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[Assistant] Yeaah, so the thing that makes a smartphone different from a normal mobile phone is that it's like a small computer. You can do things like Marco said, send emails or take photos, edit photos, use applications, things like that from your phone.


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[Assistant] I see. Well, you've come to the right place. We have over 100 models of more than 20 leading mobile phone manufacturers.


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[Assistant] We have this new HTC smartphone. It comes with the Android OS so you can download applications. It also has a built-in camera, MP3 player, and touch screen. It works on the 3G network so you have fast access to the internet wherever you are.


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[Assistant] Of course, you can access the internet from any hotspot as well as from home.


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[Assistant] This first word is very important because in, in this particular dialogue we're talking about the HTC smartphone.


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[Assistant] Uhm, this is a special kind of phone, uhm, and it has a...


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[Assistant] It has an Android operating system or OS. So Android is something that Google came up with. And uhm, they have this operating system that they're giving away for free. If you want to use it, you can use it. You can make a whole new phone using this operating system. So the operating system, like Windows or


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[Assistant] Linux. Linux, yeaah, Linux. These are, uhm, these are like the interface that allows you to use your computer and to interact with it. And so they're different for different kinds of computers. The same is true of a smartphone.


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[Assistant] That's right, so an MP3 player, uh, is a device that plays songs for you. So songs can be stored as MP3s. Uh, and a good example of an MP3 player is an iPod.


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[Assistant] Exactly. And another feature of this special smartphone is that you can use it on the 3G network. What is a 3G network, Marco?


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[Assistant] And in addition to this, our customer wants to know about Wi-Fi, okay? Wi-Fi, you hear this a lot when you go to a hotel or a restaurant. They say we have Wi-Fi access.


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[Assistant] Alright, so look out for that when you're in a cafe next time. Do they have wifi? Usually there's a sign on the wall.


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[Assistant] I see. Well, you've come to the right place. We have over 100 models of more than 20 leading mobile phone manufacturers.


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[Assistant] We have this new HTC smartphone. It comes with the Android OS so you can download applications. It also has a built-in camera, MP3 player, and touch screen. It works on the 3G network so you have fast access to the internet wherever you are.


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[Assistant] Of course. You can access the internet from any hotspot, as well as from home.


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[Assistant] Okay, this first phrase is a way of expressing something. So we're going to give you a formula. The first word is leading. So leading mobile phone manufacturers. So when we use the word leading, we're saying that it's leading an industry. That means the most important manufacturers in a kind of industry.


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[Assistant] And uh, we could also say that about clothing. The leading clothing manufacturer in...


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[Assistant] Well, we can say that things are built in when they are a part of something else.


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[Assistant] For example, a built-in camera is a part of a phone. It's not a camera and a phone, two different devices. They're put together. We can also say this about cabinets. Uhm, you know, you can, you can buy cabinets and you can put them in your house and keep things in them.


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[Assistant] Or very common is the, the laptop with built-in speakers.


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[Assistant] So that means we don't have to bring speakers with us every time we want to use the laptop. There's small speakers in, inside the computer. Right.


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[Assistant] So this is often said when someone's leaving a conversation. So I'm going to say, okay, Marco, I've got to go run and do something. I'll see you later.


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[Assistant] Wait, what? Oh, okay, so now I'll wait. So one last thing is a way to say, no, wait, hold on, I have to tell you one more thing.


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[Assistant] I see. Well, you've come to the right place. We have over 100 models of more than 20 leading mobile phone manufacturers.


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[Assistant] We have this new HTC smartphone. It comes with the Android OS so you can download applications. It also has a built-in camera, MP3 player, and touch screen. It works on the 3G network so you have fast access to the internet wherever you are.


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[Assistant] Of course. You can access the internet from any hotspot, as well as from home.


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[Assistant] I heard a different explanation for this common problem, uhm, maybe not very appropriate, but boys have this problem because they take their phones to the bathroom and they play with them when they're using the bathroom.


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[Assistant] Yeah, so, I think boys and girls all have this problem. Be careful with your phones, those smartphones.


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[Assistant] He's my green buffalo. I didn't realize he'd escaped.


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[Assistant] Okay, okay. I can capture the buffalo. Don't worry.


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[Assistant] My three cousins recently fled the city due to some, uh, unfortunate coincidences.


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[Assistant] Take these to Old Vizima, to the captain of the mercenaries, my fiancé. He will reward you.


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[Assistant] Okay, so you turn over a new leaf. So that means that you are going to maybe make a radical change, right? Something completely new.


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[Assistant] There we go. Alright, so to turn over a new leaf. So just imagine that you have a leaf on the ground and you turn it over and it's nice and clean. Alright, and talking about cleanliness, our second phrase is to wipe the slate clean.


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[Assistant] Okay, so that's the way you would use, you got it. It's a really popular phrase. I mean, you can use it on pretty much anything. Not only if you're right, but also if somebody agrees with it or you promise something, right? So, are you gonna pick me up today? Yeah, you got it.


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[Assistant] Yes. Okay, so why don't we listen to our dialogue again and we'll come back shortly to look at Fluency Builder Part 2.


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[Assistant] Alright, we're back, so now let's continue with our fluency builder. And, uh, well, they kept talking, and the guy mentioned that he's gonna stop smoking. But it's not because he is pinching pennies.


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[Assistant] Oh, I can't, I'm sorry. I'm really pinching panties these days because I'm kind of broke.


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[Assistant] So maybe we'll go somewhere cheaper. Yeah. So actually pennies are one cent, one cent coins, right? They're called pennies in the United States.


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[Assistant] Alright, so you can do it in that way or just anything. You support somebody's decision. I'm with you. I'm with you on that one. Exactly. Alright, and our last phrase. To come out of the closet.


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[Assistant] So it's basically a phrase that's kind of a metaphor to say, you know what, I'm gonna tell everyone that I am gay or lesbian, right? That's right.


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[Assistant] So sometimes in English you say, you have skeletons in the closet.


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[Assistant] But a skeleton in your closet can also be a very big secret, like you were once married and you never told anyone.


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[Assistant] Okay, so very interesting and uh, so I think we should listen to this dialogue for the last time and we'll be back to talk a little bit more.


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[Assistant] And that's really interesting because, uh, as we said, to come out of the closet is a phrase used in English and mostly related only in this context, so you might see it in TV shows or in a movie. And, uh, but it's an interesting topic, still debatable all over the world about, you know, gay marriages and things like that.


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[Assistant] If I point him out, he'll be angry. He could destroy the entire palace. It's true.


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[Assistant] He'll be able to see which of you is the real Wukong. And he's powerful enough to destroy the fake one. Of course!


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[Assistant] My name is Katherine and today we have an elementary level lesson about food. One of my favorite things to talk about.


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[Assistant] Okay, what is a family barbecue? Well, I'll just say a few words first. A barbecue is usually something that we do outside. We bring food, we


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[Assistant] Play games, maybe have some drinks, and a lot of the food is grilled. So that's what we're talking about today. We're gonna hear this dialogue first and then we'll come back to talk about it.


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[Assistant] Lots of food words, Marco. The first one is barbecue. We were talking about that a minute ago. A barbecue is something we do usually for something, a special occasion or for dinner. It's a summertime thing. You know, you go outside when it's warm and the entire family comes and we have food. Sometimes people even bring food.


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[Assistant] Exactly, and so, uh, before we cook food, usually before we cook meat on the grill, before we barbecue it, we have to marinate it, okay?


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[Assistant] In this situation the steaks and the chicken are already marinated.


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[Assistant] Exactly, sometimes in Indian cooking for example, uh, you marinate with a yogurt sauce and you leave the meats in the refrigerator for a whole night.


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[Assistant] Okay, buns are pieces of bread that are for special kinds of food. So you have a hamburger bun, it's a round piece of bread.


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[Assistant] That's right, so hamburger buns and hot dog buns. But after we talk about having the hamburger buns, we discuss how many hot dogs we're going to cook. So the person says, we should cook a couple dozen hot dogs.


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[Assistant] Right, so eggs are sold in dozens. We buy a dozen eggs, we buy 12 eggs.


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[Assistant] One of my favorite foods, kebabs, are sticks or skewers of meat. So you have a very thin stick and you put the meat on it and you put that on the grill and you cook the meat on the grill.


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[Assistant] Okay, so before we even start thinking about food, we have to decide where people will sit at this barbecue. And so we have to find out how much lawn furniture we have. Furniture can be a sofa, a table, a chair. We have furniture in the house. But lawn furniture is furniture for the outside. A lawn is the green grass outside your house.


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[Assistant] Exactly, and so we're going to be on the lawn furniture. We have the special thing for cooking meat outside, the grill.


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[Assistant] A grill is like a stove for the outside, but instead of having electricity to make the fire, we have gas or propane. And, uh, this is something that we light on fire. We, and we use coals to keep the insides very warm. And so this is just a way to cook meats or even vegetables outside.


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[Assistant] Okay, a tent, you can sleep in a tent, but in this case a tent is just a covering outside, so maybe some cloth or some fabric that will stand over us when we sit down or want to be outside. It's also a way to protect us from the rain.


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[Assistant] Okay, so a cooler is a plastic bin or a plastic box that we put all of the ice in and the drinks. So it's not just for beer, it's also for Coke and Sprite and all these different drinks.


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[Assistant] And the nice thing is that it's not electric, so you can use it anyway.


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[Assistant] All the time. I love barbecues. That's one of my favorite ways to eat food.


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[Assistant] Uh, the nice thing about a barbecue is you get to sit outside and relax and, uh, there's nothing better than nice fresh grilled meat.


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[Assistant] And so people like to have July 4th barbecues where you celebrate Independence Day and sit outside and drink and have hot dogs and hamburgers and macaroni and cheese.


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[Assistant] Lesson 23. Give me some glasses please, Jane.


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[Assistant] No, not those. The ones on the shelf. These? Yes, please.


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[Assistant] It's good to see you again. I was just about to have tea.


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[Assistant] Keep this magic stone in your pocket. It will stop the wind from blowing you away.


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[Assistant] Master? Said Wukong. While I was at Mount Podolatka, I thought a lot.


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[Assistant] I realize now that it's wrong to harm people. I won't ever do it again.


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[Assistant] Wukong laughed. Not much has changed since I left. Bajie still complains all the time. Wu Jing wiped his brow.


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[Assistant] Where does the Iron Immortal live? I'll demand that she put out the flames!


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[Assistant] I am as powerful as a god. Just tell me where she lives.


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[Assistant] I'm not leaving until I borrow your-


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[Assistant] Yeah? You finally decided to wipe the slate clean?


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[Assistant] To the West. Chapter 26. The Monster in the River.


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[Assistant] Said the Tang Monk one morning. Wukong and his companions were eating breakfast.


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[Assistant] The monk sighed. Bajie put down his bowl.


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[Assistant] After he washed the bowls, the three companions headed down the road. They soon reached a river.


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[Assistant] He pulled out his iron bar and blocked the monster spear. Clang!


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[Assistant] Bajie dived into the water. Wukong waited.


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[Assistant] Sha Wujing, she called. The Tang monk is here.


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[Assistant] She waved her hand toward Wukong and Bajie. Wu Jing looked surprised.


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[Assistant] Oh really? said the monkey. Watch this!


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[Assistant] When the horse finally stopped, the Tang monk was in a dark forest. He gasped in fear.


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[Assistant] That's right, we are looking for a new job and so we're bringing you this great lesson where we're gonna teach you in English a lot of terms related with looking for a job or things like a resume, cover letter. So before we get into that, why don't we take a look at a word that we have in vocabulary preview.


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[Assistant] Okay, a gas station attendant. Now we know what a gas station is, right?


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[Assistant] Okay, so in attendance at a gas station, what does he do?


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[Assistant] Alright, so why don't we take a look now at our dialogue. Let's listen to it for the first time and we'll be back in a bit.


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[Assistant] Alright, we're back. So now you're probably wondering what those words meant. So why don't we take a look at a couple of them in language takeaway.


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[Assistant] Okay, job listings. And this is really common before the internet existed. You would have the listings in your local newspaper, right?


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[Assistant] So you look through the job listings, maybe you found one that's interesting. There's an email address. So what do they ask for? They ask you to send in your resume.


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[Assistant] Okay, and that's why it's called a resume, right? It's pretty much a summary of your work life, as you said.


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[Assistant] Okay, very good. So if you send in your resume, what's recommended is that you attach it with a cover letter.


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[Assistant] Okay, so that's basically a small little introduction to yourself, right? Before they read your resume, who you are, what you're looking for maybe, very quickly.


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[Assistant] Very good. Alright, so you've sent in your resume and your cover letter. And well, maybe you're looking to get into a career as a gas station attendant.


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[Assistant] Okay, and this is very interesting because in many languages there is a similar word, which for example in Spanish is carrera, right? And that means like a profession. So many people translate it literally as career, but it's not the right word. What is a career?


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[Assistant] So maybe, you can think of it this way, a career is like, as you say, a bigger picture, like the macro category, right? You're into media and television, for example. And your job specifically is a podcast host.


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[Assistant] Alright, so we've taken a look at a couple of great words. Why don't we listen to our dialogue again and we'll be back in a bit.


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[Assistant] Alright, we're back. So now we have lined up for you three key phrases that we found in this dialogue. So let's take a look at those now. Influency Builder.


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[Assistant] So what does that mean if you say I'm in the market for a new job or you're in the market for a new house?


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[Assistant] Right, right. And this sometimes you could see it related in movies for example. They say if a person gets married, they are no longer in the market.


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[Assistant] Alright, so, you're in the market, you're looking for a job, and well, if you're qualified, it will be a piece of cake to find a new job.


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[Assistant] And, and it's a very, very, very common phrase. You'll hear it all the time. Ah, piece of cake, don't worry about it.


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[Assistant] Alright. And for our last phrase, he was talking about his position as a gas attendant, and he said, well, you know, all the greats, all the famous people, they started somewhere before they made it big. What does he mean with they made it big?


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[Assistant] Right. Or sometimes people say, yeah, I made it. I made it big. Or I made it in my life. And that means that you were successful.


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[Assistant] Okay, so it's a key phrase to make it, or to make it big. Why don't we listen to our dialogue for the last time, and we'll be back in a little bit.


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[Assistant] Oh wow. Yeah, I've noticed in some states, for example, you just go up to the pump and if you have your credit card you put in your credit card and you pump your own gas. And apparently it also has to do with health issues because people who are working in gas stations tend to have serious health problems later on.


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[Assistant] Inhaling all these, uh, gases from, from the gasoline.


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[Assistant] Alright, so uhm, it's really interesting about these positions. I imagine that, you know, in other places, some job positions that maybe we would find a little bit strange or uncommon.


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[Assistant] I doubt she would have married you. Why not?


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[Assistant] I wouldn't call 911 if the fire alarm went off in my house. The only time that ever happens is when we're having spaghetti for supper and my mom burns the garlic bread as usual.


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[Assistant] If there was an accident. If a robber broke into the house. If the fire alarm went off.


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[Assistant] I wouldn't call 911 if the fire alarm went off in my house. The only time that ever happens is when we're having spaghetti for supper and my mom burns the garlic bread as usual.


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[Assistant] Okay, this is a common dish in America and all over the world thanks to the many Cantonese people who came over from Hong Kong or southern China and brought these delicious foods to our cities. So, this is a very popular dish you'll be learning more about.


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[Assistant] So let's jump right in and listen to today's dialogue and don't be worried if you don't understand everything. We'll be back in a moment.


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[Assistant] Okay, an oyster is a, an animal that lives in a sea, it lives in a shell, and we often eat oysters as a dish, but oyster sauce is stinky, thick, dark sauce that is very popular in Southeast Asian, so, uh, Vietnamese, Vietnamese food as well, and Chinese food.


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[Assistant] Bean sprouts are very common vegetables, especially in Asian foods, so you see a lot of these, they're usually almost white, almost clear, and they're crunchy, and they have a little green part at the end.


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[Assistant] So usually those go into your dish at the very end because they cook quickly. Bean sprouts.


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[Assistant] That's right, so a wok is actually a word that we take from, I think Cantonese, I'm not positive I don't speak Cantonese, but in English we normally say frying pan, but this is a special Asian frying pan that's very very large and very thin, so foods cook quickly in a wok.


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[Assistant] Well, it is English now. It's actually the name of a food from Latin America.


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[Assistant] So South America and Mexico and Central America, I think more Mexican than anything. And it's like slivers of meat. So thin strips of meat and vegetables that you eat in a tortilla.


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[Assistant] Uh, bread, almost. The turkey is a very thin corn or flour pancake.


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[Assistant] The first phrase we have in fluency builder is a phrase that you will hear very often when you watch cooking shows. So this is a term we, we say throw in, to throw in.


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[Assistant] That's right, but it's very general or casual or easy. You just add some. If you want to be specific, we can say,


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[Assistant] Please add one cup chopped onion. Okay? One cup of chopped onion. But here throw in just means add casually.


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[Assistant] Mmm, so that means he wants some stir fry. I would die for is a good thing. It's, it's a way to say I really want some.


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[Assistant] Okay, this is a way to say that something is bad, it's uh, it's embarrassing. So we can say that this food is a disgrace to Chinese food, because Chinese food is one way, but this doesn't even look like Chinese food.


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[Assistant] So, a parent can say, you're a disgrace to this family. That means this family has a good reputation. But what you did, what you do, these are bad things. They make us look bad.


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[Assistant] That's right, chopped suey. And I think I read somewhere that chopped suey is actually, uh,


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[Assistant] Might have been a Cantonese dish that came from all of the leftovers and kind of garbage in the kitchen where you would just fry it together and it was a cheap easy meal. So chop suey. It's kind of like an English, it's like a pigeon English.


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[Assistant] So fortune cookie is a small cookie with a message inside. So you have a piece of paper. So be careful when you're eating these. You don't want to eat the paper. But the paper sometimes says very strange things like, you will have a terrific number seven.


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[Assistant] Or if you have a favorite Chinese food, please let us know. Our website is EnglishPod.com. We can't wait to hear from you and we will talk to you next time.


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[Assistant] Hello, dear friend. Welcome to the Russian Course for Beginners.


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[Assistant] Hello, dear friend! Welcome to the Russian for Beginners course. And today we have in our program the study of vocabulary on the topic of family and object forms of personal pronouns. But first, let's review the question words learned in the previous lesson. Повторение. Повторяй за мной. Repeat after me. Questions. Вопросы.


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[Assistant] And here is the first word of today's lesson. Family.


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[Assistant] Next word. Parents


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[Assistant] Mother. Mother in Russian is mama.


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[Assistant] Next word. Daughter. Dutch.


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[Assistant] Next word. Relatives. Relatives in Russian is родственники. или родня.


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[Assistant] Sister, sistrá, sistrá.


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[Assistant] And in the Russian language there are no analogues of the word siblings. So let's move on to our dear grandparents. Grandfather. Dedushka. Dedushka. Dedushka.


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[Assistant] What a cute word. Grandfather, дедушка. Grandmother, бабушка. Бабушка. Grandmother, бабушка. Great grandfather, прадедушка. Прадедушка. Great grandfather,


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[Assistant] The prefix пра, пра.


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[Assistant] is used in the formation of adjectives and nouns and means originality,


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[Assistant] The greatest antiquity owing ascending or descending line along the direct degrees of kinship. Great-grandfather. Great-grandmother. Great-grandmother.


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[Assistant] In Russian, there is also no analog of the word Grandparents. Grandson. Vnuk. Vnuk.


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[Assistant] Granddaughter. Vnuchka.


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[Assistant] Granddaughter Vnuchka Great-grandson Pravnuk Pravnuk Pravnuk


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[Assistant] Great-granddaughter Pravnuchka Pravnuchka Pravnuchka


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[Assistant] Great-granddaughter. Pravnochka. Next word. Spouse. Supruk. Supruga. Supruk. For masculine. Supruga. For feminine. Sup-ruk. Supruk. Since it ends with a consonant G,


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[Assistant] This tells us that this word is masculine and refers to a man. Since this word ends with a vowel A,


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[Assistant] This tells us that this word is feminine and refers to a woman. Next word. Husband. Mush. Mush.


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[Assistant] Wife. Жена. Groom. Жених. Bride. Невеста. Bride. Невеста. Uncle. Дядя.


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[Assistant] Dya-dya. Uncle. Dya-dya. This word is funny. Aunt. Tyot'ya. Tyot'ya.


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[Assistant] Next word. Cousin. For masculine. For feminine. Cousin. Cousin. Cousin. Cousin. Cousin.


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[Assistant] nephew, plemyannik, plemyannik, plemyannik, nephew, plemyannik, niece, plemyannitsa, plemyannitsa, plemyannitsa, niece, plemyannitsa,


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[Assistant] In this word we end the study of the vocabulary of the topic of family, which means that we are ready to move on to the study of object forms of personal pronouns. As in English, in Russian the personal pronouns also have object forms. The object form of personal pronouns is used in sentences like Her name is I know him I love them or I understand you. So let's take a look at the table.


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[Assistant] Me. For example, My name is Maria. Or they call me Maria. You. For example,


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[Assistant] Тебя. I understand you. He. Him. Он. Его. Его. For example. Я понимаю его. Я понимаю его. I understand him. She. Her. Она. Её. Её. For example.


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[Assistant] I understand her. We. Us.


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[Assistant] For plural. I understand you.


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[Assistant] They. Them. Они. Их. Их. Я понимаю их. Я понимаю их. Understand them. Let's summarize. Repeat after me. Me. Меня. Меня. You. Тебя. Тебя. Him.


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[Assistant] yivoh, yivoh. her, yeyo, yeyo.


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[Assistant] Us, nas, nas, you for plural, vas, vas, them, ich, ich.


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[Assistant] Write down this table so that you can complete the next exercise and of course use it in the future.


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[Assistant] Your task is to fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in the brackets.


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[Assistant] Ты are indicated in the subject form. And your task is to write their object form. And when you're ready, check the correct answers.


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[Assistant] Ready? Let's check it. Do you listen to me? Do you listen to me? Does brother know him? Sorry, I don't hear you. Mother knows her.


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[Assistant] Father understands them.


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[Assistant] Родители любят нас. Нас. Parents love us. Сестра слушает тебя. Тебя. Sister is listening to you. Чудно. Great. And we have one more exercise. Tell about your family.


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[Assistant] You can use this structure as an example. I have a mother. Her name is Trampampam. I love her.


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[Assistant] I have a trampampam. His name is Trampampam. I trampampam him. He likes to trampampam.


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[Assistant] Take your time. Try to use as many words that you know as possible. Mention as many family members as possible. Use the verbs, nouns and object pronouns that you know today.


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[Assistant] Okay, let's see my version. У меня есть мама. I have a mother. Ее зовут Оксана. Her name is Оксана. Я люблю ее. I love her. У меня есть папа. I have a father. Его зовут Сергей. His name is Сергей.


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[Assistant] Я обожаю его. I adore him. Он любит играть в настольный теннис. He likes to play table tennis. У меня есть сестра. I have a sister. Её зовут Валерия. Her name is Valeria. Я понимаю её. I understand her. Она любит танцевать. She likes to dance. In my example I use the construction I have. У меня есть.


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[Assistant] Elsa used the object forms of pronouns.


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[Assistant] Also, I highlighted in bold two verbs that are new to you. I love her. To love. It ends with ИТЬ, so it's the second conjugation verb. First person singular. I love her. And the second verb is To adore.


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[Assistant] It ends with АТЬ, АТЬ, so it's the first conjugation verb. First person singular. Я обожаю. Я обожаю его. I adore him.


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[Assistant] And table tennis in Russian is настольный тенис, настольный тенис. As you may remember, table in Russian is стол, стол, table tennis, настольный тенис.


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[Assistant] This was the last exercise for this lesson. Let's do a quick review. Повторение. Повторяй за мной. Family Семья Parents Родители Mother Мама


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[Assistant] son, sin, daughter, duch.


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[Assistant] Relatives.


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[Assistant] Sister, сестра. Grandfather, дедушка.


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[Assistant] Great grandmother, probabushka. Grandson, vnuk. Granddaughter, vnuchka.


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[Assistant] Spouse, supruk, supruga. Husband, mush. Wife, zhina.


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[Assistant] groom, zhenikh, bride, nevesta, uncle, dyadya,


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[Assistant] nephew, plemyannik niece, plemyanitsa


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[Assistant] Great! And here's a table reminding you of the object forms of the personal pronouns.


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[Assistant] And that's all for today. Thank you for this lesson. I'm very glad that now you know such important words in Russian and you can describe your family members.


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[Assistant] Have a nice day and I wish you all the best for you and your family. Пока-пока!


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[Assistant] Okay, so an open sleigh, it means that there's no roof. So you're sitting under the stars and there's a horse pulling your sleigh through the snow.


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[Assistant] There's no wheels, okay, because it's hard to drive in snow, and so this is an old kind of vehicle that has maybe wood or metal underneath to make it slide.


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[Assistant] Bob tails are the tails of certain animals, okay? So we could say we have a bunny rabbit with a bob tail. That means the tail sticks up.


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[Assistant] That's right. Spirit is your, your attitude or your soul and in this case you're being made happy. You're happy because it's Christmas, you're outside.


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[Assistant] Is the song we sing when we're in a sleigh. So this isn't a real word, but this is something that makes the song kind of, makes you think that these people are just singing a special song for being in a sleigh.


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[Assistant] Yeah, to jingle, uhm, we can do it with your keys too. To jingle is to make noise when metal is touching metal. So we have bells and they, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, they hit each other.


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[Assistant] Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. So all the way, maybe we're going someplace.


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[Assistant] Well, probably old enough to come from a time when there weren't cars because there was a slave.


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[Assistant] Chapter 27. The ginseng fruit.


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[Assistant] He swung his iron bar and the animals ran back into the forest.


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[Assistant] Bajie and Wu Jing soon caught up to them.


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[Assistant] They all continued along the road. The Tang monk pointed to a building up ahead.


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[Assistant] When they reached the Abbey, Bajay knocked on the door. Two priests opened it.


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[Assistant] Said one priest. He pointed to a door in the back of the room.


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[Assistant] Bajie went into the kitchen while the Tang monk talked to the priests.


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[Assistant] The priest tried to convince him that the fruit wasn't a baby. But the monk just shook his head.


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[Assistant] The priest took the ginseng fruit out of the room and into a hallway.


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[Assistant] The two priests shared the ginseng fruit. Bajie was in the kitchen nearby.


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[Assistant] He had heard everything they'd said. His stomach growled.


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[Assistant] Some people enjoy dancing. They like to move their bodies.


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[Assistant] Some people enjoy collecting.


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[Assistant] They like to collect different things.


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[Assistant] Some people enjoy gardening. They like to grow plants.


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[Assistant] Some people enjoy writing. They like to tell stories.


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[Assistant] Some people enjoy singing. They like to make music.


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[Assistant] Some people enjoy painting. They like to create art.


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[Assistant] Some people enjoy other hobbies. What are your hobbies?


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[Assistant] Hello! I'm glad to welcome you to our class. This is the Russian for Beginners course, and it's still me, Maria, your Russian tutor.


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[Assistant] So, let's start with repetition, as usual, and then we will see how to tell the time in Russian. Повторение. Даты. Dates. День. Day. Неделя. Week. Месяц. Month. Год. Year. Понедельник. Monday. Вторник. Tuesday. Среда.


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[Assistant] Wednesday Thursday Friday Sunday January


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[Assistant] February. March. April. May. June. July. August. September. October. November.


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[Assistant] Okay, I hope you refreshed these words and we are moving on. So let's see how to say what time is it in Russian. Here I have indicated two options that you can use both informal and informal communication.


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[Assistant] The first option is to say Который сейчас час? Который сейчас час? Который сейчас час? Который. Which? Сейчас. Now.


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[Assistant] Since most often we ask the time that is relevant to the present moment, the word


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[Assistant] Сейчас – now can be excluded. This is optional, because everyone understands that you probably want to ask what time is it now. So, the short version is Который час? Который? Which? Час? Hour?


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[Assistant] Since we don't use the verb TO BE in the present tense, the literal translation of the first phrase sounds like which now hour or which hour. Okay. And the second option is to say Сколько сейчас времени? Сколько сейчас времени? Сколько? How much? Сейчас. Now. Времени.


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[Assistant] It's the genitive case of the word ВРЕМЯ, which means time. Nominative case ВРЕМЯ. Genitive case ВРЕМЕНИ. The word СЕЙЧАС.


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[Assistant] Now is also used optionally, so the short version is Сколько времени? The literal translation is How much now time? or How much time? Итак, первый вариант, the first variant is Который сейчас час? Второй вариант, the second variant is Сколько сейчас времени? Great!


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[Assistant] Отлично! Now let's see how you can tell the time. First of all, in Russian you can use both – the 12-hour and the 24-hour clock systems.


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[Assistant] The easiest way to tell the time in Russian is to use the 24-hour system.


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[Assistant] And sequentially name the number corresponding to the hours and the number corresponding to the minutes.


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[Assistant] Since in this variant, the numbers are used in the nominative case. For example, 1430.


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[Assistant] This is the most versatile way, especially if you need to tell the exact time. So I strongly advise you to master the numbers in Russian in order to freely use this method in all cases. But since being in Russian speaking countries, for example,


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[Assistant] By asking the time, you can get a different option. Now we'll consider other frequently used ways of telling the time, so that you understand and perhaps use it yourself.


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[Assistant] First case. When telling the time that is before the 30-minute mark, you can use the following scheme.


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[Assistant] Using ordinal number in the genitive case.


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[Assistant] For example, if you want to say 5.15, using this variant of telling the time, it will be 15 минут шестого.


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[Assistant] The important point is that in this case, since we have 5 hours and 15 minutes, then 5 hours have already passed, and now the time is moving towards 6 hours. Therefore, in hours we indicate 6 hours. 6.


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[Assistant] шесть in the nominative case and in the genitive case шестого fifteen, пятнадцать minutes, минут this is also the genitive case of the sixth шестого, пятнадцать минут шестого


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[Assistant] Don't worry, on the next slides we will study ordinal and cardinal numbers.


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[Assistant] Also note that native speakers use this method and the next method if the minute hand is at a mark that is divisible by 5.


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[Assistant] For example, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes. Okay, let's move on.


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[Assistant] When telling the time, that is after the 30-minute mark, you can use the following scheme. Бес means without, plus minutes, cardinal number in genitive case, plus our cardinal number in the nominative case. For example, 2045. Двадцать сорок пять.


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[Assistant] This means that we're missing 15 minutes before 9.


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[Assistant] It's almost 9, but without 15 minutes. Without. без. 15. 15. In the nominative case, in the genitive case, 15. без 15. 9. 9. без 15. 9. без 15. 9.


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[Assistant] As I said before, this option can be used if the minute hand is located beyond the 30-minute mark and at the mark that is divisible by 5.


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[Assistant] And the last case. If the time is at half past the hour, use this scheme.


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[Assistant] It means half, half, половина, plus hour.


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[Assistant] Ordinal number in the genitive case. For example, nine thirty.


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[Assistant] Here the logic is similar. We have 9 hours and 30 minutes. This means that 9 hours have already passed and we are moving towards 10 hours. That is, we have 30 minutes of the approaching 10 hours. Also, from the word половина,


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[Assistant] половина, half comes the prefix пол, пол.


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[Assistant] When we attach it to some words, we get a word meaning that we have half of something. So if you want to say nine thirty in a short way, you can just say полдесятого instead of половина десятого. Great.


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[Assistant] That was the basic theory, now let's learn the ordinal numbers in the Nominative and Genitive. Здесь ты можешь видеть таблицу. Here you can see the table.


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[Assistant] Numbers in Russian, like adjectives, are presented in dictionaries in the form for the masculine gender, and numbers are declined in the same way as adjectives. Cases of the Russian language, the declination of all parts of speech, we will go through all this later, step by step.


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[Assistant] And now we will deal with ordinal numbers in the genitive case. Masculine. Since we are going to use these numbers with the word CHAS.


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[Assistant] This word is masculine, since it ends with the consonant S. As you can see, the ending of the numerals in declination is replaced by ОГО. Please write it down and try to repeat after me. First. Pervyj. Pervyj. Genitive case. Pervovo.


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[Assistant] Genitive case – четвертого, четвертого. Fifth – пятый, пятый. Genitive case – пятого, пятого. Sixth – шестой, шестой. Genitive case – шестого, шестого. Seventh – шестой.


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[Assistant] седьмой, седьмой, седьмого, седьмого. восьмой, восьмой, седьмого, седьмого. девятый, девятый, седьмой, седьмой, седьмого, седьмого.


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[Assistant] So, when telling the time that is before the 30-minute mark, we use the scheme minutes plus hour, ordinal number in the genitive case. For example, 18.19.


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[Assistant] It means that we have 19 minutes of the approaching 7th hour. 19 minutes. 19 minutes of the 7th hour.


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[Assistant] Write this table down, please, so that later you can easily cope with practical exercises. Next table is devoted to cardinal numbers.


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[Assistant] Here I have indicated only those numbers that will be used when telling the time that is after the 30-minute mark. 5 5 5 Genitive case 5 5 10 10 10 10 Genitive case 10 10 15


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[Assistant] 15, 15. Genitive case 15, 15. 20, 20. Genitive case 20, 20. 25, 25. Genitive case 25, 25.


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[Assistant] As you can see, when declining, the soft sign has been replaced by the letter И. И.


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[Assistant] Since we are declining numbers for plural number, using numbers with the word минут, which means minutes, let's try to use the scheme без, without, plus minutes, cardinal number in genitive case.


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[Assistant] Plus our cardinal number in the nominative case.


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[Assistant] Without 5 minutes of the approaching 4th hour.


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[Assistant] Without 10 minutes of the approaching 4th hour.


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[Assistant] Without 15 minutes of the approaching fourth hour.


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[Assistant] Without twenty minutes of the approaching fourth hour. 15.35


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[Assistant] You need to remember the genitive case of the following nouns. Morning. Utra. Utra. Genitive case. Utra. Utra. Afternoon. Den. Den. Genitive case. Dnya. Dnya. Evening. Vecher.


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[Assistant] Vecher. Genitive case Vechera. Vechera. Night. Noch. Noch. Genitive case Noche. Noche.


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[Assistant] сейчас час numeral one один


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[Assistant] As a rule, we don't say in this case, since the word hour, chas,


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[Assistant] Chess is used in the singular, which means that we have one hour. Chess.


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[Assistant] The word сейчас сейчас now is optional. It's two o'clock. Сейчас два часа. Сейчас два часа. Или два часа. Сколько времени? Сейчас два часа. It's three o'clock. Сейчас три часа. Сейчас три часа. Или три часа.


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[Assistant] It's 4 o'clock.


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[Assistant] It can literally be translated as


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[Assistant] Four hours. It's five o'clock. Pay attention to the ending OF.


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[Assistant] The number starting with 5, the ending will be OF. So, at 6 o'clock, сейчас шесть часов.


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[Assistant] It's 7 o'clock. It's quarter past 7. It's quarter past 7.


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[Assistant] Now you can add two more words to your vocabulary and after that finally we will move on


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[Assistant] As I said, the prefix


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[Assistant] means half of something. In this case, it's in the analogue of the prefix MID. DAY День Midday Полдень Midnight Полночь Night Ночь Midnight Полночь


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[Assistant] And now it's your turn. Your task is to tell the time shown in the picture. Try to use several options.


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[Assistant] Let's check it. Next exercise, and the task is similar.


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[Assistant] Let's check it. первый вариант сейчас половина второго сейчас половина второго второй вариант час тридцать час тридцать третий вариант тринадцать тридцать тринадцать тридцать And here the last exercise.


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[Assistant] 16, 45. Now 16, 45.


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[Assistant] Отлично! Thank you for this lesson, for your time and diligence.


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[Assistant] Because this lesson wasn't only about learning the new topic,


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[Assistant] But else it was a great practice of working with numbers. So.


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[Assistant] Thank you again for the lesson and see you in the next one. Bye bye! Vaka vaka!


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[Assistant] But my own companions are causing trouble for me. Calm down master, said Wukong.


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[Assistant] But we must wait until the great immortal is asleep.


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[Assistant] Let's stop arguing and figure out how to escape.


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[Assistant] I'm sure he's playing in a field of flowers right now. Meanwhile, we're trapped here. I don't think he would leave us.


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[Assistant] Don't do that. Give it to me.


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[Assistant] I'm going to put it here, in front of the window.


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[Assistant] There we are. It's a lovely vase.


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[Assistant] I'm tired and hungry. Let's stop for lunch.


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[Assistant] I'm looking for my daughter, said the woman. She was bringing food to the Tang monks.


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[Assistant] Is there any water in this kettle? Yes, there is.


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[Assistant] I can see the teapot, but I can't see the tea.


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[Assistant] I don't miss you, said Wukong. You told Master to use the tight headband spell. I should take out my iron bar and clobber you.


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[Assistant] Just tell the monster that you're friends with me, the Monkey King. He'll be scared and leave all of you alone.


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[Assistant] Saying that. Let's go, Bajie.


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[Assistant] Swamp Music. Written by Maribeth Bolts. Illustrated by Rebecca Stuff.


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[Assistant] The swamp is too quiet, said Ben Bear. We need more fun. A band would be fun, said Snap the Crayfish. A band? Gabby Grasshopper said. What can we play?


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[Assistant] I could snap my claws like this, said Snap, Snap, Snap, Snap, Snap. I can play my belly, said Ben. It can go boom, boom. I can play my legs, said Gabby.


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[Assistant] They can zing, zing, zing. I can go ssssssssss with my tongue, said sissy snake.


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[Assistant] Then we can make music, said Gabby. It will be fun. What is that sound? Where is it coming from? It's swamp music.


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[Assistant] Snap, snap. Boom, boom. Sis. And zing, zing, zing.


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[Assistant] The whole swamp came to dance and sing.


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[Assistant] I know. I don't have any. Can you buy some envelopes and stamps for me, dear?


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[Assistant] I'll call Girls Exercise to date about your DVDs!


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[Assistant] Very funny. Why are you wearing running shorts? Tonight's Lunar New Year's Eve. Did you forget?


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[Assistant] I understand, but he's family.


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[Assistant] But Simon, come on. One bite can't hurt you.


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[Assistant] Well, yeah, you're my wife.


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[Assistant] But I only won two tickets! Rene is going with me!


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[Assistant] Then you too will play a game. The winner gets the free ticket.


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[Assistant] It's my ticket, so I will choose the game.


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[Assistant] Well, I decided something. What's that? If I ever join a team, I'm not going to join a baseball team. I think swimming might be better.


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[Assistant] And keep your hands away from your face, touching your bad skin won't help it.


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[Assistant] I know the best medicine for your face.


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[Assistant] It must be something big. I'm not selling anything.


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[Assistant] I don't think so, Betty. He's leaving tomorrow.


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[Assistant] I'd be glad to. What's the food like in Paris? Can you get a good hamburger there? Probably, but I love French food. It's delicious.


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[Assistant] There are lots of little cafes in Paris. I see them in movies all the time. I know. I'll go to one for a...


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[Assistant] But it was a love story. I don't really like those.


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[Assistant] Me too. Will they need any extras?


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[Assistant] No, we'll just go to Happy Time Theater. It's in town.


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[Assistant] Yes, but Fat Bob's has


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[Assistant] But we'd have more popcorn options at Fat Bob's.


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[Assistant] Are there any romantic comedies playing? That's what you feel like watching, right?


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[Assistant] Maybe we should just rent a movie tonight.


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[Assistant] It was embarrassing. Why? What happened?


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[Assistant] Mr. and Mrs. Lewis? Oh, they are the new owners of the diner, right?


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[Assistant] So what are you getting? I need some ingredients for my dishes. Oh, okay. Why are you buying flour in Chicago? You can buy that here in small town.


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[Assistant] I'll check with Renee and get back to you. Is that okay? Sure! Let me know. Alright.


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[Assistant] We'll pick you up at your place at 8 o'clock.


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[Assistant] So, are you excited for your birthday tomorrow?


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[Assistant] Well, it's true! Anyway, I have something special for you. You're going to love this!


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[Assistant] Yes, I've noticed you looked a little tired the past few weeks. Really? Yes, you have dark circles under your eyes.


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[Assistant] Excuse me? You have dark circles under your eyes. And they keep getting darker.


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[Assistant] Well, I also have something for those lines on your face. What lines? Your wrinkles.


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[Assistant] I just bought it. I'm packing it tonight for my trip. I'm leaving tomorrow morning from Chicago.


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[Assistant] It's only about eight hours. It's non-stop.


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[Assistant] But really, my flight to China last year was over 14 hours.


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[Assistant] You read, eat, watch movies, and try to sleep.


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[Assistant] Probably not. I usually sleep on the plane. Then I feel fine when I arrive.


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[Assistant] You know, Betty, I changed my mind. I'm not going to send you any postcards.


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[Assistant] When I return, I'll bring you a picture book of Paris.


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[Assistant] Are you sure? Yes, I want to show you the Super Hair Clipper 2010. But you're not a barber, you're a salesman! That's right.


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[Assistant] Well first, you choose one of these combs.


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[Assistant] Don't cut it very much. I won't. I'll just cut it a little. Okay, but just cut the back of my hair. Okay, okay.


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[Assistant] Where do you usually go for a haircut? The small town salon. If you buy this hair clipper, you'll save money. Are you almost done? Almost. Uh oh. Uh oh? Hugh? What did you do? I have just the thing for you. The hair clipper? No. This hat.


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[Assistant] I will, thanks. Hey, does Max have a TV back in the kitchen?


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[Assistant] Where are you and the missus going tonight? To a movie. Are you going to Fat Bob's Theater?


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[Assistant] Really? Oh yes! They have sweet or salty


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[Assistant] And they also have different flavors you can put on your popcorn. Really?


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[Assistant] Then you should go to Happy Time Theater. They have more screens, so you'd have more movie options there.


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[Assistant] Why don't you go see the Chronicles of Narnia movie?


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[Assistant] No, I would rather watch TV. Great! Then you're going to want to buy this TV from me! I already have a TV.


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[Assistant] But this small TV would be perfect for the diner!


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[Assistant] You could watch the cooking channel while you're cooking.


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[Assistant] Well, how about watching TV with me? While I finish my dinner. Sure.


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[Assistant] Oh, fine. So what are you watching?


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[Assistant] You can run home, like I did.


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[Assistant] After my embarrassing presentation at school. I'm sorry. I didn't hear about that. You can yell and get angry. Like I did when Ben came into the bathroom. I heard about that.


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[Assistant] You can ignore the person who embarrasses you. I am still ignoring Ben. Or


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[Assistant] But I'm not sure if I'm going yet. You should!


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[Assistant] Journey to the West Chapter 39 The Injured Monk


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[Assistant] When he woke up, he was tied up in a dark cave.


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[Assistant] Said the old monk. Wukong looked suspiciously at the man.


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[Assistant] The group continued along the road. Wukong carried the injured monk.


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[Assistant] As Wukong talked, he felt a heavy weight pressing down on him.


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[Assistant] Wukong felt more weight. Now he had two mountains on top of him. He walked more slowly.


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[Assistant] Wukong's knees buckled, and all three mountains crashed down on top of him. The monkey was trapped. The old monk appeared again.


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[Assistant] Hello, were you at the butchers?


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[Assistant] Yes, I was. Were you at the butcher's too? No, I wasn't. I was at the greengrocer's. How's Jimmy today? He's very well, thank you. Was he absent from school last week? Yes, he was.


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[Assistant] He was absent on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. How are you all keeping? Very well, thank you. We're going to spend three days in the country. We're going to stay at my mother's for the weekend.


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[Assistant] Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the country. Aren't you lucky?


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[Assistant] I am Sun Wukong, king of the fruit and flower mountain, said the monkey.


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[Assistant] He must be from heaven. I'll go up there now to see if any spirits are missing.


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[Assistant] There's a monster on earth causing trouble for the Tang Monk? Said Wukong. I think the monster is a spirit who escaped from heaven. Is anyone missing?


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[Assistant] The monster kidnapped a princess 13 years ago on earth. 13 years on earth is equal to 13 days in heaven. The god nodded.


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[Assistant] We save people from monsters and demons almost every day.


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[Assistant] That monster turned him into a tiger, that's all. Where is he?


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[Assistant] Wukong smiled. We will reach the western paradise together.


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[Assistant] Lesson 61. A Bad Cold.


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[Assistant] Where's Jimmy? He's in bed. What's the matter with him?


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[Assistant] Can you remember the doctor's telephone number?


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[Assistant] Open your mouth, Jimmy. Show me your tongue. Say, ah.


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[Assistant] He has a bad cold, Mr. Williams, so he must stay in bed for a week.


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[Assistant] Good news. Why? Because he doesn't like school.


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[Assistant] I'm still helping the Tang Monk, he said. We're helping a king right now, though. He poked a blue bottle filled with liquid.


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[Assistant] I need pills that will bring someone back to life, said Wukong. Give me 1000 of them.


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[Assistant] You are rude and disrespectful! Yeldlauza. Get out!


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[Assistant] I really just need one pill, said Wukong. Give me that. Get out! shouted Lausa.


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[Assistant] Hello again, said the monkey. I was just trying to decide what sort of trouble I could cause for you. Lousa frowned, shoving the pill toward Wu.


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[Assistant] Connections. Writing and art. Draw a leaf from another tree. Write about the tree and its leaves.


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[Assistant] Science. What do all trees need to grow? Share your ideas with a partner.


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[Assistant] We're supposed to be friendly and professional.


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[Assistant] I wouldn't want to have to tell our boss about this.


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[Assistant] Hello, this is Becca Harris. Oh, hi mom.


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[Assistant] I wanted to see how Aaron answers the phone. Sometimes he's not very professional.


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[Assistant] Hey, bus 11 and bus 52 both stop on Market Street.


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[Assistant] Mom, you're so funny. You're too nice. I'm glad we're friends, Mom.


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[Assistant] Okay, I saw Ryan. He asked me to go see a movie with him. What did you say? Well, I remembered what Mia told me.


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[Assistant] But we need to be wise about what we try. I've tried being friends with Ryan. And it's not wise. So I told him no.


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[Assistant] I'm glad you haven't had second thoughts about breaking up with Ryan.


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[Assistant] I feel bad about not talking to him much anymore. But I know that's what is best for me.


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[Assistant] Oh yeaah. There's this girl, Judy. She's so much fun. I'm glad you're making new friends.


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[Assistant] I want you to know that I'm sorry I didn't trust you. I know mom.


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[Assistant] You've all given me a second chance before. I guess it's my turn. I forgive you.


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[Assistant] Well, maybe Jeff and Mia will have a little boy one day. You can play with him. Yeah, right.


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[Assistant] And how did you cook the vegetables? They're delicious.


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[Assistant] I'm glad you asked me over for dinner. Thank you.


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[Assistant] Sorry, but I need the apartment tonight. I'm having a sleepover.


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[Assistant] And mom never has this much energy. Amber, where is your mom? She went to the bedroom to get something. That was fifteen minutes ago. I'll go check on her.


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[Assistant] Hi you two. Liz, Greg told me about your trip. It sounds like a lot of fun. Brazil, here we come. I know you'll have a great time.


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[Assistant] I will stop working at the newspaper when we have the baby.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, Jeff, you tried that last April Fool's Day, but we won't believe you this time.


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[Assistant] This is such wonderful news! I can't wait till your baby's born. When is the baby due? In June. When can you find out if it's a boy or a girl?


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[Assistant] I hope it's a girl. Daughters are great. Well, I'm really happy for you too.


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[Assistant] We did. I really enjoy my job.


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[Assistant] Thank you, Liz. My music store has really turned the corner. Really?


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[Assistant] Are prices too high? What would happen if prices were lower?


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[Assistant] Okay, thanks. I think I'll sleep for about two hours.


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[Assistant] What about barrel? The name barrel means jewel. Isn't that a nice meaning?


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[Assistant] I don't think it's junk mail. Why not?


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[Assistant] Hey, you usually say that to me.


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[Assistant] Mandy, be nice. It's the truth. And now I have to write about the auditions for the school paper. Uh oh. Good luck.


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[Assistant] So, do you wish you were in the play? Well, I would have liked to try out for it, but since Trina has the biggest part, I'm glad I'm not in it. Uh, Mandy, don't you have any homework to do? Yeah, I have so much homework to do tonight. Don't you think you should get started? Oh, yeah.


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[Assistant] Sorry. You probably have a lot of homework to do too. Yeaah. I have world history on Tuesdays and Thursdays. And that's your class with the most homework, right? Right.


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[Assistant] Okay, I'll see you later. I have an article to write.


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[Assistant] By reviewing our principles that we learned yesterday and then we'll go on from there. I'm sorry I'm late Mrs. Black. That's okay Mandy. Teacher's pet. Do you have something to say Trina? No.


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[Assistant] Well, you've come late and left my class early the past two days. I'm just wondering what's going on.


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[Assistant] Hide from Trina Taylor's boyfriend. Oh Mandy. Hey, I'm getting good at it. Although, today when he came into the cafeteria, I had to hide under the table. That wasn't fun.


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[Assistant] You spend all your time after school at home. You're hiding from Matt. I'm not hiding from him. I'm just uhm, trying not to see him. Isn't that the same thing? Maybe.


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[Assistant] It's just hard. Do you wish you lived in a dorm so you could meet more people? Sometimes.


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[Assistant] But, mom and dad wanted me to save money this first semester. I'm glad. It's nice to have you at home. Thanks.


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[Assistant] May I talk to you for a minute? Uh, I'm going to be late for biology. That's okay, I'll write a note for your teacher. Uh, okay.


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[Assistant] Come into my classroom. I don't have a class this period.


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[Assistant] Hey, are you really busy right now?


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[Assistant] Sort of. I'm studying for a test. Why? What's up? I need to go to the mall to exchange something. Can you take me?


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[Assistant] I'd love to, but... You have a lot of studying to do? Right. Can Mom take you? Maybe. But you've seemed a little sad lately. I thought shopping would cheer you up. You're right, it would. Okay.


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[Assistant] Well, I know playing sports is a good way to get to know people, but...


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[Assistant] You'd look cute in one of those little tennis skirts, Allie. Very funny.


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[Assistant] Oh, that's okay. Actually, maybe you guys are right. I could try a new sport, just for fun.


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[Assistant] That's true. What about soccer? I haven't really played soccer before. I just played in P.E. class.


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[Assistant] Does this come in other sizes? I need a medium.


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[Assistant] Whoa! Ally! It looks like a tornado hit your room!


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[Assistant] I'm trying to decide what to wear to the coffee house concert at school.


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[Assistant] Why are you so worried about how you look? I'm not. You look worried.


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[Assistant] Are Matt and Jake going to the concert? Yea, Jake will be there. I asked about Matt too.


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[Assistant] You're dressing up for Jake, aren't you? Uhm, I have to go. Bye Mandy.


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[Assistant] Dad, the concert starts in five minutes. Could you drive a little faster?


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[Assistant] What do you think I should get Jake for Christmas? Isn't it a little late to be thinking about that? Christmas is the day after tomorrow. I know, but I've been thinking about it for weeks and I just don't know what to get. Well, Jake likes to play the guitar.


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[Assistant] Don't ask me. I don't know anything about guitars.


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[Assistant] Well, our family always spends Christmas Day together, but I'm free all day on the 26th.


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[Assistant] Jake just told me that he likes me. He did? And? And we've decided not to date. What? Why? We want to take things slowly. What do you mean? We keep getting to know each other better as friends first.


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[Assistant] I never thought I'd say this, but this year has been one of the best years of my life. Mine too. I'm really glad we moved here.


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[Assistant] Me too. I was so sad to leave Florida. I never thought I would like Portland. I remember. But here I am, a year later. I've fallen in love with Portland.


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[Assistant] And Portland has really started to feel like home.


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[Assistant] Well, it's about time. Welcome home, Allie.


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[Assistant] I can't type this letter. I can't read it.


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[Assistant] I know, Grandma. Don't worry, I understand.


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[Assistant] What's wrong with your baby? The brakes aren't very good. I can't drive a car without good brakes. That's right. It's not safe.


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[Assistant] You are going to Taipei and safety is important.


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[Assistant] Today Roger can teach you about the train. You can take it to Taipei. I can't wait. Patty, get a window seat. The scenery is beautiful. When are you coming back?


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[Assistant] Journey to the West, Chapter 93, A Problem for the Lion Demon.


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[Assistant] What shall I talk about? Who wants to hear a story?


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[Assistant] Ask the elephant. Yes, said Wukong.


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[Assistant] The lion went to the middle of the room. He bent over and coughed.


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[Assistant] The lion coughed again, but still Wukong stayed inside him.


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[Assistant] The lion looked up at the raptor and the elephant. They both nodded.


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[Assistant] Wukong started the climb up the lion's throat. Just as he reached the lion's mouth, Wukong heard whispering.


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[Assistant] Tears streamed down his face. He rolled around on the floor holding his paws over his mouth.


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[Assistant] Said the raptor. Wukong popped out of the lion's nose.


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[Assistant] As soon as the monkey was gone, the elephant turned to the other two demons.


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[Assistant] He's not a demon, he's a monkey! He's not just a mon-


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[Assistant] Well? Is there an army up ahead?


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[Assistant] One is a monk and the other is a pig. They were kidnapped by a man. They were kidnapped by me.


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[Assistant] Places, Plants and Animals Live Written by Katie Knight Illustrated by Cindy Hill


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[Assistant] Plants and animals live in the deserts. Deserts are very dry. Deserts can be very hot.


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[Assistant] Plants and animals live in the mountains.


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[Assistant] Mountains are very tall and steep.


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[Assistant] Planes are very grassy and flat.


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[Assistant] Plants and animals live in rivers. River water is not salty.


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[Assistant] Plants and animals live in rain forests. Rain forests are very wet.


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[Assistant] Plants and animals live in the tundra. The tundra is very cold. The tundra has no trees.


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[Assistant] The three travelers said goodbye to the spirit and headed up the mountain. They came to a cave near the peak.


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[Assistant] To the west. Chapter 56. The Tiger Immortal.


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[Assistant] The monks told the Tang monk everything that they had told Wukong.


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[Assistant] They led the travelers there, and everyone went to sleep for the night. The next morning, Wukong woke up early. Someone was pounding on the door of the building. A voice boomed.


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[Assistant] He and all the other monks trembled with fear. Wu Jing and Ba Jie drew their weapons. Wukong smiled.


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[Assistant] The Tiger Immortal led everyone into town. In the center of town was a Daoist altar.


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[Assistant] A stone tablet, incense sticks, and papers with magic writing were on the altar. A crowd of people arrived to see what was going on.


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[Assistant] Announce the Tiger Immortal. He walked toward the altar. The Tang Monk shook his head.


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[Assistant] Wukong stood by them smiling. From the altar the tiger immortal called out.


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[Assistant] Wukong looked up at the sky, which was becoming dark.


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[Assistant] If our leaders won't share the Tang Monk with us, they can catch him themselves. Let's gather the troops and leave this place.


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[Assistant] This won't be an ordinary meditation contest. We will float in the air and meditate. Can you do that?


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[Assistant] Because of our difficult journey, the Tang Empire will have the true scriptures. You should be happy to do all this work.


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[Assistant] You are very important monks. Having you as guests is a good deed. I'd like to stay here.


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[Assistant] You also had the two horses that were stolen from his stable!


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[Assistant] Oh, you got everything from the real robbers.


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[Assistant] Tell me, where are the real robbers now, hm?


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[Assistant] Why did you tell the judge that the Tang monk and his companions killed me?


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[Assistant] Tomorrow you must tell the judge that the Tang Monk and his companions are innocent!


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[Assistant] If you don't, I will haunt you for the rest of your life!


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[Assistant] The number 8 in Chinese sounds like good luck.


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[Assistant] Brian, it's okay. If Paul wants to share, let him.


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[Assistant] Yes, but we need to be kind anyway.


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[Assistant] Journey to the West Chapter 90 The Demon's Plan


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[Assistant] Trembling with fear, the Tang monk fell from his horse. Wu Jing rushed over to help him stand up.


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[Assistant] Looking closely, Wukong could tell that he was not an ordinary man.


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[Assistant] The tang monk's jaw dropped. How can you not be worried?


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[Assistant] Several demons were talking in front of a cave. They were dressed like military officers. Wukong spied on them from behind a rock


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[Assistant] That was very kind of our leaders, said a captain.


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[Assistant] Then he stepped out from behind the rock and hurried over to the officers.


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[Assistant] This course is going to be a little different than some of the other traditional business school courses that involve analytic skills or


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[Assistant] Uh, leadership methodologies, uh, because this course is almost entirely about you.


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[Assistant] And you are the best judge of where you are with the questions that the course is going to address.


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[Assistant] And so one way to take this course and use it would be to just simply look down the list of topics for the different sessions and weeks and click on one that looks like it's especially interesting or timely for you.


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[Assistant] And just jump right in in the middle. Uh, and then sample a few and, uh, and begin to get a sense for the relevance of the material that we'll be talking through and how you can connect to it.


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[Assistant] Uhm, uh, you may want to start at the beginning and work for a while on the materials in the order that we put it, but then jump to the end. You may find that you have some urgent questions about something like meaningful work or career. And so go ahead and feel free to click on the parts that have


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[Assistant] Uh, relevance to that question and you can always come back and get to the other parts, uh, another time.


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[Assistant] Or finally, we've made this course so that it's a coherent, structured experience from beginning to end. And if you simply start at the beginning and work your way through to the end, I think you'll find that the topics build on one another, that they're related in a sequence that makes sense.


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[Assistant] And, uh, you'll find it rewarding to take it in a traditional way, just the way you might take a course on another subject. So, I hope you'll feel free.


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[Assistant] To use the course the way it works best for you, because as I said, this course is really about you.


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[Assistant] And I will earn forgiveness for breaking that glass in heaven. I will earn forgiveness for causing trouble in heaven!


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[Assistant] I believe Wukong, said Wujing. We must walk across the log.


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[Assistant] It is you! Look again, Master.


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[Assistant] The science of success for the most part is about how to achieve success. And usually it means how to achieve.


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[Assistant] In connection with this course, we're gonna give you a, uhm,


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[Assistant] Uh, uh, in the next few sessions is talk about


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[Assistant] Uh, how, if you base success on certain values,


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[Assistant] Uh, what the traps are, uh, what the problems might be, uh, the complications that come from hang your hat on one value and not another.


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[Assistant] Uh, so we're gonna start with achievement and then we'll move to happiness.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so what happens if you decide to place all your chips on the board and define success as what you achieve?


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[Assistant] Uh, if it seems like that's an obvious thing, it seems like what most people, uh, strive for. Uhm, but if it's the case that success is basically equated with achievements,


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[Assistant] Here's a question for you. How come so many high performing people often feel so bad? Uh, burnout,


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[Assistant] Uh, you know, uh, lost families, lost relationships, uh, depression.


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[Assistant] Uh, drugs, uh, people who are, uh, obsessively, uh, oriented toward achievement often end up in some very bad places. Uhm, and I think, uh, the reason is because they aren't actually combining these two inner and outer faces of success. Uh, they've just, uh, put all their money on one side.


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[Assistant] We had a speaker at the Wharton School some years ago who told a really interesting story about a guy who had actually figured this out and reoriented his life in order to achieve a new kind of success as he saw it.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and so I wanted to share it with you because I think it, uh, kind of summarizes the moment of realization that can sometimes come for people when they recognize that they've, uh, put too much emphasis on one of these buckets of, uh, uh, the two buckets of success.


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[Assistant] So this, this fellow was an entrepreneur and he ran a very big set of businesses in the American, uh, southeast down in Georgia, uh, in South Carolina and, uh,


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[Assistant] When his firm was small he had used a lawyer from Atlanta.


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[Assistant] A lawyer to come and work with him full time as an inside lawyer. So he went to his friend at the Atlanta law firm and said,


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[Assistant] Could you suggest someone that we can use to be our inside lawyer?


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[Assistant] Uh, and, uh, the guy said, well, let me give it some thought. I'll get back to you. So a couple days later, uh, the lawyer, uh, from Atlanta shows back up in the entrepreneur's office and says, I found just the perfect person to be your inside lawyer. And the entrepreneur said, well, who is it? And he said, it's me. I'm going to do it.


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[Assistant] And, uh, the lawyer, the entrepreneur said, well, I can't possibly pay you what you're getting at the law firm, you know, just forget about it. And the lawyer said, I don't care what you pay me. Uh, I'll take whatever you give me. I want to work with you. And the, uh, entrepreneur said, well, why would you want to do that? And he said, well, after you asked that question, I went back home and I started thinking about it. And here's what I concluded.


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[Assistant] He said, I worked my butt off in high school to get into a great college, and I worked my butt off in college to get into a great law school, and then I worked my butt off in law school to get into a great law firm, and now I've worked my butt off at this law firm to get to be a partner.


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[Assistant] And I suddenly realized that I've just been in this great big pie eating contest, and I keep winning, and every time I win, the prize is always the same, and the prize is always more pie.


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[Assistant] And he said, I'm tired of eating pie. I want to join you, build your company, and uh, and have a little fun doing what I love to do. And so the entrepreneur hired him.


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[Assistant] The, uh, the first day of work, this guy shows up, he's, you know.


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[Assistant] Dressed in a Hawaiian shirt, ready to go. Still the great lawyer he was before, but with a whole new attitude.


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[Assistant] So achievements can have that circularity. If you don't know what's going on, you end up just repeating cycles, like going around a merry-go-round.


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[Assistant] Just achieving whatever somebody said is the success that you're striving for. A degree, a status job.


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[Assistant] Journey to the West, Chapter 106, The Question.


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[Assistant] Said the Tang Monk, smiling. The travelers were flying back east.


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[Assistant] The guard from the Thunder Clap Monastery was using a spell to carry them.


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[Assistant] Just then a messenger caught up with them. The messenger whispered something in the guard's ear. The guard glanced quickly at the travelers. Then he looked back at the messenger and nodded.


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[Assistant] Instantly the spell broke, and the travelers fell from the sky.


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[Assistant] Bam! They slammed into the ground next to a wide river.


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[Assistant] Wukong turns slowly to the Tang Monk.


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[Assistant] Suddenly, a large form rose from the river.


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[Assistant] The travelers climbed on and the turtles started across the river.


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[Assistant] Wujing and Bajie soon fell asleep while Wukong meditated.


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[Assistant] The Thai monk stayed awake too, sitting near the turtle's head.


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[Assistant] The monk bit his lip. He had forgotten to ask the turtle's question.


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[Assistant] Wukong's eyes blew open as he hit the cold water. He leaped into the air.


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[Assistant] Ba Jie, Wu Jing, and the horse quickly flew across the river.


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[Assistant] Wukong cast a spell and lifted the monk and the bag from the river.


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[Assistant] When everyone was on dry land, the monkey turned the bag upside down.


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[Assistant] The Storm. Written by Ned Jensen. Illustrated by Terry Herman.


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[Assistant] They get darker and darker. A storm is coming.


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[Assistant] The strong winds begin to blow.


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[Assistant] Strong winds begin to blow and the sky gets darker.


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[Assistant] The sky gets darker and the clouds move over the house.


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[Assistant] Lightning flashes all around, and thunder crashes loudly.


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[Assistant] Then, the rain stops falling.


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[Assistant] Tim and Pam come out too.


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[Assistant] So let's take a moment and wrap up where we are and take a look at where we're going next. You've begun your exploration of your own success values.


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[Assistant] Uh, you took a look at the six lives and tried to decide which ones you thought were most or least successful, began to see that


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[Assistant] Inside each of those lives, uh, there was a balance between the outer life of status and achievement, uh, and career and the inner life of happiness, satisfaction, love, family, and where those two, uh,


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[Assistant] Then we looked at the origins of some of those values in your own cultural understanding, the family values that you were raised on, perhaps spiritual or religious values that you've inherited.


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[Assistant] And begun to see that there's a moment where you get to stand and examine those values, decide where you stand with respect to them. Do you embrace them? Do you need to modify them? Do you need to reject some part of them in order for you to make progress on your own journey? Uh, where we're going to go next is to look at, uh, in a little more detail, uh, what are


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[Assistant] The individual ways that you can begin seeing yourself.


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[Assistant] As a success capable individual, uh, that are not looking out and comparing yourself to others and saying, oh I'm a failure with respect to that person or I'm


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[Assistant] I'm, uh, I'm not as good as, uh, this role model I have. I'm a failure. But, uh, to look inside and see, uh, okay, where, where do I stand today?


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[Assistant] Uh, where do I want to invest, uh, to make progress, uh, for tomorrow and build on the solid foundation of your capabilities and, uh, and your interests. So, uh, I'll see you in the next session.


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[Assistant] The Tang monk jumped to his feet as the villagers hid behind trees.


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[Assistant] Wukong, Wujing and Bajie pulled out their weapons. A large shell rose from the water.


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[Assistant] Said Bajie. The turtle bowed its head toward Wukong.


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[Assistant] After a little more hesitation, the traveler stepped onto the turtle's shell. The turtle began to paddle.


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[Assistant] Please visit us on your way home! Shouted someone else.


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[Assistant] Called the monk. Soon the turtle was far from shore. Bajie fell asleep. The turtle glanced back at the Tang monk.


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[Assistant] A few hours later, the turtle reached the other side of the river. The travelers stepped onto dry land.


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[Assistant] Wujing shivered. Look! Said the Tang monk, pointing.


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[Assistant] Higher up the mountain was a large monastery.


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[Assistant] Wukong looked at the monastery. A dark mist hung over it.


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[Assistant] What is it, Monkey? I don't know, but someone needs help. Perhaps in that house we passed earlier. The big one, near the road. I'll have to leave you, Master, and make sure no one's in trouble.


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[Assistant] Perhaps he can help us. Help you? Uh, hey, does this have anything to do with the terrifying noises I heard last night? Uh-huh, uh-huh. It was the monster. Dealing with monsters is my specialty.


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[Assistant] My sons together can't drive him away. Well, Lord Gao, no need to worry. I have experience with monsters.


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[Assistant] They'll be mad as hornets once they get free of that glue. Do not worry, monkey. The glue the goddess gave you should hold them for three or four days. By then we shall be far away from here. I was worried there for a while, but once again we're on our way. We are indeed. We have been sorely tried, but our escape has only made our journey more joyful. The road ahead is beautiful and challenging. So, master, shall we? And so they continue.


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[Assistant] Watch our videos and review your learning with the Crash Course app. Supplemental content is now available for these courses.


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[Assistant] This is space. And no, I don't mean the part filled with stars and satellites. This image of the world is letting us see part of geographic space. The Earth is covered in features and relationships that we can measure and study in a variety of ways to better understand our environments. For example, if I were to zoom into your community, I might measure the space by counting the buildings to get a sense of how big it is.


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[Assistant] But this is your community, so you know where the place is to catch up with a neighbor, like an eclectic coffee shop or walking the sculpture park. I only see the physical buildings while you understand the importance of each building. We're looking at the space in two different ways. But there are more ways to discuss space, and they each add a new layer of understanding, from measuring it to defining it.


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[Assistant] To understanding the relationship between places. Just as all historians study events in time based on what's going on or what's normal for a time period, all geographers study events in space. No matter the topic, we end up contextualizing places or human-environment interactions based on the space they exist in. I'm Alizé Carrère, and this is Crash Course Geography.


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[Assistant] In geography, we ask questions to understand what is where, why it's there, and how it's changing. So when we're trying to interpret why glaciers melt or disease outbreaks happen in certain places, we want to both measure space, to get the lay of the land, if you will,


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[Assistant] And try to understand the significance space has to what's happening. As geographers, we can think about space in four broad categories that emphasize different aspects and use a suite of tools and techniques to help us with measuring and understanding our world. In its simplest form, we can think of space as a container.


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[Assistant] Like a box or an extra large Tupperware container for delicious banana bread. We want to know where stuff is. Basically, what's inside or outside the container.


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[Assistant] The Earth is like a stage, and everything from cool rock formations to political protests happen on that stage. Studying space as a container helps us answer the question, what is where, by measuring and locating physical features or borders or boundaries. To do this, geographers and other people who work with distances and points, like surveyors, use a coordinate reference system.


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[Assistant] Like overlaying a square grid on the globe. Even our phones can be used to tell us what is where.


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[Assistant] When we open Google Maps on our phones, the phone connects to a Global Positioning System, or GPS, which pinpoints the location of an object on the ground using radio from satellites. When a receiver on Earth, like our phones, receives a radio wave from three or more satellites, the phone can translate those signals into a precise location and know exactly where we are.


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[Assistant] These days, all the satellites launched by the US, China, Russia, the European Union, India, and Japan are called the Global Navigation Satellite System.


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[Assistant] Well it's great to know where things are. As geographers, we want to go beyond that.