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[Assistant] The next intervention that I'd like to talk about is something that has been researched for the last few decades but has been practiced primarily in the East for thousands of years and that is mindfulness meditation.


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[Assistant] The benefits of meditation are immense and when we talk about meditation, it can be yoga or sitting meditation, just deep breathing.


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[Assistant] Mantra meditation, repeating the same word over and over again. Prayer with focus is a form of meditation. Tai Chi, Qigong, and on and on.


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[Assistant] Basically there are three components that one can say are common to just about all forms of meditation. The first component is


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[Assistant] The one pointedness, focusing on one thing, focusing on the breathing going in and out, focusing on that mantra, on that word, focusing on the posture, on the movement, on the prayer, whatever it is.


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[Assistant] The second component of most meditative practices is the deep breathing. This is the belly breathing, breathing all the way into our stomach.


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[Assistant] And then slowly breathing out and repeating that over and over again. Common to most meditative practices. And finally, the third


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[Assistant] Common component of meditation is that there is no good or bad meditation.


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[Assistant] Meditation is about giving ourselves the permission to be human.


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[Assistant] So if I'm focusing on a word and lose my concentration, all I do is gently, calmly bring it back to focus. If I lose my concentration again, I bring it back to focus again.


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[Assistant] There is no good or bad meditation, there simply is meditation. The permission to be human in practice.


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[Assistant] Let me share with you some of the fascinating studies done on quote unquote professional meditators. These are people who have been meditating for decades, have been doing it for hours each day.


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[Assistant] And what psychologists were interested in was using modern technology, whether it's EEG or FMRI, looking at their brains.


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[Assistant] So they brought in some of the Dalai Lama's right hand men and scanned their brains. And what they found was remarkable.


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[Assistant] So one of the things that they looked at was the left to right prefrontal cortex ratio. What that means is that they were looking at the ratio of activation between this side of the brain, the left side and the right side of the brain, the front part.


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[Assistant] People who have more activation on the front side of the left brain tend to be happier.


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[Assistant] In contrast, people who have more activation on the right side prefrontal cortex compared to the left side tend to be more broody, more depressed.


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[Assistant] How did we know it? Well, doctors noticed that sometimes when people experience brain damage.


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[Assistant] They got a blow to their brain. When the blow was to the left side, very often with other side effects, they also became more depressed. Whereas where people got a blow to the right side along with other side effects,


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[Assistant] They very often became more cheerful, happier.


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[Assistant] Now, when we look at the population as a whole, we can create a bell curve.


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[Assistant] Most people, some were in the middle, about equal ratio between left and right prefrontal cortex. The happier people more activation on the left, less happy people more activation on the right. When they brought these meditators in and looked at their brain, what they found


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[Assistant] And extreme resilience in the face of painful emotions. They studied some more things. For example, they studied the startle response. The startle response when there is a loud bang, we flinch.


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[Assistant] Even marksmen and women in the military, who shoot guns every day, still flinch slightly, ever so slightly, when the gun goes off. Impossible to suppress it. Or so they thought.


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[Assistant] When they brought in these meditators and they asked them to keep complete calm.


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[Assistant] Complete peace. And then they startled them. It didn't affect them at all.


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[Assistant] Lama Ossur and many other meditators.


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[Assistant] First time in recorded history when someone was able to do that. And that says a lot.


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[Assistant] Osiris performance had tantalizing implications, suggesting a remarkable level of emotional equanimity.


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[Assistant] Now some of you may not be sure what the startle response is, so let me demonstrate. Don't worry, I'm not going to startle you, but here are a few clips of the startle response in action.


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[Assistant] So this is great, this is remarkable results, but how does it help me? How does it help most of us? Are you prepared to go off to the Himalayas and meditate for 30 years? Maybe. Most people are not.


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[Assistant] Fortunately, we don't have to introduce radical change into our lives in order to benefit from meditation. Some very important work done by people like Herbert Benson and John Kabat-Zinn shows the benefits of meditation, of meditating for as little as 15 minutes a day.


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[Assistant] Let me share with you a study done by Jon Kabat-Zinn and Richie Davidson. So what they did was they brought in


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[Assistant] A group who was interested in a course on meditation. They randomly divided them into two subgroups. The first group


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[Assistant] Got an 8 week meditation course, where they were asked to meditate for 45 minutes a day. The second group, the control group, was waiting for their course. And they compared the two.


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[Assistant] The first thing that they found was that the group that meditated enjoyed far lower levels of anxiety than their control group.


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[Assistant] Second, their mood improved significantly. They actually became happier as a result of that eight-week program.


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[Assistant] So this is great, but they went a step further, they went deeper, and they actually scanned their brains. And what they found was that after eight weeks,


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[Assistant] Their brains actually changed. Their brains were quite literally transformed.


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[Assistant] They had higher levels of activation on the left side compared to the right side. This is amazing especially given the fact that until about 10 years ago we thought that the brain doesn't change after the age of 3 or so.


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[Assistant] Now we know that it changes until the day we die, and one of the ways...


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[Assistant] Positively changing our brain is through meditation.


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[Assistant] Then they injected participants in both groups with cold bacteria. They wanted to see how their immune system would react.


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[Assistant] And what they found was that those who meditated, their immune system was a lot stronger. So we become more resilient physically as well as psychologically. We become happier and healthier through meditation.


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[Assistant] Here is a clip by Dr. John Kabat-Zinn, one of the people most responsible for bringing meditation to our part of the world.


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[Assistant] Everyone feels comfortable doing yoga or taking the time to meditate. But here is one thing that I recommend. Something that is very, very important. That you all breathe. Don't stop breathing.


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[Assistant] We don't do that enough in our culture and we pay a price.


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[Assistant] What we know is that when we're stressed, when we're anxious, our breathing actually becomes shallower. It stops here.


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[Assistant] And then when our breathing stops here, we become even more stressed and anxious, making our breathing yet shallower and so on and so on in a downward spiral, or what psychologists call the fight or flight response. Something that we experience so much of the day in our modern 21st century world.


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[Assistant] Fortunately though, what psychologists and physiologists have shown is that it's quite simple to reverse the fight or flight response and create instead what Herbert Benson calls the relaxation response.


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[Assistant] And sometimes it takes as little as three deep breaths to reverse the cycle. Because what we also know is that when we're feeling good, our breathing is deeper. And when our breathing is deeper, we feel even better, leading to deeper breathing and on and on in an upward spiral of well-being.


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[Assistant] There's a wonderful book out by Thomas Scrum called Three Deep Breaths, where he talks about the importance of introducing the practice of three deep breaths throughout the day as a ritual. So the first thing when you wake up in the morning, take those breaths. First thing as you walk into your office and sit down, take three deep breaths.


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[Assistant] Just after coming back from lunch, or just as you're about to enter home in the evening, three deep breaths.


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[Assistant] He recommends that each time we get to a red light.


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[Assistant] Now, the Israeli drivers and the Bostonian drivers are not world renowned for their calm and peacefulness on the road.


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[Assistant] I see it as an opportunity for deep breathing.


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[Assistant] We'd have better drivers, calmer drivers. Less road rage, perhaps.


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[Assistant] Introducing these 3D breaths throughout the day can transform our day. Because in many ways these breaths are a form of a mini recovery. In fact, one of the leading mind-body


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[Assistant] Practitioners, doctors, researchers in the area, Dr. Andrew Weil has this to say about breathing.


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[Assistant] If I had to limit my advice on healthier living to just one tip,


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[Assistant] It would be simply to learn how to breathe correctly. So breathe.


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[Assistant] The nice thing about breathing is that you can do it anywhere, anytime, even while you're listening to a lecture.


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[Assistant] So we talked about the permission to be human, we talked about ways of dealing with stress, and we talked about some mind-body interventions. The last thing that I want to talk about is considered one of the central pillars of positive psychology, and that is quite simply focusing on the positive. We have treasures of happiness all around us and within us.


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[Assistant] One of the problems is that very often we fail to appreciate these treasures. Appreciate. Think of the word.


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[Assistant] It has two meanings. The first meaning of the word appreciate is to say thank you for something. And saying thank you for something, being grateful for something, appreciating it, is a nice thing to do.


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[Assistant] Cicero called gratitude the highest of virtues.


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[Assistant] But there is also a second meaning to appreciate. And the second meaning is to increase in value. It doesn't just happen to material things, it also happens to spiritual things. So when we appreciate the good in our life, the good appreciates.


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[Assistant] Unfortunately, the opposite is also the case.


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[Assistant] Meaning when we don't appreciate the good in our life, when we take it for granted, the good depreciates.


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[Assistant] And that unfortunately is what very often happens.


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[Assistant] In our lives, in our relationships, in our schools, in our country.


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[Assistant] Ervin Yalom, a Stanford psychiatrist, has conducted research on terminally ill patients. These are people who have three to six months to live. And one of the things that he found time and again was that these individuals would say something to the effect of, for the first time in my life,


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[Assistant] I feel that I'm alive. For the first time in my life, I feel that I'm alive.


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[Assistant] Why? Because for the first time, they're appreciating a breath.


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[Assistant] Do we need to wait? Do we need to wait for something extraordinary, external, usually tragic to happen, for us to appreciate the ordinary, for us to appreciate the treasures of happiness that are all around us and within us? And the answer is no.


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[Assistant] We don't need to wait if we cultivate the habit of gratitude.


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[Assistant] There's a lot of wonderful research done in this area of gratitude. A lot of it by Robert Emmons and Mike McAuliffe.


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[Assistant] What they did in one seminal study was bring in a group of people and randomly divide them into four subgroups.


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[Assistant] To write down at least five things for which they are grateful. They can be big things or little things. Second group, every night before going to sleep, was asked to write about at least five hassles in their lives. Five bad things that happened to them.


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[Assistant] The third group every night before going to sleep had to write at least five things at which they were better than others at, superior to others. And the fourth group


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[Assistant] The control group had to write any five things that happened to them during the day.


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[Assistant] They looked at the following measures, the following variables. They looked at how happy they were over the period of the study. They looked at how optimistic they were. They looked at how likely they were to achieve their goals, how successful they were during that period. They looked at how physically healthy


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[Assistant] They were during that time. And finally, they looked at how generous and benevolent these people were.


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[Assistant] What they found was that the group that performed the worst was the group that every night wrote five hassles in their lives.


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[Assistant] The group that performed the best, the group that was happiest, most optimistic, most likely to achieve their goals, most generous and benevolent toward others, and healthiest, was the group that every night before going to bed wrote at least five things for which they were grateful. What effects?


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[Assistant] And how simple, I mean, how long does it take? Two minutes? Three minutes? With such remarkable results.


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[Assistant] I've been doing this exercise regularly, religiously, every night since the 19th of September 1999.


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[Assistant] Three years before the actual study was published.


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[Assistant] I started doing it after Oprah on one of her programs told me to do it. And I've been doing it ever since.


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[Assistant] It works, and now we also have the scientific basis to show that it works.


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[Assistant] Every night before he goes to sleep, I ask him, David, what was fun for you today?


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[Assistant] And then he asked me, Abba, Daddy, what was fun for you today? And I tell him.


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[Assistant] My wife and I do it on a regular basis where we tell one another what we appreciate about each other.


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[Assistant] Why? Because it's about not taking for granted the most important things in our lives. When we appreciate the good, the good appreciates.


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[Assistant] As well as physical benefits to doing this very simple exercise. The key though when doing this exercise is to maintain freshness by being mindful of what we are writing down. Because one of the things that tend to happen after we've done it many times is that we begin to take this exercise for granted, which of course defeats the purpose.


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[Assistant] So when writing down, for example, mom, to really think about mom.


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[Assistant] When writing down a meal, experience or re-experience that meal.


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[Assistant] It's to experience what Barbara Fredrickson calls in her book Positivity, heartfelt positivity.


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[Assistant] Let me share with you what I wrote last night.


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[Assistant] So I have this little notebook that I write it down and every once in a while I transcribe it to a file on my computer and it's terrific to go back and look at the things I was grateful for back in 99 or 2005. So here is what I wrote last night. God, Tamush, Tami, my wife,


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[Assistant] David, Shirell, Eliav, my three children. Udi and Jeff, two friends I met yesterday. And a salmon dish. I had a wonderful salmon last night.


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[Assistant] Big things, little things, things that repeat themselves every day.


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[Assistant] And things that are peculiar, unique to that day. It makes a big difference.


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[Assistant] Here is another clip by Sonja Lubomirski about the importance of gratitude, the importance of appreciation.


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[Assistant] So take these few extra minutes to savor, to appreciate the treasures of happiness. Many of the things that I talked about today are commonsensical.


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[Assistant] Of course, we know how important it is to give ourselves and others the permission to be human. For us to take time to recover.


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[Assistant] We know how good we feel after we go for a walk or a run. We know that we feel great when we take in a deep breath.


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[Assistant] And we know how important it is not to take for granted the things that are so important for us in life.


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[Assistant] We know all these things, it's common sense. But as the French philosopher once said, common sense is not that common. Especially when it comes to application.


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[Assistant] So this is what I ask you today, to make common sense more common.


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[Assistant] Peter Drucker, who is considered by many to be the father of modern management studies.


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[Assistant] Worked with hundreds and thousands of leaders around the world. In the education sector, in the business sector, in government.


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[Assistant] And he used to go to organizations and give talks or give public lectures, but toward the end of his life, he was too weak and too frail to go out and teach. So we had those leaders come to him and spend the weekend. And here is how he would start every weekend on a Friday.


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[Assistant] He would tell the participant, whoever it was, the following. On Monday.


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[Assistant] I don't want you to tell me how great it was, how great this weekend was.


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[Assistant] On Monday, I want you to tell me what you're doing differently.


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[Assistant] Why? Because Peter Drucker, with his 60 or more years of experience, knew what change is about. He knew that real change does not come from experiencing a high or from being inspired. That real change comes only with action. So this is what I'm asking you now. Introduce these ideas in your life.


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[Assistant] Create a circle around you, friends, family, where you give one another the permission to be human. Give yourselves time to recover. The 15 minute recovery, the good night sleep, the vacation.


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[Assistant] Start a training regime tomorrow morning. Don't wait. Three times a week of 30 minutes, it's not a lot.


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[Assistant] It has consequences for your entire life. It's a good investment.


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[Assistant] Go to a meditation class, start yoga, see if it works for you.


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[Assistant] And breathe throughout the day, especially when you get to that red light.


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[Assistant] As every night, I'm going to be writing down the five things or more for which I'm grateful. And one thing which I'm certainly going to write down tonight is the opportunity and the privilege of having spent time with you. So thank you.


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[Assistant] Thanks, but do let me know because I've had job offers.


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[Assistant] A bit slow. Michael still hasn't gotten all the data to me yet.


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[Assistant] I know. Once I get the data, I'll finish the spreadsheet.


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[Assistant] No, I was thinking about going out. You? Same. Alright, do you want to go together?


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[Assistant] The new boss? Yeaah. Hmm, I'm not sure yet.


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[Assistant] I know, I heard him yelling at Bob once. I did too! I'm so glad he's gone.


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[Assistant] Hmm, I think we have plenty. There are ten boxes.


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[Assistant] We should get extra red and blue pens. We have plenty of black ones.


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[Assistant] Oh, we have so many of those. Enough for years.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I do. The people who work here are really nice.


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[Assistant] It's got a funny cat on it. Oh, I think I might have used that earlier.


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[Assistant] I think it'd be summer. Really? Why? Well, I love going to the beach and surfing. I would love to learn how to surf.


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[Assistant] Fall is so pretty too, with all the leaves changing colors.


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[Assistant] It says it will be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, but it says that the day after tomorrow will be sunny all day.


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[Assistant] What do they like to do in the snow? They love sledding in the park with their friends.


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[Assistant] I know. Luckily, there's a pool in my neighborhood.


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[Assistant] So do mine, but they are asking to go to the beach.


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[Assistant] No, I had to send it back, but they sent me another one that fit perfectly.


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[Assistant] I know, I think it's been raining for at least three days now.


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[Assistant] Yeah, but I'm so tired of it. Me too. I miss the sun. Same here. I really want to go for a run without getting wet.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I usually walk to work, but not in this rain.


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[Assistant] I love Thanksgiving. Pumpkin pie is my favorite food.


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[Assistant] And the lightning got so close that the thunder was so loud.


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[Assistant] Great, I love going there. There are lots of things there.


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[Assistant] That's a good idea. You could also think about a video game console.


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[Assistant] We could use more salt, pepper, and oregano.


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[Assistant] Sure, thanks. Alright, should we go to the sports section first? Yeah, I was thinking about a tennis racket. Does your husband play tennis?


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[Assistant] Okay, and did you want an analog or digital one?


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[Assistant] They are beautiful, but I think I'd like something more modern.


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[Assistant] I actually bought it online. Really? Where? On Amazon.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I had seen the same one in the store, and it was cheaper online.


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[Assistant] She was 15, so pretty young. What about your mom?


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[Assistant] Not yet. I think he will retire next year. What did your dad do?


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[Assistant] It is, but I bet you got to have two Christmases when you were growing up.


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[Assistant] It was huge. There were 500 people there.


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[Assistant] That's amazing. My grandmother who passed away liked to go on cruises too.


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[Assistant] One was a retired car salesman and the other had been a journalist for the New York Times.


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[Assistant] Thanks, but do let me know because I've had job offers.


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[Assistant] A bit slow. Michael still hasn't gotten all the data to me yet.


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[Assistant] I know. Once I get the data, I'll finish the spreadsheet.


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[Assistant] No, I was thinking about going out. You? Same. Alright, do you want to go together?


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[Assistant] I know, I heard him yelling at Bob once. I did too! I'm so glad he's gone.


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[Assistant] Hmm, I think we have plenty. There are ten boxes.


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[Assistant] We should get extra red and blue pens. We have plenty of black ones.


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[Assistant] Oh, we have so many of those. Enough for years.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I do. The people who work here are really nice.


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[Assistant] I think it'd be summer. Really? Why? Well, I love going to the beach and surfing.


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[Assistant] Fall is so pretty too, with all the leaves changing colors.


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[Assistant] It says it will be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, but it says that the day after tomorrow will be sunny all day.


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[Assistant] What do they like to do in the snow? They love sledding in the park with their friends.


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[Assistant] I know. Luckily, there's a pool in my neighborhood.


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[Assistant] So do mine, but they are asking to go to the beach.


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[Assistant] I'm not sure. I don't have much vacation time saved up.


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[Assistant] No, I had to send it back, but they sent me another one that fit perfectly.


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[Assistant] I know, I think it's been raining for at least three days now.


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[Assistant] Yeah, but I'm so tired of it. Me too. I miss the sun. Same here. I really want to go for a run without getting wet.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I usually walk to work, but not in this rain.


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[Assistant] I love Thanksgiving. Pumpkin pie is my favorite food.


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[Assistant] And the lightning got so close that the thunder was so loud.


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[Assistant] Great, I love going there. There are lots of things there.


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[Assistant] That's a good idea. You could also think about a video game console.


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[Assistant] We could use more salt, pepper, and oregano.


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[Assistant] Yeah, should we take my car? Sure, thanks. Alright. Should we go to the sports section first?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I was thinking about a tennis racket. Does your husband play tennis?


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[Assistant] Okay, and did you want an analog or digital one?


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[Assistant] They are beautiful, but I think I'd like something more modern.


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[Assistant] I actually bought it online. Really? Where? On Amazon.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I had seen the same one in the store, and it was cheaper online.


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[Assistant] She was 15, so pretty young. What about your mom?


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[Assistant] Not yet. I think he will retire next year. What did your dad do?


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[Assistant] It is, but I bet you got to have two Christmases when you were growing up.


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[Assistant] That's awesome. Do they get along okay now? Yeah, they do. That's lucky.


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[Assistant] It was huge. There were 500 people there.


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[Assistant] That's amazing. My grandmother who passed away liked to go on cruises too.


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[Assistant] One was a retired car salesman and the other had been a journalist for the New York Times.


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[Assistant] Thanks, but do let me know because I've had job offers.


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[Assistant] A bit slow. Michael still hasn't gotten all the data to me yet.


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[Assistant] I know. Once I get the data, I'll finish the spreadsheet.


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[Assistant] No, I was thinking about going out. You? Same. Alright, do you want to go together?


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[Assistant] The new boss? Yeaah. Hmm, I'm not sure yet.


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[Assistant] I know, I heard him yelling at Bob once. I did too. I'm so glad he's gone.


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[Assistant] Hmm, I think we have plenty. There are ten boxes.


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[Assistant] We should get extra red and blue pens. We have plenty of black ones.


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[Assistant] Oh, we have so many of those. Enough for years.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I do. The people who work here are really nice.


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[Assistant] It's got a funny cat on it. Oh, I think I might have used that earlier.


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[Assistant] I think it'd be summer. Really? Why? Well, I love going to the beach and surfing. I would love to learn how to surf.


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[Assistant] Fall is so pretty too, with all the leaves changing colors.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, but it says that the day after tomorrow will be sunny all day.


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[Assistant] What do they like to do in the snow? They love sledding in the park with their friends.


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[Assistant] I know. Luckily, there's a pool in my neighborhood.


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[Assistant] So do mine, but they are asking to go to the beach.


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[Assistant] No, I had to send it back, but they sent me another one that fit perfectly.


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[Assistant] I know, I think it's been raining for at least three days now.


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[Assistant] Yeah, but I'm so tired of it. Me too. I miss the sun. Same here. I really want to go for a run without getting wet.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I usually walk to work, but not in this rain.


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[Assistant] I love Thanksgiving. Pumpkin pie is my favorite food.


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[Assistant] And the lightning got so close that the thunder was so loud.


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[Assistant] Great, I love going there. There are lots of things there.


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[Assistant] That's a good idea. You could also think about a video game console.


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[Assistant] We could use more salt, pepper, and oregano.


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[Assistant] Sure, thanks. Alright, should we go to the sports section first?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I was thinking about a tennis racket. Does your husband play tennis?


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[Assistant] Okay, and did you want an analog or digital one?


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[Assistant] They are beautiful, but I think I'd like something more modern.


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[Assistant] I actually bought it online. Really? Where? On Amazon.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I had seen the same one in the store, and it was cheaper online.


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[Assistant] She was 15, so pretty young. What about your mom?


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[Assistant] Not yet. I think he will retire next year. What did your dad do?


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[Assistant] It is, but I bet you got to have two Christmases when you were growing up.


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[Assistant] It was huge. There were 500 people there.


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[Assistant] That's amazing. My grandmother who passed away liked to go on cruises too.


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[Assistant] One was a retired car salesman and the other had been a journalist for the New York Times.


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[Assistant] Thanks, but do let me know because I've had job offers.


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[Assistant] A bit slow. Michael still hasn't gotten all the data to me yet.


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[Assistant] I know. Once I get the data, I'll finish the spreadsheet.


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[Assistant] No, I was thinking about going out. You? Same. Alright, do you want to go together?


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[Assistant] The new boss? Yeaah. Hmm, I'm not sure yet.


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[Assistant] I know, I heard him yelling at Bob once. I did too! I'm so glad he's gone.


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[Assistant] Hmm, I think we have plenty. There are ten boxes.


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[Assistant] We should get extra red and blue pens. We have plenty of black ones.


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[Assistant] Oh, we have so many of those. Enough for years.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I do. The people who work here are really nice.


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[Assistant] It's got a funny cat on it. Oh, I think I might have used that earlier.


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[Assistant] I think it'd be summer. Really? Why? Well, I love going to the beach and surfing. I would love to learn how to surf. It's really fun. What's your favorite season?


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[Assistant] Fall is so pretty too, with all the leaves changing colors.


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[Assistant] It says it will be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, but it says that the day after tomorrow will be sunny all day.


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[Assistant] What do they like to do in the snow? They love sledding in the park with their friends.


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[Assistant] I know. Luckily, there's a pool in my neighborhood.


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[Assistant] So do mine, but they are asking to go to the beach. And do you think he'll go? I'm not sure. I don't have much vacation time saved up.


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[Assistant] No, I had to send it back, but they sent me another one that fit perfectly.


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[Assistant] I know, I think it's been raining for at least three days now.


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[Assistant] Me too. I miss the sun. Same here. I really want to go for a run without getting wet.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I usually walk to work, but not in this rain.


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[Assistant] I love Thanksgiving. Pumpkin pie is my favorite food.


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[Assistant] And the lightning got so close that the thunder was so loud.


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[Assistant] Great, I love going there. There are lots of things there.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] That's a good idea. You could also think about a video game console.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] We could use more salt, pepper, and oregano.


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[Assistant] Yeah, should we take my car? Sure, thanks. Alright. Should we go to the sports section first?


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[Assistant] Okay, and did you want an analog or digital one?


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[Assistant] They are beautiful, but I think I'd like something more modern.


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[Assistant] I actually bought it online. Really? Where? On Amazon.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I had seen the same one in the store, and it was cheaper online.


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[Assistant] She was 15, so pretty young. What about your mom?


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[Assistant] Not yet. I think he will retire next year. What did your dad do?


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[Assistant] It is, but I bet you got to have two Christmases when you were growing up.


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[Assistant] That's awesome. Do they get along okay now? Yeah, they do. That's lucky.


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[Assistant] It was huge. There were 500 people there.


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[Assistant] That's amazing. My grandmother who passed away liked to go on cruises too.


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[Assistant] One was a retired car salesman and the other had been a journalist for the New York Times.


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[Assistant] Thanks, but do let me know because I've had job offers.


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[Assistant] A bit slow. Michael still hasn't gotten all the data to me yet.


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[Assistant] I know. Once I get the data, I'll finish the spreadsheet.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] No, I was thinking about going out. You? Same. Alright, do you want to go together?


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] The new boss? Yeaah. Hmm, I'm not sure yet.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I know, I heard him yelling at Bob once. I did too! I'm so glad he's gone.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Hmm, I think we have plenty. There are ten boxes.


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[Assistant] We should get extra red and blue pens. We have plenty of black ones.


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[Assistant] Oh, we have so many of those. Enough for years.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I do. The people who work here are really nice.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] It's got a funny cat on it. Oh, I think I might have used that earlier.


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[Assistant] I think it'd be summer. Really? Why? Well, I love going to the beach and surfing.


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[Assistant] Fall is so pretty too, with all the leaves changing colors.


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[Assistant] It says it will be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, but it says that the day after tomorrow will be sunny all day.


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[Assistant] What do they like to do in the snow? They love sledding in the park with their friends.


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[Assistant] I know. Luckily, there's a pool in my neighborhood.


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[Assistant] So do mine, but they are asking to go to the beach. And do you think he'll go? I'm not sure. I don't have much vacation time saved up.


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[Assistant] No, I had to send it back, but they sent me another one that fit perfectly.


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[Assistant] I know, I think it's been raining for at least three days now.


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[Assistant] Yeah, but I'm so tired of it. Me too. I miss the sun. Same here. I really want to go for a run without getting wet.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I usually walk to work, but not in this rain.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I love Thanksgiving. Pumpkin pie is my favorite food.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] And the lightning got so close that the thunder was so loud.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Great, I love going there. There are lots of things there.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] That's a good idea. You could also think about a video game console.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] We could use more salt, pepper, and oregano.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Yeah, should we take my car? Sure, thanks. Alright. Should we go to the sports section first?


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Yeah, I was thinking about a tennis racket. Does your husband play tennis?


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Okay, and did you want an analog or digital one?


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] They are beautiful, but I think I'd like something more modern.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I actually bought it online. Really? Where? On Amazon.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I had seen the same one in the store, and it was cheaper online.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] She was 15, so pretty young. What about your mom?


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[Assistant] Not yet. I think he will retire next year. What did your dad do?


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[Assistant] It is, but I bet you got to have two Christmases when you were growing up.


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[Assistant] That's awesome. Do they get along okay now? Yeah, they do. That's lucky.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] It was huge. There were 500 people there.


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[Assistant] That's amazing. My grandmother who passed away liked to go on cruises too.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] One was a retired car salesman and the other had been a journalist for the New York Times.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Thanks, but do let me know because I've had job offers.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] A bit slow. Michael still hasn't gotten all the data to me yet.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I know. Once I get the data, I'll finish the spreadsheet.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] No, I was thinking about going out. You? Same. Alright, do you want to go together?


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I know, I heard him yelling at Bob once. I did too! I'm so glad he's gone.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Hmm, I think we have plenty. There are 10 boxes.


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[Assistant] We should get extra red and blue pens. We have plenty of black ones.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Oh, we have so many of those. Enough for years.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Yeah, I do. The people who work here are really nice.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] It's got a funny cat on it. Oh, I think I might have used that earlier.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I think it'd be summer. Really? Why? Well, I love going to the beach and surfing. I would love to learn how to surf.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Fall is so pretty too, with all the leaves changing colors.


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[Assistant] Do you think it'll be sunny tomorrow? We'll see. Why do you have plans?


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[Assistant] It says it will be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, but it says that the day after tomorrow will be sunny all day.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] What do they like to do in the snow? They love sledding in the park with their friends.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I know. Luckily, there's a pool in my neighborhood.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] So do mine, but they are asking to go to the beach. And do you think he'll go? I'm not sure. I don't have much vacation time saved up.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] No, I had to send it back, but they sent me another one that fit perfectly.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I know, I think it's been raining for at least three days now.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Yeah, but I'm so tired of it. Me too. I miss the sun. Same here. I really want to go for a run without getting wet.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Yeah, I usually walk to work, but not in this rain.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I love Thanksgiving. Pumpkin pie is my favorite food.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] And the lightning got so close that the thunder was so loud.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Great, I love going there. There are lots of things there.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] That's a good idea. You could also think about a video game console.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] We could use more salt, pepper, and oregano.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Yeah, should we take my car? Sure, thanks. Alright, should we go to the sports section first? Yeah, I was thinking about a tennis racket. Does your husband play tennis?


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Okay, and did you want an analog or digital one?


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] They are beautiful, but I think I'd like something more modern.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I actually bought it online. Really? Where? On Amazon.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Yeah, I had seen the same one in the store, and it was cheaper online.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] She was 15, so pretty young. What about your mom?


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[Assistant] Not yet. I think he will retire next year. What did your dad do?


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] It is, but I bet you got to have two Christmases when you were growing up.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] It was huge. There were 500 people there.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] That's amazing. My grandmother who passed away liked to go on cruises too.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] One was a retired car salesman and the other had been a journalist for the New York Times.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Thanks, but do let me know because I've had job offers.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] A bit slow. Michael still hasn't gotten all the data to me yet.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I know. Once I get the data, I'll finish the spreadsheet.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] No, I was thinking about going out. You? Same. Alright, do you want to go together?


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] The new boss? Yeaah. Hmm, I'm not sure yet.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I know, I heard him yelling at Bob once. I did too! I'm so glad he's gone.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Hmm, I think we have plenty. There are ten boxes.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] We should get extra red and blue pens. We have plenty of black ones.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Oh, we have so many of those. Enough for years.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Yeah, I do. The people who work here are really nice.


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[Assistant] What does it look like? It's got a funny cat on it. Oh, I think I might have used that earlier.


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[Assistant] I think it'd be summer. Really? Why? Well, I love going to the beach and surfing. I would love to learn how to surf. It's really fun. What's your favorite season?


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[Assistant] Fall is so pretty too, with all the leaves changing colors.


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[Assistant] Where do you go sailing? On the lake up north How did you learn how to sail?


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[Assistant] It says it will be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, but it says that the day after tomorrow will be sunny all day.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] What do they like to do in the snow? They love sledding in the park with their friends.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I know. Luckily, there's a pool in my neighborhood.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] So do mine, but they are asking to go to the beach. And you think he'll go? I'm not sure. I don't have much vacation time saved up.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] No, I had to send it back, but they sent me another one that fit perfectly.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I know, I think it's been raining for at least three days now.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Yeah, but I'm so tired of it. Me too. I miss the sun. Same here. I really want to go for a run without getting wet.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Yeah, I usually walk to work, but not in this rain.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I love Thanksgiving. Pumpkin pie is my favorite food.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] And the lightning got so close that the thunder was so loud.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Great, I love going there. There are lots of things there.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] That's a good idea. You could also think about a video game console.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] We could use more salt, pepper, and oregano.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Sure, thanks. Alright, should we go to the sports section first? Yeah, I was thinking about a tennis racket. Does your husband play tennis?


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Okay, and did you want an analog or digital one?


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] They are beautiful, but I think I'd like something more modern.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I actually bought it online. Really? Where? On Amazon.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Yeah, I had seen the same one in the store, and it was cheaper online.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] She was 15, so pretty young. What about your mom?


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Not yet. I think he will retire next year. What did your dad do?


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] It is, but I bet you got to have two Christmases when you were growing up.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] It was huge. There were 500 people there.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] That's amazing. My grandmother who passed away liked to go on cruises too.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] One was a retired car salesman and the other had been a journalist for the New York Times.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Thanks, but do let me know because I've had job offers.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] A bit slow. Michael still hasn't gotten all the data to me yet.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I know. Once I get the data, I'll finish the spreadsheet.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] No, I was thinking about going out. You? Same. Alright, do you want to go together?


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] The new boss? Yeaah. Hmm, I'm not sure yet.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I know, I heard him yelling at Bob once. I did too. I'm so glad he's gone.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Hmm, I think we have plenty. There are ten boxes.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] We should get extra red and blue pens. We have plenty of black ones.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Oh, we have so many of those. Enough for years.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Yeah, I do. The people who work here are really nice.


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[Assistant] It's got a funny cat on it. Oh, I think I might have used that earlier.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I'm sorry, I didn't realize it was yours. Don't worry about it. Okay, thanks.


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[Assistant] I think it'd be summer. Really? Why? Well I love going to the beach and surfing. I would love to learn how to surf.


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[Assistant] Fall is so pretty too, with all the leaves changing colors.


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[Assistant] I would love to come with you sometime.


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[Assistant] It says it will be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, but it says that the day after tomorrow will be sunny all day.


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[Assistant] It's been almost a month and a half. That's a long time. What have you been doing with your plants?


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[Assistant] What do they like to do in the snow? They love sledding in the park with their friends.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I know. Luckily, there's a pool in my neighborhood.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] So do mine, but they are asking to go to the beach. And do you think he'll go? I'm not sure. I don't have much vacation time saved up.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] No, I had to send it back, but they sent me another one that fit perfectly.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I know, I think it's been raining for at least three days now.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Yeah, but I'm so tired of it. Me too. I miss the sun. Same here. I really want to go for a run without getting wet.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Yeah, I usually walk to work, but not in this rain.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I love Thanksgiving. Pumpkin pie is my favorite food.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] And the lightning got so close that the thunder was so loud.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Great, I love going there. There are lots of things there.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] That's a good idea. You could also think about a video game console.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] We could use more salt, pepper, and oregano.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Yeah, should we take my car? Sure, thanks. Alright, should we go to the sports section first? Yeah, I was thinking about a tennis racket. Does your husband play tennis?


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Okay, and did you want an analog or digital one?


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] They are beautiful, but I think I'd like something more modern.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I actually bought it online. Really? Where? On Amazon.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Yeah, I had seen the same one in the store, and it was cheaper online.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] She was 15, so pretty young. What about your mom?


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[Assistant] Not yet. I think he will retire next year. What did your dad do?


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] It is, but I bet you got to have two Christmases when you were growing up.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] That's awesome. Do they get along okay now? Yeah, they do. That's lucky.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] It was huge. There were 500 people there.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] That's amazing. My grandmother who passed away liked to go on cruises too.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] One was a retired car salesman and the other had been a journalist for the New York Times.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Thanks, but do let me know because I've had job offers.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] A bit slow. Michael still hasn't gotten all the data to me yet.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I know. Once I get the data, I'll finish the spreadsheet.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] No, I was thinking about going out. You? Same. Alright, do you want to go together?


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] The new boss? Yeaah. Hmm, I'm not sure yet.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] I know, I heard him yelling at Bob once. I did too. I'm so glad he's gone.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Hmm, I think we have plenty. There are ten boxes.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] We should get extra red and blue pens. We have plenty of black ones.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Oh, we have so many of those. Enough for years.


[User] Please transcribe this text

[Assistant] Yeah, I do. The people who work here are really nice.


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[Assistant] It's got a funny cat on it. Oh, I think I might have used that earlier.


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[Assistant] Fall is so pretty too, with all the leaves changing colors.


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[Assistant] It says it will be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, but it says that the day after tomorrow will be sunny all day.


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[Assistant] What do they like to do in the snow? They love sledding in the park with their friends.


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[Assistant] I know. Luckily, there's a pool in my neighborhood.


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[Assistant] So do mine, but they are asking to go to the beach. And do you think you'll go? I'm not sure. I don't have much vacation time saved up.


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[Assistant] No, I had to send it back, but they sent me another one that fit perfectly.


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[Assistant] I know, I think it's been raining for at least three days now.


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[Assistant] Yeah, but I'm so tired of it. Me too. I miss the sun. Same here. I really want to go for a run without getting wet.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I usually walk to work, but not in this rain.


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[Assistant] I love Thanksgiving. Pumpkin pie is my favorite food.


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[Assistant] And the lightning got so close that the thunder was so loud.


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[Assistant] Great, I love going there. There are lots of things there.


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[Assistant] That's a good idea. You could also think about a video game console.


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[Assistant] We could use more salt, pepper, and oregano.


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[Assistant] Alright, should we go to the sports section first? Yeah, I was thinking about a tennis racket. Does your husband play tennis?


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[Assistant] Okay, and did you want an analog or digital one?


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[Assistant] They are beautiful, but I think I'd like something more modern.


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[Assistant] I actually bought it online. Really? Where? On Amazon.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I had seen the same one in the store, and it was cheaper online.


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[Assistant] She was 15, so pretty young. What about your mom?


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[Assistant] Not yet. I think he will retire next year. What did your dad do?


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[Assistant] It is, but I bet you got to have two Christmases when you were growing up.


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[Assistant] It was huge. There were 500 people there.


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[Assistant] That's amazing. My grandmother who passed away liked to go on cruises too.


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[Assistant] One was a retired car salesman and the other had been a journalist for the New York Times.


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[Assistant] Thanks, but do let me know because I've had job offers.


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[Assistant] A bit slow. Michael still hasn't gotten all the data to me yet.


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[Assistant] I know. Once I get the data, I'll finish the spreadsheet.


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[Assistant] No, I was thinking about going out. You? Same. Alright, do you want to go together?


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[Assistant] The new boss? Yeaah. Hmm, I'm not sure yet.


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[Assistant] I know, I heard him yelling at Bob once. I did too! I'm so glad he's gone.


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[Assistant] Hmm, I think we have plenty. There are ten boxes.


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[Assistant] We should get extra red and blue pens. We have plenty of black ones.


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[Assistant] Oh, we have so many of those. Enough for years.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I do. The people who work here are really nice.


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[Assistant] It's got a funny cat on it. Oh, I think I might have used that earlier.


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[Assistant] I think it'd be summer. Really? Why? Well, I love going to the beach and surfing. I would love to learn how to surf.


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[Assistant] Fall is so pretty too, with all the leaves changing colors.


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[Assistant] It says it will be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, but it says that the day after tomorrow will be sunny all day.


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[Assistant] It's been almost a month and a half. What have you been doing with your plants?


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[Assistant] What do they like to do in the snow? They love sledding in the park with their friends.


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[Assistant] I know. Luckily, there's a pool in my neighborhood.


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[Assistant] So do mine, but they are asking to go to the beach. And do you think he'll go? I'm not sure. I don't have much vacation time saved up.


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[Assistant] No, I had to send it back, but they sent me another one that fit perfectly.


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[Assistant] I know, I think it's been raining for at least three days now.


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[Assistant] Yeah, but I'm so tired of it. Me too. I miss the sun. Same here. I really want to go for a run without getting wet.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I usually walk to work, but not in this rain.


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[Assistant] I love Thanksgiving. Pumpkin pie is my favorite food.


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[Assistant] And the lightning got so close that the thunder was so loud.


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[Assistant] It was a warm spring day and the six bunny oneys decided to go on a picnic.


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[Assistant] I'll fix the lunch, said Pam Bunny Bunny.


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[Assistant] I'll hitch up our pony, said Peter Bunny Wunny.


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[Assistant] And a checkered cloth, said Puff, bunny whiney.


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[Assistant] Sorry ma'am, just a little panic there.


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[Assistant] If you don't mind, ma'am, I'd rather not take this test.


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[Assistant] I'm trying to reduce the stress in my life.


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[Assistant] Which one? I think I have six items or less.


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[Assistant] Yes ma'am, the water seems to be running down the aisle.


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[Assistant] No ma'am, it's the kids behind me who are making the little paper sailboats.


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[Assistant] Not better, but different.


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[Assistant] One of the take home messages of our study is that you do not actually have to be a Buddhist monk and move to the Himalayas in order to, uh,


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[Assistant] Why am I in this cage? I never did anything wrong. I should be outside like other birds.


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[Assistant] I have my doubts about whether Woodstock could ever make it out there in the wild. He's too sensitive.


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[Assistant] The progress bar is just an indicator on a computer that something's happening inside the device.


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[Assistant] Something happened in the 70s that is sometimes referred to as the software crisis, where suddenly computers were getting more complicated more quickly than anyone had been prepared for from a design perspective.


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[Assistant] People were using percent done indicators in different ways, so you might have a graphical countdown clock, or they would have a line of asterisks that would fill up from left to right on the screen, but no one had


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[Assistant] This graduate student named Brad Myers in 1985 decided he would study this. He found that it didn't really matter if the percent done indicator was giving you the accurate percent done.


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[Assistant] What mattered was that it was there at all. Just seeing it there made people feel better. And that was the most surprising thing. He has all these ideas about what this thing could do. Maybe it could make people relax effectively.


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[Assistant] Maybe it would allow people to turn away from their machine and do something else of exactly the right duration. They would look and say, oh, the progress bar's half done, that took five minutes or whatever, so now I have five minutes to send this fax from what people were doing in 1985.


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[Assistant] Both of those things are wrong. Like when you see that progress bar, it sort of locks your attention in a tractor beam and it turns the experience of waiting into this exciting narrative that you're seeing unfold in front of you at somehow this time that you've spent waiting in frustration for the computer to do something.


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[Assistant] Has been reconceptualized as progress. Oh, great stuff is happening.


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[Assistant] But once you start thinking about the progress bar as something that's more about dulling the pain of waiting, well then you can start fiddling around with the psychology. So if you just have a progress bar that just moves at a constant rate, let's say that's really what's happening in the computer.


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[Assistant] Well now you can start trying to enhance it. Make it appear to move more quickly than it really is. Make it move faster at the beginning, like a burst of speed that's exciting. People feel like, oh, something's really happening. And then you can kind of move back into a more naturalistic growth of the progress bar as you go along.


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[Assistant] So the progress bar at least gives you the vision of a beginning and an end and you're working towards a goal. I think in some ways it mitigates the fear of death.


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[Assistant] However, I will steal that metal ring because I need to save the Tang Monk. You all wait here.


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[Assistant] Welcome to this live English lesson about the season of summer.


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[Assistant] I hope everything is working now. I will do a few checks in a moment. Uhm, but as far as my software says, it says everything is working. Uhm, so anyways, let me check my audio for a sec.


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[Assistant] Yes, it looks like everything is working. Well hello everyone and welcome to this Friday morning for me. I'm sure it is later in the day Friday for you as you can see by the piece of paper.


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[Assistant] Virtual paper there. It is a day where we are going to have a lesson on the topic of summer. Uhm, I'm not sure what the weather is like where you are. I could see in the chat that some of my friends from Brazil were saying that it's very cold there. Uhm, but it is very warm here.


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[Assistant] Last week we started the season of summer up here in Canada.


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[Assistant] In the northern hemisphere, it is summer. Uhm, so I thought I should do a lesson on summer. A few months back, I did a lesson on the season of spring.


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[Assistant] Uhm, if you're interested in that lesson you should go back and watch that one. But spring is over and it's definitely summer here when I go outside right now. Uhm, let me just explain some of the rules and we will get this English lesson started. First of all, please use only English in the chat.


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[Assistant] Uhm, if you do have a question during this lesson, please use the form that Todd or Dave will link.


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[Assistant] And uh, use that to ask your question and then I will stop the lesson from time to time.


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[Assistant] And I will answer questions from people in the chat. Sorry, from people in the chat who used the link to ask the question. So, nevermind, you understand what I mean. Uh, again, thank you so much for being here. Thank you especially to all of you who are subscribers. If you're not a subscriber, there is a red subscribe button there. Uh, you should subscribe to this channel, but let's get started.


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[Assistant] So here's my first word for today. Let me see how big I can make this for you. I know you can't see the really tiny temperatures there, but this is a heat wave for us in Canada. I know


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[Assistant] Uh, temperatures in the low 30s are not a heatwave for most of you. For most of you, temperatures in the low 30s, like 31 or 32 degrees Celsius, would be quite comfortable.


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[Assistant] But for us in Canada, because we're a little bit wimpy, uhm, compared to the rest of the world, we call this a heat wave. Okay? Uh, so we have, looking ahead, uh, temperatures that will be 30 degrees or higher.


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[Assistant] Every day. And our nighttime lows aren't very cold. So we call this a heatwave.


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[Assistant] Uh, anytime you have more than two or three days in a row where the temperatures are very, very high, uh, we call it a heat wave.


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[Assistant] Sorry, I just clicked the questions there. You saw my sample question briefly. Uhm, the next thing, so anyways, in English, a heatwave, anytime you have more than two or three days in a row where the temperature is higher than normal for that time of year, you would call it a heatwave.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so thankfully I am doing this lesson from the comfort of my air conditioned home. My home has air conditioning.


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[Assistant] That's not a picture of my air conditioner, so I only have one.


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[Assistant] Of those outside of my house, but, uh, because it is very warm in Canada in the summer, we do have air conditioning in our homes.


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[Assistant] Uh, so it's nice because it keeps me happy. It keeps my children happy as well. I just want to stop and say hi to Mary McCain, Harry Pham, uh, Rabati, Rachel Ting is here, Lolly Lolly in the chat.


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[Assistant] Uh, the best boy is here saying hi teacher Bob. Hello to everyone in the chat. Tracy Chung is here. Gaga is here.


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[Assistant] It's awesome to see all of you. Thank you very much for being here for this English lesson about the season of summer.


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[Assistant] Uhm, there's a saying we have in English. Let me zoom in on this. It's not the heat, it's the humidity. So some of you live in places.


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[Assistant] Where in the world, where in the summer or in your warmer season, there is not a lot of humidity. When I went to South Africa, there was not a lot of humidity. So it was 36 degrees Celsius, but it didn't feel as hot. In Ontario, Canada,


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[Assistant] We have heat, but we also have humidity. Humidity is the amount of moisture or water in the air. And when the humidity is high, it can make it feel a lot warmer than it actually is. In fact, sorry, I keep clicking. Let me just adjust something here.


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[Assistant] Uh, I keep clicking the wrong thing. Uhm, in fact, we have something called the Humidex and I'm not sure if you can read it.


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[Assistant] But when they take the actual temperature, which today is going to be 32, and they combine it with how much moisture is in the air with the humidity, uh, they come up with the humidex, which is a higher temperature. So today the humidex is going to feel like 40.


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[Assistant] So even though it will only be 32 degrees, it will feel like 40. But this is a common thing that people say when it's hot.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and some people hate this phrase, but people will say, you know, it's not the heat, it's the humidity.


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[Assistant] Uh, Brent, I'm curious, uh, American English with this guy, uh, do they say that where you are? Do sometimes people say, hey, you know what? It's not the heat, it's the humidity. So the humidex, the opposite of the humidex is the wind chill factor in the winter. The wind can make it feel colder.


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[Assistant] Another thing people will often say when it's really hot is they'll say it's a hot one out there.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and so if you know someone who doesn't like heat, sometimes you'll say this, uh, just to be funny. You'll say, hey, it's a hot one out there. Whoo, it's a hot one out there today. Uhm, or we'll say this, hot enough for you?


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[Assistant] So you'll notice I don't say you at the end, I say yeaah. So we'll say things like, woah, hey, hot enough for ya?


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[Assistant] Uhm, let's see. Brent says Humidex is called a heat index in the United States. Cool to know, Brent. Thank you. Uhm, but yes, definitely, uh, people who, uh,


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[Assistant] Like to make fun of the heat. We'll say hot enough for you. Uh, and then the last phrase before we move on with the lesson is you can fry an egg on the sidewalk. So sometimes people will describe extreme heat


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[Assistant] They'll describe an extremely hot day. They'll say, wow, it's so hot out there you could fry an egg on the sidewalk.


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[Assistant] I don't know if you actually could, but, uh, it's definitely something people do say. Uh, I just want to say, uh, hello to Alexandra Chopic and Madi Alshamari are both in the chat. Hi guys, it's good to see you.


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[Assistant] And then the last, sorry, I thought that was the last phrase. Sometimes people will say, I'm melting. So they'll, they'll say it's so hot.


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[Assistant] That they feel like they're melting. It's like, whoa, I'm melting outside right now. It's so warm.


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[Assistant] So if you are one of the people in the world like me, who has fairer skin,


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[Assistant] Jen has fairer skin than I do, so that's whiter skin than I do, and she sunburns even more quickly.


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[Assistant] So to prevent sunburn, we wear suntan lotion. So either suntan lotion or sunscreen or sunblock.


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[Assistant] It has a number of different names, um, but so for those of us that burn easily, so those of us that sunburn easily, uh, we tend to wear sunblock. Uh, there's two kinds. There's lotion that you spread on yourself and you can spray.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and especially when it's hot and humid, it's not fun to also put a layer of sun tan lotion on.


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[Assistant] So, suntan lotion has a rating, which is the sun protection factor.


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[Assistant] So SPF is the short form. So when you buy suntan lotion, you look for an SPF value that's high enough to protect your skin. I usually wear SPF 30 or higher. Jen usually wears SPF 50 or higher.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but either way, uhm, if you watch my videos of me in the winter, I'm very pale. If you watch my videos of me towards the end of the summer, I have a little bit of a tan. Uhm, that is all because of the sun and because of the color of my skin.


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[Assistant] Generally, uh, I wear sunglasses outside, so let's talk a little bit about


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[Assistant] How what we wear changes. Uh, so I do wear sunglasses outside.


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[Assistant] Let's go to a little different size here. Uhm, I wear shorts a lot more often instead of long pants or instead of pants.


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[Assistant] I wear shorts. I almost wear shorts every day if I am relaxing, but if I am working on the farm, I still wear pants. It's just a little bit safer to wear pants when you're working on the farm.


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[Assistant] Uhm, also you'll wear a t-shirt a lot more often. So you'll wear, uh, and I found this picture of one that says keep calm and learn English. Uhm, generally in the summer you will wear a t-shirt.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and then also your footwear changes. More often both men and women will wear sandals instead of shoes.


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[Assistant] Depending on what I am doing, I often wear sandals in the summer. If I go to get groceries or if I go out, I will wear sandals. On the farm, I tend to wear, uh, shoes still to protect my feet.


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[Assistant] Uhm, people wear hats more often in the summer or ball caps. Uhm, I see William saying 40% is not high. It can reach 90% higher somewhere, some places in China. And I think you're talking about humidity. Yeah, I, I just think...


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[Assistant] I'm laughing at myself again. Someday I'll visit a warmer country and, uh, I'll probably just be in the air conditioned, uh, hotel the whole time.


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[Assistant] Uh, there's a funny sign that you will see sometimes, uh, when you go to a restaurant in North America, in either Canada or the United States. They might have a sign that says, no shirt.


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[Assistant] No shoes, no service. And what this sign means is some people have a tendency to not wear a shirt in the summer.


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[Assistant] And some people have a tendency to just walk around in bare feet. So bare feet is how we talk about not having socks or shoes on. But restaurants will not serve you. Most restaurants will not serve you. So you can't buy food there.


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[Assistant] Unless you are wearing a shirt and you are wearing shoes or sandals. So you will see this sign sometimes in restaurant windows. It will say no shirt, no shoes, no service. So basically what they're saying is if you don't wear a shirt,


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[Assistant] If you're not wearing a shirt, and if you're not wearing shoes, you can't come in and buy food from us.


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[Assistant] Uhm, places to go in the summer. People definitely go to the beach a lot in the summer. Uh, that is probably a very popular destination for most people because the water in the ocean


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[Assistant] Or in the lake where you go is very, very cool, uh, and it helps you to cool off. So when you are hot in the summer, sometimes you're overheating, like you're just so hot, you're like a car getting hot, you're overheating. You just want to go for a quick dip or a quick swim in the ocean or a lake to cool off.


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[Assistant] Uh, and some people have a pool. Uhm, I don't have a pool. It's pretty common, uh, for people in North America to have a pool in their backyard. Sometimes they just have a small kitty pool.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and they use it to go swimming of course. This little kid looks pretty happy. Uhm, it's so nice to jump in a swimming pool at the end of a hot day.


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[Assistant] When you go swimming, you will either wear a bathing suit or a swimsuit. Uhm, if you are a woman, you might wear a bikini or you might call it a two-piece bathing suit or a one-piece bathing suit.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but definitely when you go swimming you will wear a swimsuit. Uhm, there is, I didn't make a slide for this because I didn't want to, but there is something called skinny dipping and I don't want to, uh,


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[Assistant] I'm not gonna say whether I've ever been skinny dipping. That's none of your business. But skinny dipping is something sometimes, usually younger people do, uhm, kids, people in their late, uh, or in their twenties, maybe they'll go to a party and go skinny dipping.


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[Assistant] We'll have a lifeguard. A lifeguard is a person


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[Assistant] Who watches all of the people who are swimming, uh, and a lifeguard will jump in.


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[Assistant] And we'll save them if they seem to be drowning, okay? So if they're having trouble swimming and they're going below the water, the lifeguard will jump in and save them. So many places have lifeguards, some places don't have lifeguards, and then they expect that the people just watch out for each other.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so the next thing I wanted to- I should make this really big, shouldn't I? Ice cream. We mentioned this a little bit earlier. Uh, ice cream is a very, very popular treat or snack.


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[Assistant] In the summer, many, many people will consume, uh, ice cream. They'll eat a lot of ice cream in the summer for sure.


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[Assistant] Lolly says, thanks for your answer, no problem. Dalisa Ortiz says, in Puerto Rico it's like summer all year. It's very hot and the humidity is awful. Yeaah.


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[Assistant] Canadians will go to the United States and they'll go to places like, uhm,


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[Assistant] Uh, the Carolinas, North Carolina, South Carolina, where they think it's really warm in January or February, but the locals don't, so I always find that kind of funny.


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[Assistant] 12 years ago now. Uhm, and it was I think 39 degrees or 40 degrees one day. But as long as you were in the shade and you drank lots of water, it didn't seem too bad.


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[Assistant] Hey, give me a sec here to turn all chat back on. Thanks again to all of my members, uh, all of the people who have decided to join the channel and become members. You guys are awesome. Thank you so much for supporting the work that I do. Uh, let's continue with the lesson though, and uh, let's do a few more slides and then I will get to a few more questions. Kids.


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[Assistant] We'll definitely eat a lot of popsicles. So a popsicle is a frozen sweet treat that kids eat in the summer. Uhm, my kids eat a lot of popsicles in the summer. Uhm, it is cheaper than ice cream


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[Assistant] Basically, it's just sugar mixed with water and some flavoring and then frozen on a stick. Uhm, but my kids definitely eat a lot of popsicles in the summer.


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[Assistant] Freezy is another thing. So a freezy is simply, it's a plastic tube.


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[Assistant] And it has the same kind of stuff in it. It's basically flavored frozen, a flavored sweet treat that is frozen. Uhm, my kids also eat a lot of freezies in the summer, but a freezie is pretty common.


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[Assistant] Leonardo Andrade in the chat says, thanks, Bob. I'm learning many things from you. You are cool. Well, thank you. I don't think I'm cool, but I do, I do try to help people as much as I can.


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[Assistant] Uhm, let's see here. And then, drawer wants to know if I have visited Israel. I have not, but...


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[Assistant] It's on my list, but there's a lot of countries on my list now that I want to visit.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so at the very beginning of the lesson, someone asked about what we eat more in the summer. I think for those in Canada who do eat meat,


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[Assistant] We tend to barbecue more. Now this word can be used two ways. You can have a barbecue.


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[Assistant] So that means you actually own a barbecue, like you have the device that you can cook meat on. Uhm, but you can also say, hey, I'm having a barbecue on Friday, do you want to come over? And that would be, uh, you're inviting people to come to your house because you're going to cook things on the barbecue.


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[Assistant] Let me just adjust something here for a sec. One moment. I just need to do one thing.


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[Assistant] Then I'm going to do that. Okay, sorry, I just wanted to adjust something from a technical perspective. Let me just check if that did what I wanted it to do. Yeah, I think everything's working good. Anyways, so you can have a barbecue or you can have a barbecue. So it can be the thing.


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[Assistant] A deck is usually in the air. A deck is an outdoor space where you usually have your barbecue and it's a place where you can sit. It's usually on the side of the house that is in the shade, if possible, at the end of the day.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but for sure people will have a deck. A patio is similar, but a patio is usually at ground level. Okay, so a deck is in the air, a patio is at ground level.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and many people go to the park. I talked about this a bit earlier. People will sometimes go to the park to have their lunch. People will go to the park to just meet friends in the summer. A park is a very common place for people to meet, uh, and for people to do things when they are, uhm,


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[Assistant] Wanting to be outside in the summer. Uh, I just want to check something here. I think I need to speed up a bit. We'll see.


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[Assistant] People go camping a lot in the summer, but this summer it's very difficult to go camping. Uhm, campgrounds are not allowing a lot of people in. And I think when you go camping now, uhm,


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[Assistant] I think you need to have an RV, like a motor home. I'm not sure you can camp with tents yet right now because I think you need to have your own bathroom. Uh, let's see here.


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[Assistant] Some people have a cottage, so some people in Canada, not me, but people with lots of money,


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[Assistant] They'll have a second smaller vacation home up north. So in Canada, in Ontario,


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[Assistant] We all live in the southern part of Ontario, but some people have a cottage


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[Assistant] So we call that cottage country. Um, and some people in the summer on the weekends, they'll go up north to stay at the cottage. So they'll say, oh, do you have a cottage? Yeah, we have a cottage up on


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[Assistant] You know, Lake Nipissing, uh, we go up every weekend. I don't have a cottage. Um, I think I work too much. Can I live stream from a cottage? Probably could. Maybe I'll think about it. Let's see here.


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[Assistant] Let's see, uh, Sama Mustafa in the chat says, Hello Mr. Bob. Teacher Bob, I hope you're doing well. I've been watching your videos for so long and it's become part of my daily routine. That's awesome. I'm here in the golf region and the summer is on fire. I would imagine it is very hot there. Hey, let me make this picture a lot bigger.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so I'm not sure if you can see that little tiny dot.


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[Assistant] Between Canada and the United States, there are five great lakes, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, and Lake Michigan. Uhm, four of those great lakes


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[Assistant] Lake Michigan is fully in, uh, the United States, but those lakes are close to me. That little dot is around where I live.


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[Assistant] Uhm, those lakes are an integral part of life for people who live close to them. So we can go to the beach. I can drive south to go to the beach. I can drive north to go to the beach.


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[Assistant] Depending on which Great Lake I want to be in. And if you're wondering why they're called the Great Lakes, just look at the size of them. They are enormous.


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[Assistant] Uh, in a few of my videos, I have gone to the lake. I've gone to Lake Erie and Lake Ontario and many people will comment that


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[Assistant] Lake life, okay, living around lakes, uhm, means people have a lot more


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[Assistant] The lawn chair that you are seeing here, I think I actually have one, like the black one, and the other one is an older style, but lawn chairs are super popular.


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[Assistant] Uh, because we are outside more in the summer, we have portable chairs and they're called lawn chairs.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and often times we will sit around a campfire. So like I said, my family, my kids, Jen and I, we had a campfire just the other night on Canada Day. Uh, we roasted hot dogs, we roasted marshmallows, we made s'mores. S'mores are like this yummy, like marshmallow and chocolate on graham crackers. You should try them sometime, they're very yummy.


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[Assistant] Uhm, let me see here. People go boating a lot more in my area because we live close to the Great Lakes.


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[Assistant] People tend to have boats and they tend to go fishing. Uhm, I don't have a boat. Sometimes they go water skiing as well.


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[Assistant] Uh, Wee Chan in the chat says the lawn chair is mostly, mostly for camping. Yes, when people go camping, they definitely take lawn chairs with them. Uhm, because when you sit around the fire, you often will sit on a lawn chair. Uhm, but we do use them.


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[Assistant] Anytime we sit around outside, we use lawn chairs. Uhm, so people do go fishing a lot in my area in the summer. A very, very common activity as well. Uhm, let's see here.


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[Assistant] Yeah, so Brent is saying luckily Canadian English and American English are basically the same. There are some differences, but they're very, very minor. So I actually went to university in the United States and I had no problem. Like I had a funny Canadian accent. So like if Brent and I talked Brent.


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[Assistant] Uh, and I talked, I would think he has a little bit of an accent, but we would be able to understand each other no problem. Mostly because Canadians watch American TV and American films all the time. So, uh, we talked about strawberries last week or a couple weeks ago in the, uh, uh, when we talked about, what were we talking about? Plants. That was last week. Sorry.


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[Assistant] Um, strawberries are very common. In fact, strawberry season, uh, is almost over here, so I am sad. But we definitely eat a lot more strawberries. Should I make this bigger so you guys get hungry? There you go.


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[Assistant] Uhm, we also eat a lot more watermelons in the summer. So watermelon season is close. Uhm, and fresh watermelon is super yummy. I love fresh watermelon.


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[Assistant] I shouldn't say I love it. I like it. Jen loves watermelon. I like it. Notice a little bit of a difference in degree there. Uh, and there's just a lot more fruit available in the summer. In the winter, we can buy fruit in Canada, but it comes from a far, comes from far away. Uhm, but we have local fruit in Canada in my area.


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[Assistant] Yeah, the one word that gives Canadians a way out. So when I say a lot of people have a boat, or they go out, or they go out on the boat, if Brett said that, it would sound a lot different. Uhm, people play a lot more frisbee in the summer.


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[Assistant] Prisby is a game you play where you, it's a small disc that you throw. It is a very, very common thing, uh, for people to play in the summer.


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[Assistant] Many, many people play beach volleyball in the summer. So volleyball is a sport that you will often see people playing at the beach.


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[Assistant] Uhm, because it is really fun to play beach volleyball in the sand. So you take off your shoes or sandals and you just have bare feet, uh, and you play volleyball and it's definitely called beach volleyball.


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[Assistant] Even when people play beach volleyball, sometimes they'll make beach volleyball courts inside in Canada. You can play beach volleyball in the winter in Canada. But we still call it beach volleyball even though you're not at the beach. But very popular activity in the summer. And of course,