Okay, this is a true story about me when I was six years old.
It's really funny, and we're going to use it to practice speaking English.
Are you ready?
So first you're going to repeat after me, copy my pronunciation and my flow and my pace, and then we'll do shadowing exercise after that.
Here we go.
When I was six... When I was six...
My friend and I were playing outside.
My friend and I were playing outside.
When suddenly the weather took a wild turn.
So the weather took a wild turn.
That means it suddenly changed.
It started to become bad weather.
When suddenly the weather, weather, took a wild turn, took a wild turn.
Okay, we can say that better.
Let's do it all together.
Say it together with me.
Shout on me.
Ready?
When I was six, my friend and I were playing outside when suddenly the weather took a wild turn.
Okay, again.
When I was six, my friend and I were playing outside when suddenly the weather took a wild turn.
One more time.
When I was six, my friend and I were playing outside when suddenly the weather took a wild turn.
Thunder and lightning lit up the sky.
Thunder and lightning lit up the sky.
And then, bam!
There was one particularly loud thunderclap.
There was one particularly, particularly, particularly loud, especially loud thunderclap.
Right near our house.
Right near our house.
All right, let's do it all together now.
Ready?
Ready?
Thunder and lightning lit up the sky, and then bam, there was one particularly loud thunderclap right near our house.
Do it again.
Thunder and lightning lit up the sky, and then bam, there was one particularly loud thunderclap right near our house.
One more time.
Thunder and lightning lit up the sky and then BAM!
There was one particularly loud thunderclap right near our house.
I quickly told my friend to run inside.
Run inside the house.
I quickly told my friend to run inside and tell my mom that And tell my mom that I had been struck by lightning.
I had been struck by lightning.
Lightning strikes.
If you are struck by lightning, you are hit by a lightning bolt.
All right, let's say that together.
Ready?
Here we go.
I quickly told my friend to run inside and tell my mom that I had been struck by lightning.
I quickly told my friend to run inside and tell my mom that I had been struck by lightning.
I curled up on the ground in a ball.
So look, I curled up.
This is curl up.
Curl up, that's a phrasal verb, to curl up.
I curled up on the ground in a ball, in the shape of a ball.
I curled up on the ground in a ball, trying to stay still, trying not to move, trying to stay still.
I curled up on the ground in a ball trying to stay still.
I curled up on the ground in a ball trying to stay still.
I curled up on the ground in a ball trying to stay still.
When my mom came out.
When my mom came out and saw me lying there and saw me lying there she started screaming.
She started screaming.
When my mom came out and saw me lying there, she started screaming.
When my mom came out and saw me lying there, she started screaming.
When my mom came out and saw me lying there, she started screaming.
She rushed over and She rushed over and rolled me onto my back.
Rolled me onto my back.
She rushed over and rolled me onto my back.
She rushed over and rolled me onto my back.
She rushed over and rolled me onto my back.
I opened my eyes and burst out laughing.
I opened my eyes and burst out laughing.
Oh man, she was definitely not amused.
She was not happy about that situation.
She was not amused.
Oh man, she was definitely not amused.
All right, let's say it together.
I opened my eyes and burst out laughing.
Oh man, she was definitely not amused.
She sent my friend home.
She sent my friend home and spent the next five minutes and spent the next five minutes scolding me.
Scolding is yelling at me, telling me, don't do that ever again.
What are you thinking?
Scolding me.
She sent my friend home and spent the next five minutes scolding me.
But I could totally tell, but I could totally tell She was relieved.
Relieved.
She was relieved that I was okay.
Phew.
Phew.
Phew.
How do we pronounce that word?
Phew.
Phew.
But I could totally... Oh, wait, wait.
Here we go.
But I could totally tell she was relieved that I was okay.
Phew.
Phew.
But I could totally tell she was relieved that I was okay.
Phew.
But I could totally tell she was relieved that I was okay.
Phew.
That was a close one.
All right.
That's the fun little story about me being a little troublemaker.
Now, I'm going to say it nonstop.
You can try to join me, listen carefully, or shadow me.
When I was six, my friend and I were playing outside when suddenly the weather took a wild turn.
Thunder and lightning lit up the sky and then bam!
There was one particularly loud thunderclap right near our house.
I quickly told my friend to run inside and tell my mom that I had been struck by lightning.
I curled up on the ground in a ball trying to stay still.
When my mom came out and saw me lying there, she started screaming.
She rushed over and rolled me onto my back.
I opened my eyes and burst out laughing.
Oh man, she was definitely not amused.
She sent my friend home and spent the next five minutes scolding me.
But I could totally tell she was relieved that I was okay.
Phew, that was a close one.
Boom, good workout.
Keep moving forward one step at a time.
Thank you for practicing with me again today, and I'll see you in the next step.
