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[English]

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- TWO WEEKS AGO, OUR NEXT GUEST POSTED A VIDEO OF HERSELF

SPEAKING GIBBERISH IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES.

YOU HEARD ME.

TODAY THAT VIDEO HAS MORE THAN 10 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE.

TAKE A LOOK.

- [speaking indistinct gibberish]

I TELL--I KEEL IN MY BONES.

DUMB THINGS, INNIT?

IT'S LIKE A MIRACULOUSLY MARBLEIZING FELT PEN.

LIKE A ORDINARY SENTENCE OF A MARINATING FOLLOW ROW.

- ALL THE WAY FROM FINLAND, PLEASE WELCOME SARA FORSBERG.

[cheers and applause]

HOW ARE YOU?

[cheers and applause]

WELL, SARA, SO YOU LIVE IN FINLAND NOW

OR HAVE YOU MOVED HERE SINCE?

- NO, I LIVE IN FINLAND STILL. - STILL.

AND WHAT'S--WHERE-- WHERE IN FINLAND?

- IT'S THIS TINY TOWN CALLED PIETARSAARI.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TRY TO PRONOUNCE THAT.

- PIETARSAARI. - YEAH, EXACTLY.

AND, YEAH, WE'VE BEEN MOVING AROUND QUITE A BIT.

LIKE, WHEN I WAS A KID, WE LIVED IN TEXAS

AND WE LIVED IN ENGLAND

AND THEN WE CAME BACK TO FINLAND.

- SO AND WHAT GOT YOU TO START DOING

ALL THESE DIFFERENT ACCENTS AND--

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE

LIKE PORTUGUESE OR WHATEVER, BUT YOU'RE NOT.

YOU'RE JUST SOUNDING LIKE IT.

- YEAH, I'M JUST PRETENDING LIKE ALWAYS.

- DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA

IT WAS GONNA PICK UP THIS MUCH TRACTION?

- NO, NO IDEA.

I MEAN, I LITERALLY PUT OUT THE VIDEO,

I WENT TO BED, AND THEN THE--

LIKE, THE MORNING I WOKE UP, IT HAD HIT OVER 100,000 HITS.

- IT'S AMAZING. IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

SO IT GAVE ME AN IDEA.

I'M GONNA PUT 45 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK, AND YOU'RE--

I'M GONNA TRY TO GUESS WHICH ACCENT YOU'RE DOING, OKAY?

- GREAT. - SO...

- OKAY.

[speaking gibberish]

- UH, FRENCH.

- [speaking gibberish]

- I HAVE NO IDEA.

[laughter] - AM I THAT BAD?

- NO, THAT'S JUST I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT LANGUAGE THAT WOULD BE.

- [speaking gibberish]

- I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT THE JAPANESE SOUNDED LIKE.

[laughter]

- [speaking gibberish]

- I HAVE NO IDEA.

[laughter]

THAT'S AMERICAN? - OH, MY GOD. YEAH.

- WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?

- IT WAS GIBBERISH.

THAT'S KIND OF THE POINT, ISN'T IT?

- OH, THE WHOLE THING WAS-- YOU'RE DOING GIBBERISH AMERICAN.

[speaking gibberish]

THIS IS THE STUPIDEST GAME I EVER--

[laughter]

I COULDN'T GUESS ANY OF THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

[cheers and applause]

SO I UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU FILM YOURSELF,

YOU'RE BALANCING THE CAMERA

ON ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

YOU HAVE TO SIT THE CAMERA ON THINGS, RIGHT?

- YEAH, I GET WHATEVER I FIND AROUND THE HOUSE.

THAT WOULD BE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW,

TEA BOXES, RYE BREAD, AND WHATEVER, SO--

- ALL RIGHT, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE YOU SOMETHING,

A LITTLE GIFT SO YOU CAN STEADY YOUR CAMERA,

'CAUSE I THINK YOUR--

YOU DESERVE SOMETHING BETTER TO PUT A CAMERA ON.

- THANK YOU.

WHAT?

A CAMERA TOO?

- THE CAMERA AND THE STAND. [cheers and applause]

THAT'S FOR YOU.

- WHOO! - WE'LL BE BACK.

- WOW. - ALOE BLACC'S GONNA PERFORM.

- THAT'S SO COOL. THANK YOU.

[cheers and applause]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
video /ˈvɪdioʊ/ B1	noun - a recording of moving images and sound
languages /ˈlæŋɡweɪdʒɪz/ B1	noun - systems of communication used by a particular country or community
views /vjuːz/ A2	noun - the act of seeing or looking at something
miraculously /mɪˈrækjələsli/ B2	adverb - in a way that seems like a miracle
marbleizing /ˈmɑːrbəlaɪzɪŋ/ C1	verb - to give the appearance of marble
ordinary /ˈɔːrdɪnəri/ A2	adjective - common, usual, not special
sentence /ˈsentəns/ A2	noun - a group of words expressing a complete thought
accents /ˈæksənts/ B1	noun - a distinctive way of pronouncing a language
traction /ˈtrækʃən/ B2	noun - the amount of attention or interest something receives
literally /ˈlɪtərəli/ B1	adverb - in a literal manner or sense; exactly
impressive /ɪmˈpresɪv/ B2	adjective - evoking admiration through size, quality, or skill
guess /ɡes/ A2	verb - to form an opinion or conclusion about something without having all the facts
steady /ˈstedi/ A2	adjective - firm and not likely to fall or move
balancing /ˈbælənsɪŋ/ B1	verb - keeping or putting something in a stable position
deserve /dɪˈzɜːrv/ B1	verb - to be worthy of something
perform /pərˈfɔːrm/ B1	verb - to carry out or accomplish a task

Key Grammar Structures

• TWO WEEKS AGO, OUR NEXT GUEST POSTED A VIDEO OF HERSELF SPEAKING GIBBERISH IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES.

  ➔ Past Perfect Tense, Gerund as object of preposition

  ➔ The phrase "had posted" uses the Past Perfect to indicate an action completed *before* another point in the past. "Speaking gibberish" is a gerund functioning as the object of the preposition "of".

• DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA IT WAS GONNA PICK UP THIS MUCH TRACTION?

  ➔ Informal Question Formation, 'Gonna' as contraction of 'going to', Use of 'traction' as a metaphor

  ➔ The sentence uses a direct question with 'Did you'. 'Gonna' is a colloquial contraction of 'going to'. 'Traction' here refers to popularity or attention.

• I LITERALLY PUT OUT THE VIDEO, I WENT TO BED, AND THEN THE--LIKE, THE MORNING I WOKE UP, IT HAD HIT OVER 100,000 HITS.

  ➔ Sequential Past Tense, Use of 'literally' for emphasis, Past Perfect to show completion before another past action

  ➔ The sentence describes a series of events in the past. 'Literally' is used for emphasis, though often incorrectly. 'Had hit' is the Past Perfect, showing the video reached 100,000 views *before* she woke up.

• SO I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE YOU SOMETHING, A LITTLE GIFT SO YOU CAN STEADY YOUR CAMERA, 'CAUSE I THINK YOUR--

  ➔ Modal Verb 'would' for polite suggestion, Use of 'cause' as contraction of 'because'

  ➔ The phrase "I thought I would give you" is a polite way of offering something. 'Cause' is an informal contraction of 'because'.