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thanks for coming over Renee no problem
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so you need help with your report
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yes I'm writing a report about public
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transportation in big cities cool how
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can I help
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you're from Chicago did you use public
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transportation there yes I used it all
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the time
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great tell me about it when I lived in
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Chicago I took the subway to work
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it's the third busiest subway in America
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I read about it yes and people called it
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the L interesting
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do you like public transportation well
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there are good things and bad things
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about it what are the good things public
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transportation is convenient
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Chicago's L has a hundred and forty-four
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stations I took the subway all over at
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the city London subway has even more
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stations
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it has 275 stations
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Wow that is really convenient public
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transportation is also cheap you really
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don't need to drive a car so you also
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save money right because you don't need
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to pay for gas you can also save time
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when you use public transportation
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sometimes taking the subway is faster
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than driving in traffic that's good okay
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now what are the bad things well many
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people use it sometimes you can't find a
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seat on the subway so it can be very
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crowded right you also need to walk or
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take a bus after the subway ride hey
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girls
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hi max you are late what took you so
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long my car wouldn't start
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Oh No too bad we don't have public
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transportation in small town yeah I had
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to use the traditional way of traveling
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the traditional way what is that walking
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vetti is looking at a travel book she
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imagines she is standing on a street she
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waves at a taxi she acts like she gets
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in the taxi and starts talking to the
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driver Simon comes into the post-office
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Betty doesn't see him please take me to
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a tea house oh yeah Betty what are you
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doing
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Simon I'm going to a shoe for a week
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this book tells me how to get a taxi and
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talk to the driver fun yes oh and you
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have a package what's inside it's a book
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about New York City Renee and I are
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going there soon we're excited but I'm
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not looking forward to riding the subway
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why not I've heard that it's dirty and
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crowded oh listen to this what over 5
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million people used the New York City
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subway every day I read that over 2
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million people used a subway in Taipei
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that's a lot of people too maybe
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sometimes you can take a taxi I guess I
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could then you should practice getting a
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taxi with me come on
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what a great afternoon I love summer hi
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Sarah how are you I am happy I love
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summer and I love hot weather what are
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you doing I'm enjoying a summer
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afternoon okay are you selling something
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oh yes I am
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do you want a drink sure what is it it's
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lemonade it's just water and lemons only
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water and lemons Oh
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and sugar the drink is sweet I like
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sweet drinks can I have some sure
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so what do you think I like it
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can I have some more sure do you have a
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dollar yes I do
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your first glass is free the second
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glass is one dollar you have a good
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business here Sarah I'm learning do you
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like ice tea yes that's good too
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then come back tomorrow do you want
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another glass of lemonade yes please
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that's another dollar I love summer
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I'm back I'm glad your iced tea is great
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can I have some more please sure are you
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getting many customers today no but
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that's okay wait someone is coming
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really who is it hello friends how are
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you today I'm great Hugh how are you I'm
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wonderful what are you selling I'm
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selling ice tea today do you want a
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glass your first glass is free I like
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that price one glass please here you go
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thank you
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this is good where do you buy your tea I
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buy it at the store why why things in
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stores can be expensive I know
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can I get cheap tea sure you can shop on
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the Internet this book can help you let
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me guess
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are you selling this book yes I am shop
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on the Internet how could this book help
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Sarah she can shop for tea on the
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Internet this is the book for you Sarah
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shop on the Internet it's fun and easy
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so Hugh why should I buy this book it's
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really useful but is it helpful for
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Sarah Sarah has a new store she needs to
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buy things I don't have a store I'm just
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selling drinks
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well you can still buy your supplies on
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the internet this book will help you
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with that
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I don't shop on the internet a lot what
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is good about it you can find good deals
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I'm not very good at finding deals you
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have to search for them that's true
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Simon has shops online a lot he finds
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good deals what's the best way to search
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for them where is your computer I can
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show you okay
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let's go into the house
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let's do some shopping online
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okay let's start look at this website
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it's a shopping page what are you
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looking for just type in the words what
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am I looking for I don't know maybe some
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new clothes or something for your
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business okay how about some lemonade
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mix type lemonade mix right here
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lemonade mix okay now what now you see
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the results of your search wow there are
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so many results look for the best deal
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that's right
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look at all the results try to find the
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best price here's one it's only $9.99
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but that mix only makes twenty cups of
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lemonade that's not a good deal here's a
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mix that makes fifty cups and it's only
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$8.99 do you want to buy it
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yes I'll buy it wait you need a credit
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card oh no I don't have a credit card
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don't worry just cancel your order
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well I can't buy anything right now
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sure you can how about this book
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hi Renee I have a letter for you it's
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from Simon a letter from my honey thanks
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Betty you're welcome
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this letter is from Evanston what is
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Simon doing there he is working at a
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summer sports camp
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Simon is a coach good for him how long
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is the camp it's a tent day camp ten
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days is a long time
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what does Simon do at the camp he
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teaches 11 and 12 year olds about sports
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how many children are at the camp there
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are about 200 kids at the camp wow
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that's a lot of kids yes but Simon
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really likes them he cares a lot about
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children that's great
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Simon is really enjoying this camp a lot
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I'm sure he can play sports every day
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yes Simon is a big kid just can't pay
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Simon no Simon works for free but he
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doesn't mind he doesn't know this camp
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isn't really work for Simon it is play
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oh good you're both here hello Sarah
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dear hi can you two help me with
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something sure how can we help well it's
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summer now so I have a lot of free time
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that's nice
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I want to do something useful with my
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time great are you going to get a job no
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I don't need any money I just want to
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help people good for you dear how are
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you going to do that I don't know do you
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two have any ideas
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well you could help at the hospital I
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did that before what would I do at the
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hospital you would help the nurses the
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hospital always needs help Sarah and you
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would do a great job I hope so
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do you have any other ideas you could
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work in a soup kitchen a soup kitchen
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what do people do there these are food
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to poor people friendly people like you
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are big help oh that might be fun did
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you ever work in a soup kitchen Betty
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yes it was a great experience I met a
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lot of people were they nice most of
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them were and many of them had
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interesting stories to tell
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you'd enjoy helping out there Sarah and
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the people at the soup kitchen would
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love you do you think so yes you're
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sweet and helpful who wouldn't love you
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both of those opportunities sound great
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how do I decide on one go home and think
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about it also look in the paper you may
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be able to find more opportunities there
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okay maybe I'll write about my
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experience good idea if you do I'll put
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it in the newspaper okay thanks for your
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help you too no problem
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Sarah and Ben come into the post office
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they are wearing old clothes and they're
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both very dirty sarah has some paint on
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her Ben is telling Sarah a story he has
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a hammer and he starts waving it around
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Sarah laughs betty asks them what they
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were doing they were building a house
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really yes
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Sarah and I worked for homes of Hope
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today homes of Hope what's that it's an
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organization that builds homes for poor
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people that's great so this is where you
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decided to help out Sarah yes I was
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surprised to see Ben there but we had
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fun working together I'm glad it's
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always more fun to work with a friend
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you're right
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what did you like about working on the
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house I liked using the different tools
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and I painted that was fun too my
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favorite part was meeting the woman who
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will get the house that was cool
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she's a single mom with four kids they
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were living in their car until they
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learned about homes of hope when she saw
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her house
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today she cried no I am too
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Sara comes out of her house she is
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carrying many things she has two big
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backpacks a suitcase and a soccer ball
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then Sara remembers her hat it is still
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in her room
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she puts her things down and runs back
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into the house Renee comes by Renee has
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something for Sara
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I have some snacks for you Renee
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Thanks I'm ready for tip today is your
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first day as a camp leader I'm excited
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for you I'm excited too I can play
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basketball with the kids how fun
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aren't you going to a day camp yes then
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why do you have so many things well I
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need all these things
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Oh Renee I'm late for a leaders meeting
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oh go wait do you have everything I
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think so I have my hat
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soccer ball snacks games and money that
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is everything do you have your
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basketball oh no I don't have that
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hello Simon
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you're back from camp but you're early
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I expected you to come home tonight I
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took an earlier bus back I missed you
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I missed you too so how was camp how are
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the kids camp was really fun the kids
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were great I really enjoyed being a camp
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coach what activities did you do with
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the kids we play lots of sports of
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course what else did you do we climbed a
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ropes course and height we swam in a
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river - but honey can we eat lunch and
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talk sure you must be hungry
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I am at the camp I ate a lot of mystery
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meat in the cafeteria
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was it really that bad no wait good food
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there
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on the last night we cooked our dinner
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over a fire YUM do you like cooking
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outside yes real men cook outside hmm
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well max cooks inside and he cooks
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pretty well yeah but max can cook good
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food outside - I agree
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oh let me get you some food the camp was
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for kids but I learned a lot - what did
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you learn I learned about friendship how
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did you learn about that well the kids
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were strangers at the start of the camp
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but they learned about each other
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through the activities I see they
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learned to trust each other many of them
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became friends tell us about one of the
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activities okay
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the kids went on a nature hike they were
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in teams that's good no one had to walk
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alone right their mission was to find
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different plants in
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the woods I did that before it was fun
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yeah I had a great time with the kids so
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I signed up to be a camp coach again
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next summer
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you my favorite salesman coming thanks
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how are you max I'm great so what are
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you selling today I'm not selling
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anything then why are you here
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I have a great opportunity for you you
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do yes
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have you ever wanted to travel to
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another country and learn about its
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culture but you didn't have the time or
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money maybe what if that country and
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culture came to you wouldn't that be
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great
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whoa yeah you can learn about the
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country's customs and food and wait
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what's going on here Olga you can come
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in now max I'd like you to meet Olga my
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cousin from Germany No thank you for
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being my host I will be a perfect guest
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host guest um I didn't ask him yet oh
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sorry I always eat mice left excuse me
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Olga you mean put your foot in your
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mouth
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Oh English is a funny language I must
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study more
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olga was accepted to a study abroad
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program in Chicago what is she doing
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here she came to visit me for a week but
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I don't have anywhere for her to stay
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Sarah you're home from camp early today
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yeah the last day is short Sarah you
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should have seen the kiss talent show
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max they were so cute
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this one kid oh hi hi Sarah
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this is Olga my cousin from Germany
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she's doing a study abroad program in
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Chicago oh I'm thinking I'm doing a
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study abroad program in Italy that is
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wonderful I can't decide if I should go
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or not go if you have a chance to go
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overseas
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you should go hmm maybe you're right of
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course I'm right I'm German that was a
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joke hey max can Olga and you stay for
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dinner
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then Olga and I can talk more about
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study abroad programs oh I'm sure I'll
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start cooking so what do you think max
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can Olga stay here for a week I don't
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know you I know I'm asking a lot but my
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apartment is just too small
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well Olga seems like a nice girl and
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Sara seems too
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max if you let Olga's stay here I will
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order your daily specials all week
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really okay okay I can stay
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Sarah what are you doing oh hi max she's
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practicing what are you practicing Sarah
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I'm practicing my speech your speech are
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you giving a speech yes I'm in a speech
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contest really
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what is your speech about listen and
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find out okay so what do you think your
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speech is good really yes but but what
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you're too serious smile tell it joke
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joke I don't know how long is your
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speech four minutes and 20 seconds
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how long can your speech be five minutes
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then you can tell a joke record your
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speech too then you can listen to it and
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make it better okay and practice your
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speech at the diner more people can hear
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it great idea what is the contest it is
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next week I can practice a lot before
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then you can everyone can hear your
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speech again and again and again
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we're ready Sara you can begin your
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speech now but Betty isn't here yet
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she'll be here soon I have an idea
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give your speech now then give it again
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when she comes okay thank you all for
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coming to listen to me sure we're happy
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to listen after my speech please give me
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some advice
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we will good afternoon ladies and
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gentlemen tell me do you like bicycles
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yes then maybe you can answer my
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question why can't bicycles stand up
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without help good question
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because they are too tired I don't get
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it who tired bicycles have two tires
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that's funny but not that funny
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no one left but Simon hmm
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maybe I need a different joke hi
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everyone sorry I'm late I brought a new
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friend with me
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[Applause]
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he's visiting our town you look just
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like Roger young the famous singer he is
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Roger young the famous singer nice to
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meet you everyone what are you doing in
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small town I'm going to be a judge for
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the speech contest tomorrow
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you are a judge Oh No
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what's wrong I'm in the speech contest I
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can't speak in front of someone famous
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sure you can forget about me
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just prepare well where are you staying
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with my uncle I'm only in town for two
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days he came to the post office I asked
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him to come here to meet my friends so
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what are the contest rules each person
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can speak for five minutes then judges
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give points for the speaker's ideas and
00:29:03
presentation what does the winner get
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$500 Wow
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can I ask you something Roger sure will
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you sing for us sure
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I'll sing for you today and Sarah you'll
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speak for me tomorrow
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[Applause]
00:29:32
something day I too young for Domitian
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don't die you bushland sing worship Me
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poo Thailand to grant us a food
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[Music]
00:29:55
címon they're here congratulations Sarah
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you're a winner I didn't win the contest
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but you did a fantastic job and you will
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always be a winner to us oh thanks
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so tell us about the contest were you
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nervous speaking in front of a big
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audience I would have been so nervous
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Renee let Sara talk right sorry
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I was nervous did I seem nervous
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no you looked calm and confident
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Thanks I had fun when the audience
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laughed at my joke I felt great it was a
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funny joke so did the judges like your
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speech
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did they like your outfit I helped her
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choose it they didn't say anything about
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my clothes but they said I express
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myself well I'm not surprised
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you express yourself well when you write
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- Thank You Simon the judges also told
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me how I can improve that's great hey
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Simon thanks for helping out here so I
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could go to Sara's contest you're
00:31:27
welcome
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I'd rather cook then listen to speeches
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so would I but I loved Sara's speech
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