WHAT is REAL? WHAT is FALSE? - Learn English words for reality and untruth - LIVE LESSON

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English Addict with Mr Duncan


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What is real
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and what is a
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what is make believe
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and what is true today.
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That is what we are talking about here on our very special live stream.
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Yes, something a little different, in fact,
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because it is Wednesday and this is English addict extra
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something to me
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to do.
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We are back together again.
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But this is a little bit different because we are here on Wednesday.
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Hi, everybody. Yes,
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this is Mr.
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Duncan in England. How are you today?
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Are you okay? I hope so.
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Are you happy?
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I hope you are okay. Today it is me.
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That guy who likes to pop up from time to time and talk about the English language.
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My name is Duncan.
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I love English.
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You might say that I am one of those up there.
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Can you see it up there?
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I am an English addict, and I have a feeling.
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Perhaps, maybe, maybe, perhaps you are one of those as well.
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Here we are together during October.
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For those who are wondering why I'm here today.
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Well, today, of course, we are doing
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our live streams during the month of October,
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not only today, but for the rest of the month as well.
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So that's the reason why I am here today,
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because it is October this month.
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I celebrate.
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Can you believe it?
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My seven teens, seven teens,
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That is 17 years here on YouTube doing this.
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And I hope you will stay with me for the whole of October.
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Lots of special things coming your way as well.
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We also have the live chat.
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I can't do this without the live chat, of course.
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Hello, Vitesse.
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Congratulations.
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You are first on today's live chat.
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We're going to be test
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you all first to day.
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Who else is here? Eleanor.
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We also have Mohsin.
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We also have Hamed.
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Hello, Hamed.
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Nice to see you here as well.
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If you want to tell me where you are, you can.
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It's always nice to find out where you are watching.
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Do you knew wind in Vietnam, I believe.
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Hello to you, Omar is here.
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Palmira is here as well.
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Today we are looking at an interesting subject.
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I think this is a subject
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that's been talked about almost all the time, certainly
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over the past six or seven years.
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I think it's safe to say that people have been talking about this particular subject.
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And the subject I'm talking about today is whether something is real
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or untrue,
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whether something is true or false.
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Quite often in English, we will look at these things
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as opposites,
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true or false
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things that are real and things that are unreal.
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Maybe something that is said,
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maybe information that is given,
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perhaps an action, something we see another person doing.
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It might be true, it might be false,
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it might be reality, or it might be un real,
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especially in this day and age.
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You may have noticed that these days people are talking about artificial intelligence.
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And this seems to be the thing that more and more people are worried about.
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Will there be a time when we can't tell the difference
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between what is real and what is fake,
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the difference between something that is true
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or something that is false.
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So there are many ways of looking at
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what would appear to be very simple words.
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True or false?
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Simple words.
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But they do have quite dramatic meanings.
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So when we look at something that is real,
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we are saying that it is true we might also say that
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it exists in reality.
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If you walk around maybe outside your house
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or around your local town, you will know.
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You will be sure that everything around you is true.
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It is real.
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So when we talk about reality, in that sense
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we are saying those things are obvious.
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They are right in front of you.
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You can reach out and touch those things.
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They are tangible.
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However, even things that seem real can be
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fake, false or untrue.
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So I think that is the dilemma,
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the difficulty, the problem
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that we are entering into at the moment, where sometimes
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even if we feel as if something is real, it might not be.
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But I think one of the best ways
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to work out whether something is real, whether it is true or false,
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especially if you are outside in the real world,
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is to ask,
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ask questions, inquire.
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So there are ways, even in this day
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and age, there are ways of working out
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whether or not same thing is true or false.
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Naruto is here.
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Arturo.
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Sorry I mispronounced your name. A toro.
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Hello Toro, Thank you for joining me today.
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Yes, we are looking at true or false things that may be real
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and things that may be unreal.
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Eliana is here.
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Hello Eliana.
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I guess you are one of the first English teachers on YouTube and also the best.
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Thank you very much.
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And yes, you are right that is true.
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It is true.
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It is a fact that I am one of the first.
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In fact, I am the first.
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I was the first English English teacher
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on YouTube ever in the history of YouTube.
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It's true.
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So that is true.
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It is not false.
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Something that is false
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is that I am going to stop doing this forever.
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That is definitely false.
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What is true
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is that I will continue doing this for as long as you want me to.
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So if one day you decide that you don't want me to do this anymore,
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maybe you become bored with what I'm doing.
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You can tell me and I will go away.
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I will go and do something else.
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But until that day, I can promise you
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it is definitely true that I will be here.
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Who else is here today?
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Beatrice. Hello, Beatrice.
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Isn't it a nice surprise?
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Sometimes in life It is nice to get surprises now and again.
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Those surprises are nice. And this is one of them.
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I think Zika is here as well.
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Hello to you.
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I haven't seen Louis today.
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In fact, I think he was here on Sunday,
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but I haven't seen him here today so far.
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Hello to you.
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Hello also, doll. Hello, Mr. Duncan.
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You are the best English teacher.
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A big hug for you.
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We also have Claudia here.
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It's true.
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Definitely.
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Claudia is definitely here today.
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So when we talk about things that are real,
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we are saying they are absolute.
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They are true.
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If we talk about something that is not real,
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we are saying that it is untrue or fake and there it is fake.
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Something that is untrue or false,
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something that cannot be trusted.
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So quite often when we look at something as being fake,
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we might also distrust that thing.
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So fakeness can come in
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many forms, many shapes and sizes.
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Maybe something you see, something you hear,
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or maybe a point of view that comes from another person.
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Maybe something you see right here on the internet,
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which is something we'll talk about a little bit later on.
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So when we look at fake things, they are things that are real
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and true or false.
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They are not real.
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Something that is unreal
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might be imagined or created in the mind.
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So some things it is unreal doesn't necessarily have to be a lie.
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It can be something that is made, something that is artificial,
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something that appears real, but in fact isn't.
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And that is one of the reasons why these days many people
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seem to trust or seem to mistrust,
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should I say, the media news,
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the things we hear, the things that are told to us,
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especially through the news organisations
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and also right here on the internet as well.
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So things that are unreal might be imagined.
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So maybe you are watching your favourite science fiction show,
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or maybe a movie, a fantasy movie,
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something that has been a magic and it is not real, it is not really happening.
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It has been created
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in someone's mind.
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It is only real.
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A fake thing can be something
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that has been copied from something else for example,
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you might create a picture
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or a copy of a famous picture or painting.
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So it is possible to recreate
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something that already exists
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and make it appear as if it is real.
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But in fact, it is not real.
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It is unreal.
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It is imagined
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an illusion.
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The word illusion is an interesting word because it can refer to something
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you see something that appears real.
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And I think it's worth mentioning the fact that quite often
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we see things that are not, as
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they appear, an illusion.
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A magician, of course, might create an illusion.
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He might make something appear
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as if by magic, or perhaps he makes it
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disappear.
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But of course it is not real.
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It is just an illusion.
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It is a trick of the eye.
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We might also describe it as deceit,
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something that appears real is not real.
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It is just an illusion,
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something you think in your mind, or you think you see
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is an illusion.
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It is not real.
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It is a trick of the eye.
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I like that word, by the way, that a trick of the eye.
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You can trick someone, you can fool someone.
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You can make a person believe something that is true
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when it isn't
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another way of showing
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something that is untrue or false.
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Maybe you cover something,
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you try to hide something,
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and maybe a situation where you don't want the truth to come out
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or you don't want to reveal the reality of something.
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So you might cover something,
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hide something, conceal
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something, or maybe keep that thing out of sight.
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So you might say that you are creating an untruth
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or maybe creating something that is false
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merely by hiding it, by removing it, by taking it away,
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or of course, by covering it.
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So sometimes it is possible
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for a lie or something that is false
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to be another thing that has been hidden from view
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is another word.
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Pretend. A lot of people do this.
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I think it is safe to say that we all pretend sometimes.
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Maybe if you wake up in the morning and you don't feel happy,
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but you have to go outside and face the outside world,
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you have to mix with other people.
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Sometimes you have to pretend that everything is all right.
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You have to pretend that
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your life is great, even though maybe inside you
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feel as if it is not pretend
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to show an unreal side.
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So I think most of us, even me sometimes,
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even though fortunately I'm quite a happy person, genuinely.
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And I like to have fun, I like to smile.
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But sometimes maybe I wake up in the morning and I don't feel so good.
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I don't feel so happy.
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Sometimes you have to pretend you show
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an unreal side.
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You act out something, you pretend
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and you are doing something that is not genuine.
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You are appearing happy.
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But in fact, inside you are not, unfortunately.
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Oh, I see.
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Louis Mendez is going away.
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He's going to Brittany.
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Brittany, can you believe it?
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You might not believe it, but my family on my father's side
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originated in Brittany.
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Hello to.
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Oh, who else is here?
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I want to say hello to
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if I can get my live chat working.
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I now have said hello to V.
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I don't know why it keeps popping up on my screen, but hello again, Victor.
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It's nice to see you here.
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Here's another one
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you might put on a show.
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To put on a show means you are doing something that is not real.
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You are doing something that is not genuine.
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You are putting on a show,
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You are displaying fake emotion,
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something that is not real, something that is not true.
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You put on a show, you might even say
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that you are putting on a performance, a type of performance.
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Maybe,
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Claudia says, What is hallucination?
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Hallucination?
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Well, first of all, it's a great word.
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The word hallucination means
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you are seeing something that is not real.
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Quite often hallucination
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comes from in your mind, quite often
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because of something you've taken certain types of drugs.
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Perhaps they they can give you hallucinations.
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Perhaps you are walking through a desert and you are feeling thirsty.
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And ahead of you you see a beautiful oasis
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with a large pool of water
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and you think, Wow,
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I can't believe that I've seen that thing in front of me.
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So you run towards it because you're feeling so thirsty, and then suddenly it vanishes.
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It disappears.
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It was an illusion.
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It was a hallucination.
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You were hallucinating.
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So it is possible for a person
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to see things that aren't even there.
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They are
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hallucinations.
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If you are asking where Mr.
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Steve is, he's working today.
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He's working.
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You might put on a display.
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You are showing a false side of yourself.
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That means that you are pretending to do something.
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Perhaps you want to get sympathy from someone.
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Maybe you are looking for attention.
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So you pretend to cry.
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You pretend to be.
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Please give me sympathy.
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Attention.
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Please give me attention on the intimate,
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that sort of thing.
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These days you do find a lot of people coming on to the Internet.
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They like to get attention and sometimes they will pretend
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to be unhappy or sad.
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They will pretend to cry.
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They will pretend to be anything
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as long as it gets some sort of attention.
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Maybe a person pretends to laugh.
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Maybe your friend tells a terrible joke
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and you don't think it's funny at all,
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but you pretend to laugh.
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Oh, that is a very funny joke.
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Maybe your wife or husband
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comes back late at night.
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Very late, and you are already in bed,
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but you are not asleep.
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But as your partner comes into the room,
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you pretend to be asleep.
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You pretend to be unconscious
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because you don't want to have a confrontation.
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Maybe you will save the argument or the fight
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until in the morning.
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So you might pretend to be asleep in bed.
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You pretend to be fast asleep.
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Sometimes we do that,
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sometimes we do the opposite and pretend to be awake.
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I know sometimes that happens to me.
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Also, here's another one.
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You can fake something as a verb.
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So in this particular situation, something that is fake
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is being done or being used or being carried out
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as an
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unreal thing or something that is an true
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or maybe something you are pretending to do.
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Something can be faked.
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You can fake something.
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Maybe you fake your sadness.
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Mm hmm.
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So that is me pretending to be sad.
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Mm hmm.
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I know it's not very convincing.
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So some people have a fake personal attack.
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Maybe they have fake emotions because they want to get some sort of attention.
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You fake something.
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Maybe a person, or certainly in the animal world,
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quite often an animal will pretend
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to be dead to protect itself.
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Many animals do that.
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So they will fake death, They will fake being dead.
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They will stay very still.
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And in in nature it is often used as
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a means of survival.
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So to fool someone,
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if you fool a person, it means you are tricking them.
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You hoodwinked that person.
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You act.
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You were doing something that is not real.
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It is not genuine.
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Maybe you cover something to fake.
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Something can be also to cover something
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you are doing something to cover the reality
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to hide from the reality.
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There are many people who pretend
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to be someone else on the internet.
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We must be aware of that.
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Eliana, you are right.
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Yes, I will look at that in a few moments.
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We will look at the Internet and I think that is
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probably the most common place where
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fake things lies, untruths,
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things that are true and things that are false.
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Quite often on the Internet, it is hard to tell
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the difference between those things.
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So you can use the word fake as a verb.
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You can also cover something to hide it from other people.
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You can mask something.
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You are hiding something.
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And as I said earlier, a person might pretend to be happy.
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They might pretend to have a smile on my face, but they are not really happy
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to pretend that all is well.
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To pretend that you are happy.
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You are saying, Oh, now there's an interesting word.
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You feign happiness,
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feign means to do something that is not real.
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You are carrying out an action, you are pretending
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you are saying something.
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You are not really happy.
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You feign happiness.
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You are pretending to be happy.
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Amrita Hello.
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Amrita Very nice to see you.
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Amrita Very nice to see you here on the live stream.
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It's okay. You are very welcome.
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My name is Duncan.
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I talk about English and that's what I'm doing right now
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to simulate is to act
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in an unreal way, to simulate something.
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So I think that is a simulation is not real.
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It's not really happening.
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You are pretending.
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Quite often these days, computer US can produce simulations,
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something that might be dangerous to do in real life.
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You can simulate using a computer.
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So this happens quite often these days
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when we are talking about things that are dangerous.
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Or maybe you want to see if something will be dangerous.
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So instead of doing it in real life,
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you simulate that thing,
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you simulate that particular thing.
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So why do we pretend to do things?
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Well, I suppose there are many reasons why we might pretend to do something.
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Why do we lie?
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Why do we spread untruths?
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To cover up one's true feelings?
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Well, I suppose if you pretend to be happy, you are covering up
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the fact that you are not happy to cover up one's true
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feelings is to pretend.
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So maybe you are doing that.
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Maybe you are pretending to be happy
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to hide one's misdemeanours as an interesting word.
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Misdemeanour.
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When we say misdemeanour,
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we are saying something you have done wrong,
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something you've done that might be punished.
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Something you've done that was a mistake.
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Something that you intended to do.
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But that thing is bad
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to hide one's errors or maybe something they've done
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that might be seen as illegal.
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So you might pretend to be something or somewhere.
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You might pretend to be a different person.
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You might pretend that you were with someone
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because you want to escape being punished
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for a crime that you have committed
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is another one
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to hide one's
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real intentions.
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Sometimes you might hide your real intentions.
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To project a positive image to others
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is very similar to what I said earlier.
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Very similar to doing that same thing
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to make oneself feel more confident.
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So sometimes we might tell ourselves
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something that might seem unreal or untrue, but in fact in reality
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it gives us motivation and confidence.
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So sometimes we have to tell ourselves
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we have to say something that might not be true,
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but it is a good way of making yourself
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feel more confident or ready to do something.
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Maybe you have a fake appearance once.
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Now, this is an interesting one.
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When you meet a person for the first time, quite often
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that person will not quite be the real person.
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Quite often when we meet someone for the first time,
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maybe in a certain situation,
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maybe if you are going for a job interview,
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you might put on a slight
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fake appearance or a fake character.
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You might not be that real person
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because you don't want the other person to dislike you.
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Maybe if you go on a blind date
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or maybe a date with another person,
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you will often be on
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your best behaviour quite often you will hide all of those horrible things
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about yourself because you want the other person to like you.
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You want the other person to
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fall in love with you.
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Perhaps
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you might also have a fake expression.
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A fake expression once again relates
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to the appearance on your face,
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fake reaction.
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Now, this is something that a lot of people do these days,
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especially if they are on the Internet.
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Maybe they want to get lots of people watching them.
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Perhaps they watch a TV show or maybe they watch a movie
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or maybe another person's video on YouTube
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and then they react to that thing.
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So this is something that's become very common here on YouTube,
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people reacting to other things.
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However.
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And yes, I am
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going to say this quite often, they are not real things.
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They are not real reactions.
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They are fake reaction.
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Since anyone, anyone can pretend
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to react to something.
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For example,
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I hope I ask what's next?
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I can't believe it.
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I can't believe they did that.
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This will this will make a very good thumbnail.
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By the way.
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Well,
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there we go.
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So fake reaction.
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Quite often people will react in a fake way.
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They will pretend to be like something
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that they are not sometimes because they want to get attention.
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You might have a fake personality or even a fake life.
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There are people who go through their whole life
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pretending to be someone else.
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It is not uncommon.
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Some people have a double life.
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It's an interesting expression.
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A person who has a double life is a person who has two different
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things happening in their lives that are opposite to each other.
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Maybe someone is having a double life
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with two different partners.
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Maybe they appear to one person,
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to that individual and to the other person.
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They are someone else.
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So it is possible to have a fake personality or even a fake life.
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It can happen
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to put on a brave face
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to hide your fear or anxiety.
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So if you put on a brave face, it means that you smile.
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You want to give the appearance
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of not being worried, not being scared.
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For example, tomorrow I'm going to the dentist.
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I am going for a dental appointment tomorrow.
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So when I get to the dentist, I will have to put on a brave face
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because I don't want to go to the dentist.
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I don't want to have someone
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poking and prodding inside my mouth.
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And I definitely don't want any pain.
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So tomorrow when I go to the dentist,
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I will put on a brave face.
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I will pretend to be okay,
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even though I will probably be a little bit nervous.
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To be honest,
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I So here we go.
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This is something a lot of people do, especially on the Internet.
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If you go to websites or social media platforms
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like Instagram, especially Instagram, or maybe Tik Tok
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or maybe here on YouTube,
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you might find that there are people
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who are pretending to have a different life
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to the one they really have to appear better
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or wealthier or healthier than you really are.
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So this one, the one in the middle, wealthier.
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There are many people these days on the Internet
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who appear to have lots of money or appear
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to have a very glamorous life, but in reality
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they don't because many people like to see
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wealthy people.
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They like to watch rich people.
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They like to admire people
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who appear to have better lives than the person watching.
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It happens. I don't know why.
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I never quite understand why people are so attracted
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to watching wealthy people throwing their money around.
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I've never understood that, to be honest.
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So on the Internet, there are many people
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appear to have better lives.
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Maybe they are standing in front of a private aeroplane
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and they are pretending that that plane is theirs.
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Or maybe they are standing next to a very expensive sports car
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and they are pretending that that car belongs to them.
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But it doesn't.
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It is all fake.
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Hello.
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Both Shine.
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Hello there. Welcome to my live stream.
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We are looking at words and phrases connected to being false or fake
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to appear healthier.
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Some people do this.
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They might be suffering from a serious illness.
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They might be in pain, but they will pretend to be fine.
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They will put on a brave face.
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They will pretend that they feel fine
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when in fact, inside they don't.
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Yes, Claudia, you are right.
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It is very important to look after your teeth.
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Even teeth can sometimes be fake or false.
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Yeah.
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The reality of something is normally
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one person's view or perception.
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So when we talk about reality, it is normally individual.
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It is quite often something that is subjective.
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So one person sees the world in a certain way,
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whereas another person might see it slightly differently.
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So it would be sad to say that all of our realities are slightly different from each other.
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I think it is fair to say,
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which is why sometimes we want to project
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a certain type of reality onto other people.
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We want to appear better than we really are
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wealthier than we really are
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healthier than we really are.
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The reality of something is normally one person's view
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or their perception
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the way they see the world around them.
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Here we go.
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Then the Internet.
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If ever
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there was a place where people quite often
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pretend to be something they are not,
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it has to be here on the Internet, on YouTube.
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Maybe on certain social media platforms.
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People pretend maybe they create
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something that is not real or true,
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and then they post it onto the internet.
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So I suppose in this modern age it has become a big problem.
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Things that are shown on the Internet are often
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fake or staged.
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Now, I suppose I'm being a bit unfair,
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saying often some people might say, Mr.
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Duncan, you are being very unfair.
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Quite often things on the internet are true and real,
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but when you go to certain websites
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or certain social media platforms,
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it is very hard to tell the difference between what is real
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and what is fake.
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And I think that is one of the big problems with the Internet.
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And we hear about this every day.
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We hear about it especially when we're talking about politics
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or maybe if you are trying to get a certain reaction from your viewers,
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you might do something that is unreal or something that is untrue
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and that's what you will do.
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It will be real.
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It will be true.
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So the Internet and as I mentioned earlier,
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sometimes maybe things that you see on the news might not be real.
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They might have been staged or rehearsed before they happened.
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A dramatic moment might not be real.
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And this has happened in the past.
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There have been many occasions where something that many people have believed to be true
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has turned out to be fake or false.
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So it does happen.
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It can happen on the Internet.
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It can happen in the news.
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It can happen almost anywhere.
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And this is something a lot of people do these days on the Internet.
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If you want to get a little bit of attention, if you want to get people clicking on your videos,
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you play a trick or you play a prank on someone,
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you do something to another person that makes feel embarrassed or upset.
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However, quite often these particular videos,
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this particular type of content is fake
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because everyone in the video is involved.
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They all know each other already.
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So I'm sure you've seen at least
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a dozen videos maybe today, maybe already
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you've been watching things on the Internet and you've been watching certain types of video.
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Maybe some of those videos were not real,
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even though they appear to be real or true,
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they might actually be fake.
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It happens.
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And a lot of people have revealed the thing,
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things that are true.
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Of course, I think it is much easier to talk about things
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that are true because they are things that we believe
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they are things that are precious to us.
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They are things that we have faith in.
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They are things that we want to believe in.
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We want to believe something.
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You have to believe something in life.
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Sometimes that belief can be an illusion.
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Some people are even aware that the thing
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they believe in is an illusion, but it makes them feel better.
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So truth can appear to be real,
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but sometimes it is not.
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As I said earlier, each person has their own reality.
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Something that one person sees as true
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might be another person's
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false ness or fakeness, something that is
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fake and real and untrue.
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So I think
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it's a very interesting subject to cover, and that's the reason why I wanted to cover it today,
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because I think it's an interesting subject to talk about.
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Next time
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you click on the Internet, next time you watch one of those funny videos
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with one person doing something to another person,
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maybe they are tripping them or pranking them,
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or maybe you see something that appears to be real.
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Maybe, just maybe,
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that thing is not as real as it appears.
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VHS uses a very interesting word.
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Counterfeit.
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Yes. Something that is counterfeit
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is something that is fake.
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Quite often we think of money, fake money,
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even though these days so few people use money.
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I don't think it really use cash anymore.
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Most people now use their cards,
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debit cards, credit cards, the cashpoint
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cards, their ATM cards.
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Maybe you will take some money out of the machine.
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But these days, not many people do that, and certainly not many shops
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or businesses will accept cash.
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So maybe in the future counterfeit money or fake money
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won't be such a problem because most people won't be using it.
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I will be going in a moment.
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This is just a short live stream today.
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I will be back with you on Sunday from 2 p.m.
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UK Time with Mr. Steve.
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Steve will be with us on Sunday
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and of course there will be some new recorded lessons coming up as well.
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I put one on yesterday. Did you see it?
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Did you see my new life lesson, my lovely
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not life lesson, recorded lesson, and also my live stream
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that I did on Sunday.
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Am I half awake today?
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Maybe I might be half awake today.
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We will see what happens. Anyway.
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Good. Look at the dentist.
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Thank you very much.
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I hope tomorrow the dentist will be gentle with me.
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I hope the dentist will treat me gently
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because I don't like going to the dentist to be honest.
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And I have a feeling that you might
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not as well see you on Sunday.
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And of course there will be some new recorded lessons coming up as well.
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This is Mr.
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Duncan in the birthplace of English, saying Thanks for watching
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and when you see something you're not sure about,
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never be afraid to ask.
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That is my advice.
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And of course, until the next time we meet, you know what's coming next.
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Yes, you do.
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We all do.
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Don't forget to give me a lovely life as well.
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Please give me a like that would be ever so nice.
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Click that like button
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and I will see you soon.
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And of course...
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ta ta for now.
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