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all right here we go speaking practice for
fluency and pronunciation we're going to use
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a conversation to practice with all right let's
jump right into it did you hear about Tom missing
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the penalty shot in the game I can't believe it
Tom missed the penalty shot in the soccer match
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the game did you hear about it did you did
you did you did you did you did you did you
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hear did you hear about it did you hear about
it did you hear about Tom missing the penalty
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shot in the game say it again did you hear
about Tom missing the penalty shot in the
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game did you hear about it yeah
everyone was teasing him about
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it yeah everyone was teasing ha you missed
teasing him teasing him teasing him teasing
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him that H will get reduced teasing him teasing
him teasing them about it about it about it
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about it so that t on about gets reduced
about it about it about it about it about
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it teasing him about it teasing him about
it yeah everyone was teasing him about it
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yeah I heard about it everyone was teasing
him about it everyone was teasing him about
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it well it's no laughing matter
for him he takes soccer very
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seriously well it's no laughing matter
for him laughing matter it's no laughing
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matter we will discuss that in the next
slide let's practice saying this verse
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well it's no laughing matter for him
for him for him he takes soccer very
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seriously seriously takes soccer very
seriously all right so no laughing
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matter what does that mean no laughing
matter it means something serious and
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not to be joked about no laughing matter
not to be joked about don't joke about
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it all right I want you to listen to this
and repeat I didn't realize I thought he
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would shrug it off I didn't realize I thought he
would shrug it off all right here's what I said
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he I didn't realize I didn't realize that
he took it so seriously I thought thought
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he would shrug it off shrug it off what's that
shrug it off so if you shrug something off you
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ignore it you ignore it or treat it as treat it
as if it is not really important or serious it's
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not important it's not serious so you ignore it
you shrug it off shrug it off here's an example
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sentence he Shrugged off the criticism people
were saying bad things about him he Shrugged it
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off he ignored it he treated it as not important
no big deal so that shrug off let's try another
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sentence listen and repeat he usually does but
he's been practicing penalties a lot lately
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he usually does but he's been practicing penalties
a lot lately that does not say lately does it it
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says recently he's been practicing penalties
a lot recently recently lately interchangeable
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all right he usually does he usually does what
he usually shrugs it off right that's what he
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usually does but he didn't shrug it off this time
why maybe because he's been practicing penalties
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a lot recently he's been practicing penalty shots
a lot recently but he missed so he's he's upset at
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himself I see I'll apologize to
him then I see I'll apologize to
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him then I didn't mean to hurt his
feelings I didn't mean to hurt his
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feelings I see I'll apologize to
him then I didn't mean to hurt his
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feelings I'll apologize to him then then what's
this then about I'll a then in that case I will
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apologize to him because I didn't know so
that then is is kind of like in that case
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in that case then I'll apologize
to him I didn't mean to hurt his
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feelings I say I'll apologize to him then I didn't
mean to hurt his feelings I say I'll apologize to
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him then I didn't mean to hurt his feelings join
me I see I'll apologize to him then I didn't mean
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to hurt his feelings I see I'll apologize to him
then I didn't mean to hurt his feelings that's
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kind of you I'm sure he'll appreciate it that's
kind of you I'm sure he'll appreciate it that's
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kind of you I'm sure he'll appreciate it that
is kind of you to do that I am sure that he will
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appreciate you expressing that feeling I tried to
expand the sentence all right here's another one
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maybe I can help him practice more too maybe I can
do that also I maybe I can help him practice more
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too what a great idea that would definitely
cheer him up that did definitely cheer him
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up what a great idea that
would definitely cheer him
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up I contracted this didn't I what did I say
what did what did I say I said that did that
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did that did definitely cheer him up that did
definitely cheer him up that would that did
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that did that definitely cheer him up great
idea right all right I'll talk to to him at
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practice tomorrow I'll talk to him at practice
tomorrow I'll talk to him at practice tomorrow
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I'll talk to him I'll talk to him I'll talk
to him I'll talk to him at that tea doesn't
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quite come out does it I'll talk to him
at practice tomorrow I'll talk to him at
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practice tomorrow all right hey guess what
that is the conversation shall we practice
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that conversation together let's do it
role play time I'll go first I'm the red
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text you're the blue text here we go did you
hear about Tom missing the penalty shot in the
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game ah well it's no laughing
matter for him he takes soccer very
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seriously it means something
serious and not to be joked
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about he usually does but he's been
practicing penalties a lot lately
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recently that's kind of you
I'm sure he'll appreciate
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it that that's a great idea what a great
idea that was would definitely cheer him
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up you do that you do that all right
ah okay I need to be a little bit more
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careful I I I add too much of my own
style into it it's all right huh let's
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do it again this time you get to be the
red text all right let's switch rolls
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go yeah there everyone was teasing him about
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it no laughing matter what does that
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mean I didn't realize I thought he would shrug it
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off okay I see I see I I I'll apologize
to him then I didn't mean to hurt his
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feelings maybe I can help him practice more
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too all right I'll talk to him at practice
tomorrow that's the plan boom good workout
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we did it another step forward another step
forward here we go I'll see you in the next step
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