps.


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[Assistant] Right, you can camp or you can camp out and camp out generally means that you're staying in a place that is temporary.


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[Assistant] Well, Veterans Day is a day when we celebrate people who were killed in wars or people who participated in wars. So in America, we have a day called Memorial Day in which we remember the people who have died serving the country in the military. And so Memorial Day is a day in which many people like to go to the graveyards and to lay flowers or to remember the dead.


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[Assistant] Wow, that's really nice though as a gesture because it's another way to remember the person and to celebrate how, how, like things that were happy for them.


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[Assistant] That's right. So please share with us on our website EnglishPod.com your own traditions and the culture that you have in your home country or town. And we're very curious to hear those, but also if you have questions as always, please ask because we're happy to answer those.


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[Assistant] The Japanese authorities say that they've detected radioactive contamination in food as they are trying to fix the rigged nuclear power plant at Fukushima. Officials said they'd found radiation levels above safety limits in milk and vegetables originating from the Fukushima area.


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[Assistant] Traces of radioactive iodine were also reported in tap water near Tokyo. But the government said the levels present posed no risk to human health.


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[Assistant] The governing party in the southern Indian state of Tamilnatu said it will provide all households in the state with free food mixer if it's boated back into power.


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[Assistant] The DMK party, a key ally of the Congress led government, is also offering free laptops for college students and free rice for nearly two million very poor families.


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[Assistant] Okay Wukong, I will give you until the end of the day to fix my ginseng tree.


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[Assistant] If you can't, the Tang Monk goes into the frying pan.


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[Assistant] I would like to share some ginseng fruit with everyone here.


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[Assistant] Journey to the West, Chapter 45, The Treasure in the Well.


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[Assistant] The Tang monk introduced himself to the prince and then waved toward the others.


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[Assistant] The Tang monk reached into his robe. He pulled out the jade coin.


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[Assistant] Bodgie, wake up! The pig rolled over.


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[Assistant] I know where there's treasure. The monkey lied. Bajie's eyes popped open.


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[Assistant] The treasure is in this well, said the monkey, pulling the lid off. Bajie peered down into the darkness.


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[Assistant] Angry, Bajie dived down deeper and deeper until he arrived at a palace.


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[Assistant] The Well Dragon King led Bajie into a room.


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[Assistant] The pig gasped. The body of a man lay on a table.


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[Assistant] He lifted the king's body and headed back to the well.


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[Assistant] The next morning, the Tang monk looked at the king's body.


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[Assistant] Cried the monkey. The Tang Monk smiled.


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[Assistant] And my name is Katherine, so today we're talking about something that everyone who's ever lived away from home has felt before.


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[Assistant] Alright, so let's take a look at that in today's language preview. Vocabulary preview.


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[Assistant] Well, yeaah, you, you could say, I'm homesick right now, or are you feeling homesick? Uhm, so it's a word that means I miss my home, I miss my family, I'm far away, or I haven't seen my family in a long time, and for some reason you just feel sad.


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[Assistant] We've been through this already. Look, I know the adjustment was hard when you first got here, but we agree that you're gonna try and deal with it.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it can get pretty lonely over the holidays. When I first got here, I'd get depressed and nostalgic for anything that reminded me of home.


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[Assistant] Let's get you suited up and hit the dance club tonight.


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[Assistant] Oh man, it's the worst during the holidays because you think of all the traditions and all the things that you normally do at home and you're not doing them.


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[Assistant] This first one is key, right? So when you move away from home or when you move to a new place, you have a period of adjustment. So adjustment is kind of finding the right balance or doing something so that you can kind of feel comfortable.


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[Assistant] Or your new environment. So many times people say, wow, moving to China must be a big adjustment.


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[Assistant] Well, we've got this next phrase that's, uh, that's really important, I think, but often gets overlooked. We say the comforts of home, right?


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[Assistant] So comfort's pretty easy, right? Feeling comfortable so you have comfort. But the comforts of home are things that are different with every person. But those are things that you have at your home or your childhood home or your parents' home that make you feel good and feel happy.


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[Assistant] Oh, you're making me nostalgic and I've never even been. Alright, well this is our next word actually.


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[Assistant] Nostalgia is a good warm fond memory of something.


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[Assistant] So yea, you feel bummed out when something bad or sad happens to you.


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[Assistant] Alright, this first one is something that you often say to old friends or family. You know, when you're friends with someone, they go through periods of happiness and sadness, and so when someone's going through a down period again, you say, ugh, we've been through this already.


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[Assistant] Right. You can imagine two bank robbers who are going over their plan for the 10th time and then one says to the other, hey, we've been through this already, you should know the plan by now.


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[Assistant] Well, the next couple of phrases have to do with the friend's suggestions because she has a lot of ideas to cheer her friend up, the depressed one. And the first thing she says is, hey, let's hit the dance club.


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[Assistant] Exactly, it doesn't have to be a dance club, but let's hit that concert tonight.


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[Assistant] Exactly. And this is a very kind of spoken language, so you wouldn't say this in your essays, but it's a good way to talk about plans with friends.


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[Assistant] So wingman, you have to think about wing meaning side, not like a bird's wing. So a wing means side and a wingman is a guy who will go with you to a bar or a club to kind of help you find a date or a girl or someone to talk to.


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[Assistant] And, you know, the key is that people don't like to go alone to bars, right? Because you feel sad and then you're, you look weird because you're all alone. And the same is true for girls. And so if a guy wants to go to a bar and he sees two girls, well he has to have a friend to talk to the other girl.


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[Assistant] So a wingman also helps in that sense. He helps balance things.


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[Assistant] Okay, now this is important, a lot of people who are depressed or sad, when they drink, they drink a lot. And so binge means to do something in excess, to do it too much. Okay.


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[Assistant] Tom, how are you? Hey, we missed you at the party last night. Are you okay?


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[Assistant] We've been through this already. Look, I know the adjustment was hard when you first got here, but we agree that you're gonna try and deal with it.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it can get pretty lonely over the holidays. When I first got here, I'd get depressed and nostalgic for anything that reminded me of home.


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[Assistant] Okay, how does this sound? Let's get you suited up and hit the dance club tonight.


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[Assistant] I hear that an awesome DJ is playing and there will be a lot of pretty single girls there.


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[Assistant] I do, uhm, well my family has a lot of Christmas traditions that are just really kind of wonderful and we do them every single year. And so the first time I spent Christmas away I was


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[Assistant] Well you guys should tell us, do you ever feel homesick? And if you do, what do you feel homesick about? What do you miss?


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[Assistant] Yes, we're curious to hear your answers. We have a website, EnglishPod.com. You can of course also leave us questions. We're happy to answer those. And until next time everyone. Bye bye.


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[Assistant] Yes, I do, said Wukong. Sun Wukong is my twin brother. My name is Sun Kong Wu.


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[Assistant] I know I won't turn into liquid because I'm going to live forever. But I still have to save my friends. I have an idea!


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[Assistant] Hello sir, said Wukong. Are you enjoying your lunch?


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[Assistant] You captured my nephews! Return them at once!


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[Assistant] I know that, said the monkey. I wasn't serious about going home. But I'm angry with Master. How many times have I warned him about demons? He never believes me! If he had listened to me earlier, he wouldn't have been kidnapped.


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[Assistant] Our master was kidnapped by a demon, said Wukong. We think the demon lives near here, but we don't know where.


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[Assistant] The old demon king is an old friend of mine.


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[Assistant] Before I caused trouble in heaven, I was friends with a group of demon kings. The Bolt Demon King was one of them.


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[Assistant] When I tell Red Boy who I am, he'll release the Tang Monk right away.


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[Assistant] Do you think I'm scared of your little weapon?


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[Assistant] I also have a powerful weapon, said Red Boy.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think he, he did something to his girlfriend or wife. And, well, that's the typical thing, right? You do something wrong, so you gotta get her flowers.


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[Assistant] Alright, we're back, so what do you think? Is this really like a bad thing to do?


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[Assistant] Alright, so we'll give our listeners some advice towards the end of the lesson. So now why don't we take a look at all the flower names in Language Takeaway.


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[Assistant] Wow, that's interesting. So next time somebody says, do you think money grows on trees? In Holland it literally did.


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[Assistant] Okay, a water lily or just a regular lily. And next we have the most common of all the flowers. Uhm, but we've added a little twist to it. It's a long stem rose.


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[Assistant] And then he was explaining to the shop lady what happened and he said, well, I accidentally insinuated.


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[Assistant] Alright, very good, so why don't we listen to the dialogue for the last time and we'll be back.


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[Assistant] Alright, so if you make a mistake, like as a guy, right? You give flowers to your girlfriend. What about women giving flowers to guys? Is that common? Do you think that's possible? Can you do that?


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[Assistant] Like, I think as a guy I wouldn't really feel comfortable receiving flowers.


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[Assistant] I mean, I would be touched by the gesture and I would be like, oh, that's really sweet, but like flowers, it's a little bit too feminine, I think.


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[Assistant] Ah, that's good. Yeah, this is kind of interesting. Why do we do this though? Why do we give gifts to people as a token or as a demonstration of our, of our regretfulness?


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[Assistant] Alright, so if you have any questions, doubts, or comments, please come to our website EnglishPod.com and we'll see you guys there.


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[Assistant] Right, it's an advanced media lesson, and we are going to be listening to an apology. Well, it's an apology letter, but we're gonna actually have someone talk it out.


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[Assistant] Apologizing and at the same time expressing love and all these feelings. So it was very interesting, but why don't we take a look at a couple of phrases. Now in advanced media, we're not going to analyze the entire dialogue or as we do in the other levels, actually pick out


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[Assistant] Uh, items for language takeaway or fluency builder. So in advanced media, we're only gonna pick out a couple of words and phrases and just talk about it and talk about the topic in general.


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[Assistant] Right, so if you fail someone it means that you let that person down.


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[Assistant] So when I really needed that person the most, that person didn't come through or let me down or failed me.


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[Assistant] And then he says, and now I come asking for your forgiveness.


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[Assistant] Right, so he says when everything else was too much to handle, so everything was so difficult or it was overwhelming.


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[Assistant] He said this about my brother, he was very difficult growing up. He's too difficult to handle.


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[Assistant] Alright, well what about in the part where he says, you place comfort where there was fear, confidence where there was doubt. So this structure is interesting because you placed something where there used to be something else.


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[Assistant] Right, exactly. So that's an interesting format of saying something. You did something where there used to be something else.


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[Assistant] Alright, and uh, what about this word to jeopardize?


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[Assistant] So, you don't like to jeopardize your well-being.


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[Assistant] Alright, very good. And uh, last but not least, this, almost the last phrase when he says, even though distance separated us, just being was enough. What does he mean when he says just being was enough?


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[Assistant] Okay, very good. I think we should listen to this apology letter one more time and we'll be back.


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[Assistant] Alright, so what do you think he did that he's apologizing in this way? Because I don't think there were a couple, right? Because he mentions friendship a couple of times.


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[Assistant] Right. But yeah, I guess, but do you think he's confessing his love in a certain way here?


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[Assistant] Well, maybe uhm, he did something that let her down. Maybe he became jealous of her new boyfriend or something like that.


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[Assistant] So eh, an apology, is it? Do you usually plan out what you wanna say or you just like, you just splurge your feelings onto the paper?


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[Assistant] Of course. So this is an interesting topic and we recommend that if you have any other questions or doubts or maybe you want some other explanation for this letter, you can come to EnglishPod.com, leave it in the comments section and we'll be there. So until next time. Bye!


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[Assistant] I've missed you. It's time for you to return to your palace.


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[Assistant] And my name is Katherine and today, Marco, we're talking about something that I know you're a big fan of.


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[Assistant] Awesome. So before we get started, we do have the name of the game that we're going to look at. So let's listen to that in today's vocabulary preview. Vocabulary preview.


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[Assistant] Wow, sounds really exciting. Well, we're going to learn more about the specific vocab that goes with computer games and video games in a minute. But first, let's take a listen to our dialogue.


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[Assistant] So our users might have heard this phrase first person before because it's a grammar term in many ways. We talk about I, I do this, I can sing, that's the first person. But when we're talking about games, first person shooter means that what you do, you're doing as if you were the character in the game.


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[Assistant] Okay, so you don't see the body. You are the body of the person. You are the body, exactly. So first person shooter. So shooter obviously means that this is a shooting game. What you do is you pull the trigger.


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[Assistant] Okay, so multi is a prefix. It goes at the beginning of a word. In English that means many. So you can hear multicolored or multi-ethnic.


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[Assistant] Right. And the meaning of this is that there are many different colors or many different ethnicities or in this case multiplayer, many different players at the same time. Exactly.


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[Assistant] Okay, so online, you've heard before, online means on the internet, but in this case, the action of using the internet is called going online. So, uh, I want to go online to read my email.


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[Assistant] Well, the last word we've got here in Language Takeaway is a very important one. We talk about video games because many people are in this situation. They're hooked on video games.


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[Assistant] Exactly, so I'm hooked on the TV show True Blood. I love to watch it and I love, every day I run home so I can watch it. But is there a game that you're hooked on Marco?


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[Assistant] When I borrowed your PS3, I was hooked on Bad Company.


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[Assistant] Okay, so let's take a look at the, uh, the infinitive version of this phrase. So, to blow someone off. And they all go together. It's a fixed phrase. And this means to have an appointment with someone, but to not go.


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[Assistant] No, so it's, it's a surprise. It's like, uh, you expect someone to come meet you or do something with you, but they don't plant, they don't say anything and they don't go.


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[Assistant] That means you're not getting anything out of this. You're not benefiting. It means that you could spend your time doing other things.


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[Assistant] So your mother might say to you when you're a kid, don't waste your time on games, you should be studying.


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[Assistant] I've heard that, actually I've heard that in Japan, Korea, and China specifically, uhm, there are psychological treatment centers for kids.


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[Assistant] This is true, and actually some people have been using this addiction to be a productive use of their time. So you have some people who play a game called World of Warcraft.


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[Assistant] And they win money and they sell things to other players all over the world. And so you have these kids in America buying toys and like, uh, shields and gold from kids in, for example, Indonesia. And the kid in Indonesia is making money.


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[Assistant] Jingpo Lake, the largest alpine lava barrier lake in China, is as famous as Lake Geneva in Switzerland.


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[Assistant] Jingpo lake is 45 kilometers long with an average depth of 40 meters and a maximum depth of 60 meters.


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[Assistant] The winter here is cold, with an extreme minimum temperature of minus 35 degrees Celsius.


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[Assistant] At the base of the cliff is the Black Dragon Pool, 60 meters deep.


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[Assistant] Although the winter temperature here is lower than minus 20 degrees Celsius, the temperature at the bottom of the water is kept above 10 degrees Celsius all year round. And the deeper the water, the higher the temperature.


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[Assistant] Because of underground hot springs, this lake amid the ice and snow will never freeze.


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[Assistant] I'm lucky that spirit arrived, said Wukong. Now I must find my companions. I wonder where that demon lives.


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[Assistant] Another demon, thought the monkey. He probably knows the one who trapped me under the mountains.


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[Assistant] Well, said Wukong, I might be willing to trade gourds with you.


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[Assistant] I need to pretend that heaven has been sucked into a gourd, said Wukong.


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[Assistant] When I say heaven, close the gate and dim the stars.


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[Assistant] Well before we get started, let's look at what kind of surgery they're having in today's vocabulary preview. Vocabulary preview.


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[Assistant] That's right, and sometimes they add things to you, sometimes they take things away, but they're not for your health, they're not for your heart or your lungs. Right. It's for your appearance.


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[Assistant] And also called cosmetic surgery, right? That's right, and we'll be hearing that later, but cosmetic means having to do with your appearance, like cosmetics.


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[Assistant] But she doesn't seem to know why. She's just like, I'm in a bad mood. I want surgery.


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[Assistant] Okay, well this first one might be the reason for surgery, not necessarily a kind of surgery, if someone is vain.


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[Assistant] Right, and they care so much that they only care about themselves.


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[Assistant] Do I look good? I love my face, my eyes, mhm.


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[Assistant] Okay, wrinkles are little lines on your face, uh, so maybe on your forehead or next to your mouth, and generally when we get older, people get more and more of these.


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[Assistant] That's right, so sagging means uhm, means coming down, means it's heavy.


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[Assistant] So sagging, something sags. It's heavy, it pulls down. But if you have sagging skin, that means your skin is no longer tight, it's kind of loose and it hangs.


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[Assistant] That's right, so Botox is something that women and some men do every couple of months, I think, and they have to get shots.


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[Assistant] That's right. And they tighten your skin. And so you can get Botox in your, your face, your forehead or your eyes and it makes you look younger for a couple of months. I heard that they also put them in their lips to make them like fuller, right? That's right. And sometimes you can say that someone's had too much Botox because they can no longer smile.


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[Assistant] Okay, a facelift. So that means that a doctor, a plastic surgeon, will tighten the skin on your face, so he'll pull your eyes and the skin next to your ears, to make your face look younger.


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[Assistant] Well now the big ones. So we've left the face and we're talking about the rest of the body. Alright. The first one is a tummy tuck.


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[Assistant] Because tuck means to put in or to fold. And so my mom used to say tuck in your shirt. You know when your shirt comes out of your pants and that means you put it back in? Well a tuck means to fold your stomach under. It means to make your stomach look smaller. And they put staples or I think they sew you up.


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[Assistant] And suction means to pull, like a vacuum.


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[Assistant] And they usually only do it with people who are very, very fat. That means dangerously fat. Because if you do it on a skinny person, you could really hurt them.


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[Assistant] A nose job. And so nose job is very colloquial. You'll hear this on the TV. Nose job means


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[Assistant] And so often times people with really big noses want smaller noses. And so the doctor will take some bone away and will put the skin back.


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[Assistant] That's right, so breast implants, am I allowed to say boob job? Yeah, you can. Well, the very common phrase for this is boob job. Right. Uhm, boob is a very colloquial term for breasts. And breast implants are, well an implant is something that you put inside something. Okay, and so a breast implant is


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[Assistant] A piece of silicone, so it's uhm, it's, it's like plastic, but it's more like a liquid plastic. Yea, just imagine like this big plastic bag with like gel, right, inside of it. And they put that inside a woman's chest, to make her breasts bigger.


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[Assistant] And so these are very, very popular surgeries, breast implants. Right, exactly.


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[Assistant] That's right and the verb there is to get, so she had, she got breast implants.


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[Assistant] They are. The plastic surgery industry is huge. And I was just reading an article that said that, uhm, re-dos are becoming very popular. So there are doctors who perform re-dos.


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[Assistant] That's right, they're fixing other surgeries, because often times, you know, people go in, they say, I want a nose job, they get a nose job, and then it's not the nose they wanted.


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[Assistant] And so they have doctors now who specialize in fixing former surgeries. Wow.


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[Assistant] Well I'm curious what our users think about this. Have you had plastic surgery? Would you like to have plastic surgery? Let us know on our website, EnglishPod.com.


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[Assistant] Exactly, well, hopefully not like video games. We don't want to hurt anyone. Uh, but that comes a little bit later. First let's check out some of these very important phrases in today's Language Takeaway. Language Takeaway.


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[Assistant] Okay, steering wheel. So, this comes from the fact that we have a wheel that we use to turn the car left and right.


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[Assistant] And so that's called to steer, to change the direction of something.


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[Assistant] Exactly, so steering wheel is the instrument that we use to change the car's direction.


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[Assistant] Great, so rear view mirror. This is a mirror that you have in front of you in the middle of the car.


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[Assistant] And you look at this mirror to find out if there are cars behind you. So it's a rear view, that means you're looking at the back, rear means back or behind.


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[Assistant] A clutch is a pedal, it's the third pedal on the left, and you push this pedal to change gears. Okay, so some cars they don't have this. For those of you who don't, don't worry about it. But if you do, a clutch is on the far left, it's the third pedal.


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[Assistant] That's right, because if you're driving, you know that you can't go from first to fifth gear, right? There's four or five gears. And so you have to go one, two, three, four, five. You have to go in order. So we're shifting. We're moving up or we're moving down. So that's called to shift.


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[Assistant] Exactly, and so normally the car starts in N, neutral, that's when you're at a break, you're to stop.


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[Assistant] That's right, and it's especially useful if you're trying to teach someone how to drive. Yeaah, cause not everyone knows how to drive manual.


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[Assistant] Well the first phrase is maybe the most important when driving. It's the first thing you do. You start the car.


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[Assistant] No, so you put the key in the ignition and you start the car. That means you, vroom, you know, you turn it on.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it's a way to say a lot. So uhm, I've heard him say this a million times.


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[Assistant] Okay, so this is a very common car phrase again, especially when you're dealing with the police. So to pull over means to slow the car down and to stop it on the side of the road.


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[Assistant] So pull over your car, that means slow down and stop the car on the side. Because obviously you can't stop in the middle of the road.


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[Assistant] They'll never take me alive! That's what the character says, and so, this is a phrase that we use when we're talking about people who are running away from the law. So there, he says, they'll never capture me, and if they do, I'll be dead. So he's saying either I run free or I die.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I'm not sure what the reason would be. I think a lot of American car makers manufacture more automatic cars in general. Uhm, some people say that it's because uhm, people in America are less concerned with gas, but uhm, if you have a manual transmission, you can actually conserve a bit of gas, and so because gas prices in Europe are higher generally,


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[Assistant] That's right. Well and I personally think that it's better to learn how to drive on a manual transmission car because you can drive any car afterwards. Right. But if you learn on an automatic, you'll never know how to drive a manual.


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[Assistant] Your time nears its end, witches. Enjoy things while you can.


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[Assistant] In the last video, we saw that if we started with a massive star, about 9 to 20 times the mass of the sun,


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[Assistant] And when it finally matures, the remnant of the star is roughly, or that remnant core of the star is roughly one and a half to three times


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[Assistant] A lot of the, uh, I guess outer material of the star, and this is really the mass of the remnant of the star, kind of the core of the star.


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[Assistant] But at that remnant, once it stops fusing, once it stops having outward pressure, once it has enough


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[Assistant] This we saw in the last video will cause a supernova, it will cause a shockwave to move out through the rest of the material and essentially cause it to blow up and this will condense, this will condense into a neutron star.


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[Assistant] Now in this video, what I want to talk about is what if we're starting with a star that has a mass more than, this is give or take, we don't know the actual firm boundaries here, but what if we have a star


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[Assistant] What if we have a star that is more than 20 times the mass of the sun? And this is kind of the original mass before the star burns itself out.


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[Assistant] When that star has kind of reached this old age, once it has that iron core, it has more than, so I could say the remnant, the remnant, the dense remnant has more than three to four times


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[Assistant] All of the mass in these stars will just keep imploding. So in the neutron, so we imagine the first in kind of sun-like stars, things would collapse into white dwarfs. Maybe I should draw that in white.


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[Assistant] So they would collapse into white dwarfs. No, that's not white either. There you go. They would collapse into white dwarfs eventually. So this is a white dwarf.


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[Assistant] And here, the pressure that's keeping this from collapsing further is electron degeneracy pressure. The atoms are squeezed so much that the electrons are essentially keeping them from squeezing anymore. But if the pressure gets large enough, then you have the neutron star. So you have even more mass and even a smaller electron.


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[Assistant] And I'm not drawing this to scale. Neutron stars are tiny. White dwarf stars are on the scale of an Earth-like planet. Neutron stars, we learned in the last video, are on the scale of a city. So they're super dense, super tiny. And this has more mass than this over here.


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[Assistant] In fact, maybe you'll actually just draw it as a dot, just so you have a sense of how dense it is. It's really just like one big atomic nucleus, or, uh, well, it's still small, but it's the size of a city. It's like a nucleus the size of a city. But this right here is a neutron star.


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[Assistant] And what's unintuitive about what I'm drawing is each of these smaller things have more mass. This overcame the electron degeneracy pressure to collapse even further. But if the mass is large enough, and this is what we're talking about in this video,


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[Assistant] Even the neutron degeneracy power will, pressure will not be able to keep that mass from collapsing. And there's even theoretical, uh, quark stars where the quark degeneracy pressure, but if you could even be on that, that it all collapses into a, into a single point, and I'm simplifying here, but it simp, it collapses into a single point of infinite density. Infinite mass density.


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[Assistant] And this, this is really the mass of a black hole. And I'm calling it the mass of a black hole because there's different ways how you can view where a black hole starts and ends or what exactly is the black hole. So this is all the mass, all the mass of the black hole, of the black hole. Or we could say of the original star.


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[Assistant] So when we're talking about that remnant being 3 to 4 solar masses, all of that mass is now being contained. Well, not all of it. Some of it was released as energy during the supernova, and that was also true of the neutron star. But most of that mass is now being contained in this infinitely small point.


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[Assistant] And you'll hear physicists and mathematicians talk about singularities. Singularities.


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[Assistant] are really points, even in mathematics, where everything breaks down, where nothing starts to make sense anymore, where the mathematical equations don't give you a defined answer. And this is a singularity because you have


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[Assistant] A ton of mass in an infinitely small space. You essentially have an infinite density right here. And this is hard to visualize, but you have kind of an infinite curvature in space-time right here. And I can't visualize that, so maybe we'll think about that in more videos. But the reason why I said


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[Assistant] It's, it's, it's, there's different ways to think about where a black hole is, or where it starts and ends, is that this is where the mass is. So, and if there's any other mass that was over here, it would obviously be attracted to this mass, and then become part of that singularity. It would add to that mass, that, that already huge mass that's in an infinitely small point in space.


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[Assistant] But the reason why the boundary is hard to define is because there's some point at which, there's some point at space around that singularity at which no matter


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[Assistant] What that thing is, no matter how much energy that thing has, it will not be able to escape the gravitational influence of the black hole, of that ultra-dense mass.


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[Assistant] So even if it was electromagnetic radiation, even if it was light, and even if it's light that's shown away from the mass, it will eventually have to go back. It will not be able to escape the gravitational influence. And so the boundary


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[Assistant] The boundary, where if you're within that boundary, that's really a sphere, so that boundary around the singularity.


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[Assistant] That boundary around singularity where if you're within the boundary, no matter what you do, no matter if you're electromagnetic radiation, you're still going to, you're never going to be able to escape the black hole. If you are beyond that boundary, you might be able to escape the black hole. So this guy could escape. This guy over here, no matter what he does.


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[Assistant] Is going to have to go back into the black hole. This boundary right here is called the event horizon.


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[Assistant] This right here is the event horizon, another word.


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[Assistant] It will be black in the purest sense. It will not emit any type of radiation from the black hole itself, from that mass. And so here are some


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[Assistant] Here are some depictions I got from NASA of black holes.


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[Assistant] And so just to be clear what's happening here, what you're seeing here is black. That is not, you can view that as the black hole. When people talk about the black hole, that's often what they're talking about. But there's a point of infinite density at the center of this black sphere right here. And what you see is that black sphere, that really is the boundary of the event horizon. So this right here is the boundary of the event horizon.


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[Assistant] And what we're seeing right here is the accretion disk around the black hole. As, as all of this matter gets closer and closer to it, it's being squeezed more and more, it's moving faster and faster and getting hotter and hotter, and that's why the way this art is depicted looks like this stuff.


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[Assistant] Over here is redder and hotter than the stuff further out. It's just accelerating as it approaches that event horizon. Once it approaches that, once it's in the event horizon, we cannot even see the light that it's emitting, even though it would be, you know, starting to become unbelievably energetic.


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[Assistant] Here's some other pictures. This is a picture of a star being ripped apart. Not a picture, this is actually an artist's depiction. All of these are artist's depictions. We never were able to get such good pictures of actual action occurring near black holes. These are artist's depictions. But this is a star being ripped apart by a black hole. So this star is getting pretty close.


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[Assistant] Pretty close to this black hole, already out here where the star is.


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[Assistant] Very strong gravitational attraction. So any mass that's being emitted from the star in that direction is slowly being pulled into the black hole. So the star is kind of being ripped apart by the black hole. This is maybe a better depiction of it. This is the star at first. And once it gets under, once it becomes under the influence of


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[Assistant] of the black hole's gravitation, it starts to kind of elongate and gets ripped apart and its matter goes, starts spiraling in closer and closer to that black hole and then once it's in the event horizon, we won't even see it anymore because even the light from that, from that matter that is intensely hot


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[Assistant] Uh, matter that's entering into the black hole cannot even escape the black hole itself. Anyway, hopefully you found that interesting and, you know, I wanna be clear.


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[Assistant] We still don't understand a lot about black holes. In fact, you know this whole notion of a singularity.


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[Assistant] Is a pretty good sign that our theory isn't complete. Because if our theory is complete, we would maybe get something a little bit more sensical than just all of our equations not making sense at that infinitely dense point. Anyway, hopefully you found that interesting.


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[Assistant] Cockatrices, also known as scoffins, are a kind of ornithosaur. They're twice the size of a large bird. The link between reptiles and birds. They resemble roosters, hence their common name. Go on.


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[Assistant] The cockatrice is frequently mistaken for a basilisk, but they're two separate species.


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[Assistant] Contrary to common belief, the cockatrice's gaze does not turn people to stone, but one should beware of its beak. The monster's beak is apt to tear its opponent's vital organs out with surgical precision.


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[Assistant] Often, the victim is slain immediately, especially when taken from behind. So how would you say the beast can be killed? You'll need to excel at swordsmanship. Without a silver sword it'll be more difficult.


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[Assistant] A cockatrice likes to sneak up from behind and attack. Its eyes are quite a versatile component, and precious.


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[Assistant] Its tail feathers are even more valuable. Impressive knowledge. I confess my knowledge of monsters ends with a cockatrice.


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[Assistant] My late father, Ike of Danel, may he rest in peace, left me an engraving of the beast. There were many more engravings, but they were lost inside a manticore's stomach.


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[Assistant] Only the cockatrice's image survived.


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[Assistant] When I reached the site of their struggle, the monster was in horrible pain, second from dying. When it could not dislodge my father from his armor, it nearly swallowed the old man whole.


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[Assistant] Later they would say the sacred fire in Ike's soul burnt the monster's heart. A heroic death. May he rest in peace. Think you can kill the cockatrice?


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[Assistant] I've no desire to argue, we're both here. There's no reason to await the other's turn, especially while there are drowners here too. Let's join forces instead. I long to see your combat skills, and I assure you, my sword is at your disposal.


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[Assistant] You killed the cockatrice. On behalf of King Foltest, I grant you an official pardon. Finally, this absurdity is over.


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[Assistant] Take your belongings from the trunk before I sell them. And remember the reward on the cockatrice's head. Vincent gets very excited about trophies.


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[Assistant] He has powerful friends. Let that be a warning. Don't annoy those more powerful than you.


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[Assistant] No idea. Money was transferred from Vivaldi's dwarven bank. Impossible to trace. Drop it. I could get into trouble talking like this.


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[Assistant] It's not royal gold, privately funded. Interesting.


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[Assistant] There's also payments for salamander badges taken from dead bandits. I can't tell you.


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[Assistant] The parcel's missing from my belongings. Good glad you're not doing extra time for it. We've confiscated it. Don't mention it to the captain. Damned thieves.


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[Assistant] Tala, the fence. Hester and his living somehow.


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[Assistant] Before we let the professor out, Taller and Vincent were chatting in the courtyard.


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[Assistant] I marked the place on the map, but don't kill him. We have a deal with him. You should drop that habit. Maybe, but not today.


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[Assistant] Journey to the West, Chapter 1, The Monkey.


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[Assistant] The sun, the moon, heaven and earth all work their magic on the rock. One day the rock split open.


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[Assistant] For a moment the light reached the cloud palace in heaven. The Jade Emperor, ruler of heaven, sat up.


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[Assistant] He turned to one of his captains who was standing nearby.


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[Assistant] He looked out the southern gate of heaven and saw the monkey on earth below. The light was gone, but the captain had magical sight. He could see everything that had just happened.


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[Assistant] All the monkeys and apes looked at one another. They shook their heads.


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[Assistant] I'm not going to try, said a tall monkey.


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[Assistant] Me neither, said a short monkey. A voice called out.


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[Assistant] Monkeys flashed through the waterfall and landed in a large cave.


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[Assistant] The cave was filled with bamboo, trees and beautiful flowers.


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[Assistant] Journey to the West. Chapter 8. A Job in Heaven.


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[Assistant] The Jade Emperor was sitting on his throne in the Cloud Palace. A messenger ran into the court.


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[Assistant] Said the emperor. The dragon king entered and bowed.


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[Assistant] The jade emperor raised his eyebrows.


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[Assistant] Wukong was telling his subjects about his adventure in the land of darkness.


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[Assistant] Wukong noticed a spirit standing nearby He pulled out his iron bar


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[Assistant] When Wukong entered the royal court in the Cloud Palace, he didn't bow.


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[Assistant] Said Venus. The Jade Emperor looked at Venus and smiled.


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[Assistant] The next morning, a gardener showed Wukong the peach garden.


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[Assistant] Bright glowing peaches hung from every branch.


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[Assistant] Each morning, Wukong inspected the trees in the garden. He took his job very seriously.


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[Assistant] Wukong thought one day. He looked around. None of the gardeners were in sight.


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[Assistant] Perhaps we can ask the sage Erlang to capture him, said Guan Yin.


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[Assistant] A traveller from distant lands. He has lost something he now seeks.


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[Assistant] Indeed. Creatures have made nests in the clay pits.


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[Assistant] We're poor folks. I can pay no more than 50 orans.


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[Assistant] Towards the landing, but take the other road at the fork. At its end you'll spot our tormentors.


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[Assistant] Wonderful. Now we prepare for the coming of the Lords.


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[Assistant] He fulfilled all her wishes and she took advantage of his might.


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[Assistant] Those spared the ravages of time survive at the cemetery, where they remain motionless.


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[Assistant] Yes. Asking about alchemies. He wondered about the mage's tower. Kalkstein Dapless sent him.


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[Assistant] Not monsters, but men. Evil men from drylands, flaming lizards. Beware!


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[Assistant] Please help. One of our children is missing. The boy has always returned quickly until now.


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[Assistant] Blasphemy! The druids must have him to transform into a dryad!


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[Assistant] The boy is gone. A warning to all. We must prepare.


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[Assistant] The Water Lords grant mercy to those who recognize the truth of their mission. The Woodcutters have naught to fear.


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[Assistant] If the lords see no falsity in your heart, they will lift you up, and the woodcutters need fear no more.


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[Assistant] But first, you must last the night in a sign of humility.


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[Assistant] We communicate through objects we conceal in the altar. We receive answers after a lord has visited.


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[Assistant] We believe the world emerged from the waters which will engulf the world once more. The dry lands birthed all evil.


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[Assistant] The Water Lords are divine beings who have retained ancient wisdom. But beneath them lies the One God, the creator of all, the dweller of the deep, the one who will come in anger.


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[Assistant] A god above all gods. I cannot speak of him with the uninitiated.


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[Assistant] You are not one of us. Contact the Lords and acknowledge their power.


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[Assistant] Bruise and incense. When placed on the altar, our ill recover miraculously.


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[Assistant] Avoid gifts unpleasing to the lords. All that harms life-giving waters.


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[Assistant] All trappings of dry land signify resentment.


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[Assistant] A great battle between a man with a fiery soul and an elven lord. Who won? Our lords were victorious. Praise be to them!


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[Assistant] They separate our kin into groups. Armed guards watch them.


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[Assistant] I saw one group by the Fallen Tower. Please help them. I'll reward you.


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[Assistant] From a drowned woman born, he shall lead those who walk the Lord's path to the underwater kingdom.


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[Assistant] If you are to destroy the bandits, seek the hierophant in the grove. The druids are watching, Salamandra.


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[Assistant] My Neighborhood, written by Veronica Angel.


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[Assistant] Illustrated by Chris Baldwin.


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[Assistant] This is my neighborhood.


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[Assistant] There are houses in my neighborhood.


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[Assistant] There is a school in my neighborhood.


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[Assistant] There is a park in my neighborhood.


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[Assistant] There is a fire station in my neighborhood.


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[Assistant] There is a grocery store in my neighborhood.


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[Assistant] There is a bakery in my neighborhood. I love where I live.


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[Assistant] Not only that, but you made a promise to Guan Yin.


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[Assistant] Perhaps Wukong, it is you who has a bad attitude?


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[Assistant] A monkey named Sun Wukong ate all the peaches.


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[Assistant] I sent 100,000 soldiers to arrest him. They'll bring him back to heaven soon.


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[Assistant] Well maybe then you should resolve to sticking to your goals and objectives.


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[Assistant] I don't agree, but anyways, I think you should start thinking of a New Year's resolution yourself.


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[Assistant] Well maybe then you should resolve to sticking to your goals and objectives.


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[Assistant] Well, I would go if you kept your promise of going to the gym with me every day.


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[Assistant] Well maybe then you should resolve to sticking to your goals and objectives.


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[Assistant] Well, I would go if you kept your promise of going to the gym with me every day.


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[Assistant] You want to demonstrate superiority by throwing food at me as if I were wild? Cease your patronizing, human.


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[Assistant] Okay, so that means we have some dirty clothes, they need to be cleaned. Let's listen to this dialogue one time, and when we come back, we'll be talking about the words and phrases that you hear in it.


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[Assistant] Marco, you already told our listeners about one phrase, uh, to dry clean, so dry cleaned.


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[Assistant] Okay, so to starch something means to use, uh, some powder or chemical to make something stiff or, uh, hard.


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[Assistant] Exactly. So you think of a shirt with many buttons that a man wears to work. He has a collar around his neck and that needs to be high and tall. It can't be flat and wrinkled. And so a dry cleaner will use starch to make sure that this stands up.


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[Assistant] Okay, this is a phrase we use in English to say that we're happy about something or that we're relieved. Okay? So maybe I'm nervous that the male


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[Assistant] Isn't going to come today. And then the mail comes and I say, oh, thank God the mail came.


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[Assistant] ASAP, so as soon as possible. It's an acronym, so the first letter comes from the word. It means as soon as possible, very quickly, right away.


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[Assistant] Exactly, so you can say it either way ASAP or ASAP and it means immediately.


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[Assistant] Okay, so that might not be fast enough for the clients, for the person here who has the stain, but uh, the end of the week is a very, very useful phrase because it means uhm, that maybe today is Monday or Tuesday, by


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[Assistant] Or the end of the year. Exactly. So the end of is usually, uhm, the last time. So, uhm, thank goodness it's the end of the week. I'm ready for my weekend.


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[Assistant] It is frustrating. It takes some practice. Uh, my suggestion is to use the, the spritzer. You know that in the iron there's some water that can come out.


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[Assistant] Right? Because if you iron over that, it's more permanent.


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[Assistant] Journey to the West. Chapter 52. An ocean from a vase.


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[Assistant] Wukong and Guanyin stood on the lotus platform above Red Boy's mountain.


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[Assistant] Soon there wasn't a single animal anywhere near the mountain.


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[Assistant] Now I can pour the water out, said Guanyin. She tipped the vase and rolling waves of water poured out. The waves washed down the slopes of the mountain.


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[Assistant] Red boy ran out of the cave looking furious.


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[Assistant] Then he noticed the ocean surrounding his mountain.


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[Assistant] Red boy grunted and stabbed again.


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[Assistant] Wukong swung his iron bar, nearly knocking the lance from Red Boy's hands.


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[Assistant] The two fought until Wukong, pretending to be scared, leaped into the air. Red Boy followed. Up into the sky they flew. Red Boy kept jabbing his lance at Wukong. The monkey blocked it with his iron bar.


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[Assistant] Wukong hurried toward Guan Yin on the Lotus Platform. He flew fast and ducked behind her. When Red Boy saw the Bodhisattva, he stopped.


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[Assistant] Guan Yin stared back at the demon, but she didn't say a word.


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[Assistant] Shouted Red Boy. Again, Guan Yin didn't answer.


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[Assistant] Guan Yin continued to stare silently at Red Boy. The demon became furious.


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[Assistant] He raised his lance and shot toward Guan Yin. The Bodhisattva vanished. Red Boy laughed.


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[Assistant] A book wherein all beasts are described and shown. Know what it says there? What?


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[Assistant] Each monster embodies a human iniquity. Devourers. Gluttony. Vampires. Drunkenness.


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[Assistant] A huge wolf has appeared in the swamp and the locals claim Wyverns steal their children.


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[Assistant] Locals, nothing but trouble. I probably tried to drive the wyverns off.


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[Assistant] Not on my table, Mr. Geralt. Stinks of disease. Here's 600 orins. What paintings?


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[Assistant] Relax, foal test. My children will rule this land. I don't intend to destroy it.


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[Assistant] We tried to fight him, but he was too powerful. He stole most of our things and kidnapped many of us.


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[Assistant] Who is he? Where does he live? He is called the Demon of Chaos.


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[Assistant] He came from the north. Wait here!


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[Assistant] I know, Red Boy. He's very nice. I doubt he'll harm the Tang Monk.


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[Assistant] That vase just traveled around the world, through all the oceans and rivers.


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[Assistant] It now holds an ocean's worth of water. Magic water. The water will put out Red Boy's fire.


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[Assistant] I think Lucky wants to read too, I say. We read to Lucky. Goodnight, Lucky.


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[Assistant] The mage died ages ago, and the tower was forgotten.


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[Assistant] The power within it attracted and deformed nearby creatures. In short, it breeds monsters. Precisely.


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[Assistant] I want to examine that source, witcher, and write a dissertation, certain to immortalize my name. I'll have access to secrets that have been hidden away in that tower for years. Unfortunately, the tower is locked.


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[Assistant] In old books, too. Recorded wisdom is infinitely more reliable.


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[Assistant] Sephiroth! So the old scrolls are true!


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[Assistant] That madman draws power from fire. It's the element of chaos, uncontrollable by rational thought, the opposite of the order embodied in the other elements.


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[Assistant] Speak softly, or someone will spot us together.


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[Assistant] I can handle it. I promise I won't ask for anything else. Besides, it's not like I'm gonna throw up or anything. Let him go, Carol. He'll be fine.


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[Assistant] How did you get so powerful? A sage taught me secret formulas.


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[Assistant] I practiced them for many years. I am now equal to the Jade Emperor.


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[Assistant] No, said Wukong. I'm not leaving until I get to rule heaven.


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[Assistant] I can change into other animals said Wukong. I can soar through the sky on clouds. I can do anything I want.


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[Assistant] That's easy. I can jump across entire oceans.


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[Assistant] I'm going to jump farther than you could ever imagine. When I return, I'll be the ruler of heaven!


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[Assistant] I'll go back now and tell Buddha to take the Jade Emperor away. Heaven is mine!


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[Assistant] How will I prove that I was here?


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[Assistant] I'll write a note on this pillar. Buddha can come here and check.


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[Assistant] Yes, I did. I reached the end of the world. There were five enormous pillars. I even rode on one. Come with me and I'll show you.


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[Assistant] Don't answer a question with a question. Let me rephrase.


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[Assistant] This is Ramsmeet's house, and he never spoke of a visiting mutant so scram.


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[Assistant] This piece of iron really is magical! I bet it will do whatever I want it to do!


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[Assistant] I had no idea. I'll take care of it.


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[Assistant] Your reputation precedes you. Meaning?


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[Assistant] Five monsters lie dead. Worth a reward. This runic stone should be useful. What pays well.


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[Assistant] A huge wolf has appeared in the swamp and the locals claim Wyverns steal their children.


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[Assistant] Locals, nothing but trouble. I probably tried to drive the wyverns off.


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[Assistant] I'll bet that head priest wants to keep our row. He's planning to kill us.


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[Assistant] What happened here? The head priest tried to kill you.


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[Assistant] The rest of the building's burned. I used my magic for that too.


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[Assistant] I used a spell that protected only your building and the robe. The spell made the fire spread everywhere else though.


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[Assistant] Just bring us the robe so we can continue our journey to the west.


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[Assistant] How dare you try to burn my master! I should club you with my iron bar!


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[Assistant] Exactly, so we're gonna be looking for a Christmas gift and so let's listen to our dialogue for the first time and we'll be back to explain some words.


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[Assistant] Bill, Bill, you gotta help me. What's wrong? Slow down or you're gonna give yourself a heart attack. Tomorrow is Christmas and I haven't bought my mom anything. I'm such a bad son. Take it easy. Let's go to the mall, window shop a little, and see if there's anything she might like.


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[Assistant] That's just it. I don't know what to get her. Last year I got her a ring that was two sizes too big, and a pair of shoes five sizes too small. I suck at getting presents for people. That's where you're making a big mistake. You can't just guess people's likes or sizes, especially with clothes or jewelry.


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[Assistant] At the same time, you should show her that you took the time and effort to look for something that she would really like. Yeah, you're right.


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[Assistant] When it comes down to it, I can be pretty tacky. Yeah, tell me about it.


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[Assistant] I know, your mom is trying to learn Spanish, right? Why don't you get her a gift certificate for this great website I saw called SpanishPod? Now that's a great idea.


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[Assistant] Alright, we're back, so now why don't we take a look at Language Takeaway.


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[Assistant] So, the person actually said this because uhm, the other guy was like, Bill, Bill, you gotta help me. He was all very excited. He was like, whoa, whoa, you know, slow down or you're gonna give yourself a heart attack. So it's not literal, right?


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[Assistant] Right, exactly. And this other word is actually okay to use. And when you're talking about presents or you're talking about decorations, you say something is tacky.


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[Assistant] Okay, so it's something that you don't really like or you think that is a little bit strange. That's right. So as you say, it's an opinion because you think that clothes with bows and teddy bears on it is tacky. Well, somebody else can think no, it's, it's cute. It's nice.


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[Assistant] Right, that is tacky. Alright, so the word is tacky. And moving on, we talked about a gift certificate. You should get your mom a gift certificate.


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[Assistant] Okay. Cause I already paid. Yeah, so, it's kind of a, a very popular thing to do because sometimes, as in the dialogue, you don't know the person's size or you don't know if they like this color. So you're just like, look, here is, you know, a gift certificate for a hundred dollars, go to the store that I know you really like, and get yourself whatever you want. Something nice.


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[Assistant] But it's less tacky than giving that person cash, right?


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[Assistant] Like credit cards. Very good. Alright, so why don't we listen to our dialogue again and we'll return shortly to take a look at Fluency Builder.


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[Assistant] Bill! Bill! You gotta help me! What's wrong? Slow down or you're gonna give yourself a heart attack. Tomorrow's Christmas and I haven't bought my mom anything. I'm such a bad son. Take it easy. Let's go to the mall, window shop a little, and see if there's anything she might like.


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[Assistant] That's just it. I don't know what to get her. Last year I got her a ring that was two sizes too big, and a pair of shoes five sizes too small. I suck at getting presents for people. That's where you're making a big mistake. You can't just guess people's likes or sizes, especially with clothes or jewelry.


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[Assistant] At the same time, you should show her that you took the time and effort to look for something that she would really like. Yeah, you're right.


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[Assistant] When it comes down to it, I can be pretty tacky. Yea, tell me about it.


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[Assistant] I know, your mom is trying to learn Spanish, right? Why don't you get her a gift certificate for this great website I saw called SpanishPod? Now that's a great idea!


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[Assistant] Alright, we're back, so now why don't we take a look at four key phrases on Fluency Builder.


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[Assistant] Be calm. Yeaah. So, there's no, you don't, you can't really translate it, right? Like, what take what easy?


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[Assistant] Yeah, bye, take it easy. Bye. It's a nice one. Very nice. Alright, and her second phrase, uh, is actually, it's interesting because when he talked about, uhm, the ring that he got for her mom that was two sizes too big,


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[Assistant] And a pair of shoes, five sizes too small. So the construction there, two sizes too big, five sizes too small.


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[Assistant] So you're saying specifically how much bigger or how much smaller the shoes are. In the case with the ring or shoes or anything that has a size.


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[Assistant] To the lady in the store, you can say, uh, I think the shoe is, uh, two sizes too big. Can you give me a smaller pair? Exactly. Alright. And our third phrase for today, when the person said, yeah, you're right. When it comes down to it, I can be pretty tacky. So we looked at tacky, but what does he mean when it comes down to it?


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[Assistant] Okay, so I can say, when it comes down to it, Catherine is a good friend.


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[Assistant] Bill, Bill, you gotta help me. What's wrong? Slow down or you're gonna give yourself a heart attack. Tomorrow is Christmas and I haven't bought my mom anything. I'm such a bad son. Take it easy. Let's go to the mall, window shop a little, and see if there's anything she might like.


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[Assistant] That's just it. I don't know what to get her. Last year I got her a ring that was two sizes too big, and a pair of shoes five sizes too small. I suck at getting presents for people. That's where you're making a big mistake. You can't just guess people's likes or sizes. Especially with clothes or jewelry.


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[Assistant] At the same time, you should show her that you took the time and effort to look for something that she would really like. Yeah, you're right.


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[Assistant] When it comes down to it, I can be pretty tacky. Yeaah, tell me about it.


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[Assistant] I know, your mom is trying to learn Spanish, right? Why don't you get her a gift certificate for this great website I saw called SpanishPod. Now that's a great idea.


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[Assistant] Alright, great. So now that the, uh, Christm... Alright, so as we said, gift certificates are a good idea, but, you know, what else do you like to give as Christmas presents?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think that's really important because sometimes, uh, people just give gifts because you have to. Stuff. Yeah, like stuff. And you're like, oh great, you know, a tie. It's like, kind of impersonal. At the same time, you know, if your dad or your boyfriend or somebody is a...


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[Assistant] It loves ties and has a 50 of them and you get another one that's really interesting or unique then great, you know, but.


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[Assistant] It is good to take the time to get somebody something they really like or they would really use or enjoy.


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[Assistant] Right, we'll see you guys there and until next time. Bye. Bye.


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[Assistant] I will show him mercy, said Guan Yin.


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[Assistant] He can be my guardian on Mount Podolaka if he behaves.


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[Assistant] Journey to the West. Chapter 18. The Robe.


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[Assistant] Wukong and Guanyin flew over the ocean and back to the wide river. From the sky, Guanyin called. Dragon, come out of the river at once. The Tang monk is here.


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[Assistant] The dragon stopped talking when he saw Wukong next to Guan Yin.


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[Assistant] This is Sun Wukong, said Guan Yin. He is traveling with the Tang monk.


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[Assistant] From now on, you must tell people who you are. There are others waiting for you too.


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[Assistant] Said Wukong. Guanyin looked back at the dragon.


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[Assistant] You will carry the Tang Monk to the Western Paradise.


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[Assistant] When the light faded, a horse stood where the dragon had been.


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[Assistant] After Guan Yin left, Wukong led the horse to the Tang monk.


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[Assistant] The Tang monk fell to his knees and bowed. Wukong laughed.


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[Assistant] Wukong spun around. A boat had arrived next to the shore.


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[Assistant] The Tang monks stepped onto the boat and Wukong followed with the horse.


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[Assistant] The Tang monk stepped out of the boat. When he turned to thank the boatman, the boat was gone.


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[Assistant] The monk and the monkey continued their journey over hills and across plains.


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[Assistant] They walked some more until they reached a Buddhist monastery.


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[Assistant] Later that evening, the Tang monk in Wukong ate a meal with the priests.


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[Assistant] When the head priest heard where the Tang monk was going, he was excited.


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[Assistant] The Tang monk handed the robe to the priest. The priest admired it for a moment.


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[Assistant] Late that night, the priest was awake, gazing at the robe.


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[Assistant] Again? You just went last week. You spend more time at the nail salon than you do here at home. Honestly, why do you need a manicure every week?


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[Assistant] Yeah, sounds like something I should definitely do.


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[Assistant] Master, you worry too much. There will be many dangers on your journey. But you have me, the Monkey King, to protect you! All of Heaven's soldiers couldn't defeat me, so why worry about a dragon?


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[Assistant] And we can't cross the river with that dragon in there. I'll try another plan.


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[Assistant] It's too late for that now. He won't come out of the water.


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[Assistant] Alright, so mittens you put on your hands. Now what's the difference between mittens and gloves?


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[Assistant] Okay, so mittens, and while the mother is still a little bit worried, so she tells him to wear a scarf. Okay, a scarf is all along.


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[Assistant] Alright, and uh, so those four key items, those four key pieces of clothing are for our language takeaway today. Why don't we listen to this dialogue again, and we'll come back soon to talk about Fluency Builder.


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[Assistant] Alright, we're back, so now let's take a look at four key phrases on Fluency Builder.


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[Assistant] Wait, hold on. So, you just say hold on, it means wait. It's not really rude, right? It's just a little bit more casual.


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[Assistant] Alright. Okay, so hold on, see ya, and now, you gotta be careful because you're going to catch a cold. To catch a cold.


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[Assistant] So that's really important what you just said because you don't use the verb get. You don't get a cold. You catch a cold. Or if you say that you were sick last week because you had a cold, you would say, oh, I caught a cold or I had a cold.


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[Assistant] Okay, and our last phrase for Fluency Builder is, here we go. Here we go.


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[Assistant] So you're ready, here you go. Here you go. Right, so we say here we go, like everything is ready, your earmuffs are on.


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[Assistant] Alright, we're back. So as you mentioned, in Chicago it's very, very cold. So I imagine you had all of these, uh, winter clothes, right?


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[Assistant] Alright, and if you guys have any other questions or comments, you can visit our website EnglishPod.com and we'll see everyone there. Bye everyone. Bye.


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[Assistant] Splendid. Now your reward. I'll grant you a book on the Vodianoi, the Earth Rune, or I'll treat your wounds whenever you need.


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[Assistant] The Earth Rune. A gift for a true warrior.


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[Assistant] White Raila stands on that shore. Several peasant corpses made no impression on her. The children halted her advance.


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[Assistant] I hope Wukong steals that metal ring. I'm so angry at that demon! So am I!


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[Assistant] We're all armed. We can easily defeat the demon now.


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[Assistant] It's time to get up. Please start making breakfast.


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[Assistant] Buddhists are treated horribly here. The Daoists make us do hard work. Why do the Daoists treat you so badly?


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[Assistant] Crops died and people starved. Buddhist monks prayed to Buddha for rain, but no rain came.


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[Assistant] The spirit of the planet Venus visited us in a dream one night. He said that one day someone would come along to save us.


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[Assistant] But we must go back, said Wukong. That woman kidnapped the Tang Monk! Guan Yin Shi.


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[Assistant] I'm traveling to the western paradise with the Tang Monk. But he was captured by a demon. Guan Yin said you can help me.


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[Assistant] That woman didn't want to harm me. She wanted to marry me.


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[Assistant] My only goal is to reach the western paradise.


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[Assistant] Hello everyone and welcome to EnglishPod, my name is Marco.


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[Assistant] That's right, we're going to be buying a cell phone or also known as a mobile phone. So before we jump into the dialogue, let's take a look at a specific type of phone on vocabulary preview.


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[Assistant] That's right. So basically a smartphone has additional functions more than just a normal mobile phone. For example, you can check your email on a smartphone.


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[Assistant] It's actually more common than what people think, but we'll get to that in a bit. Uh, why don't we take a look at five key words in language takeaway?


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[Assistant] Exactly, so that's what we're looking at today. If you see this word Android, it's a proper noun, and as Catherine mentioned, it's the name of the OS or operating system.


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[Assistant] Developed by Google, so we're taking a look at a smartphone that uses the Android OS. Alright, now this phone not only carried this operating system, but also an MP3 player.


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[Assistant] An iPod, exactly. Or, and for many of you, you're listening to this podcast as an MP3 file through an MP3 player. So that's the name. We usually say MP3.


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[Assistant] Right. And Wi-Fi stands for Wireless Fidelity. So it's basically internet that has no wires. You don't need to connect your computer to anything. You just log on and use the internet.


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[Assistant] What is waterproof? Alright, so if you have a watch, for example, and you can take this watch into a swimming pool or the ocean, it means it's waterproof. So it resists water. It won't get damaged if it gets wet.


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[Assistant] Right, so and there are many things waterproof has watches or waterproof cameras. I've never really seen a waterproof mobile phone though. I think that's a good invention maybe.


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[Assistant] Alright, so those are five keywords for language takeaway. Why don't we listen to the dialogue again, and we'll be back.


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[Assistant] Alright we're back, so now we have three phrases for you on Fluency Builder.


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[Assistant] Right, so it's one of the biggest, it's one of the best. And if we want to change the noun,


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[Assistant] We can say for example, the leading car manufacturer.


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[Assistant] Cotton, right? So you can use many other nouns, and well, if you wanna drop the manufacturer, you can say, the leading brand in cosmetics, or the leading supplier of medical equipment.


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[Assistant] Right. And going back to one of the features of the mobile phone, we talked about the built-in camera. Now this structure is interesting. Built-in.


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[Assistant] Right. So you can pretty much use this structure with two products that are combined as one. For example, the cabinets that Catherine mentioned, or if your refrigerator has a television incorporated, right, you can say, this refrigerator comes with a built-in television.


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[Assistant] Right. Very good. And we have one last phrase. One last.


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[Assistant] Alright, we're back. And I actually read somewhere that many girls have this, uh, accident because they place their mobile phones in their back pockets. So when they go to the bathroom,


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[Assistant] They accidentally, the phone accidentally drops out and falls into the toilet.


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[Assistant] Our phones are still pretty expensive. Yes, they are. Alright, so if you have any questions, any doubts, you can contact us at EnglishPod.com and we'll see everyone there. Bye everyone. Bye.


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[Assistant] My name is Catherine and today we have an intermediate level lesson for you English learners out there.


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[Assistant] Uh oh, well, there's a reason behind it. Let's take a look at that reason in today's vocabulary preview. Vocabulary Preview


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[Assistant] A bridesmaid, a person, so this is kind of like a job, but it's a short job. You do it when your friend gets married. It's the person, the woman, who stands next to her friend on the friend's wedding day.


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[Assistant] Match each other, actually, because usually there's three or four girls, they all have to wear the same outfits, so it's very stressful.


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[Assistant] Okay, this first phrase in Language Takeaway is a phrase that the girl says about herself. She's trying to lose weight. She's been starving herself. Or she says, I've been starving myself.


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[Assistant] That's right, so to starve is a verb, it means uhm, to not give someone food, but to starve yourself, to starve oneself, is reflexive, I'm doing it to myself, and it means that I'm not giving myself any food.


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[Assistant] Those are like love hands. You know a handle is what you have on a door. Right. You turn the handle and the door opens. But these are, these are, this is fat on someone's side. So a man or a woman can have fat on their hips and this is called love hands.


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[Assistant] Calories, so calorie is a measurement of energy in food.


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[Assistant] And so a lot of women and some men too like to avoid eating many calories. They say, oh that Snickers bar that has 1000 calories.


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[Assistant] Another thing to avoid are saturated fats. Okay, so there's fat and there's saturated fat. Marco, what's the difference?


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[Assistant] So the word artificial can be used with many different things. It means fake, not natural. So you could say you have artificial flowers or artificial, uhm, scents. But in this case we have artificial flavors. That means fake.


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[Assistant] Flavors. It's orange flavored, but there's no oranges. It never came from an orange. So you have to be careful with these because they use, uhm, because in many food products, chemicals are used.


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[Assistant] Exactly. The last thing we have to avoid is this word cholesterol.


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[Assistant] Or even just meats in general, like red meat. And so people with heart problems are told to avoid cholesterol because it can actually, uhm, it can prevent the blood going to your heart. It blocks up your heart. So cholesterol is another bad one.


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[Assistant] Okay, this first phrase is something that the girl who is dieting says. She says, Are you saying that I should eat? Because she's starving herself. But that the important thing is that I watch what I eat. So what is this watch what I eat?


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[Assistant] So that means, pay attention, does it have lots of calories? Is there a lot of cholesterol? Things like this.


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[Assistant] Well this next phrase is the very last phrase. The friend says, do you think I can lose 20 pounds? And for those of you who use kilos, this is about 8 kilos, so that's a lot of weight. And the answer is, don't count on it. So what is this don't count on it?


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[Assistant] So, you think you can come to my birthday party?


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[Assistant] He probably won't, Marco probably won't come, right? So that means that you shouldn't expect it to happen because he can't promise that it will.


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[Assistant] Absolutely, starving yourself I think is, uh, well, obviously very unhealthy. To starve, to die of starvation, that's the noun. Uh, not a very pretty way to go.


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[Assistant] Exactly, so instead of getting rid of those good fats, your body stores them with the saturated fats, and you are doing the opposite to your body that you should be doing. So the best recommendation that I've always heard is to avoid eating too much red meat, balance your diet out, eat


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[Assistant] And exercise is really great because it tones those muscles, so once you actually lose the weight, uh, you feel good, you have muscles, you have more energy, and it helps you sleep.


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[Assistant] Sounds good. I don't want it to be too expensive. Maybe something mid-range.


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[Assistant] Now that it's the new year, I've decided to turn over a new leaf.


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[Assistant] You got it. I have a new job. I'm living in a new city with new friends. This is my opportunity to make some small changes in the way I live my life.


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[Assistant] Now that it's the new year, I've decided to turn over a new leaf.


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[Assistant] You got it. I have a new job. I'm living in a new city with new friends. This is my opportunity to make some small changes in the way I live my life.


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[Assistant] Now that it's the new year, I've decided to turn over a new leaf.


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[Assistant] You got it. I have a new job. I'm living in a new city with new friends. This is my opportunity to make some small changes in the way I live my life.


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[Assistant] Journey to the West, Chapter 75, Battle of the Wukongs.


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[Assistant] The two Wukongs stared a curious ear.


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[Assistant] The two Wukongs began swinging their iron bars at each other.


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[Assistant] Please stop! Cried the Judge of the Dead. You'll tear this whole palace down! The monkeys stopped.


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[Assistant] Said the other Wukong. He looked worried.


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[Assistant] A guard rushed out of the thunderclap monastery.


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[Assistant] The two Wukongs landed in front of the guard. The guard looked surprised.


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[Assistant] As the first Wukong started to enter the monastery, the other one backed away.


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[Assistant] He grabbed the other monkey by the arm and dragged him into the monastery. In front of Buddha the first Wukong bowed.


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[Assistant] The other Wukong hesitated a moment and then bowed also. Greetings Buddha, said the first Wukong.


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[Assistant] When Buddha lifted the bowl, a tiny monkey spirit lay on the table. Wukong leaned closer to see.


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[Assistant] The monkey thanked Buddha and then flew back to Mount Podolaka.


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[Assistant] Huan Yin decided it was time for Wukong to rejoin his companions on the journey.


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[Assistant] She and the monkey found the Tang monk and the others along the road to the west.


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[Assistant] The Bodhisattva told the Tang monk that it wasn't Wukong who'd attacked him.


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[Assistant] And I know that you are a fay.


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[Assistant] I've trapped the fake Wukong under this bowl.


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[Assistant] He wanted to be you because you're so powerful.


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[Assistant] You're tired of traveling too? No.


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[Assistant] Who wants to play basketball? Written by Anthony Curran Illustrated by Guy Wallach Focus Question What is the problem in the story?


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[Assistant] I need to find someone to play with.


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[Assistant] My brother says no. He has plans.


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[Assistant] My sister says no. She has school work.


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[Assistant] My neighbor says no. He has a cold.


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[Assistant] My dad says no. He has to cook.


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[Assistant] My mom says no. She has to work.


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[Assistant] My aunt says yes. She plays really well.


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[Assistant] Connections. Writing and art. What sport do you like to play?


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[Assistant] Draw a picture and write about it. Math.


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[Assistant] If you make six baskets and your friend makes seven baskets, how many baskets do you make in all? Show how you got your answer.


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[Assistant] Please don't harm the Tang monk, he said. I will fix your ginseng tree, but I need to get help.


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[Assistant] A Daoist named the Great Immortal is going to fry the Tang Monk! I have until the end of the day to fix his ginseng tree!


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[Assistant] Привет, дорогой друг! Добро пожаловать на курс Русский для начинающих!


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[Assistant] Hello, my dear friend! Welcome to the Russian for Beginners course!


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[Assistant] Today we'll remember how to name animals in Russian, talk about the verbs of the first conjugation, and also we will do exercises in which we will practice the conjugation of the verbs in accordance with the gender of nouns and the number. But first let's remember the new information from the previous lesson.


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[Assistant] And let's talk about the dative case of personal pronouns. The dative generally corresponds to the English word TO YOU. To me. Мне. To you, informal. Тебе. To you, formal. Вам. To him. Ему. To her. Ей. To it. Ему. To us. Нам.


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[Assistant] To you, plural, вам, to them, им. For example, if you want to say give me, to give in Russian is давать, me, мне. Give me, давать мне. Give you, давать тебе, или давать вам. Give him, давать ему. Give her, давать ей.