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[Assistant] They climbed across a steep snow slope, some going up, others down. It was a dangerous, frightening place. A strong wind made it easy to fall. After half an hour, they had found the bodies of not one, but six dead climbers.


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[Assistant] All the dead bodies had broken arms or legs, and the climbers knew that at any moment they could fall and die too, like the man before them. But the dead bodies wore modern clothes in bright red or orange colors.


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[Assistant] Very different from the clothes that climbers wore in 1924.


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[Assistant] Saw something white on the rocks below him. He climbed down carefully towards it. Then, he called the others on his radio. Come down here, he said. Look at this. As soon as they saw it, they knew this body was different. This was no modern climber.


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[Assistant] This man had been here for 75 years. Some of his clothes were gone, blown away by the wind, and his skin was white. There was no oxygen equipment. The rope around his waist had cut into the skin, and was broken at one end, where he had fallen. One leg was broken in two places,


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[Assistant] When Mallory and Irvine set out for the summit,


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[Assistant] Somerville gave Mallory a small camera to take with him.


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[Assistant] Did Mallory take photos at the summit or not? The camera could give the answer. In Mallory's pockets, they found some sweets, some letters from his brother and sister, a knife, a broken watch, his snow goggles, but no camera. They looked carefully all around, but the camera was not there.


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[Assistant] But they did not want to leave the body as it was. For all of them, Mallory was a great man.


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[Assistant] One of the first and bravest of all the men who tried to climb Everest. So before they left, they decided to bury his body. They covered the body with big stones. Then they said prayers over the body. They had found one body, but they were still looking for answers. It was clear though, that Mallory had stopped using oxygen.


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[Assistant] There was no oxygen equipment on his body, so he probably threw it away when he had used all the oxygen.


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[Assistant] That means Mallory and Irvine did not turn back early.


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[Assistant] Like Bourdillon and Evans in 1953.


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[Assistant] When they still had enough oxygen to get back to Camp 6. Probably they went on, trying to reach the summit, even when they knew it was dangerous. Mallory's snow goggles were in his pocket, so perhaps he was coming down after dark. The broken rope round Mallory's waist


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[Assistant] Shows that the two men were probably still climbing down together. The moon went down early that night at 11.25 p.m. After that, there was only starlight to help them. They were tired, thirsty, and had no oxygen. But they were only


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[Assistant] Suddenly Mallory slips and falls. Irvine tries to save him, but the rope breaks. Mallory falls faster and faster. When he hits the ground, his leg breaks in two places, but he does not stop. He is sliding down the steep slope towards the Wrong Book Glacier, thousands of feet below.


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[Assistant] He has dropped his ice axe, but he turns on his face.


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[Assistant] And digs his fingers into the snow above his head, trying to slow down. He stops, but he has hit his head on a rock. He lies there, unable to move, dying alone in the dark. Somewhere far above him, Irvine is injured too. He calls to Mallory again and again.


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[Assistant] But there is no answer. Slowly.


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[Assistant] He tries to crawl towards Camp 6, but he cannot find it. Alone and lost in the dark and icy cold at 8200 meters, Irvine dies too.


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[Assistant] Only Mallory's camera can answer that question. And no one has found it.


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[Assistant] When Mallory left England in 1924, he took a photo of his wife, Ruth, with him, and he made a promise to her, in words like these, I'll look at your photo every day, but I will not bring it back. I'm going to take it with me to the summit of Everest. When I get there,


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[Assistant] I'm going to bury your photograph in the snow.


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[Assistant] Searched carefully for the photograph of Mallory's wife in his pockets. But it was not there.


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[Assistant] Okay, get ready to get your minds blown. Someone close to me from Atlanta is staring right at my eyes. Donald Glover, my co-star on Community.


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[Assistant] Kanda, you know who it is? I've been wishing that Martin Short, one of my favorite comedic idols that he could be on this, saw Canadian bacon in the package. You know, one of Canada's best. The anchor for Captain Ron, his movie with Kurt Russell. He is the real deal. He can do it all. Broadway star too.


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[Assistant] He's a great singer. I like? Alright Ken, can you top that?


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[Assistant] He had an Oscar-winning documentary, Inconvenient Truth. Oh, okay. Uh, lots of comedy clues. Al Gore once hosted SNL back in 2002. Also, Ted, Teddy Bear, Al Gore has given many TED Talk. Former Vice President Al Gore.


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[Assistant] With pleasure, okay, I believe this is someone from the popular Netflix movie To All the Boys I Loved Before, Lana Condor, amazing actress.


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[Assistant] So are you sticking with this 5eo guess? No, I'm not. Smart move. I've been going back and forth on this. I thought Dr. Fauci for medicine and Al Gore I thought for inconvenient truth, but this is my inconvenient truth. I'm changing my guess if that's okay with you.


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[Assistant] When I'm thinking from all the clue packages, and actually today, the teddy bear clue was for Ted Mosby for How I Met Your Mother that Bob narrated. I think it's Bob Saget.


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[Assistant] Come in and help me finish this job. You can hold the lantern for me.


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[Assistant] Well, I'm almost finished for today. You've helped me with the lantern, John. So come to the Why Not Inn with me.


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[Assistant] Good evening, Elsevier, said Ratty. John and I want something to drink.


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[Assistant] It's cold outside. I've just finished working on David's tombstone. And it will be ready by Monday night.


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[Assistant] David will finally rest in peace. Send Elsevier sadly.


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[Assistant] What happened to David was terrible, said Ratty, but revenge is


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[Assistant] John, it's time for you to go home.


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[Assistant] He's a good, simple boy. He believes everything I tell him.


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[Assistant] And he'll never come to the churchyard at night.


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[Assistant] No one will hurt you, John. You're at the why not in.


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[Assistant] Mr. Glennie was the first one to look for you, because you weren't at school.


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[Assistant] He went to see your aunt who said you had run away.


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[Assistant] Because he had heard someone calling and shouting at the churchyard.


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[Assistant] Only Elsevier, and I know that you were in our crypt. So, remember.


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[Assistant] Keep the secret, and Elsevier and I will do the same.


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[Assistant] Today, we are here to receive offers to rent the Why Not Inn for the next five years.


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[Assistant] When this candle dies, the auction is over, and no one can make another offer. Do you all understand?


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[Assistant] Calm down, John. I want to talk to you. That devil mask you is trying to catch us smugglers.


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[Assistant] Bonaventure will be here soon with about 100 casks of wine.


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[Assistant] It will go to Whorehead, because Maskew is probably watching the bay and the churchyard.


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[Assistant] At Whorehead, we'll meet other smugglers with horses, and take the casks to Pygrove's hole, and hide them there.


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[Assistant] And we're probably going to live in a small house near Whirr. It's near the Lobster Inn, and there's a good view of the sea. But you're tired, poor boy. Go to bed now, and get a little sleep.


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[Assistant] John cried Elsevier angrily. And I know who it was. It was you, Maskew. You were listening to our conversation the other night at the inn. John was right. You're a dead man.


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[Assistant] If you fall from the zigzag, you're a dead man.


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[Assistant] Joseph's Pit is the perfect place for us, because you must rest your leg a long time before you can walk again.


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[Assistant] For you and Elsevier. Now there's a-


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[Assistant] It's about two miles from Newport on the Isle of Wight.


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[Assistant] The Bonaventure will come and we can go on board at night.


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[Assistant] Alright John, go on, but be very careful and don't look down. Said Elsevier.


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[Assistant] John isn't a boy. He's a man, and I trust him. Said Elsevier.


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[Assistant] It's dangerous for us to stay here, John.


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[Assistant] The city of The Hague is the most important marker in the world for diamonds. So...


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[Assistant] You'll never get to shore. Stay on the ship until she gets to the bay near the beach. And then jump.


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[Assistant] I've seen hundreds of storms in Moonfleet Bay.


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[Assistant] The man on the beach will throw us a rope, and we must catch it before another big wave comes.


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[Assistant] Yes, he saved your life, John, said Ratsy, but a big wave got him and pulled him back into the sea.


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[Assistant] Let's learn the rules of stress for names of people and names of places.


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[Assistant] If the place has two words, we stress the second word. For example, South America, we say South America. United Kingdom, we say United Kingdom. Let's practice a few more places. Los Angeles. Las Vegas. Mexico City. South Africa. Central Park.


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[Assistant] The same thing happens when we stress the names of people. We stress the last name, the second word. For example, George Washington. Barack Obama.


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[Assistant] When the name has three words, we stress the last word. For example, Martin Luther King, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.


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[Assistant] Let's practice some more names. Think of some actors that you like, some famous actors. For example, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise.


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[Assistant] That's pretty simple, isn't it? Alright, let's do some sentences for practice now.


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[Assistant] John Wilson and Bob Jones went to South America.


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[Assistant] Central Park is in New York. Central Park is in New York.


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[Assistant] His father likes Bob Dylan, but his grandfather likes Frank Sinatra.


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[Assistant] His father likes Bob Dylan, but his grandfather likes Frank Sinatra.


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[Assistant] Barack Obama was elected President of the United States.


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[Assistant] Barack Obama was elected President of the United States.


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[Assistant] Is that Julia Roberts or Nicole Kidman? Is that Julia Roberts or Nicole Kidman?


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[Assistant] Remember, the final name gets the most stress.


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[Assistant] This is an auction and people can come and make offers. The candle is still burning.


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[Assistant] We make the sync! Go any faster? Hello!


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[Assistant] Tastes the bone. Bone soup.


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[Assistant] Absolutely. Tonight was really sultry and I think that we always worry after a few performances will they be able to show us something new. Right. That was a whole other dimension. That was wonderful.


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[Assistant] Oh yeaah. Yes, the University of Kansas, yeaah, they, uh, they have the Chalk Rock chant.


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[Assistant] Sharing a stage is new to us, but being together up here feels more and more like home.


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[Assistant] Go down the escalator and baggage claim is on your right.


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[Assistant] Go down the escalator and baggage claim is on your right.


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[Assistant] It can only record 30 seconds of video, but its image quality is superior.


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[Assistant] It can only record 30 seconds of video, but its image quality is superior.


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[Assistant] We will probably have to wait in queue for 6 hours to get tickets.


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[Assistant] We will probably have to wait in queue for 6 hours to get tickets.


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[Assistant] I quickly realized that my behavior was inappropriate.


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[Assistant] I quickly realized that my behavior was inappropriate.


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[Assistant] Many vegetarians are opposed to the killing of animals.


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[Assistant] Many vegetarians are opposed to the killing of animals.


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[Assistant] Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.


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[Assistant] Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.


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[Assistant] Can I schedule a taxi pick up at the airport for 5 am tomorrow?


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[Assistant] Can I schedule a taxi pick up at the airport for 5 am tomorrow?


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[Assistant] There's a new action movie starring Tom Cruise.


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[Assistant] There's a new action movie starring Tom Cruise.


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[Assistant] Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.


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[Assistant] Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.


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[Assistant] I have a vision for each one of you. And the vision I have for you is that when you wake up in the morning, your blood is singing at the thought of being who you are and doing what you do.


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[Assistant] That as you go through the day, you can literally sink to your knees in gratitude at the tremendous good fortune that's been bestowed on you.


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[Assistant] That as you go through the day, you become radiantly alive several, several times. And if your life isn't like that, I'd like to humbly suggest that you're wasting your life. A life is too short to be wasted.


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[Assistant] So what I propose to do in the next 17 minutes, I've used up one minute already, is to give you a set of powerful tools which can get you started on being there. Is that of interest to you? Okay.


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[Assistant] This is a conference on happiness, but even if it wasn't a conference on happiness, would it be right if I said that in some way, shape, fashion or form,


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[Assistant] You're devoting your entire life to being happy.


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[Assistant] Everything that you do, your job, family, children, relationships, whatever, is a quest for happiness, correct? I'd like you to think about the following.


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[Assistant] What do you have to get in order to be happy? We're just going to spend a minute on this. What do you have to get in order to be happy?


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[Assistant] When I conduct this experiment, a bunch of stuff comes up. Oh, Westwell, you know, trophy spouse, good health, lots of travel, time, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Right now, if you were to think about it, you probably have a list of, you know, here is what I need to get in order to be happy.


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[Assistant] I would like you to consider this. Anything that you can get.


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[Assistant] Let me repeat that. Anything that you can get, you can un-get. Is that correct?


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[Assistant] So, Westworld can make you happy, Westworld can disappear tomorrow. Correct? A number of people in the financial sector have discovered this already.


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[Assistant] So whatever you get can, uh, that can make you happy, can go away, where does that leave you? Not in a very nice place, right?


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[Assistant] I have a different proposition to suggest to you. And what I have to suggest to you is that there is nothing that you have to get, do, or be in order to be happy.


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[Assistant] Let me repeat that. There is nothing that you have to get, do, or be in order to be happy. In fact, happiness is your innate nature. It is hardwired into you. It is part of your DNA. You cannot not be happy.


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[Assistant] And all of you are very polite and in some of the other forums I speak in, such as top business schools, they're not so polite and invariably somebody articulates what many of you are thinking, which is, if happiness is my innate nature,


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[Assistant] And the answer to that is actually very simple.


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[Assistant] Let me repeat that. You have spent your life, your entire life learning to be unhappy.


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[Assistant] And the way we learn to be unhappy is by buying into a particular mental model. A mental model is a notion that we have that this is the way the world works and all of us have mental models. We've got dozens of mental models. We've got mental models on how to find a job, how to get ahead at work, how to pick a restaurant to eat at, how to, you know, have a movie to go to.


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[Assistant] Doesn't set them. The problem isn't that we have mental models. The problem is that we don't know that we have mental models. We think this is the way the world works.


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[Assistant] And the more we invest in a mental model, the more it appears that this in fact is the way it works.


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[Assistant] But it isn't. It's just a mental model. And the mental model we have that we buy into so strongly is that we have to get something so we can do something so we can be something. Like we have to get a great deal of money so we can travel to exotic places so we can be happy.


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[Assistant] If I were to get a better job, if I were to get more money, if my boss would have a heart attack, if only I could get married, if only I was married, if only my wife would leave me.


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[Assistant] The persons in this audience is what is the particular if that you are focusing on. And the only thing that's different between you now and where you were ten years ago is what is the particular if that you were focusing on. Think about your life ten years ago. It's been a minute doing that.


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[Assistant] And ten years ago, if you remember clearly, there were certain things you wanted. Is that correct?


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[Assistant] Odds are pretty good that many of those things you wanted ten years ago you now have. Is that correct? Where has that left you?


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[Assistant] But instead of recognizing that it is the model itself that's flawed, what we do is we spend enormous amount of time changing the if.


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[Assistant] You know, oh well, I thought that if I became CEO, it would help, but now I realize it's not that I want to become a CEO, I want to become the billionaire CEO, and then I will be happy.


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[Assistant] You got your own variation of that, pick on that. But it's the model itself that's flawed, not what you put on the if side of the equation.


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[Assistant] I can demonstrate that to you. Can any of you recall a time when you were confronted with a scene of such spectacular beauty that it took you out, took you outside of yourself into a place of great serenity?


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[Assistant] Maybe a rainbow, a mountain range, a valley, the sea, and if you remember that, raise your hands if you could.


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[Assistant] Virtually all of you could, right? Have you ever wondered why that happened? The reason that happened is that somehow, for some reason, at that instant


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[Assistant] You didn't say that's a beautiful rainbow, but it's kind of off to the left, and if I could move it 200 yards to the right, it would be ever so much beautiful.


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[Assistant] You didn't say that's a beautiful valley, but the tree in the foreground has too many crooked branches. So if you gave me a chainsaw in 20 minutes, I'd make it ever so much better.


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[Assistant] Oh no, the rainbow off center was just fine, the tree with its crooked branches was just fine, and the moment you accepted the universe just as it was.


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[Assistant] Your habitual wanting self dropped away and the happiness which is your innate nature surfaced and you felt it.


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[Assistant] And I know you felt it because now, even now, after all those years, you can still remember it.


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[Assistant] The problem is that your life, right now, with all of the problems that you have, more precisely all of the problems that you think you have, is equally perfect.


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[Assistant] But you do not accept it. In fact, you are spending all your time striving with might and main to make it different. You are not accepting it.


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[Assistant] And when you're not accepting it, you're buying into the if-then model. If this happens, then I will be happy. And it's the model itself that is flawed.


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[Assistant] I'd like to share with you that action, eh, we all live our lives because we want to achieve something, correct? You know, we are here and we want to have something, uh, Alex wants to have a successful conference, you know, many of you want to have, uh, bring programs to your companies that are very successful, you want to progress, have more money, all of that, is that correct? Excuse me.


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[Assistant] Each of that is an outcome. You would like something to happen.


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[Assistant] Now I'd like you to think about the following. Actions are within your control, not entirely, but to a large extent. The outcome is completely out of your control. Okay?


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[Assistant] Actions are within your control, the outcome is completely outside your control. Have any of you recognized that when you have a goal and you start to work towards it, some of the time you don't achieve your goal and some of the time what you get is the exact opposite of what you wanted? Has that happened to any of you?


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[Assistant] Like there's a friend of mine who's said, gee, you know, I have...


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[Assistant] Not been paying a lot of attention to my wife and this has to change. So the next time we went on a business trip, he bought a very expensive dress for her. And this was his way of showing, you know, I care for you and hope nice things would happen. And when he presented the gift to his wife, her immediate reaction was,


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[Assistant] After 20 years of marriage, you don't know my size?


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[Assistant] And furthermore, don't you know, I never wear this kind of thing. And the next thing you know, I had a full blown marital spat. Has that happened to any of you?


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[Assistant] Take an action for a particular outcome and the outcome you got is the exact opposite of what you wanted. Happens all the time.


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[Assistant] But we live in a world where what we think of, what we invest in, is the outcome. We define our life in the following way. Here I am, here's where I want to go, these are the steps I have to take in order to get from where I am to where I want to go. And if I succeed, life is wonderful.


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[Assistant] The outcome is frequently different from what we would like and sometimes the diametric opposite of what we would like. You invest in the outcome and you are guaranteed to have more than your share of frustration, nanks and all the rest of the stuff that makes life suck. There is an alternative.


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[Assistant] And the best way to describe that is a quote by John Wooden. I don't know how many of you are familiar with John Wooden. He's very well known in the United States and certainly among basketball fans. He's the only person ever to make the basketball hall of fame both as a player and as a coach.


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[Assistant] And what he told his entering day, he led UCLA to an unprecedented number of victories and finals in the NCAA.


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[Assistant] And what he used to tell any new team is, he never spoke about winning.


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[Assistant] He always said, when it's over and you look in the mirror, did you do the best that you were capable of?


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[Assistant] And if you did the best that you were capable of, the score doesn't matter.


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[Assistant] That is investing in our process.


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[Assistant] What we do is the exact opposite. We invest in the outcome. This is what I want. Oh, I want it so desperately because if I get it, I will be happy. And you try with might and main to do whatever you can, but you are always focusing on this is the outcome.


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[Assistant] Now focusing on the outcome is fine, it gives you direction. Investing in the outcome means that you make the, the achievement of a particular outcome dependent for your well-being and that is a sure-fire recipe for failure.


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[Assistant] That is, once you have determined, here is where I am, here is where I want to be, and that's fine, you focus on the outcome, only to the extent that it gives you direction, and then you invest yourself completely in the process. You say, here are the steps you want to take, and you put everything into it. And if you succeed, wonderful. And if you don't succeed, still wonderful.


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[Assistant] Because now you have a new starting point. From that new starting point, you select another outcome and keep going. And when you do that, you will find that every day is a blast. Let me give you an example. And if you have children, raise your hands if you have children. Have you ever seen a small child learn to walk?


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[Assistant] What happens, and this happens typically between 11 and 13 months, is the child gets up and, you know, she takes, she sees everybody walking, she wants to walk, she gets up, she falls down.


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[Assistant] She starts crying and mama runs up and, you know, comforts her, kisses the place, bakes it well. She tries again, falls down, mommy runs up again. After some time, mommy, you know, feels tired and no longer runs up and the child stops crying.


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[Assistant] And then she gets up and takes a step and, you know, doesn't fall down and then she takes another and a beautiful smile comes on her face.


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[Assistant] Right? Now imagine what would happen if each time the child fell, she would say,


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[Assistant] Oh my god, I failed again. I'm never going to learn to walk. And you have to get counseling for her to help her deal with feelings of inadequacy and not being able to, you know, achieve and, you know, fail yet again. What, how long do you think it would take her to?


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[Assistant] Walk if you had to do that. You know, every three times you fell down, you have to get a counselor to, you know, counselor and so on. Sounds funny, isn't it?


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[Assistant] But that is exactly what we're doing. What the child is doing is she is focusing on the process. She's investing in the process, not in the outcome.


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[Assistant] What we do is the exact opposite. As we grow up, we lose the ability to invest in the process. We start investing in the outcome. By definition, the outcome is outside of our control. And if that's where we spend all our emotional energy, we are going to get drained as we do.


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[Assistant] But if on the other hand we said, here is the outcome, I am going to invest in the process and give it every single bit I could.


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[Assistant] Every day is a blast, and you're well on your way to achieving the vision that I did, that I outlined to you.


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[Assistant] The question that I get all the time is person say, Professor Rao, but nothing makes me passionate.


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[Assistant] So I said, okay, what would? And they invariably come up with, you know, here is a list of things, you know, here's my job, and here's how much it pays, and this is the kind of person my boss is, and these are the kind of people my colleagues are, and here's how my customers are, and here's how much I travel, and here's how big my office is, and here's how deep the carpeting is, and here's how many windows I have. Bunch of parameters.


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[Assistant] And what I tell them is what I want to share with you because all of that stuff, first of all it doesn't exist. But second, even if it did and you were plugged into it, it would not take more than six months for you to be the same sorry miserable self there as you are now.


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[Assistant] Because passion exists inside you, it does not exist in the job.


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[Assistant] And if you don't find a way to ignite it within you, right where you are, you are not going to find it outside.


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[Assistant] But if you do find a way to ignite it, where you are.


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[Assistant] Then you will find that the external world rearranges itself


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[Assistant] To accommodate the new person that you are becoming. And as you do that, you will find that miracles happen on a regular basis. Persons come up whom you're delighted to meet. New people enter your life. It's just a breeze.


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[Assistant] Because all you do in your life is you take journeys. You came here to this conference, you went on a journey.


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[Assistant] You hang around the water cooler talking about how terrible your place of work is, you went on a journey.


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[Assistant] You watch Desperate Housewives, you go on a journey. You go on a journey where 40-something women are having affairs with 19-something gardeners while the husbands are playing around with models. All you do is go on journeys.


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[Assistant] There's nothing wrong with that, but just ask yourself, is this a journey I want to take? Does this take me to a place I want to spend time?


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[Assistant] And if you start doing that, you will find that your life changes. The kind of people you meet, the things you talk about, the movies you go to, the books you read, everything changes.


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[Assistant] And you begin all of that by focusing on the process. Invest in the process, not in the outcome. Thank you.


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[Assistant] I am looking for a digital camera, but I'm not sure which one is best.


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[Assistant] I am looking for a digital camera, but I'm not sure which one is best.


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[Assistant] I was hoping you could help me with the science project.


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[Assistant] I was hoping you could help me with the science project.


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[Assistant] Carrie's eyelashes are thick, long and curly.


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[Assistant] Carrie's eyelashes are thick, long and curly.


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[Assistant] I am on the phone right now. Can you mute the sound?


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[Assistant] I am on the phone right now. Can you mute the sound?


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[Assistant] Greg, Mary is very important to us.


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[Assistant] Greg, Mary is very important to us.


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[Assistant] You have to pay $30 for the first day and $25 for each day after that.


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[Assistant] You have to pay $30 for the first day and $25 for each day after that.


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[Assistant] Excuse me. Can you give me directions to the bank?


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[Assistant] Excuse me. Can you give me directions to the bank?


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[Assistant] I'll let him know you called. Can I get your name?


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[Assistant] I'll let him know you called. Can I get your name?


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[Assistant] I received it as a Christmas gift, but it doesn't fit me.


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[Assistant] I received it as a Christmas gift, but it doesn't fit me.


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[Assistant] What were you doing at about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon?


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[Assistant] What were you doing at about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon?


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[Assistant] Really? I can't believe it's been five years.


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[Assistant] Really? I can't believe it's been five years.


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[Assistant] I was born in a little town not far from here.


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[Assistant] I was born in a little town not far from here.


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[Assistant] We offer many post services besides first-class mail.


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[Assistant] We offer many post services besides first-class mail.


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[Assistant] Excuse me. Do you know the way to the bank?


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[Assistant] Excuse me. Do you know the way to the bank?


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[Assistant] I'd like to confirm my airline reservation.


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[Assistant] I'd like to confirm my airline reservation.


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[Assistant] If you would like to put your name on the waiting list now, I can get you a table after 30 minutes.


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[Assistant] If you would like to put your name on the waiting list now, I can get you a table after 30 minutes.


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[Assistant] Seeing magpies is a good omen in Chinese culture.


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[Assistant] Seeing magpies is a good omen in Chinese culture.


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[Assistant] I don't know how to drive a stick, so give me an automatic.


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[Assistant] I don't know how to drive a stick, so give me an automatic.


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[Assistant] Yes, if you want to keep your hands warm from the snow.


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[Assistant] Yes, if you want to keep your hands warm from the snow.


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[Assistant] You just used too much hairspray and gel.


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[Assistant] You just used too much hairspray and gel.


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[Assistant] I wear A-plugs because my husband snores.


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[Assistant] I wear earplugs because my husband snores.


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[Assistant] If you're not too busy, can you run some errands for me?


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[Assistant] If you're not too busy, can you run some errands for me?


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[Assistant] Mary, allow me to introduce our new employee, Angus.


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[Assistant] Mary, allow me to introduce our new employee, Angus.


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[Assistant] We'd like three sprites with no ice, please.


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[Assistant] We'd like three sprites with no ice, please.


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[Assistant] Fine lines on the palm mean you think clearly and rationally.


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[Assistant] Fine lines on the palm mean you think clearly and rationally.


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[Assistant] Can you drive faster? I'm afraid I might miss my train.


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[Assistant] Can you drive faster? I'm afraid I might miss my train.


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[Assistant] The restaurant doesn't open until 7.45.


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[Assistant] The restaurant doesn't open until 7.45.


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[Assistant] Even if no disaster comes, listening to predictions is a safeguard after all.


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[Assistant] Even if no disaster comes, listening to predictions is a safeguard after all.


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[Assistant] No, but I gargle with mouthwash after brushing my teeth.


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[Assistant] No, but I gargle with mouthwash after brushing my teeth.


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[Assistant] If you show up after your scheduled time, you will have to wait on standby.


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[Assistant] If you show up after your scheduled time, you will have to wait on standby.


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[Assistant] The exchange rates for today are displayed on the sign over there.


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[Assistant] The exchange rates for today are displayed on the sign over there.


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[Assistant] I'd like to change money. NT dollars for US dollars.


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[Assistant] I'd like to change money. NT dollars for US dollars.


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[Assistant] You've reserved our massage service, haven't you?


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[Assistant] You've reserved our massage service, haven't you?


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[Assistant] Why is Friday the 13th considered bad luck?


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[Assistant] Why is Friday the 13th considered bad luck?


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[Assistant] One moment, please. I'll put you through.


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[Assistant] One moment, please. I'll put you through.


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[Assistant] I like to enjoy the outdoors and go hiking.


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[Assistant] I like to enjoy the outdoors and go hiking.


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[Assistant] I have no idea which one to choose. Which color suits me?


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[Assistant] I have no idea which one to choose. Which color suits me?


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[Assistant] Yes, I am used to traveling on business.


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[Assistant] Yes, I am used to traveling on business.


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[Assistant] Yes, I worked from early morning until late at night.


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[Assistant] Yes, I worked from early morning until late at night.


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[Assistant] Yes, and can I have some ketchup on the side?


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[Assistant] Yes, and can I have some ketchup on the side?


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[Assistant] Yes, I've worked part-time in a work-study position at my university.


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[Assistant] Yes, I've worked part-time in a work-study position at my university.


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[Assistant] Sorry, but this register is closed now.


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[Assistant] Sorry, but this register is closed now.


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[Assistant] Keep trying no matter how hard it seems. It will get easier.


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[Assistant] Keep trying no matter how hard it seems. It will get easier.


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[Assistant] It's a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Ross. I am George Wood.


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[Assistant] It's a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Ross. I am George Wood.


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[Assistant] What time is the 7.55 due in New York?


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[Assistant] What time is the 7.55 due in New York?


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[Assistant] My brother used to speak French to me all the time.


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[Assistant] My brother used to speak French to me all the time.


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[Assistant] I like to keep myself warm while I'm sleeping.


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[Assistant] I like to keep myself warm while I'm sleeping.


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[Assistant] We have an excellent 2002 Peanour Noir from California.


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[Assistant] We have an excellent 2002 Peanour Noir from California.


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[Assistant] Put a little olive oil in the frying pan and saut the onions.


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[Assistant] Put a little olive oil in the frying pan and saut the onions.


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[Assistant] Dinner is ready. Please set the table.


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[Assistant] Dinner is ready. Please set the table.


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[Assistant] Do they usually press hard? Sounds painful


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[Assistant] Absolutely. I'm sure she'll return your call today.


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[Assistant] Absolutely. I'm sure she'll return your call today.


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[Assistant] Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.


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[Assistant] Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.


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[Assistant] I like the music. Let's buy the soundtrack.


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[Assistant] I like the music. Let's buy the soundtrack.


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[Assistant] It looks like it will be about 40 minutes, sir.


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[Assistant] It looks like it will be about 40 minutes, sir.


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[Assistant] It's been nice seeing you again, but I have to go.


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[Assistant] It's been nice seeing you again, but I have to go.


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[Assistant] We offer full health and dental coverage and two weeks paid vacation.


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[Assistant] We offer full health and dental coverage and two weeks paid vacation.


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[Assistant] I need to change the blade on my electric razor.


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[Assistant] I need to change the blade on my electric razor.


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[Assistant] The therapeutic effects of massage promote wellness.


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[Assistant] The therapeutic effects of massage promote wellness.


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[Assistant] I'm afraid you'll have to wait a few minutes. We'll have a table available soon.


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[Assistant] I'm afraid you'll have to wait a few minutes. We'll have a table available soon.


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[Assistant] No, but I believe my personality will enable me to become a good sales rep.


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[Assistant] No, but I believe my personality will enable me to become a good sales rep.


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[Assistant] Time flies when you're having fun, but I have to go.


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[Assistant] Time flies when you're having fun, but I have to go.


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[Assistant] Well initially just from the clues, I was thinking someone who's an actor, someone who's a superstar, but then this performance, I am a huge Lenny Kravitz fan. The falsetto just reminded me like, It Ain't Over Till It's Over is one of my favorite songs.


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[Assistant] Alright, Ken, what you got? I'm thinking, like, so many Baywatch clues. I was thinking about David Hasselhoff, my buddy, but that might be a little bit of a misdirect. So I have to go with the next logical choice.


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[Assistant] Twilight hunk, Taylor Lautner. Let me finish. Taylor Lautner of the Twilight film, he was the baby, the baby of the cast, right?


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[Assistant] Harry Tales of the Whatchamacallit. Whatcha fam. By Doodad Doohickey. Oh, I love his books.


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[Assistant] Yes. Not bad. Are you sticking with it? No, I remember the last time I was thinking of Freddie Prinze Jr. because of the Friends Clues and the Vampire Stake. You know, I'm a big Buffy fan and he's married to Buffy. Then I guess I'm on this vampire run and then I'm thinking, ooh, Taylor Lautner, another vampire.


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[Assistant] You know what? I'm gonna go back to Freddie Prinze Jr. because he had a crown. The crown is fit not for a king, but for Prinze Jr. Oh, okay. I like what you did there.


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[Assistant] Let's learn how to reduce pronouns, and by reducing them, how to make your speech sound more natural.


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[Assistant] Alright, let's look at what happens when we have pronouns that begin with the letter H or the letter TH.


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[Assistant] If we say he did, we pronounce the H, but when he


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[Assistant] But you will hear most Americans just say, Did he? Did he do it? Could he? We say, Could he? Could he help me? Should he? Should he? Should he call you? Would he? Sounds like Woody. When we say him, the same thing happens.


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[Assistant] Very often, instead of saying, I told him, we just drop the H and we say, I told him. Instead of saying, call him, we'll drop the H and we will say, I'll call him. I'll call him. I'll call him tomorrow. Ask him. You say it. Ask him. Ask him. I'll ask him a question. One more.


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[Assistant] See him. See him. I see him. When I see him, I'll say hello. Let's look at what happens to the word her. Same thing. We drop the H. We don't say, call her. Generally, when people are speaking naturally, we say, call her. I'll call her. Love her.


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[Assistant] Lover. I really love her. Like her. Like her. And one more. Drive her. In fact, drive her sounds like this.


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[Assistant] Driver. He's a good driver. Or, I'll driver. It sounds the same. I'll driver. And one more. Them. The th also gets reduced. For example, we don't say, I will pick them up. We drop this th and we say, uhm, pick em. Pick em up. I'll pick em up after school.


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[Assistant] Need them sounds like need em. Buy them sounds like buy em.


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[Assistant] So when the pronoun begins with an H or a TH, this is what we do, and it can be with the word he or his or him or her or hers or them.


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[Assistant] These are the situations where we can eliminate the first consonant. Let's practice some sentences now.


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[Assistant] Is that his car? No, that's his brother's car.


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[Assistant] She cut her hair, and I didn't recognize her.


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[Assistant] Keep in mind when the pronoun is the first word of the sentence, you would never eliminate the H or the TH. They would never be silent. You have to always pronounce them.


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[Assistant] Also, sometimes there is a special reason to stress the pronoun. For example,


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[Assistant] I love him. Or I wanna talk to him.


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[Assistant] In that case, of course, you would also always pronounce that first consonant.


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[Assistant] Mary, may I introduce you to Billy, our new employee?


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[Assistant] Mary, may I introduce you to Billy, our new employee?


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[Assistant] Are you looking for jogging shoes or any particular sport?


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[Assistant] Are you looking for jogging shoes or any particular sport?


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[Assistant] What a pleasant surprise. How are you?


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[Assistant] People go to temples and pray for a blessing when they are in trouble.


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[Assistant] People go to temples and pray for a blessing when they are in trouble.


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[Assistant] Hello, my name is Tim. I ordered a taxi and it hasn't turned up.


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[Assistant] Hello, my name is Tim. I ordered a taxi and it hasn't turned up.


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[Assistant] Our steak is rubbed with sea salt and some pepper and grilled over an open flame.


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[Assistant] Our steak is rubbed with sea salt and some pepper and grilled over an open flame.


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[Assistant] It's Joe's turn. I did the dishes yesterday.


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[Assistant] It's Joe's turn. I did the dishes yesterday.


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[Assistant] This isn't what I ordered. I ordered iced coffee.


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[Assistant] This isn't what I ordered. I ordered iced coffee.


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[Assistant] Yes, we met at the company picnic this summer.


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[Assistant] Yes, we met at the company picnic this summer.


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[Assistant] I am Jennifer Ross, the new salesperson at the company.


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[Assistant] I am Jennifer Ross, the new salesperson at the company.


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[Assistant] Mary, Mr. Carter has just come back from Tokyo.


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[Assistant] Mary, Mr. Carter has just come back from Tokyo.


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[Assistant] We start selling goods three hours before the concert starts.


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[Assistant] We start selling goods three hours before the concert starts.


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[Assistant] You could try our sausage pie. It is really good.


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[Assistant] You could try our sausage pie. It is really good.


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[Assistant] Are you looking for something filling or do you want a lighter meal?


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[Assistant] Are you looking for something filling or do you want a lighter meal?


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[Assistant] I'd like to have this dish, but I don't want it very spicy.


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[Assistant] I'd like to have this dish, but I don't want it very spicy.


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[Assistant] This is the boarding announcement for flight UAL 1960 to Chicago.


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[Assistant] This is the boarding announcement for flight UAL 1960 to Chicago.


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[Assistant] Christians believe that Jesus Christ is God's only son.


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[Assistant] Christians believe that Jesus Christ is God's only son.


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[Assistant] My father is so scientific that he doesn't believe any religion.


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[Assistant] My father is so scientific that he doesn't believe any religion.


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[Assistant] My sister is getting married and we have to travel to the wedding.


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[Assistant] My sister is getting married and we have to travel to the wedding.


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[Assistant] We offer many post services besides first class mail.


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[Assistant] We offer many post services besides first class mail.


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[Assistant] I'll order one now. Do you offer shipping?


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[Assistant] I'll order one now. Do you offer shipping?


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[Assistant] Please be seated in the waiting area. Our hostess will be with you in a moment.


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[Assistant] Please be seated in the waiting area. Our hostess will be with you in a moment.


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[Assistant] Please introduce me to Mr. Albright if you feel comfortable doing so.


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[Assistant] Please introduce me to Mr. Albright if you feel comfortable doing so.


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[Assistant] Please hold. I'll transfer you to her office.


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[Assistant] Please hold. I'll transfer you to her office.


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[Assistant] Pleased to meet you, Ms Ross. I've heard much about you.


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[Assistant] Pleased to meet you, Ms Ross. I've heard much about you.


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[Assistant] After dinner, I read a magazine and made some telephone calls.


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[Assistant] After dinner, I read a magazine and made some telephone calls.


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[Assistant] There will be about a 15 minute wait, I'm afraid.


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[Assistant] There will be about a 15 minute wait, I'm afraid.


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[Assistant] There are lockers next to every bed, but you need your own lock.


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[Assistant] There are lockers next to every bed, but you need your own lock.


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[Assistant] I have dandruff. Could you use anti dandruff shampoo?


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[Assistant] I have dandruff. Could you use anti dandruff shampoo?


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[Assistant] My mother has her hair dyed and permed every six months.


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[Assistant] My mother has her hair dyed and permed every six months.


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[Assistant] Like my two year old. I nearly thought of a cartoon that Chloe Grace Moretz' voice called Bubble Guppies. Chloe Grace Moretz, I'm not trying to brag, but one of my co-stars in the upcoming feature, Tom and Jerry, they say I steal the movie. But then I came to my senses and I thought,


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[Assistant] Of another one of my co-stars, I'm thinking of my on-screen daughter from Crazy Rich Asians, Aqua Water, Aqua Fina. Oh, here he goes. There you go.


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[Assistant] When I saw the crown, I thought, okay, who's maybe dating royalty, and the royal family of reality are the Kardashians, and he's dating Kendall Jenner right now. So I thought, you know what, maybe it could be Devin Booker.


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[Assistant] No, I've moved on, even though his voice is just as stellar. But with the doctor clues, private practice. Also, that light switch we saw, guiding light. I'm going to stick with Tay Diggs, actually.


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[Assistant] Jenny, we definitely talked before, but never about how we both are published authors.


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[Assistant] Let's review the steps to answering the story.


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[Assistant] What is the question keyword or keywords? Two, find that keyword in the article or story. And three, answer the question.


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[Assistant] So for today's lesson, I will let you see the questions first. Then we will spend three minutes reading the story.


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[Assistant] What did the king need to protect the kingdom from?


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[Assistant] When we read a story, we need to look for the words king and the part where he needed to protect the kingdom.


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[Assistant] We need to look at the questions answers first and then match the story when we read it.


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[Assistant] What was the difference between Jason and his brothers? Hmm.


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[Assistant] Difference questions are special. We need to understand both things to make a choice. It is easiest to read the answer choices before reading the story.


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[Assistant] Question number five. What did the king have to announce? We have some keywords here. Can you see them?


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[Assistant] When you are asked what a story is about, you must try and find the answer that matches the whole story best. Let's look at these answers together.


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[Assistant] This is wrong. There was a sudden fight, but not between kings. They were princes. It's not C, an expert sister and a famous king. There was no sister in the story. It's not D, the challenge to divide the kingdom.


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[Assistant] The answer must be B, a kind prince who got a kingdom. This is the best answer for this question.


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[Assistant] Most of the story was about the princess fighting, but that isn't the best answer choice here.


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[Assistant] What did the king need to protect the kingdom from? A. The fighting between the two princes B. The harm caused by sudden fights C. The differences between the three brothers or D. The poor condition of the king's army


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[Assistant] It's not B, the harm caused by sudden fights.


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[Assistant] There wasn't really any harm to the kingdom from the fights. It would more, in the future, could.


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[Assistant] D is not right, the poor condition of the king's army. The king was not worried about his army.


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[Assistant] It's not C, the differences between the three brothers. There were differences between the princes, but the king didn't need to protect the kingdom from that. So the answer must be A, the fighting between the two princes.


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[Assistant] The easiest way to answer this kind of true question is to look at the answer choices and see which one matches the story. Always read the answers first.


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[Assistant] It's not C, he wanted to harm his brothers, or he wanted harm to come to his brothers. He never actually said anything in the story. It's not B, the challenge of being king was too much for him.


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[Assistant] Jason never tried to stop the king from making him the new king. So the answer must be A. He wanted to bring peace to the kingdom.


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[Assistant] We know that he was a kind person, and the king said he could bring peace. This is the best answer choice.


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[Assistant] It's not B. He was older and stronger. Jason was the youngest son.


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[Assistant] It's not see, he made more sense. He never spoke in the story.


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[Assistant] He could have been, but the story never said this. Only he was kind. So the answer must be D. He had always been kind.


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[Assistant] I think it's one of those ults that you can pretty much wait for that to happen. For now at least Fnatic look like they're just going to be playing this one in more of a default.


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[Assistant] With the wall that's put into place, it just makes things so awkward. They've actually intentionally just blocked off where he is on the stairs.


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[Assistant] This is not a bad spot for Heretics to be in whatsoever. They just now need to capitalize on the round, and that Vipers pit is still there. Bost didn't use it just as a bolster to economy. He wants it for this round.


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[Assistant] This round is going to be all about heroes. Can Dirk or Leo?


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[Assistant] That's the last thing the alpha wanted. He was trying to be so sneaky. And then the duro's there.


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[Assistant] In the um, for heretics, a 41 star on this defensive side, and well, fanatic didn't have a mass amount invested, but I think there's already going to be some alarm bells ringing with the fact that just the mid push that came in from heretics, just the goal to just go walking all the way in towards their spawn. It's got to be frustrating.


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[Assistant] Yeah, the idea from Fnatic again, not bad. It was mainly revolving around having either a snake bite or the viper spit, which I don't believe is actually covering, uh, the spike plant. So the goal would be that they'd be low. I think one of the players was, but the rest were not. So I don't mind the idea, but it didn't quite work out and they also needed


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[Assistant] That was the thing. Him being able to blank and just remove this Vipers pit completely makes that idea so much more problematic. A 5-1 start for Heretic, a scenario that we've seen many times from Fnatic throughout this season.


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[Assistant] Go more confidently in a team's favor. It would be this one. On the Heretics really haven't shown much on since their defeat to Vitality. They played it once this day, once at kickoff, and that's it. We haven't really seen it whatsoever. We've definitely not seen it with Wu.


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[Assistant] But as always, it seems like he just fits right in Minibu thriving. Reins is having a great game as well. And right now, boasts a sat at the top of the board.


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[Assistant] Not gonna give another go buddy? No. Failed the jump once, you just pretended it didn't happen, walk away.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I was just doing that to bait everyone at home. Head-sticking it. Still. A one versus three.


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[Assistant] Spike ticking, fairly far away, and definitely aware that someone is pushed up down here.


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[Assistant] They used previously for that A take.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think even just again, Benji doing well, like coming out of there with two kills when his position was completely known. We saw this just the other day from Fnatic on this map where they were very good at predicting.


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[Assistant] Fnatic once again left with some weaponry weaknesses. Chronicles have to spread the wealth to get them a couple of guns in and they do have...


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[Assistant] B site defense. This is not a map that normally you get away with using this sort of weaponry.


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[Assistant] I think that's the more difficult thing is he may have managed to thread the needle past multiple players, but even still, it's whether or not he'll be able to get 123 and then get out of there with an operator. I'm not so sure.


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[Assistant] Again, Fnatic at a mass deficit of 5-1 down.


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[Assistant] Especially versus a team like Fnatic. They're never gonna be giving up.


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[Assistant] Yeah, a spot in the second final they'll have this year regionally is on the cards. If they're able to close this one out, of course, it's always easier said than done. They've done that last round as an


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[Assistant] Completely lost in it, but here we go. Fnatic again fighting from a deficit. Last map.


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[Assistant] An old teeth thriller. This one looking more dominant for heretics. If there isn't a turnaround. Has to start with a pistol.


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[Assistant] They won both when it came to Lotus, still lost the map. They've lost the first one on this.


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[Assistant] Hey everyone, it's Tori Kelly, aka The Seahorse. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays full of love and joy. I hope you guys will enjoy singing along to this next one, which I chose because it's such a beautiful classic, and I know you know the words, so please sing along with me.


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[Assistant] Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast, number seven, at my desk, on break, and at lunch.


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[Assistant] This is English as a Second Language Podcast, episode number seven. I'm your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan.


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[Assistant] Coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California. In this episode, I'll talk about working at my desk, going on a short break, and going to lunch. Let's get started.


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[Assistant] On the way to the office, I was thinking about what I have on my agenda today.


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[Assistant] When I get to my desk, there is a stack of new memos and papers in my inbox. When I turn on my computer,


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[Assistant] I see at least two dozen emails I need to go through. Just as I start in on the email, my phone rings.


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[Assistant] It's my project manager, Julie, asking me to come in for a conference call with our head office.


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[Assistant] I don't get back to my desk for nearly two hours. By that time I was ready for a break.


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[Assistant] At 10.30, I head down to the break room


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[Assistant] And get some hot water at the water cooler to make some tea.


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[Assistant] There were a couple of other people on break having snacks out of the vending machine and reading the new notices on the bulletin board.


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[Assistant] I run into Sam, one of my friends at work.


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[Assistant] I sometimes go across the street for some takeout.


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[Assistant] The only trouble is, it's always so busy during the lunch hour, and I always have to stand in line. That's usually a pain.


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[Assistant] On Fridays, I usually go out to lunch with a few friends from work.


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[Assistant] On casual Fridays, we can kick back a little and take it easy.


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[Assistant] Part 6 is called At My Desk, On Break, and At Lunch.


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[Assistant] Notice the use of those prepositions. Prepositions are very difficult to translate. And many people get confused when you start learning another language, trying to figure out what those little words, which word should you use.


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[Assistant] There's a difference between at my desk and on my desk and in my desk. Those all mean different things.


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[Assistant] On your desk means something is on top of your desk, like your computer.


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[Assistant] In your desk means something is inside one of the drawers of your desks.


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[Assistant] At your desk means that you are sitting next to your desk. You are, we hope, working. Like you're supposed to be working right now instead of listening to this episode.


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[Assistant] On break is the expression we use when you are stopping work for a short time, usually 10, 15, maybe 20 minutes.


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[Assistant] At lunch means you are going to lunch you are eating. We don't say in lunch or on lunch, we say at lunch.


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[Assistant] The best way to learn those little prepositions is just to read and to listen more and more and eventually you will know them without even having to study them. Our story begins by me saying that on the way to the office,


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[Assistant] I was thinking about what I have on my agenda today.


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[Assistant] Your agenda, A-G-E-N-D-A, means your plan for today. What are the things that you have to do today?


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[Assistant] This could include meetings, it could include phone calls, you could have many different things on your agenda. There's another expression, to have an agenda. To have an agenda,


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[Assistant] Means that you have a plan, sometimes a secret plan that you don't tell anyone about.


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[Assistant] That makes you want to do a certain thing. It's like having an opinion.


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[Assistant] And trying to get other people to do what you want them to do. That's to have an agenda.


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[Assistant] But here agenda just means a list of things that you're going to do.


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[Assistant] When I get to my desk, there is a stack of new memos and papers in my inbox.


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[Assistant] Stack, you'll remember, is when you have thin things on top of each other. You can have a stack of pancakes. Here we have a stack of papers and memos.


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[Assistant] A memo, M-E-M-O, is short for memorandum, and it is usually like a letter that you send to someone in your company, in your office.


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[Assistant] Your inbox, i-n-b-o-x, can be a little box on your desk where people put things for you to do. Your boss, for example. And when you are done with them, you can put them in your out box.


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[Assistant] Those terms inbox and outbox are also used for email programs now.


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[Assistant] When I turn on my computer, I have at least two dozen emails I need to go through.


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[Assistant] The expression to go through here means I have to read them and maybe respond to them. Someone may say I have to go through my email. They mean I have to read my email.


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[Assistant] And I have to respond sometimes to my email. I have to do that every day, just like you do, but most of my emails come from you.


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[Assistant] Just as I started in on the email, my phone rings.


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[Assistant] The expression to start in on something means to begin to do something.


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[Assistant] So I start in on my phone calls. That means I have many phone calls and I start making them. I begin making them.


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[Assistant] There's a different expression to start in on someone, on a person. And if you start in on a person, on your brother, on your wife, that means that you are criticizing them. You're saying something bad, something negative about them.


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[Assistant] When I was younger, if I didn't do my homework, which was often, my mother would start in on me, meaning she would criticize me. Jeffrey, do your homework. The only person who calls me Jeffrey is my mother. Back to our story.


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[Assistant] I said that my phone rang and it was my project manager, Julie.


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[Assistant] The manager is the person that is in charge of


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[Assistant] A certain group of people someone who is the boss and a project is just a.


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[Assistant] Set of things for you to do, usually related to each other.


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[Assistant] Well, my project manager, who is like my boss, asked me to come in for a conference call with our head office. A conference, c-o-n-f-e-r-e-n-c-e, call.


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[Assistant] Is a telephone call with three or more people.


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[Assistant] And that's very common in American business and in international business to have a conference call. So more than one person can talk on the telephone.


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[Assistant] The head office, H-E-A-D, is the same as the main office. And this is where the company has most of its important people who are working. It's sometimes called its headquarters. The head office is the main office.


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[Assistant] The opposite of head office would be a branch office. B-R-A-N-C-H. A branch office is a smaller office.


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[Assistant] We're having a conference call with someone in our head office and I didn't get back to my desk. I didn't return to my desk for almost or nearly two hours.


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[Assistant] By that time, I was ready for a break.


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[Assistant] At 10.30, I head down to the break room.


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[Assistant] The break room, B-R-E-A-K, room, two words, is a place in a building in your office where people can go and read and relax, perhaps eat their lunch or eat some food.


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[Assistant] It's a place for you to stop work and to relax a little or to talk to other people. I use the verb to head down.


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[Assistant] We sometimes use that expression when we are talking about going to a different place. I'm going to head down to the boss's office. I'm going to go over to the boss's office.


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[Assistant] Well, I head down to the break room. I go to the break room and get some hot water from the water cooler. The water cooler.


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[Assistant] And you can get hot water or you can get cold water.


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[Assistant] That expression the water cooler is very common when people say I heard it at the water cooler or around the water cooler. That usually refers to people who are


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[Assistant] Gossiping who are talking about things they probably shouldn't.


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[Assistant] And I made myself some tea because I love drinking tea.


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[Assistant] There are a couple of other people on break. Notice that we use that expression on break. People who have stopped working.


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[Assistant] Having snacks out of the vending machine. A snack, S-N-A-C-K, is a piece of food that you eat between breakfast and lunch, or between lunch and dinner, or between dinner and going to bed.


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[Assistant] The verb to vend, v-e-n-d, means to sell.


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[Assistant] So it's a place where you can sell food and you put your money in and you can press a button and you get things like cookies and potato chips. All the things that are not good for you in the vending machine.


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[Assistant] Some people are also reading the new notices on the bulletin board.


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[Assistant] Important messages for other people to read.


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[Assistant] You can have a bulletin board at your work you can have a bulletin board in a school.


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[Assistant] And usually it's a place where different people can come and read the news or new things or new announcements. I run into Sam, one of my friends at work.


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[Assistant] The verb to run into means I meet him although I was not expecting to meet him.


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[Assistant] So I run into Sam and we chat a little before going back to work to chat CHAT.


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[Assistant] Means to talk, usually about something not very important.


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[Assistant] Before long, it's time for lunch. Meaning, after a short time, it's time for lunch. Before long means a short time. Or after a short time.


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[Assistant] I usually bring my lunch with me to work and eat it at my desk. Notice that use of at my desk means I'm sitting by my desk and I'm eating my lunch. Sounds kind of lonely.


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[Assistant] If I don't have time to pack a lunch,


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[Assistant] I sometimes go across the street for some takeout.


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[Assistant] To pack P-A-C-K a lunch means to make your lunch at home, a sandwich for example, and put that into a bag or a box that you take with you to work. That is to pack a lunch.


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[Assistant] If I don't pack a lunch, I usually eat takeout.


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[Assistant] You don't dine in you do take out.


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[Assistant] You can do takeout, meaning you go to the restaurant, or you can have delivery. Someone brings the food to you.


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[Assistant] The only trouble is, I say, it's always so busy during the lunch hour. The lunch hour in most American companies is from noon to one or one thirty.


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[Assistant] Or 1130 in the morning to maybe one o'clock in the afternoon. It's usually longer than an hour, though in some companies you only get one hour.


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[Assistant] Some companies you only get 30 minutes to eat.


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[Assistant] I always have to stand in line because it's so busy. To stand in line means to wait behind other people.


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[Assistant] In England they would say to queue. In the US we say to stand in line.


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[Assistant] I say that's usually a pain. When we say something is a pain, P-A-I-N, we mean that it's very inconvenient or uncomfortable. Something you do not like.


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[Assistant] People will also say a pain in the neck or a pain in the butt. B-U-T-T. Those are the same basic meanings. Something that's a pain in the neck or a pain in the butt means it's not something that you like. It's very inconvenient.


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[Assistant] On Fridays, I usually go out to lunch. I go to eat somewhere else with a few friends from work.


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[Assistant] On casual Fridays, we can kick back a little and take it easy.


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[Assistant] Casual, C-A-S-U-A-L, is the same as informal.


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[Assistant] In many companies in the United States, they have casual Friday and that's a day where you do not have to wear as nice of clothing. Maybe you'll wear a t-shirt and not a suit jacket or you don't have to wear a tie.


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[Assistant] And it's also a day where people feel a little more relaxed. Usually it has to do with what you can wear to work.


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[Assistant] Well in the story I say that on casual Fridays, we can kick back a little and take it easy. To kick back, C-I-C-K, B-A-C-K, two words, means to relax. It's an informal expression.


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[Assistant] That means that you are relaxing. And take it easy also means relax.


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[Assistant] Kickback is a little more informal. It's something that you might do, for example, with your friends. If you drink alcohol, you might have some alcohol and relax. That's to kick back.


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[Assistant] Now let's listen to the story this time at a normal speed.


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[Assistant] On the way to the office, I was thinking about what I have on my agenda today.


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[Assistant] When I get to my desk, there's a stack of new memos and papers in my inbox. When I turn on my computer, I see at least two dozen emails I need to go through.


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[Assistant] Just as I start in on the email, my phone rings. It's my project manager, Julie, asking me to come in for a conference call with our head office. I don't get back to my desk for nearly two hours. By that time, I was ready for a break.


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[Assistant] At 10.30 I head down to the break room and get some hot water at the water cooler to make some tea. There were a couple of other people on break.


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[Assistant] Having snacks out of the vending machine and reading the new notices on the bulletin board. I run into Sam, one of my friends at work, and we chat a little before going back to work. Before long it's time for lunch.


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[Assistant] I usually bring my lunch with me to work and eat it at my desk.


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[Assistant] If I don't have time to pack a lunch, I sometimes go across the street for some takeout.


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[Assistant] The only trouble is, it's always so busy during the lunch hour, and I always have to stand in line. That's usually a pain.


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[Assistant] On Fridays, I usually go out to lunch with a few friends from work. On casual Fridays, we can kick back a little and take it easy.


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[Assistant] She always writes us a great script before kicking back at the end of the day.


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[Assistant] I speak of our script writer, Dr. Lucy Say. Thank you, Lucy. From Los Angeles, California, I'm Jeff McQuillen. Thank you for listening. Come back and listen to us again right here on ESL Podcast.


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[Assistant] English as a Second Language podcast is written and produced by Dr. Lucy Say, hosted by Dr. Jeff McQuillen. This podcast is copyright 2006.


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[Assistant] How many bones have you broken? Like, on other people.


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[Assistant] You know when I pulled you off the Mac, and you hit me? I was angry.


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[Assistant] I can tell there's something going on with you. Something troubling you.


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[Assistant] That was the last matchbook I got when I was still in juvie. Did some pretty unsavory stuff to score it.


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[Assistant] It reminded me how bad life got. And how much better I was gonna make it.


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[Assistant] You can do the same. Start a new life. You made it out of the system Alex, you survived.


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[Assistant] Oh shit, you found it. It was supposed to be a huge surprise.


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[Assistant] Charlotte's gotta be losing it right now.


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[Assistant] Massive cave-in. Bunch of trapped miners. All nearly died. Jed led the whole team back to the surface.


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[Assistant] Yeah, that's the day Foreman Jed became local hero Jed. And then Typhon closed up this site, basically bought Jed the Black Lantern.


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[Assistant] You never forget how to break a lock. It's like riding a bike.


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[Assistant] I think we both know you could have beat me if you really wanted to. So you're welcome.


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[Assistant] I never issued a speeding ticket to someone on a bicycle before until he came along.


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[Assistant] Hey, I want you to know I meant what I said back there. Gabe was something else. He could bring a smile to my face even on the worst days.


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[Assistant] When you're ready, I still need to get your statement for the investigation.


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[Assistant] What's up, this is Jackson Wim from China. I'm on Zach Shang's show.


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[Assistant] Uh, based on what we talked about, you'll have to watch it, please.


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[Assistant] I'm very excited, very blessed to be here today. Thank you. Thank you for inviting me. Thank you.


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[Assistant] Uh, especially just living everyday and, you know, doing music, doing what I love everyday and have all the people, you know, support and showing love to me.


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[Assistant] That, that's like the motivation for me, you know, just to go harder every time.


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[Assistant] Yes, and supporting whatever decision that I make.


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[Assistant] Uhm. That's why I said it. I'm blessed.


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[Assistant] That's why I'm blessed. So first, I'll tell you a little bit about myself. Like story, my story. I grew up, I'm born and raised in China. Hong Kong, China. And uh,


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[Assistant] And uhm, so growing up in this family,


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[Assistant] I started fencing when I was 10 and then 2011 I was preparing myself for London Olympic Games.


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[Assistant] And then I was, I had a scholarship offer from Stanford.


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[Assistant] And that was going well. And then, but I still had this...


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[Assistant] Music dream, as a kid, that I wanna perform, you know, I wanna do my music. That's- I started in GarageBand, if you know, you know GarageBand? Like the video game? No, no, the GarageBand, the, the- Oh my god, dude, the music!


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[Assistant] I just, I just told myself, why, why not just give it a shot? You know, then I gave everything up, went to Korea as a trainee in a K-pop entertainment company, and I started out there, and...


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[Assistant] I debuted, uh, finally debuted in 2014.


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[Assistant] Gas 7 is still going on. Got it. Like when I first debuted, people recognized Jackson as like a funny character, uh, that's in a lot of variety shows. And they didn't even know I do music. And then I just, to a point where I thought, you know, the image that I have


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[Assistant] Is it, I didn't, I didn't go, I didn't, I didn't go to Korea. I, I, I went to Korea because of music.


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[Assistant] At that point I was just asking myself, like, is this what I really want?


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[Assistant] And then, that's, that's when I decided to, you know, uh, I should stop. Maybe, maybe stop for a while.


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[Assistant] To all the variety programs and reality TV shows. Maybe I should, you know, just give it a break.


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[Assistant] And then I should focus on my music side. And that's when I got back to China and started everything. I made my own label called Team Wang.


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[Assistant] We have like 30 employees. 25, 30 employees. So, all these, all this way, on this path,


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[Assistant] The fans knew that I'm capable of producing, uh, doing music. Not, not the public.


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[Assistant] And now in, in China, the public recognized. I got recognized. Oh, yo, he, he, he, he, he's a pretty, uh, decent artist.


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[Assistant] So along this path, I'm just very blessed that they're with me since day one.


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[Assistant] Like, through my hard times and yeaah, highs and lows.


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[Assistant] Well, first, first, I feel, I feel blessed, and the second is like, ah, finally.


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[Assistant] I would say what, what I'm showing as a solo artist, it's within GOT7. And not like outside of GOT7. It's just like a, uh, you can, you can, you can, uhm,


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[Assistant] N.L.I.S got seven as like, seven different colors, cause we have seven members. And I'm just, let's say red, I'm red. You, it's just, it's just, when you listen to my songs or listen to, see whatever activity that's, as a solo artist, Jackson Wang, you get red.


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[Assistant] Basically, I'm just doing everything myself.


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[Assistant] Like, in terms of making the song, making the beat, of course I have like pretty-


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[Assistant] Writing lyrics, writing top line, uh, coming up with like the, uh, what do you, the treatment for music videos, the concept.


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[Assistant] And the outfit and just everything and after we're done with the product, uhm,


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[Assistant] Thinking about the marketing and promotion strategy. Like everything I have to take care of it by myself.


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[Assistant] Uh, I don't, I don't, I don't treat this like a, like a, like a homework. You know, it's not forced. I would've forced myself to like, okay, today I'm gonna sit down and write a bunch of songs and lyrics.


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[Assistant] It's, it just comes naturally sometimes. Like, it could be while I'm driving. So, yeaah, just, I get inspired. I, I, I wouldn't force myself. I wouldn't force myself and treat this like, this whole music thing.


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[Assistant] It's art at the end of the day. You know, I won't, I won't enforce it.


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[Assistant] It's always been art. I feel like sometimes when art is too commercial, people are not stupid. They can tell.


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[Assistant] Like it's forced or not, or is it organic? Like I feel like I should just follow my heart and, and


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[Assistant] Maybe, sometimes it takes me like 30 minutes to write a song, or sometimes it takes me 3 months. I wouldn't force it.


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[Assistant] If it's, if it's, I would let it take its time. Yeaah.


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[Assistant] He actually debuted, uh, he actually, he released his record.


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[Assistant] I think two weeks ago, his first ever record as an artist.


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[Assistant] Yeah, his- his- so it's Boy Toy as a producer.


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[Assistant] But he's also aka Gangnam Sonata.


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[Assistant] Gangnam is like the best place in Seoul. It's like Beverly Hills in LA. Is it? Is it? Is it? Is it the best place?


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[Assistant] You know, so sometimes I feel like after writing all the treatment or, or, or even sometimes who you work with, it's not about how famous that person is in terms of like producer or director. It's not about that. Sometimes you have to, the best way for me is you have to find a person that a director or a producer that really knows what you want to do. That can really execute it, execute it the way you want it.


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[Assistant] I feel it's, it's the vision of Team Wang. It's just always be hungry and just do what you love and, and, and,


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[Assistant] If you love something, you wouldn't feel, you will be very naturally dedicated to it and very passionate to it. And you, you, you will have this.


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[Assistant] You will want to be perfect at what you're doing if you really, really love something. That's like the vision, uh, to me right now.


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[Assistant] I think it's mostly it's just I'm living every single day doing what I love and I'm very satisfied, like I'm very happy and blessed that I can live this life.


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[Assistant] Oh yeaah yeaah yeaah. That's actually not my song. It's, uh, it's another artist's song, but I'm just a feature. Yeah.


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[Assistant] You liked it? I'm actually releasing my first ever global album, uh, October.


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[Assistant] There are some marketing plans in America too, so uhm, yeaah. And there's this book of like all the photos, photos of, that's related to this album. And the description, uh, uhm, of every song. What it's, what's it about and everything. Isn't it cool?


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[Assistant] Right, right, but my standard is like, if I think something is cool, I would do it. Like, if I would buy it.


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[Assistant] So we have one vote saying no and we have one vote saying yes and yes.


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[Assistant] On You music, 8 songs. Okay. And yeaah, a couple of collaborations.


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[Assistant] I feel like it's, to all the fans, they can actually see the growth of my first song released until, until now.


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[Assistant] Like, the reason why I write my own songs and produce all the content is because


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[Assistant] I could have just used like anybody else. You know, I could, I could, I could just tell like a producer, you know, can you write me this? I could tell a director, can you come up with some concept? Let's just make it dope. I could do this, but it doesn't feel like me. I feel like it's, it's, it's not me. I'm wearing somebody's coat. You, you, you get what I mean? It's not Jackson.


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[Assistant] So that's why I decided, you know, just do everything by myself.


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[Assistant] First of all, this, I don't know about this stereotype, and it's not true. It's just that...


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[Assistant] My, my group, let's say, let's say our group, GOT7, we write our own songs. And we, we produce everything, like I would say 90% ourselves. And...


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[Assistant] Yeaah, I don't get, I don't get, like, why is it, why is it, like, manufactured? Why, why, why are we talking about this?


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[Assistant] Why is there this stereotype? I don't get it. Tell me how you guys feel.